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SCHOOL DISTRICTS TEE OFF ON EDUCATION FUNDING Proposed bump for public schools less than expected By Pete DeMola EDITOR
TICONDEROGA | As the state enters choppy fiscal waters, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed increasing public school aid by 3 percent this year. The figure is less than the 4 percent bump sought by education advocates, and the revision amounts to a $769 million increase as opposed to $1.2 billion. (The state Board of Regents sought $1.6 billion.) Foundation aid will see a $338 million proposed increase, far less than the $1.25 billion requested by the state Board of Regents. The New York State School Boards Association called the proposed increase “inadequate.” “The governor’s budget proposal would constrain the ability of school board members to do the jobs they were elected to do,” Executive Director Timothy Kremer said in a statement. The budget released last week comes when the state faces a $4.4 billion shortfall, a number largely expected to widen as changes to the federal tax code take effect. Cuomo defended the investments, noting education spending has seen a 35 percent increase since 2012, making this year’s numbers the highest number ever. “We have increased education more than any area in state government, period,” Cuomo said at last week’s budget address. Charter schools would also see a 3 percent funding increase.
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Ti Elks observe anniversary By Lohr McKinstry STA FF W RITER
TICONDEROGA | In 1923, a group in Ticonderoga applied for the charter that created Ticonderoga Elks Lodge 1494. The application was granted by the national organization in 1924, and this year is the 94th anniversary of the group’s founding. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the USA, so they’re celebrating both local and national anniversaries this year, Elks Treasurer and Past Exalted Ruler Richard Nadeau said. “On March 15, 1923, they started advertising for it,” he said of the Ticonderoga effort.
“Charles A. Hunt was the first exalted ruler. I knew him. He lived on Champlain Avenue. We used to go to his house for Halloween.” The group estimates it’s contributed more than $1 million to the community since it was instituted on July 1, 1924. Officers of Glens Falls Lodge 81 came to Ticonderoga to initiate 66 members. “They (national Elks) gave us a formula to figure how much the lodge has contributed,” Nadeau said. “We used it and got a figure of $1,255,755.” The U.S. Grand Lodge started in 1867 as the Jolly Corks, in New York City, and the name was changed to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks the next year. Elks was chosen because the animal was “fleet of foot and timorous of doing wrong.” Ticonderoga Elks plan to hold an anniversary open house on Saturday, Feb. 17 from noon to 3 p.m. » Elks Cont. on pg. 5
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These are the current lodge officers of Ticonderoga Lodge 1494 for 2018: From left: Past Exalted Ruler-Trustee Marge Hurlburt, Lecturing Knight Keri Trudeau, Inner Guard Nancy Horner, Leading Knight Stuart Baker, Exalted Ruler Margaret J. Lamb, Loyal Knight Kyle Dinnsmore, Past Exalted Ruler-Secretary Stella Kolysko, Past Exalted Ruler-Esquire Carole St. Pierre, Past Grand Exalted Ruler-Trustee David Carr, and Past Exalted Ruler-Treasurer Richard A. Nadeau. Not shown are Trustee Penny Carr and Tiler Sandra Trepanier. The group is noting its 94th anniversary this year. Photo provided
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