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Local youth take to the woods
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Behind the Pressline
Youth hunt held Oct. 10-12
Why would anyone want these jobs?
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Season draws to a close Soccer sectionals start next week
Judge rules against Paul Smith’s name change By Karen Vande Kieft
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PAUL SMITHS — After a hard fought battle, the petition to rename Paul Smith’s College has been denied by state Supreme Court Judge John Ellis. After reviewing what Ellis wrote was a “significant amount of financial information” including the college’s tax returns, he found that college trustees had failed to demonstrate that the $20 million donation from benefac-
tor Joan Weill was critical to saving the college financially, and thus a name change is not warranted. Weill had made adding her name to that of the college a condition of the $20 million donation, but standing in the way was a provision in the will of college founder Phelps Smith which states the college should forever be known as Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences. College trustees argued that the name change, and corresponding donation from
Weill, were crucial to keeping the doors open at Paul Smith’s. But Ellis disagreed. Ellis said there is insufficient evidence that Weill’s donation — as well as the college’s 5-year strategic plan, which includes a $30 million revitalization plan aimed at addressing decreasing enrollment — is the only effective way to “stabilize the college’s finances.” Therefore, the college failed to prove that the naming restriction in the will of Phelps Smith should be ignored, Ellis wrote.
“...the petitioner falls far short of showing that its name is holding the college back from being a shining success both in enrollment and in producing successful college graduates,” Ellis wrote. “Significantly, Paul Smith’s has failed to demonstrate the college cannot operate effectively within that changing demographic absent the requested relief.” President of Paul Smith’s College, Cathy Dove, was unavailable for comment, however, Shannon Oborne, chief marketing officer at Paul Smith’s, released a written statement. >> Story Continued | pg. 3
Supreme Court: Tri-County celebrates Welcome’s 100th Best two out of four By Bill Quinlivan
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MARTIN AUFFREDOU, Warren County Auffredou, who currently serves as the Warren County Attorney, has been endorsed by both the Conservative and Republican parties. “It’s a huge territory,” Auffredou told Essex County Republicans at their annual dinner last month. “This is an enormous
NORTH CREEK — On Oct. 12, a large group of Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center residents and staff assembled to celebrate the 100th birthday of resident, Clarence A. Welcome. Clarence was born 100 years ago on Oct. 12, 1915 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. His father was Arthur A. Welcome and his mother was Agnes M. (Mullins) Welcome. Clarence was educated in Turners Falls public schools and was a 1933 graduate of Turners Falls High School. On June 18, 1938, Clarence married his wife of 52 years, Henrietta M. Sheff. Clarence attended evening courses at the University of Massachusetts and received an associate degree in industrial engineering. He served in the National Guard and was employed at Greenfield Tap and Die as Manager of Industrial Engineering from 1941 to 1979. Clarence had two brothers. His brother Edward R. Welcome died in 1943 while serving the country in World War II in the air corps as a B-25 pilot in the European Theater. A second brother, Robert L. Welcome died in 2000. Robert was a World War II Naval Veteran having served in Halsey’s Fleet in the Pacific Theater.
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Four candidates are running for two state supreme court seats By Pete DeMola
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ELIZABETHTOWN — With three weeks until Election Day, the four candidates running for State Supreme Court justice in the Fourth Judicial District are busy traversing a sprawling district in the search for votes. The district, one of 13 in the state, spans from Schenectady to the Canadian border. It includes Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington counties. That’s 26 percent of the state’s land mass. Judges face mandatory retirement at 70. This year’s two court vacancies are due to the retirements of justices David R. Demarest, of Potsdam, and David B. Krogmann, of Warren County. The four-way run-off will see the top two vote-getters win the seats.