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Keeseville couple welcomes first baby of new year.

By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — It was a concerted effort and all the pieces had to fit to save the Plattsburgh Public Library , said Plattsbur gh Mayor Donald Kasprzack.

On the evening of Dec. 28, the Plattsbur gh Common Council voted unanimously to pr ovide the Plattsbur gh Public Library with $60,000 in additional funding. The move was step thr ee in a process that saved four positions and will r eportedly put the library on the r oad to financial stability.

“I want to personally

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Plattsburgh State enrollment down, but good.

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Plattsburgh Common Council member Tim Carpenter helped create the plan that put the wheels in motion t o save positions and the Plattsburgh Public Library.

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Kmart and Sears staying open in Plattsburgh

Sears and Kmart merged in 2005. The company plans to close 100 to 120 stores nationwide and recently released a list of 79 closures.

PLATTSBURGH — Denise LaPine buys her grandchildren’s clothes at Kmart.

“I like the prices there,” said the Plattsburgh resident.

Its closure would be a loss to the area, she said. Fortunately for LaPine and other shoppers, neither Sears nor Kmart stor es in Plattsburgh wer e on a list of 79 pending closures announced recently.

Sears and Kmart merged in 2005, and the retailer, faced with declining sales, announced it will close as many as 120 stores to raise cash. The company recently released a list of the first 79 closures.

Kmart’s sales decline reflects decreases in the consumer electronics and appar el categories and lower layaway sales. Sears’ decline was primarily driven by consumer electronics and home appliances.

The combination of lower sales and continued margin pressure coupled with expense incr eases led to the decline and r ecent announcement. Both stores expect the f ourth quarter to be less than half of last year ’s amount.

“Given our performance and the difficult economic environment, especially for big-ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce on-going expenses, adjust our asset base, and accelerate the transformation of our business model,” said Chief Executive Of fice Lou D’Ambrosio in a press release.

“These actions will better enable us to focus out investments on serving our customers and members through integrated r etail - at the store, online and in the home.”

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First baby of the New Year arrives at CVPH Keeseville couple did not expect to go into labor

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Alicia and Aaron Blaise at CVPH Medical Center with Ashton Jeffrey Blaise, the first baby of the New Year.

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She had no signs of contractions and when first baby of the new year , she r esponded her brother texted to hurry up and have the that it was not going to happen.

“I had no signs of labor.”

Around 12:30 a.m. her water br oke. Her husband, Aaron, woke ar ound the same

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PLATTSBURGH — Ashtin Jeffrey Blaise surprised his mother , and CVPH Medical Center staf f, arriving earlier and quicker than expected.

It m ade h im t he f irst, a nd a s o f S unday evening, only New Year ’s Day baby in the area, according to r eports from Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake and Alice Hyde in Malone.

Doctors pr edicted Alicia Blaise would give birth Jan. 8.

“He decided he was big enough,” said the 27-year-old.

The couple initially thought they wer e having a girl.

“Everything was dif ferent, the complete opposite fr om the first time with Aiden,” Alicia said.

The summer passed quickly , at 20 weeks they found out it was a boy.

“I made them check four times,” Alicia said.

Fall and winter sort of crawled by.

By mid to late December, Alicia was ready to give birth.

Alicia, her husband Aaron and their 2year-old son Aiden had gone to bed Satur day night fairly early.

“I r eally missed the New Year ’s,” Alicia said.

time, wondering what was going on.

“I thought, ‘Guess we gotta get dr essed and go to the hospital,’” Aaron said, They left their home just outside Keeseville and arrived at CVPH ar ound 1:30 a.m. and figured they still had quite a bit of time.

“We got here and I thought, ‘I’m not gonna call my parents yet,’” Aaron said.

Alicia knew she wanted an epidural, but was soon scr eaming in pain, and while the anesthesiologist was headed up the stairs, it was too late.

“Slower would have been nice,” Alicia said.

In f act, i t w as q uicker t han t he m edical staff expected. They had checked Alicia and figured they had some time, but the baby came within 15 minutes of that last check.

“I was so nervous,” Alicia said. “I didn’t know what I was facing because I had an epidural with Aiden, and we knew Ashtin was big.”

Ashtin Jef frey Blaise was born 8-pounds, 15 ounces.

Alicia was in labor a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes, compar ed to 22 hours with Aiden.

“It was still painful,” Alicia said. “V ery painful.”

And while Ashtin came earlier than expected, Alicia said, “I was r eady at 37 weeks.”

Her New Year hopes for Ashtin are that he is healthy and sleeps through the night.

Aiden never really slept through the night and still doesn’t, smiled Alicia.

“I said I was gonna have three boys,” Alicia grinned. “But I’m done after this one.”

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Enrollment down, but good at Plattsburgh State The university expects enrollment to shrink over the next five years

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Enrollment is slightly down but all is good at Plattsburgh State.

Ultimately, the school plans to get a little smaller anyway.

“We’ll pr obably move down to about 6,100 students at both the main and branch campuses,” said Richard Higgins, director of admissions, at a recent College Council meeting.

Total head count at Plattsbur gh State for this curr ent semester was r oughly 6,350, a 1.4 per cent decline fr om last year ’s total enrollment of 6,441 students.

The total enrollment includes 5,855 matriculated students at the main campus, 377 at the branch campus, and 118 nonmatriculated at both. The latter category enro ll at the college but are not pursuing a degree at the current time.

The university is pleased with the numbers and plans to downsize over the next five years.

The enrollment decline is due to a projected decline in the number of high school students graduating statewide over the next several years.

Roughly 160,185 high school students statewide ar e expected to earn their diplomas by 2020, compar ed to a total of 183,929 in 2011.

At the same time, the number of students transferring into Plattsburgh State is projected to rise slightly, something that will coincide with smaller freshman classes.

The university seems empty with students away on holiday break.

Photo by Stephen Bartlett

Plattsburgh State experienced a decline already in graduate students, which dr opped from 582 in fall 2010 to 528 in fall 2011.

In spring 2011, the school closed the door on the graduate program, Curriculum and Instr uction, but is r eplacing it in 2012 with, Teaching and Learning.

Move over for safety or risk receiving a ticket Drivers will be required to move over for more emergency vehicles PLATTSBURGH — Roadside-service vehicles and highway-maintenance crews will be covered under New York’s “Move Over” traffic-safety law, beginning Jan. 1.

State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico announced plans for statewide enfor cement of the new law , which means drivers

have to move over for mor e types of vehicles.

Drivers ar e alr eady r equired to pull into another lane to pass police, fir e and emergency vehicles stopped on the roadside.

But the revisions add to the list tow-truck drivers, State Department of Transportation personnel and any others operating hazardous-situation vehicles using flashing red or amber lights.

When appr oaching such situations, drivers are required to safely move into the on-

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If it is not safe to move into the other lane, or ther e is only one lane of traf fic, drivers must slow down on approach and pass only when safely possible.

Drivers who do not obey can be fined up to $275 and charged an $85 court fee or sentenced to 15 days in jail and have thr ee points added to their driver ’s license.

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Gov. David Paterson signed it into law in August 2010.

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CSEA should take note of sacrifices made by unionized city library

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ould you give up purchasing a doughnut and cup of coffee each morning to save the job of a co-worker?

How about 10 co-workers?

Apparently the union representing Essex County would not. And it is wrong on many levels.

Faced with a looming budget shortfall, Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas approached union leaders back in July and asked them to consider concessions to avoid layoffs.

Supervisors asked the local chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to reopen negotiations in the final year of a four-year contract, and consider foregoing an agreed-upon 4 percent raise in 2012.

The concession would have saved the county $750,000, avoided layoffs and helped control taxes.

But the union dug in its heels, and now 10 Essex County employees will help further pad the county’s 10.4 percent unemployment rate.

Let’s put this in context. A 4 percent pay increase to a county employee making $30,000 is $1,200. After taxes, that is a little more than $2 a day.

But the local CSEA chapter, no doubt fearing it would create a statewide precedent, opted not to re-open talks until midJanuary when it negotiates its next contract.

Ten jobs in a county of less than 400 workers was apparently worth the sacrifice.

Let’s hope supervisors do not forget those 10 workers, or the local union’s unwillingness to give during the next round of negotiations.

At the same time, most of the unionized county workers stood behind the decision.

Do Essex County workers deserve raises? Absolutely. They work very hard and definitely deserve cost-of-living increases.

But so do a lot of people. And the reality is a lot of public and private sector workers are having to make concessions in this economy.

Very few workers will be getting a 4 percent increase next year. Meanwhile, the taxing burden to pay public sector salaries and benefits continually grows.

Something’s got to give.

We are seeing sacrifices taking place all

around us — from school teachers agreeing to pay freezes, to town employees picking up more of their health insurance to private sector workers taking unpaid furloughs and pay reductions. People are doing more with less to avoid more people in the unemployment line, including themselves.

It is time the local CSEA and its members stepped to the plate and did the same, just as the unionized workers at Plattsburgh City Library did last week.

To save four positions on the chopping block, the 15 union library employees voted unanimously to a host of concessions that included a four-year pay freeze; a reduction in hours from 37 to 35; a 15 percent contribution toward health insurance and a 50 percent cut in sick days.

Similarly, CSEA-represented state workers have agreed to no salary increases during the next three years, and modest 2 percent increases in the final two years of a five-year contract.

Can you see the local chapter laying anything close to that on the table this January? They have lobbied in favor of giving paid days off to employees on their birthdays. What is that all about?

It is that type of thinking and the reluctance of our elected officials to put an end to it that has created such a divide and has driven taxes to historic levels.

As a country, we simply cannot afford the benefits and luxuries we once did in either the public or private sector, and it is time unions face that very real fact.

In a reader ’s poll posted on our website, www.denpubs.com, 75 percent of those who responded — no doubt some of the very people they represent — said the CSEA should have conceded on the 2012 pay raise to save the county layoffs.

Another 20 percent said the union should be disbanded altogether.

With that in mind, we have just one thing to say to county lawmakers as they engage in contract negotiations later this month: The ball is in your court.

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cycles in the future as election merican political officials seek to correct what theater made its they deem to be inequities in first curtain call this the process. week with the Iowa Caucuses.

For example, in Virginia, While the candidates have only two Republican candibeen on the trail for well over dates, Romney and Paul, sea year, this week’s vote finally cured enough signatures to moves from latest polls and get on the ballot. While the talk shows to at least some others pursue legal challenges form of true voter reflection. to get on the ballot, the VirIn all my years, I can’t say ginia Republican party is reDan Alexander I’ve ever really understood quiring what they call a loyalThoughts from the process we go through ty oath. The state's Board of Behind the Pressline narrowing down the candiElections approved the prodates in order to select one or posal last week. Going forward, voters who two to represent their political party in the arrive at polling sites in March will be rerace for the presidency. quired to sign the following statement: “I, A number of things bother me about the the undersigned, pledge that I intend to supprocess, but with so much on the line in our port the nominee of the Republican Party for country these days we simply have to get it president.” I guess if you don’t sign you right in this election. I think that thought has won’t be permitted to vote. been weighing heavily on Iowa Republicans In Michigan, two new proposals are curas they consider the candidates. But just votrently before the Senate. One calls for state ing the person they think most likely to decertification and training of third party agenfeat President Obama shouldn’t be their focus. The goal must be to elect the person best cies before registering voters. The other calls for requiring photo identification for in-persuited to unite the country and address the son and absentee voting. Opponents claim issues we face. the new requirements will add additional A hundred years ago when election coverstress and undue hardship on voter rights age was limited and candidates needed time and discriminate against minority groups. to travel the country, the state by state Voting in a democracy should be a simple process may have made perfect sense in orprocess with majority ruling the day. Minorider for the voting population to know the ty issues need to be addressed, but as a nacandidates and have an opportunity to see tion we need to find solutions to our toughand hear them. In 2012, there are few surest problems much quicker without haggling prises as there is little we haven’t already over common sense issues and allowing the learned about the candidates vying for the system to be manipulated by those currently office. We’ve seen and heard about their in power. Clearly, in Virginia, the courts will blunders, missteps, tears, successes, failures, open the door to other candidates and if the and scandals. We had the opportunity to loyalty oath is allowed to stand, it’s only a watch 20-plus debates, seen and heard the silly attempt to try to keep non-party memarguments, pro and con. We’ll watch state by bers from participating in the primary. But state until New Yorkers finally get a chance since it is not enforceable, and anybody who to register their wishes on April 24. Thirtybreaks the pledge will face no punishment, four states and voting territories will express it’s really of little value. The Michigan Laws, their opinions before we get the opportunity despite heavy opposition, are similar to to register our two cents. what other states have already enacted and What I don’t understand is why we don’t common sense would suggest need to be imhave a national primary for president inproved to ensure voting accuracy. But both stead of having the candidates run this speak to the difficulties our democracy faces gauntlet, state by state, with the winner frein attempting to improve or update the quently being the one with the deepest pockprocess. So, for now, we have 44 more weeks ets. It would seem with all the advantages of of, at times, an agonizing process as we go this information age we now live in that an about electing a new chief executive or reeffort to adapt to the times would better electing the current one. serve the public and the process. Change as we know comes slowly, especially in WashDan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denington and our state capitals where every iston Publications. He may be reached at sue is viewed as a political advantage or disdan@denpubs.com. advantage. Any change to the system or process could well be many more election

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Library workers to be applauded for concessions P

lattsburgh Public Library employees swallowed a hard pill to save four colleagues’ positions as well as the valued institution.

Four years without raises, significant contributions to health insurance and two less hours per week in their pay check. Employees said the average worker would lose roughly $55 per week.

And while their actions put them in line with what many in the private sector have endured for some time now, they are to be applauded.

Yet the weak economy, pay cuts and layoffs seem to have put private sector employees at odds with public workers for the past few years.

At my previous job, I endured about four years without a raise and forced days off without pay, my salary dropping roughly $8,000 over that time.

Many in the private sector endured the same, if not worse, some finding themselves on unemployment trying desperately to find that new job that just wasn’t there.

I wasn’t asked, nor around them should be were other private sector hurting as well. Indeed, employees, whether we some of the comments inwanted to endure years dicated just that. Why without raises and unshould you get a raise paid days off. when we don’t?

As a journalist, I ran I disagree. I don’t beinto many people grumlieve just because one bling about unions and group is suffering that the public employees who other group should have continued to get raises to be struggling too. I while they suffered pay think, for example, if the cuts and less time on the teachers can keep their Stephen Bartlett clock. If an individual raises then they should.

From the Editor’s Desk lost his or her job, the At the same time, it is grumbling at times turned into anger. hard to justify any increase in taxes on taxFor example, many taxpayers resented payers who are laid off or working without paying a penny more in taxes if the school raises if that increase includes a pay raise. budget included pay raises and/or step inYou simply don’t ask for more money for a creases for teachers when they were experipay raise from taxpayers already pushed encing such tough times financially. The past the breaking point. anger toward such public employees was And at the same time, many of these so intense at times it seemed the individuschool budgets included layoffs and proals venting had a personal vendetta against grammatic cuts. teachers.

Fortunately, many teachers unions It made me wonder if those individuals stepped up to the plate and offered concessimply wanted to make sure if they were sions, forgoing pay raises so that programs suffering fiscally then everyone else and positions could be saved and taxpayers

could be spared any more weight on already overburdened shoulders.

Plattsburgh Public Library employees did this. They were in a tough position with some of their colleagues on the chopping block and the library’s future in jeopardy. Any of the employees could have decided they were not taking pay cuts. Any of them could have voted against the contract designed by Plattsburgh Common Council member Tim Carpenter to save the positions and put the library on the road to financial stability. Any of them could have said no, I am not taking less and giving up my money.

But instead, all 15 of them unanimously improved a contract that, frankly, stinks. It does what it is supposed to do, but from an individual’s standpoint, it’s surely nothing to jump up and down and cheer about.

The library workers did it for the good of all employees and the Plattsburgh Public Library and they are to be commended.

Stephen Bartlett is editor of the North Countryman and The Burgh. He may be reached at stephen@denpubs.com

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Be healthy; stop smoking

Stopping smoking is the best thing you can do for your health and the health of your family and pets.

To the Burgh: Now that the holiday season is at a close, the New Year begins with renewed fervor to be healthier.

For readers that have made stopping smoking their top priority, here are a few tips that have worked for others.

• Choose a date to stop smoking.

• Use a medication to decr ease withdrawal symptoms from nicotine. Talk to your doctor about the FDA medications approved for smoking cessation, such as the nicotine patch. Your insurance may cover the cost; Medicaid and Medicare cover many options.

• Try different ways to deal with stress, such as: physical activity; deep breathing; and talking it out.

• Choose a positive message to tell yourself when you are faced with comments and your own self-talk that undermine your forts. ef • Do things differently. If you have smoked for a while, you have without knowing it, connected smoking to everyday behaviors, such as, driving, talking on the phone, having coffee. These activities will trigger urges to smoke after you stopped.As a result, now is the time to figure out what you will do instead.

• Get support. Talk to family, friends and co-workers about how they can be of help.

The night before your quit date: • Throw away all tobacco products • Remove lighters and ashtrays • Clean your house and car • Purchase and place items such as lollipops, cinnamon sticks, toothpicks, gum, carr ots, etc in locations that trigger your smoking.

• Place a “no smoking” sign in the window of your home and car.

For mor e information and support contact the NYS Smokers’ Quitline, 1-866-NY -Quits, 1-866-697-8487, online at www.nysmokefree.com. You may be eligible for a fr ee two week sample of the nicotine patch.

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Giving thanks

To the Burgh: This time of year is special to each and every one of us in someway. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to those who have touched my life this past year. Times of economic hardship, war, and illness take their toll. If we look in our hearts we can find the solution to all. Let go of the sad, bad and hopelessness.

Praise God, our maker, he put us here for a purpose, find yours, make a difference, pray, go to church, follow the commandments.

First I would like to thank Father David and Roberta always giving. Jess and Meg, for the building of Footbridge Park, truly a gift. The volunteers of the Thrift Shop, the fire company, the Sheriff ’s Department people who always give selflessly. The highway crew and ambulance squad, my Doctor and Physical Therapist, people who r un the stor es, restaurants, Thank You. My neighbors, friends and family without you all life would be incr edibly boring, I love you especially my wonderful husband, thr ee daughters, two sons, five granddaughters, one grandson and one grandbaby on the way, my daycare family, my mom, dad and father in law.

Life is precious, that is why God cr eated us, live it to the fullest take care of each other, thank those important to you and love each other.

Happiness and Health to each.

Gay Olcott Elizabethtown

To the Burgh: As the 2011 calendar year marked the 5th anniversary of the Holiday Toy Drive (Sponsor ed by M&M Diner), this muchneeded event in our small community endur ed an incredible amount of support locally as well as thr oughout the North Country Region. The financial goal set annually exceeded our expectations.

On behalf of the volunteers who graciously assist me with the Annual Toy Drive, I wish to submit a heartfelt thank you to every generous donor who made approximately 70 families with children enjoy Christmas Day. I also wish to extend my appreciation to the Town of Jay Supervisor, Randall Douglas and his immediate staff, Susan Richards and Carol Hackel for providing the appropriate information to families on how they could apply for toys and holiday meal baskets. As the Annual Holiday Toy Drive is an event they look forward to as well, Supervisor Douglas, Mrs. Richards, and Ms. Hackel have been diligently working to assist community members who wer e greatly affected by Tropical Storm Irene.

A special heartfelt thank you is extended toammy T PerrotteSears, Co-Dir ector of the Clinton County Christmas Bur eau, who offered immediate assistance to a family after they were informed the Toy Drive hosted in our community was closed for the year and gifts had been delivered.

In conclusion, many thanks extended to The V alley News, Plattsburgh Press Republican, and to Columnist, Deanna Santor (Lake Placid Newspaper) for their assistance in pro moting the annual event and keeping the North Country community informed on how members can participate in making a joyous holiday season for children.

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Attempted murder for bat assault Plattsburgh man faces up to 25 years in prison after October home invasion

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — A Plattsburgh man allegedly assaulted another man with a baseball bat this past October.

Paul H. Bur gette has now been char ged with attempted murder for his involvement in a drug-related home invasion.

The other men involved, James W ells,

Robert LaBombar d and Michael Meigs, accepted plea deals, accor ding to a pr ess r elease from the District Attorney’s Office.

Police allege that on Oct. 5, Burgette, also known as Paul Meigs, 30, along with the other thr ee men, enter ed David Parent’s home at 165 Fix Farm Road in Plattsburg h, causing him serious injuries during the baseball-bat assault.

Rescuers transported Par ent to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. for multiple fractures. He was treated there and later released.

All men were initially charged with firstdegree burglary and first-degree assault for the drug-related home invasion.

A grand jury added the attempted murder charge after hearing evidence on the case.

The evidence indicated that Bur gette alone allegedly assaulted Parent with the bat.

Burgette f urther f aces f elony c harges o f third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree conspiracy.

While the other men accepted plea deals, Burgette rejected such an of fer. He faces up to 25 years in prison.

He was sent to Clinton County jail on $50,000 cash bail and $100,000 bond and is due back in court on Jan. 24.

Assistant District Attorney Douglas Collyer is prosecuting the case.

Paul H. Burgette

Emergency officials: Deadly fires peak in winter A fire prevention group offers tips to keep safe

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — An expected peak in fires recently across the state is spurring the National Fire Protection Association to reach out to the public.

The group is urging the public to take simple steps to pr otect family and pr operty from fire.

In fact, according to the gr oup, December, January and Febr uary are the top months for home fire deaths.

“Recent fire deaths during this holiday season are tragic reminders that we are at the time of year when home fires peak,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president for communications for the National Fire Protection Association.

Several fires broke out within a few days of one another in late December in the North Country.

In Burke, no one was injured when a fire destroyed a two-story wood farmhouse.

In Plattsburgh, a local historian's apartment was the scene of a fire. Flames damaged historic books and forced the tenants out.

In Bangor, a fire killed more than 100 cows and destroyed a barn worked by a father and son. The fire further destroyed assorted farm equipment and more than 11,500 bales of hay.

In Ellenburg Center, a fire destroyed a barn that held a carpentry workshop.

And on Jan. 1, in the City of Plattsburgh, one woman was injured during a fire at 49 Eliz-

abeth St. Flames were coming from the windows and front door of the house when fire fighters arrived.

“Taking simple steps to prevent fires and making sure you have working smoke alarms can save lives,” Carli said.

The National Fire Protection Association suggested the following: - All heaters need space. Keep anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equipment, like the furnace, fireplace, wood stove, or portable space heater.

- Have a three-foot “kid-free zone” around open fires and space heaters.

- Never use your oven to heat your home.

- Have a qualified professional install stationary space heating equipment, water heaters or central heating equipment.

- Have heating equipment and chimneys cleaned and inspected every year.

- Remember to turn portable heaters off when leaving the room or going to bed.

- Always use the right kind of fuel.

- Make sur e the fir eplace has a stur dy scr een to stop sparks fr om flying into the r oom.

Ashes should be cool before putting them in a metal container with a lid. Keep the container a safe distance away from your home.

- Make sure you have working smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside each bedroom and outside each sleeping area.

- Develop and practice a home escape plan that includes two ways out of each room and outside meeting place.

Carli stressed that fires are more prevalent in winter than in any other season.

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union work with the boar d to r esolve overtime and r educe the book budget $5,000 to $10,000. from page 1 Employees would see their hours r educed fr om 37 to 35 hours. thank Councilor (Tim) Carpenter in his work helping the liEmployees would have to sign a four -year contract with brary boar d,” said Ronald Lockwood, chair of the Platts0-percent raises and a 15-perc ent contribution toward health burgh Public library Board of Directors. insurance from all employees.

Carpenter was instr umental in devising a plan that pr eEmployees would only be able to earn 12 sick days instead vented the once seemingly certain termination of four emof 24, and a new grievance pr ocess would be instituted. It ployees, a move which may have put the futur e of the library would include a grievance committee of two union represenin jeopardy. tatives, two boar d members, one management and a faciliThe Plattsburgh Public Library faced a $150,000 deficit. In tator. response, the library’s board of directors presented a budgThe union would have to agr ee to drop all current grievet that eliminated four positions, a move that could have ances for a savings of $11,000. jeopardized state aid and risked the library’s state accr ediCarpenter said at the time that if the agr eement could be tation had it been forced to reduce its hours. approved by Dec. 28 with the union’s blessing he would reMany people have openly questioned how the library end- quest additional funding of $60,000 from the City of Plattsed up with a deficit. burgh.

Kasprzack criticized the library, pointing to weak manageLibrary employees unanimously approved the plan on the ment and said the deficit was partly the result of grievances evening of Dec. 26. The board ratified it shortly after. and some employees abusing the system.

During the Common Council meeting, Kasprzak presentLibrary employees countered that there were two sides to ed agenda items for the following week’s meeting, one of every story. which was to pr ovide the Plattsbur gh Public library with The union of fered an alternative budget to try and save $60,000 in additional funding. the four positions and close the budget gap, but the Boar d Carpenter made a motion, seconded by Councilor James of Directors ultimately went with a plan pr esented by CarCalnon, to move that item under new business for Wednespenter. day night’s meeting. The Common Council voted unaniHis four-year plan, among other things, would have the mously to do so.

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“I am pleased this is coming forth tonight,” Calnon said.

“The three groups should be proud they can work together.

I am proud to join them in support of their agreement.”

He pointed out that part of the reason behind the increase was to treat the library like every other department when it came to retirements.

The r esolution r ead as follows: “T o incr ease the General Fund transfer to the library by $60,000 to reflect the rate increases for retirement that occurred in 2011 and 2012 and to allow for additional funding for the Library Board’s cost reduction agreement with its AFSCME bargaining unit.”

The Common Council unanimously passed the er solution.

“This is the very last step of a plan three weeks in creating and putting together ,” Carpenter said. “It took 57 people working together to make this whole thing work.”

“It was a concerted effort and all the pieces had to fit,” Kasprzack said. “It was an ef fort that had to come thr ough everybody.”

Inmate charged with murder PLATTSBURGH — An inmate is charged with murder after striking another inmate with a dumbbell.

Teofilo Diaz, 58, was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

He allegedly killed fellow prisoner Robert Poulsen, 37, by smashing him in the head with a dumbbell, according to a press release from the Clinton County District Attorney's Office.

The alleged assault, which occurred may 17, was remained sealed by the DA's of fice because it was pr esented directly to a grand jury.

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People hopeful for stronger 2012 economy still far below where economists would like to see it.

At the same time, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits grew by 15,000 recently, to 381,000, according to the Employment and T raining Administration.

An Associated Pr ess poll of economists projected U.S. economic gr owth will speed up in 2012 as long as it is not obstructed by upheavals in Eur ope. The economy is expected to grow 2.4 percent in 2012, while in 2011 it grew less than 2 percent.

However, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently warned the U.S. economy is close to faltering and could be significantly impacted, for example, by a default in the Greek debt.

And while the economy may be on a shaky path to slow recovery, other numbers remain disturbing.

Since 2006/07, there has been a 17 percent increase in the number of school students er ceiving free and reduced lunch nationwide, according to a New York Times analysis.

That s ame a nalysis f ound t hat b etween 2008 and 2011, the number of those living on food stamps soared by 50 percent.

Catholic Charities r eported that r equests for the working poor were up 80 percent and 59 percent for the middle class.

Housing and auto sectors ar e expected to improve some, but remain below normal levels and, overall, unemployment is not pr o-

By Stephen Bartlett

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Over the past year that dropped to once every couple weeks.

“I definitely don't spend as much,” she said.

Like other North Country residents, Shusda has felt the toll of a staggering economy and rising costs. She and many others cut back in 201 1 and ar e hoping for a str onger 2012.

“I haven't changed my life drastically, but there have been a lot of small changes,” Shusda said.

“Hopefully we can get the world straightened out.”

In fact, Americans are slowly gaining faith that the economy is on an upswing due to a slightly impr oved job outlook that helped the Consumer Confidence Index rise to its highest level since April, according to a survey by The Conference Board.

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Yet an assessment of shoppers, conducted Dec. 1-14, found that those anticipating more jobs increased to 13.3 percent from 12.4 percent and those pr edicting fewer jobs declined to 20.1 percent from 23.8 percent.

“I think it waspretty evident that last year was financially tough on everyone,” said Megan LaPorte of Plattsburgh. “Everyone is in debt nowadays. It used to not be like that.”

Most people the 21-year-old knows struggle to cover r ent and their bills. She finds that her friends spend much time worrying about money.

“You have to pay attention to every dime that goes out,” LaPorte said. “I don't have any friends who can afford to go out.”

She hopes for serious changes in a 2012.

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David Drake believes that will r equire a change in administration. The Vermontville man would like to see someone new, specifically a r epublican and conservative, in the White House.

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BOWLING ALL AREAS PROGRAM. North Bowl Lanes, 28 N Bowl Ln, 8:30 a.m. townofplattsburghrecreation.com or 562-6860.

Monday.Jan.9.

Understanding Your Grief Support Group. Sponsored by High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care, First Presbyterian Church 57 Church St. 3-4:30 p.m.

SCRABBLE GAME. Seniors Citizens Council of Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 5636186, ext. 102.

Tuesday.Jan.10.

PLATTSBURGH SUNRISE RO TARY. American Legion Post 20, 162 Quarry Rd. 7:30 a.m.

PARENTS ANONYMOUS SUPPORT GROUP. Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Count, 194 US Oval. 56:30 p.m.

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Friday.Jan.13.

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Saturday.Jan.14.

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Saturday.Jan.21.

CHILD SAFETY SEAT INSPECTION. Bill McBride Dealership, 5701 US Ave. 10 a.m.-2p.m. 565-4397.

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NORTH COUNTRY SQUARRES. Clinton County Fair Grounds, 84 Fair Grounds Rd, 7-10 p.m. Jan 21st with Katie Levitch (folk/blues)

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SOULFULL YOGA. Soulfull Sunday Yoga Rota Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 11:00 a.m.

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lthough traditional winter weather has largely been AWOL so far this season, I expect itwill eventually arrive. And as the North Country goes, winter weather is better late than never. Our r egional economy is based on providing opportunities in a land of ice and snow , where lovers of winter can easily go.

Recently, the long journey to the great, white North has become a whole lot easier . Travelers may no longer have to contend with winding mountain r oads while dodging the slush, mush, and fr ost heaves.

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The actions include closing 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears Fullline stores to generate $140 to $170 million of cash.

Florida stands to lose 11 stores, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures.

Ohio, Michigan and Georgia will lose six in each state, while Tennessee, North Car olina and Minnesota ar e set to lose four stores each.

Each store employs between 40 and 80 people.

The closures do not include stores in Sears’ home state of Illinois.

The p rojected c losings represent roughly 3 p ercent o f S ears Holdings’ U.S. stor es. The mer ged company has about 3,560 stores in the United States.

In addition to the specific store closures, the company plans to carefully evaluate store performance going forward. The company will no longer adher e to the practice of keeping mar ginally performing stores open while working to improve their performance.

Instead, the company will focus r esources on better performing stores.

LaPine hopes the Plattsburgh Kmart remains open. She goes there about once a week to shop.

“I like the store, and it would bother me if it closed,” she said.

“It has been her e a long time, and is a stor e we have depended on for years.”

tion Board for a permit to operate as a federally r egulated common carrier on the same rail line between Tahawus and North Creek.

This 30-mile section of rails, which spans from the Tahawus Mines to North Creek, was built in 1940, prior to W orld War II. At the time, federal wartime exemptions trumped New York’s Article 14, the For est Pr eserve Act, and tr ees wer e r emoved from the Forest Preserve in order to provide strategic materials for the war effort, and to save the country.

Currently, the materials ar e hauled out of the area in trucks, which travel over the winding mountain roads. The resulting wear and tear on the highway infrastructure, and the expense of trucking the materials, limits the potential for profit.

With ‘Common Carrier’ designation, Iowa Pacific’s trains would be permitted to haul more than just raw materials.

The trains could also pr ovide scenic rail excursions, in addition to transporting hikers, bikers, birders and paddlers to one of the most r emote sections of the Adirondacks.

The south sloping wilderness of the T ahawus r egion holds gr eat tourism potential with Henderson Lake, the Preston Ponds and numer ous High Peaks in addition to the proposed wilderness ar eas of the former Finch and Pr uyn parcel near Newcomb, as well as the Essex Chain of Lakes and the Upper Hudson River , which may eventually encompass one of the lar gest unbr oken tracts of wild lands in the Adirondacks.

Going Hog Wild?

In last week’s column, I r eported on the presence of feral swine in the North Country .

Since that time, I have received numerous emails and letters,

many concerning the potential for hog hunting opportunities.

It is important for sportsmen to u nderstand, t hat th e N YSDEC does not intend to promote, nor to pr ovide sporting opportunities for hunting feral swine. The department’s efforts are focused on eradicating the pests, as soon as possible, before they establish viable breeding populations, as they already have in several counties.

Swine have now been found in both Clinton County and St. Lawrence County. Sportsmen are ur ged to r eport additional sightings to the NYSDEC. Jim Rivito, a former North Country resident from Tupper Lake, offered this advice on the potential problem.

“I am an avid hunter here in Florida and I want to comment on your discovery of wild hogs.”

“I lease 1,000 acres of property and the hogs are everywhere…I have shot 12 this year , from 90 to 225 pounds..they breed like rabbits. I see herds of 15-18 all over.”

“A sow can br eed at least 3 times a year and usually has 58 in a litter , plus they start to breed when they are 6 months old. So, multiply the number of sows, times the number of piglets 2 or 3 times per year every 6 months,” he said. “You can’t keep up with them, they rut up the ground like plows. I see you having a hog pr oblem in a couple of years.”

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Unfortunately, it often seems that whenever ther e is a slight chance that an appr opriate industry or project has the potential to provide a bit of economic vitality to the r egion; ther e immediately appears to be an advocacy gr oup, with the threat of a lawsuit to shut the opportunity down. Although I u nderstand, a nd r espect t he need to protect against unscrupulous developers, and to fend off the advancement of inappropriate industry , I also wonder what the futur e will hold.

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Sophie Clarke returns triumphantly home ‘Survivor’ winner speaks at alma mater in Willsboro

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com WILLSBORO — The Willsboro Central School superintendent said what the whole town was thinking.

“Sophie, welcome home and congratulations,” Superintendent Stephen Broadwell said in welcoming W illsboro alumnus and CBS television reality show winner Sophie Clarke back to the community, just over a week after she was named the $1 million prize winner Dec. 28.

“Everyone has been sitting in front of the television watching you for the past several W ednesday nights, so it’s kind of apr opos that we ar e all her e on a W ednesday night, but this time we have you here with us.”

Clarke, who spent the time before the show in interviews with the local CBS af filiate and talking to friends who came out for the event, was then gr eeted by warm applause and several ovations throughout the hour -long question-and-answer period.

Audience members were able to ask a number of questions to the

newest reality television star, with many focused on what the day-today life on the island wher e the show was filmed was like.

“You ar e stranded with 17 strangers on an island. You just kind of go insane,” Clarke said.

“You really create these bonds with people, and the most important thing becomes making these alliances so you can stay for another day.”

Clarke was also asked about bathrooms (“ther e ar e none”), what she had to eat (”I will never eat another coconut ever again”), food cravings (“I cr eated my ice cream cake business because you were craving and thinking about sweets”), cr eating bonds with the other contestants (“it’s like one of the Stockholm Syndr ome things”) and who she thought should have won if it was not here (“Brandon or Dawn, but I’d lean towar d Dawn because she was r eally deserving”).

Clarke also took questions fr om those who wanted to know what her advice would be to youth in Willsboro who may think that they are limited because of the small town attitude.

“I think that is such a bad outlook if you think that,” Clarke r esponded. “I think that you can be surprised by what you can do when you try. I know that you can look at things that way when you

Sophie Clark talks to those who attended her homecoming event at Willsboro Central School, Dec. 28.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

come fr om a town like W illsboro, but it simply is not the case.”

Clarke added that while she was able to use skills that she learned in Willsboro (she said that she felt

the public speaking program had a major impact), she also learned a lot from the show experience.

“I learned that ther e are a lot of cliches that ar e true,” Clarke said.

“I find that I live much more in the present. I am mor e willing to say yes, and I am able to relate to a lot more people.”

Clarke said that, as far as memorabilia, the only thing she took from the island was a puzzle piece from the final immunity challenge.

“I liked that one because I think it won me $1 million,” she said.

As far as what she missed fr om the show, Clarke sounded like an avid outdoor-woman.

“I miss sitting around the campfire and looking at the stars with no television or phones ar ound and just telling stories,” she said.

Clarke also r elated the experience she had when she went to deposit the winner ’s check.

“I slipped the check into the teller like it was no big deal,” she said. “The teller looked at it for a moment, then looked at me, and got all nervous and said he was going to have to talk to the manager.

I finally told them what was going on and took a few pictur es to r emember the moment. They later told me that ther e was only one other time they could r emember where someone deposited a big check, which was actually mor e than mine.”

After the event, Clarke stayed to take pictur es with those in attendance and sign autographs.

Double fatality occurs in Crown Point 2 dead and 2 injured after White Church Road Crash

By Katherine Clark

katherine@denpubs.com CROWN POINT —Ryan H. Quigley and Tiffany A. Lang were killed in a car accident early Friday morning.

Two passengers, Erin L. Ross, 18, of Cr own Point, and Christopher L. Gumlaw , 21, of Witherbee, wer e taken to Fletcher Allen Health Car e in Burlington after initial assessment at Moses Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga.

Investigator Tim Baddock said the vehicle appeared to be traveling south on White Church Road when it lost contr ol, and was reported at 12:50 a.m.

Police investigation said the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Quigley was heading south on White Church Road when Quigley

Ryan H. Quigley lost control of the vehicle and the car exited the east side of the roadway.

The vehicle rolled down an embankment and came to r est on its r oof in a shallow stream. Quigley, and Lang, wer e both pr o-

ferred to Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington.

Quigley, 23, of T iconderoga, was an avid snowmobiler and worked at Treadway Service Center in Ticonderoga.

Tiffany Lang, was a 201 1 graduate fr om Moriah High School and was interning at Mountain Lake Services, she studied CNE Nursing at CVTEC in Mineville.

Alexis Harrington, friend of Quigley said she will r emember Quigley every time she rides the Polaris 500 snowmobile she bought from him.

“I’m pr obably going to cry every time I ride my sled,” Harrington said.

Friends Quigley and Lang, posted rest in peace sentiments and messages of condoTiffany A. Lang lences Friday morning via facebook.

Chynna Allen, a friend of Lang’s, wr ote nounced dead at the scene.

“You are Such an amazing person, always so The r ear seat passengers, Gumlaw and happy and caring. You touched many peoRoss wer e ejected fr om the vehicle, and transported from the scene to Moses Luding- ples lives, and no one will ever forget you,” on Langs wall. ton Hospital, T iconderoga and later trans-

Borderline Liquor and Wine opens new deli

By Stephen Bartlett

er flavors, garlic, cranberry and horseradish mayonnaise. stephen@denpubs.com They want to get their customers MOOERS — Borderline Liquor to try new things.

“We go out of our way to find and Wine opened nearly a year ago that unique item the customer in Mooers. wants,” Delaney said. “W e of fer Shortly after , the five owners friendly service and cater to r eand operators opened GR T Disquests. We try to find what the othcount Beverages, a convenient er stores do not accommodate.” store next door at 2585 Route 11.

The business is about customer “We opened the convenient store service with a smile, she said. to supplement the liquor stor e,” But they started slowly nearly a said co-owner Karen Delaney. “We year ago. didn’t think it would be enough “It was holiday shopping time,” work for one employee.”

Most recently, they opened a deli Delaney said. “So we just started adding slowly.” in the convenient store.

The slow start helped the new “People kept asking us when we business owners get their feet wet. were going to open a deli,” De“This is new to everybody,” Delaney said. “Competition is good. laney said. “Now , we all have “Now they want us to do gas.” hands-on experience.”

But ther e ar e no plans for gas The owners and operators of the anytime soon.

“We are going to see how the deli business ar e randy and Jean goes and want to do br eakfast LaBombard, Terry and Kar en Delaney and Greg Greene. foods,” Delaney said.

“What we plan to do is continuThe deli of fers chili, Michigans, homemade soups, subs, sandwich- ally listen to our customers about what they like and don’t like and es, wraps and more. continually expand,” Delaney The deli also of fers, among othsaid.

Co-owner Karen Delaney and part-time employee Sonya Chagnon stand behind the new deli at GRT Discount Beverages.

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City and Town with Don Kasprzak and Bernie Bassett D

ecember is a busy time. The month began with the Annual Holiday Train arrival which brings hundreds of parents and children together and signals the beginning of Christmas. The weather cooperated and fun was had by all. I read a proclamation honoring Alice Heckard as she has been instrumental for many years in the success of the Christmas Bureau. This group does wonderful work throughout the holidays. The Chamber held a press conference to announce the 2012 Snocross Event which drew thousands of visitors last January to the Crete Center. Mike Perrotte and his staff do an outstanding job with this event. I met with Canal Corporation officials from Albany to discuss the future of Wilcox Dock. I attended a ribbon-cutting for Adirondack Vision Care, which was a nice ceremony. I attended the Veterans Wreath Giving

Ceremony which was emotional and special. I was humbled to be in the presence of local veterans and their families. We held the year end College/City Coalition meeting, a collaborative effort by Plattsburgh State and Plattsburgh to address ongoing city/college issues. Governor Cuomo announced the North Country Region will receive over $100 million of development funding through the efforts of the North Country Regional Economic Council. The Common Council met throughout the month to finalize the 2012 budget which has been challenging as expected.

I want to wish all the readers a Happy New Year and Best Wishes in 2012. We will continue to do the best we can with the resources we have as we move towar ds 2012! Thanks!

Don Kasprzak is mayor of the city of Plattsburgh.

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e are busy closing the books on 2011 with an optimistic eye on the New Year.

This was a demanding year further complicated by spring flooding and Hurricane Irene. The economic climate has been difficult for many businesses and families but others expanded and flourished. Our Planning and Codes Departments remained busy with many new projects that invested in the Town creating jobs and adding to our tax base.

While it is important to learn fr om the past we must live in the pr esent with car eful planning for the future. We manage our current needs while making decisions to secure our future. It is tempting to makeshort term decisions that appear wise and fr ugal, but long term impacts must be considered.

I’m excited to have been given the sup-

port of the community allowing me to continue to work for Plattsburgh four mor e years! I r espect the r esponsibility that has been given me. My focus for the next four years will include a number of changes to help secure our ability to pr ovide af fordable services to the community while playing a more aggressive role in economic development. Though we have a healthy financial r eport car d, we need to invest in our infrastr ucture and build capital r eserves.

Our employees have tr uly demonstrated their pr ofessionalism and dedication to the T own. T ogether we have managed to keep cos ts down while maintaining services. T ogether we will nurtur e the continued development of the Town in a manner that will continue to make Plattsburgh a great place to live, work and invest in.

Best wishes to all of you for a successful, safe and healthy New Year!

Bernie Bassett is supervisor of the town of Plattsburgh.

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STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY COURT COUNTY OF CLINTON COMBINED NOTICE & PETITION OF FORECLOSURE PURSUANT TO RPTL RPTL ยง1123(2) ( b) Index No.: 2011-1628 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS BY PROCEEDING IN REM PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW

BY THE CITY OF PLATTSBURGH. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 29th day of November, 2011, the City Chamberlain hereinafter the Enforcing Officer of the City of Plattsburgh, hereinafter the Tax District pursuant to law filed with the Clerk of Clinton County the attached list of delinquent taxes and hereby commences this proceeding, to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes or other lawful charges which have accumulated and become liens against certain parcels of real property. The parcels to which this proceeding applies are described in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof.

EFFECT OF FILING: All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in Schedule A hereto are hereby notified that the filing of this Notice and Petition constitutes the commencement by the Tax District of a proceeding in the court specified in the caption above to foreclose each of the tax liens held and owned by the Tax District in the parcels described in Schedule A hereto by a foreclosure proceeding in rem.

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PROCEEDING: This proceeding is brought against the real property only and is to foreclose the tax liens held and owned by the Tax District in the parcels described in Schedule A hereto.

No personal judgment will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof.

P E R S O N S AFFECTED: This Notice and Petition is directed to all persons owning or having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described herein. Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of such Notice and Petition has been filed in the office of the Enforcing Officer of the Tax District and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified below as the last day for redemption.

RIGHT OF REDEMPTION: Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may on or before said date redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens thereon, including all interest and penalties and other legal charges which are included in the lien against the such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption. Such payments shall be made to the City Chamberlain, City of Plattsburgh, 6 Miller Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be entitled to have the tax liens affected hereby satisfied of record.

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title or interest in or lien upon any parcel of real property described in Schedule A hereto may serve a duly verified answer upon the attorney for the Tax District setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure.

Such answer must be filed in the Office of the Clinton County Clerk and served upon the attorney for the Tax District on or before the date above mentioned as the last day for redemption.

FAILURE TO REDEEM OR ANSWER: In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person shall be forever barred and foreclosed of all his or her right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcels described herein and a judgment in foreclosure may be taken by default.

I do hereby certify and affirm the foregoing as true under the penalties of perjury this 29th day of November, 2011.

E N F O R C I N G OFFICER: Attorney for Tax District: John E. Clute, Esq. Attorney for the City of Plattsburgh 121 Bridge Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (518) 563-4884 Richard A Marks, City Chamberlain City of Plattsburgh 6 Miller Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (518) 563-7704 STATE OF NEW YORK) :SS.: COUNTY OF CLINTON) Richard A. Marks, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the Chamberlain of the City of Plattsburgh.

I have read the foregoing Petition and know the contents thereof to be true of my own knowledge, except those matters that are stated on information and belief and as to those matters I believe them to be true.

(Signature) Richard A.

Marks Sworn to before me this 29th day of November, 2011.

Eileen M. Sickles Notary Public Notary Public State of New York #01S16144159 Qualified in Clinton County Commission Expires April 24, 2014 Schedule A City of Plattsburgh List of Delinquent Tax Liens on File with the Clinton County Clerk Amounts Due are as of November 29, 2011 Tax Year Tax Bill# Tax Type Tax Bill Name City Tax Map Number Amount Due 2010 3133 Property WELCH, MICHAEL J 207.11-7-17 2,755.48 2010 2713 Property KING, MARK 207.12-1-22 1,237.77 2010 1391 Property HELWIG, JEFFREY T 207.13-3-16 5,124.37 2009-2010 9000034 School NAVIN, MARY ELLEN 207.14-3-44 5,527.75 2010 158 Property EVEREST, SHARON M 207.14-4-18 2,483.15 2010 1625 Property ASADOURIAN VARTOOG - ESTATE OF 207.14-4-30 856.94 2010 656 Property B A R A B A , GERTRUDE THELMA 207.15-1-23 719.63 2009-2010 9000656 School B A R A B A , GERTRUDE THELMA 207.15-1-23

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JABAUT, WAYNE G 221.11-3-22 1,353.91 2010 4216 Property TAYLOR, MICHAEL J 221.11-5-15.1 1,734.78 2010 4217 Property TAYLOR, MICHAEL J 221.11-5-15.2 1,677.65 2010 1294 Property TAYLOR, MICHAEL J 221.11-5-26 230.40 2010 1745 Property TAYLOR, MICHAEL J 221.11-6-36.2 1,357.75

2009-2010 9003622 School RUSHFORD, DAWN 207.16-5-30 1,104.24

2010 1728 Property S V E N S O N , CHRISTOPHER R 221.11-6-40.14 1,147.67

2010 373 Property HILL, KEVIN D 207.19-2-42 4,127.12 2010 1537 Property OLSEN, KENT S 207.20-3-19 3,065.85 2010 360 Property GIRARD, DANIEL JOSEPH 207.74-2-17 627.33

2009-2010 9004031 School MARSHALL, BAKER 221.11-8-1 1,721.59 2010 1716 Property L A M O N D A , FLORENCE IRENE 221.11-8-20 315.64 2010 3514 Property CORYEA, GORDON H 221.15-1-10.2 2,189.91 2010 2832 Property TWIGG, RYAN D 221.15-2-13 1,972.80

2009 679 Property ARTHUR, DENNIS 207.74-2-8 919.04

2009-2010 9002832 School TWIGG, RYAN D 221.15-2-13 496.40

2008-2009 9000679 School ARTHUR, DENNIS 207.74-2-8 1,805.00

2010 4150 Property HOLDERMAN, DALE B 221.15-3-10.3 1,869.11

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School HOLDERMAN, DALE B 221.15-3-10.3 1,360.74 2010 4443 Property REIL, WENDY 221.5-1-33 2,582.19 2010 4067 Property SHIR-CLIFF LLC 221.7-1-26 2,475.55 2010 4263 Property ST JOHN, SUSAN M 221.7-4-49 395.30 2010 4514 Property LEASE, JOHN 221.8-2-9.42 4,189.38 2010 1425 Property DOMINIC, BRIAN 221.8-4-21 3,084.91 1. The term Property under the Tax Type column means City and County land taxes, delinquent City refuse, water and sewer bills and any special assessments.

2. The foregoing List of Delinquent Taxes is a list of the Delinquent Taxes filed with the Clinton County Clerk s Office for the above referenced tax years.

3. The Amount Due listed in Schedule A is the delinquent tax for tax year January 1st, 2010, and prior tax years as noted in the Tax Year column. It is the amount due for those delinquent taxes as of November 29th, 2011.

These amounts are subject to change for additions of notice, filing and legal charges required and allowed by the foreclosure proceeding along with the addition of monthly interest accruing on the 15th day of each month during the foreclosure process. All unpaid or delinquent taxes for tax years after 2010 are required to be paid in addition to the amounts listed in Schedule A to redeem

the parcels from the foreclosure proceeding.

To confirm the amount to be paid to redeem a parcel of real property from all tax liens, please contact the City Chamberlain by calling 518-563-7704 or email inquiries addressed to fcs@cityofplattsburghny.gov.

4. To redeem a property, in addition to the Amount Due, the taxpayer is required to pay "charges" or "legal charges" which means: (a) the cost of the mailing or service of notices required or authorized by this article; (b) the cost of publication of notices required or authorized by this article; (c) the amount of any interest and penalties imposed by law; (d) the cost of recording or filing legal documents required or authorized by this article; and (e) the reasonable and necessary cost of any search of the public record required or authorized to satisfy the notice requirements of this article, and the reasonable and necessary expenses for legal services of a tax district in connection with a proceeding to foreclose a tax lien.

See: ยง 1102 Real Prop. Tax Law 5. If the above tax parcels are subject to taxes that became liens after the above listed tax years, the liens must be redeemed in reverse chronological order, so that the lien with the most recent lien date is redeemed first, and the lien with the earliest lien date is redeemed last. The enforcement process shall proceed as long as the earliest lien remains unredeemed.

See ยง 1112 Real Prop.

Tax Law. I certify and affirm that the foregoing List of Delinquent Taxes is true under penalty of perjury.

Dated: 11/29/11 Signed: Richard A. Marks Enforcing Officer TB-1/7,1/28,2/18/123TC-20935 -----------------------------

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Route 9 • Elizabethtown, NY www.adirondackauto.com • adirondackchevy@yahoo.com 2002 Isuzu Rodeo AWD

CQ31B, Auto, Fully Loaded! Moonroof

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2008 Chevy Impala LT

CP228 OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded

$

15,980 OR

$

264*

/MO.

2009 Pontiac Vibe AWD

AM44A, Fully Loaded, OnStar, XM Radio

5,200

$

2011 Chevy Malibu 2LT

CP240, Leather Heated Seats, OnStar, XM Radio

$

2011 Chevy Tahoe LT

CP241, Leather, Fully Loaded, XM Radio, OnStar

17,980

OR

$

288*

/MO.

2005 Ford F-350 Crew Cab 4x2 XLT

CQ281A, Lariat Pkg, Leather, Power Brakes, Diesel, Loaded

35,480

2004 Ford Explorer XLT CQ319B, 3rd Seat, Fully Loaded

$

2001 Nissan Xterra

CQ286A, 4x4, Auto, V6, Fully Loaded

7,880

OR

$

157*

/MO.

2008 Chevy Equinox AWD Sport CR50A, Leather Heated Seats, OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded!

Low Low Miles!

Miles!

$

6,950

OR

$

218*

/MO.

$

14,980 OR

$

243*

/MO.

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan

CP239, “Crew” Pkg, DVD, Leather, Fully Loaded

Free Lifetime NYS Inspections with any Purchase!

15,480 OR

$

256*

/MO.

$

20,980 OR

$

373 *

/MO.

$

21,880 OR

$

352 *

/MO.

*TAX, TITLE, REG. NOT INCLUDED. ††10,000 MILES PER YEAR/48 MONTH LEASE.

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