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Schroon Lake Central archery team preps for nationals Students shoot roughly 4,800 arrows leading up to competition By Mikaela Foster
mikaela@suncommunitynews.com
SCHROON — How many arrows does it take to practice for a national archery competition? Archers at Schroon Lake Central School say they shoot 80-100 a day, which tallies up to roughly 4,800 arrows during the time between states and nationals.
Each archer will shoot 30 arrows during the competition. “It’s all about the practice,” said Coach Mike Sharp. In early March, 46 SLCS archers competed at the National Archery in the Schools Program state qualifying tournament, where they qualified for nationals as a team and nine qualified as individuals. Seventeen total are headed to nationals in May. “It’s a big deal,” Superintendent Stephen Gratto said about the school’s archery program.
RoadworkÊ toÊ beginÊ onÊ sectionÊ of Ê 9NÊ Monday Work to take approximately six weeks with minimum disruption to traffic, says state By Mikaela Foster
mikaela@suncommunitynews.com
CROWN POINT — Road work is set to begin Monday on Route 9. State department of transportation spokesman Bryan Viggiani said the culvert replacement and slope repair is designed to prevent erosion and flooding. Starting just north Tromblee’s Greenhouse, work should take approximately six weeks and will have but little to no disruption to traffic. The project will begin with DOT building a temporary onelane roadway, adjacent to 9N on the east side of the road and will curve around the work site, he said. It will be controlled by traffic signals at both ends, allowing for alternating traffic. Any delay motorists may experience should be roughly the length of time encountered at any other traffic light, he added. Once the roadway is built and signals are active, the section of 9N will be closed for the culvert and slope work. Viggiani said the southern signal will be right near Tromblee’s but will not cut off access to the entrance. The northern signal will be located approximately onetenth of a mile north of the greenhouse. He also said there may be “very, very minor” traffic impacts at the beginning and end of construction, mostly involving moving equipment or connecting the temporary roadway to 9N. >> See ROAD WORK | pg. 16
The NASP program was adopted by the school a half-decade ago as a physical education program, Sharp said. Some students initially showed interest and soon after Sharp started an after school program for them. Sharp said the first year they competed at the state tournament, there were only five students, two of whom “shockingly” qualified for nationals but never got to go because they didn’t plan for that success financially. But the program quickly grew, he said, with 18 competing at states the following year and seven qualifying for nationals, four of whom
BestÊ inÊ theÊ state
did go and compete in Louisville, KY. “The school and community were awesome,” Sharp said, of the support they received in fundraising for nationals that year. Continued growth resulted in 36 archers competing at states last year. Ten qualified for nationals and seven competed. Sharp said it was the first year they competed as a team and finished second in the state. Last year was also the first year SLCS adopted the program as an extra-curricular activity. >> See ARCHERS | pg. 14
Sun Community News Editor Pete DeMola named NYPA writer of the year
TICONDEROGA — Sun Community News Editor Pete DeMola has been named writer of the year by the New York Press Association at its annual spring conference in Saratoga Springs. The state-wide acknowledgement is John one of the most prestigious awards given Gereau by the association each year and is highly Managing Editor competitive, according to Rich Hotaling, NYPA’s association and creative services manager. DeMola was one of 57 newspaper professionals vying for the honor, which was judged by members of the Washington Newspapers Publishers Association, Hotaling said. The award required submitting five non-related articles written by one author and published in 2015. In their critique, the judges said DeMola did a great job of investigative reporting — best among the 57 entries — and said he did a fine job of storytelling using vivid words to help. “He showed great depth in many stories, too,” the judges went on to say. “All five stories are strong which is rare.” The articles on which DeMola was judged included an indepth investigative piece on former embroiled Essex town clerk William Morgan; an article about a businessman who
Editor Pete DeMola stands in front of the Sun Community News offices on Monday, April 11 after being named writer of the year by the New York Press Association. Photo by John Gereau
conned the community one nickel at a time; a human interest piece about the prison break in Dannemora; a lighthearted feature about the Essex County Fair and a whistleblower article about a plan to pump PCB-laden water from an old missile silo in Lewis, New York. The judges said DeMola’s writing style and attention to detail stole the show. “Pete was easily the winner of the writer of the year competition,” the judges wrote. NYPA President David Tyler, who helped distribute the awards during the conference, said “NYPA represents more than 700 newspapers across the state and this year’s contest included thousands of entries in dozens of categories.” >> See PETE DEMOLA | pg. 20