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CrownÊ PointÊ healthÊ centerÊ comingÊ soon A new health center is planned

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By Lohr McKinstry

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CROWN POINT – A new Crown Point Health Center could break ground this fall and be open by May 2017.

That’s the word from officials at University of Vermont Health Network, Elizabethtown

Community Hospital, who are spearheading the project.

The hospital has recently entered into an agreement with Dr. Peter Sayers of Keene to assume his medical practice in Crown Point.

Sayers is currently the physician at the town health center on Creek Road, and will staff the new facility when it opens.

The new health center will be built on Main Street (Route 9N) in Crown Point, on what is now a vacant lot between the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Champlain National Bank branch.

The church owns the property, and is selling it to the hospital for an undisclosed sum.

The congregation will be able to use the center’s parking lot after hours to alleviate parking congestion that exists now.

The town-owned space that Sayers’ office currently occupies will be leased by Elizabethtown Community Hospital, ensuring no interruption of service during construction of the new Health Center, hospital spokeswoman Jane Hooper said.

She said Dr. Sayers and his staff will become employees of Elizabethtown Commu-

nity Hospital in September.

“It’s essentially that Dr. Sayers, who has been in Crown Point for a long time, will continue his practice,” Hooper said.

“The new location is going to be really nice. The hospital will supply a physician’s assistant, so there will be extended hours, and they can see more patients.”

The 4,000-square-foot building will include six examination rooms, office space, nursing work station, procedure room, a room for lab draws such as blood samples, and reception, >> See HEALTH CENTER | pg. 25

The Sun adds seasoned vets, promotes from within Lohr McKinstry, Kim Dedam and Elizabeth Izzo hired; DeMola and Lobdell promoted

Recovering

theÊ past

Laura Dewey describes her work in researching and sewing the clothes typically worn by slaves who worked on cotton plantations.

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Solomon Northup descendants reflect on visit to Schroon history museum SCHROON — Solomon Northup’s memoir “12 Years A Slave” was written in 1893. But his ancestors find lessons in revisiting the tale today.

A group of Solomon’s descendants recently traveled from their homes to Fort Edwards, then to Schroon and on to AuSable Chasm to visit the North Star Museum. >> See SOLOMON NORTHUP | pg. 21

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Sun Community News in Elizabethtown has added veteran reporters Lohr McKinstry and Kim Dedam to its talented team of journalists.

The locally-owned company has also hired news clerk and arts columnist Elizabeth Izzo; named Keith Lobdell sports editor and designated Pete DeMola assistant managing editor.

The announcements help solidify the newspaper group as the region’s number one source of superbly written community news.

Sun Community News Managing Editor John Gereau said he is excited to welcome the new additions to his editorial team.

“I’m ecstatic to bring this kind of talent and experience to Sun Community News,” Gereau said, noting that McKinstry and Dedam are well-known and respected journalists in the >> THE SUN | pg. 13

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Wins and losses at the Ti Regatta TICONDEROGA — Aided by nice north winds,

A.J. Murphy of Ticonderoga steered the J24 Gemini to victory at the Port Henry Champ Day’s North Cheever Sailing Club regatta. Paul Reese of Moriah

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took second place.

All sailors were part of the North Cheever Sailing Club out of the Port Henry Marina. The club holds weekly races every Wednesday, and will compete in the upcoming Westport Challenge Regatta on Aug. 13.

A second Champ Day race had to be cancelled when someone took the upwind mark. Organizers hope that the mark, a large red ball and smaller while ball with anchor and line, will be returned to the marina.

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he month of June was a very busy month for us as we responded to 23 emergencies including; Fires (5 — Building, Wildland, Cooking and Automotive), Motor Vehicle Accidents (1), Hazardous Conditions (5) (Propane Leak, Carbon Monoxide Alarm and Power Line Arcing) and Other General Alarms (12).

Our membership totaled 66 man hours for all of the emergencies with an average response time of 3.0 minutes and an average time from call to on scene of 5.5 minutes. In addition to responding to the emergencies we also conducted four training drills that included 195 Man Hours.

As we continue to go through a dry spell, please be cautious when having recreational fires, as it extremely dry. As always we are looking for new members and applications can be obtained on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7 p.m. at the firehouse or contact any member for more information.

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Irish Grand Event at Hancock House set for Aug. 13 Reenactors and bands will cover the grounds in Ticonderoga

By Lohr McKinstry

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TICONDEROGA – The Ticonderoga Historical Society will wrap up its Irish Historical Celebration with the Irish Grand Event on the Hancock House lawn on Saturday, Aug. 13.

The day starts at 10 a.m. with a bake sale and White Elephant Tent, then a reenactors military encampment on the grounds.

“This is a full day designed to celebrate and highlight our Irish-themed exhibit and programs of this year,” Historical Society President William Dolback said. “The reenactors on site will be portraying Irish-American soldiers from the Civil War and Fenian eras, as well as the Easter Rising. They will

be talking with the public, showing military drill and camp life, and the afternoon’s activities include a firing demonstration.”

The afternoon will also include several brief programs called “The Irish in the American Civil War” and “How the Adirondacks worked for Irish Freedom.”

William L. McKone, author of “Vermont’s Irish Rebel – Captain John Lonergan,” and president of the Fenian Historical Society, will present a program and sign books.

Live music is from 6 to 10 p.m., with two of this region’s

Celtic bands: Hair of the Dog and its opening band, Loose Monkey Band.

Originally formed as an acoustic trio in 1993, Hair of the Dog has become one of the world’s foremost Celtic rock bands.

The Loose Monkey Band, formed in 1992, is a local favorite featuring Matt Foley, Chris LaPointe, and Tom LaPointe.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. This is a lawn program, so attendees must bring their own chairs or blankets.

The events are part of the

Gala 90th Anniversary of the dedication of the Hancock House.

The society was formed in 1897 to bring national awareness to the plight of the ruins of the old fort in Ticonderoga, and the need to preserve the ruins and grounds as a national heritage site.

“As a cornerstone of our community, we take our stewardship of this remarkable building very seriously,” Dolback said.

For more info, call 585-7868, email tihistory@bridgepoint1. com, or visit ticonderogahistoricalsociety.org.

Military living historians and authors will cover the grounds of the Hancock House in Ticonderoga on Saturday, Aug. 13 for a day-long event celebrating Irish history. The evening will feature a concert by “Hair of the Dog,” the well-known Celtic band pictured above.

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Trekonderoga readies welcome for Trekkers

By Keith Lobdell

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TICONDEROGA — While this town has always been known as a bastion of American history, Lance Clark now sees the area as a land of the future.

“Ti is a place where you can go from the 18th century to the 23rd century in 10 minutes,” said Clark, who, with Nancy Archer, spearheaded the Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance, is helping to prepare for the second Trekonderoga, set to beam into Ticonderoga Aug. 12-14.

“I hope that this year’s convention will put this event squarely on the map,” Clark said.

Clark said the recent announcement that the Star Trek studio, created by Star Trek: New Voyages creator James Cawley, has been licensed by television network CBS as the home of the Original Set Tours, based on the meticulously re-created sets of the Star Trek Original Series, put together by Cawley and volunteers.

“This was the second part of our goal, to help them push to get this studio to the point where it would get this license to turn Ticonderoga into a destination for people who love Star Trek,” Clark said. “This is a small convention in a great location, it’s something rather special. A lot of the people who came last year were seeing Ticonderoga for the first time and told us they were looking forward to coming back and seeing more.”

Clark said the event has also received plenty of support from the community, making it a true town-wide event.

“The school is giving us the venue for some events as well as tables and a shuttle bus,” he said. “The Elks are letting us use their building for the main dinner and other activities. The community building and the college are letting us use space.

Thanks to these partners, we have been able to expand and we are expecting even more people coming to Trekonderoga.”

How many people is Clark hoping for?

“If we get 500 to 600 people, I would be happy,” he said.

Another driving force to the upcoming convention will

be the success of the new motion picture, Star Trek Beyond, along with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first airing of the original “five year mission.”

“They may have a bog splash from the film, but what really drives these events are the groups of Trekkers who come in,” Clark said. “Star Trek really has characters and issues they bring into television and the motion pictures they handle in a way that is not beating you over the head.”

Clark said the organization is still looking for volunteers to help with tickets and other events as part of the three-day event.

“So far, we have over 40 volunteers from the community, but we are looking for more,” he said.

Volunteers will receive a shirt, while those who volunteer for over eight hours will receive a free admission to the convention.

For more information, visit the Trekonderoga website at trekonderoga.com.

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Streetfest ready this weekend with expanded music The Ticonderoga Streetfest this weekend will be a tunefest as well

By Lohr McKinstry

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TICONDEROGA — The upcoming Ticonderoga Streetfest event will offer much more live music than previous years, organizers say.

Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Matthew Courtright said they tried adding more bands last year, and it was so popular they stepped it up for this year’s jamboree.

“We changed to multiple acts at different locations,” he said. “It brought more community members out (last time).”

The 8th annual Streetfest starts at 10 a.m.

Saturday, July 30 in downtown Ticonderoga.

Montcalm Street will be closed to traffic until 3 p.m. as various musical groups, sidewalk sales, children’s games, bicycle rodeo, food vendors and Penelope the Clown (Cathy Sprague) move in to take over the street.

There are more than seven musical acts this year, Courtright said.

“It’s non-stop all day,” he said. “No matter what time you show up, something is going on.”

One thing that’s going on is that Ticonderoga Town Supervisor Joseph Giordano will help raise money for Streetfest by going to jail.

Between 1 and 2 p.m., Giordano will be among local celebrities who will be locked in a makeshift jail cell as part of a Streetfest fundraiser.

“I’m being put in jail,” Giordano said with a smile.

“You can pay to get me out or to keep me in. We’ll have to find out which people would rather see.”

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and Drum Corps, led by Michael Edson, from 10 to 10:30 a.m., joined by visiting military music corps, will march down Montcalm Street, performing as a collective unit in front of Glens Falls National Bank.

On the porch of Libby’s Bakery Café will be Lance Clark and Mike Donahue (blues, country and popular music) from 10:30 a.m. until noon. Then Mary Jo Vontury and Dwynal Smith (country and folk music) from noon to 1:30 p.m. Ken McAlpine, Jim Gabler and Chris LaPointe (rock and popular music)

from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Finally, near PRIDE of Ticonderoga/Ti Natural Foods Co-Op will be the Gregson Brothers (‘60s and ‘70s music) from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Dan Kershner (country and western music) will perform from noon to 1:30 p.m., and Brad Peria and Terinna Cook (blues music) from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Music at this, the 2015 Ticonderoga Streetfest, proved to be such a popular offering that even more acts are booked for this year’s event on Saturday, July 30.

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recall many years ago as a young boy questioning my father as he watched the political conventions on TV. He explained the importance of the conventions and the position planks drafted by the parties. I clearly recall him telling me: “Even if you are unsure of the candidate’s capabilities, you can be assured of their actions based on the party platform.”

He went on to explain that the convention provided party representatives the opportunity to position the party with a balanced plan for the country that affected all levels of government.

Over the years that lesson has provided a basis for trust in our government as a whole, but as time has marched on neither party seems to have a very balanced approach, instead giving way to the more extreme opinions within their respective parties. Those opinions in many ways are driven by special interests and special interest is driven by MONEY. It seems clear the most significant common denominator between the two parties is the influence of money and the special interest that money represents. So much we see unfolding with the primaries and now the conventions is driven by greed and power.

Last week the Republicans put on their show in Cleveland. Thankfully it was not marred by any shootings or out of control protests. We can only hope for the same this week in Philadelphia.

While it is only Sunday night we are hearing word that DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schults is due to resign her position as a result of leaked documents by Wikileaks implicating her in a scandal that tipped the primary scales in favor of Mrs. Clinton over Bernie Sanders. It remains to be seen what other fireworks will have taken place by the time you read this, but the fact that WassermanSchultz is now being named the honorary chair of the Clinton campaign’s 50-state program, likely won’t sit well with some party faithful.

The bottom line remains, MONEY is the single largest and most significant factor in American politics today. Both sides cater to those who have it and with MONEY you can influence the outcome of any election and ultimately the direction of the “people’s” government.

Sadly, my father’s good advice years ago about importance of the party planks we now know, no longer carries much weight. Planks are only formulated to enhance party unity since they are nonbiding on the ultimate white house survivor. Thus it seems this will be the year of two wild card candidates and Lord only knows who we can really trust or put another way, who do we trust the least.

Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News.

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Sanders supporters are right: The system is stacked

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n email leak has added a gigantic blast of fresh oxygen to the whole Bernie-was-shafted argument.

The rumors started as a whisper shortly after Sen. Bernie Sanders mounted his resurgent bid against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination: The system is rigged. The Democratic National Committee has their thumb on the scale for Clinton.

As the primary season progressed, the claims grew to a roar.

At times, it become difficult to filter out the noise.

Some claims were outlandish, like attempting to portray state voter registration laws as examples of voter suppression.

Others appeared probable, like accusations that the notoriously-autocratic DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz deliberately scheduled debates at weird times as a calculated measure to depress viewership — especially when compared to the freewheeling Republican primary season that began and ended as a circus sideshow.

Still others could simply be written off as sour grapes, like the last-gasp complaint as the campaign ran out of gas that saw superfans engage in all sorts of mathematical contortions to argue why superdelegates should throw their lot in with Sanders despite lagging behind Clinton by about 3 million votes.

But the DNC email leak, boy, this is something.

WikiLeaks published a trove of nearly 20,000 emails last week.

While none of the emails are very salacious — the worst reveals high-level staffers discussing how to weaken the Brooklyn-born gadfly with southern voters by questioning his religion — the leak did confirm what many supporters had believed all along, that the DNC was actively working to undermine the irascible Vermont senator.

The leak splattered a massive egg at the party’s face days before the convention. The four-day event in Philly was supposed to be Hillary’s moment in the sun and an antidote to the dark brand of fatalistic nihilism spouted at the GOP’s convention in Cleveland last week.

Despite Wasserman Schultz’s resignation, the leak cast a black cloud over the party’s ability to bring the disaffected left flank into the party’s embrace.

This is all important because the DNC is ostensibly supposed to be neutral during the primary process.

Now, a caveat — We understand political parties are essentially private organizations. And since the DNC is made up of long-term establishment types, they will natu-

rally gravitate towards Clinton, the establishment candidate, and not the rumpled socialist insurgent seeking to crash the party.

That just makes sense.

But it does give credence that the primary system was pre-ordained.

Compare this to the Republicans.

Their primary process will go down in history as being the one of the most public destructions of a political philosophy in modern-day history.

The establishment watched helplessly at a dumpster fire that scorched everything in its path, leaving Trump to rebuild the party in his bronzed image.

Of course, Trump gleefully seized on the leaks in an attempt to bring Sanders voters over to his camp: “Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie Sanders,” Trump tweeted on Saturday. “Mock his heritage and much more. On-line from Wikileakes [sic], really vicious. RIGGED.” And you know what?

Trump is (mostly) right.

While we’re not going to call it rigged, the system was heavily stacked against Sanders, and his supporters have every reason to be furious.

Despite disagreeing with the senator on most of the issues, we respect him for his ethics and principles.

Sanders, of course, endorsed Clinton. And the DNC gave lip service to including some of his ideas in the party platform, including breaking up Wall Street financial institutions, expanding Social Security and rebuilding crumbling infrastructure.

He even put a dent in the superdelegate system.

To steal another phrase from another disaffected candidate — the fact that we’re siding with Ted Cruz is a testament to how warped this election cycle has been — Sanders supporters should vote their conscience this November.

We’ve said before that idealism doesn’t translate to much if it isn’t accompanied by action. Instead of whipping themselves into a virulent frenzy — including protests, which we think are meaningless — Sanders supporters should channel the outrage into a measured form of action and be the change they so long to see in the long run... even if means exploring a third route.

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LETTERS

ThankÊ you,Ê despiteÊ SummerFestÊ hiccupsÊ To the editor: Thank you for the article about all the things that were going to happen at SummerFest on July 9 and for the photo of Daryl, the balloon man. Daryl came rain or shine and made balloon sculptures all afternoon.

The fireworks were cancelled in the evening and we are planning another evening’s entrainment leading up to the fireworks. We will keep you posted when the details are finalized.

The weather was threatening and it did rain on and off that day. We had a

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very light turn out, but those who came enjoyed themselves.

We had enough food vendors show up that people had a choice of foods for lunch and snacks. The stilt walker/circus arts performer/comedian was very entertaining. He put on a big show for a small crowd. The vendors we talked to said that they would be back next year because even though the crowd was light.

They said, “If you can pull this many in the rain, we know it is a success if the weather cooperates.”

The children’s entertainment went on without the bouncy houses. Everyone who showed up found interesting things to see, do and purchase.

Joyce Houck, Chestertown

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

BigÊ thankÊ youÊ toÊ localÊ businessÊ forÊ generousÊ donations To the Editor: The Catholic Community of Moriah would like to extend a thank you to all who helped make our Father’s Day BBQ such a great success.

We would like to thank everyone who purchased dinner and tickets, all those who created beautiful baskets, the bakers of the cookies and brownies, the kitchen workers and servers, the clean-up committee, those who brought refreshments, to Chuck who drove to Whitehall on our behalf, and to the following local businesses who generously donated to our event: The Baker’y, Fleury’s Deli, Foote’s Diner, Kay Hanson, George’s Restaurant, The Golden Palace, Mac’s Market, King’s Inn, the Port Henry Mobil Station, Bryant’s Lumber, Mineville Oil, Debro’s On the Way Cafe, Cellotti’s Wine and Spirits, Harland’s Funeral Home, Gene’s Hot Dog Stand, Moriah Pharmacy, Moriah Country Club and Top’s Market of Elizabethtown.

We’d also like to say a big thank you to the Knights of Columbus Organization and its members.

Congratulations to all the basket winners and the winner of the 50/50 raffle.

Joanne Podress Jackie Baker Tootie Mends Moriah

RelayÊ forÊ LifeÊ canÊ makeÊ aÊ difference To the Editor: It all started as one man walking around a track in Tacoma, Washington in 1985. Now it has transformed into the world’s largest and most impactful fundraising event to end cancer.

I’m talking about the Relay for Life, which unites participants to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all.

We can make a difference right here through our local American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Crown Point, set for Aug. 20 at 12 p.m. to midnight.

I would love to see people from every part of our community get involved.

Dollars raised help the American Cancer Society saves lives by funding ground-breaking cancer research, providing free information and critical services to people with cancer, and helping people take steps to reduce their risk for cancer by detecting it early when it’s the easiest to treat.

The Society’s efforts have contributed to a 22 percent decline in cancerrelated death rates in the U.S. since 1991. Thanks in part to our progress, 14.5 million Americans who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it are alive today.

If you have been touched by cancer, I encourage you to call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 for services and support� Now is the time for individuals, families, clubs, faith-based organizations and businesses to make an impact in the fight to end cancer. Join me at our Relay for Life event� Visit relayforlife.org/crownpointny or call 441-1818 for more information.

Joan Sterling, Latham

ThankÊ you,Ê InternationalÊ Paper,Ê forÊ LiteracyÊ VolunteersÊ grant To the Editor: Literacy Volunteers of Essex and Franklin Counties would like to thank the International Paper Foundation for its generous grant of $2,200. Funding from this grant will help defer the cost of publishing Literacy Volunteers’ North Country Literacy News, our annual report, and new program brochures.

These materials increase community awareness by highlighting the success of our students, tutors and education programs in the North Country.

They are also successful in recruiting new students, tutors and donors.

Support from International Paper Foundation is vital not only to the publication of these materials, but to the success of Literacy Volunteers as an organization. A special thanks to staff members Donna Wadsworth and Jane Kuhl of the Ticonderoga Mill for their advocacy and support.

For more information about the good work of Literary Volunteers of Essex and Franklin counties, or how you can help build stronger communities through literacy, please call us at 302-6338.

Marie Despres, Port Henry

Police officers are people, too To the Editor: In the wake of recent shootings of police, I want say that lives do matter – color, creed, age or sex has no bearing, all lives matter, even “blue” lives.

Police are taught to be leery in encounters. Now that the police have become targets for deranged individuals, we are forced to be even more cautious. If you have an encounter with a police officer, remain calm, do as asked and tell the officer what you are doing.

We are people too: We have wives, husbands, children, even grandchildren who wait for our return every day. We do what we do out of a desire to make our neighborhoods better and safer.

We are not infallible, even police make mistakes.

Do not judge us all for the actions of a few bad officers or the bad act of a

COMMENTARY good officer who reacts too quickly or who suffers from years of accumulated stress. That officer has seen victims of abuse, rape, violence, has consoled the survivors of accidents, has watched the life drain out of victims and then puts on the uniform to do it again tomorrow.

Our decisions sometimes have to be made in a fraction of a second and then are judged in hindsight for what we should have known or done.

We are blessed to live in an area where most officers know the public they serve and most of the public know a lot of the officers as well. Our children go to school with yours, we shop in the same stores, eat in the same restaurants, watch the same movies and attend the same churches.

Please do not take offense if we treat you differently when on duty: it is what we have to do in today’s turbulent society to see our family and friends at the end of the day.

Richard Cutting, Essex County Sheriff

CarÊ safetyÊ seatÊ inspectionÊ wentÊ off Ê withoutÊ aÊ hitch To the Editor: The child safety seat event scheduled for Saturday, July 9, at the Beekmantown Volunteer Fire Department went off without a hitch in spite of the rainy weather that day.

The volunteer firemen were kind enough to move their two trucks and ambulance outside so we could have the use of the bays to do our inspections undercover from the rain.

The department’s Auxiliary did a great job providing us with refreshments and a tasty lunch.

Much thanks to all the members of that agency.

Five car seat techs, including myself, resulted in 27 seats inspected from a total of 16 cars. Only four seats correctly installed were found. The 23 seats incorrectly installed were either too loosely secured, inadequate for the child’s height and weight, or expired. Fourteen seats replaced those that were inadequate or unsafe.

A big thank you goes to the techs for volunteering their time to make this a successful event.

As a reminder, the next seat check event is set for Saturday, July 30, at the Plattsburgh Farmer’s Market in the City Parking Lot on Durkee Street, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This has in the past proved to have a good turnout from the public.

William Bush, Traffic Safety Specialist Traffic Safety Unit Clinton County Sheriff �s Office Plattsburgh

TheÊ endÊ of Ê ourÊ Republic?Ê GiveÊ meÊ aÊ break To the Editor: Our Republic has been through a number of crises over the last 240 years — including a civil war — and yet, here we are: still intact, still vibrant, and still great, notwithstanding one presidential candidate’s xenophobic rhetoric to the contrary.

So, I’m confused by Ken Fenimore’s speculation on the end of our Republic (Valley News Sun, July 23). What I find most confusing about his remarks is that they cast the entire potential for the wrecking of our Republic in only one direction. Without arguing the facts about his case against President Obama and Secretary Clinton, it’s clear to me that he provides no balanced discussion on any possible adverse input from the other half of our bi-partisan Republic.

To help re-balance the discussion, I point out that a former administration — from the other half, just prior to the current administration — acted recklessly on questionable evidence (one might even say lies) to rush our Republic to war at the cost of thousands of American and tens of thousands of foreign lives, billions upon billions of dollars, the destabilization of the entire Middle East and a stain on our proud standing in world opinion, all of which we are still paying for.

This when Barack Obama was a largely unrecognized junior senator from Illinois (who, by the way, voted against going into Iraq), and Hillary Clinton was merely an ex-First Lady and junior senator from New York (who, by the way, voted to invade Iraq). No, if anything, if our Republic is experiencing any crisis there’s plenty of blame to go around.

I want to assure you, Mr. Fenimore, you can sleep at night because, despite the occasional mistakes and ineffectiveness of our leaders, after all, they are only human, and in the end, the Republic is resilient, strong and is built on a foundation of strong and resilient principles and ideals.

However, what it will take for our Republic to continue on this successful journey is not the spewing of thinly veiled bigoted screeds (and not so thinly veiled bigoted screeds: think Sen. Joseph McCarthy, think Berlin 1933) but a thoughtful, balanced, fair-minded, rational discussion of what is hurting and what is helping our Republic.

Borrowing from some of Mr. Fenimore’s own thinking, given the nature of human beings this will be difficult. However, difficult as it may be, it is the responsible thing to do, the only thing to do.

We should expect such thoughtful, rational discussion from each other, and we most certainly require it of those who find themselves in positions of leadership, be they in Washington, D.C, or Elizabethtown, NY. Then things just may begin to happen that will “lead to peace and love.”

Bob Segall, Upper Jay

Clarification The caption for the top of page one photo from Champ Day was left out last week. It was jam-maker Mary Fielder of Westport, who sold her homemade jams and jellies at Champ Day.

Surging Health costs New York’s health insurance costs skyrocket Bill Hammond Columnist

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ew York emerged as the second-costliest state for employersponsored health insurance after its premiums rose at more than three times the national rate in 2015, according to just-released federal data.

The average single-coverage premium in New York last year was $6,801, second only to Alaska, with its small, thinly spread population, at $7,807, according to survey figures from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The U.S. average was $5,963.

While nationwide single premiums grew by a modest 2.2 percent for the year, New York’s jumped by 7.8 percent.

The average family premium in New York was $19,630, compared to a national average of $17,322, the data show.

Premiums have long been high in New York, but the problem shows signs of getting worse. The affordability gap between New York’s single coverage prices and the national norm surged to 14 percent in 2015, the highest in at least two decades.

The Empire State’s No. 2 ranking is up from 10th in 2010 and 18th in 2003.

The trend comes in spite of aggressive price regulation by the state Department of Financial Services, under a so-called prior approval law that was reinstated in 2010. In each year since, regulators have cut nearly every rate increase requested by health plans, sometimes by more than half. Among the companies affected was Health Republic Insurance of New York, a startup that was sustaining heavy losses. Its rate request for 2016 was trimmed just weeks before it was declared insolvent and shut down by the state.

Industry officials charge that the department’s decisions have been driven more by a political desire to suppress consumer costs than good actuarial practice.

Politico reported this week that most New York health plans, like many nationwide, are losing money on the individual and small group policies sold through Obamacare exchanges, a trend that the news site called a “structural threat” to the national health reform law.

State regulators face a dilemma: If they approve steep rate hikes requested by insurers, coverage will become even less affordable for small businesses and individuals shopping on the ACA exchanges (especially for those whose incomes are too high to qualify for ACA tax credits).

But if regulators continue suppressing premiums, plans could choose to walk away from New York’s small business and individual markets, reducing choice for consumers and potentially pushing more people back into the ranks of the uninsured.

Bill Hammond is the Director of Health Policy at The Empire Center. Reach him at info@empirecenter.org

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Be the change

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arack Obama, born this week in 1961, once said that change would not come if we waited for some other person or some other time. He said that “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” We are the change that we seek. He was speaking broadly, but this sentiment is perfect for use in everyday life. Dissatisfaction in one’s community can be improved by involvement in the community. You make your community better, more dynamic, by being a part of it. It’s also possible that involvement in your community could even have something of a domino effect. It could, incredibly, end up changing your life. As always, I have a few suggestions: On July 30, Winnipeg-based folk duo TWIN will perform at the ROTA Studio and Gallery in Plattsburgh. TWIN is currently touring the United States supporting the release of Mooneyesun, the band’s second full length album. Doors for the ROTA concert will open at 7 p.m., the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on a $3-10 sliding scale. Attendees are encouraged to pay what they can afford. For more information, find the ROTA Studio and Gallery on Facebook at facebook.com/rotagallery.

Graham Hawthorne and the High Standards Orchestra will perform at the Upper Jay Art Center on July 30. Graham Hawthorne is one of the most highly regarded drummers and percussionists in New York City. As a top call studio musician, he has played on hundreds of records, music soundtracks and jingles. Hawthorne has worked with some of the biggest names in music - Paul Simon, Beyonce and Harry Belefonte, to name a few. The concert will last from 8-11 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased at the door. For more information, visit upperjayartcenter.org or call 946-8315.

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts will host a performance by magician “Gary the Great” on Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m. As a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Gary has served as a “magic consultant” for national television commercials and New York theater companies. In addition to performing, Gary also teaches private lessons, teaches on about. com, and is the director of summer magic programs at SUNY Old Westbury, SUNY Purchase and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Tickets to the show are free for children. For more information, call 523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org.

The 37th Annual Downtown Essex Day is scheduled for Aug. 6 from 10-4 p.m. Downtown Essex Day is a town-wide event focused on exhibiting local talent and products. Vendor tables will line Main Street offering a variety of items, including jewelry, crafts, art, farm goods and more. For more information, call 963-7494 or contact thecupolahouse@gmail.com.

Glens Falls’ Crandall Park will host Schoolapalooza: A Back to School Extravaganza on Aug. 2 from 5-8 p.m. This community event is free, no preregistration is required. Children will receive a free backpack, school supplies and free haircuts and clothing. There will also be a sports equipment and book exchange. There will be face painting, horseback riding, a bounce house and free popcorn and cotton candy. For more information, visit convergeyouth.net.

East Branch Friends of the Arts will present a concert by students and faculty from the Keene Valley Guitarist-Composer Workshop on Aug. 7 at the Keene Valley Congregational Church. Under the direction of Matthew Dunne and James Piorkowski, the weeklong workshop consists of daily classes focused on helping students find and refine their voice as composers and skill as performers of their own music. Tickets are free, though a $10 donation is

‘Mihali and Friends’ will perform at the 2016 Backwoods Pondfest in the pre-fest show Aug. 4.

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The world premiere of Evan Mack’s “Roscoe,” an opera based on the novel by William Kennedy, will open on Aug. 3 at the Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake. “Roscoe” follows an aging politician working in the Capitol District. It is believed to have been written about Daniel Patrick O’Connell and his 56 year tenure as the leader of the Democratic Party of Albany.

Performances of this new opera are scheduled for Aug. 3, 4 and 6 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 5 at 2 p.m.

The Twin Pond Campsite in Peru will host the 10th annual Backwoods Pondfest on Aug. 5-6. This year the Backwoods Pondfest will feature a number of local acts: Lucid, Gang of Thieves, Capital Zen, Jiggawaltz, and more. The nationally-renowned group Melvin Seals and JGB will headline. Tickets range from $78-108. For a full lineup and schedule, visit pondfest. com.

A new exhibit, “The Dark Show,” will open at the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh on Aug. 5. The exhibit is the result of a partnership of three artists: Dan de Moura, Jim Newman and Louise Patinelli. Using “dark” as a common theme, each artist used their unique style and vision to create diverse works. For more information on the exhibit, call the Strand at 5631604 or visit strandcenter.org.

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts will present a free performance of the Shakespeare classic “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Mount Sabattis Pavilion in Long Lake on July 31. The Adirondack Lake Center’s rendition will be a revised 40-minute version of the Shakespeare comedy, told from a 1950s setting. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair. The performance is scheduled for 7 p.m. For more information, visit adirondackarts.org, or call 352-7715.

Elizabeth Izzo is the arts and entertainment columnist for Sun Community News. Reach her at Elizabeth@suncommunitynews.com.

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PortÊ HenryÊ dissolutionÊ voteÊ 2016 What if the plan is passed

How town, village would move down path to dissolution

By Keith Lobdell

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PORT HENRY — Residents of this village will go to the polls Aug. 16 to decide if they will accept the plan put in place to dissolve the village into the town of Moriah by March 31, 2017.

If the plan is passed, Supervisor Tom Scozzafava and deputy mayor Matt Brassard said they start putting the plan into motion.

“We are cutting it close because I have to have a preliminary budget in place by the first Tuesday of October, so we will have to start looking at the numbers immediately,” Scozzafava said.

Scozzafava said the plan, which was created by he and Brassard, is solid and the town would follow it despite the fact it is a non-binding document.

“Matt and I sat down to do this and we left the politics out of it,” he said.

“We talked, we compromised and we came up with this plan we feel is best for all of our constituents, both inside and outside the village.”

If the plan passes, the positions of mayor and village board would be abolished with the municipalities end. The positions of village attorney and election inspectors would be absorbed by the town.

DETAILS The clerk position would be added to the town as a full time Clerk/Accountant Clerk, while the treasurer position

would not be hired by the town.

The services of code enforcement, community environment, street maintenance, highway, buildings and grounds, sidewalk, street lighting, snow removal, recreation — including the campsite — and culture would be absorbed by the town.

The most debated service has been sanitation services, which Scozzafava said would not be continued by the town because they would not be able to do town-wide garbage pick-up services for residents.

Debt services would be picked up by only residents of the village, which accounts would end once all debts from the villages’ operation were pair off.

As far as the future of the village-run Port Henry Fire Department, the town and village will create a joint town/village district, which will cover the entirety of the town. The village and town would then work together to appoint a board of commissioners, which would oversee a starting budget of $127,000.

The commissioners would become an elected position as the original commissioners ended their respective terms.

Current employees of the village’s Department of Public Works would be dissolved into the town’s highway department, working in several positions.

In total, the plan outlines a path to dissolution which would save village taxpayers between 37 and 48 percent.

“You are looking at a decrease of about $9 in your tax rate,” Brassard said when the plan was presented. “Even if you were to put some things back in that were taken out of the plan, the average taxpayer will still be saving $400-$500 each year.”

According to the plan, the current

village tax rate stands at $19.91 per $1,000 of assessed property value. New tax rates, depending on the amount of funding received through the Citizen Empowerment Tax Credit (CETC), would range from $10.36 to $12.42.

Based on a $100,000 property, tax payments would decrease between $748.24 and $954.94.

Town taxpayers, where CETC credits would only be put toward the general and highway funds, would see a 2.8-percent increase in taxes if the town and village received 100-percent CETC funding. The rate would increase 8.7-percent with a 70-percent payment.

If there were no CETC, rates could jump 22.4-percent.

However, Scozzafava disputes the town numbers going up.

“The LaBerge Group had to use budget numbers when working on the plan,” he said. “That’s different from the actual numbers that will come out if this were to happen. Town residents are not going to see an increase.”

Brassard said the plan was designed between he and Scozzafava to make sure there would be a seamless transition if dissolution were to happen.

“We wanted to make sure if we dissolve March 31 and there is a water break the next day, it will be taken care of just like it has been,” he said.

“He has been great to work with,” Scozzafava said of Brassard. “We worked throughout and compromised and sat down with the best intentions in mind for everyone.”

The vote of the Village of Port Henry Dissolution Plan will take place Tuesday, Aug. 16, from noon until 9 p.m. at the Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department.

What if the plan fails?

The future if village of Port Henry remains

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boards, we really need to look at the consolidation of the water systems,” Brassard said.

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The circle begins?

PORT HENRY — It is something that has never happened in recorded state history.

Every time a dissolution plan has gone to the voters, it has passed, signaling the end of the incorporated village government.

It happened in Keeseville, where the population voted to accept the plan and dissolve the village.

However, Port Henry may be the precedent setter, with 221 valid signatures on a petition to challenge the dissolution plan, more than those who voted for or against dissolution in February.

So what happens if the dissolution plan were to fall, putting Port Henry and the town of Moriah into uncharted territory?

“I’m sure there will be some kind of legal challenge,” said Supervisor Tom Scozzafava. “But, either way, the town and village will have to start looking at other ways to consolidate services.”

“If we do not dissolve, there are quite a few things which could be put together,” Deputy Mayor Matt Brassard said.

Both Scozzafava and Brassard pointed to the town and village water systems as something which could be consolidated.

“If you consolidate the four water districts into this town into just one, just by running preliminary numbers, you will see a pretty good savings,” Scozzafava said. “The key is it would be state approved. They used to be against consolidating districts because they wanted each to have its own books, but now they have come around.

“There’s a lot of other places this could work to if the state would allow us to, but right now, they don’t,” Scozzafava added.

The supervisor said the two municipalities have already worked together on the wastewater system.

“It has worked out very well,” he said. “Matt’s father, Bruce, was a member of that joint committee. The village administers the system and the town contracts the services with them.”

Brassard said if the vote shot down the plan, the village and town should react immediately instead of waiting to see what might happen.

“That’s when, regardless whose on the village and town

As Brassard said, if the dissolution plan were to fail, there is the possibility another petition could be presented to the village to put the matter back on the table, or the village board could vote to move forward with another push for the elimination of the municipality.

“It could happen the next day,” he said.

Scozzafava said if the plan was voted down, it would go back to the will of the village and its board.

“It’s not my call at that point,” he said. “There could be a petition and the board can go right back to it. If they were not to approve the plan, they should move right on with the village of Port Henry.”

Gary Cooke, the former Port Henry mayor who led the petition drive to bring about the vote on the plan, said he would then continue the push for a coterminous Town/Village of Port Henry.

“You annex Moriah town lands adjacent to lake and lying east of mountain ridges and combine these areas together to form Greater Port Henry on the lake,” Cooke said. “You form the coterminous town of Moriah to the west in present hamlets of Moriah, Witherbee and Mineville.”

Cooke said taxes in the Greater Port Henry, with added taxable assets, would be as low as $7 per $1,000 assessed property value. He added CETC funds would not be necessary to coterminous Moriah to offset asset loss Port Henry town tax loss and any increase in taxable assets in Moriah would be to the advantage of Moriah only (the Electric Pump Storage unit of $250,000,000 could reduce taxes below $5 per $1,000 of assessed property value).

“Taxes for the entire area of Port Henry and Moriah would be low,” Cooke said. “Each area would have, and be able to use and control, the management, governance and particularized machinery to offer full services peculiar to their demands.

The mutual advantages to both Greater Port Henry and coterminous Moriah will work to encourage town-wide support for this plan.”

The vote on the dissolution plan will take place Tuesday, Aug. 16, from noon until 9 p.m. at the Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department.

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State launches ‘Operation Clear Passage’ on Lake Champlain Three-day training activity featured 17 state, local and federal agencies

By Pete DeMola

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TICONDEROGA — Did you see any unusual activity on Lake Champlain last weekend?

If so, no need to be alarmed — it was part of a three-day long training exercise between state, local and federal agencies.

The state announced Friday the start of “Operation Clear Passage,” a three-day, multi-agency Homeland Security exercise and water quality/navigational-boating enforcement event on Lake Champlain.

According to the governor’s office, the maritime and land based training involved More than 17 vessels and more than 75 personnel from 17 federal, state and international agencies conducting law enforcement, Homeland Security and environmental monitoring operations.

The goals of the operation, led by the state Department of Conservation, ranged from improving counter-terrorism capabilities, protecting the lake against crude oil spills and invasive species and gathering info on human smuggling tactics and trends.

“Lake Champlain is an international gateway that is integral to daily life in the North Country and it’s critical we are fully prepared to handle any crisis that threatens it,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release. “Organization and coordination are key in any emergency response and this first-ever exercise will help ensure that New York and is ready to deal with anything that threatens our health, environment, or national security on the lake.”

Lake Champlain is a critical international maritime point of entry into both the U.S. and Canada and is a priority for homeland security officials, according to the news release.

As a rail transportation corridor, nearly 20 percent of all Bakken crude oil passes through the lake’s watershed, posing a significant environmental risk to a water supply that provides a drinking water source for over 200,000 residents and visitors.

The operation was an extension of Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Order 125 to improve safety procedures and emergency response preparedness related to shipment of crude oil in the state, including the development of comprehensive geographic response plans that guide spill response efforts.

Other participating agencies included the New York State Police, the New York State Park Police, the New York State Naval Militia, the New York State Intelligence Center, the New York 2nd Civil Support Team and the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Office.

Partners from the Green Mountain State included the Vermont State Police, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Wardens, the Vermont Urban Search and Rescue and the Vermont Department of Health.

Federal agencies included the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, along with the Canadian Border Patrol.

This is the first exercise and operation of its kind to be held on Lake Champlain. Similar joint training exercises have occurred on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in the past.

Curriculum was attended by much misunderstanding and outrageous misinterpretation.

“That’s what happens when something is introduced the wrong way,” he said.

The state decided that the Core Curriculum needed an overhaul, Hoops said.

“Some teachers think it’s developmentally inappropriate for second graders, for instance, to learn about Ancient Greece,” he said. “It’s an exciting time to be in education, for sure.”

Moriah teacher Melissa Reilly praised Hoops for his service.

“Emmett has been chosen from a large pool of applicants throughout New York state to sit on a committee to help revise the educational standards,” she said.

“It was a very competitive application process, and it’s quite an honor that he was selected.”

Hoops said he is pleased to have been chosen to take part in the review.

“Everyone in our group is totally committed to the highest quality education for every child,” he said. “This starts with a curriculum that is coherent, easily understood by parents, students, and teachers, and this is what we are aiming to produce.

“The process will continue with a review of our work by the State Regents, then New York State United Teachers,

and finally, the revised curriculum will be available for public comment.”

Once the committees’ review is complete, they will recommend possible revisions and additions to the State Department of Education.

“I don’t think I’ve ever felt as proud of the teaching profession,” he said. “The dedication and sincerity of everyone involved in the Core Curriculum review was obvious and genuine.

“When the revision is approved and distributed there are going to be some very, very happy teachers and parents.”

Moriah Central teacher revising Common Core standards Emmett Hoops goes to Albany

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MORIAH -- Moriah Elementary School instructor Emmett Hoops is in Albany this summer serving on a state committee revising educational standards.

The State Education Department’s review of the pre-kindergarten through grade 12 Common Core Learning Standards for English language arts and mathematics began in fall 2015 with an online survey of the current standards.

The next phase of review began with the formation of the English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards Review Committees, which Hoops is serving on.

More than 1,700 educators and 300 parents applied for committee spots, with a total of 138 parents and teachers – including Hoops – selected.

“I am really humbled by the opportunity to work on the Core Curriculum,” Hoops said. “The introduction of the Core

Emmett Hoops, Moriah Central School instructor, and Elaine Kanas, review facilitator and superintendent of East Williston School District, Old Westbury, look over materials at a meeting of the State Common Core Standards Committee.

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Church sets service CROWN POINT — The First Congregational Church of Crown Point invites the community to a worship service on July 31 at 9:30 a.m. This week’s service will include: reflective time and pastoral prayers, singing, as well as a positive, timely message. For more information, call 597-3398 or visit brickchurchonline.com

Library hosts kid robotics workshop SCHROON LAKE — The Schroon Lake Public Library will host the Mindstorm Mania Lego Robotics Camp on Aug. 1-5 at 9 a.m. For children ages 12-16, the camp will teach participants how to code, build and manipulate a robot using the Lego Mindstorm EV3 robotics platform.

Children will work in teams to build, test and problem solve using their math, computer science and engineering skills. Registration is required for this free camp. To register, call 532-7737.

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“Never before have we been better positioned to offer our readers all the news of importance they need in their daily lives,” Gereau said.

Dan Alexander, publisher of Sun Community News, said he is committed to investing in quality staff at a time when corporately-owned daily newspapers are slashing staff, providing less content and forcing unpaid furloughs on employees.

Alexander referred to these big corporations as “carpetbaggers” who shuttle money out of the region to line the pockets of investors.

“These people are not committed to serve the community only to pad their own bottom line,” Alexander said. “As these organizations cut staff and reduce services they also send the message that newspapers no longer have a place in the community.

“Companies like ours continue to disprove that belief,” Alexander said. “Newspapers that do not shrink when the going gets tough will stand the test of time, provided the community continues to support our efforts.”

Hired or promoted at Sun Community News were:

McKinstry Lohr McKinstry recently left the daily Plattsburgh Press-Republican after a 28 year career as the paper’s Southern Essex Bureau writer.

He was previously managing editor of the daily Malone Telegram, as well as editor of the weekly Hamilton County News and the now-defunct Ticonderoga Sentinel.

A native of Pennsylvania, McKinstry came to the North Country in 1981 to work for the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

He won numerous awards while at the Press-Republican, including Associated Press Photo of the Month in 2011 for a photos of an SUV tottering on the brink of a bridge washed out by Tropical Storm Irene.

McKinstry will cover Ticonderoga and the rest of southern Essex County for the Sun, and was already a familiar fixture at events and meetings.

He can be reached at: lohr@suncommunitynews.com.

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Dedam Kim Dedam, of Elizabethtown, began writing for Denton Publications in 2000 when she edited and compiled the former Tri-Lakes Free Trader.

In 2006, she was hired to cover the Lake Placid Bureau for the daily Press-Republican. After 10 years as staff reporter with the regional daily, she has rejoined the team at Sun Community News as a feature writer and photographer.

Kim has four children, two cats and two pugs. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College with a major in both English and Philosophy. Her favorite ski mountain is Whiteface and her favorite walking trails are on Blueberry, in Elizabethtown, not too far from her home.

She can be reached at: kim@suncommunitynews.com

DeMola Following his graduation from Syracuse University in 2005, Pete DeMola moved to China, where he spent five years living in Beijing writing for state-run media outlets and new media start-ups. Stints in Guilin, Hong Kong and South Korea followed.

His writings on music, pop culture and current affairs from across East Asia have appeared in numerous publications while some of his creative campaigns, including the one that brought Record Store Day to Mainland China in April 2013, received substantial media attention.

DeMola joined Sun Community News in December 2013.

In April 2016, DeMola was named 2015 Writer of the Year by the New York Press Association.

He can be reached at: pete@suncommunitynews.com

Izzo Elizabeth Izzo, 20, is a rock journalistturned-arts columnist from Plattsburgh.

Izzo began her career as a music critic for Gaslight Records at the age of 16. After freelancing for a few years, she founded Torrent Magazine, a music quarterly based out of Burlington, Vt. In December of last year she was hired as the writer of “From Sunrise to Sundown,” a weekly arts and entertainment column for Sun Community News.

Besides continuing her arts column in The Sun, Izzo was recently promoted to news clerk.

She can be reached at: elizabeth@suncommunitynews.com

Lobdell While spending the last 16 years as a news and sports reporter/editor with The Sun and Whitehall Times, Keith Lobdell has been covering Section VII and Section II sports full-time since 2000 and started his sportswriting career as a stringer for The Sun in 1997.

In between, he served as the baseball beat writer and sports editor of the College Times at Utah Valley University and editor of the Magna Times/West Valley News.

During his two years there, the College Times sports page earned a second place award at a national college journalism convention.

He also earned third place NYPA honors for best sports coverage and sports feature.

Along with covering games, he has also been a coach for numerous youth teams, including those his children have been apart of, as well as a modified baseball, soccer and basketball coach, junior varsity basketball coach and varsity assistant baseball and soccer coach.

He can be reached at: keith@suncommunitynews.com

Annual community yard sale planned ADIRONDACK — The 17th annual Town of Adirondack Community Yard Sale will be held at the Community Center/ Firehouse on the East Shore of Schroon Lake on Aug. 13 at 9 a.m.

A vendor fee of $10.00 will be collected and the proceeds will be donated to the East Shore Schroon Lake Association.

For information, contact Janet at 494-2191.

Putnam tax meeting slated for Aug. 9 PUTNAM — The Putnam Central School District will hold their tax levy and regular board meeting on Aug. 9 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 547-8266.

SLCS Board of Education to meet SCHROON — The Schroon Lake Board of Education will hold a meeting on Aug. 9th at 1 p.m. in the auditorium. There will be no July meeting. For more information, visit schroonschool.org.

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WaltonÊ KennethÊ Smith Walton Kenneth Smith, 57, of Putnam Station, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 15, 2016, as a result of an automobile accident.

Born in Ticonderoga, November 20, 1958, he is the son of Kenneth and Grace M. (Bessette) Smith of Putnam Station.

Walton was a lifelong resident of Putnam Station and was a member of the Putnam Log Chapel.

He was currently employed with IUOE Local # 158, Operat-

ing Engineers for William J. Keller & Sons Construction Company of Castleton, NY. He was previously employed by A.P. Reale & Sons and Reale Construction Company.

Walton was a former member of the Putnam Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the Putnam Snow Mobile Club. He looked forward to deer hunting with his son, Joe, and enjoyed taking motorcycle trips on his Harley Davidson, and riding the back woods on his ATV. He also enjoyed target shooting, and hiking the High Peaks. Walton was proud of his daughter Katie getting her pistol permit, and also teaching her how to drive a motorcycle. He held a 3rd Degree Black

Belt in Tae Kwon Do. His greatest enjoyment was his family. He was a loving son, father, grandfather and friend.

Survivors in addition to his parents, include his wife, Michele A. (Donovan) Smith; his four children, Casey Eccleston of Jefferson, Georgia, Zachary Smith of Moriah, Joseph Donovan of Putnam Station, and Katherine Smith of Putnam Station; four sisters, Patricia Patch and her husband Larry of Ticonderoga, Nancy Tyrell of Florida, Beverly Prentice of Mas-

sachusetts, and Christina Cardinale and her husband Ray of Virginia; and his five grandchildren, Maxx Eccleston, Ayden Smith, Mason Eccleston, Landon Smith and James Robbins. He loved the way his grandson James affectionately called him “Papa”. He is also survived by his mother-inlaw, Eileen Greeley and her husband Graham of Putnam Station; and many nieces and nephews.

He was pre-deceased by his brother, Kenneth J. Smith in 2002; and his father-in-law, Michael Donovan in 2009.

Relatives and friends may call Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home, 11 Algonkin St., Ticonderoga.

A Funeral Service will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Funeral Home. The Rev. Roger Richards, Pastor of the Log Chapel, will officiate.

Interment will follow at the family plot of the Meadow Knoll Cemetery of Putnam Station.

Donations in Walton’s memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

To offer online condolences, please visit www.wilcoxandreganfuneralhome.com

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Essex County pet tethering law moves forward

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Animal rights advocates scored a victory on Monday when the Essex County Board of Supervisors Ways and Means Committee approved the introduction of a local dog tethering law.

The greenlight puts the proposed legisla-

tion just one vote away from a public hearing, the date of which will be determined next week if the full board signs off on the proposal.

If so, lawmakers would then have another month to flesh out the ordinance based on discussion generated at that hearing.

Lawmakers continued to have reservations over the current draft.

Ron Moore (R-North Hudson) called the proposal “seriously flawed.”

“At this point, I don’t think I can support this,” Moore said, citing a rule banning dog

enclosures under 150 square feet and requiring canines to be brought in between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Those concerns have been echoed at town board meetings, said advocates, including Bonnie MacLeod, an animal cruelty task force member who helped draft the legislation.

“We are listening to the concerns you have voiced, you have heard, that I have heard in town board meetings so far, and we’re being responsive to those,” MacLeod said.

MacLeod and North Country SPCA Ex-

ecutive Director Jessica Hartley have spent the past several weeks briefing town boards across the county on the proposed law, which includes about a dozen measures to curb what they say is an inhumane practice that leads to animal cruelty and public safety issues.

The upcoming public hearing and input from town board meetings will allow lawmakers and task force members to amend the proposed legislation.

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Ralls honored for work with local summer camps Paradox man operates children’s camps

By Lohr McKinstry

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PARADOX — Scott Ralls, owner of Southwoods Resident Camp in Paradox, is the 2016 Project Morry Award recipient for promoting children’s summer camps.

The award will formally be bestowed on Ralls on Nov. 2 at the Project Morry 2016 Banquet at Pier Sixty in New York City.

Ralls also owns Summer Trails Day Camp in Somers.

He has been involved with Project Morry continuously for 21 years and is a founding member.

Ralls previously served as president of Project Morry from 2002-2005. In addition to serving as president, Ralls was cochair for its $6 million capital campaign and led negotiations for purchase of the 1,000-acre property that is now the permanent summer home of Project Morry.

Project Morry, named for camp owner Morry Stein, is a non-profit, year-round youth development organization, anchored by a residential summer camp with an educational focus.

The organization is dedicated to giving youth from underserved communities, in and around the New York City metropolitan area, better learning opportunities through a curriculum based on school gatherings and an intensive summer camp program.

Project Morry Executive Director Dawn Ewing called Ralls a champion.

“By champion, I mean a person who fights tirelessly for a cause on behalf of someone or something that he believes in,”

she said.

“Scott believes in camp, not just for his daughters, not just for his campers and staff and families at Summer Trails and at Southwoods. No, Scott believes in (providing summer) camp for all kids.”

Ralls constantly works toward that goal, Ewing said.

“The difference between Scott and most of us is that he does something about it every single day,” she said. “His work for Project Morry, as a board member, president, treasurer, capital campaign chair, fellow camp director and friend has been all the time, every minute, every moment, from day one.”

Along with his wife, Andrea, and business partner, Jamie Sirkin, Ralls is the owner and operator of Summer Trails Day Camp in Westchester County.

He and his wife are also the founders, owners and directors of Southwoods, a co-educational four-week residential camp in Paradox.

“Receiving the 2016 Morry Award is truly humbling and a great honor,” Mr. Ralls said. “Morry Stein taught us that camp was much more than sports and arts and crafts. Camp provides young people with the opportunity to awaken passions they did not know they had, a place where no matter who they are, they can find their best self.”

He said children of all ages and backgrounds find common ground at camp and grow in immeasurable ways.

“At camp, we learn that we are stronger and more resilient than we thought, that we are valuable and that we are capable of achieving anything,” Mr. Ralls said. “Project Morry’s yearround program does all this and so very much more. It is a true oasis for children, made up of people who genuinely care about making a difference.”

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he Events Committee met recently to plan activities for the month of August.

A new program, “Walk-Fit,” was recently put in place. The program focuses on providing easy walking exercises. “WalkFit” is held every Monday and Friday from 9-10 a.m.

On Aug. 2, a picnic will be held at Paradox State Park Campground. The bus will leave at 9:30 a.m.

There will be a general meeting at the Schroon Lake Senior Citizens Club on Aug. 3 at 4 p.m. Dinner will follow at Drake’s Restaurant in Schroon Lake.

The seniors will play Mexican Train on Aug. 9 at the Senior Citizens Club. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

On Aug. 10, a picnic will be held at the Silver Spruce Inn in Schroon Lake. There will be a tour of the historic house and the gardens provided for free. The bus will leave at 10 a.m.

The bus will leave at 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 13 for those who wish to attend the Lake George Community Band concert at Fort William Henry. Tickets are $5.

The Seagle Music Colony will host vespers on Aug. 14. The bus will leave at 4:15 p.m. Dinner at Witherbee’s will follow

at 6 p.m.

On Aug. 17, the Gourmet Groupies will dine at the Aviator Restaurant in Queensbury. The bus will leave at 5 p.m.

The Events Committee will meet on Aug. 18 to plan September events and activities. The evening of Aug. 18, the bus will leave at 6:15 p.m. to attend the free Glens Falls Symphony concert at the Silver Bay YMCA. The Seagle Music Colony will again hold vespers on Aug. 21. The bus will leave at 4:15 p.m. Dinner at Witherbee’s will follow at 6:00 p.m.

On Aug. 24, a boat ride will be offered on the Lac Du Saint Sacrament in Lake George. The bus will leave at 10:30 a.m.

Tickets are $37.50.

The group will travel to Westport at 1 p.m. on Aug. 28 to have lunch at the Galley Restaurant, before attending a play at the Depot Theater, “Murder For Two,” at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $27.

The Board of Directors will meet on Aug. 31 at 4 p.m.

Along with these special activities, the bus travels to Ticonderoga every Monday at 12:15 p.m. for an afternoon of shopping, and to Glens Falls at 9 a.m. on the first Friday of the month. Bingo is played every Thursday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. Wii golf and bowling is played every Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.

Nutrition is offered Monday through Friday at the Schroon Lake Senior Citizens Club at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

Call Keisha one day in advance at 532-0179. Suggested donation for seniors is $3.50. Home delivered meals are also available.

The biggest fundraiser of the year is coming Sept. 3. The “Garage Sale in the Park” will kick off at 9 a.m. Attendees should note that there are no dogs allowed in the park at public events. Everyone is asked to respect this Town of Schroon ordinance. For more information, contact 532-7755.

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Their sojourn chronicled Solomon Northup Day, the third Saturday in July, a time that marks the approximate day his autobiographical story was published over a century ago.

At the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum on Main Street in Schroon, the wall along one room pulls facets of Solomon’s experience into modern focus.

Photographs, music, a ship’s manifest that names its human cargo, a pin-marked map are made multi-dimensional with the artifacts of slavery: chains, cotton plants, a mannequin wearing a cotton-picker’s clothes and a slave’s tag dangling around its neck.

Solomon’s great-great granddaughter Irene Northrup-Zahos made what was a two-day Descendants of Solomon Northup gathered together at the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum, from left Shawn Cooper, Maria Zahos, Rebecca Bicksler, Wanda Cooper, pilgrimage for Solomon Nor- Adrian Cooper, Shirley Howell (Irene’s sister, in front), and Melissa Howell.

Photo provided thup Day this year and stopped here. with a mannequin likeness of Solomon Northup was some- tell our stories to our children and to our children’s children.

“The violin above the mannequin in Schroon was a pivot- what awe-inspiring, if not heart rendering,” Northrup-Zahos We must not forget.” ing artifact in the life of Solomon,” she said of what is reflected said.

It was very special for Solomon’s ancestors to visit near in the museum’s telling of her family’s story.

“To see the garments that were similar to what he wore where he was born in Schroon and to spend time in Clinton “It not only was an instrument that he was adept with, but while cotton-picking along with his gunny sack filled with County where he had worked rafting dock sticks for George one which was ‘instrumental’ in plotting his life with twelve balls of cotton brought his toil more clearly evident.”

Washington Allen of Peru, Papson said. years of slavery,” Zahos said.

Northup also lectured in Clinton County after he regained At the North Star Underground Railroad Museum in Solomon was “inveigled,” Schroon exhibit curator Laura AuSable Chasm, co-founder Don Papson, past president of his freedom.

Dewey explained. the North Country Underground Railroad Historical AssoPapson credited the Schroon history museum for its bold “He was tricked into thinking he could play fiddle for a ciation, detailed the Northup heritage, which also wrought a reflection of the Northup story. traveling show and was taken, instead, into the deep south to spelling change to “Northrup.”

“Laura and Wayne Dewey and the other members of the “Irene Northrup-Zahos is a great-great granddaughter of Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society are masters at rework the fields.”

It was a time, Dewey said, when slave owners could no lon- Solomon and Ann Northup. Her great-grandfather was their covering the past. Their museum is a gem. They really know ger steal and sell people from other continents, and planta- son, Alonzo. When Alonzo enlisted in the Civil War, the how to find a story and illustrate it so it captures the eye and spelling of his surname was changed: the letter ‘r’ was added the heart,” he said. tions were desperate to make slaves from free people.

— that is why Irene is a Northrup,” Papson said.

Solomon Northup’s autobiographical work even in the late Solomon was born here in what is now Minerva, then part The visit in July included several generations.

19th century garnered attention and helped inspire the Aboliof the Town of Schroon, Dewey explained.

“Irene daughters, Maria Zahos and Rebecca Bicksler trav- tionist movement, Dewey said.

In tracing their chapter of Solomon’s legacy, Schroon histoeled with her to all three events,” Papson said.

It was retold as a motion picture in 2013 and won numerrians point to his birthplace and his father Mintus Northup’s The theme of the sojourn on Solomon Northup Day this ous film awards, including three Oscars. occupation as farmer in this region.

The Schroon history center display drew strong feelings year was Recovering Our Past.

And Northrup-Zahos says the voices from her ancestors from Solomon’s great-great granddaughter.

MUSEUM HOURS: have much to teach.

“As one of the oldest members of Solomon’s descendants, The Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum is Throughout the museum in Schroon, she said, you could open from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 1144 Route I am very humbled by the attention to detail offered at the exhibits that we have been able to see this year, which trace feel, if not hear, the voices from 150 to 200 years ago “...whis- 9 in Schroon Lake. the life story, as well as the unique interaction that Solomon pering and urging all to take advantage of a life that has passed and of the importance that it holds with each of us today. influenced at each one,” Northrup-Zahos said.

“We have our triumphs and our frailties, yet we become “The display at the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum was a labor of love and dedication. To be met stronger in recognizing our long and turbulent past. We must

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Local duo team up for new record release

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OLMSTEDVILLE — A love of nature, words, music and a friendship of more than 30 years has culminated in a collection of songs by songwriters Neil Shaw and Barry Gregson.

Together, they’ve created a CD titled “Natural Home,” featuring 14 original and unique pieces.

It was years in the making and finally, is ready for the public.

Shaw wrote all the words, the music on some, and produced the CD. Gregson wrote the music for some, and several with Shaw.

Though they’ve written together throughout the years, playing out, hasn’t been part of

the mix.

Familiar names to the local music scene have brought a variety of talent to the CD. The variety of music is broad as well.

“There’s something for everyone,” said Shaw. “There’s Rock, Romance, Folk, Country, Hip-Hop and Jazz, with an emphasis on the love of nature, something that’s been a major part of my life.”

“I could swim before I could walk and ride a horse before I could ride a bike,” Neil said, reflecting on his early days on Long Island.

As an adult, he and his wife Maria, who also sings on the CD, relocated to the Adirondacks, surrounding themselves with everything they loved.

Gregson, a Schroon Lake resident and artist in his own right, renowned for his rustic

furniture, has used his love of nature in creating masterpieces since the early 1980’s.

As far as music is concerned, “I’ve been playing since 1963 and I’ve always had a good time,” he said.

It was Shaw’s vision put to words, many in which he contributed the music.

“The majority of them are about loving nature. It’s such a beautiful thing,” Gregson said.

Among the many local artists who perform on the recording are Rich Ortiz, Blair Gregson, Steven Smith, Donna Britton, Adam Hyde and Kent Gregson.

Copies are just starting to hit the radio stations. Soon it will be available for purchase on iTunes.

For now, CDs are available at Hudson River Trading Co., North Creek, and Sullivan’s

Store in Olmstedville.

It can also be purchased by mail order. The $13 price includes shipping and handling. To order contact Neil Shaw, P.O. Box 40, Olmstedville, NY 12857.

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NY-21: Derrick hits Stefanik on trade policy

Trans-Pacific Partnership takes center stage in congressional race

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — The Trans-Pacific Partnership has emerged as a central issue in New York’s 21st Congressional District.

The opening salvo was fired last week by Mike Derrick, who is challenging Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) for the seat, with the rollout of the first campaign ad of the 2016 cycle.

In the 30-second spot, Derrick said he agrees with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in opposing the proposed trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations.

“I don’t support Trump, but he’s right that we need to stop the job-killing TPP deal, and take on both parties in Washington,” Derrick said.

Derrick, a Democrat, criticized Stefanik for what he said was her support of the agreement, calling it an “unfair trade deal similar to NAFTA that will ship jobs overseas and hurt this region’s families who desperately need more economic opportunity and growth.”

The Stefanik camp called the ad “false” and an attempt to deceive voters about the freshman lawmaker’s record.

“Elise Stefanik has never supported TPP, and the news citations used to support Mike Derrick’s blatantly false claim are about TPA, not TPP,” said campaign spokesman Lenny Alcivar in an email. “Either Mike Derrick doesn’t know the difference between TPP and TPA, or he knowingly misrepresented her position because he has no new ideas of his own.”

The Derrick camp shot back: “Why would she vote to fast track its approval if she doesn’t support it?”

In a third news release, Derrick suggested Stefanik was beholden to her campaign donors. The lawmaker, he claimed, received $50,000 from “pro-TPP special interests that spent over $168 million on total lobbying in 2014 alone.”

Derrick also touted an endorsement from the United Steelworkers, who said the candidate reached out when Alcoa threatened to cut 600 jobs in Massena last year.

“Mike called and asked what he could do to help,” said Region 4 Representative Rick Sauer. “We did not hear from our Congressperson.”

DEFINITIONS TPA is short for “trade promotion authority,” commonly referred to as “fast track.”

That legislation gives the administration

the authority to negotiate trade deals based on a predetermined set of objectives and priorities. Once negotiated, Congress must vote up or down on whether to ratify it, without amendments — nor can the deals be filibustered.

Without the TPA, the U.S. would not be able to negotiate any trade deals at all — it is not TPP specific — since no trading partner would ever agree to a deal that is subject to change.

In a vote cleaved largely along partisan lines, Stefanik voted for the TPA last June.

The lawmaker has stopped short of saying she supports the TPP, which remains subject to congressional approval.

“Last month, I had the opportunity to sit down with our trade ambassador who is negotiating these trade agreements on behalf of the U.S., and I raised concerns from our dairy farmers, from our manufacturers in this district,” Stefanik told the Glens Falls Post-Star last week.

Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello also jumped into the debate, calling the TPP an “evil bill” that would “plunge the world deeper into economic slavery.”

“I’m against any trade deal that is global in nature that was negotiated in secret, which the TPP was,” Funiciello said.

The TPA, he added, is “totally unconstitutional.”

Funiciello also said the agreement would threaten American sovereignty, citing Monsanto Canada Inc v. Schmeiser, the Canadian Supreme Court case that saw the agriculture giant successfully sue a Canadian canola farmer for patent violations.

The candidate, who owns a bakery in Glens Falls, said free trade agreements have led to human rights violations in developing countries, including allegations of abuses at Nike’s factories in Malaysia.

“If that’s free trade, I don’t want any of it at all,” Funiciello said.

A BIG DEAL The agreement reached by trade ministers last fall would set new trade terms among the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations, representing roughly 40 percent of global G.D.P. and onethird of world trade.

If passed, the largest regional trade agreement in U.S. history would gradually open markets and eliminate tariffs among those nations.

President Barack Obama has made ratification of the TPP one of the touchstones of his presidency, and a central part of his administration’s strategic pivot to Asia.

The agreement, he said, will serve as a critical counterweight to China’s growing interest in the region.

“As we speak, China is negotiating a trade deal that would carve up some of the fastest-

growing markets in the world at our expense, putting American jobs, businesses and goods at risk,” Obama wrote in a Washington Post op-ed May 2.

Failure of the TPP would lead to decreased American competitiveness, said Obama, who also tied its passage to national security.

Additional statutes would address labor, environmental and intellectual property standards.

The pact has been divisive, creating faultlines that transcend party affiliation.

Supporters, including business and manufacturing groups, say it will make it easier for American companies to sell their products abroad, phasing out the tariffs and other barriers they argue puts them at an unfair disadvantage.

Opponents, including the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, says the bill bends too much to business interests and will encourage the further export of manufacturing jobs to developing counties.

Doing so would limit competition and drive up prices, including for pharmaceuticals, which would fall under U.S. patent protection standards.

A dispute mechanism allowing multinational corporations to challenge regulations and court rulings before special tribunals also faces stiff resistance.

2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Discussion on the pact bled into the presidential campaign over the weekend, and is likely to dominate economic discussions in this fall’s general election.

Trump has made the issue a centerpiece of his campaign, likening trade deals to what he has called a “rape of our country” and promising to slap high tariffs on China if he is elected.

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, supported the bill as secretary of state, but has reversed course (and was hammered repeatedly for it by her primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders).

Their running mates, too, are fluid on their respective stances.

Republican Gov. Mike Pence, of Indiana, has historically been a vocal supporter of the TPP and free trade agreements, which puts him in direct odds with the nominee.

Across the aisle, Sen. Tim Kaine was one of 13 Democratic senators who voted for the TPA last year.

While the lawmaker has never explicitly said he supports the proposal, Kaine has often championed free trade issues, including NAFTA. But after being tapped by Clinton last week, he now says he can’t support the agreement in its current form, according to the Washington Post.

‘FAULTY RHETORIC’ Local officials have largely stayed out of the fray. The Plattsburgh City Council briefly discussed the issue in March when a local resident asked them to consider a symbolic resolution against the agreement.

A SUNY Plattsburgh-sponsored community forum held around the same time revealed most attendees didn’t know enough about the issue to form an opinion.

The exact details of the bill have yet to emerge, said Dimitar D. Gueorguiev, an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.

As such, it’s too early to know how the deal would affect the local upstate region, specifically.

“In the grand scheme of things, it probably won’t mean that much,” Gueorguiev told the Sun. “These arguments that the agreement will uniformly hurt American workers are untrue.”

Rust belt economies across the northeast and midwest have been hollowed out since the 1980s and have largely run its course, he said.

But attributing those changes in economic fortune solely to free trade is missing the bigger picture.

The most competitive industries tend to benefit from free trade, he said.

While America’s labor-intensive industries are not as competitive, new industries have popped up that wouldn’t have come into fruition without free trade, including many small- and medium-sized enterprises.

And due to the complex nature of the TPP, most of what gets discussed publicly tends to be misinformation, said Gueorguiev, speaking generally without regard to a specific political race.

Americans should instead be upset why they are being deprived of policies that have frozen them out of opportunities to benefit from free trade, including underfunded and economically segregated education policies.

Much of the rhetoric on China is also becoming increasingly faulty, Gueorguiev said.

Some, including Trump and China critics, say that country benefits through currency manipulation — and many believe it true.

But as the past year has illustrated, China has been trying to prop up their currency because the markets have been pulling it down, he said.

“While New York residents have plenty to be disappointed about, when it comes to matters of national trade policy, we all need to be mindful of the long-term picture,” Gueorguiev said.

China will most likely be a bigger market for American producers, than other way around in the not-too-distant future, he said.

“The rhetoric doesn’t fit the facts at all.”

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The Crown Point Youth Commission officially opened the new basketball court last week. The CPYC started fundraising two years ago and raised over $14,000. Ever business in the town made donations, but the majority of the money came from activities such as the CPYC 3-on-3 basketball tournament and bake sales sponsored by the commission. The entire project was done by volunteers that donated their time and talents, so it was a team effort. Organizers expressed their thanks to all who participated.

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LAKE PLACID — Elizabethtown Community Hospital’s annual Golf Tournament will take place Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Craig Wood Golf Course.

Each year, proceeds from the tournament are used to support the hospital and its services.

Proceeds from this year’s tournament will contribute to the hospital’s capital campaign that will help fund the hospital’s most significant renovation and expansion project to date.

The hospital has completed Phase 1 of a three-phase renovation and expansion project.

The first phase expanded the hospital’s footprint, allowing for spacious patient rooms and nursing work space while modernizing and establishing appropriate infrastructure for that portion of the hospital.

Phase 2 is now underway, and includes renovation of space to expand its inpatient physical and occupational therapy area within the hospital.

This important aspect of inpatient care allows patients the ability to return to the hospital after surgery or medical treatment at other facilities so that they can begin their rehabilitation close to their home community, family and friends.

“This year, we’re really excited that the tournament is benefitting the hospital’s capital campaign in support of our renovation project,” said Matt Nolan, chief operating officer.

“It’s a great event that brings out a fun group of players and luckily, there’s always room for more.”

The cost is $85 per participant and includes 18 holes of golf, cart, giveaways and lunch.

The event features various contests and raffle prizes donated by sponsors. Contact Jane Hooper at 873-3003 for sponsorship and registration information.

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patient registration and storage areas.

The new facility will be the hospital’s sixth community-based health center in Essex County. The others are in Westport, AuSable Forks, Elizabethtown, Willsboro and Wilmington.

ECH Medical Director Dr. Rob DeMuro said patients won’t notice a disruption in care, and may see some enhanced services, including collaboration between Sayers and the new onsite physician’s assistant.

“We expect a very smooth transition,” DeMuro said. “The staff will ultimately benefit from integrated electronic medical records technology, and fiber-optic connectivity, to enhance their workday efficiency.

“Patients will benefit from the addition of a physician’s assistant, so that they can schedule appointments on days and at times that may be even more convenient,” he continued. “Dr. Sayers has done an outstanding job providing care for a rural community; we don’t need to improve his care, simply offer our support so it can continue.”

Sayers said he’s excited about the transition.

“It is vitally important to me that patients in this area continue to be well cared for,” he said. “I’m delighted to be able to entrust the hospital and its staff with my patients’ well-being.”

Establishing integrated electronic medical records for each patient will sometimes require extra time upon the initial pa-

tient meeting, Sayers said, but has significant benefits.

“It ensures that physicians, physician’s assistants and nurses are all able to see important information in regard to allergies and significant medical conditions,” the doctor said. “It can also track a patient’s progress over time in terms of chroniccondition control or weight loss. It’s a powerful tool for both physicians and patients.”

Hospital Chief Operating Officer Matt Nolan has been working with Town of Crown Point and church officials to secure the property.

He said architectural plans have been submitted to the State Department of Health for approval.

“Once the state approval is received and local permits secured, we anticipate completion of the new Health Center by

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late spring,” Nolan said.

“The town board and Supervisor (Charles) Harrington have been very supportive. They’ve been good to work with.”

Nolan said everyone involved understands the importance of offering access to healthcare throughout rural communities.

“They fully support the hospital’s dedication to providing that access,” he said. We’ve received so many positive comments from both town board and community members. It’s exciting to become part of this community.”

The new Health Center will be a good fit for Elizabethtown Community Hospital, President John Remillard said.

“In many cases, Dr. Sayers’ patients are also local hospital patients,” Remillard said. “We want to ensure that people throughout the region continue to receive quality healthcare close to their home communities.

Establishment of a hospital-owned Health Center in Crown Point allows Dr. Sayers’ mission to continue.”

Providing healthcare close to patients’ home communities is Elizabethtown Community Hospital’s model, Hooper said, and it’s been working well.

An architect’s drawing shows the planned Crown Point Health Center to be build on Main Street in that community. A spring 2017 opening is planned.

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“Let more people hear it and understand it,” Monty said.

The law can be amended after the public hearing, and would have to wind its way through the month-long parliamentary procedure with each successive revision, including additional public hearings.

Ways and Means Vice Chair Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah) floated the idea of informational meetings as a way to garner input without sacrificing time.

“I don’t want to end up with 3 or 4 public hearings on this,” Scozzafava said.

Hartley said public reaction has been “overwhelmingly

supportive” since the proposed law was introduced earlier this month.

The executive director acknowledged some items remained tricky, including Moore’s concerns about enclosures.

“These are also concerns we’re hearing from community members as well,” Hartley said.

“The goal is to be as transparent as possible about it.”

The full board meets on Monday, Aug. 1.

The Essex County Board of Supervisors will vote next week on the introduction of a dog tethering law. Following that vote, a public hearing will be set to garner public input, a process that county officials expect will lead to amendments.

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