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Music
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Girl Scouts
JCS students showcase their talents at all county festivals.
Parishioners donate funds to help build home in Nicaragua.
Girl Scouts in our area have fun and assist in the community.
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Home Loss
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Let’s Play Ball
Setback snarls Stec’s quest Ziegler beats Stec on his home turf By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — Town Supervisor Dan Stec’s bid for a seat in Congress was dealt a blow Monday when Stec’s own Warren County Republicans chose a candidate from elsewhere — affiliated with the Tea Party movement — over their hometown supervisor. Stec lost the Warren County G.O.P. party endorsement to Patrick Ziegler of Burnt Hills by six votes. Chris Gibson of Kinderhook and David Harper of Saratoga Springs finished a distant third and fourth respectively. This four-way showdown in Warren County was the first of 10 county party endorsements in selecting a
Dan Stec candidate to challenge Democratic Congressman Scott Murphy in New York’s 20th District. Ziegler said Tuesday because of the current national political climate, health care is likely to drive much of the coming election.
Johnsburg Youth Athletics thanks sponsors, Creative Stage Lighting, Inc., TC Murphy Lumber Co., North Country Laundry Corp, and Barilli Plumbing and Heating for their help in sending them to The Adirondack Sports Complex for the winter to sharpen their baseball skills. The players are having a great time readying for the spring season, which is just around the corner. Pictured left to right are: (Back Row) Coach Randy LaFountain, Ty Berg, Mark Cleveland, Brandon Tyrel, Andrew Sponable, Sebastian Wood (Front Row) Josh Donahue, Dawson West, Jimmy Morris, Curtis Warrington, Dalton Stevens. Photo courtesy of Johnsburg Youth Athletics
See STEC, page 7
Sap is running at Maple Knoll
Stewart’s Shop donates $1,000 to Youth Committee By Lindsay Yandon
By Mike Corey denpubs@denpubs.com
lindsay@denpubs.com
MINERVA — It’s early March and the sap is running at the Klippel Sugar Camp at Maple Knoll Farm in Minerva. Eric Klippel and Selina LemayKlippel are hard at work making syrup – lots of it. In its second year of operation on 14th Road, the sap is being boiled with the sweet maple syrup, collected and bottled. The process is quite a sight to see. Maple Knoll Farm has about 120 buckets out on the sugar maple trees, with about 300 trees tapped into tubes, which run the sap down the hill to a pump house, where it is temporarily collected prior to its trip to the boiler in the sugar house. “We are preserving an Adirondack tradition – something that’s really needed,” said Klippel. Last year the farm made 32 gallons of syrup, based on around 200 tapped trees – this year there will be plenty more syrup made and available for sale at Maple Knoll Farm. The syrup is sold in
JOHNSBURG — Funds from the Stewart’s Holiday Match grant program have been awarded to the Town of Johnsburg Youth Committee in the amount of $1,000. The gift will be used to fund the committee’s various activities for the youth of Johnsburg. A substantial part of this award has been ear-marked for the promotion of swimming instruction, according to committee member, Kelly Nessle. “Teaching our young people to swim is an important part of the community,” she said. “Many may know how to doggy paddle, float, and tread water, but they have not mastered the various swimming strokes that allow one to swim with ease.” Nessle also addressed the issue of swimming availability. “It is hard to practice when there are no indoor swimming options in the winter,” she said. Some of the fund will be used during the summer youth program to this effect, but the committee is also investigating how to continue swim instruction throughout the year at accessible indoor pools.
Eric Klippel shows Minerva Central School student Tatsuki Miyazato the sap boiler.
See SYRUP, page 8
Photo by Mike Corey
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