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March 6, 2010
Reward
Ghost story
A reward is being offered for information in a Ticonderoga hit-and-run case. See Page 3
Fort Ti will be featured on a television show searching for ghosts on its grounds. See Page 4
National Problem Gambling National Problem Gambling week is approaching. See the centerfold in this week’s edition.
Project moving forward Panther tops 1,000 points
Irishman of Year
Knights to honor member
New cafeteria opens at Ti school
By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com
By Fred Herbst John Budwick scored 13 points, giving him 1,005 for his career, as Crown Point beat Bolton to advance in the Section VII Class D boys basketball tournament. The 6-foot-8 pivotman also had 15 rebounds. Ticonderoga advanced to the Section VII Class C championships games in boys and girls action. See sports.
Dinner-dance to aid celebration The “Best Fourth in the North” committee will host a dinner-dance Saturday, March 27, at the EMA club, 9 Maplewood Drive, Ticonderoga. Cocktail hour will be 6-7 p.m. with dinner at 7. Dancing and raffles will follow until midnight. Tickets are $20 a person or $25 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Century 21 in Ticonderoga, the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, A Cute Above or from any committee member.
THIS WEEK Ticonderoga...................2-8 Opinions ......................6-7 Moriah ..........................9 Schroon Lake ................10 Crown Point ..................11 Obituaries ....................12 Calendar ......................21 Sports ..........................22-23 Classifieds....................24-27 Auto Zone ....................27-32
fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Ticonderoga Central School’s $23.8 million building and renovation project reached a milestone last week. The new Ti Elementary-Middle School cafeteria opened to students. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and board of education meeting christened the new 3,500 square foot addition that can seat 450 people. A new science wing at the middle school and new special education rooms at the elementary school have also been opened to students. “This represents the completion of out first major milestone of this project,” said John McDonald, school superintendent. “With the cafeteria finished, we can now convert the old cafeteria to temporary classrooms and begin the work for replacing carpets and ceiling tiles.” The project, approved by district voters in September 2007, also includes an addition and renovations at
See TI, page 8
Ticonderoga students Brian Ledger and Kylie Austin cut the ribbon to open the new elementary-middle school cafeteria. The cafeteria is part of a $23.8 million building and renovation project in Ticonderoga Central School District.
TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Knights of Columbus enjoy St. Patrick’s Day so much, they plan on celebrating twice. A tradition will be renewed when the Knights host their annual Irishman of the Year celebration Saturday, March 13. Council 333 will honor a local resident at the K of C hall on Montcalm Street. Festivities will get under way with a happy hour starting at noon. A corned beef dinner will be served at 4:30-7 p.m. Rounding out the meal will be roasted red potatoes, turnips, candied carrots and Irish soda bread. The Irishman of the Year, a closely-guarded secret, will be honored — or roasted — at 7 p.m. Tickets, priced at $10, will be available at the door. The event is open to the public. Following dinner there will be Irish music. The Irishman of the Year dinner is so successful, it sold out last year. The Irishman of the Year is selected by
See IRISHMAN, page 8
Moriah testing television equipment By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com
The (existing) equipment is very old and is always breaking down.
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PORT HENRY — Moriah officials have agreed to a 30-day experiment that may improve the community’s public access television channel. The town board has given its approval to install new digital equipment and a computerized announcement board that will improve the channel and allow greater flexibility in programming. The TV test is scheduled during the month of March. If community members aren’t impressed, the equipment will be returned after 30 days. If the improvements are appreciated, the equipment will stay and the town will pay $6,350. The money, if spent, will come from the town’s cable franchise agreement with Time Warner Ca-
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— Kim Harvish
ble, emphasized trustee Tom Anderson, not from taxpayers. The community access channel, Channel 17 in Moriah, is provided by Time Warner as an outlet for community information. The channel is operated by Moriah Central School for the town. Town board meetings, community and school events, and public announcements are shown on the channel.
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Kim Harvish, who oversees Channel 17 for Moriah Central School, said new equipment is badly needed. “The (existing) equipment is very old and is always breaking down,” Harvish said. The current Moriah TV equipment is not digital, which means programming such as local town board meetings, must be converted to VHS tape before it can be shown. “It’s very time consuming,” Harvish said, “and it’s not a very good learning tool for students, this isn’t the equipment used in the real world. It would be nice if students could learn the right way to do things.” Harvish said she contacted the Middlebury, Vt., public access channel to see about its equipment. Officials there strongly recommended moving to digital technology, she said.
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