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Depot cuts

Orange crush

Feel the burn

The North Creek Depot Museum cuts director position to save money in budget.

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Lady Orange beat rival Westport and regional foe Fort Edward and move on to Potsdam.

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Locals beat Cabin Fever with various means of exercise around the region.

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NCS class of 2013 to host pitch tourney NEWCOMB — A pitch tournament fundraser is scheduled to benefit the Newcomb Central School class of 2013 at NCS Saturday, March 19 at 12 p.m. A strip steak dinner will take place at 5 p.m. T ournament price is $20, includes dinner and prizes will be awar ded. Dinners are available for $10. Email elacourse@ newcombcsdord or myandon@newcombcsd.o rg or call 582-3341 to r egister. Pr e-registration r equired.

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By Thom Randall still negotiating rail line operation thom@denpubs.com

Fate of Thomas the Tank weekend uncertain

By Lindsay Yandon

lindsay@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Negotiations have been dragging on between W arren County and Iowa Pacific Holdings since December in hopes that a new train operator will soon take over the rail line between North Creek and Corinth and beyond.

Iowa Pacific is inter ested in conducting a tourist and fr eight operation on the lines, servicing the towns along the r oute from North Creek to Saratoga. Despite pr evious deadlines, if an agr eement is reached in the next few weeks, the lines could be operational by summer , accor ding to W arren County supervisors.

“We ar e dealing with multiple elements,” said Johnsburg Supervisor Sterling Goodspeed. “We are still number cr unching and working the pr oposal through.”

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Surrounded by two of his fans, Scott Remington celebrates at a recent year’s gala fundraiser for spinal cord research. For over 11 years, his benefit events have raised more than $350,000 for the Christopher Reeve Foundation. those who pur chase tickets in advance, and only 300 tickets at $30 each will be sold.

In addition, the event’s main raffle featur es a vacation that offers a choice of a trip to Jamaica or Cancun for two, all inclusive for six nights. Another destination is a seven-night cruise for two. The trips are donated in part by Liberty Travel.

Other raffle prizes ar e a r ustic

bench by CRS Rustics, an Adirondack-style queen headboard donated by Abraham’s Woodworks, a recliner donated

by Kugler ’s Red Barn, and a chain saw handed up by S.L. Bureau Wood Products.

Only 500 raffle tickets are to be sold for $20 each, and the drawing is at the benefit event.

To pur chase, see: www .scottrem.com or call 494-7740.

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BRANT LAKE — Soon after he was paralyzed in a fr eak logging accident about 12 years ago, Scott Remington decided that he wasn’t going to sit in a wheelchair the r est of his life and wait for other people to work towards a cure for paralysis.

Scott and his sister , Renee, and their friends made some calls and launched a fundraiser that became an annual event.

Since then, the event has become one of the lar gest fundraisers in the nation of its type to combat paralysis — having raised mor e than $350,000 in 11 years.

On Satur day, Mar ch 26, the 12th annual Scott Remington Family & Friends Spinal Cor d Research Benefit event will be held at Jimbo’s Club in Brant Lake, with entertainment, prizes, raffles and plenty of socializing.

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NORTH CREEK — North Country Ministry winter raffle tickets are on sale for $5 apiece or five for $20 at 623-2829 to benefit the Emer gency Assistance Fund. Drawing held Tuesday, Mar ch 15. First prize, full season adult pass at Gor e/Whiteface.

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Johnsburg Music Teacher Mary Leach gives accolades to the elementary chorus following a performance during the Central Adirondack School Music Association Winter Festival at the Warrensburg Elementary School March 5.

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Depot Museum looks to balance budget

With the rising cost of fuel, insurance pr emiums, str uggling fundraisers and five-year mortgage on the lindsay@denpubs.com Owens House, of JOHNSBURG — In recent months, the Depot Museum of North Cre ek has been struggling which they have to balance its budget through the work of a budget finance committee. Their efforts brought only been able to several substantial changes this past week — Ray Flanigan, a member of the committee was pay the inter est named president of the Depot Museum and the position of director was eliminated. on, money was as The museum faced a financial crisis this year that, without significant cuts, would have tight as it’s ever forced them to balance their budget by borrowing from their trust fund, according to Flani- been in r ecent gan. weeks. The museFlanigan replaced Helene Miner after her five years of service to the Depot Museum. Min- um now pays for er will remain on the board of directors as chairman of the executive committee. Bill Bibby $150,000 in insurwas elected vice-president. ance coverage for “We realized as we moved forward with programming and improvements that, [financial- an exhibit that ly] things wer e not getting better — they wer e getting worse,” Flanigan said. “W e had to only cost $80,000, take significant action to assure the stability and financial future of the museum and to con- according to The Depot Museum sits along the Upper Hudson River Railroad and has been under tinue its high standards of presentations.”

Flanigan. significant financial strain in recent months.

The committee Photo by Lindsay Yandon explored several options includ$0 DOWN until ing closing the museum for a period during the coldest months, which saved them $600 in 03/31/11 WE FINANCE EVERYONE!! past years.

The money saved, however, was lost when r epairs had to be made to several exhibits in $0 Down! $0 Down! $0 Down! the museum, which had been damaged fr om the cold. Also, the space heaters that pr ovided minimal heat while the museum was closed were determined a fire hazard.

The committee also negotiated several contracts, but could still not find a balance in their budget. Therefore, steps were taken beyond staffing that include the transfer of the Owens House mortgage to a bank loan.Also, grants will be used to cover some administrative costs as they are not usually enough to cover exhibit implementation, according to Flanigan.

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Michelle San Antonio, former director, will be missed at the museum and the elimination of her position had nothing to do with her performance, according to Flanigan.

“She poured her heart and soul into the museum,” he said. “This decision was based solely on finances.”

Programming will continue as planned at the Depot Museum and Owens House and Flanigan hopes that these actions are a step in the right direction to help put them back on track.

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Dr. David Starbuck of Chestertown will be conducting a talk on “The Fr ench and Indian War at Fort Edward and Lake George” following the dinner. Starbuck is assistant professor of anthropology at Plymouth State University and has extensive experience conducting archaeological excavations at 18th century forts and battlefields.

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INDIAN LAKE — Indian Lake will celebrate St. Patrick’s Weekend March 18-20. Irish or not, all are welcome to attend the annual event.

A parade will get the weekend started on Friday afternoon, showcasing local students, floats, the ever -popular “Mutt Str ut” parade of dogs and much mor e. Friday evening will see a pancake dinner fundraiser for the Indian Lake olunteer V Junior Corps at Jane & Cathy’s Restaurant, 4-7 p.m.

Saturday’s events will include Irish Road Bowling, with check-in at the T own Hall, 12 p.m. The Indian Lake Restaurant and T a vern will host an evening of music on Satur day night with Bag Pipe Music during the dinner hours. And at 9 p.m. “Avalanche” will be taking the stage.

The weekend finishes up on Sunday with the “Mutt Stru t” dog show at the Ski Hut, 1 p.m.

The first year this event dr ew nearly 50 contestants. Categories include lar gest, smallest, cutest, most unique, most polite, shortest hair ed, longest hair ed, best dr essed, most colorful, most talkative, youngest and oldest. Registration forms are available at the Town Hall and the Chamber of Commerce.

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Sherene Fedor, of Corinth, stands with her parents at the South High Marathon Dance March 5-6. She will receive part of the $326,213.58 raised at this year’s event. Fedor was diagnosed with Leukemia last year.

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Orange are headed to Potsdam

By Keith Lobdell & Lindsay Yandon

keith@denpubs.com & lindsay@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — This was the goal the whole season.

In the Section VII/Class D girls varsity basketball championship game, Carli Reynolds and the r est of her Indian Lake/Long Lake teammates accomplished what they set out to do, scoring a 40-24 win over the two-time defending W estport Lady Eagles at the Plattsburgh State Field House March 4.

“I kind of knew it was going to be this way,” Reynolds, who scored 26 points, said about facing Westport in the finals. “I know all those girls ar e so nice and they ar e such a gr eat team. It feels great to beat them finally. They are great people and I love them all, too.”

“I think John has done a tremendous job,” Westport head coach Hokey McKinley said after the game. “They are great kids. It’s a joy for everyone involved to see success and share in that success to some minor degr ee. They have worked har d and they will r epresent us well from here on.”

Orange head coach John Reynolds said the win was not without having to get past the Westport pressure defense.

“Give them credit,” Reynolds said. “They’re plan was to wear us down and I have never The Lady Orange accept their Section VII Class D patches after defeated league rivalWestport at SUNY Plattsseen my girls so tired. So it was a good plan but I was so glad they were able to keep going. burgh’s field house.

Their pressure got us fatigued and made it har d to get into our sets. When we got into the Photo by Keith Lobdell sets, we were able to get what we wanted.”

The game started in a 0-0 defensive stru ggle, with the Eagles eventually taking a 5-4 lead. and the Orange were forced to pick up their defense without her. Farrell finished with nine However, an 11-0 run by the Orange quickly gave them an advantage they would not look points, including one three-pointer. back from.

In overtime, Reynolds put up at jumper to secure a 52-50 lead and, ultimately, give them “It was really big,” Reynolds said about the r un. “I thought our r ebounding helped and the win.

Allison had two break away lay-ups and they were huge.”

The final seconds of the game br ought a scramble that transfer ed the ball thr ough the “Thought we had some good looks that didn’t go in when we started,” coach Reynolds hands of six different players before the final buzzer rang. The Orange crowd erupted with said. “We just stayed the course and kept running what we do and they started to fall.” cheers and the Lady Orange fell into a celebratory huddle.

The win was the first Sectional title for the Lady Orange program.

“It was intense, but we have wanted this for so long,” said Orange senior forwar d Alli“We’re really excited to see how far we can get,” Carli Reynolds said. “My team and I have son Pine. “After Murph fouled out, we had to work that much harder.” worked so hard for this and I am so very proud of them. They are a great bunch of girls and Pine finished with 11 points in the win.

I just love them so much.”

The Orange were led by some surprise shooting by Melanie Peirson, who finished with a McKinley said that overall, the game came down to the defense the Orange executed bet- season-high 15 points. Jessica Bain and Morgan Hinkley each contributed two points apiece ter. in the win.

“Little defensive lapses that we have The record-setting season will continue as Indian Lake-Long Lake (20-2) will face Section were a big dif ference,” McKinley said.

X's Chateaugay at Potsdam State at noon Saturday.

“Their defense was very tough. Every shot that we got was very contested and we didn’t finish well.”

Pine added 1 1 points for the Orange, while Murphy Farr ell scor ed two points JOHNSBURG — A spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be hosted at T annery Pond Commuand Melony Pierson scored one. nity Center March 26 at 6 p.m to benefit the North Creek Depot Museum, $10 for adults, $7 For the Lady Eagles, Christina Sherman for children. scored 10 points, with W illa McKinley Dr. David Starbuck of Chestertown will conduct a talk on “The Fre nch and Indian War at adding seven points, Allison Sherman Fort Edward and Lake George” following the dinner. Starbuck is assistant professor of anscoring six points and Br endee Russell thropology at Plymouth State University . For mor e information, visit www .northcreekdescoring one point. potmuseum.com.

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Regionals

Allison Pine puts up a la yup as I ndian Lake/Long Lake pulled off a narrow victory over Fort Edward in state regionals.

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QUEENSBURY — Slick with sweat and teary eyed, the Lady Orange celebrated in a huddle at SUNY Adirondack last Tuesday, March 8 after a 52-51 overtime Class D state regional victory over Fort Edward .

The game was fast paced and close fr om the first to final buzzer and the Orange picked up their defense to combat Fort Edwards fast-paced style of play.

“We have never faced a team with a pressure defense like theirs,” said Orage head coach John Reynolds.

After several missed foul shots and foul trouble, Reynolds began to think that maybe it wasn’t meant to be.

“Every girls on that floor tonight played their hearts out,” he said.

The Orange jumped to an early 8-0 lead and finished the first quarter at 15-8. The Flying Forts, however, didn’t let them get off that easy, outshooting them 17-9 in the second quarter and lead at the half 25-24.

Both teams turned to full-court pr essure in the second half and finished regulations tied at 48 after Carlie Reynolds sank two free-throws. She scored seven of her 13 points from the line.

Murphy Farrell fouled out in re gulation

Dance classes offered at Outreach Center

JOHNSBURG — Prom and wedding season is coming and fr eestyle and couples dance classes will be offered at the North Country Outre ach Center beginning April 7, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

All abilities ages 10 to 99 welcome. Session is six weeks. Pre-registration required, limited spots available. Register in person at the Outreach Center or call 251-3481.

OTTG presents Arsenic and Old Lace

NORTH CREEK — The Our Town Theatre Group proudly announces the start of its fifteenth season with their production of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace at Tannery Pond Community Center Friday, March 18 and Satur day, March 19 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday March 20 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for students and can be pur chased at 406-8840 or ottgtickets@gmail.com. Tickets will also be sold at the door based on availability . For more information, call 251-9856.

Vegetable garden seed kits available

WARRENSBURG — Cornell Cooperative Extension in Warren County is bringing back its Vegetable Garden Seed Kit Fundraiser for the 2011 planting season. The cost per kit is only $7. For more information, or to order one or more kits, call 623-3291 or 668-4881.

American Red Cross looking for volunteers

ALBANY — The American Red Cross Adirondack Saratoga Chapter will be holding five volunteer informationals for all er sidents beginning at 6 p.m. Monday , March 14 at the Ticonderoga Fire House, Tuesday, March 15 at the Byron Park Building, Wednesday, March 16 at the Saratoga Springs Library, Thursday, March 17 at the Easton-Greenwich Rescue, and Friday, March 18 at theAmerican Red Cross. To register, please visit www.redcrossadirondacksaratoga.org or call 792-6545.

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Exercise opportunities bloom locally

By Lindsay Yandon

lindsay@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG — With fr equent snowstorms and low temperatures, Adirondack residents are forced to find unique ways to exercise.

Just ask Carol Pearsall, of Johnsburg, a Tai Chi instructor who hopes to bring the benefits of her passion to the people of the North Country through classes of fered at North Country Outreach Center in North Creek.

Tai Chi is a Chinese form of martial arts that is popular for its effects on overall health, including longevity, harmony of mind and balance.

“It is a lifelong activity ,” Pearsall said. “And promotes balance, both standing and within the body, while pr omoting meditation and self awareness.”

Tai Chi, also, does not r equire any equipment and can be practice within limited spaces, as it was developed as a form of military exercise.

Pearsall is a student of Mark Tolstrup, of The Tai Chi Center in Saratoga Springs, who has studied Tai Chi, meditation, Qi Gong and Chinese internal martial arts with many masters. With over 10 years of experience, he offers various classes to all abilities at his center.

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years and began teaching after six years.

“There is always something new to learn,” she said. “I enjoy unraveling the layers.”

Despite the dif ficult weather, winter exer cise opportunities are bountiful across the region.

“There are plenty of things to do, snow or no snow,” Pearsall said.

The following ar e several exer cise opportunities available to local and regional residents:

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Yoga at North Country Outr each Center, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.

Yoga in the Topridge Room at Gore Mountain, Sundays at 8:15 a.m.

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Classes at Yoga in the Adirondacks Studio in Bakers Mills, Mondays at 5:30 p.m.

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Osteobusters at Byr on Park Building, Thursdays at 9 a.m.

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Graduating Class sizes at JCS Year 2011- 31 students Year 1995- 26 students Year 1982- 31 students -Overall enrollment has slowly declined.

-Range of Graduating class sizes for the past 30 years at JCS have been between 22 and 45 children.

-Number of Instructional Teachers has declined.

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2010- 79% of graduates 1995- 64% of graduates

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-Grade 4- English, Science, and Math

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Today- there are 29 exams.

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Graduation rate at JCS - High School exams- English 11, US History 11, Chemistry, Physics, Global History, French, Integrated Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Living environment, and Earth Science.

2010- 87% The NYS average is 79%.

-Special Education exams- (RCTs)- Reading, Writing, Global history, Math, Science, and US History.

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No need to drag ACLU into prayer debate

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or millions of Americans, prayer—public or private—is an important part of their lives. It’s a form of intimate communications between self and deity.

Americans of faith pray and worship in many ways and places—chur ches, mosques, synagogues, or ashrams, to name a few. Yet, for a vocal number of Americans, prayer does not belong in the public spher e; it belongs behind closed doors.

Last week’s V ermont Town Meeting Day event in the Town of Franklin produced one of the more interesting happenings to occur in years.

It took only one r esident, a voter, to get a town and an entir e state talking about the issue of public prayer . With a single action, one meeting attendee placed this contr oversial topic fr ont and center in Vermont.

Last January, a similar incident happened in Elizabethtown, N.Y . Some folks got riled up when Essex County Clerk Joe Pr ovoncha, a Catholic lay minister, led the Essex County Board of Supervisors in public prayer . In that case, the board cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s Marsh v . Chambers case of 1983. The Court ruled that beginning a legislative meeting with a prayer is protected by the U.S. Constitution. In fact, the pr ecedent goes back to 1774 when the Continental Congr ess began its sessions with a prayer.

Last week, it was Marilyn Hackett of Franklin, Vt., who challenged public prayer.

She decided that—after warning Town Moderator Tim Magnant to stop leading a prayer befor e the start of every town meeting—it was time to call in the big guns. With the help of the Vermont chapter of the ACLU, Hackett is suing the town and Magnant.

“Article 3 of the V ermont Constitution guarantees that no one may be compelled to attend or support r eligious worship,” said Julie Kalish, an ACLU attorney r epresenting Hackett.

“The problem is that the defendants insist upon including prayer as part of town meeting even though voters like Ms. Hackett must attend town meeting in or der to vote on all the warned items.”

Couldn’t Ms. Hackett and Mr . Magnant have sat down and reasoned out a solution rather than call in ACLU

lawyers to attract attention?

Isn’t r eligious speech fr ee speech?

Does Marsh v. Chambers apply to Town Meeting gatherings as it does to legislative meetings?

As we have seen in a variety of cases across the nation, definitions about free speech and religious expression in America have been shifting for mor e than 200 years.

Conservative voices have frequently accused the ACLU of selective reasoning—turning a deaf ear to r eligious people when their civil liberties ar e abused.

While the ACLU is a liberal org anization and a str ong defender of chur chstate separation, it has also been a friend of chur ches and people of faith under assault. Yet we never hear about these kinds of ACLU cases.

Here’s an abridged list, courtesy of blogger Sean Aqui, that supports a side of the ACLU we rarely hear about: 2004: The Indiana ACLU defended the rights of a Baptist minister to preach his message on public streets.

2003: The ACLU of Rhode Island supported the rights of car olers to sing outside a women’s prison on Christmas Eve. The prison of ficials backed down and agr eed to let the car oling take place.

2002: The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a brief supporting the right of the Church of the Good News to run highly visible advertisements criticizing the secularization of Christmas, and promoting Christianity as the “one tr ue religion,” after the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Agency r efused to allow the ads on subways.

There may never be a final solution to the 200-year -old plus battle over defining fr eedom of speech and r eligious expression in the public square in America. And maybe that’s as the Founders intended. For as Pr esident U.S. Grant said to Congr ess about the issue in 1875, “Let’s declare church and state forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres.”

This editorial is the collaborative opinion of a board comprised of Thom Randall, Lindsay Yandon, Fred Herbst, Lou Varricchio, Keith Lobdell, Jer emiah Papineau, Sarah Cr onk, Andy Flynn and John Gereau. Comments may be dir ected to denpubs@denpubs.com.

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Let us look at two alternative scenarios any people argue that we have and ask if the outcome would have been the the best medical care in the same. world here in the First scenario: If the incident U.S. They point to the major took place in the exact same lomedical centers, the excellent cation and cir cumstances, but medical research and the fact instead of the congr esswoman that people come from all being the victim, it was a over the world to access care teenage male working part in some of our specialty hostime at the gr ocery stor e and pitals. bringing carts in from the parkRecently, the tragic events in ing lot. In addition, let us asTucson, including the head sume he is the son of undocuwound suf fered by Congr essmented immigrants. woman Gif ford, showed the In such a case, he would ability to save a life from what probably have been attended to we would all consider a devas- David G. Welch, M.D. at the scene the same way and tating injury. Not only did Ms. Thoughts from Gifford survive the gunshot Behind the Stethoscope transported to the same hospital but from there on the situawound, but all indications ar e tion would likely change. Bethat she is making significant pr ogress in her cause he does not have insurance, he may or current r ehabilitation pr ogram. Certainly may not have gotten the same level of attenthat story demonstrates amazing medical tion. His care would likely have been by the technology and care. resident house staf f and not the staf f surThe case of Ms. Gif ford, however, makes geons. a good case study. There are several factors More importantly , once stable, ther e that came together that allowed for the exwould have been a major eff ort to move him cellent outcome in that case.

First of all, the incident occurred in a very out of the hospital but not likely to a r ehab facility since there was no way to pay for the public location with many people ar ound, rehab. Is this the same quality of care? some of whom had first-aid experience and Second scenario. Let us assume we have were able to pr ovide immediate car e. Secone of our local congressmen injured in the ond, ther e was rapid r esponse by a welltrained EMT service, and she was transport- same way but that the incident occurr ed in a small upstate New York town such as ed rapidly to a major university hospital with a tertiary care trauma center. At that fa- Chestertown or Long Lake.

In such a situation, ther e may have been cility, ther e wer e physicians and teams similar first-aid available at the scene, but trained in dealing with head trauma of the after that everything is different. type she suf fered. Thir d, she had excellent insurance. These factors cr eate the perfect scenario.

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Invitation to budget meeting

able future here.

On March 12, members of our board will meet with leaders fr om BOCES to To the News Enterprise: try to learn what kind of pr essure, Please consider this an invitation guidance or mandates local districts and an opportunity. Our school budgshould expect from NYS. These potenet situation in Indian Lake is pr oving tial changes could have very serious every bit as “taxing” as any of the othconsequences for our school and our er stories you’ve been r eading about town. lately.

At our special budget workshop last Our first budget draft showed an innight, the cafeteria was filled with concrease in expenditures of only 2.05 percerned faculty, staff and a few commucent. Normally, this would be a good nity members. I think everyone ther e starting point for our budget r eview. now has a better understanding of the However, the governor ’s budget pr odistrict’s challenges, and I hope there’s posal lowers our state aid by 20.6 pera greater sense of purpose in the buildcent (the lar gest percentage cut in our ing. If we’re going to prevent our town BOCES r egion). This would translate from being whittled away, we’re going into an estimated 7.9 per cent incr ease to need to work together. in your tax bill.

Therefore, I ur ge anyone inter ested The school boar d will not appr ove to come to our next meeting on Mar ch that kind of tax levy in these tough 15 at 7 p.m. I believe that if our town times. But, we still need to maintain the works together to face these chalprograms necessary to educate our lenges, we will be able to insur e the community’s children. sound, continued operation of our And it gr ows even mor e complex school, and shape our own futur e than this, when we look beyond this rather than have it dictated to us fr om year ’s budget. We’re particularly conAlbany. cerned about the implications of a 2 I know school boar d meetings have percent pr operty tax cap and r ecomnot always been the most fascinating mendations we’re told may be coming affairs. from the Governor ’s Commission on But today, we’re living in interesting Government Efficiency regarding contimes. solidation of school districts with less than 1,000 students. Such changes force Jon Voorhees, President us to look well beyond a single year ’s Indian Lake Central School budgeting, if we hope to navigate a viBoard of Education

Will press also show respect To the News Enterprise: I addr ess this to each of the editors that contributed to the editorial "W ill the ethics board be the answer?" I thank you, the individual who ranted about it last year to the Board of Supervisors and the Boar d of Supervisors for attacking this issue of ethics.

While you said many good things in your editorial, you stressed much about openness and to little on individual privacy. I ask you, can you the pr ess honestly be trusted not to reveal an employees name that reports a potential violation of ethics? I really hope so.

Your editorial mentions one must feel comfortable and without concern of re tribution when appr oaching the ethics board but then you insist you want to publish names of direct relatives hired.

What if a person is qualified and no rules wer e violated? You still want to start some controversy by pointing out relatives no mater the case?

If this board is to succeed it must operate “transpar ent on policy” and in “executive session on personnel matters.” In a county of this size I would bet 8 out of 10 times a r elative is the best qualified for a job and that somewher e up the chain they have an influentialelr ative. see LETTERS, page 7

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re you conscious? If you’re reading this, I will assume you are. However, in the near future, we may well have robots that can read, speak, and answer an assortment of questions put to them. If that becomes a reality, would we be willing to accept the notion that such robots are also conscious? Obviously, this all depends on our definition of consciousness.

And, surprisingly, we don’t yet have a universally agreed upon test for, or definition of, consciousness.

Nor do we know what the minimal requirements are for an organism to be conscious. Is it sufficient to possess a complex and functioning brain?

In medical practice we say someone is conscious if he or she is capable of responding to our questions, reacting to painful stimuli, and demonstrating they are oriby Wes Dingman ented with respect to time, place and person. But we know that certain diseases or injuries affecting the brain can seriously impair a person’s ability to respond to these tests without causing any significant impairment of their consciousness. For example, most patients afflicted with the “Locked-in Syndrome” can at least move or blink their eyes and thus can be taught a code with which to signal their answers to questions pertinent to their state of consciousness.

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ow! Guess we are having a taste of an oldfashioned winter. But, not like the ones that I remembered so many years ago.

Sunday afternoon and evening sure gave a good size storm. The road crews are again losing sleep to keep our roads passible.

Tim and Millie Ordway were happy to be able to go pick up their son, Shamus who will be home from the armed forces.

Jay Witham was in concert at the Baptist Church in Warrensburg on Sunday night. Lee Call is the pastor.

Kjerstia is happy to be the new owner of a 2006 Ford Explorer.

Fred and Ruth Allen made the trip in the storm from New Jersey to their River House at The Glen.

This seems to have been a winter of a lot of people going to and from the hospitals and so many funerals of loved ones. We are all ready for spring. Hope we will all be able to get out and enjoy the nice weather that we will have soon. Let's have a garden to get some extra exercise.

Health care from page 6 In this scenario, we are dependent on part-time volunteer rescue squads to respond to the incident. In such a case, pr ecious minutes ar e lost getting the squad members to r espond and get to the scene.

Of greater concern, however , is that once the squad has responded, we ar e now looking at a transport time of as much as two hours to get to a trauma center since the closest ones would be in Albany, Burlington or Syracuse.

In this scenario, the r eality is that the patient may not have made it to the hospital alive or if they did there would have been substantially more permanent damage before definitive care could begin.

The lesson her e is that while we may have outstanding medical care in this country, it is not universally available.

From a moralistic point of view, shouldn’t we all have equal access to the same quality of car e regardless of our station in life or our income? Why should a congre ssman get better care than an ordinary American? Likewise, should those of us who choose to live in a ru ral part of New York have more access to specialty care available closer to home?

As we consider the futur e of health care for this country there ar e two questions about our excellent car e. Do we make it available equally to all, and can we ford af to do that?

The reality is that much of the “best” care we have is not available to all and a lot of it is far too expensive to make it available to everyone. Ultimately, this means that there has to be some mechanism for rationing or allocating the car e so that the most people can be provided to the most necessary car e. This r eality needs to be part of the dialog on health care reform.

David G. Welch, M.D. lives in Lake Placid.

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Without this ability to communicate in some fashion we would have no way to tell whether or not such patients were conscious. The situation is further complicated by the phenomenon of sleepwalking. In this dissociative state humans can carry out complex purposeful actions, like driving a car, but won’t remember what they did or why they did it when they come out of this state. Are sleepwalkers therefore unconscious while in a dissociated state?

The dictionary emphasizes being aware and having the ability to think as defining consciousness. But all living organisms respond to at least some external stimuli and are thus aware. So how can we tell if someone or some other organism is thinking if we can’t communicate with them? Does your pet think? And what is thinking anyway? Is it merely the ability to communicate with oneself silently? Hopefully, further research on living brains will help us answer some of these questions.

Would it make a difference in how we relate to an organism if it could be proven that the organism is a conscious being? It does seem we treat organisms we think of as possessing consciousness with more respect, care and empathy than we treat organisms which we believe are not so endowed. But is consciousness of any real value to an organism? If you think it’s required for learning remember that honeybees can learn from each other quite readily. Would you grant bees consciousness? Or, is consciousness just a peculiar side effect of having large and complicated brains?

Questions and suggestions from readers are welcomed and will be responded to in future editions of this column. Contact me at cwdingman@frontiernet.net.

Events Everyone is invited to the Maple Sugar on Snow Fundraiser in Athol March 12 at 4 p.m.

Bluegrass music and dinner will be featured for $10 per person.

Also, locals can enjoy the next three weekends touring different sugar houses in the Athol-Thurman areas. Stop and have a breakfast or enjoy seeing a saw mill.

Happy Birthday Eric Millington, Alyssa DeCesare, Lance Cleveland, Rose Dalaba Allen, Stacy Fongema, Mike Wells, Janetoffit, Gary Millington Jr, Debby Aldous, Scotty Jo Millington and Mallory Pierson.

Happy Anniversary Fletcher and Berniece Conlon, and Gary and Robin Wolper.

Enjoy each and every day.

Question of the month: Why is it important to read?

It is important for your brain.

Harley Caunter - Pre-Kindergarten - Johnsburg Central School It is important to read for you to wake up.

Katelyn T ennyson - Pr e-Kindergarten - Johnsbur g Central School It is important for you to learn to read grow up.

Mia Connelly - Pre-Kindergarten - Johnsburg Central School It’s important to know how to r ead because you have to read signs when you drive when you are a grownup.

Autumn Barrett - Kindergarten - Johnsburg Central School It is important to learn to r ead because it makes you smarter.

Julia Morris - Kindergarten - Johnsburg Central School It’s important to r ead because you need to know how to read to get into 1st grade.

Cadence LaVergne - Kindergarten - Johnsburg Central School It is important to read so you can read instructions to put something together. I did it for my little sister.

Ethan Gereau - Grade 2 - Johnsburg Central School

Ryan Morris - Grade 2 - Johnsburg Central School I think r eading is important because if we didn’t have words we would have to look at the pictures.

Anthony Galle - Grade 2 - Johnsburg Central School I think it is fun to read because you can learn so much.

Shawn Mulligan - Grade 2 - Johnsburg Central School We need to read so we will not be ignorant. If we can’tead, r we can’t go to college and get a good job.

Austin - Grade 3 - Johnsburg Central School It is important to read because you have to re ad you homework. You need to read to get a job.

Kyla Fahy - Grade 3 - Johnsburg Central School I think it is important to read because if you are bored and don’t have anything but books you can’t re ad them and can’t do anything.

Haley Mason - Grade 3 - Johnsburg Central School I think it is important to read because it soothes the mind and is very intelligent. Reading helps lots of learning abilities for children across the world. Reading will take you on magical adventures and you will soar into a world filled with imagination.

Bartek Malikowski - Grade 5 - Johnsburg Central School It is important to read because you can communicate with people who are deaf. You wouldn’t be able to sign forms for your job, get a degr ee or get a drivers license without r eading.

Logan McKinney - Grade 5 - Johnsburg Central School

I think it’s important to er ad because if you are driving and you see signs, you need to read them.

Letters to the Editor Letters from page 6 Names of those hir ed ar e always public information and should continue to be so, however , names of r elatives published next to those names have no bearing on anything except speculation. I believe strongly that this board is needed as violations certainly have occurred as they do in most large organizations!

The ethics board needs the freedom to operate in a manner to protect, not just those coming forwar d but those that ar e innocent of bias and false accusations thr ough ignorance of policy. The statements you published ar e good examples of what should be addr essed, if ther e is any substance to them and not just from a jealous non-relative who never qualified to begin with. Give the board a chance, give them the fre edom they need to set up, operate, perform and recommend.

I, with no relatives in this county, would be pleased to read in your paper an article like; “The Essex County Ethics Board reviewed five cases this week involving hiring policies and workplace abuse. The specific infractions were ...( these can be listed as 'a person was hired outside the policy', 'an individual was a victim of gender harassment' , etc). The boar d recommended to the Board of Supervisors, the following actions be taken to prevent further violations in these situations...”

The ethics boar d does not need to use names or even the specific department but they must addr ess factual violation of standar ds and r ecommended corr ections to the Boar d of

trary to the editorial, I do not believe the pay to be exorbitant. However, it depends on just how much time an individual puts into the job. If an individual only attends the monthly meetings and does little else, then yes, the pay is exorbitant. Our 4 councilman are paid $3822.00 per year and the impact of that on our budget is 1%. Ther e have been no raises in several years, nor should there be.

The nine journalists believe town boards should work for free like school boards, but I disagree. I think school boards should receive a stipend for their time. I was a school board member for 5 ½ years and it was very dif ficult. More difficult than any other public service I’ve been involved in and Win Belanger Willsboro there are out of pocket expenses involved such as travel to meetings, both local and county. In my case there was a loss of extra work time on my regular job.

Perhaps journalists should work for free. The press never tires of telling us they r epresent the public’s right to know, so, if its our right why should it cost money?

To the News Enterprise: John Kennedy and Thomas Jef ferson, the two examples I’m certain the nine journalists fro m the editorial of March put forth who served for free, happened to be very wealthy individuals and presumably had no need for compensation.

5 wer e hoping for a r esponse and I’ll happily oblige them since I’m one of these “ self servants getting fat on the pub- There is rarely a shortage of persons willing to be Pre sident, lic dime.” I’m a Councilman in Elizabethtown, but I will only but the line of folks willing to be a school boar d or town board member is short. I found myself wondering if any of speak for myself with regard to this issue. the nine journalists are in the line.

I’ve been a volunteer in this town for over 28 years as a Ken Fenimore, vol. fir eman, as a Fir e Commissioner , as a School Boar d Councilman, member, and now five years as a paid T own Councilman. I Elizabethtown have no regrets about being paid to be a Councilman. ConSupervisors. The Boar d of Supervisors needs to be the main ones in the spotlight and equally transpar ent. Should they find a department head or another individual has knowingly violated policy they need to act openly (when appr opriate) on the recommendations and report those corrective actions taken.

I ask each of you as members of your communities and editors not to handicap what can be a good thing for this county by printing what has not been substantiated just to call the attention to an individual or their families.

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News of the Week Woman stole from guest rooms, police say

QUEENSBURY — Rebecca L. Hall, 30, of Hudson Falls was recently arrested and charged with two felony counts of burglary and one misdemeanor count of petit lar ceny after allegedly stealing money fr om guest r ooms at the Gr eat Escape Lodge in Queensbury, where she works.

The lodge had r eceived several complaints from guests r eporting stolen money over the Rebecca L. past few months, accor ding to police. Hall was Hall caught on surveillance stealing money from a room during an investigation.

She was arraigned at the Queensbury T own Court and r emanded to the Warren County Correctional Facility without Bail.

Two involved in snowmobile collision

HORICON — Warren County Sheriff’s Office responded to a personal injury snowmobile accident Horicon last week involving Anthony E. Tasso, 18, of Schenectady and Kathleen C. Latchford, 53, of Chestertown.

Tasso slid into the path of Latchford, who was travelling in the opposite direction, sending her sled into a tr ee. Latchford was transported to Glens Falls Hospital to be treated.

Projects updated by town board

INDIAN LAKE— A major update should be r eleased March 14 on the hydro project planned for Indian Lake and Lake Abanakee dams in order to generate electricity from the sources.

Indian Lake Town Board also reported that Verizon’s request for a permit to er ect a communications tower on T ower Hill is now a completed application at theAdirondack ParkAgency and is awaiting a decision from the regional zoning group. An existing 90-foot tower will be replaced to promote cell service.

Accidental shooting goes to court

WILTON — The 56-year old man char ged with endangering the welfare of a child after an accidental shooting resulted in the death of a 12 year-old will soon appear in Wilton Town Court.

He allegedly left a 9 mm handgun and ammunition unlocked within access of his son and the 12 year-old victim.

The court date will come after two previous adjournments.

Horicon bridge requires statewide vote

HORICON — Warren County hopes to construct a new bridge over Schroon River, but will need a statewide vote for approval.

Land alongside the river is owned by New York State and the DEC make the vote necessary.

The current structure is 115 years old and has significant structural weaknesses.

Protestors arrested

ALBANY — Seventeen people wer e arr ested and char ged with disor derly conduct after participated in pr otests, police said. Over 100 people participated in protests against cuts to program funding and tax breaks in Albany in the past few weeks.

They were arraigned last week and released.

Former judge pleads guilty of driving drunk

WILTON — James Dawson, a former state Supr eme Court Justice fr om Elizabethtown, r ecently plead guilty to a misdemeanor DWI charge after allegedly driving drunk last fall.

He was fined $500 and sentenced to a conditional dischar ge that includes a required ignition interlock system be installed in his vehicle.

Dawson served from 1995-2008 in Essex County.

Woman assaults trooper

CAMBRIDGE — Jessica M. Brice, 21, allegedly assaulted a state trooper last week and was charged with second-degree assault, a felony.

The tr ooper sustained injuries and was tr eated at Saratoga Hospital.

Brice was arraigned and sent to Saratoga County Jail for lack of bail.

Police: Woman robs store clerk

WARRENSBURG — Kimberly H. Pulica, 23, of Warrensburg was charged with second degree robbery, a felony, after assaulting the clerk at Xtra Mart on Route 9 and stealing her cell phone, police said.

She was arraigned and sent to Warren County Jail for lack of bail.

Man sends inappropriate photos to minor

QUEENSBURY — Michael W. Murdie, 38, of Ballston Spa offered to send a 12-year-old girl photos of his genitals last week, police say.

He plead guilty to disseminating indecent material and was sentenced to five years probation by Warren County Court.

Murdie will also have to register as a sex offender.

Man charged with child pornography GRANVILLE — Ross E. Pardy was arrested after an investigation revealed possession and promotion of child pornography last week, police said.

Police searched his home and seized a computer, which contained pornography downloaded over a peer-to-peer network.

He was fr eed on $20,000 cash bail, pending pr osecution in Granville Village Court.

Repeat offender facing grand larceny charge NORTHUMBERLAND — Robert G. Campbell, 41, was charged last week for allegedly taking mor e than $3,000 from a Northumberland r esident to do paving work at a private home without completing the job, police said.

He is being held in Warren County Jail.

March 12, 2011

In Essex County

DA’s office gets ‘eyes’ for interview rooms New cameras to be used by police officers

comes through the Byrne/JAG program. video recorded interviews without any cost District attorney’s offices throughout the to our local municipalities and taxpayers,” state wer e encouraged to Sprague said. apply for the funding.

The funds will be used Sprague said that techto pur chase and install nology is being used more video r ecording systems denpubs@denpubs.com often in the prosecution of in designated interview ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex Coun- crimes, so equipping porooms at the two police ty District Attorney’s Office announced this lice and sherif f’s departdepartments and the sherweek that it has acquired funding for local ments with the necessary iff’s office, Sprague said. police departments to equip themselves tools is a must.

That allows investigawith video recording technology.

She added that better tors to r ecord interviews Kristy Sprague said T uesday her of fice technology leads to the Kristy Sprague with suspects, in turn prohas nearly $15,000 in grant monies available successful appr ehension Essex County DA viding concr ete evidence for secure video recording systems for three and prosecution of offendwhen a case goes to trial. local police departments. ers.

According to Sprague, county CommuAccording to Sprague, the Essex County “The grant process in this case was very nity Resource Director Michael Mascarenas Sheriff’s Department and the T iconderoga competitive with a limited amount of fund- worked closely with Sherif f Richar d Cutand Moriah police departments are the only ing that could be allotted to potential grant ting and r epresentatives fr om the T iconlaw enforcement agencies in Essex County candidates,” Sprague said, adding that Esderoga and Moriah police departments to that don’t have video recording equipment sex County received the maximum amount put together the successful grant applicainstalled at their offices. of funding possible through the program. tion.

Sprague applied for the grant thr ough “This funding allows our county to pr e“This is teamwork at its best,” Sprague the state Division of Criminal Justice Servpare for any possible futur e mandates for said. ices. The funding – which totals $14,809 –

By Chris Morris

Around the Region

State Ed commissioner tells it how it is Steiner holds nothing back in candid talk with local students

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com

PLATTSBURGH — “You know times ar e tough, and I know times are tough.”

That was part of the message that state Department of Education Commissioner David M. Steiner shared with a group of local students at the Champlain V alley Technical Institute’s satellite campus at the former Clinton County Airport March 4.

“What your questions are really telling us is that this is a really tough period,” Steiner said. “The good thing about it is that we ar e being a lot more honest about education as a country, and we are saying that you as students deserve more for us.”

Steiner spent just over an hour fielding questions from students as old as seniors and high school and as young as fourth grade about the state of education and where he saw changes coming.

When asked about those who may have a tougher time performing on tests or in the classroom, Steiner said the approach should be more individual.

“We have to stop thinking that everyone should arrive at the same place at the same time,” Steiner said. “When I was in school in England, there was nothing called ddyslexia. I was just a horrible speller and I would get D’s and F’s.”

Steiner also talked about the issues with education and the proposed spending cuts to be made by the state.

“What this does is it comes down to a social consciousness and a social contract issue,” Steiner said. “You and your parents as citizens can have an impact on this discussion.”

Steiner said there are gaps that have to be taken car e of in the system.

“Is it fair if one student is being funded at a rate of $9,000 and another in a different zip code is being funded at a rate of $26,000,” he said. “That is actually happening in this state. When you have less, you have to focus on what matters most.”

With several students asking about testing, Steiner said he hopes that the state will work to make the Regents and other testing a better assessment of a student’s performance, but said things wer e most likely going to get tougher.

When a student said they were feeling “stressed” about the up-

Drew Malone of Crown Point listens as David Steiner answers her question during a student forum at CV-Tech’s satellite campus March 3. coming round of tests, Steiner r esponded, “stress in life tends to get worse as you go on.”

Steiner also said he felt there needed to be a change is how students ar e pr epared for college, something he feels is becoming more and more of a necessity.

“We have built our standards in state education for kinder garten through twelve,” Steiner said. “The schools and the colleges were not communicating. What we need to do is make sure that there is no greater gap between your senior year and the first year of college then ther e is between your junior and senior year in high school.”

Steiner also addressed the need to better educate teachers.

“Teaching is about communicating, r eaching the students and understanding what it is they are being taught,” he said. “We have to re-evaluate how we are preparing our teachers and we have to look at how we teach, as well.”

Fewer Smart Growth grants to be awarded Deadline for applications March 18

By Andy Flynn

andy@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The state Department of Envir onmental Conservation (DEC) will be handing out fewer Adirondack Smart Growth grants this year than it did during the first round of grants in 2007 because the line item in the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) has been cut in half.

Municipalities in the Adirondack Park have until March 18 to apply for the second round of Adirondack Park Community Smart Gr owth Planning Grants, administered by the DEC. In October 2010, the DEC announced that about $500,000 fr om the EPF will be available to fund new pr ojects in the Adirondack Park, which are required to be consistent with “smart growth” principles.

In 2007, $1 million from the EPF was available for Adirondack Smart Gr owth planning projects.

Due to the overwhelming response from municipalities during the first round, DEC officials decided to go ahead with a second round. In all, 50 applications wer e filed in 2007, requesting $3 million, and 18 projects were awarded funding.

“It’s clear there was a need to serve more communities in the Adirondacks,” said David Winchell, Citizen Participation Specialist for DEC Region 5 in Ray Brook.

This time, knowing they have less money to work with, Smart Gr owth grant administrators lowered the maximum award amount so they could serve as many municipalities as possible, accor ding to DEC Environmental Pr ogram Specialist Dylan Walrath, administrator of the Adirondack Smart Growth grants. The DEC lowered the maximum awar d amount for Smart Growth grants in all categories: local, $40,000 (down fr om $50,000); r egional, $80,000 (down fr om $100,000); and parkwide, $190,000 (down from $200,000).

For mor e information, call Dylan W alrath at (518) 402-9405. Applications ar e available online at www.dec.ny.gov/lands/50029.html.

Some of the communities that wer e awarded Smart Growth Grants from the 2007 program include:

Local projects -Town of Brighton ($46,400), Brighton Smart Growth Assessment Project -Town of Stony Creek ($25,000), Revitalization Study for the Hamlet of Stony Creek -Town of Ausable ($26,000), T own of Ausable Comprehensive Plan -Town of Bolton ($50,000), Sustainability Plan for the Hamlet of Bolton Landing -Town of Chester ($35,000), T own of Chester Community Housing Plan -Town of Newcomb ($50,000), Northern Forest Conservation Education and Leadership Training Institute -Town of Long Lake ($1 1,600), Common Ground Alliance “Blueprint for the Blue Line” -Town of Indian Lake ($42,600), Indian Lake Theater -Town of Horicon ($23,585), T own of Horicon Community Development Strategic Plan

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Winners, losers in VIC transition Partners reflect on new ownership of former APA centers

By Andy Flynn

andy@denpubs.com (Editor’s note: This is Part Five of a five-part series on the current status of the Visitor Interpretive Centers, which were operated by the Adirondack Park Agency from 1989 to 2010.)

RAY BROOK — When the stateAdirondack Park Agency (APA) transferred ownership of its V isitor Interpretive Centers at Paul Smiths and Newcomb to two colleges on Jan. 1, not everyone escaped the transition unscathed. For the most part, however, many of the key players say there is a happy ending to this story.

During this five-part series, of ficials interviewed for these stories were asked one final question: “Who wer e the winners and losers of this transition?”

Answers were recorded from Paul Smith’s College, which now owns and operates the Paul Smiths VIC; the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), which now owns and operates the Adirondack Interpretive Center (formerly known as the Newcomb VIC); the Adirondack Park Institute, the VIC friends group since 1989; theAdirondack Center for Writing, a new tenant at the Paul Smiths VIC; and the APA. First the basics.

Government downsizing: Due to a multi-billion-dollar New York state budget deficit, the APA dissolved its Interpr etive Programs Division and successfully transferred ownership of its Visitor Interpretive Centers to two colleges by Jan. 1, 2011. The move was expected to save the APA about $500,000 a year.

Staff: During the 11-month process, four jobs wer e cut at each facility. Two VIC employees transferred to the APA headquarters in Ray Brook (one of them “bumped” another employee out of his position). Since then, Paul Smith’s College has hir ed a full-time maintenance person for the VIC, and SUNY-ESF will hire one fulltime staffer (a two-year position) at theAIC. More seasonal jobs are expected to be created at each facility.

Facilities and programs: The trails remain open at both centers.

The Newcomb building is still open to the public, and the Paul Smiths building is expected to be open to the public sometime this year. The API will continue to offer environmental education programs for schools and the public at each building.

Losers “There's no way to sugarcoat it,” said Paul Hai, program coordinator for SUNY-ESF’s Adirondack Ecological Center and Northern Forest Institute, “The wonderful people who wer e doing the work for the Adirondack Park Agency at the VICs.” Hai said the out-of-work employees lost in the short-term and he hopes they will soon move on to other jobs. He had worked closely with these employees since 2003 and speaks highly of the APA and the staff who built the centers and operated them for mor e than 20 years.

“These places exist because of the people who did the work here,” Hai said. “What those guys created at the interpretive centers is a legacy, and they should be proud of it.”

At the same time, as NewYork agencies dealt with budget shortfalls by closing environmental education centers around the state in 2010, “environmental education lost,” he said, noting the workforce reduction at APA and Department of Environmental Conservation environmental education centers. “The APA made a tough choice … We’re really hoping we can lessen that blow by keeping this center open.”

API Executive Director Dan Fitts agrees with Hai about the loss to employees and the legacy they created. He calls the APA’s decision “understandable,” yet he laments the loss to taxpayers who once learned about the wonders of the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park from state workers.

“I sure think the state of New York loses by not being able to fund those ar eas,” Fitts said. “It was r eal nice for the state to tell the story of the Adirondack Park.”

While Paul Smith’s College Communications Dir ector Ken Aaron recognizes that the transition created hardship for the people who lost jobs, he sees the state of NewYork as a winner because the mission of the VICs will be continued under the college’s watch.

“There are no losers,”Aaron said, adding that if the building had gone dark, the story would have been dif ferent. “But we stepped forward and that didn’t happen.”

APA Environmental Educator Milt Adams gives a bird-of-prey demonstration to visitors at the Paul Smiths VIC in 2008. Adams transferred to APA Headquarters in Ray Brook in January under a new title.

Photo by Andy Flynn, from the APA 2008 Annual Report

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APA answers questions (The following answers were supplied in writing by Adirondack Park Agency Director of Communications Keith McKeever.)

What is the APA’s legacy of the VICs, building a foundation for the future of the VICs under new ownership?

APA legacy is more than two decades of the VICs showcasing the beauty and history of New York State’s Adirondack Park to appr oximately one-and-a-half million visitors. Concurrently, the VICs pr ovided envir onmental pr ograms and services, which reached a multi-generational audience that included over 75,000 school childr en. The extensive trail systems combined with innovative interpretive services fostered a greater public appreciation for the value of the Adirondack Park to all New Yorkers and citizens of the world.

What is the APA most proud of in regard to its Interpretive Programs Division and operation of the VICs from 1989 to 2010?

We are most proud of the VIC staff for their years of engagement in educating generations of Park stewards and for their outstanding commitment to increasing environmental awareness. Their dedication and commitment enhanced the public’s awareness of Park resources and theAgency’s role in their protection. Staff played an important part in interpr eting the Park Agency’s responsibilities for the public and private lands of the Park.

Now that the APA doesn’t have operate to the VICs, how has that benefitted the APA so far? Have you seen a direct financial impact in January? How much money will it save per year?

The Agency successfully transitioned the VICs and met all mandated budget saving mandates. This helped contribute to the overall state goal of reducing state spending. The Agency did not have to cut back additional staf f or resources in its regulatory and legal responsibilities and continues to effectively manage a demanding and complex workload.

In regard to the VIC transition from the AP A to the new owners, who are the winners here?

The Agency’s handling of this downsizing is being discussed as a model for other state agencies. Therefore, we see the outcome as a win-win. W orking in partnership with SUNY-ESF and Paul Smith’s College, we wer e able to navigate through complex legal r equirements and r each an outcome that resulted in continued public access to outstanding trail systems, nature viewing opportunities and environmental programming.

Who are the losers?

No comment A couple of people have said that the APA and New York state government are “losers” in this VIC transition because the APA dissolved its Interpretive Programs Division and no longer offers environmental education programming directly to the public. What is your take on those comments?

All agency staf f provide environmental education as part of their daily work r esponsibilities. Staff has always worked hard to explain how the Agency’s work plays an important part in protecting the environment, public heath and enhances community sustainability. We will continue to incorporate education and interpretive services into the our job responsibilities.

Warren County Board of Supervisors Chairman Dan Stec has lost 68 pounds in about nine weeks by cutting back sharply on sugar, starch and fats. Garbed in much trimmer clothing at a recent county board meeting, Stec’s fast w eight loss pr ompted both quips and c ompliments.

County leader loses weight, but not politically

By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — A county leader who is expected to throw his weight around regionally is now likely to do so — with far fewer pounds.

Dan Stec of Queensbury, the larger-than-life Warren County Board of Supervisors Chairman, has shed 68 pounds since Jan. 1, and I want to go this weight loss prompted both quips ‘retro’ with my and congratulations wardrobe. from fellow politicians at the Feb. 18 and Mar ch — Dan Stec, 9 county Boar d of SuWarren County pervisors meetings.

Board Chairman Stec, a looming 6 foot 5 inches, said his key to his quick weight loss was a pr otein-and-vegetable diet that cuts down drastically on fats and simple carbohydrates including sugary and starchy foods.

“The first couple of days I had ‘sugar withdrawal,’ but now I don’t miss it, and I’m not hungry,” he said. “I miss my pasta and pizza a little, but I don’t have to have it.”

The diet started with a New Year’s resolution, and he then sought out the advice of chir opractor and weight-loss advisor Jonathan Gerber of Queensbury.

Stec’s weight came off easily, and he’s now wearing clothes that fit eight years ago, he said, declining to r eveal his present weight.

“I have a lot mor e energy, people say I look younger, and feel like I have mor e confidence,” he said, noting that some people claim he already has a generous supply of the latter.

Stec’s goal is to lose 100 pounds and fit into the clothing he wore in college, he said.

“I want to go ‘retro’ with my wardrobe,” he said.

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All people interviewed for this story agreed that the communities of Paul Smiths (town of Brighton) and Newcomb both come out as clear winners because the facilities will be open to the public. That means roughly 100,000 visitors will still be making their way to these towns annually (about 70,000 at Paul Smiths and 30,000 at Newcomb), staying at inns, eating at r estaurants and shopping. It was a good deal for the local economy, they said.

“The citizens of the Adirondacks are winners,” Hai said, r eferring to the residents' use of the centers as an educational and ecrer ational resource.

More broadly, the educational community in the er gion is a winner, according to Hai, organizations that interpret the environmental and cultural history of the Adirondack Park and partner with SUNY-ESF in Newcomb, including the Wild Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, Adirondack Mountain Club and Adirondack Museum. And the citizens of New York are winners, he said.

“Ultimately, New Yorkers paid for the structure,” Hai said. “That investment didn’t go away.”

Fitts — who also sits on the SUNY-ESF Board of Trustees — said both colleges come out winners, as these public facilities ar e unique assets for their educational programs.

Paul Smith’s College officials concur. Their students will benefit, as will the gr eater Tri-Lakes community, according to college Director of Human Resources Susan Sweeney.

“This once again gives us the opportunity to say we ar e good neighbors,” Sweeney said.

Perhaps the biggest winner is the Adirondack Center for Writing, which will be moving from the Paul Smith’s College administration building to the VIC this spring. The move will give the notfor-profit group the opportunity to be more accessible and use the theater space for programs, such as the April 19 program with celebrated author Sapphir e, accor ding to ACW Executive Dir ector Nathalie Thill.

“We really lucked out as a community. This is a gorgeous building with so much potential,” Thill said. “This will be transformative for our organization.”

12 years of operation.

Goodspeed anticipates a contract within 50-60 days but added that it must be done right rather than quickly.

The biggest change includes Iowa Pacific’s desire to run freight on the lines after years of the tracks being used solely for tourist trains. The tracks are in good shape and ready for use as determined by an inspection made by Iowa Pacific at the time of their proposal submission.

The lengthy negotiations have, however , created problems for some traditional events hosted in North Cr eek.

Thomas the Tank Engine will mostly likely not make his usual appearance in May. Ed Ellis, president of Iowa Pacific, plans on continuing the Thomas weekends, but later in the year.

“The train has a huge economic impact on this region,” said Gore Mountain Region Chamber of Commerce President Dave Bulmer. “It is important that we work together to push the county to make a decision as quickly as possible.”

The train attracts thousands of visitors to the Gor e Mountain Region yearly and has spurr ed such annual events as Race the Train, Ales on Rails, visits from Thomas the Tank Engine and many others, he said.

The North Creek Business Alliance along with the Gore Mountain Regional Chamber of Commer ce are exploring other options for an event in May to r eplace the Thomas weekend.

Goodspeed is optimistic about the futur e of the train, which will include a ski train, a dinner train, and commuter service to Saratoga Springs and New York City.

“This line will connect us with the er st of the world,” he said.

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Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern cougar to be extinct, Shortly thereafter, our own Joe Hackett received an email from a couple in Mooers who asked to be identified only by their first names, Michelle and Matt. Attached was this picture of a large cat, taken behind their North Country home. This is what the couple had to say: “I took this photo about a week ago. It was taken behind my house in Mooers, NY. It is some sort of large cat that looked to weigh about 90 pounds. It was about 40 yards away from me. Some people that have looked at the picture have said that it is a mountain lion or cougar based on its long tail. What are your thoughts?”

Is the eastern cougar truly extinct?

I t’s a story that most North Country folks have heard, and it’s one that most of us truly want to believe. We want to believe it is true because it makes this place seem wilder, mysterious, and possibly even mythical.

Often, it is a secretive tale about a secretive beast, and yet it is talked about all across the Adirondacks from barrooms to board rooms, and from all points between. We want to believe the story, even though it often involves rumors about secret releases, green group conspiracies, missing radio collars, black-ops coverups and other such

Ongoing

JOHNSBURG — Cross-country ski instruction with Mark Lacek after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Gor e Mt. School. Transportation available. Call 2512825 (days) or 251-3739 (evenings) to sign up.

JOHNSBURG — The Johnsburg Fine Arts Group meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the W evertown Community Center on Route 28. All ages and degr ees of talent in any medium are welcome. Kate Hartley, local watercolor artist, teaches and/or guides us on the 2nd and 4th T uesday of each month. Call 251-4349 for information.

JOHNSBURG — Play Gr oup at the Outreach Center 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesdays, 10 – 11:30 a.m.

JOHNSBURG — Millennium Chorale r ehearsals Mondays at 7 p.m. in the JCS Band Room.

NORTH CREEK — Fr ee Yoga Stimulus classes at the Copperfield Inn in the Hunt Room, Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m. Call the Copperfield Inn at 251-2200 to find out times and cost.

JOHNSBURG — Johnsbur g Public Library Books for Cooks meets 2nd W ednesday of each month at, 5 p.m. at the library.

NORTH CREEK — W eight W atchers meeting Tuesdays 6 - 7 p.m. Johnsburg Central School r oom 122. Call Kathy 251-2409 for more information.

NORTH CREEK — Rotary meets every Thursday from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. at Marsha's Restaurant on Main Str eet, North Cr eek.

Old and new members welcome.

NORTH CREEK — The North Country Outreach Center is offering a free GED program for all ages every Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Center . Anyone interested

nonsense.

It’s often at this point that the X-Files gets lost the woods; which is the reason why the NYSDEC had to issue a press release last summer to clear the air about a number of internet hoaxs and continued rumors about pictures of dead cougars and other suspicious evidences.

Unfortunately, most storytellers don't realize that no one would be happier than the DEC, to learn that cougars have returned to the Adirondacks.

Actual proof of a cat would be proof of a truly wild habitate, and that would be a mighty big feather to place

in either taking this course or volunteering should contact the Outreach Center at 2513481.

NEWCOMB — Newcomb Mt. Quilters meeting 1st Monday and 3r d Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Newcomb Fire Hall.

NORTH CREEK — The T own of Johnsburg Library hosts a pr e-school story hour and crafts every Friday from 10 - 11 a.m..

JOHNSBURG — The Town of Johnsburg Library Boar d of T rustees meets the first Wednesday of each month at the library at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

MINERVA — Planet Minerva meeting 2nd Wednesday of each month at town hall, 7 p.m.

NORTH CREEK — The Gor e Mt. Senior Citizens meet the 4th Monday of each month at the Meal Site in North Cr eek at 5:30 p.m. for a covere d dish followed by our meeting. All over 55 are invited to join.

NORTH CREEK — Fr ee transportation for town of Johnsbur g seniors age 60 and over to Glens Falls and Queensbury for shopping and medical appointments every Thursday. Call Barbara L ynch at 251-5546 for more information.

WEVERTOWN — Johnsbur g Historical Society meeting 12 p.m. every first Monday of month in gr ound floor meeting r oom of Wevertown Community Center . Of fice hours upstairs every Monday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Contact 251-5788 for mor e information.

JOHNSBURG — T ake Of f Pounds Sensibly will meet at 5:15 p.m. on T uesdays at RWJ United Methodist Chur ch. For information call 251-3625 or 623-3509.

NORTH CREEK – The North Cre ek American Legion Post 629 will resume monthly meetings at the North Cr eek Fir ehouse

March 12, 2011 on the green Stetsons in Ray Brook.

For many, the presence of large predators such as wolves, bears and mountain lions validates the state of our wilderness. Even if the big cats are really out there, we are still brave enough to travel the woods. If we dare to deny they exist; we are in some odd fashion, denying our own toughness. We are wimps!

Fortunately, we’ll no longer have to worry about it. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern cougar to be extinct. The Ghost Cat can now be removed from the endangered species list.

And if the federal government says it’s true…what a relief! We can again sleep peacefully among the big pines and the rolling hills.

In fact, we haven’t had to worry for nearly 80 years according to government researchers. They claim the eastern cougar subspecies has likely been extinct since the last cat was shot in Maine, way back in1938.

However, what researchers can’t explain is the rash of sightings that are regularly reported from locations all across the northern forests, stretching from New Brunswick to New York and beyond.

"The Fish and Wildlife Service fully believes that some people have seen cougars, and that was an important part of the review that we did," explained Mark McCollough, a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist quoted in a press release.

McCollough headed up the agency’s five-year effort that searched for evidence of a breeding population of eastern cougars. If the big cats were around, there would have to be evidence, beyond blurry photos and stories of screams in the night.

There would have to be scratching poles, and scent mounds and dens, and kits and kills. The big cats are opportunists, surely they would be found in a trap, shot, or photographed by at least one of the thousands of game cameras out there.

Yet, the stories persist. My own family members claim to have seen them. So do many of my friends, and numerous credible woodsmen. Even a couple of the DEC’s own wildlife biologists have witnessed the cats in the wild.

I don’t doubt that all of these people were seeing something, and it obviously looked like a cougar, but where did they come from and where did they go?

Although the US Fish and Wildlife Department couldn’t locate a cougar after searching for five full years, it sure is nice to think that somebody still can. In some odd sort of way, it makes the local woods exciting... and we all need a little more excitement in our lives.

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

beginning the 3r d Tuesday of each month.

The meeting starts at 3:30 p.m. and is open to all old and new members.

Friday, March 11

LONG LAKE — Moonlighter ’s St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at the Long Lake Diner, 5:30p.m. $17 per person. Call 624-211 6 to make reservations by March 7.

NORTH CREEK — James Looby at T rappers Tavern, 7-10p.m. For mor e information, call 251-9808.

Saturday, March 12

LONG LAKE — Rockin’ To Oz: A LivingAble Pr oduction, 7p.m. Long Lake Central School Gymnasium. $10 general admission.

Sunday, March 13

LONG LAKE — Rockin’ To Oz: A LivingAble Production, 2 p.m. Long Lake Central School Gymnasium. $10 general admission.

Monday, March 14

INDIAN LAKE — Senior Citizens Bingo, 12:30 - 3 p.m. at Senior Citizens Mealsite.

For more information, call 648-5412.

NEWCOMB — Yoga at Newcomb Central School, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Mats pr ovided or bring your own. Call 582-3341 for mor e information.

NEWCOMB — Family Karate at Newcomb Central School, 6:30 p.m. Call 5823341 for more information.

BAKERS MILLS — Yoga at Yoga In The Adirondacks Studio, 5:30–7p.m.

Tuesday, March 15

NEWCOMB — Zumba at Newcomb Cen-

tral School, 6:30 p.m. Call 582-3098 for mor e information.

LONG LAKE — Fancy Fibers Knitters meet at Adirondack Fibers 7 - 9 p.m.

INDIAN LAKE — North Country Crafters, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Byro n Park Building. For more information call 648-5819.

BLUR MOUNTAIN LAKE — Yoga at the Adirondack Museum, 5–6:30p.m.

Wednesday, March 16

NORTH CREEK — Live music at barV ino, 8 p.m.

NEWCOMB — Family Karate at Newcomb Central School, 6:30 p.m. Call 5823341 for more information.

Thursday, March 17

INDIAN LAKE — Osteobusters, 9 - 10:30 a.m. at Byron Park Building.

NEWCOMB — Zumba at Newcomb Central School, 6:30 p.m. Call 582-3098 for mor e information.

Friday, March 18

NORTH CREEK — Arsenic and Old Lace at Tannery Pond Community Center , 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19

LONG LAKE — St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at the Tap Room in Raquette Lake, 5:30 p.m.

Donations accepted.

NORTH CREEK — Arsenic and Old Lace at Tannery Pond Community Center , 7:30 p.m.

NEWCOMB — Pitch tournament and steak dinner at Newcomb Central School to benefit the class of 2013. Call 582-3341 for more information.

Sunday, March 20

LONG LAKE — Stampin’ Up Card-Making Class with Shawnee Ross at Long Lake Nutrition Site, 12:30-2:30p.m. Fr ee. Call 624-2125 for more information.

NORTH CREEK — Arsenic and Old Lace at Tannery Pond Community Center, 2 p.m.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION QUEENSBURY DINER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/7/2011 Off. Loc.: Warren Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 518 Aviation Road, Queensbury, NY 12804. Purpose: all lawful activities. Latest date to dissolve 12/31/2095.

NE-2/5-3/12/11-6TC77625 ----------------------------PUBLIC NOTICE FORMATION OF A NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1.The name of the limited liability company is RUSU GLEN STREET, LLC. 2.The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was September 1, 2010.

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LITTLE & O'CONNOR ATTORNEYS, P.C. 19 W. Notre Dame Street, P.O. Box 898 Glens Falls, New York 12801-0898 NE-2/5-3/12/11-6TC77633 ----------------------------PUBLIC NOTICE FORMATION OF A NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1.The name of the limited liability company is 13 SHERMAN AVENUE, LLC. 2.The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was September 1, 2010.

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----------------------------PUBLIC NOTICE FORMATION OF A NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1.The name of the limited liability company is 162 WARREN STREET, LLC. 2.The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was September 1, 2010.

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4.The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any such process served against the LLC to 162 Warren Street, Apt. #5, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

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LITTLE & O'CONNOR ATTORNEYS, P.C. 19 W. Notre Dame Street, P.O. Box 898 Glens Falls, New York 12801-0898 NE-2/5-3/12/11-6TC77634 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED L I A B I L I T Y COMPANY (“LLC”) Name: Adirondack Race Management LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on October 22, 2010.

Office Location: Warren. The “SSNY” is designated as agent of the “LLC” upon

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NE-2/12-3/19/11-6tc77639 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION of Banta Realty Warrensburg, LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/28/11.

Office location: Warren County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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NE-2/12-3/19/11-6TC77647 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION of Banta Realty Glens Falls, LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/28/11.

Office location: Warren County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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NE-2/12-3/19/11-6TC77648 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SILVERWOOD HOMES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/12/11. Office location: Warren Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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NE-2/19-3/26/11-6TC77674 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HOLLOW FINCH, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/20/11. Office location: Warren County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 390 First Avenue, # 10-C, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NE-2/19-3/26/11-6TC77671 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED L I A B I L I T Y COMPANY ("LLC") Name: Eye 4 Design LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on 1/20/2011 Office Location: Warren. 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: 8 Chuckwagon Dr., Lake Luzerne, NY 12846.

NE-2/26-4/2/11-6TC77691 ----------------------------CHUCK RODGERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, LLC has been formed as a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) in New York. Articles of Organization filed with

the Secretary of State of New York on January 3, 2011. New York office location: Warren County.

Secretary of State designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: c/o The LLC, 686 Holy Cross Way, Wayne, NJ 07470 Purpose: Any lawful business purpose.

Howard I. Krantz, Attorney at Law, 161 Ottawa Street, Lake George, New York 12845.

NE-2/26-4/2/11-6TC77690 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF AVIATIONQUEENSBURY ENTERPRISES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/18/2011. Office location, County of Warren. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 340 Aviation Rd., Ste 5, Queensbury NY 12804. Purpose: any lawful act.

NE-2/26-4/2/11-6TC77696 ----------------------------NAME: T & M GENERAL CONTRACTING, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 9, 2011.

Office location: Warren County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against

it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 951 New Hague Road, Hague, NY 12836. Purpose of LLC: The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

NE-2/26-4/2/11-6TC77695 ----------------------------CONSULTING FOR HEALTH, AIR, NATURE & A GREENER ENVIRONMENT, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec of State (SSNY) 2/14/2011.

Office in Warren County. SSNY is designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY Shall mail copy of process to LLC at 14 Stonehurst Drive, Queensbury, NY 12804. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NE-3/5-4/9/11-6TC77641 ----------------------------LEGAL NOTICE I, WILLIAM E. RAWSON, TOWN CLERK of the Town of Johnsburg, do hereby certify that the Annual Report of the Supervisor for the year ending December 31, 2010 has been filed in my office and is available for public inspection during hours of 12 pm and 4 pm at the Town Hall, North Creek, New York.

Dated March 1, 2011 William E. Rawson, Town Clerk Town of Johnsburg NE-3/5-3/12/11-2TC77707 -----------------------------

BOLTON GALLERY & ART CENTER LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 1/4/11. NY Office location: Warren County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, c/o Kafin, P.O. Box 1125, Bolton Landing, NY 12814.

General Purposes.

N E - 3 / 5 / 11 - 4 / 9 / 11 6TC-77713 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: R. K. M. Woodworking & Home Maintenance LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/2/11. Office location: Warren County. The principal business location is 32 Queens Lane, Queensbury, NY 12804. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC c/o 32 Queens Lane, Queensbury, NY 12804. Purpose of LLC: The business purpose of the LLC is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

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