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Fundraisers planned for injured Moriah teen

Saturday, July 5, 2014

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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com

MORIAH Ñ A pair of fundraising events have been announced to help a Moriah teen after a recent accident. The fundraisers will take place in Ticonderoga July 18 and at the Moriah Country Club the following day, all to help pay the medical expenses of Ryan Gunning, a 14-year-old Moriah Central School student who was injured in an accident on Mountain Spring Road in Westport recently. On Friday, July 18, a fundraiser will be held at the Ticonderoga Knights of Columbus hall from 5 to 9 p.m. According to Tanya LaFrance, there will be a barbecue dinner available for a donation of $10, with dine in or take out options available. Ò There will be a lot of other events going on as well, including a large basket raffle, 50/50, bracelets for Ryan, face painting and various other activities,Ó LaFrance said. For more information or to donate, call LaFrance at 5862992 or Nancy Rich at 5866217. On Saturday, July 19, there will be a four-person scramble at the Moriah Country Club teeing off at 9 a.m. Ò Ryan is a student of Moriah Central School and member of the Moriah golf team, so we thought this would be a nice way to do a fundraiser,Ó Linda Snow-Perry said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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Man missing after boating incident in Hague By Mauranda Stahl-Sorensen mauranda@denpubs.com

HAGUE Ñ Search efforts resumed on the morning of Wednesday, July 2, the time this story went to press, for William B. Scott, 59, of Westerloo, NY as a result of a boating accident on Tuesday. At approximately 10 a.m. on July 1, a call came in to Warren County Emergency Services reporting a capsized boat on Lake George just north of the Hague Beach. The vessel was reported as being a 17 foot Campion open bow vessel.

According to the Warren County SheriffÕ s Department, the vessel was occupied by fisherman who were trolling the waters when a line or lines tangled in an unknown object 130 feet below the surface, causing the boat to begin taking on water. Two other men were on the boat with Scott during the incident; George Boss, 75, of West Kingston, Rhode Island and Thomas Greene, 70, of Derby, Connecticut. Both men reported that Scott, wearing a personal flotation device, jumped into the lake as the boat started taking on water. The boat eventually capsized, and both Greene and Boss remained with the vessel holding onto the exterior of the boat until aid arrived, police said.

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In initial interviews with the Warren County SheriffÕ s Department and first responders, Boss and Greene said they remained in contact with Scott for an estimated 10 minutes before weather patterns caused visual contact to be lost. Dive teams, The New York State Aviation unit, Warren County Sheriff’s Marine Rescue, Multiple first responding units and the Lake George Park Commission aided in search efforts, but failed to locate Scott as of 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. Search efforts resumed at 9 a.m. Wednesday as Warren County SheriffÕ s created a grid structure of the area and assigned scuba and marine rescue units to specified grid locations.

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