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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — October and county finance meetings lead to one main topic no matter where you are in New York state — budget talk.

So was life for members of the Essex County Finance, Tax Reduction and Mandate Relief Committee Oct. 15 as they met to discuss the early budget numbers.

County Manager Daniel Palmer reported that, based on the state imposed 2 percent tax levy cap, the county would have little room unless an override was passed.

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Walker Hall and Jackson Smith, third graders at Lake Placid Elementary School, get the first chance to play on the new monkey bars located in the renovated playground at the school. The playground was open to the students Oct. 10 with the first recess taking place at 11:20 a.m.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County Clerk Joseph Provoncha and Deputy Clerk Janet Cross were reprimanded and fined to a combined $4,000 Oct. 12 by the Essex County Ethics Board for improperly influencing the awarding of a software contract.

The Ethics board fined Provoncha $3,500 and Cross $500. The pair will receive let-

ters of reprimand on their records and Cross has been barred from future bid procurements.

Provoncha also had to immediately resign from the position of Essex County Deputy Manager and his position as Mailroom Supervisor.

Both are unpaid positions.

The decision also called for Provoncha to, “conduct himself in a professional manner at all times and ensure that the Department of Motor Ve-

hicles is a stable and non-violent work environment for all employees.”

“County Clerk, Mr. Provoncha, acted unethically in his dealings with the IQS (Info Quick Solutions) and RFP (request for proposal) process,” Ethics Board Chairman Michael Orticelle said. “The Board was able to secure a settlement agreement with both Mr. Provoncha and Deputy Clerk, Janet Cross in which they both admit to improper behavior.”

Though Provoncha and Cross deny intentionally doing anything wrong, the pair admitted to improprieties in order to reach the settlement deal.

Bid process The reprimand stems from the request for proposal process through the County Clerk’s Office in 2010 for document-scanning software and equipment.

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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that the Sixth IOC Athlete Career Programme Forum (ACP) will be held in Lake Placid, from Nov. 8-11, 2012. Hosted by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) with support from the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), the forum is being held outside of the IOC’s headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the first time.

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Scott Osborne hired to take ELCS helm Nov. 13, open house planned keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — As the search for a new superintendent at Elizabeth-

town-Lewis Central School wrapped up ahead of schedule, the man picked to lead the district will also get started early.

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“School community memb e r s i n c l u d i n g p a re n t s , students, employees and other district residents are welcome and encouraged t o a t t e n d . L i g h t re f re s h ments will be provided for those attending this brief reception.”

Those planning to attend are asked to call the district offices at 873-6371 extension 502.

Osborne was tabbed as the new superintendent following the school b o a rd ’ s h i r i n g p ro c e s s .

The board brought in three candidates for initial int e r v i e w s a f t e r re c e i v i n g a ro u n d 2 0 a p p l i c a t i o n s , narrowing the field by one

New ELCS Superintendent and Principal Scott Osborne. for a second set of interviews. Just prior to the scheduled interviews, however, the second candidate decided not to continue to pursue the position leaving Osborne as the top pick of the board.

Osborne has previously served as the school’s K-12 b u i l d i n g p r i n c i p a l f ro m 2007-2009.

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In addition to the concerts and receptions, Piano by Nature will be hosting a Vocal Master Class at the Hand House at 2 p.m. Oct. 20. Strempel and Beaudette will give professional tips on vocal-related topics while working with area students of voice. This class is free and open to the public.

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Zumbathon planned E L I Z A B E T H TO W N — E s s e x C o u n t y To y s f o r K i d s , i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e Elizabethtown Social Center, is holding a Z u m b a t h o n c h a r i t y e v e n t o n S a t u rd a y, Oct. 20.

Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. at the ELCS Auditorium and includes two 45minute sessions of Zumba fitness, a goodie bag, healthy snacks and a chance to win door prizes. Cost is $20 for adults and $15 for students (ages 12 and up only). All of the proceeds will be donated to Toys for Kids. Essex County Toys for Kids is a nonprofit organization created by two Essex County residents.

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This organization donates toys to Essex County families during the Christmas s e a s o n . F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t Jodi Thompson at JThompson@elcsd.org, o r t h e S o c i a l C e n t e r a t w w w. e l i z a b e t h townsocialcenter.org or 873-6408, or find us on Facebook.

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Recycled bridges save Essex County taxpayers money, build time

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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Bridges have been one of the main themes for the Essex County Department of Public works over the past 12 months.

From the effects of the spring flooding of 2011, Tropical Storm Irene and deteriorating conditions, several bridges throughout the county have needed emergency and special attention.

Thankfully, according to DPW Superintendent Anthony LaVigne, New York state stepped up with a program that helped save the county hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The state started to offer inverset bridges to counties in need. Some of the pre-made spans were recycled pieces that formerly were used as overpasses for Northway exits.

LaVigne said the department first used the recycled bridges to fix a span of the Adirondack Loj Road in Lake Placid.

Budget Continued from page 1 “We are looking at a 2.55 percent tax cap, which means that we can only increase our levy by $383,636 if we want to stay under the cap.”

Palmer said that given the increases in retirement contributions and other state mandated payments, that was a number that would be unrealistic to get to.

Jay Supervisor and County Chairman Randy Douglas agreed.

“The state mandates are crippling county government,” Douglas said. “Some people think we are just shifting the blame to the state. The governor has been very good to our region but one thing that they are well aware of is that I do not agree with the tax cap.

The increase in the nine for nine mandates is $244 million statewide for counties to pick up. That is a $130 million gap for county funding right there before we even look at our own budget.”

“The inverset bridges offered to the county at no cost,” LaVigne said. “The bridge was 15 years old and their design life was 70 years. Essex County transported the bridges to North Elba and Steven Miller construction took care of constructing the bridges. The end result was that we now have a two-lane bridge there with a savings of about $250,000 for using the reused bridge.“ LaVigne said that the success of the Loj bridge led the county to use the same inverset spans on the Hulbert Road Bridge in Lewis and Lacy Road Bridge in Keene, which both were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. They also used an inverset recently to fix the Gouchie Road Bridge in Minerva.

“We just finished the Gouchie Road Bridge last week,” LaVigne said. “We saved two months’ construction time on each bridge.

These are all state of the art and they have much lower maintenance costs.”

Supervisors said they were pleased with the new option in bridge replacement.

“I just want to thank you for the work,” Minerva Supervisor Sue Montgomery-Corey said.

“I could not believe how great the site looked.

They took great care of it and they were great with communicating with the neighbors.”

“They did a great job in each of these areas and we are thankful for their work,” Keene Supervisor William Ferebee said.

“This is certainly a success story for our department,” LaVigne said. He added that they hope to continue their partnership with the state, but there are currently no other spans that are available for recycling.

During the Oct. 15 Public Works committee meeting, LaVigne said that there were more bridges that had been red flagged and deemed in need of repair by the state, including bridges in Keene, Schroon, Moriah and Ticonderoga, along with work on bridges in Moriah that were damaged by the spring 2011 flooding.

“How often do they inspect these bridges,” Ferebee asked.

“They inspect the bridges every other year

unless they have an existing flag condition and then they inspect them every year,” LaVigne said.

“Although we provide more services than any of the other taxing entities, we get beat up because people look at he size and they think that we have this dynasty out here and that is just not the case,” Moriah Supervisor and budget liaison Tom Scozzafava said.

Palmer added that along with paying for its own expenditures, the county also pays the up-front costs for any municipal taxes that go unpaid.

“If a town or a school does not get their tax money, they still need the money to operate, and we operate as the bank for them,” Palmer said. “We have to take that out of fund balance. We hope to eventually get that back, but it’s not immediate.”

Palmer said that the county paid out roughly $4.3 million to towns and schools to fill in the gap for unpaid taxes.

Douglas and Scozzafava both said that getting out and talking to county residents about the budget process and where Essex County tax rates stand in comparison to the rest of the state was important.

“I think that it is important that people

see where their taxes are and where we were in 2005 and look at where your assessment has increased,” Douglas, who released his property tax statements for those years recently, said. “In my case, it was just over $5 per year. We have to do a better job educating our people in the county and in our towns as to where we are with this budget.”

“We are planning to have informational meetings prior to the public hearing on the budget,” Scozzafava said. “We need to let our constituents know what is happening here. We are not trying to justify going over the tax cap, but when you look at it we really do not have another alternative. “ Scozzafava said that people need to look at more than just the increase to the appropriation line in the budget when looking at the overall impact on their wallet.

“We need to have something that shows people what they have paid,” he said.

“While the appropriations have increased in the budget, the money that is coming out of their pockets has not gone up drastical-

ly, and even has gone down in some cases.”

The supervisors passed a pair of resolutions regarding the budget process, the first was to move forward with a local law that would override the 2 percent tax levy cap pending a public hearing, which was set to take place Monday, Nov. 26, at 6 p.m., which would be followed by the monthly Ways and Means Committee meeting.

“We need to start the process of overriding the tax cap now if we want to have something in place should the board feel that is the way it needs to go,” County Attorney Daniel Manning said.

Green Party to organize ELIZABETHTOWN — The new Green Party of Essex County will have its initial organizing meeting on Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Elizabethtown Social Center, 7626 NYS Route 9. The main goals of the meeting are to form a county chapter that will affiliate with the state Green Party and organize homestretch support for Green candidates listed on the November ballot, including Town of Jay Tax Collector candidate Char Newman.

The meeting is open to registered Green voters and anyone interested in learning more about the Green Party. For more information, please contact Fred Balzac at 946-7861, fredbalzac@aol.com or visit www.gpnys.com.

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County treasurer Michael Diskin delivered a piece of good news for the county during his report, stating that sales tax revenue was up almost $600,000 for the year with early October results up over $60,000 alone.

Diskin also said that September was one of the best months ever for occupancy tax collection as well.

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John Brown portrait to be unveiled at NCCC ham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth and Mark Twain from the nation’s past, and Bill McKibben, James Baldwin, Michelle Alexander, and Jonathan Kozol.

Shetterly’s portraits have been exhibited across the country.

His painting of Brown will be unveiled on Friday, Nov. 30, at NCCC’s Saranac Lake campus, at the opening program.

Several other Shetterly paintings will also be exhibited at the college and at the other venues where events will be taking place.

Geared for area high school and college students, their teachers and professors, the Friday program will also feature independent scholar Amy Godine and Kenneth Morris, Jr., the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass.

Talk at Wild Center TUPPER LAKE — Friday Oct. 19, from 7 to 8 p.m., the Adirondack Public Observatory presents a program on “Alien Solar Systems,” with Jeffrey Miller, Instructor and Physics Lab Coordinator at St. Lawrence University and an APO Trustee. The program shows actual pictures of solar systems being born.

Visit the website apobservatory.org, e-mail at info@apobservatory.org, or call 359-3538 for any additional information.

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ain Street USA is not what it once was, at least not here in the North Country, where empty store fronts are not uncommon, and neither are weather-pocked roads and sidewalks. Some of our towns and villages are faring better than others, but the worst of the bunch seem forlorn and resigned to a steady decline.

In life there are always choices. We could sit idle and watch gravity steal the siding from our downtown buildings and winter claim another small business. We could shake our collective fist at the government and demand action in the form of fewer taxes, more growth and a brilliant, fool-proof solution to our economic quagmire.

Whether we fight the grave injustices that surround us from the comfort of our sagging couches or from the steps of city hall, we’re still here, and we still need help.

Or do we?

There might be a better way, one that could provide a guiding light for us, our neighbors and future generations everywhere.

Two local groups, Vision 2 Action and Revitalize Keeseville, have already begun the discussion, and they need all the support they can get.

Earlier this year, V2A embarked on its mission of providing a common ground for various grassroots organizations to come together and discuss ways to bring people to Plattsburgh and keep them there. The plan was to begin by tackling projects close to completion and then move on to other low- to no-cost projects.

Raising money to renovate the Strand Theatre, opening the Saranac River Trail and initiating a bike rack program are some of the group’s accomplishments.

To make things happen, V2A has held four meetings which have covered ideas to improve recreation, transportation, art and education in the area. The education discussion began with a round-table talk on Mountain Lake PBS on Oct. 11 and was followed by a community forum on Oct. 18. On Oct. 25, at 8 p.m., the public is encouraged to participate in a special live call-in edition of Mountain Lake Journal on Mountain Lake PBS. The discussion will focus on how education is a vital fac-

tor in strengthening our economy and sustaining a quality of life in our community.

Just south of Plattsburgh, Revitalize Keeseville is celebrating its one-year mark this month and according to Steven Engelhart, the group’s unofficial leader, the biggest thing they’ve accomplished is “a positive change in attitude” in Keeseville, and that’s huge. But the group has seen more tangible results, too. As a result of the meetings, the village now has a weekly farmers’ market in the summer, the downtown is undergoing major renovations, in part by property owners who attend Revitalize meetings, and the civic center is on the cusp of making a comeback. Keeseville’s Mayor Dale Holderman also attends the meetings and is in full support of the grassroots group, whose momentum has only gained since the first meeting.

It is certainly a new path to embark upon, one where communities become actively engaged in their own growth, where people turn off their televisions and begin discussing, and solving, issues that are sitting right on their doorsteps. It takes courage, co-operation and inspiration to enact change, and that change never comes without risks. But it is a greater risk to remain stagnant and wait for our elected officials to change things for us.

Maybe if we stop expecting help, and start helping ourselves, we can begin to see real progress in our communities. Just imagine a North Country filled with thriving towns and villages that represent the people who live in them, not the politicians who represent them. The good news is, it isn’t just a pipe dream—it is happening here, it is happening now, and, most importantly, it is actually working.

To become involved with V2A, visit ncvision2action.org.

The next Revitalize Keeseville meeting will be held at the Grange Hall on Main Street in Keeseville on Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.

For more information, call Steven Engelhart at 834-9328.

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October 20, 2012

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We live in a dangerous world

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hen the Cold War ended and the Iron Curtain was torn down, we thought the world was moving toward a more peaceful existence.

Nations could focus more on improving the living conditions for their citizens and technological advances would help us realize that with a world economy, war was something the world could do without. We envisioned the spread of democracy and capitalism throughout the world. Other nations were hungry for the lifestyle we enjoyed in the U.S. Unfortunately, the world has now become more dangerous than before. The events of 9/11 in 2001 and 2012 have proven that even with all our military might, technological weaponry and vast intelligence networks we can easily be attacked without much threat of recourse. Instead of being grateful for the outreach our country has provided around the world, we are more despised both by countries who feel entitled to our continued financial and military support and by revolutionaries who see our vulnerabilities as grand opportunities to humble the last great superpower.

In today’s world, it’s no longer just nation against nation. We now face various factions, radical jihadists, unstable regimes and traditional countries with an ever-growing appetite to increase their military might and influence around the globe. As a nation that grows tired of war, serving as the world’s policing agency and facing severe financial limitations, we lack the political motivation and sense of national unity when it comes to providing the world with leadership it so desperately needs.

If the U.S. doesn’t take the lead, some other nation will, most likely China.

Fifty years ago, the world stood at the brink of Armageddon for 13 days in Oct. 1962 when President John F. Kennedy drew a symbolic line in the Atlantic and warned of dire consequences if Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev dared to cross it. An American U-2 spy plane flying high over Cuba had snapped aerial photographs of Soviet ballistic missile sites that could launch nuclear warheads with little warning at the U.S., just 90 miles away. It was the height of the Cold

War, and many people feared nuclear war would annihilate human civilization.

Today we face Dan Alexander a similar threat Thoughts from Behind the Pressline from Iran, but instead of playing out on the world stage in a short 13 days, it plays out in slow motion over years as they continue to work on nuclear weapons and threaten the region.

Combine that with a current day threat of cyber-attacks, and it compounds the many new ways in which nations are vulnerable. A well-placed virus can spread through networked computers and ultimately wipe out files by overwriting them.

Last week a former U.S. government official said American authorities believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by their government, were responsible for the recent cyber-attacks. U.S. agencies have been assisting in an investigation and concluded that the level of resources needed to conduct this type of attack showed there was some degree of involvement by the Iranian government.

Conventional warfare, counter-terrorism, cyber-attacks and a volatile world economy are threats on the horizon. As a nation, we must prepare to defend against them. At a time when the national psyche is weary of strife and longs for a calmer and more prosperous time, we cannot allow ourselves to let down our guard. We must be vigilant and active on the world stage, for those who wish us harm will prey on weakness and lack of visible resolve.

Gen. George Marshall said it best after the end of World War II: “The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.”

The U.S. must find new ways to demonstrate leadership and sufficient strength to keep the lid on a very tumultuous world. Failure to lead decisively is not an option, but it becomes a very real possibility if we don’t pursue the role we’ve held for the last 60 years as the leader of the free world.

Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton Publications. Email him at dan@denpubs.com.

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Supports Hatch To the Valley News: You may already know Evelyn Hatch either from the days she ran Evelyn’s Bakery or Court Street Collectibles or through her work as a legal secretary. More Recently you may have seen her at the Chamber of Commerce or at a workshop of the Planning Board since she is a prominent member of both. This record alone speaks to her commitment and concern for Elizabethtown.

I have served with Evelyn on Elizabethtown’s Planning Board for the past four years during which time my admiration and respect for her has grown continuously. When Evelyn comes to a meeting she “leaves her ego at the door”.

Her interest is in finding practical solutions to problems and advancing a consensus that will get the job done!

A person so dedicated to our town, who gets along with everyone, yet is unafraid to speak their mind, is indeed the ideal candidate for our Town Council.

Please pull the lever for Evelyn Hatch on Nov. 6.

Elena Borstein Elizabethtown

Agrees with editorial To the Valley News: Thank you for the editorial “APA: Use common sense to classify Boreas Ponds”. As the stonemason who built the fireplace in the Main Lodge I too, favor retention of the building and infrastructure. This was a well maintained working forest with a network of roads that could support the heavy trucks and equipment that’s required in forestry.

When I went to work there I sometimes used the Gulf Brook Road and sometimes came in to Boreas Ponds From the Tahawus Club. Either trip was about seven miles from pavement and used to require unlocking and relocking two separate gates miles apart.

My decades as a stonemason in the Adirondacks have taken me to many very beautiful and some very exclusive places.

The lodge at Boreas Ponds is certainly one of the most beautiful locations I’ve seen. The idea of it being less exclusive is appealing to me.

I was allowed some artistic license on the job and when I saw the view from the porch on the opposite side of the fireplace I was compelled to build in a bench from which you get a marvelous view of Sawteeth and other high peaks. The view from the top of the chimney is indescribable. What a lovely place!

When you wrote about the possibility that “…a disabled veteran who fought for this country will not be afforded the same luxury as was given to the governor.” I thought about those veterans and where we sent them and what they endured and still endure. I really want them to be able to enjoy Boreas Ponds.

Kent Gregson Indian Lake

Affordable College?

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n today’s competitive world, a post-secondary education is practically a requirement for securing a reasonable standard of living.

While a college education awards personal advantages and advantages for the nation as a whole, students and their families are increasingly being asked to pay a greater share of KidsByCount those costs.

Scot Hurlburt An overview of the literature reveals that an alarming level of state disinvestment has occurred between 1990 and 2010. While state spending on education increased by $10.5 billion between 1910 and 2010, these increases have not kept pace with growing college enrollment and population growth. State funding per public full-time equivalent dropped by 26.1 percent from 1990 to 2010.

As state government funding of colleges has eroded over the last two decades, tuition and fees have reached unprecedented heights.

These increases are leading to big student debt, decreasing access for low and moderate income students and ultimately making the U.S. less competitive as a nation.

Tuition and fees at public, four year colleges has more than doubled and increased by a whopping 112.5 percent. The cost for two year colleges increased by 71 percent during the same timeframe.

The amount of outstanding debt for Ameri-

For Hatch To the Valley News: Elizabethtown is very fortunate to have the opportunity to select Evelyn Hatch for Town Board. The future of Elizabethtown depends on open and honest government and these qualities Evelyn personifies, by electing her, your vote will simply enhance characteristics that already exist on our Town Board. When elected officials work together, we all benefit.

Evelyn is Vice Chair of the Elizabethtown Planning Board and Treasurer of the Elizabethtown/Lewis Chamber of Commerce. I have witnessed time and time again her dedication and loyalty to Elizabethtown, forever looking for the good in any situation, never thinking of oneself but always for the greater good of the Elizabethtown community. Whether it was helping neighbors recover from Hurricane Irene or helping with events at the Museum or E’town Days, she volunteers her time, energy and money to help support, promote and improve Elizabethtown.

Evelyn is not a quitter, when it’s too hot in the kitchen, instead of retreating, she rolls up her sleeves. Moving forward in a positive manner, especially given today’s political climate on all levels of government, Evelyn will make the right decisions for Elizabethtown. Stick to the facts and remove the emotion is her mantra and her decisions will never be based on spite and retaliation. If not familiar with an issue, she isn’t afraid to say so and take the time allowed to do the research.

Evelyn has attended almost every Town Board meeting for the past several years and knows what’s going on. Choosing the right candidate is vital for the political healing process in Elizabethtown. Please keep the future of Elizabethtown, our home, our businesses and our community in mind when you cast your vote.

Bruce Pushee Elizabethtown

Tribute to ‘hero’ To the Valley News: Today the word “hero” tends to be overused but I would like to talk about a man who was a true hero in our community – Dr. David Merkel.

Quietly and humbly he set out to make a difference many years ago. He did this without hubris or the need for a pat on the back but because it was the right thing to do – to help people. And help he did. All you need to do is ask the hundreds of people he guided at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation or those at the Bariatric Clinic at AMC. This list could go on and on but our purpose in writing today is more personal.

Twenty-six years ago, recognizing the great need for a different, more personalized, broader, and more patient driven approach to end of life care, David and his wonderful, equally committed, wife Ann founded High Peaks Hospice. can students has grown by a factor of 4.5 since 1999. North Carolina has long been a leader for their thoughtful investments in higher education their $917.2 million dollar state budget has reduced funding to public colleges and universities to a forty year low.

All of these attacks on public higher education are occurring at a time when American Household income has stagnated. Median household income in America has risen only 2 percent between 1990 and 2010. When these factors are calculated together, the sum total provides for an ominous outcome left unchecked. In addition, students that are graduating from college are facing a number of harsh realities not experienced by college grads before them.

A recent Associated Press report revealed that more than half of new grads are either unemployed or are working at jobs that don’t provide enough hours, enough pay or the promise of a brighter future. The report further reveals that many parents will be continuing to provide financial support to their children in the form of helping to pay college loans and in providing their children a place to live.

Currently, a higher portion of young adults are living with their parents than at any other time in the last forty years. This phenomenon is so widespread that these children returning home are referred to as “boomerangs.” In a poll conducted in 2011, it was found that 43 percent of all 18-24 year olds delayed moving into their own place and delayed buying their own home because of outstanding college debt and low paying jobs.

Historically, young people have participat-

The words “Thank you” do not even begin to convey the depth of our appreciation to both David and Ann. Once the agency was up and running David’s commitment did not end. He continued to be the agency’s Medical Director through all of those 26 years. He was also a mentor and friend to staff, volunteers and the thousands of patients and families. He was the wise patriarch of the High Peaks Hospice family. His loss has been, and will continue to be, keenly felt by all whose lives he touched and we will miss him.

The High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care Family.

Disagrees with Owens To the Valley News: If you are supporting Bill Owens for Congress, which Bill Owens are you supporting?

Are you supporting the Bill Owens that was running for Congress and said he didn’t know how he was going to vote on Obama Care, or the Bill Owens who voted for Obama Care on his first day in Washington to find out what was in it?

Are you supporting the Bill Owens who says he supports North Country Values or the Bill Owens who continues to vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House?

Are you supporting the Bill Owens that says he wants to help Small Businesses, or the Bill Owens who voted for Card Check to take the secret ballot out of Union elections and make it impossible for Small Businesses to properly present their side in an election?

Are you supporting the Bill Owens who falsely claims he created 20,000 jobs with PARC or the Bill Owens who in reality did a little legal paperwork for those who actually created the jobs?

Are you supporting the Bill Owens who says he will protect our individual freedoms, or the Bill Owens who cosponsored the SOPA Bill to allow the Government to take away your Internet freedom without any due process of law?

Are you supporting the Bill Owens who had a wonderful vacation paid for by a foreign Lobbyist or the Bill Owens who, after he was caught, paid the Lobbyist back so it didn’t really happen, did it?

Are you supporting what Bill Owens says or what Bill Owens does?

I could go on and on with this list, but I’m not supporting any of the Bill Owens’ listed above, he can’t be trusted.

Ron Jackson Essex County Republican Committee Chairman

Correction In last weeks Valley News, a letter from Malcom Martin was incorrectly put into the system. At the end of the first paragraph, it should have read: “He evidently had little tolerance for an event that ended before midnight and for the hard work done by members of the fire department.”

ed in the real estate market as first time home buyers and their absence is being felt across our national economy. It seems especially risky for America to defund public colleges are we are facing stiffer completion in the world market as other nations economic vitality improves. It has been long agreed that education is the key element to upward mobility and this belief is still largely true as college graduates unemployment rate is 4.2 percent and 8.3 percent for everyone else.

College grads are taking lower paying jobs making them less available to those with less education that might have competed for those jobs historically. In both instances young workers are taking jobs with less security, benefits and opportunity than their parents or grandparents enjoyed. Economists are predicting that it may take another decade to reach full employment in America leaving the current generation left out of the opportunity to do better or as well as their parents. I have not yet heard anyone blaming the current generation for the situation that confronts them though that eventuality would not surprise me.

It has been said that the baby boomer generation are the greediest Americans that ever lived. Given the poor performance by our leadership toward future generations, I am becoming a believer. The great war chief Sitting Bull told his people that if they were to succeed and prosper that first, “Let us put our minds together and see life we can make for our children.” An axiom that our leaders have begun to lose sight of.

Remember, all kids count.

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New baseball curse

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ou have heard the “Curse of the Bambino,” and the “Curse of the Goat,” but nothing can compare to the “Curse of What if,” which I also like to call “The Curse of the Youppi.”

While I am an avid New York Mets baseball fan, I am like many in the North Country who adopted the Montreal Expos as the unofficial

by Keith Lobdell home team. I always enjoyed heading to the Great White North to watch the Expos play, rooting for them when it was against anyone but the Metropolitans.

I remember well the summer of 1994. I can almost name the whole team. Todd Fletcher, Andres Gallaraga, Delino DeShields, Tim Wallach, Wil Cordero, Moises Alou, Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker in the field to go with Jeff Fassero, Ken Hill, Kirk Rueter, Pedro Martinez and John Wettland.

The team was absolutely dominant. The best record in baseball and career years for several of the members of that team.

Then there was union dis-harmony, followed by revolt and the unthinkable, a lockout of the game in mid-August, the first time that a World Series would not be played for a reason other than World War. Heck, it was even played during some years of World War. The fan base was devastated that they would not get a chance to prove themselves in the postseason, something that had not happened for the franchise since 1981. It was setting up to be the first all-international World Series in baseball, on paper, as the French-speaking, secession-seeking, Quebec’s own Expos would try and unseat the two-time defending English-speaking Toronto Blue Jays. Just think, tuning in for the National Pastime’s greatest games only to hear “Oh, Canada” before each first pitch?

The Expos would never get that chance.

The 1994 roster was melted down into pieces after the strike, the fans never came back to the Big O, and the Expos became the Washington Nationals.

This year, however, there was hope again for the franchise. I, as many people who still have loyalties to the adage ELB — Everyone Loves Baseball — watched as the Nats compiled the best record in the game and finally headed to their first playoff series in 32 years.

Enter the curse.

Must be that Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo is not a student of history, or he would have known not to tempt with fate.

How did he do so? By deciding that the best way to win a World Series was by sitting down the best pitcher the franchise has had since Pedro in Stephen Strasburg.

Strasburg had everything that all the Expos greats on the mound possessed. The fireball of Randy Johnson. The changeup of Pedro. The passion of El Presidente (Dennis Martinez). Coming off of Tommy John surgery, though, Rizzo thought it was best to shut the phenom down after 160 or so innings pitched. In fact, the teamed pulled the plug on him early because in what would be his final start, he was so concerned about his season being shut down by no fault of his own that he was ineffective on the mound.

Through all of that, Rizzo appeared to be off the hook as the Nationals held a 6-0 lead against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the National League Divisional Series, on their way back to the LCS against the San Fransisco Giants. The perfect setting for a curse to rear its ugly head.

The Cardinals cut the lead to 6-2, then 6-4, then 6-5. The Expo-Nationals scored a run in the top of the ninth to make the score 7-5 and appeared set to celebrate. Twice they had the Cardinals down to their final strike of the game — one swing and miss and it was onto the NLCS. Four runs later, the Cardinals, not the Nats, were sending their hearts to San Fransisco. All because the GM decided his team did not need its best player in the biggest series in franchise history.

As far as I am concerned, Rizzo goes with the greats in the “Men Who Helped Sports Curses Live on Hall of Fame.” He joins Red Sox inductee Bill Buckner (who has since been forgiven — amazing what two rings can do) along with Bucky “Bleeping“ Dent and Aaron “Bleeping“ Boone of the Yankees; Cubs inductee Steve Bartman; and Bills inductee Scott Norwood (that’s for you, DJ).

But, don’t worry Expo-Nationals fans, there’s always next year. Unless the lack of use causes Strasburg to blow his arm out again...

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Essex County trending up when it comes to those with college degrees

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County has experienced a brain gain in the last 40 years, joining the rest of the country in what has been a massive increase in the number of adults who have earned college degrees.

In 1970, 8.1 percent of those over 25 years of age had college degrees in Essex County. By 2010, 25.5 percent of adults here had completed college.

The percentage of adults with college degrees in Essex County was less than the national average of 27.9 percent in 2010. The college-educated rate here was less than the New York average of 32.1 percent.

The number of adults in the United States with college degrees has nearly tripled since 1970, when only 10.7 percent of adults had graduated from college. But the percentage of adults with degrees in rural counties, such as Essex County, while increasing, has generally fallen behind the proportion of college-educated residents in urban counties.

The loss of young, well-educated residents has posed a long-standing difficulty for rural communities.

“One of the problems that rural areas face is that in order to get a college education, young people often have to leave,” says Judith Stallmann, an economist at the University of Missouri. “Once you leave, that introduces you to other opportunities that you might not have seen had you not left.”

The good news for rural America is that it has caught up in every other measure of education.

In 1970, 7.8 percent of adults in rural counties had some education after high school, but less than a college degree.

By 2010, 27.4 percent of rural adults had attained some post high school education without earning a college diploma. That level of education was close to the national average of 28.1 percent.

In Essex County, 9.9 percent of adults had some college in 1970, rising to 28.7 percent in 2010. The New York average in 2010 was 24.1 percent. Essex County had 19,291 adults (those over 25 years of age) in 1970 and 28,503 adults in 2010.

Overall, Stallmann says, the trends show that, “rural

people have responded to the demand for increased job skills by the increasing their post secondary education.”

Only 11.3 percent of the adult population in Essex County had failed to graduate from high school in 2010. Nationally, 15 percent of adults had not completed high school; in New York, the rate was 15.6 percent.

Nationally, rural counties and counties with small cities have caught up with urban counties in the percentage of adults who have some post high school education. Stallmann sees this as a sign that “there are perhaps more jobs in rural areas that require post secondary education but not college.”

Both Stallmann and Partridge said the data on college education rates told them that rural communities should consider the kind of jobs being created locally.

“Rural communities may need to think about the types of jobs” being created, Stallmann said. “There are some communities that are doing things like getting local businesses to put an emphasis on hiring local kids who got a college education."

“It really suggests that rural communities that aren't thinking about making themselves attractive to educated people are really going to suffer,” Partridge said.

Bill Bishop is co-editor of the Daily Yonder (www.dailyyonder.com), an online news publication covering rural America that is published by the Center for Rural Strategies.

Roberto Gallardo is an assistant extension professor at the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University, (srdc.msstate.edu)

Provoncha ‘excused’ for committee meeting

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — While several topics were discussed at the Oct. 15 Essex County Personnel and Administration Committee meeting, one was not.

The meeting opened with what would have been the time for County Clerk Joseph Provoncha to present his monthly report. Instead, committee chairman Gerald Morrow said that the clerk had been “excused” from the meeting and moved on to the next agenda item.

Provoncha, along with deputy clerk Cross, had been sanctioned under a settlement agreement by the county Ethics Board Friday, Oct. 12, a compromise deal concerning alleged infractions in the awarding of a bid for services.

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Ethics board Continued from page 1 Cross was charged with improperly giving information to one bidder, IQS, and not offering the same advantage to other bidders.

Though Cross was not trained or qualified to do so, Orticelle said screening responsibilities were delegated to her.

The case went before the Ethics board in October of 2011 as a result of a Freedom of Information Law request by an outside media source, according to Orticelle.

“Through the FOIL we were given a pile of e-mails to go through from Cross and an associate at IQS,” Orticelle said. The e-mails were exchanged between Cross and a professional associate she had known through work at the county for more than 20 years Orticelle said.

Cross gave the associate an opportu-

nounced the formation of a committee that would be tasked with finding a replacement for the late Robert Heustis to serve as one of the four county coroners. The interview committee would include David Blades of Lewis, Sue Montgomery-Corey of Minerva, Randy Preston of Wilmington, Ronald Moore of North Hudson and county personnel officer Monica Feeley.

In her monthly report to the committee, Feeley said that there will be a Nov. 8 health fair for personnel at the county.

“Vendors will come in and show the employees what they have to offer for benefits,” she said.

Also during reports, Douglas asked the board to back letters to federal legislators from Office for the Aging Director Patty Bashaw and Adirondack Community Action Programs Executive Director Alan Jones requesting federal funding to remain in place for weatherization programs “It is something that is very important in this county,” Douglas said.

nity to examine other company’s RFP’s and gave them a chance to complete a presentation comparing IQS to the other companies.

She admits that she should have known that her communication with other bidders for this RFP were not properly equivalent to her communication with IQS, but she claims it was not an intentional act to deceive.

Orticelle said Cross should have been aware her actions were not proper but due to her compliance and participation during the investigation in addition to her 34 years with an exemplary service record as a county employee, Cross should be allowed keep her job in the eyes of the board, with only a fine and letter of reprimand.

The Ethics Board decided Provoncha improperly behaved in letting IQS create an evaluation of all of the submitted RFP’S and then using that evaluation to convince County officials to hire IQS. Provoncha admitted he failed to

properly supervise Cross.

Provoncha also admitted to violating the Ethics Policy, the County policy manual and continued misuse of the County computer system after being asked by the Ethics Board to stop.

Orticelle said the Ethics Board wanted to make it clear that neither Provoncha nor Cross received any financial or other compensation for their efforts.

The board meeting ended with Orticelle saying the board recommends new policies be put into place to ensure all employees are trained in all current county policy relevant to their positions.

“It is evident that departments rely on each other for information and safeguards should be included in the current policy to ensure better accountability for the sharing of this information,” Orticelle said.

Provoncha could not be reached by press time.

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Sinfonietta gives to Shell fund

2010 Winter Olympian Chris Mazdzer of Saranac Lake crosses the finish line and concludes the first luge run of the season as Lake Placid’s luge, bobsled and skeleton track officially opened on Friday morning.

Sinfonietta board member Lethe Lescinsky presents a check to Niki Politi for the renovation of the Paul White Memorial Shell.

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta donates half the summer ’s park series raffle proceeds to the Paul White Memorial Shell fund.

The Lake Placid Sinfonietta made a donation of $1,070, half of the summer ’s Park Series raffle proceeds, to the Paul White Memorial Shell Fund at the Adirondack Community Trust. The orchestra has presented a free community concert series in this shell in Mid’s Park in downtown Lake Placid every summer since the structure was originally built by Sinfonietta volunteers in 1976.

Presenting the check on behalf of the Sinfonietta Board of Directors was board member and Park Series volunteer chair Lethe Lescinsky. Accepting on behalf of the Ad-Hoc group working to restore the shell was Niki Politi, granddaughter of conductor and composer Paul White for whom the shell is named and a past President of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta board

of directors.

“The Park Concerts have become one of our most beloved concert series and in order to continue this gift to the community it is absolutely necessary that the venue be in good repair,” Music Director Ron Spigelman said. “The initiative to replace the shell with a more modern and usable structure is going to benefit us for many years in the future and a worthwhile investment.”

The Lake Placid Sinfonietta is able to offer a raffle at each Park Series concert because of the generous donations of raffle prizes by area businesses. Raffle donors this past summer included The Sugar Shack, Emmas Ice Cream, Jeri Wright’s Natural Expressions, Norms Barber Shop, Contemporary Images, The Palace Theater, and Pirates Cove Adventure Mini-Golf.

For more, visit the Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s website at www.LakePlacidSinfonietta.org.

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Glass’s storytelling will concentrate on Adirondack hiking tales including “Esther Mountain,” “The Troll at Bear Pond,” and “Climbing Mt. Marcy.” Children, as well as adults, are encouraged to attend. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided by the Country Bear Bakery in Wilmington. For further information, contact Karen Peters at 524-1023 or Merri Peck at 946-7627.

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Carousel will host its Make A Difference Day 2012 Saturday, Oct. 27, with $1 rides at the carousel. Bring a donation for the food pantry from noon to 5 p.m. to enjoy the discounted rate, as the Carousel will be helping to support local food pantries.

Folk tales event planned WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Historical Society will present the program "Adirondack Tales of Folk and Fancy," for listeners of all ages with storyteller Karen Glass Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Wilmington Community Center.

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“We are pleased to be returning to Lake Placid, a village steeped in Olympic tradition, for the next IOC ACP Forum,” said IOC president Jacques Rogge. “These meetings are an integral part of the IOC Athlete Career Programme, and through the varied discussions and workshops they help to benefit athletes around the world. We look forward to building on the momentum from the past Forums and expect a productive and informative gathering in November.”

This year ’s Forum is expected to be attended by approximately 100 delegates, including Adecco ACP country managers and their counterparts from over 35 NOCs, along with members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission involved in the IOC ACP Outreach Programme.

Continued from page 1 Started in 2005 in cooperation with Adecco, one of the world’s leading providers of Human Resource solutions, the IOC Athlete Career Programme provides support to elite athletes in the areas of education, life skills and employment. The programme is developed internationally via the IOC ACP Outreach Programme and delivered by National Olympic Committees and Adecco in over 30 countries. Since inception, the IOC ACP has reached more than 10,000 athletes in over 100 countries.

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WILMINGTON — Halloween at the Hall will be held at the Whiteface Range Hall for “trick or treaters,” on Halloween Night, Oct. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m.

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Morganson named president of state building officials LAKE PLACID — At the New York State Building Officials Conference (“NYSBOC”) Annual Business Meeting, James E. Morganson was unanimously voted in as President of the 84-year-old Organization.

Morganson is the Code Enforcement Officer for the Town of North Elba and the Village of Lake Placid. He is also President of the local Chapter of NYSBOC—known as the Northern Adirondack Code Enforcement Officials Chapter. This election was recognition of Morganson’s over 25 years of service.

Morganson established and hosts an Educational Conference for the building community here in Lake Placid each March. Through his efforts, over 250 Building Officials continue to be recertified on an annual basis.

Morganson’s agenda is to promote professional, uniform application of all Codes. He wants the public to understand that building officials (code enforcement officials) are the first line of prevention in the construction process. If they are supported in doing their jobs, they prevent problems before they are constructed.

Frenette wins at Flaming Leaves jumps LAKE PLACID — Peter Frenette of Saranac Lake grabbed the lead once again in the chase for the 2012 Art Devlin Cup during Saturday’s, Oct. 6, Flaming Leaves Festival 90-meter ski jump competition held in Lake Placid. En route to the gold medal, the 2010 Olympian began the competition with a 97 meter jump and 127.5 points, following by a 96 meter and 126 points, for a combined total of 253.5 points.

Two-time Olympic teammate Anders Johnson of Plattsburgh claimed silver with 243 points, recording jumps of 100.5 and 90.5 meters, while Mike Glasder of Lake Forrest, Ill., placed third with 230 points and posting jumps of 90 and 93.

Miles Lussi of Lake Placid claimed first place in Saturday’s junior class with distances of 92 and 88, finishing with 222.5 points. Trevor Edlund of St. Paul, Minn. captured Saturday’s silver medal with jumps measuring 86 and 81.5, while earning 191 points from the five judges, while Luke Daniels of Loudon, N.H., emerged

as the junior event’s bronze medalist. Daniels followed up his first jump of 81.5 meters with a jump of 84 and finished his two rounds with 187 points.

The 2012 Art Devlin Cup, is a series of three jumping competitions where the champion will be crowned Friday, Dec.28, at the New Year’s Masters Ski Jumping competition.

Earning his second silver for the weekend, Anders Johnson finished with jumps of 97.5 and 89 meters, for a combined total of 237.5 points, while Andrew Bliss of Lake Placid came in third with a total of 228 points, while recording jumps of 95.5 and 87 meters.

Sunday’s junior class found some familiar names once again claiming the podium. Lussi came in first place with 76 and 93 meter jumps, for a combined score of 197 points, Edlund took second, with a total of 194 points and posting jumps of 80 and 89 meters, and Daniels placed third with jumps of 75 and 80 meters, and a total of 175 points.

“We are honored to host this important event on U.S. soil for the first time, demonstrating not only our commitment to the Olympic Movement, but to the future of athletes from all over the world,” said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. “We look forward to hosting our international counterparts and allowing them to enjoy one of our great Olympic cities.”

Lake Placid, which hosted both the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Games, is home to one of three U.S. Olympic Training Centers.

In addition, many of the venues used for the 1980 Games remain operational under ORDA’s management and host numerous national and international sports competitions each year.

“New York State is pleased and excited to join together with the United States Olympic Committee to host the 6th IOC Athlete Ca-

reer Programme Forum,” said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. “The facilities in Lake Placid are well known to Olympic athletes and enthusiasts worldwide, and have served as home for two Winter Games in the past 100 years.”

“The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority is dedicated to making this IOC ACP Forum a memorable event for all attending,” said ORDA chairman Pat Barrett. “Lake Placid has been a partner to the Olympic Movement for many years and produces multiple world cup events with the International Federations and world’s National Olympic Committees each year. While here for the forum, that excitement can be experienced firsthand as the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation stages its men’s and women’s world cup competitions at the legendary Olympic Sports Complex track.”

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Hopsice seeks schools to help raise funds for programs PORT HENRY — November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month. High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care is putting out a challenge to all Essex County schools to help raise funds to benefit those in our communities who are facing a life-limiting illness.

For the month of November, HPHPC is asking schools in Essex County to come up with and run fundraisers on its behalf. Some ideas for fundraising include, but are not limited to: car washes, dances, and penny collections. The funds raised will then be donated to HPHPC for direct patient care.

Hospice is covered by the Medicare Hospice Benefit as is Medicaid and most private carriers but these reimbursements covers only 85 percent of actual costs of providing hospice’s specialized care. Hospice also never denies service due to inability to pay. High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care (HPHPC) relies on the financial support of the communities they serve through fundraising efforts to make up the difference.

There are many benefits to students and schools who choose to participate in this fundraising effort. These include Community service credit for graduating seniors, and acknowledgement in local newspapers thanking schools supporting HPHPC’s services, patients, and patient families. Also, the funds raised will help support HPHPC’s effort to provide compassionate emotional spiritual, practical and bereavement support and comfort to our patients and patient families leading to an improved quality of life.

If your school is interested in participating, please have your school’s administrator contact Ingrid Roemischer at 942-6513 or iroemischer@hphpc.org for further details and information. Fundraiser ideas need HPHPC pre-approval.

OnCampus ALBANY — Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Mallory Young from Willsboro earned a place on the school’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2012 semester.

Dean’s List status is awarded to students who have successfully completed their course work with a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher out of a possible 4.0 score.

BRISTOL, R.I. — Jodi Payton, a resident of Lake Placid, was among more than 1,100 students from Roger Williams University to receive their degree during the University's Commencement ceremony held on May 19. Jodi received a Associate in Science in Paralegal Studies.

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CANTON — The following students are participating in St. Lawrence University's International Study Program for the fall 2012 semester.

Aubrey Fox, of Elizabethtown, a member of the class of 2014 at St. Lawrence, is studying in India. Fox graduated from Saranac Lake High School.

Taylor McCabe, of Keene, a member of the class of 2014 at St. Lawrence, is studying in Kenya Semester Program.

McCabe graduated from Keene Central School.

Gabrielle Quinn, of Saranac Lake, a member of the class of 2014 at St. Lawrence, is studying in France. Quinn graduated from Saranac Lake High School.

Local students are also among the 11 beginning their studies at St. Lawrence University with a semester in London, England. This is the first time the option to study abroad has been offered to first-year students in the fall semester.

Local participants are: Anna J. Kowanko, of Upper Jay, a graduate of Keene Central School; and Alexa R. Mitchell, of Westport, a graduate of Westport Central School.

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BINGHAMTON — Rachael Ann Clark from Saranac Lake was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Integ Neuro Molecular Track from the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University.

PAUL SMITHS — Joshua Pierce of Elizabethtown has been awarded a scholarship to Paul Smith's College funded with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Pierce, a senior who is majoring in fisheries and wildlife science, received one of four scholarships given under the college's new Enhancing Ecological Education Scholarship Program (E3SP).

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Admission is free and refreshments will be served.

Endsley has portrayed numerous leading ladies of the musical stage from Sandy & Rizzo in “Grease,” Aldonza in “Man of La Mancha,” Eva Peron in “Evita” to the lead role of Norma Desmond in the original company of “Sunset Boulevard” in London’s West End as well as on Broadway. Ames has directed more than 80 student and community theatre productions of Gilbert and Sullivan and Broadway musicals and served 32 years as accompanist for the University Glee Club of New York City.

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KEENE VALLEY — Corey Roth crossed the finish line in a time of 17:50 to win the Rutabaga Run Sept. 23 in Keene Valley.

Roth was also the top finisher in the men’s 15-19 age category. Joseph Sullivan, the top finisher in the 30-39 age group, finished second in 18:12. Cameron Lewis was the top finisher in the 20-29 age group, finishing third overall in 18:20.

Teresa Palen was the first woman to cross the finish line, taking 15th place overall with a time of 22:30.

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Westport Central School inducts first six into new Wall of Distinction

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keith@denpubs.com WESTPORT — The first six members of the Westport Wall of Distinction were inducted during ceremonies Oct. 6.

Alice LaRock, Tom Beauvais, Julie FreemanMoore and Ryan Sherman were able to attend the event, held at the Westport Hotel and Tavern, while alum Dr. Laura Davis and former student, coach and teacher Edgar “Eddie” Card were unable to make it for the festivities.

Each in attendance said they were honored to be a part of what organizers hope is a new annual tradition and way to honor former Westport students and educators.

“I am very, very proud of what the school district is doing and continues to do for the students,” Beauvais, a former educator and coach, said. “We have had such a great school and there are just so many traditions that go from one generation of students to the next, and this is a way to celebrate those.”

It’s a great honor, and it is nice to see the people who have come here and catch up with them,” Moore, a standout basketball player for Westport, said.

“It’s an honor that I am proud of and I can assure you that I have tried my best to fulfil all of the duties that I have been responsible for at the school,” LaRock, a life-long member of the WCS community and current school board

president, said.

“It’s really quite an honor and I am humbled by it,” Sherman, an athletic standout and current Superintendent at Schuylerville Central School, said. “Westport is very special to me and I take a lot of pride in WCS and growing up here. There are many fond memories of my days here and how they have impacted my life.”

Wall of Distinction committee member and current teacher Brad Rascoe said he was pleased with the class the committee had put together.

“It is a combination of academics and athletics, which is what we wanted to accomplish,” Rascoe said. “There is a lot of dedication and commitment that is displayed by each one of the people that are being inducted.”

“This is a pretty outstanding group of people,” committee member and retired teacher Scott Gibbs said. “You start counting up all of the contributions that these people have made and it is impressive. It is also nice to see them here with families and their kids around.”

Gibbs also said that he liked that the first class included inductees from different eras of the school’s history.

“That is what makes a small school unique is the different eras and people that all seem to come together in one,” Gibbs said.

Above right: Westport Wall of Distinction inductees, from left, Tom Beauvais, Julie Freman-Moore, Alice LaRock and Ryan Sherman.

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“Fair is going to start July 31 and run through Aug. 4, pending finding a carnival,” Connell said.

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This prior immunity does not have to completely prevent influenza infection; it just needs to reduce the inflammatory immune response to the virus in the lungs.

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The research team also discovered that this protective immunity can be provided by vaccination with only a single, conserved, influenza protein or even by administration of antibodies to that protein, a strategy which would be beneficial for individuals that are considered high-risk and have reduced responses to traditional influenza vaccines, such as the elderly, the very young, the immunosuppressed (AIDS patients, those undergoing cancer t h e r a p y o r o rg a n t r a n s p l a n t a t i o n ) , a n d others with underlying health problems.

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SARANAC LAKE — New research from the Trudeau Institute demonstrates that prior immunity—the result of a previous influenza infection or vaccination against the virus—plays a critical role in preventing secondary bacterial infections.

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Hollywood Theatre to host ‘Spooktacular’ Au SABLE FORKS — On Oct. 27, the Au Sable Forks Elementary School ParentTeacher-Organization will be sponsoring the fourth Annual Spooktacular Movie Extravaganza Halloween event at the Hollywood Theatre from 11:15 a.m. until 11 p.m. Doors will open at 10:45 a.m.

The event is open to the public and is encouraged for children of all ages throughout the community. The event will consist of some family-friendly movies as

well as some classic Halloween favorites. It is recommended that children under the age of 10 should be accompanied by an adult.

Older children may be present without parental guidance, however there are movies that hold a PG, PG13, and R ratings.

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Kids are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes if they choose.

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will be shown at 12:30 p.m., followed by “Corpse Bride,” and “Scooby Doo and the Goblin King,” at 2:15 p.m.

Movies continue at 3:30 p.m. with “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” and “Monster High: Ghouls Rule.” At 5:15 p.m., “Spooky Buddies,” will be shown along with “Simpsons Tree House of Horrors (different Halloween episodes from seasons V, VI, VII).”

“The Addams Family,” and “Edward Scissorhands,” will take to the screen at 6:45 p.m., with the 8:30 p.m. shows being “Poltergeist,” and “Silver Bullet.”

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Raymond and Doris Forbes of Hazen Road in Au Sable Forks celebrated their 70th anniversary on Sept. 12.

Immediate family gathered on Sept. 15 to share in the renewing of their vows by Pastor Joyce Bruce, and dinner. Ray and Doris have lived on Hazen Road for 61 years. They have three children: Leonard Pozores Forbes of Wilmington, Lorraine (Rich) Lashway of Au Sable, Donna (Rick) Toner of Smephport, Penn. The Forbes also enjoyed the company of six grandchildren, one step grandchild, eight great grandchildren, two step grandchildren, and one step great grandchild. There were five generations present at the party.

Girls’ Day Out slated Au SABLE FORKS — There will be a Girls' Day Out Vendor Fair on Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Holy Name School Gym in Au Sable Forks. Admission is $2, and there will be door prizes and raffles.

Regional arts exhibit scheduled

Haunted Homestead slated WILLSBORO — On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Annual Haunted Homestead event will take place at the 1812 Homestead, at the corner of Rte. 22 and Reber Road in Willsboro from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is $8. There will be a Costume Parade around the Homestead at 1 p.m., games, face-painting, hayride and ghost stories for the younger crowd. Homebaked goodies and refreshments will be available onsite.

From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for “bolder and braver visitors,” with a Haunted Forest. For information, visit pmoec.org.

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JAY — Come to the JEMS regional artists’ exhibit in the Amos & Julia Ward Theatre Saturday, Oct. 20, from noon until 4 p.m. Admission is free. The artists’ work will also be available for sale. The Theatre will be open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays through Nov. 10, to view the exhibit.

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Halloween fest planned ESSEX — On Saturday, Oct. 20, award-winning illustrator and author Steven Kellogg will be bringing one of his famous stories to life at the Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm in Essex.

There will be many family-fun activities taking place between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Harvest Hallo’ween Festival. There will be wind-wand making and pumpkin and gourd painting, along with homemade treats and apple cider.

Costumes are encouraged. Admission is $5 for kids, $7 for adults or $20 for family. All proceeds benefit the Lakeside School. Call 963-7385.

Willsboro trail work set WILLSBORO — Champlain Area Trails (CATS) and the Town of Willsboro had a rain-shortened trail project last Saturday and will resume their trail clearing for the new Willsboro Recreation Park Nature Trail on Sunday morning, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The trail starts behind the new tennis courts, goes through a flatwoods environment to an old stone wall and returns through alpine forest.

People should meet at the Recreation Park, located on Route 22, 1.3 miles south of bridge over Boquet River in Willsboro and 3.2 miles north of Essex. Please bring gloves, loppers, and hand saws. CATS will also provide tools. For more details, call 962-2287 or email champlaintrails@gmail.com.

‘Monster Mash’ set WILLSBORO — A "Monster Mash 5k or 10k" run will take place in Willsboro on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. The starting line is at Noblewood Park. Information and registration is online at www.active.com.

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ALBANY — County delegates from across the State named Essex County Chairman Randall Douglas to the Board of Directors of the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) during the Association’s annual meeting earlier this month. Douglas is Supervisor of the Town of Jay. Hundreds of county officials from across New York State gathered in Onondaga County for the NYSAC Fall Seminar.

Attendees discussed ways to balance their 2013 budgets, put forth a series of resolutions stating the Association’s positions on key issues to the State Legislature and Governor, shared cost-saving solutions, and attended workshops on key issues such as wind energy, Medicaid, unfunded mandates, and veterans’ programs.

"I look forward to serving as Second Vice President of the Board of the New York State Association of Counties," said Douglas. "We will continue the important work of representing New York’s counties and county taxpayers.”

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Au SABLE FORKS — Recently, the Town of Jay was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Adirondack Community Trust-Uihlein-Ironman Sports Fund of Lake Placid.

According to Town of Jay Supervisor Randy Douglas, this grant funding will be used to help rebuild the youth facilities at the Grove Park located in Au Sable Forks.

“This park was devastated by Tropical Storm Irene and its subsequent flooding of the Au Sable River,” Douglas said.

“This grant offers us the opportunity to once again offer the youth of Jay and Black Brook quality athletic facilities. The Jay/Black Brook Youth Commission has played an integral role in the athletic development of hundreds of local children, this grant helps us to continue to do so. We are so grateful to ACT/Uihlein for their generous donation in our time of need.”

“What a wonderful gift to the youth of the Towns of Jay and Black Brook,” Jay/Black Brook Youth Commission Chair Shannon Stanley, who was on hand to accept the grant check stated The Jay/Black Brook Youth Commission is a shared service of the Towns of Jay and Black Brook that offers instructional level soccer, basketball, softball, baseball, t-ball, skiing and a Summer Playground Program to youths who reside in the Towns of Jay or Black Brook.

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KEESEVILLE — The members of the Keeseville Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a Halloween Event at their Fire Station in Keeseville. Candy and goodies will be given out to children in costumes and there will also be coffee, hot cider and donuts available. Take this opportunity to come out and meet the members of KVFD and show off your Halloween costumes.

Members will be at the station from 5 to approximately 8 p.m.

JAY — A flu clinic will be held at the Town of Jay Community Center Gym in Au Sable Forks Nov. 15 from 1 to 2 p.m. In or out of Essex County residents are welcome. PreRegistration is encouraged and forms are available at the Town of Jay Supervisor ’s Office. Cost is $30 per vaccine; Medicare or Medicaid Free of Charge.

Halloween Hall set in Wilmington WILMINGTON — Halloween at the Hall will be held at the Whiteface Range Hall for “trick or treaters,” on Halloween Night, Oct. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Pee Wee wrestling to begin CLINTONVILLE — Ausable Valley will be starting Pee Wee Wrestling Nov. 6 in the high school wrestling room at 5 p.m. Open for boys and girls age 4-14. For more, contact John Dukett at 527-1755.

Jay budget hearing set Au SABLE FORKS — The Town of Jay’s Public Hearing on the proposed budget hearing will be held on Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. with the regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting to follow at 7 p.m.

Veterans Day event set WILLSBORO — The Willsboro, Reber, Essex, and Boquet Churches are sponsoring on Sunday, Nov. 11, the Eighth Annual Veterans Day Appreciation Program and Dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the Willsboro Central School Cafeteria.

Veterans, please call 963-7984 or 572-5025 (Bobbi Paye) to make a Reservation for you and your guest by Nov. 4. If you are attending and have not submitted a photo of you in military uniform before, please let us know and we will gladly pick it up and included in our photo slide presentation. The photo will be copied and returned. Reservations are required to attend.

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Social center trip itinerary change ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown Social Center's fall trip to NYC will include tickets to see the popular musical, Mamma Mia!, since Memphis will no longer be running in November. The Social Center's trip, in conjunction with North Wind Tours, will be on Nov. 3 and 4. Trip includes: transportation, orchestra tickets to Mamma Mia!, one night hotel accommodations, Saturday dinner, and Sunday breakfast. Sightseeing and stops of interest will depend on weather and other variables.

Transportation is via Luxury Motor Coach, departing from Willsboro and Elizabethtown. Cost is $341 per person, double occupancy. Seats are limited. Contact the Elizabethtown Social Center for information and reservations at 873-6408 or info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.org.

Folk tales event planned WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Historical Society will present the program "Adirondack Tales of Folk and Fancy," for listeners of all ages with storyteller Karen Glass Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Wilmington Community Center.

Glass’s storytelling will concentrate on Adirondack hiking tales including “Esther Mountain,” “The Troll at Bear Pond,” and “Climbing Mt. Marcy.” Children, as well as adults, are encouraged to attend. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided by the Country Bear Bakery in Wilmington. For further information, contact Karen Peters at 524-1023 or Merri Peck at 946-7627.

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WORSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY AU SABLE FORKS St. James’ Church - Epliscopal (Anglican Catholic) Rev. Patti Johnson, Seacon. Services: Wed. 6:00 p.m.

Evening Prayer and Healing Service. Holy Eucharist Sunday - 10:00 a.m. Phone 518-593-1838 or 518-647-5312.

United Methodist Church - Main Street. 647-8147.

Sunday 11 a.m. - Worship Service. Email: afumc1@frontiernet.net Holy Name Catholic Church - Rt. 9N, Main Street, AuSable Forks, 647-8225, Rev. Kris Lauzon - Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Daily Masses Monday at 5:15 p.m., Tues. - Fri. at 8 a.m., Sat. 4 p.m., Sun. 9:15 a.m. Confessions (reconciliation) one half hour before weekend masses.

BLACK BROOK St. Matthew’s Catholic Church - Black Brook, Silver Lake Rd., 647-8225, Rev. Kris Lauzon - Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Masses Sun. 11 a.m. Confessions (reconciliation) one half hour before each mass.

BLOOMINGDALE Pilgrim Holiness Church - 14 Oregon Plains Rd., 8913178, Rev. Daniel Shumway - Sunday: Morning Worship 11am, Sunday School 10am, Evening Service 6:30 pm; Wednesday: Prayer Service 7 pm.

CLINTONVILLE United Methodist - Rt. 9N. 834-5083. Sunday, 11 a.m.

Worship Service. Pastor Rev. Joyce Bruce.

ELIZABETHTOWN St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church - Court Street. 873-6760.

Father Peter Riani., Mass Schedule: Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 10:30 a.m., Weekdays: Consult Bulletin. Thursday 10:15 a.m. Horace Nye Home.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30 p.m. 4:10 p.m. Website: ccsespn.grainofwheat.net Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) - 10 Williams Street. 873-2509. Sunday, Holy Communion 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Healing Prayer Service: Every Wed. 6:30 p.m. Men’s Group: Every Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Rev. David Sullivan or Ann Marie Speir. All are welcome. Email: goodshepherdetown2011@hotmail.com Web: www.etowngoodshepherd.org United Church of Christ (Congregational) - Court Street.

873-6822. Rev. Frederick C. Shaw. Worship Service: Sun. 11 a.m.; Sunday School ages 4 - grade 6.

Nursery service Email: FShaw@westelcom.com ESSEX St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Rt. 22. 963-4524. Rev. John Demo, Admin. No Mass in Essex from Columbus Day to Memorial Day, closed for the Winter.

Essex Community United Methodist Church - Corner of Rt. 22 and Main St. 963-7766. Rev. John E. Hunn. , Sunday Worship - 10:15 AM, Sunday School - 10:15 AM. web page: www.unyumc.org/churches/ detail/375 St. John’s Episcopal Church - Church Street. 963-7775.

Holy Communion and Church School, Sunday 9:15 a.m., Morning Prayer, Wednesday 9 a.m.

Community Potluck Supper, Tuesday 6 p.m. Old Testament Bible Study, Wednesdays 10 a.m., Rev. Margaret Shaw. Email: stjohnschurch@willex.com Foothills Baptist Church at Boquet - 2172, NY Rt. 22 in Essex. Formerly Church of the Nazarene.

Wednesday Night Service at 6 p.m. Worship services are Sunday 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Family Christian movies on the second Sunday of each month at 6:30 p.m., and Hymn sing on the 4th Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. Email: foothillsbapt@netzero.net HARKNESS Harkness United Methodist Church - Corner Harkness & Hollock Hill Rds., Harkness, NY. 834-7577. Rev. Edith Poland. Worship 9:30 a.m. ediepoland@aol.com JAY First Baptist Church of Jay - Rev. Joyce Bruce, Pastor.

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KEENE St. Brendan’s Catholic Church - Saturday Mass at 4 p.m., Sunday Mass at 11:15 a.m.; Pastor: Rev. John R.

Yonkovig; Pastor. Rectory Phone 523-2200. Email: stagnesch@roadrunner.com St. Hubert’s All Souls Episcopal Church - Sunday Holy Eucharist 10 a.m., June 24 through September 9. Varying roster of priests celebrate communion each week.

Keene Valley Congregational Church - Main Street. 5764711. Sunday Worship Services 10 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m. Choir Wednesday evening 7 p.m. and Sunday 9:15 a.m.

KEESEVILLE Immaculate Conception - St. John the Baptist - 1804 Main Street, 834-7100. Monsignor Leeward Poissant.

Ant. Mass Saturdays - 4 p.m. - St. John’s. Sunday Masses; 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception during the winter months. Email: rcckparish@charter.net St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Clinton Street, Keeseville.

563-6836. Sunday Service 9 a.m. Rev. Blair Biddle.

Keeseville United Methodist Church - Front Street, Keeseville. 834-7577. Rev. Edith Poland. Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. 834-7577.

Email: ediepoland@aol.com The Good Shepherd Church of the Nazarene - 124 Hill Street, Keeseville, NY. 834-9408. Pastor Richard Reese. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday Prayer Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

Independent Baptist Church - Rte. 22 & Interstate 87, P.O. Box 506, Keeseville, NY. 834-9620. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 7 p.m., Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7 p.m.; Youth Group Sunday 7 p.m. Website: ibck.org Email: office@ibck.org Front Street Fellowship - 1724 Front Street, Keeseville, 834-7373. Pastor Warren Biggar. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Tuesday: Home Prayer Groups 7 p.m. (Call for locations). Thursday: Ladies Bible Study 2:30 p.m. in Keeseville, 7 p.m. in Plattsburgh (Call for locations). Friday: Celebrate Recovery 6 p.m.; Kingdom Kids 6:30 p.m.; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

Website: www.thebridgekeeseville.com Email: vikki@thebridgekeeseville.com LAKE PLACID New Hope Christian Fellowship Church - 207 Station St., Lake Placid, NY. A full gospel church. Rev. Richard Ducatt, pastor. Services are Sunday 10a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Fellowship prayer, Tuesday 6:30 p.m. and Thursday Bible Study. Once a month covered dish after Sunday morning service. Child care available Sunday & Thursday. Handicapped accessible. For more information call 518-523-3652.

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St. Eustace Episcopal Church - Worship services Sunday 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.; Tuesday 5:15 p.m. Holy Prayers; Wednesday 5:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing 2450 Main St., LP, 523-2564, www.steustace.org.

St. Agnes Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m., Sunday masses 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., 169 Hillcrest, LP, 523-2200. Rev. John R. Yonkovig Adirondack Community Church - Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here. 2583 Main St., LP. 523-3753, www.adkcomchurch.org.

Pilgrim Holiness Church - 6057 Sentinel Road Lake Placid, NY 12946. Tel. 518-523-2484 Pastor: William S. Saxton. Sunday School - 9: 45 AM Sunday Worship - 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Service - 7:00 PM Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study - 7:00 PM www.lakeplacidpilgrimholinesschurch.com LEWIS Elizabethtown Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses - Rt. 9 West, Lewis, NY. Sunday Public Talk 10 a.m. followed by Watchtower Study 10:35 a.m.; Tuesday 7 p.m. Bible Study & Theocratic Ministry School & Service Meeting. For further information contact Brian Frawley 518-873-2610.

First Congregational Church - Lewis, 873-6822. Rev. Frederick C. Shaw. Sunday Services 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Email: Fshaw@westelcom.com www.firstcongregationalchurchoflewis.com PORT HENRY Lake Champlain Bible Fellowship - Adult Sunday School 9:00-10:00 a.m., Coffee fellowship 10:00-10:30 a.m.; Worship service starts at 10:30 a.m.; Nursery and 36 Sunday School provided during worship service; VOICE Youth Group for teens; Variety of bible studies and groups available that meet weekly.

FREE community movie night the first Saturday of every month at 7 p.m. Visit our website to see what is showing 6 Church St., (518) 546-4200, www.lcbible.org, Pastor Tom Smith.

REBER United Methodist Church - Valley Road. 963-7924. Rev. Chilton McPheeters. Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Church School 11 a.m.

SARANAC LAKE St. Bernard’s Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m., Sunday Mass 7:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Father Mark Reilly, Pastor, 27 St. Bernard Street, SL, 891-4616, www.stbernardssaranaclake.com Episcopal Church of St. Luke - 136 Main St., SL, 891-3605.

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5:30 p.m. (Sept. - May) Email: westportbiblech@westelcom.com St. Philip Neri Catholic Church - 6603 Main St., Father Peter Riani, Pastor. Residence, 873-6760. Mass schedule: Sun., 8:30 a.m. Weekdays: consult bulletin. Email: allrises@westelcom.com WILLSBORO Congregational United Church of Christ - 3799 Main Street, P.O. Box 714. Worship and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Church phone number 518-963-4048.

United Methodist Church - Rt. 22. 963-7931. Sunday Worship Services 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

After school religous education program 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. on Thursdays (Only when school is in session) St. Philip of Jesus Catholic Church - 3746 Main Street.

963-4524. Rev. John Demo, Admin.

Saturday Mass at 4 p.m. & Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:15 p.m.; Sunday 9:15 a.m.

WILMINGTON Calvary Baptist Church - Rt. 86. 946-2482. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. (classes for all ages); Morning Worship 11 a.m. & Evening Service 7 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p.m.

St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church - Mass Sat. 6 p.m., Sun. 7:30 a.m. Rev. Kris Lauzon - Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Confessions 5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Whiteface Community United Methodist Church - Rt. 86 and Haselton Road in Wilmington. Pastor Brooke Newell invites everyone to join the congregation for Sunday morning worship at 10:30 a.m. and coffee and fellowship after. Sunday School is offered during the worship service and there is an available nursery area. Church office is located in the adjacent Reuben Sanford building and is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 946-7757. Riverside Thrift Shop is located in adjacent Methodist Barn and is open Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The phone for Shop is 946-2922. The Ecumenical Food Pantry is open in the Reuben Sanford building on Thursday nights from 4 to 6 p.m.

Call Don Morrison at 946-7192 for emergencies.

The Senior Lunch program under the director of Carolyn Kane serves lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Questions concerning the site can be answered at 946-2922 during that time only.

Wilmington Church of the Nazarene - Wilmington, NY. 946-7708. Bob Hess, Pastor. Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship Service - 11 a.m.; Wednesday - Night Teen Group 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., Bible Study - Every Tuesday with Potluck at 6:00 p.m. and Bible Study at 7 p.m. Church Office hours - Tues. - Thurs. in the a.m. www.wilmingtonnazarene.org

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Denpubs Sports Sectional season begins this weekend in H.S. football, gymnastics as Alyssa Leonard has earned that title in each of her teams six meets this season. Her closest competition comes from Plattsburgh High’s Dalen Keswick, who has scored three all-around titles on the season.

The Eagles will also look for contributions from Erica Leonard, Alison Turdo and Brielle Cerne, while Plattsburgh includes Hannah Kaltenbach and Kiana Giroux in all around events.

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — As the leaves start to fall and the temperatures trend down, the 2012 fall high school sports season prepares to enter its championship phase.

The quest for Section VII gold will start this weekend as football begins the playoffs in Class B and gymnasts hold their championship meet in Peru.

Soccer

Football

The Section VII/Class B playoffs open the same way they did in 2011, with top seed Peru (6-1) hosting fourth seed Plattsburgh High (1-6) Oct. 20 at the Apple Bowl.

The Indians are led by the section’s top passer, Blake Altizer, who threw for 1,070 yards in the regular season with 19 passes for touchdowns, most going to Zane Bazzano, who hauled in 10 scoring passes and had 315 receiving yards. Tim Remillard added 650 yards rushing and receiving and 7 touchdowns, while Hunter Bruno scored five times on the ground.

Plattsburgh High is led on the ground by Sean Shea, who compiled almost 400 yards

The Sched Friday, Oct. 19 Football AuSable Valley at Ticonderoga, 7:30 p.m.

Girls soccer Northern Adirondack at Elizabethtown-Lewis, 4 p.m.

Volleyball Northern Adirondack at Northeastern Clinton, 4:30 p.m.

AuSable Valley at Saranac Lake, 4:30 p.m.

Peru at Lake Placid, 4:30 p.m.

Plattsburgh High at Beekmantown, 4:30 p.m.

Swimming Moriah at AuSable Valley, 5 p.m.

Peru at Plattsburgh High, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20 Gymnastics Section VII Championships at Peru, 11 a.m.

Football Moriah at Saranac Lake, 1:30 p.m.

Section VII/Class B semifinals Plattsburgh High at Peru, 1:30 p.m.

Saranac at Beekmantown, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 22 Volleyball

Lake Placid goalie Liz Leff saves a ball as Chazy’s Hannah Laurin runs in on goal. The Eagles scored a 2-1 victory over the Blue Bombers Oct. 15, setting up a tie at the top of the NSL Division II standings.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

of offense to go with two scores. Jonas Miller caught 288 yards in passes, most coming from Shaun Courson, who had 385 passing yards on the season.

In the other semifinal, the Saranac Chiefs (2-5) will travel to Beekmantown (5-2) to face the Eagles, who are led by a committee of rushers, including Dustin Pickering (385 yards), Michael Guerin (235 yards) and Devin Fessette (220 yards). Zach Myers has added 450 yards passing, completing 237 of those yards to Quenton Barber.

For the Chiefs, Matt McCasland led the team in rushing with 432 yards, while Ethan Goslin had 257 passing yards.

The winners of the two semifinal games will meet at the home field of the highest remaining seed on Saturday, Oct. 27 for the Section VII/Class B championship. The Class C title will also be determined that day when AuSable Valley will travel to Saranac Lake to take on the currently unde-

feated Red Storm. Each team will play a Class C/D crossover game this weekend, with the Patriots traveling to Ticonderoga Oct. 19 and the Red Storm hosting Moriah Oct. 20.

Gymnastics

A year that has seen close scores between the Peru Indians (5-1) and Beekmantown Eagles (4-2) will be settled as those two teams along with Plattsburgh High take to the Peru mats Oct. 20 at the Section VII gymnastics championships.

Both teams possess depth in the four areas of competition — uneven bars, balance beam, vault and floor exercise — with the Indians lead by all around athletes Alexandra Brown, Lexi Trombley and Molly Lawliss.

However, the favorite for the individual all around title comes from Beekmantown,

With the Northern Soccer League regular season wrapping up later this week, teams are preparing for sectionals in all three classes.

In Class B boys, Northeastern Clinton (12-0-0) holds the top spot, followed by Beekmantown (10-2-2), Peru (8-3-1), Saranac (4-6-1), Plattsburgh High (3-9-2) and Saranac Lake (1-7-1).

The Beekmantown Lady Eagles hold the top seed in Class B girls, scoring a 2-0 victory over Northeastern Clinton to capture the Division I crown Oct. 15. Those two teams are followed by Plattsburgh High (83-1), Saranac (8-5-0), Saranac Lake (2-10-0) and Peru (2-10-0).

Class C has Lake Placid with the best record in Division II (9-5-0), with Northern Adirondack at 5-5-0 and Seton Catholic at 4-9-0. AuSable Valley, playing a Division I schedule, has a record of 2-9-0.

The seeding in the Class C girls tournament could be interesting, as it will be record v. head-to-head. The Lake Placid Lady Blue Bombers were tied for the Division II lead with an 11-3-0 record, with one of those losses coming to the AuSable Valley Patriots, who have a 3-10-0 record playing in Division I. Other Class C teams in the mix include Ticonderoga (7-5-1), Northern Adirondack (5-8-1) and Seton Catholic (57-1) The Chazy Eagles continue to the cream of the Class D crop, as the boys team compiled a 12-0-1 record heading into the final week of play. Elizabethtown-Lewis has had another strong year at 9-2-1, while Keene stood at 5-9-1, Willsboro 2-11-0 and Westport 0-9-1.

The Lady Eagles also hold the best record among Class D schools at 13-2-0, followed locally by Elizabethtown-Lewis (7-6-1), Keene (6-6-0), Moriah (2-8-1), Westport (28-0) and Willsboro (1-12-1)

Hannah’s Hope volleyball tourney a success

Saranac Lake at Plattsburgh High, 4:30 p.m.

Saranac at Northern Adirondack, 4:30 p.m.

Northeastern Clinton at Beekmantown, 4:30 p.m.

Peru at AuSable Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 23 Cross Country Beekmantown, Ticonderoga at AuSable Valley Lake Placid, Northeastern Clinton at Saranac Peru, Plattsburgh High, Seton at Saranac Lake

Wednesday, Oct. 24 Volleyball Beekmantown at Peru, 4:30 p.m.

Lake Placid at Northeastern Clinton, 4:30 p.m.

Saranac at AuSable Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Northern Adirondack at Plattsburgh High, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25 Swimming Relay Carnival at AuSable Valley, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 27 Football Section VII/Class B final, TBA Section VII/Class C final - AuSable Valley at Saranac Lake

Cross Country CVAC Championships at Saranac

Friday, Nov. 2 Cross Country Section VII Championships at Cobble Hill Golf Course, Elizabethtown

Saturday, Nov. 3 Swimming Section VII championships at AuSable Valley, TBA

The Hannah’s Hope volleyball tournament raised more than $4,000 toward the Hannah’s Hope Foundation.

SARANAC — Saranac and Plattsburgh High Schools hosted the fourth annual Volley For Cure Tournament to support the Hannah's Hope Foundation on Monday, Oct. 8.

“We had 16 teams from Section 7 and 10 compete as well as raising over $4,000 in support,” Hornets head coach Victoria McMillon said. “The family is in the middle of a huge fundraising campaign to get matching funds if they reach $450,000, so our efforts will double.”

Overall, 16 teams participated represent-

ing AuSable Valley, Beekmantown, Chateauguay, Malone, Massena, Northern Adirondack, Northeastern Clinton, Ogdensburg, Peru and Lake Placid along with the two host schools.

The Gold Division was won by Beekmantown 1, while Malone won in the Silver Division, Plattsburgh High 2 in the Bronze Division and Saranac 1 in the Diamond Division.

The following players were named as tournament all stars: Ausable Valley - Miranda Sheffer, Noelle

Photo by CR Tunes

Miller Beekmantown - Shannon Ryan, Makayla LaFountain, Kendra LaFountain, Emily Anderson Northern Adirondack - Shonni Velasquez Northeastern Clinton - Emily Boyer Peru 1 - Linzee Wright, Karley GoddeauStefaniak Plattsburgh High - Dee Brown, Deanna LaBarge Lake Placid - Taylor Maiorca Saranac - Ashley Byerley, Abby Mahellkavic

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LAKE PLACID — Life Drawing Classes, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 6-8 p.m. $70.

Tuesday, Oc t. 23 LAKE PLACID — Intro to Improv. Comedy Classes, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 8-10 p.m. $80.

Friday,Oc t. 19 ELIZABETHTOWN — Church of the Good Shepherd Annual Country Fair, 16 Williams Street, 10 a.m.-6p.m. 8736541.

WILLSBORO — Child Safety seat check event, Willsboro Fire Department, 1 Point Road, 873-3630.

TUPPER LAKE — The Adirondack Public Observatory presents “Alien Solar Systems”. The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 7–8 p.m. info@apobservatory.org, 359-3538.

LAKE PLACID — Shipwrecked to be performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 8 p.m. $20.

523-2512.

Saturday,Oc t. 20 PAUL SMITHS — Teddy Roosevelt Bird Walks, Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center, 8023 New York 30. 8:30 a.m. $20. 327-6241.

LAKE PLACID — Sculpture Techniques 1, Paper Mache Classes, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 9 a.m.-noon. $80.

AU SABLE FORKS — Monster Dash 5k benefit for AuSable Forks Free Library, 9 Church Street, 578-3551.

LAKE PLACID — Painting Stained Glass Classes, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $160.

ESSEX — Harvest Halloween Festival. Black Kettle Farm, corner of Cook and Leaning Road, 10:30-12:30 lakesideschoolinessex.com AU SABLE FORKS — Girls’ Day Out Vendor Fair, Holy

Name School Gym, 14207 NYS Route 9N, $2.

LAKE PLACID — Harvest Dinner, American Legion Post 326, 2710 Main Street, $10, 523-3412. 5 p.m.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Piano By Nature performance with Stremple-Beaudette Duto, Soprano And Piano, Hand House, River & Court Street, 7 p.m. $15, $8 kids.

JAY — Artists Opening Reception, Amos & Julia Ward Theatre, Junction of Routes 9N and 86, noon-4 p.m.

UPPER JAY — Storyteller Caílín Mulvey with “Tales From the Mists of Time” for all ages., Wells Memorial Library, 12230 New York 9N, 1 p.m.

WILLSBORO — Annual Haunted Homestead, familysized fun, 1812 Homestead 4403 New York 22, noon- 4p.m. $8 WILLSBORO — Annual Haunted Homestead Costume Parade around the Homestead, 1812 Homestead 4403 New York 22, 1p.m.

WILLSBORO — Annual Haunted Homestead Haunted Forest, 1812 Homestead 4403 New York 22, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. www.pmoec.org. $8.

LAKE PLACID — Shipwrecked to be performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 8 p.m. $20.

523-2512.

Sunday,Oc t. 21 ELIZABETHTOWN — ZUMBATHON for Essex County Toys for Kids, Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School, 7530 Court Street, 9:30 a.m. $20, $15 for students, 873-6408.

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Wednesday, Oc t. 24 PAUL SMITHS — Teddy Roosevelt Bird Walks, Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center, 8023 New York 30. 8:30 a.m. $20. 327-6241.

LAKE PLACID — LPCA Green Market Wednesday, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way. 9 a.m.-1p.m.

523-2512, www.LakePlacidFarmersMarket.com.

WESTPORT — “The Quotable Woman”-AN EVENING OF SONG with Alisa Endsley, and well known pianist Russell Ames, The Westport Library, 6 Harris Lane, 7:30 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Open Mic Blues Jam, Delta Blue, 2520 Main Street, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oc t. 25 ESSEX — New Ecumenical Women’s Video Bible Study, Essex Community Church, 2306 Main Street, 963-7924.

ESSEX — FLU Clinic, Essex Fire Hall, Route 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $30. www.co.essex.ny.us/PublicHealth, 873-3500.

Friday,Oc t. 26 LAKE PLACID — Gallery Opening: Night Vision, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 5-7 p.m. $20.

523-2512.

LAKE PLACID — Met Live showing: The Last of the Haussmans, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 7 p.m. $16. 523-2512.

WILMINGTON — "Adirondack Tales of Folk and Fancy" for listeners of all ages with storyteller Karen Glass, Wilmington Community Center, 7 Community Center Circle, 7 p.m. 524-1023.

Saturday,Oc t. 27 JAY — Hog Harvest Seminar, Ward Lumber, 697 Glen Road, $30. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. www.WardLumber.com.

AU SABLE FORKS — 4th Annual Spooktacular Movie Extravaganza, Hollywood Theater, 14232 Route 9 N, 11 a.m.11 p.m. $3 per movie. $10 all day.

LAKE PLACID — Casting with Plaster Class, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 9 a.m.-noon. $15.

LAKE PLACID — LPCA Green Market , Lake Placid Center for the Arts Annex Building, 17 Algonquin Way. 10 a.m.1p.m. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidFarmersMarket.com.

LAKE PLACID — Met Live showing: Otello, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 1 p.m. $16. 523-2512.

WILLSBORO — Monster Mash 5k or 10k" run, Noblewood Park, 5 Farrell Road, www.active.com. 7 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — German Supper, United Methodist Church Parish Hall, 5 - 7 pm $8, $7 seniors and students, 8915817

Monday, Oc t. 29 WILMINGTON — FLU Clinic, Essex Fire Hall, 7 Community Center Circle, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $30. www.co.essex.ny.us/PublicHealth, 873-3500.

LAKE PLACID — LP Institute Book Club to discuss the novel “Clara and Mr. Tiffany,” Lake Placid Public Library, 2471 Main Street, 7 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Life Drawing Classes, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 6-8 p.m. $70.

Tuesday, Oc t. 30 LAKE PLACID — Intro to Improv. Comedy Classes, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way, 8-10 p.m. $80.

Wednesday, Oc t. 31 LAKE PLACID — LPCA Green Market Wednesday, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Way. 9 a.m.-1p.m.

523-2512, www.LakePlacidFarmersMarket.com.

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This Month in History - OCTOBER 19th - The Revolutionary War ended. (1781) 21st - Thomas Edison invented the incandescent electric lamp. (1879) 23rd - 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote. (1915) 24th - Anna Edison Taylor is the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. (1901)

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC. NORTHLOJ, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/21/2012.

Office location: Essex County. Principal business location: 584 Mt. Whitney Way, Lake Placid, NY 12946.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to c/o Gerald F. Stack, Esq., Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, One Park Place, 300 South State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202-2078.

Purpose: any business permitted under law.

VN-9/15-10/20/126TC-27496 ----------------------------WHITEFACE LODGE 325 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/24/12. Office Location: Essex County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

VN-9/22-10/27/126TC-20529 ----------------------------DLRC VENTURES, LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION of a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC): DATE OF FORMATION: The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on September 14, 2012.

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VN-9/22-10/27/126TC-20535 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JMC ADIRONDACK BUILDERS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/11/12. Office location: Essex County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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V N - 1 0 / 6 - 11 / 1 0 / 1 2 6TC-20567 ----------------------------P U B L I C AT I O N NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY First: The name of the limited liability company is Towards Excellence, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the Company ).

Second: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on September 13, 2012.

Third: The office of the Company is located in Essex County.

Fourth: The Secretary of State has been designated as Agent upon whom process against the Company may be served.

The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is c/o the Company, 43 Round Top Lane, Keene, New York 12942.

Fifth: The Company does not have a specific date of dissolution beyond the events of dissolution set forth in Section 701 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Sixth: The purpose of the business of the Company is to engage in any business permitted by law.

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VN-10/13-11/17/126TC-20595 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NORTH SHORE APARTMENTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/26/12. Office location: Essex County.

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VN-10/13-11/17/126TC-20602 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: EAST ADIRONDACK CATTLE COMPANY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/11/12.

Office location: Essex County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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VN-10/13-11/17/126TC-20603 ----------------------------DESTINY EXPEDITIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/30/12. Office Location: Essex County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be

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VN-10/13-11/17/126TC-20620 ----------------------------LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Essex NY will hold a Special Budget Meeting on Monday, October 22, 2012, at 3:00 to discuss the Preliminary Budget. The meeting will be held at the Essex Town Hall, 2313 Main Street, Essex, NY. Catherine DeWolff, Town Clerk VN-10/20/12-1TC20632 ----------------------------LEGAL NOTICE Please take notice that the Town of Essex Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on November 1, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the Essex Town Hall, 2313 Main Street, Essex, on the following actions: Tax Map #40.73-5-12, Jim and Colleen Van Hoven, Site Plan Review for a deck renovation at 2255 Lake Shore Road, Essex, NY; and, Tax Map #48.3-1-7, Michael N. Christian, Minor Subdivision, 157 Brookfield Road, Essex, NY. The public and any interested parties are encouraged to attend.

The Regular Meeting of the Essex Planning Board will immediately follow the Public Hearing.

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desired. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN THAT THE regular Monthly Meeting of the Lewis Town Board will be held on Thursday November 8th following the Public Hearing at which time the Town Board Will adopt the Fiscal Budget for the year 2013.

BY ORDER OF THE LEWIS TOWN BOARD Dated at Lewis, New York James Pierce, Town Clerk Town of Lewis VN-10/20/12-1TC20638 ----------------------------SEALED BIDS will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on November 15, 2012,at the NYS Dept. of Transportation, Contract Management Bureau, 1ST FLOOR SUITE 1CM, 50 WOLF RD, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will then be publicly read.

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond (FORM CONR 391) representing "25% of the bid total" as specified in the contract proposal must accompany each bid. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www.bidx.com). The Department reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Construction contract plans and proposals are sold only on compact disk (CD). The cost is $10 per CD, plus $8 shipping and handling if the CD is not purchased in person. The CD includes both the plans (if applicable) and the proposal in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. Plans and proposals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format are also available on Bid E x p r e s s (www.bidx.com) for a monthly subscription fee.

CDs can be obtained from the NYSDOT, Plan Sales Unit, 1st Floor Suite 1PS, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12232, (518) 4572124; or from the Regional Office noted below.

Requirements: NYSDOT requires that all bidders and subcontractors present evidence of experi-

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Subcontracting Provisions: Subcontracting is permitted as described in the Standard Specification §108-05. *Please call Contracts at (518) 457-3583 if you need a reasonable accommodation for person(s) with a disability to participate in our program.

No Amendments are included on the CD. Amendments are posted on the NYSDOT and Bid Express Web Sites.

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments have been incorporated into its bid. Notification on Amendments issued after a CD is purchased will be sent via e-mail to each person or firm purchasing CDs from the NYSDOT. NOTE: Amendments may have been issued prior to CD purchase.

Contractors who purchased CDs must also check the NYSDOT Web Site (https://www.dot.ny.go v/ doingbusiness/opportunities/const-notices) for a list of all Amendments.

State Finance Law §139-j restricts contact with Department personnel after advertisement or notice of a government procurement. Details are provided on the NYSDOT Web Site. Federally Aided Contracts identify a DBE Goal, and 100% NY State Funded Contracts identify both MBE and WBE Goals. Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and smaller size contracts, both of which may present direct bidding opportunities for a Small Business Firm, including, but not limited to, D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat.

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CATS

VACATION PROPERTY

CAT LOOKING for a good home for a spayed 7 year old cat. Lives near Plattsburgh. 518-593-0655.

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DOGS LABRADOR RETIRVER PUPPIES 9 Weeks. adorable family raised akc reg yellow lab puppies.first shots and wormed ready now 518-529-0165 or 315-244-3855 $400.00 tashley520@yahoo.com

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LAYING HENS FOR SALE Hatched Mid- May, producing Brown Eggs now, $15 each. 518962-8373 or 188goat@westelcom.com

WEIGHTLOSS MEDICATIONS Phentermine, Phendimetrazine, etc. Office visit, one-month supply for $80! 1-631-462-6161; 1-516754-6001; www.MDthin.com

HORSES

LAWN & GARDEN BRUSH HOG Model EFM600. Used 1 year, like new. Finish mower. 518-570-8837 $1,000

MUSIC GUITAR LESSONS! Experienced guitar instructor accepting new students. All levels, all styles.

810.6378.

PIANO LESSONS *New Students Welcome.

Please Call for Information 518-643-0152. *Experienced Teacher.

EXPERIENCED TRAIL HORSE calm disposition, any level rider, VTD Vaccinations, shoes, $2000 OBO. Come ride him. 518-8732424

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WESTPORT: OFFICE SUITES. Fully furnished w/ cubicles, desks, computer & phone hook-ups. 720 sq. ft. Lake views. Contact Jim Forcier @ 518962-4420.

FARM

WANTED TO BUY

COURT ORDERED LAND LIQUIDATION. 17 acres - $29,900.

Just off NY's I-90,Cooperstown Lake Region! Nice views, hardwoods, creek, beautiful fields!

Great bldg.site! Terms avail! Must sell NOW! 1-888-701-1864 www.NewYorkLandandLakes.com

BUYING EVERYTHING! FURS, Coins, Gold, Antiques, Watches, Silver, Art, Diamonds."The Jewelers Jeweler Jack" 1-917-696-2024

By Appointment. Lic-Bonded.

ELLENBURG CENTER Farm, Hunter's Paradise Organic Horse Farm 50 Acres 3 Bdrm House Very Scenic $189,000 negotiable Please call 514-697-7950 or email bratneiya@yahoo.com

BUYING/SELLING GOLD, gold coins, sterling silver, silver coins, diamonds, fine watches (Rolex, Cartier, Patek, Phillippe), paintings, furs, estates. Call for appointment (917)-696-2024 BUYING/SELLING: GOLD, gold coins, sterling silver, silver coins, diamonds, fine watches (Rolex, Cartier, Patek, Phillippe), paintings, furs, estates. Call for appointment 917-696-2024 JAY CA$H PAID- up to $26/Box for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. Hablamos Espanol. 1-800 -371-1136 DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Wanted Check us out Online! All Major Brands Bought Dtsbuyer.com 1866-446-3009 HAVE COIN WILL TRAVEL Buying Old U.S coins,currency, commemoratives,bullion and other interesting items. Fair & Honest.

Prices in today's market. Call anytime 7 days a week, ANA member Po Box 151, Jay, NY 12941 (518) 946-8387 WANTED ALL MOTORCYCLES, & Memorabilia pre 1980, $Top CASH$ PAID! Running or not. 1315-569-8094 WANTED TO BUY Wanted: Will Pay up to $15 for High School Yearbooks 1900-2012.

Any School/Any State. www.yearbookusa.com or 214514-1040 WANTED: WILL Pay up to $15.00 for High School Yearbooks 19002012. Any School/Any State. www.yearbookusa.com or 214514-1040 WANTS TO PURCHASE minerals and other oil & gas interests. Send details P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co 80201 WANTS TO purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201 YEARBOOKS UP to $15 paid for high school yearbooks 1900-2012. www. yearbookusa.com or 214514-1040

LAND ATTENTION HUNTERS! 60 ACRES - $89,900. Must sell to settle bankruptcy! Hardwoods, fields, big stream, awesome views, ATV trails! Southern zone, less than3 &1/2 hrs NYC! Won't last! 1 -888-775-8114 www.NewYorkLandandLakes.com LAND FOR SALE FORT PLAIN, NY: 33.4 acres hilltop view $69,000.

9.3 acres, panaramic views $22,000. 3.6 acres $13,000. Owner Financing. Great Investment www.helderbergreality.com CALL, Henry Whipple: 518-861-6541 LAND FOR SALE Land, Lake Sale: 6 Acres on Bass Lake $29,000 2 Acres Waterfront $19,900 8 Acres Waterfront Home $99,900 20 Lake properties must go. Financing. www.LandFirstNY.com 888-6832626 LOTS & ACREAGE ATTENTION HUNTERS! 60 Acres -89,900 Must sell to settle bankruptcy! Hardwoods, fields, big stream, awesome views, ATV trails! Southern zone, less than 3 1/2 hrs NYC! Won't last! (888)201-8657 www.CentruaOnline.com NEW YORK STATE Land, BASS LAKE: 6 ACRES ON LAKE, $29,900. 7 Acres, 100' on lake, $39,900.www.LandFirstNY.com 1888-683-2626 NEW YORK STATE Land, NEW YORK STATE BIGGEST LAND SALE EVER! Free list of over 50 land and campbargains throughout upstate NY. Large acreage, water, game lands. Call now 1-800-229 -7843 Or visit www.landandcamps.com

SINGLE-FAMILY HOME REAL ESTATE HOUSES WANTED! We Will Buy Your Home for CASH! Call us NOW and recieve your cash in as little as 5 days. CALL: 518-3806555

FOR SALE WANTED: ALCOHOL STILL I am looking for an antique or functioning still. There could be some around here in the North Country if they havent been sold off for scrap metal (god forbid). danie8371@gmail.com

LOST & FOUND LOST SILVER BRACELET POSSIBLE BROKEN CLASP Lost on North Creek 10/7shopping area. Silver w/tiny diamonds & hidden safety clasp. Contact Jodi 518-225-1276. $99 hancockjodi@yahoo.com

ACCESSORIES SNOW TIRES FOR SALE 4 Studded Hakkapeliitta Snow Tires 225/60R18. Like new!Call (518)492-7744. $400 TRUCK CAP for large truck. 518-946-7760. $90

AUTO DONATION A-1 DONATE YOUR CAR! Breast Cancer Research Foundation! Most highly rated breast cancer charity in America! Tax Deductible/Fast Free Pick Up. 1-800-771-9551 www.carsforbreastcancer.org DONATE A CAR - HELP CHILDREN FIGHTING DIABETES. Fast, Free Towing. Call 7 days/week. Non runners OK. Tax Deductible. Call Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 1-800-5780408

AUTO WANTED CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models. Free Towing! We're Local! 7 Days/ Week. Call Toll Free: 1-888-4162330 CASH FOR CARS AND TRUCKS. Get A Top Dollar INSTANT Offer!

Running or Not! 1-888-416-2208 (888) 416-2208 TOP CASH FOR CARS, Any Car/ Truck, Running or Not. Call for INSTANT offer: 1-800-454-6951

BOATS 1977 156 GLASTRON Boat with 70 HP Johnson motor, with trailer, excellent condition. $3000. 518-359-8605 1980 18 1/2 FT. Century Cuddy Cabin, 120 HP I/O, trailer, GPS depth finder, down rigger, plus. $2900 negotiable.

518-963-8220 or 518-569-0118 2001 SUPRA SANTERA low hrs., mint cond., great ski wake board boat, beautiful trailer included, $19,500. 518-354-8089 2005 WHITEHALL SPIRIT rowing/sailboat. Classic boat, rare find. Must sell! Asking $6400 OBO. 845-868-7711 HEWITT PONTOON BOAT Lift, model# 1501, sits on the bottom of the lake. Make an Offer.

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CARS 2008 MERCURY Grand Marquis GS, V8, Blue, Fully Loaded,19,000 miles. Excel. Condition. $17,000 negotiable. (518) 834-9824 1952 DESOTO White/Blue, no rust, small Hemi,, great project car. Serious inquires only. $3500. 518-962-4688 TOYOTA COROLLA 2001 CE 118,000 miles, good condition, 4 new all season tires. $3500.00. 518-946-7085 Call: (518) 946-7085

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CARS 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS Gold/Tan Great gas mileage.

Power locks and windows. Sunroof. CD/AM-FM/XM/MP3 audio system. Cruise control. AC. Brakes redone at 65K miles.

Snow tires incl. 80,000 miles.

Well maintained. $8,800 jim@luckett.biz. 315-885-6268

MOTORCYCLES 2002 HONDA VTX 1800, mint condition, many extras, $5000. 518-492-2348

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER 883 Mint condition. 11,000 miles.

Many extras incl. new battery, removable luggage rack, back rest & windshield. 518-946-8341. $4,500 2010 HONDA STATELINE 1200 Miles, Black, 1312cc $8,500 518-569-8170

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 2004 FLEETWOOD 2004 FLEETWOOD Revolution 40D, $47800,Mileage: 32082,Slide Outs: 3, A/C:2,Sleeping Capacity:4, Phone:262-528-6529

TRUCKS 2000 RANGER 2000 Ranger XLT 4x4 Super Cab, camper top, liner, tonneau cover, 6 cyl., auto, AC, stereo, 130K, Asking $3595. 518-576-9042 95 CHEVY PICK-UP Truck 1500, 4x4, 95,000 miles, auto, Fisher Plow, New Tires, New Brakes, New Alternator, Starter, Front & Rear Shocks, #4500 Negotiable. 518-946-7550 Call: (518) 946-7550

Denton Community Newspapers are the PRIMARY SOURCE of LOCAL news and information to over 71,000 homes and businesses in the Adirondack Region. *Over 41,000 in the Saratoga/Capital District Region and over 29,000 in Central New York.

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Dealer #7085874

518-873-6389

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CHEVY TRAVERSE LT

CHEVY CRUZE LS • Stk. #CR190 i • Automatic • Fully Loaded • OnStar • XM Radio

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2006 Chevy 1500 Ext. Cab 4x4 LT

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