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Great Ad’k Garage Sale this weekend
Johnsburg vote fallout
“There’s no better time to honor our veterans.”
Board accepts apology from Mark Richards
(Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, R-Willsboro)
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By Andy Flynn
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NORTH CREEK — A Johnsbur g Central School Boar d of Education member apologized to the public for tearing down campaign fliers prior to the school budget/board vote on May 17, and fellow board members accepted his apology. Mark Richar ds — an 1 1-year veteran on the School Boar d and a physical education teacher at the Wells Central School — openly admitted during the May 23 r egular board meeting that he tore down campaign fliers for three write-in candidates:Anthony Moro, C armine B ellotti a nd D avid B raley. They are all members of the Johnsburg Central School Citizens Budget Committee, which is critical of the school board. The write-in candidates, who filed their paperwork too late to become r egistered candidates, wer e trying to get voters to write their names on the ballot and oust three incumbents — Erwin Morris, Thomas Ordway and T ara Sears — who wer e r eelected May 17. Mor o had caught Richar ds in the act May 14 in downtown North Cre ek with some Citizens Budget Committee campaign fliers in his hand. Near the end of the meeting, Richards addressed the crowd of more than 30 residents, saying he let his passion and concern for the school children of the district “cloud some of my judgment,” and he apologized for hurting or disappointing anyone. School Board President Bill Connor added that the boar d does not condone Richar ds’ behavior and deems it “unacceptable.” However, Richards has “owned and apologized” for the action, he said. The boar d is not taking any recommendation for
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Vets to hold Memorial Day events
Sayward guest at Hamilton County parade on May 30
By Andy Flynn
andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Several events will be held in the region this Memorial Day weekend to honor veterans, including parades, concerts and an appearance by state Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, R-Willsboro. In North Cr eek, the annual Memorial Day parade and service will start at 10 a.m. Monday , May 30 at the Johnsbur g Central School (JCS), wher e the school band will proceed to the veterans memorial on Main Street, according to Terry Waterston, commander of American Legion Post 629,
sponsor of the day’s activities. The rain site will be the school gym, she said. North Cr eek Boy Scout T roop 36 will lead the parade, and scoutmaster Paul Sears — U.S. Army Sgt. First Class, r etired — will be the master of ceremonies. The guest speaker will be Daniel Neal, U.S. Navy Lt. Commander, retired. JCS senior Cassandra Prouty will sing the national anthem. The band will be under the direction of Jonathan DeLappa, and the flag corps will be under the dir ection of music teacher Mary Leach. The Rev. Wayne Schoonmaker will give the invocation/benediction. Following the service, there will be a gathering at the North Cr eek Volunteer Fir e Department, where refreshments will be served. See MEMORIAL DAY, page 3
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Tribute to the Troops set for 3 towns Patriotic music with Peggy Lynn, interviews with local veterans By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — More than a dozen local veterans will be honored this Memorial Day weekend during a Tribute to the Troops multimedia event in Indian Lake, Long Lake and T upper Lake. The pr ogram, sponsor ed by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, will feature the screening of pre-recorded interviews with U.S. servicemen and w omen and a concert by s inger-songwriter Peggy Lynn, accompanied by her husband, award-winning hammer ed dulcimer player Dan Duggan. The Tribute to the Troops will be held through-
out the Memorial Day weekend: 7 p.m. Saturday, May 28 at the Indian Lake Theater; 7 p.m. Sunday, May 29 at the Tupper Lake High School; and 4 p.m. Monday , May 30 at the Long Lake Town Hall. “It’s an important salute to the troops in the area, doing it in an artistic way, having them tell their own stories,” said Erin Barton, managing dir ector at the Arts Center. The pr ogram is designed to pay tribute to veterans — men and women — who served in all branches of the U.S. military. In keeping with this theme, the official songs of all branches will be performed, and veterans of those branches will be asked to stand up and be
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Musical tribute Meanwhile, Peggy Lynn and Dan Duggan are arranging and practicing their music. One original song — “Dear Dad” — was inspired by a soldier ’s wife who wanted to send a musical Father’s Day message from her three little boys to their father serving in Iraq. Once the song was complete, they all sang the song to Dad on Father ’s Day online — using the Skype video service. The couple now has four boys and a girl. Pete Seeger ’s “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” will be on the playlist. See TROOPS, page 11
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LONG LAKE — The second year of the Gr eat Adirondack Garage Sale will be held May 27-30. The event will include 70 miles of garage sales, stretching from Long Lake to Blue Mountain Lake, Indian Lake, Raquette Lake, Inlet and Old Forge. Alex Roalsvig, tourism director for the T own of Long Lake Parks and Recreation Department, was one of the original organizers of the event, which links together a number of individual garage sales that have traditionally been held over Memorial Day weekend. “We were trying to find events that we could pr omote and partner r egionally to drive traffic to the region,” she said. The event definitely brought in visitors to town last year , accor ding to Roalsvig, and she said the same held tr ue acr oss the region. The Long Lake garage sale map has 1 1 listings this year , and ther e wer e another 15 that had not yet r egistered by pr ess time. Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce President Nancy Harding said yard sales have been held in her town on Memorial Day weekend for at least 14 years, as long as she’s lived ther e. She was unsure of the precise number of listings that are on the Indian Lake garage sale map, but said it was 10 at minimum. Harding said it was hard to determine to what degree the garage sales brought visitors to the town as it was to seperate those who come for Memorial Day and those who come to bar gain hunt. Still, she said, Indian Lake businesses are busier over the weekend with out-oftowners and secondhome-owners coming to to the area.
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