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December 4, 2010
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Annie
Gasland
Winter Sports
Our Town Theatre Group has announced its holiday lineup, including a production of Annie. See Page 2
The nationally acclaimed film Gasland written by Josh Fox will be shown at the Indian Lake Theater. See Page 5
Teams from around the region are previewed inside this edition of the News Enterprise. See Pages 9-12
A pre-1920 view of Long Lake looking southwest. Between the church on the hill and the white house in the right foreground is the present-day location of Jennings Pond. Photo submitted
Jennings Pond plan on display LONG LAKE — A Xerox copy of the 1934 Jennings Pond Plan by James D. McBride, engineer, is on display at the Archives Building behind the Town Offices. The map, together with photos, is on display until Friday, Dec. 17. The Archives Building is open to the public Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m. and by appointment, Monday through Thursday.
The Millennium Chorale group, under the direction of Denise Conti, performed holiday tunes for residents at Adirondack Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Monday evening. Photo by Dave Braley
Calendars on sale THURMAN — The John Thurman Historical Society has just released its 2011 calendar. Themed around barns and outbuildings of Thurman, this publication serves as a tribute to the agricultural heritage of the town. The calendar pages highlight many of Thurman’s special events scheduled for the coming year, and include meetings of organizations in town. The calendars are available for $8 at Thurman town hall, Richards library, Glens Falls National Bank, Jacobs and Toney, Warrensburg Car Care, Willows Bistro, Nemec’s and Rebecca’s Florist. They also may be purchased online at www.fictionamongfriends.co m/JTHS_Products.htm. Calendar proceeds support the work of the society.
THIS WEEK Johnsburg................2,3 NFL Contest ..............4 Indian Lake ................5 Columns, letters..........6 Calendar.....................8 Classifieds ..........13-15
Public invited to Johnsburg Support for Hornbeck Central budgets workshops nomination wanes By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Johnsburg Central School’s finance committee has begun the process of developing next year’s school budget and has requested the input of local community members. Oct. 18 marked the first of five community budget workshops in which the public is welcome to learn the process and give their comments. The remaining budget workshops will take place Monday, Dec. 6, to discuss sports and extra curricular activities; Tuesday, Jan. 18, to discuss special education and BOCES; and Monday, Mar. 7, to discuss staff, health care and retirement. The workshops take place in 126 of JCS at 6 p.m. The finance committee, made of three school board members, superintendent Mike Markwica and business official Kathy Spring, is seeking to familiarize the public with their budget process as well as request public comment on each area of the budget. Those to be discussed make up roughly 85 percent of the entire school budget, with the rest being nonnegotiable debt services. “We want to give a detailed picture of what is actually in the budget,” said Markwica.
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Experts in each area will present a department-specific five-year budget history, which will include staffing, contractual items and supply trends. They will then present any requests for the upcoming budget to the finance committee. Following the presentation, the committee will ask for comments from the public. The finance committee will then take the presented information as well as public comment into consideration when making decisions on the final budget in April. “It is necessary for the public to have a solid knowledge of what is in the budget,” said Spring. “We also want to reveal the creative process as well as proved a level of transparency.” Markwica noticed a need for transparency when many questions about the budget process arose during last year's budget planning process. “If any member of the community attends all five meetings and the final budget presentation, they should have all their questions answered along with the opportunity to make comments,” he said. Markwica and Spring hope to generate some interest in the budget process within the public through the community workshops.
By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com MINERVA — The chances of Minerva boat-builder and environmentalist Peter Hornbeck serving on the Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners are look increasingly slim. Hornbeck’s gubernatorial appointment to replace Art Lussi on the APA board has been stalled for seven months in the state Senate Finance Committee. And on Monday, during what was expected to be the committee’s final meeting during Gov. David Paterson’s term, Hornbeck’s name was not on the shortlist drafted by the governor ’s staff that senators considered. State Senator Betty Little vehemently opposed the nomination and was able to sway the opinions of several of her upstate Democratic counterparts. “I don’t foresee additional appointments being approved between now and the end of the year,” Little said. Paterson’s selection of Hornbeck incited an often contentious battle between Little, her few Democratic supporters, Paterson and environmentalists. Little painted the noted canoe-builder as an environmental extremist opposed to almost any development in the park. “With a new administration preparing to take office, the expectation is the Senate will wait until next year to allow
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