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Section VII has lots to be proud of!

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CROWN POINT — The results are back from a state Department of Transportation study prompted by a petition from the public for changes to what, they say, is a dangerous intersection connecting Vermont and New York.

While the study calls for some changes, it’s likely not the slam-dunk they’d hoped for.

“They have not recommended lights,” said Crown Point Supervisor Charles Harrington about the findings. Instead the study recommended removing pavement marking for the right turn onto Route 9N/22 in the northbound direction, create a single lane and shoulder to both the north and south sides and move the stop bar at Bridge Road closer to Route 9N/22.

A reworking of signage was also recommended to provide more warning of the upcoming intersection. A combining of

signs was also noted. A reduced speed zone was not recommended.

The study concluded 13 accidents occurred in a six year, four month period from Jan. 1. 2009 through April 30, 2015.

Of those, five were rear-end collisions involved Route 185 westbound motorists, two were from vehicles leaving the roadway, three involved deer, three involved drivers turning left on Route 185 and one year-end collision took place when a southbound vehicle was turning onto Route 9N/22.

“We won’t know if this will give us the positive result until we see the results,” said Harrington.

The improvements will not be implemented until spring 2016.

Harrington said he was certain some will not be satisfied with the results of the findings, though he didn’t garner an opinion either way.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” he said.

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Shopping and Dining night set for Dec. 4 Annual event brings businesses, community together

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TICONDEROGA — Local businesses and organizations will come together to help celebrate the season with the Shopping and Dining Night Friday, Dec. 4.

“It’s almost mimicking the Small Business Saturday event, but at night,” Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Matthew Courtright said. “There will be live music from the school and community bands, raffles, holi>> Story Continued | pg. 2

Firemen’s Banquet recognizes local heroes PORT HENRY — The Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department held their 141st Annual Firemen’s Banquet Saturday, Nov. 21, at the King’s Inn. Approximately 75 people attended this traditional event that recognized several of their members for many years of service to the department and community. Fire Chief Jim Hughes and organizer of the festivities, acted as Master of Ceremonies. Distinguished guests in attendance included Village of Port Henry Mayor

Ernest Guerin and wife, Debbie, Deputy Mayor Matthew Brassard and wife, Katie, Village Trustees Ruth McDonough, Thomas McDonald, and Pasquel Tom and wife, Josie, Village Treasurer Paula Monette, New York State 114th District Assembly member Dan Stec, Essex County Emergency Services Director Don Jaquish and wife Louann, and Firemen’s Association of the State of New York President Robert McConnville.

A moment of silence was offered by

Chaplain Brian Venne in remembrance of Past Captain LeRoy “Jell” Vanderhoof , with 59 years of service, who passed away in December of last year.

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Griffin Hughes jumps up for a touchdown pass in the NYSPHSAA Class D football final Nov. 27, which the Tigers won, 33-26. For more pictures from this play and from the game between the Sentinels and Tioga, see pages 24-25.

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Elks Winter-Warmth Drive to continue TICONDEROGA — Drop donations of new or handmade mittens, hats, gloves and scarves to the Ticonderoga Elks Lodge any day of the week from 2 until 8 p.m. Monetary donations are also welcome. For more information contact the Lodge at 586-1052 or 585-7608.

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day wagon rides and the Hancock House gift shop, along with many more specials and events. It’s about celebrating the holidays as a community and supporting local businesses and organizations.”

Participating businesses will have a Shopping and Dining Night Snowflake displayed. Live holiday music will be provided by the Ticonderoga Central School music depart-

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ments and the Ticonderoga Community Band throughout downtown Ticonderoga. Free gift certificate raffles will be available throughout Downtown Ticonderoga organized by the Ticonderoga Montcalm Street Partnership. In addition, horse drawn holiday wagon rides will be available starting at the Ticonderoga Heritage Museum from 6 to 8 p.m., sponsored by Gin’s Redemption Center.

New this year, the Ticonderoga Area Farmers’ Market will have a Holiday Farmers Market from 5 until 9 p.m. at the chamber office. Farmers and vendors will be set up inside and outside the Chamber offering a variety of local products.

For a complete list of participating businesses, specials and promotions, contact the Chamber office at 585-6619, visit ticonderogany.com or find them on Facebook.

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Season of Advent has begun TICONDEROGA — The Season of Advent in Christian Churches continues through Christmas, Dec. 25. “Advent is a season of waiting and preparing our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ,” says Rev. Scott Tyler, Pastor of the First United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome to the church services and activities especially during this special season.

The Sanctuary of the church has been decorated for the Advent Season. Regular services will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. each Sunday. Communion will be served at the 8:30 a.m. service each week. Hope, Peace, Love and Joy are some of the themes reflected in special readings and music during Advent.

Sunday, Dec. 6 is the Second Sunday in Advent. Communion will be served at both services. Later in the day, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., the monthly free community dinner will be served in fellowship hall. All are invited to come and enjoy holiday cheer and a free Roast Pork dinner. A free-will donation is appreciated.

There will be a “Blue Christmas Service” Thursday, Dec. 10, in the church Sanctuary, at 2 p.m. All are welcome.

Sunday, Dec. 13 is the third Sunday in Advent. Parishioners are reminded to bring their Tiny Tim gifts to church no later than

today. Later in the afternoon the Champlain Valley Chorale will perform their winter concert in the Sanctuary, at 3 p.m. Following the Chorale’s performance, the Carillon Garden Club will present their Holiday Magic Reception in fellowship hall. Holiday wreaths, collections and arrangements will be on display for everyone’s enjoyment and goodies and punch will be served. All are welcome.

Christmas Sunday, Dec. 20, is the fourth Sunday in Advent. Preparation for the coming of the Christ Child at both the 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services will continue. The children from the Sunday School classes will perform a Christmas pageant at the 10:30 a.m. service in Fellowship Hall. At 1 p.m., a group from the church and anyone interested will meet and go caroling at neighboring facilities and homes to spread holiday cheer.

The Christmas Eve service will be held at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary Thursday, Dec. 24.

The candlelight service will feature special readings and music, traditional carols and a special message for children. Candles will be lit to represent the arrival of the Christ Child, the Light of the World.

The First United Methodist Church welcomes everyone. Call the church office at 585-7995 if more information is needed or visit tifumc.com.

Ti High School to ‘Stuff a Bus’ TICONDEROGA — Ticonderoga High School students will be at the Ticonderoga Walmart store collecting food donations for the Ticonderoga Food Pantry Saturday, Dec. 5. Come out and help them fill a full-sized school bus with food to help the local food pantry to provide for others.

Members of the Carillon Garden Club enjoyed a visit recently from Madison Flora, an eighth grade student at Ticonderoga Middle School who attended the DEC Camp Colby this past summer. Madison expressed her appreciation for being able to attend by presenting the program for the club meeting. She told of all the activities and programs offered during her stay and answered the many questions from garden club members, many of which saying they would also enjoy going to camp. The Carillon Garden Club provides a scholarship each year to a Ticonderoga middle school age student to attend Camp Colby. The process to select a candidate for next summer has begun thanks to the teachers and guidance counselor, Samantha Wells. Here, Flora is shown with school guidance counselor Samantha Wells, Club President Ann Westervelt, club youth chairperson, Sharon Lonergan and Federated Garden Clubs of New York State President, Pat Wania.

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and Linda DuRoss, Treasurer, Captains Phil Smith and George Edwards, and Lieutenants Michael J. Hughes, Jr. and Gary Badore.

The Port Henry Fire Department Auxiliary was also present. New officers recognized included: Jeannie Ball, President, Laura Muniz, Vice President, Rebecca Badore, Secretary, and Lydia Crison, Treasurer. President Jeannie Ball was presented a gift certificate on behalf of the firemen for her efforts and outstanding support of the department.

Port Henry Fire Department Members recognized for several years of service included: Phil Smith (10), Ron Van Slooten, Jr. (20), Mi-

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chael Dever (25), Thomas McDonald (40), and Charles McCaughin (45) years respectively.

Special recognitions were given to those senior volunteers with (40) or more years of service to the department. Members recognized included Thomas McDonald (40), William Pratt (42), Phil Huchro (44), Charles McCaughin (45), Thomas Boyle (49), Lester Daby (55), John Sweet (57), and John “Jack” Waldron for (66) years of service respectively. These remarkable gentlemen represent 398 years of combined service and experience to the community. Each member received Port Henry Fire Department service lapel pins.

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cated service to the department and community. In addition, Daby, John Sweet and Jack Waldron each received personal firefighter blankets with their names marking their anniversary with the department.

Thomas Edwards, Sr., retired 1st Assistant Chief, was presented an inscribed Fire Chief ’s wristwatch for his 38 years of service to the community by the firemen.

A special recognition was extended to Ron Van Slooten, Jr. for responding 61 out of 89 calls in 2014. “The Bravest” fireman’s plaque and an engraved Leatherman Tool was presented to him marking his achievement.

The Rookie of the Year for 2014 was awarded to Firefighter Christopher Lee as selected by the

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Chief Officers of the department. A handsome statue of a firefighter was presented to him in appreciation of his efforts.

In a surprise presentation by 1st Assistant Chief Ron Van Slooten, Jr., Fire Chief James Hughes, with 30 years of fire service experience, was recognized and presented the “Firefighter of the Year” Award for 2014. He was presented a handsome firefighter statue engraved with his name, a gold uniform medal, and a proclamation from FASNY President Robert McConnville marking this achievement.

This event proved to be a night rich in tradition, enjoyment, and entertainment for all firefighters, their wives, invited and distinguished guests.

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NCCC to offer Courses at Ti Campus TICONDEROGA — North Country Community College has scheduled two accounting courses and two economics courses on its Ticonderoga campus in Spring 2016.

All four courses (Accounting I, Accounting II, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics) are designed to be part of the State University of New York (SUNY) seamless transfer path for business programs. Each course carries three college credits, and the courses will be offered in eight-week sessions, rather than on NCCC’s standard 15-week schedule.

Accounting I (which is a prerequisite course for Accounting II) and Macroeconomics will be held from Jan. 25 through March 18, and Accounting II and Microeconomics will meet from March 28 through May 13.

Further information about all of NCCC’s spring course offerings and admission to the college can be found on the college’s website nccc.edu, or by calling 888-TRY-NCCC.

Grief coping class slated TICONDEROGA — High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care invites the public to attend Coping with Grief During the Holidays, a meeting created for family, friends, and caregivers who have experienced the death of a loved one Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. It will include a candle lighting tribute to loved ones, creation of a remembrance keepsake, and discussion of topics. Topics include setting limits, finding ways to lessen stress, and asking for what is needed. Light refreshments will be served.

Hospice Bereavement Coordinator, Cam Brown, will facilitate the program, which is free to the community. Call Cam at 942-6513 or email cbrown@hphpc.org by Monday, Dec. 7, to RSVP and be informed of meeting location.

In Preparation for the 2015 Bridge building contest to be held on Dec. 12, John Burns, Major Projects Manager from Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) spoke with students from Paul Jebb’s Ti High School and Jim Marshall’s Ti Middle School classes about bridge design and construction in general and the ongoing construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge just outside of New York City. This $3.1 billion bridge is the most expensive bridge project in US History. The students were most interested and asked many questions. This presentation was part of the Kiwanis Bridge Building program to stimulate student’s interest in engineering and science. Burns worked with Graham Bailey, who retired from FHWA, in 2002.

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ur nation is severely polarized.

That’s certainly nothing new. I’ve written many columns on various aspects of the political polarization over the years that stalls progress and creates great frustration.

Back in 2008 and again in 2012 we all hoped that after those elections Washington would begin taking serious steps toward solving the problems facing the nation or at the very least one side or the other would have enough momentum to assume a leadership role.

Unfortunately our national tug of war persists and gridlock continues to be the strategic choice of both parties, despite claims to the opposite.

The game of chicken continues. We’ve faced the so called fiscal cliff so many times it seems more like a fairy tale than the nightmare it is. We’ve been told by our elected officials, going over the cliff would be so devastating it would force them to address the major issues too radioactive to touch were they not backed into a corner.

Well, so much for the corner! Our leaders quickly went over the cliff this fall without solving anything and here we are today looking no worse the wear on the surface but knowing deep down we’ve done nothing but turn a blind eye to the unresolved debt issues.

As sad as it sounds, as polarized as we are as a nation, doesn’t it sound totally absurd that the only way we can manage our affairs is to ignore them and jump off the forbidden cliff to prove how responsible we are? I was taught at a young age to be responsible for my actions, to make good on my promises and to exceed expectations. These were pretty basic requirements for being an adult. It seems we can’t lower the bar low enough for our government and sadly enough we are passing along the results of this behavior to future generations.

With the national primaries only a few weeks away the polls continue to show an electorate infatuated with unconventional candidates who, despite their missteps and faux pas, continue to appeal to an electorate that is frustrated with Washington and career politicians. I think the hope is that if we break the political mold we can break the political stalemate and get government working

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his, without a doubt, has been the greatest single season of sports in Section VII. Let’s start with the obvious, the section, one of the smallest in student size in the state, brought home two state championship trophies as the Plattsburgh High Hornets claimed the NYSPHSAA Class D boys soccer championship and the Lake Placid Blue Bombers were victorious in the Class D boy’s state cross country meet.

The Hornets knocked off a pair of top-ranked teams on their way to the state title, taking out Shalmont in the regional finals before defeating Skaneateles and East Aurora to claim the title in Middeltown under the direction of first year head coach and former PHS and Plattsburgh State standout Patrick Shaughnessy.

The Bombers placed their top five runners far enough ahead in the field to claim its championship at Monroe-Woodbury High School, a course considered by many insiders to be one of the toughest championship courses in the state. Many believe this team may follow in the footsteps of the last Section VII boys champion, Saranac, whose roster included three future Olympians.

That alone may make this one of the most accomplished seasons in Section VII history, but there’s more.

Along with two championships, the section also boasts a pair of state finalists in the Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport Griffins’ boys soccer team and the Ticonderoga Sentinel football team.

What may be equally for the Griffins in making it to the state championship game before losing to perennial state power Fort Ann is the path they took to get their. Crown Point presented a tough opening challenge is sectional play, but then the road went straight uphill as the Griffins had to defeat seven-time state champion Chazy at George Brendler Field (a feat never accomplished on Brendler before and not since 2001 in Chazy) and defending Class C champion Northern Adirondack, who they had lost two twice in the regular season.

That was just to get out of their own section! Then they faced a game against Chateaugay for a chance to get to Middletown and a tough Cincinnatus team to earn a shot at Fort Ann. For the Sentinels, the squad continued to amaze with punishing defense and a relentless running attack through the playoffs, scoring a 6-0 overtime victory against Moriah to advance into state play then dominating Tupper

Lake, Whitehall and Tuckahoe respectively, by a total combined score of 1140. Then it was onto the Carrier Dome, where they gave hits which were just as hard as the hits they received, playing a game which was level, 26-26, into the final minute of play.

So there’s four amazing teams right there from a section which usually sends one or less teams to a state competition.

But that’s still not all!

Jonathan Gay and Margaret Champange both finished in the top five in the state cross country meet. The Beekmantown and Chazy girls soccer teams each made it to the regional finals round, one step away from the Final Four in Cortland. Moriah, while falling to Ti in the Class D final, was the premier football team in the 2015 regular season, finishing atop the CVAC with a perfect record.

These are times these players, parents and communities will always remember. It was amazing how many times student-athletes would comment to our reporters how happy they were to, “make their community proud.”

Not only did they make their local community proud, but the section at large. NYSPHSAA President and Willsboro Central School Superintendent Stephen Broadwell said this about the accomplishments of Section VII in the fall sports season: “The 2015 Fall NYSPHSAA Championships have collectively been one of the very most successful years for North Country athletes. Section VII athletes represented the region very well this year at the State level. Despite being one of the smaller sections, our student-athletes can, and do, compete with athletes from much larger sections from around the State.”

And, as we celebrate these teams and the success Section VII has had in the fall season, we also look to February and March, when teams like Moriah boys basketball, a two-time consecutive state semifinalist with a solid core of returning players, have us all hoping there is more to come.

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SilverÊ BayÊ YMCAÊ continuesÊ toÊ haveÊ SuccessfulÊ dinnerÊ comesÊ fromÊ greatÊ anÊ impactÊ onÊ community communityÊ efforts To the Editor: Silver Bay YMCA has a long tradition of impacting the community in a positive way. Year to date nearly 200 north country children are among 700 other young people who have benefited from Silver Bay YMCA programs.

The start of the 2015-2016 school year has brought new and returning faces to the continued youth programs provided to the next generation within Ticonderoga, Hague, and other surrounding communities. Over 115 youth are currently participating in healthy, safe, and supportive environments aimed to provide avenues for personal growth and responsible outlets. This past summer brought more than 700 children and teens, including 80 local youth, who enjoyed endless fun and educational experiences through Silver Bay YMCA summer day camp.

Amongst such offerings include the After School program at the Ticonderoga Elementary School, the Youth & Government Program, and the Leaders School Program run within the YMCA Teen Center in Ticonderoga. The Teen Center, now in its fourth year, continues to provide local young people with a consistently safe and welcoming environment dedicated to providing ample opportunities to further one’s passions and education. As described

by Jackie Palandrani, Youth & Teen Director for Silver Bay YMCA, “The Teen Center acts as not just a play area, but more importantly a safe and reliable haven to many kids who otherwise might be left alone to fend for themselves.” Since opening its doors on October 29 in 2012, the Center has received over 800 memberships from local youth, averaging over 40 kids each day.

Silver Bay YMCA is, and always will be, dedicated to providing healthy, inspirational, rejuvenating, and supportive avenues for children, adults, families and the community. With a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, Silver Bay nurtures the potential of every youth and teen, improves family ties, and strengthens one’s inner self. In essence, all are welcome to pursue the act of renewing, rejuvenating, and nurturing their spirit, mind, and body.

In addition, Silver Bay YMCA continues to provide respite to active military personnel, cancer survivors, clergy members, and struggling families with quality and energizing time with their loved ones. Over 650 such individuals and families members have gained lifelong memories and respite through Silver Bay YMCA doors this year alone. Through partnerships with such noteworthy organizations such as the CR Woods Foundation at Glens Falls Hospital, Silver Bay YMCA is able to come alone side so many local individuals and families in need.

We here at Silver Bay are so thankful for serving the local youth and our community as it brings us much joy and fulfillment. We wish you and your family the same happiness this holiday season.

Please visit silverbayymca.org to learn more and/or to give your support to Silver Bay and the community.

Steve Tamm CEO, Silver Bay YMCA

CompetentÊ emergencyÊ roomÊ medicalÊ staff Ê savedÊ myÊ husband To the Editor: A few days ago my husband had a medical emergency and went to the Elizabethtown Community Hospital Emergency Room. The competent medical staff quickly assessed our needs and performed a battery of tests, the results of which were relayed to the Emergency Room at CVPH. (With modern technology vital information can be transmitted quickly from one hospital to another). It was determined that transport to CVPH was necessary to perform a medical procedure.

The transport was handled very smoothly.

We want to thank the Elizabethtown Emergency Room Staff for their efficient, professional and compassionate care. It was comforting to know that we were receiving the best care possible and we feel so fortunate to have this facility so close by.

Thanks to everyone involved in helping to ease our concerns during this stressful situation.

Donna Reed Austin Keene

BullyingÊ programsÊ wasteÊ taxÊ payerÊ money To the Editor: Hello readers this letter to the editor is to talk about high school bullying, cyber bullying as well people. Readers I am getting sick and tired of the out right waste of taxpayers dollars being used on programs that do not work at all, like the one at Minerva Central School that took place Tuesday, Nov. 17.

“A change of heart” is a prime example of how are taxpayer dollars is being wasted on programs like that, that do not work because you can not have a healthy dialogue and expect to turn this around here come on now.

People, schools like Minerva Central School and many others have school boards that only put band aids on this bigger issue here and it is time to go after this and end high school bullying and cyber bullying once and for all people by giving the schools broader powers including putting kids into a military shock program and also force the parents to pay for medical bills and for the pain and suffering there kids have done people and that’s how you are going to end bullying once and for all instead of this wasteful spending like Minerva Central School board did and others as well.

Christopher “Hawk eye “ Bennett Minerva central School alumni, Olmstedville

To the Editor: When so much of our attention and news is centered on financial despair, innuendo and aspersion; arguably created by greed and misconduct, I believe that a little good news goes a long way during this season of Joy and Hope.

I’d like to acknowledge the intent, effort, and the success of this years Holiday Meal in the community of Crown Point.

Conceived with a desire to provide a place of fellowship for those who are alone or without the financial ability to enjoy a Traditional Meal, virtually all agencies in the Crown Point area came together to offer, if only for a short time, a place and time of respite for those who might benefit and feel welcomed.

Accordingly, on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 25, this small community joined hands to ensure that all who attended were filled in spirit and body by the time they left.

The meal, consisting of Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, peas, squash, rolls and homemade apple, cream and pumpkin pies was served at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Crown Point from 4:30 to 7 p.m. There was no cost for this community meal!

The meal is a collaborative between and the faith communities of Sacred Heart/St. Patricks Churches, Crown Point United Methodist and the First Congregational Churches. We are grateful to Debro’s On The Way Café, Gunnison’s Orchard, A & S Custom, Crown Point Telephone, Crown Point Citgo, Haps, Village Auto, Crown Point Teachers Association, The Post Office Team, Champlain National Bank, Bodettes’ BarBQue, Torri’s Hair Dresser, the Knapp Club, Avery Energy, CPCS, The Hammond Library, as well as many individual members of the Crown Point area who joined with us to make this a true community time of fellowship and thanks giving. Where possible, the meal will be served with locally grown and prepared items; We are gratefully looking for staff to help us ensure the success of our Community Meal.

Volunteers from local churches and the community hosted this year’s community event. No one was paid!! Generous donations were made by local “friends.” These funds helped us to purchase many of the incidentals.

Our gratitude goes to many additional members of the Crown Point area who joined with us to make this a true community time of joy and fellowship.

This was a “total” community effort that brought together people and resources to ensure true fellowship and a “Traditional” hot meal for those who might not have one, here in Crown Point. We served approximately 140 meals, including in-house and deliveries to those who were unable to join us.

I want to personally thank Yvonne Dushane, Charmaine LaFountain, and Lorraine Turgeon. These women from each of our faith communities, provided the leadership and support to ensure a blessed event!

It is my prayer that as the months go by, this meal will serve as a point of pride and accomplishment not only for the community of Crown Point but for others who will look for ways to share in the ability to build a stronger, caring community. “Together.” What a wonderful word and what a wonderful way to share. Mr. Editor, I am proud to be part of this true expression of hope exercised in this small community!! Thank you to all!

Rev. David C. Hirtle Pastor, First Congregational Church Crown Point

ThankÊ youÊ forÊ savingÊ myÊ cottage To the Editor: We are writing to give our heartfelt thank you to the fire departments of North Hudson, Schroon Lake, and Chilson, who responded quickly early Monday morning Nov. 16, to my cottage that was on fire. I cannot praise them enough for risking their own lives to put out the fire, and preventing it from spreading further. Also for the dedication of these men and women for helping others in need with no monetary return. Thank you again.

Sherri McCray & Richard Graves Schroon Lake

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once again for the people.

I fear that’s a risky gamble but it shows how desperate many are becoming.

With the world in turmoil, a frustrated electorate at home, a government that is paralyzed by in-fighting, and a national media that no longer serves as the nation’s watchdog, the nation’s voters must figure out a way to put aside its partisan interests and make a critical decision in the best interest of the entire nation, if not the world.

The nation has always found a way to select the right leader at the right time. Our system of government and the American people will once again be put to the test as designed by our nation’s founders to cut through the bragging and over-stated, unrealistic promises to make a choice in 2016. Let us hope we make the right choice and set the nation on a new course to prosperity and peace.

Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News.

COMMENTARY

Little Bits Silly “Cold” Jokes Gordie Little

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ow cold was it? It was so cold our words froze in mid-air and we had to go inside and thaw them in a frying pan. You’ve heard that one, right? How many more “cold” jokes do you know?

I spent much of my childhood in the tiny northern New York community of Massena Center. Old folks like me remember some frigid winters in the mid to late 1940s. Day after day of minus 30 degrees were not uncommon and jokes about it were spawned. I have heard many since then.

They resurfaced last Monday morning, November 30, as we were greeted with temperatures in the lower teens. Not zero yet, but we knew that would be coming. Amazing, because we had just enjoyed 64 degrees right after Thanksgiving and had no appreciable snow on our Morrisonville lawn.

The jokes that came to mind are mostly mindless, but so am I. I asked Kaye for input as she washed my underwear. The topic wasn’t necessarily titillating for her, but she responded: “We didn’t pay much attention to the cold as kids in Saranac Lake. We just bundled up and went outside to play.”

She also recalled that our kids here in Morrisonville would go sliding and skating in the frigid weather and never seemed to mind the cold. Their noses would run and freeze to their cheeks and it didn’t matter. Were we a heartier bunch back then?

We like to think we were. Outdoor play in winter has mostly given way to games on little screens. That makes me sad and a bit nostalgic.

I remember a few of the old cold jokes: It was so cold hitchhikers held up pictures of their thumbs; pickpockets put their hands in other pockets just to keep warm; shops were selling coffee on a stick; we chopped the piano up for firewood, but only got two “chords”; we couldn’t drive our snowmobiles straight because they kept turning south; ambulance people were getting emergency calls for people trapped under too many quilts; politicians actually stopped blowing hot air and put their hands in their own pockets; when we frowned, our faces froze that way. I guess our mothers were right, after all; if you kiss somebody with braces, you might need an operation; the local weatherman threatened to keep it cold until he got a raise in pay; our dogs got stuck to fire hydrants; we caught mice playing hockey in our toilet bowl; If you played outside in the cold and peed your pants, you were stuck that way till the spring thaw.

And, my favorite: I got sick and my mother served me a block of chicken soup. Or, I know the difference between an iceberg and a clothes brush. One can crush a boat and the other can brush a coat.

Hey, every column can’t be a gem.

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Saturday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Featuring Johnsburg, North Warren, Warrensburg, Bolton and Lake George School Districts, grades 3-12.

Admission: $5. Prizes awarded. Proceeds will be divided equally between each district for a scholarship.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHORALE HOLIDAY CONCERT

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12/11 at Our Lady of Sun. Lourdes Church in Schroon Lake 7:30 pm 12/13 at First United Methodist Church in Ticonderoga 3:00

Come out and join us and listen to some joyous holiday music performed by the Champlain Valley Chorrale. Refreshements provided by the Carillon Garden Club.

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DEC. “IT’S A WONDERFUL 05 Sat. LIFE” LIVE PERFORMANCE@ ADIRONDACK MUSEUM, BLUE MT. LAKE.

Saturday: 2:00 pm

Watch the live radio broadcast as a handful of actors create 33 parts, including commercials for local businesses. Tickets at the door. Free for museum members. $10 per person, non-members.

Details: 518-352-7311.

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THE NUTCRACKER @CHARLES R. WOOD THEATER, GLENS FALLS.

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12/12: 2:30 pm & 7:00 pm 12/13: 2:30 pm

The Adirondack Ballet Theater presents “The Nutcracker”. Audience members of all ages will delight in Clara’s enchanted dream and magical adventure!

Tickets: $16. Details: www.woodtheater.org or 518-480-4878.

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“BEHOLD THE DEC. GLORY” A 13 Sun. CHRISTMAS CANTATA@ COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, CHESTERTOWN.

DEC. CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS 12 Sat. PARTY@ AMERICAN LEGION, TICONDEROGA.

Saturday: 1:00 am - 3:00 pm

Sunday: 3:00 pm

A Christmas Cantata with words and music

by Stan Pethel. All are welcome to attend.

Details: 518-494-2452.

A community Children’s Christmas party hosted by the American Legion. Light refreshments will be served. Santa will be arriving at 2:00 pm and will have a gift for each child.

Details: 518-585-6220.

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DEC. HOLIDAY SQUARE 12 Sat. DANCE@ WHALLONSBURG GRANGE HALL, 1610 NYS RTE 22.

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ADIRONDACK DEC. SINGERS 04 Fri. CONCERT@ UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, LONG LAKE. Friday: 7:30 pm

Saturday: 7:00 pm

Featuring music from Upstate New Yorkers: Caller - Garry Finney, Fiddler Donnie Perkins. Desserts & refreshments available for purchase. Adults: $7, Under 18: FREE. Details: 518-963-4170.

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EYE ON THE ARTS

LINDA DOLLY

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They walk among us hey shovel their sidewalks, walk the family dog and stand next to us at the checkout. With a casual glance, their super powers are undetected. However, when in front of an audience, these seemingly average folks drop their masks and like the little drummer boy give the best they have to offer.

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Sounds like Christmas As soon as their conductor, Susan Hughes, lifts her hands and gives a nod, the Pleasant Valley Chorale stands tall to deliver their newest feat - a program titled “MESSIAH and More.”

There are two occasions to attend this concert.

In Essex, on Friday, Dec. 11, at the Essex Community Church, The singing beings at 7:30 p.m.

On Sunday, Dec. 13, they join voices again, this time in Elizabethtown at The United Church of Christ at 3:00 p.m.

In his debut performance with the group, Russel Ames accompanies the choir in Handel, Bach, Holst and Sweelinck arrangements.

The program includes memorable solos by Mary Sue Wolson, Carole Harsh, Gigi Mason, Sandra Lovell, Tommy Gilliland, Michael Peden and Susan Hughes.

If you have never heard the vocal interplay of this 40-voice ensemble, go to their concert. You should know what others in the community have already discovered - music is their superpower.

Admission is free with a goodwill donation accepted at the door.

You don’t want to miss this winter concert.

Holiday Celebration Concert On the shores of the Hudson River, in the town of North River, singer, and songwriter, Nancy Tutunjian-Berger is giving a Christmas concert.

The concert, held at the United Methodist Church is on Sunday, Dec.

Sometimes, it�s yucky Art isn’t always attractive, filled with pleasant sounds or created to make us laugh. Sometimes the goal of art is to make us think; change our perspective or at least to shake us up to the reality that many thoughts and beliefs may differ from our own.

I will continue to bring awareness and appreciation of a variety of artistic endeavors and cultural events, you can take my word for it.

I am continually soliciting information about activities, cultural events or places showcasing artistic expression. I’m anxious to hear about your programs and share the news with our 50,000 readers.

Please contact me at linda@suncommunitynews.com.

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts will present the 30th annual performance of the North Country Ballet Ensemble’s “Nutcracker.”

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children, and are available by calling the LPCA box office at 523.2512 or online at www.lakeplacidarts.org.

THE LARGEST SOURCE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.

Who puts an elephant on the stairs� “Love and Information” is a play of vignettes. The play’s creator, Carl Churchill, wrote 100 vibrant characters into the script. The director and 20 local actors convince us all that 100 personalities have taken the stage.

In an unlikely combination of sex, death, taxidermy and karaoke the characters discover each other, and life’s meaning. Their revelations are our own, and those of people we know.

Despite five back-to-back performances, reservations are suggested.

Opening night is Wednesday, Dec. 2 the run ends with the final show on Sunday, Dec. 6. The curtain rises at 8 p.m. for each of these performances.

The Recovery Lounge located at 1 Springfield Rd in Upper Jay. Tickets are $18. For additional information or to make reservations, call 946-8315 or send an email to upperjayartcenter@gmail.com.

P.S. I don’t know who put the pachyderm on the steps.

Timely but not lighthearted A historical perspective on the Middle East given by Andy Buchanan, a historian and lecturer at the University of Vermont, will be held at the Whallonsburg Grange on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

The lecture will focus on the on the background of the crisis that is rapidly unfolding in the region today. Following the talk, ample time has been set aside for questions, and further discussion. Admission is $5 for adults, and free for students.

The Whallonsburg Grange Hall located on 1610 NYS Route 22 at the intersection with Whallons Bay Road. For more information about this event or the Hall, contact office manager Stephanie Beneng at 518-963-4170.

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Parumpapumpum� The Hand House is a stately brick building in Elizabethtown. Within its walls is a parlor graced with an exquisite Mason and Hamlin piano. The Grand, from 1910, is on loan from an anonymous patron for use at Hand House concerts; two doozies are waiting in the wings.

Piano by Nature presents “Playing in the Snow” on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. These two similar-but-different concerts will benefit The Bruce L. Crary Scholarship Foundation.

The Crary Scholarship Foundation has granted more than $8 million to more than 5,000 students to assist with the costs of their higher education. Scholarships distributed to students living in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton and Warren Counties.

The lineup of top-notch performers for “Playing in the Snow” include some of the area’s finest talents, including Mary Lou Kirsty, Tim Mount, Janice Kyle, Jennifer Moore, Susan Hughes, Kim and Nancy Gilbertson and several more.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $5 for anyone 15 years old or younger. The Hand House located on River Street in Elizabethtown. Contact Piano by Nature at 962-2949 for further details.

6, at 3 p.m. This inspirational, joyful event is open to the public. There is no charge for this concert. However, goodwill offerings for the singer are accepted at the door.

The Church is at 194 Thirteenth Lake Road in North River. Amy Sabattis is the contact for the concert call her at 251-2519.

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OBITUARIES

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GreggÊ LewisÊ Trask

JoyceÊ M.Ê Wiman

CROWN POINT — Gregg Lewis Trask, 50, passed away unexpectedly on November 16, 2015 in Crown Point, NY. Gregg was born October 4, 1965 in Ticonderoga to Graydon Lemuel Trask and Patricia Lewis Trask Knapp.

Gregg graduated from Ticonderoga High School and attended the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY. Gregg was ordained as a Minister in the First Congregational Church of Crown Point where he was associate pastor. He was also interim minister at the United Methodist Church of Crown Point, NY. Gregg was a qualified Advanced Emergency Medical Technician who was instrumental in creating the Crown Point Rescue Squad, and had served as its Captain. He was a long time fire fighter in the A.E. Phelps Fire and Rescue Company of Crown Point, NY and was currently Chairman of the Crown Point Fire District Board of Commissioners.

Gregg was a Plank Member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-13, where he served in many offices including Flotilla Commander. He completed the USCG Auxiliary course to become a Coxswain and was also active in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary at the national level. Additionally, Gregg obtained credentials to command a commercial vessel.

Gregg had been employed in other capacities before becoming a Minister, holding jobs at Crown Point Telephone, the State of Vermont and several others. Gregg’s path to becoming a Minister started in his youth when he was an Acolyte for several years. Gregg was the author of a book “Learning the Lessons: 25 Messages for Remembering God in your Modern Life”. In the introduction he states: he didn’t hear the call to ministry until much later in life and then goes on to say that “this goes to show that God is patient, persistent and has a sense of humor”.

Gregg was predeceased by his father Graydon in 1969. Survivors include his mother, Patricia L. Knapp, his father Robin L. Knapp, sisters Shana Macey (Anthony) of Crown Point, NY, Karen Frisbee (Larry) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Shari Santose of Ticonderoga, NY, Gayle Trask of Albany, NY, Niece Alexandra Macey, Nephew Robby Macey, Stepson, Joshua Behrendt and several other nieces, nephews and cousins.

A celebration of Gregg’s life will be held May 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. with participation of A.E. Phelps Fire and Rescue Company as well as the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Gregg’s memory may be made to the United Methodist Church of Crown Point, NY and A.E. Phelps Fire and Rescue Company in Crown Point, NY. To make an online condolence visit www.harlandfuneralhome.com.

TICONDEROGA — Joyce M. Wiman, of Fort Montgomery, NY, passed away Friday, November 20, 2015 at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Cornwall, NY. She was 75 years old.

Daughter of the late George Johnston and Irma Seward Johnston, Joyce was born on April 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY. She was a homemaker and also worked with her husband at the Cornwall Cleaners. She was a graduate of Wood’s School of Business. Joyce was an active member of Fort Montgomery United Methodist Church, serving on many committees.

Joyce enjoyed her home in Ticonderoga on Lake George with friends and family for many years. She enjoyed gardening, golfing, skiing, and swimming. But above all, Joyce devoted herself to her family, especially her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, L. Christopher, at home; daughters Leslie and husband Richard Rose of Highland Falls, NY, and Joyce and husband Donald Henshaw of Rock Tavern, NY; sisters Irma and husband Duke Lent of Highland Falls, NY, and Grace and husband Joe Cappadona of Commack, NY; grandchildren Rich, Kylie, and Meredith; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015 at William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 135 Main Street, Highland Falls, NY. A funeral service will be conducted by Rev. Vicky A. Fleming on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the Fort Montgomery United Methodist Church at 12 p.m.

Cremation at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to Fort Montgomery United Methodist Church, 170 Route 9W, Fort Montgomery, NY 10922.

Funeral arrangements by William F. Hogan Funeral Home, (845) 446-2868 www.wfhoganfuneralhome.com

RosemarieÊ A.Ê Serdinsky LAKE GEORGE — Rosemarie A. Serdinsky, 79, of Leisure Village West, Manchester Twp. died November 23, 2015 at home. Rosemarie owned and operated Brookside Café in Lake George, NY. Prior to that she owned and operated Rosies

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Posies in Englishtown and Matawan. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she resided in Old Bridge and Lake George, NY before moving to Manchester Twp. in 2003. Rosemarie was predeceased by her husband Michael in 2007. Rosemarie is survived by 3 sons, Michael of South Toms River, Jeff of Scotch Plains, Frank of Hague, NY; her daughter Joyce of Bordentown; 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Interment 11am Wednesday December 2, 2015 at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, Arneytown, Arrangements by DeGraff Lakehurst Funeral Home, Lakehurst.

CherylÊ LynnÊ LaRock TICONDEROGA — Cheryl Lynn LaRock, 59, of Ticonderoga, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2015.

Born in Ticonderoga, June 16, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Rolland and Lucille (Frasier) Jordan.

Cheryl was a graduate of Bolton Landing High School, and has lived in Hague, Bolton Landing and Ticonderoga, for most of her life. She was employed as a Housekeeper for many years.

She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Ticonderoga.

Her greatest joy was spending time with her family and her many good friends.

Survivors include her four children, Connor LaRock of Ticonderoga, Eli LaRock III and his wife, Danielle of Ticonderoga, Christina LaRock of Moriah and Martin Larock of Moriah; two brothers, Paul Jordan of Bolton Landing and John Jordan of New Jersey. She is also survived by her two grandchildren, Laylah Woods and Eli LaRock IV. Relatives and friends may call Thursday, December 3, 2015, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home, 11 Algonkin St., Ticonderoga.

A Memorial Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Funeral Home. The Rev. William G. Munch will officiate.

Burial will take place at the family plot of the Brant Lake Cemetery at a later date.

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Hancock House to host TACC Holiday After Business Mixer TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce December and Holiday After Business Mixer will be held Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Hancock House, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event is being hosted by the Ticonderoga Historical Society and Ticonderoga Arts Gallery.

Sponsors providing door prizes will be Alexander R. Shmulsky Attorney At Law, Bridge Point Communication, The Country Florist & Gifts, Ticonderoga Arts, and Wagon Wheel Restaurant.

“We invite Ticonderoga Area Chamber Members, their employees, and area business people to attend the December After Business Mixer at the Hancock House. Not only is it a perfect opportunity to network but a chance to see the Hancock House and celebrate the holiday season with the Chamber and the business community. The Hancock House will be beautifully decorated for the Festival of Trees. Please join us to reconnect with area businesses and organizations, meet new people, and celebrate the holiday season together,” stated TACC Exec-

utive Director, Matthew Courtright.

The Chambers “After Business Mixers” provide a networking forum for area business people in addition to showcasing the site of the host as well as promoting the door prize sponsors.

All area business people, chamber members and their employees are invited to attend. Networking is a key component of Chamber membership and marketing a business. Chamber members and area business people are encouraged to take advantage of this and all networking opportunities.

The Hancock House is home to the Ticonderoga Historical Society and Ticonderoga Arts.

The Hancock House will have four floors of the mansion decorated for the holiday season and will also be available for viewing through Jan. 1. The Hancock House is open Wednesday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Ticonderoga Arts Gallery is located on the The TACC November After Business Mixer hosted by the Sentinel Grille in coordination with Lake George Land Conserlower level of the Hancock House show- vancy. Pictured are representatives from the Sentinel Grille, Lake George Land Conservancy, and the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce. casing local artists in many mediums.

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Caitlin Bridge Golf Tourney donates money to ECH ELIZABETHTOWN — The Caitlin Wade Bridge Memorial Golf Tournament organizers have donated proceeds from this summer’s event to the chemotherapy and infusion department at University of Vermont Health Network - Elizabethtown Community Hospital. This is the second year that the tournament has benefitted the local hospital.

Justin Bridge and Mary Wade presented the $10,000 gift to Meredith King, chemotherapy and infusion department manager, in early November.

The tournament, now in its second year, serves to memorialize Caitlin while raising awareness of the importance of early screening and detection of colon cancer. It is also a way for Caitlin’s family and friends to help staff at the hospital offer patients and their family members a comfortable environment while they are receiving treatment.

Caitlin was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 25.

She was able to receive her chemotherapy treatments at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, with her husband Justin by her side. Her family and tournament organizers felt that it was incredibly important to be able to give back to a part of the hospital that became incredibly important to her.

“The proceeds from last year’s tournament were used to purchase a blanket warmer to use in the department, along with some comfortable waiting room furniture and accessories,” said Department Manager Meredith King. “Sometimes just being able to offer a nice, warm blanket to a patient can make such a difference. We want patients and their families to be as comfortable as possible while we are caring for them.”

“Caitlin’s presence remains with those in the department,” said King. “We continue to keep a picture of her near our

desk, and we often find ourselves reminiscing about her infectious laugh and the humorous things that she’d say to us. She was incredibly funny and expressive. She made an enormous impact on the staff in this department; and through this tournament, her spirit continues to do so.”

The chemotherapy and infusion department at Elizabethtown Community Hospital offers chemotherapy treatment for a variety of cancers, along with infusion of other medications to treat a number of conditions including iron deficiency, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, and lead poisoning. The department is also able to administer IV antibiotics after surgery.

For more information about taking part in, or sponsoring, the Caitlin Wade Bridge Memorial Golf Tournament, contact Tournament Organizer Eric Arnold at 578-4707 or via email at earnoldreber@aol.com.

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Essex County supervisors hold budget hearing

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County moved closer to adopting a 2016 budget following a public hearing Monday night, a brisk affair that saw Dan Palmer, the county manager, again presenting the most salient bits of the tentative spending plan and urging lawmakers to avoid dipping into their savings.

THE NUMBERS At $21.6 million, the tax levy is up 8 percent over this year, constituting 22.34 percent of the county’s total operating expenses.

Total appropriations are $96.9 million, a 4.6 percent increase, while the tentative net budget clocks in at $23.7 million, up $1.7 million over this year.

That figure is the true measure of the county’s fiscal health, said Palmer.

Proposed fund balance use has dropped to $2.03 million, about 25 percent of their savings.

The figure is down from a high of $6.8 million in 2013, the year before a five-year plan was implemented after a state audit.

BIG CHANGES Salaries are up $873,785, clocking in at $21.8 million.

The increase can be attributed, in part, to a union agreement that hashed out three percent raises, said Palmer.

For years, workers had been seeing less takehome pay due to rising health insurance costs, particularly lower-end staffers hired after 2009.

Most of these come without hidden step increases, said Palmer. The exceptions were the positions hashed out in the salary sub-committee.

Health insurance costs are up nearly $1 million to a total of $11.77 million, while retirement is up $342,214 to $3.9 million.

Debt service payments saw a $86,180 increase to $4.2 million.

Essex County is home to 178 bridges and must borrow to bankroll repairs. The county is

still paying off a $17 million radio project and the jail complex in Lewis.

Funds for bridge engineering plans also increased, from $50,000 to $175,000, mostly prep work to avoid future expenses from shoddy planning.

STICKING TO THE PLAN Palmer again reminded lawmakers that the county got to this point — successive years of significant tax hikes — due to keeping the tax rate artificially low through an overuse of fund balance.

In 2010, with a tax rate of $1.98, the county had one of the lowest rates in the state.

Palmer said if the county had adopted budgets that were equal to the current plan over a 14-year-period, increases would have been 2.6 percent each year.

“Our net budgets are not growing,” said Palmer.

The county is currently in the third year of the recovery plan. The proposed rate for 2018, the last year of the plan, is projected to be $3.54 per $1,000 in assessed value.

That’s 37 cents less than the rate of $3.91 in 2004, noted Palmer.

MANDATED COSTS In what’s become a constant refrain, Palmer again drew notice to mandated items, which increased by $131,107 over last year. Altogether, the $16.2 million in mandated costs represent 75.1 percent of the 2016 levy.

These include pre-school special education, early intervention, indigent defense, probation (which is up $111,466 over this year), child welfare and other programs.

The county’s Medicaid share is capped at $6.9 million. If the state assumed the cost of that program, the tax rate would fall to $2.19 per thousand; the proposed increase of 8 percent would decrease by 32 percent.

“This is the part that’s frustrating,” said Palmer. “It’s a net cost for us.”

But with a $80 billion statewide price tag to absorb the cost, reform is unlikely, Palmer said.

The manager said the argument underpinning mandate reform isn’t whether counties should provide the services, but rather delivering them with the amount of money allotted to them by the state and federal governments.

At one time, Palmer said, 34 percent of the cost of visiting nurses was borne by the state.

The state decided they were no longer going to provide the funding, but continued to mandate the service.

Essex County then absorbed that 34 percent.

Altogether, these mandated items constitute 68.7 percent of net budget, a percentage Palmer called “staggering.”

“When we start a budget, we’re at 70 percent just from one year to the next,” Palmer said.

Since last week, officials found an additional $360,000 in savings.

If approved by lawmakers, the burden on taxpayers could be reduced an additional two points, down to 6.1 percent, with the tax rate dropping to $3.17.

Those savings including the waiving of a 1 percent amortization fee on retirement funds, $180,000 in radio maintenance fees and the cancellation of equipment purchases.

PUBLIC COMMENTS James Whiteley, of Ticonderoga, said he understood the county’s financial situation, but pressed officials to determine how much fund balance could be responsibly used to alleviate the burden on the taxpayers, whom he said are “stressed.”

Other counties haven’t come close to raising the levy close to 20 percent in past two years, Whiteley noted.

“Those are huge, huge increases,” said Whiteley. “This isn’t the Soviet Union. They had a bunch of five-year plans that didn’t work out too well — people are hurting.”

“I ask you do what you can to get that down to a reasonable amount, and hopefully soon get to a point when you can adhere to that cap.”

Margaret Gibbs, the executive director of Lakes to Locks, asked the board to consider the organization’s request for funding that would

allow them to hire a grant writer.

Ewa Jankowska, of the Clinton Essex Franklin Library System, urged officials to consider funding for their service area, which covers a territory roughly the size of Connecticut.

Jankowska cited a PEW Study that revealed 79 percent of recent jobseekers conducted their searches online.

Applicants in Essex County often lack access to devices or a fast connection speed, she said.

“Libraries, in this sense, play a very important role in our society,” said Jankowska.

Elizabeth Buysse, of Upper Jay, questioned the county’s decision to fold the Office for the Aging into the Department of Public Health.

Its director will move to a new position in a different department; a new leadership position will be drafted and the remaining 12 employees will continue to perform their tasks.

Buysee, who said she has a Masters in Gerontological Nursing, said as part of the Older Americans Act, the county has a responsibility to make it possible for older adults to stay independent within the community.

Twenty-one percent of the population in Essex County is 60 or over, Buysee noted.

Home-delivered meals and transportation are among the critical services the agency provides, she said.

“We have been fortunate to have a director for past 15 years who is aggressive and able to advocate at the state level,” said Buysee. “Reducing efforts could result in long-term consequences.”

Palmer said it wasn’t a decision that the county arrived at lightly.

“I honestly don’t believe services will suffer in any way,” he said, citing the efficiencies that may be created by teaming up with public health.

Lawmakers have until Dec. 20 to make changes to the tentative budget.

If approved with the 8 percent increase, homeowners can expect to see a $22 increase on $100,000 homes.

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Notes from the North Woods Joe Hackett

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No longer the clown of the woods

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’m old enough to remember the days when open pit dumps were still considered a natural tourist attraction in many Adirondack communities. It was common to find a dozen or so vehicles parked at the dumps as the sun began to set, waiting for the bears to appear. I recall the dumps were also popular with teenage boys who often took their dates to the dump, hoping the bear would scare the young ladies into their arms. It rarely worked!

Although black bear have long been regarded as the “clown of the woods” as a result of their rather plodding manner and lumbering gait; don’t let appearances fool you! They are capable of moving a lot of mass in a hurry, and with a top speed of over 30 mph, they’ve actually been known to run down a horse.

While we have been conditioned to fear them from an early age, black bear are omnivores, unlike their man-eating cousins, the Grizzly. While a black bear may eat you if it has to; they far prefer a diet of tubers, blueberries, beech nuts, beehives, acorn and similar forest mast crops. However, bear are also creatures of convenience. Over the years, they learned how to pilfer food from the many two legged, vending machines that set up their camps/snack bars in the High Peaks.

Fortunately, the DEC’s policy of requiring the mandatory use of bear canisters by all overnight campers in the High Peaks, has largely eradicated problems with bears. However, even the most wary bear is willing to make off with a free meal, if the opportunity is available. Although most travelers rarely get a chance to see a bear, the DEC estimates the state

now holds a population of between 6000-7000 bruins, with a burgeoning population in the southern tier.

In the course of my travels, which have encompassed over five decades of hiking, biking, asking, paddling, fishing and hunting all over the Park, I never had a problem with bear, until recently While I’ve always kept a clean camp, and I’ve hung a bear bag when such measures were advisable; the only camp pests that I �I’e had to deal with over the years were a few marauding raccoons, some errant skunks and a pack of �metal munching mountain mice in the Oluska Pass Leanto that actually chewed into a can of Corned Beef Hash. Despite my long record of avoiding bears, I recently crossed paths with one.

In fact, a daring or dumb black bear recently paid a visit to our hunting camp, and it made off with a cooler. Fortunately, there wasn’t any garbage in camp, as we make a point of regularly hauling it out when we depart; and the cooler held only a few sticks of butter, and some cold beers on ice. We suspect the bruin was not a local resident, rather he was just passing through. When we found the empty cooler a short distance away, there were a few punctured cans. There were also several Miller beer cans left in the cooler. It appeared the bear only drank the Molson, which is how I determined it was a Canadian interloper, that was well out of his range.

Now that I know what bears like to drink, it’s important to know what they prefer to eat; which is relatively easy to discover by studying their scat. In the Adirondack region, bear feed heavily on beech nuts, acorns, and similar mast crops, as well as berries, and similar foods of convenience in the summer. In the Fall, they take advantage of large beech nut and acorn crops. Regardless of the usual human-bear conflict forecasts, it’s important to remember that humans are half of the equation, and we must do our part to keep bears wild, which includes securing the garbage, and hanging bird feeders high enough to stop bear from feeding on the nuts and suet. It’s also wise to put away bar-b-qua grills, and hold off on the compost pile during the early spring, when hungry bear will come out of hibernation.

The state’s black bear population has continued to expand over recent years, especially in the counties of the Southern Tier along the Pennsylvanian border with New York State. Increasingly, Southern Tier bear hunters have produced larger

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specimens, in greater numbers than those taken in the traditional bear haunts of Hamilton County in the Adirondacks.

While many hunters and hikers have referred to black bear as “the clown of the woods’, due partly to their poor eyesight and clumsy, lumbering gait, the black bear was never considered to be as dangerous as a grizzly or a brown bear.

Regardless of such opinions, in recent years there have been several attacks attributed to black bears that have caused wilderness educators to adopt a different outlook on this animal.

Possibly the most notorious case occurred in Canada, where a female biathlete was attacked while running at the Olympic Training Center in Ontario. Not only did the bear kill the young lady, it apparently fed on her remains. The tragedy, combined with several other instances where bears appeared to forage on the victims prompted a new and increasingly accepted procedure, which advises “If subjected to an attack by a black bear, do not �play dead’ and cover up! Resist by all means, screaming, yelling, kicking and punching. Blows to the eyes and nose of the animal are encouraged to fend it off.

Potential victims are instructed to wave their arms, yell and stand their ground while remaining in eye contact with the animal. This advice is based on the theory that you must intimidate the bear by making yourself appear larger.

Bears will sometimes make a �bluff charge’ to see if the prey retreats. If you run, a bear is likely to pursue. Travelers must also be aware that they should never attempt to try to recover lost food or gear from a bear. It is a dangerous and plainly foolish act to chase after a bear, regardless of the occasion.

Gear or food can always be replaced.

It’s likely the most dangerous situation is to encounter a sow with cubs, even though I’ve found most bear will quickly scampered off when encountering a human. Their tremendous sense of smell usually alerts them to human presence and their padded feet allow them to quietly depart.

However, repeated encounters with humans and the association of their presence with food sources has emboldened some of these creatures to the extent that they have lost their natural fear of man. This was the case in the High Peaks Wilderness where bear seemed to view backpackers as walking vending machines, before new and improved methods of hanging and protecting food from bears was developed. Fortunately, there has not been a serious bear incident in many years.

The accepted procedure for dealing with an aggressive bear is to make yourself appear to be a large as possible, and yell, scream or holler in an attempt to intimidate the animal; but do not aggressively go after it. Back away slowly, while maintaining eye contact, and do not attempt to retrieve any food, equipment or especially that six-pack of cold Molson!

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook.

Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

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PORT HENRY — The main street laundromat here is adding a unique new service that will allow residential and commercial customers to drop off their dirty laundry and pick it up washed, dried, and folded 90 minutes later.

Ken Ladeau, owner of Champlain’s Best Wash at 4223 South Main Street in Port Henry, said the idea will simplify people’s lives.

“I think that the new drop-off and pick-up service will be very convenient for people: elderly people, commercial businesses, and anyone who is busy,” Ladeau said.

In addition to the drop-off and pick-up service, the laundromat will be offering the option of delivery to both residential and commercial customers in the Moriah, Crown Point, and Westport communities.

“This option will work well for people who find it harder to get out in the winter months,” said Ladeau.

The new laundry service will begin as of Thursday, Dec. 3 and to help kick it off Ladeau plans to host an open house event on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

The new wash, dry, and fold service will be offered to customers at no additional charge during those hours, saving people time by allowing them to leave their laundry and attend to other matters, Ladeau said.

Snacks will also be provided.

Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava said he was

pleased about the business expansion.

“Just retaining business is a good thing, and obviously they seem to have done well. Trying to attract new business to the area is a really good thing, and I’m glad they’re able to expand,” he said.

The facility features new laundry equipment and will charge $1 per pound for the wash, dry, and fold service with a $5 minimum; $.75 a pound for the wash and dry or the dry and fold services and $.50 a pound for the wash only or fold only services.

The charge for pick-up and drop-off is $5 each way.

Other services include ironing, the use of hangars, washing comforters, sleeping bags, and more.

The hours for the new laundry service are Thursday 6:30-9 p.m.; Friday 4-9 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., or by appointment.

Regular business hours for the laundromat are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Cuomo: The check is in the mail

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — As the snow flies, municipalities are finalizing their budgets.

Coming in under the state-mandated tax cap has been the goal that has dominated the process for officials across the state for the past three years.

In addition to bragging rights for staying under the cap — for officials, doing so has come to represent a sense of fiscal prowess in tough economic times — taxpayers are also slated to benefit from rebate checks.

Homeowners last year received tax rebate checks for the growth in their school taxes.

This year, checks will be issued to taxpayers in jurisdictions that stayed under the state’s property tax cap, which limits the growth in property taxes to less than 2 percent a year, including counties, cities, towns, villages and special districts.

Municipalities must also develop plans to cut the levy by 1 percent a year for three years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has argued that the high tax burden prohibits economic growth and has led to an exodus of residents to more tax-friendly climes.

The three-year property-tax freeze program is expected to provide $1 billion in tax relief, according to materials provided by the governor’s office.

“This program addresses the one of the most important challenges we face as a state — making New York affordable — by providing real, meaningful, significant tax relief that will make a difference in people’s lives,” said Cuomo earlier this spring.

Checks have started going out and will continue to go out through the upcoming months, said a spokesman for the state Department of Taxation and Finance on Monday.

Roughly 2.5 million homeowners are eligible for the credits this year.

The freeze credit will be the greater of the actual increase in the homeowner’s tax bill, or the previous year’s tax bill multiplied by an inflation factor.

But the state won’t know an average amount until all credits are processed months down the road, said the spokesman, Geoffrey Gloak.

“As we receive the data provided by localities, we will process the credits and issue checks,” Gloak said.

Not all see the program as transformative.

Empire Center President E.J. McMahon has called the checks a “gimmick” and a “transparent political ploy.”

Local lawmakers say the process is confusing and the savings to taxpayers will likely be small.

Moriah supervisor Tom Scozzafava remained mystified.

“I’ve never been clear on any of this,” he said. “We never get a clear answer.”

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Fire District announces upcoming election CROWN POINT — The Crown Point Fire District annual Fire District Public Election, to fill the position of Commissioner for a term of five years will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Crown Point Fire Hall, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Putnam school board to meet PUTNAM — The Putnam Central School Board of Education will hold its’ monthly meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the gym, at 6:30 p.m.

The Carillon Garden Club will be hosting its annual “Holiday Magic” reception following the Champlain Valley Chorale Concert on Sunday, Dec. 13, at the First United Methodist Church in Ticonderoga. The concert will start at 3 p.m. and the reception will follow immediately after. The concert and reception are free and all are welcome. Members will be showing their talents with decorated wreaths, arrangements and collections in the fellowship hall during the reception. Sandwiches and cookies will be served along with holiday punch in a festively decorated setting. “The Holiday Magic reception is our gift to the community,” said Sharon Lonergan, chairperson. The First United Methodist Church is located at 1045 Wicker St. (Rt. 9N) in Ticonderoga, up the hill from the hospital. Pictured are: Back row – Lena Iuliano, Susan Johnson, Madie O’Toole, Margaret Howe, Linda Mury and Susan Darrin. Front row – Janette Ploof, Joyce Cooper, Judy Walker, Anita Masten and Sharon Lonergan.

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SLACC holiday contest slated SCHROON — The Schroon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring its annual Holiday Decorating Contest for 2015. There are two divisions for the contest: residential homes and business.

Prizes will be presented for first place winners in the residential division for the following categories: 1) Most Traditional or Adirondack Style, 2) Most Creative Display of Lights, 3) Most Creative Themed Display. Each winner will receive a gift certificate to a local business. Award certificates will be presented in the business division for first, second and third place.

Judging will take place in the late afternoon and evening of Friday, Dec. 11, (weather permitting). Judges will tour the main streets of the Town of Schroon including Rte 9, Rte 74, village side streets and Aldermeadow Road. If someone or a business is located on a side road or an outlying part of the town, contact the Chamber office with the address and indicate that people would like to be included in the judging circuit.

The winners in each category will be announced following the contest. Contact the SLCC at 532-7675 with any questions.

Water, Sewer bills due PORT HENRY — Water and Sewer bills for the Village of Port Henry have been mailed out for the billing period of May 1 to Oct. 31. Payments are due by Dec. 11, after this date a 10 percent late penalty will be incurred on all remaining balances.

The non-profit Royal Winter Pageant is back. The 2015 contestants are doing a great job getting ready to put on a great show. Contestants are, back from left: Maria Cole, Jade Frasier, Adriana Borho, Eryka Hayes, Payton Seneville, McKenzie Harrington, and Natasha Manning. Front from left: Kim England, Keirra Bechard, Bailey Dinsmore, Juliauna Fuller, Mandy Taylor, and Ruth Cole. Not pictured Cheyanne Tuthill. The show will be Dec. 4, 7 p.m. at the Ticonderoga High School. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and 5 and under are free. There will be themed baskets and Adirondack items for auction. Auction tickets are $1 each. All money goes to the pageant.

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FCC, UMC to hold church service, activities CROWN POINT — The First Congregational Church and the United Methodist Church invites the community to this week’s to the Congregational Church Sunday, Dec. 6, for Sunday Services, at 9:30 a.m. at the Brick Church in the Park. This weeks’ Service will include Holy Communion. Lighting of the Advent Candles, reflective time and Pastoral Prayers, singing, as well as a positive, timely message by Pastor Dave. Coffee and fellowship following.

There will be Bible Study at the Parsonage Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. Read Mark, Chapters 12-15. All are invited. Sunday, Dec. 13, there will be a Church Council Meeting following the Service. For more information and directions to these or any church activities call 597-3398 or visit Brickchurchonline.com.

Ticonderoga Elks Lodge No. 1494 held their annual Veterans Day Dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Boy Scout Troup 73 from Hague helped serve dinner.

Pictured with the scouts are Exalted Ruler Marge Hurlburt and Scout Leader, Corrine Woods.

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The Moses Ludington Hospital Auxiliary raffled a “Tree of Enchantment.” Pictured with two Auxiliary Members, Phyllis Smith and Rosemary Hanson, is the winner, Lorie Ledger.

Mickey Caputo-Abbott held a ceramics painting class at the Schroon Lake Senior Center recently. The event was held in memory of long time member, Michael Colleary, who recently passed away. His hobby was painting ceramic pieces. The event brought a full house.

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Champlain Valley Chorale concerts slated SCHROON — The Champlain Valley Chorale will present their annual Christmas Concert, Joy to the World Friday, Dec. 11, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, at 7:30 p.m., and Ticonderoga Sunday, Dec. 13, at the First United Methodist Church, at 3 p.m. Selections will highlight the ways different cultures celebrate Christmas, the Christmas season and other year-end festivities, and have incorporated their cultures rich blend of music heard during the season.

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Messiah. The concerts are free. New members are always welcome to join for either or both of two seasons.

Grief Support group to meet SCHROON — A grief support group will hold its first meeting Thursday, Dec. 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.. At this meeting, frequency will be determined.

The goals of this support group are to provide educational information about grief and loss due to the death of a loved one, to assist group members in developing coping and adapting skills, and to offer emotional support. There is no charge

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To pre-register and for location of meeting, contact Cam Brown at 942-6513 or email cbrown@hphpc.org.

‘Smorgasbord Dinner with Santa’ planned TICONDEROGA — There will be a “Smorgasbord Dinner with Santa” Friday, Dec. 11, at the Ticonderoga Elks Lodge, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. This is a fundraiser for the Christmas Charities Baskets to be delivered on Christmas Eve Morning.

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Hero cop who ended Prison Break wins awards Trooper who ended manhunt honored at annual luncheon

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RAY BROOK — The man who ended the largest manhunt in state history was honored last month by his peers and this month by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Technical Sgt. Jay Cook, TIMS Unit Supervisor, received the Officer of the Month Award from the Memorial Fund for November. He will be honored with the other 2015 recipients during a special ceremony to be held during National Police Week in Washington, D.C., in May. The award recognizes federal, state, and local officers who distinguish themselves through exemplary law enforcement service and devotion to duty.

On June 28, Cook was supervising a perimeter post in the town of Constable when he noticed a man jogging along the side of the road.

Cook stopped, exited his vehicle and yelled to the man, who turned around before taking off like a thunderbolt into an open field, according to State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico.

The Malone-based trooper opened fire before fugitive David Sweat got to the tree line, hitting him twice in the torso, wounding him and bringing to a close a three-week hunt for the two escapees from Clinton Correctional Facility.

Sweat was one of two inmates who escaped from the Clinton County Correctional Facility in Danemora June 6, leading to a 23-day manhunt which ended in the death of co-conspirator Richard Matt June 26, characterized by meticulous sophistication and planning that authorities believe took months, if not years to execute.

Immediately apprehending the fugitive, Cook ended a manhunt that involved over 1,300 law enforcement officers. Sweat was serving a life sentence for shooting Deputy Sheriff Kevin Tarsla of the Broome County (NY) Sheriff ’s Office. Sweat shot Deputy Sheriff Tarsla 15 times and then ran him over with a vehicle on July 4, 2002.

“Sgt. Cook’s recognition of the fugitive and his quick response in apprehending the suspect were integral to capturing a cop-killer and securing a community that had been on high alert,” Memorial Fund Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Craig W. Floyd said. “His brave actions are deserving of our 2015 November Officer of the Month Award.”

A few weeks earlier, Cook was the recipient of the Troop Commander’s Exceptional Performance Award from Troop B Commander Charles Guess Oct. 28 at the New York State Police Troop B Awards and Retirement Luncheon at the Malone Golf Course.

“Sgt. Cook happened to be from Troop B, which is this area, so he knew the area very well,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “But he was still alone and it was a very courageous act.”

“Sgt. Cook did an excellent job,” NYSP Superintendent Joseph D’Amico said. “He realized Sweat was going to make it to a tree line, and possibly could have disappeared—and he fired two shots from his service weapon.”

Troopers, civilians honored Guess also presented the Outstanding Service to Troop B award to Border Patrol Agent-inCharge Norman M. Lague of the Champlain office as well as the New York State Department of Corrections, Director of CERT Operations Col. Dennis W. Bradford. Both organizations played pivotal roles during the search for Matt and Sweat.

Guess also presented plaques and letters acknowledging the dedicated performance of duty to sworn members and civilian staff. Recently retired members from Troop “B” were also recognized for their years of dedicated service to the New York State Police.

Recipients included: Non Commissioned Officer of the Year: Technical Sergeant

Christopher M. Giovazzino, Communications Supervisor Troopers of the Year: Zone 1 – Trooper Anthony R. Cordick; Zone 2 – Trooper Craig S. Thornhill; Zone 3 – Trooper Christopher N. Bogart BCI Unit of the Year - SP Chazy Bureau of Criminal Investigation (Acting Sr. Investigator Jason J. Pelkey, Investigator George E. Dyer, Investigator Richard A. Hoff, Investigator Angela M. Toohill, Investigator Richard A. Gilmore, Investigator Matthew J. Jock) Civilian Employee of the Year: Quartermaster Myra L. Rabideau Honored Retirees: Sr. Investigator Christopher J. Keniston; Sr. Investigator Robert R. Lawyer; Sr. Investigator Tracy D. Eggleston; Sr. Investigator Andrew S. Gayeskie; Zone Sergeant Daniel K. Shea; Sergeant/SC Luella C. Fisher; T/Sergeant Terrence C. Maguire; Investigator Michael N. Bousquet; Investigator Joel L. Revette; Investigator Joseph A. Tatro; Trooper Arthur A. Lowe, Jr.; Trooper John R. Rose; Trooper John C. Zahray; Civilian Sharon H. Courtney; Civilian Bonnie R. Mahnk; Civilian Richard A. Martin; Civilian Rosalie Martin; Civilian Thomas A. Matzell; Civilian Lee E. Torrance; Civilian Kathy D. Owen.

Sgt. Jay Cook has received a pair of rewards for his actions leading to the end of the largest manhunt in New York State history by Troop B of the New York State Police and the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund.

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Griffin Hughes of Ticonderoga was successful in his fight for the ball against Tioga defender Nick Klossner in the first quarter of the NYSPHSAA Class D championship game Nov. 27. The score, which came after a Hayden Scuderi kick off recovery, gave the Sentinels a 14-0 lead.

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Tioga edges Ti for Class D state title

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SYRACUSE — The Ticonderoga Sentinel varsity football team proved early it was not going to be a repeat of 2007, when they lost 64-6 at the Carrier Dome in the NYSPHSAA Class D state championship game.

Jumping out to a 14-0 lead early, the Sentinels played as aggressive a game as they had all season, taking it to the Tioga Tigers Nov. 27 in the Carrier Dome.

However, a late interception and run by presumed Class D player of the Year Jesse Manuel sealed the Sentinels fate as the Tigers scored a 33-26 victory and hoisted the state title trophy.

Despite the loss, the members of the 2015 Sentinel squad reflected on a season filled with accomplishment.

“We didn’t stop,” said senior Jacob Spaulding, who finished with 4.5 tackles(1.5 tackles for loss). “The atmosphere here was incredible. We were ready for this game.”

“I loved it,” senior Chase Dixon (four tackles) said. “It was a great experience to be here

and we fought hard for everything all season long.”

“I will remember how we made the community proud,” said senior Brody Rocque, who finished with 5.5 tackles and a fumble recovery of defense along with 143 total yards and four total touchdowns.

“We came a long way from week three (a 28-6 loss to Moriah) and this showed hard work pays off,” Rocque added. “It has been humbling - I’m grateful for the experience and opportunity we were given. How can you beat the Dome? We didn’t let the atmosphere get to us and fought for everything.”

“We really had to step it up, and I am really proud of all these guys because they did just that, stepped it up,” said senior Ryan Trudeau, who led the team defensively with eight tackles (4.5 TFL), a sack and an interception, along with 112 yards of total offense and a receiving touchdown.

“I am proud of the way we represented our section and our town,” Trudeau continued.

“This was a dream season. It was insane to be here and we came together as a real team.” >> Story Continued | pg. 25

Samuel DuShane outreaches Tioga defenders Jesse Manuel (7) and Tyler Withmore (23) to set the Sentinels up for a two-yard touchdown run by Brody Rocque for an opening drive 6-0 lead.

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Jacob Spaulding finished the game with 4.5 tackles for the Sentinels. Here, Spaulding appears to have forced a second turnover on a kickoff, but the play was ruled dead.

Hayden Scuderi recovers a Ticonderoga kickoff to return the ball to the Sentinels after they opened the game with a 17 play drive. The recovery would lead to a 14-0 Sentinel lead.

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“We did something no one else has done this year, we stepped up to the line and we took it to Tioga,” head coach Scott Nephew said. “It was a great season. Of course, it’s extremely disappointing right now. I’m upset for the kids to come up this short, but there is nothing to be ashamed of. We are proud of what we did for Ticonderoga football, and I think this result says something for how tough Section VII played football this season.”

In a back-and-forth affair, the Sentinels found themselves tied with the Tigers, 26-26, with 2:18 left in the game.

On the ensuing Tioga drive, Trudeau made three consecutive plays, first tackling Manuel for a one yard loss, then earning a sack when he drove quarterback Conner Hutchinson out of bounds for another one-yard loss. On the next play, Hutchinson rolled to his right and lofted a pass in the air, which Trudeau intercepted at the Tioga 41.

After a three yard run by Trudeau, a Rocque pass to Griffin Hughes was tipped on second down. On the third down play, Rocque threw a pass that appear headed to an open receiver, but Manuel, known more for his offensive exploits (second leading rusher in state history), was able to recover and step in front of the pass, returning it 48 yards to the Ticonderoga 35 yards line.

Three plays later on a third-and-nine, Manuel busted through the front line of defense and scampered 33 yards for the game-winning score with 16 seconds remaining.

Ticonderoga tied the score at 26-26 after falling behind 26-20 with 7:53 left in the fourth quarter. Starting at their own 35 after a 30 yard kick return by Rocque, Trudeau ran the ball five times for 15 yards while Rocque was 3-for-3 passing for 45 yards, including a 27-yard seam route catch by Spaulding, putting the Sentinels at the Tioga one yard line where Rocque would plunge into the endzone two plays later to tie the score.

On the ensuing two-point conversion, Trudeau was stuffed on a running play after a timeout in a moment reminiscent of the sectional title game, but with a different result) “I blame myself for that two-point play,” Nephew said. “The kids thought we had the sweep there (similar to the Moriah game, where the Sentinels used the sweep play in overtime to score the game-winning touchdown). I trust the kids but I felt we should run something else and let them talk me into it. Now, I’m kicking myself.”

The score was one of two the Sentinels would have in the second half, as Trudeau scored on a 12 yard run to give Ticonderoga a 20-18 lead after Tioga had taken a 18-14 lead on a 17 play drive that took 8:23 off the clock.

The third quarter which was a role reversal for the Sentinels over their semifinal win against Tuckahoe. Against Tuckahoe, Ticonderoga held the ball for 11:10 seconds of the 12 minute quarter, while Tioga had a 10:14 to 1:46 advantage in the state championship game.

The Sentinels entered the second half with a NYSPHSAA Class D championship 14-12 lead after scoring on the first two posses1. Tioga 0 12 6 15 33 sions of the game. After 2. Ticonderoga 14 0 0 12 26 Tioga deferred on the coin toss, giving the ball to Ticonderoga, the team Passing ran 16 plays, covering Graney (Ti) 4-8 60 yards 81 yards in 7:28 before Rocque (Ti) 7-11 117 yards TD, INT Rocque scored on a twoHutchinson (Tio) 6-10 77 yards, INT yard push into the line for a 6-0 lead.

Receiving On the following Rec. Targets Yards kickoff, Trudeau’s squib Trudeau (Ti) 3 5 43 kick bounced off a Tioga player and into the Hughes (Ti) 1 3 30 TD arms of Hayden Scuderi, Je. Granger (Ti) 1 2 12 who constantly made DuShane (Ti) 2 2 25 big plays for the SentiSpaulding (Ti) 4 7 67 nels over the final three Manuel (Tio) 4 5 53 weeks of the season.

Dlayda (Tio) 1 2 21 After three running Whitmore 1 1 3 plays left the Sentinels with a fourth-and-two, starting quarterback Rushing Evan Graney, who left Trudeau (Ti) 12-69 yards TD at halftime due to inRocque (Ti) 14-26 yards 2TD jury, pitched the ball to Je. Granger (Ti) 3-10 yards Rocque on an option Manuel (Tio) 30-217 yards 3 TD sweep route. Rocque Zwierlein (Tio) 12-40 yards TD opted to throw the ball Hutchinson (Tio) 3-6 yards TD into the endzone, where Griffin Hughes was able to win possession of the Total offense ball against a Tioga deTi 48 plays, 282 yards (177 passing, 105 rushing) fensive back. The SentiTioga 56 plays, 339 yards (77 passing, 262 rushing) nels then scored on the two-point conversion for Time of possession: Ti 24:25, Tioga 23:35 a 14-0 lead.

“Griff made a heck of a Penalties: Ti 1-5 yards; Tioga 3-20 yards play,” Nephew said.

Overall, the Sentinels Ticonderoga Defense possessed the ball for the first 9:24 of the game, Player Tack TFL Other allowing the team to Trudeau 8 4.5 1 sack, 1 INT keep its playoff scoreless Je. Granger 7 0 streak going for a 17th Rocque 5.5 0 Fumble rec. quarter (along with an Spaulding 4.5 1.5 overtime) before Tioga Dixon 4 0 finally broke across the Huestis 4 0 goal line with 10:06 remaining in the second Scuderi 3 0 Kick recovery quarter. In all, the SenHughes 3 0 tinels went almost 206 McKeown 2.5 0 minutes (almost threeMosier 2.5 0 and-one-half hours) of DuShane 2 1 play without allowing a TOTAL 46 7 1 sack, 3 TO score.

The Sentinels line up for a play in the NYSPHSAA Class D championship game.

Photo by Jill Lobdell

Brody Rocque (left, with Jevyn Granger) was 7-of-11 passing for 117 yards, while Evan Graney went 4-of-8 passing for 60 yards before leaving with an injury.

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Karl tiRiele blocks as Brody Rocque scores the Sentinels final touchdown of the game.

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Ryan Trudeau finished with 69 yards rushing on offense (left) and eight tackles along with a fourth quarter interception (below) on defense for the Sentinels.

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It was a wide range of emotions for Ticonderoga fans at the Class D championship game.

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Sixth man: Caron overcomes adversity to earn varsity role Peru sophomore in key role despite lacking right hand

ways enjoyed the game.

“I like beating the other player and showing that everything is possible,” Caron said.

“You just have to be aggressive and take what

By Keith Lobdell is given to you. You just have to overcome keith@suncommunitynews.com and work harder every day.”

Caron said there were some challenges SARANAC — In a Class B school, making when he started learning the game of basketyour varsity basketball team as a sophomore ball that come with having only a left hand, is an accomplishment. but he was able to overcome each.

Then, being the sixth man on that team is “There were a few difficulties I had to overmore so. come but once I did, the game wasn’t a probThat is the role Hunter Caron finds him- lem for me,” he said. self in this season, scoring his first four career Varsity head coach John Clemons said he varsity points in a win over Saranac in the has always been impressed by Caron’s work Muggsy’s Tip Off tournament Nov. 28. ethic.

Impressive, yes. But in Caron’s case, the “He has been in the program for a long fact that he has accomplished everything in time,” Clemons said. “He has always kind his basketball career without a right hand, it of surprised me and he has been one of the becomes inspirational and amazing. hardest workers I have seen.”

Caron, who was born without a right hand The coach said it was the hard work of because of Amniotic Band Syndrome, a con- Caron which earned him the opportunity to dition where the fetus becomes entangled play a major role for the team. in fibrous, string-like amniotic bands in the “At the beginning of the year we told him womb and restricting blood flow, affecting he would have the option to go to JV if he the baby’s development, has been playing basketball since he was five, said he has al- wanted more playing time, thinking he was more toward the bottom of our roster and within a week his work ethic just showed us he belonged as our sixth man,” Clemons said.

“It has been great to watch him so far this season,” mother Jeanne Caron said. “We didn’t expect this, we didn’t expect him to play at all this season.”

“My call was to keep him down for playing time and twice he has proven me wrong,” father Eric Caron said.

“He has moved up from modified to JV and now from JV to varsity and both times has played a lot and made an impact.

We are very proud of him.”

Along with basketball, Caron was a member of the Peru JV football Hunter Caron guards against Saranac’s Rory Patterson in the Muggsy’s Tip Off team, playing safety and title game. Caron recorded four points and a trio of steals in the contest. receiver.

“It was a good season,”

Peru sophomore Hunter Caron earned the role of sixth man on the Indians varsity team despite having only one hand. “Within a week his work ethic just showed us he belonged...,” said head coach John Clemons.

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team, nothing different. We’ve been playing together since we were young.”

The Caron’s said it is always interesting when they go to places where no one has seen their son play before.

“The only time you ever really hear anything is when we go to other places and you start hearing people in the stands talking about him,” Jeanne said. “Once, a referee called a foul on him in soccer for an illegal, one-handed throw-in, not realizing he only had the one hand.”

As for the remainder of the basketball season and beyond, much like the rest of his career, Hunter just wants to do what everyone else does in sport.

“I want to progressively get better and work harder every day to help my team,” he said.

he said. “I think I had six interceptions.”

Throughout it all, Caron has had the support of his teammates and parents.

“We didn’t want him to feel handicapped and we treated him as if he wasn’t handicapped,” Jeanne Caron said. “He did everything anyone else did. We have asked him if he every wished he had his other hand and he has always said no. We went to the Shriner’s hospital in Montreal and they really helped him and us with how to live with it.”

“He has a great attitude and is a great student,” Eric Caron added. “They have always treated him as normal. They have not picked on him and he has always been one of the boys.”

“My teammates have been great,” Hunter said. “I have always felt like I was part of the

Coaches v. Cancer tournament to feature Class D elite Potential match-up of 2014-15 #1, #3 highlights three weeks of games

By Keith Lobdell

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GLENS FALLS — A potential match-up of two of the premier boys basketball teams in Class D could happen Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Glens Falls Civic Center, a potential preview of a NYSPHSAA championships which will be held at the same site in mid-March.

Moriah and New York Mills highlight the field of teams playing in the Glens Falls National Bank’s Coaches v. Cancer basketball festival, starting Friday, Dec. 4, and continuing through Monday, Dec. 21, with a total of 26 high school games.

The main event for the event could take place early on in the tournament, as the Moriah boys varsity team plays Section II’s Granville Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at SUNY Adirondack, while Mills will play in Fort Edward against the Forts at 6 p.m.

A win for each team will set up a rematch of the 2013-14 Class D semifinal between Mills and Moriah, which will take place at the Civic Center at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 5.

Mills defeated the Vikings, eventually winning the Class D title, in 13-14. Mills then lost to the Class D champion Bridgehampton in 2014-15, the team who knocked the Vikings out in the state semifinal round for the second straight year.

“We just want to play anybody who will give us quality competition, and New York Mills will definitely do that,” Moriah head coach Brian Cross said. “I would love to Play New York Mills again, but, we have to get by Granville first so there’s no guarantee we will.”

Cross said the potential for a matchup with Mills is why he added the tournament to his schedule.

“I’ve added these non-league games to get some more competition and add a little more strength in our schedule, and hopefully this will accomplish that,” he said.

The Vikings have started the season 2-0, earning wins against Plattsburgh High and AuSable Valley in the annual Alzheimer’s Awareness Tournament last weekend.

“I thought we did a really nice job of limiting AuSable’s shots in the first half,” Cross said of the start to the season.

“We really turned it on in the third quarter. We can be really tough when we play good defense. Offensively we share the basketball in our rotation of seven players. Shot selection is not always what I want it to be but for the most part they move the ball well.”

The full schedule of the Coaches v. Cancer basketball festival, presented by Glens Falls National Bank, includes:

Friday, Dec. 4 Plattsburgh High v. Victor, SUNY Adk.

6 p.m. - BOYS

NY Mills v. Fort Edward, FECS

6:30 p.m. - BOYS Granville v. Moriah, SUNY ADK. Plattsburgh High v. Hoosik Valley, HVCS

7:30 p.m. - GIRLS NY Mills v. Fort Edward, FECS 8 p.m. - GIRLS

Newark v. Beekmantown, SUNY Adk.

Saturday, Dec. 5 10 a.m. - GIRLS

Consolation game (TBA), Glens Falls CC

11:30 a.m. - BOYS Consolation game (TBA), Glens Falls CC 1 p.m. - GIRLS

Victor v. Guilderland, GCS

2:30 p.m. - BOYS Final (TBA), Glens Falls CC 4 p.m. - BOYS

Poland v. North Warren, Glens Falls CC

5:30 p.m. - GIRLS Whitesboro v. Queensbury, GFCC 5:30 p.m. - GIRLS M-WCS v. Keene, North Country CC 7 p.m. - GIRLS

So. Glens Falls v. PHS, Glens Falls CC

7 p.m. - BOYS

M-WCS v. Schroon Lake, NCCC

8:30 p.m. - BOYS Hadley-Luzerne v. PHS, Glens Falls CC

Saturday, Dec. 12 “Hoops for Hunter” All games at Hadley-Luzerne High School 1 p.m. - BOYS

Hammond v. Schroon Lake

2:30 p.m. - BOYS Poland v. Hartford 4 p.m. - BOYS

Keene v. Hadley-Luzerne

Saturday, Dec. 19

5 p.m. - GIRLS

7 p.m. - BOYS

1 p.m. - GIRLS

Final (TBA), Glens Falls CC

All games at North Country Community College 11:30 a.m. - BOYS St. Lawrence v. Lake Placid JV 1 p.m. - BOYS

St. Lawrence v. Keene

2:30 p.m. - GIRLS Keene v. AuSable Valley 4 p.m. - GIRLS

Hermon-DeKalb v. Schroon Lake

Monday, Dec. 21 All games at South Glens Falls High School 6 p.m. - BOYS

Keene v. Hartford

7:30 p.m. - GIRLS AuSable Valley v. So. Glens Falls

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Muggsy’s, Alzheimer’s Awareness tournaments tip-off basketball season Ticonderoga, Moriah, Peru and NCCS claim opening weekend titles

SLCS: Corrine Pelkey 13, McKayla Vanderwalker 2, Angie Stellabotte 2

Consolation: Peru 53, Schroon Lake 11

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PCS: Samantha Spear 14, Kiersten McCarthy 10, Amanda LaPorte 8, Emily Lombard 6, Megan McCarty 4, Lidia Greselin 4, Hannah Wilson 3, Tessa Allen 2, Kaylee Padron 2

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ELIZABETHTOWN — While their still was one football game left in the fall sports season, the 2015-16 winter sports season got underway with a pair of annual tip-off tournaments.

The Alzheimer’s Awareness Tournament started things off with girls games Nov. 23 and 24, while the boys games were played Nov. 28 and 29. In between the Muggsy’s Tip Off Tournament was held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 27-28.

SLCS: Corrine Pelkey 6, Samantha Grey 3, Ruth Jabaut 1, Angie Stellabotte 1

Championship: Northeastern Clinton 63, Saranac 37 NCCS: Kayla Carder 31, Shaylyn Rowe 9, Peyton Sample 8, Emily Sample 7, Abbie Sample 4, Natalie Boulerice 2, Valerie Simmons 2 SCS: Makenna Provost 11, Emma Webster 8, Abby Terry 8, Janyll Barber 4, Victoria Bruno 2

Moriah’s Taylor Slattery passes off to Jarrod MacDougal against the AuSable Valley Patriots.

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PHS: Andrew Cutaiar 17, Dan Piper 12, Mitch Senecal 9, Oscar Kaye 5, Deantee Branham-Pizzaro 3, Alex Follmer 2, Tim O’Meara 2

Opening round: AVCS 71, Ticonderoga 49 AVCS: Kobe Parrow 12, Joel Martineau 11, Alex Knapp 10, Brandon Snow 8, Chris Hickey 7, Harrison Blaise 7, Dalton McDonald 6, Nate Manning 4, Landon Shay 4, Lucas Perez 2 TCS: Brett Mosier 19, Colvin Chapman 14, Scott Ryan 9, Mike DuShane 4, Chandler Whitford 2, Sam DuShane 1

Consolation: PHS 51, Ticonderoga 38 Ticonderoga’s Delaney Hughes drives to the basket against Desiree Boyle of ELCS. Photo by Jill Lobdell

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The Ticonderoga Lady Sentinels claimed the crown in the Alzheimer’s Awareness Tournament, held annually under the direction of AuSable Valley hall of fame coach Larry Konowitz.

The Sentinels scored a 53-17 win over host ElizabethtownLewis in their opener before scoring a 37-34 win over runnerup Willsboro, who made the championship game with a 3729 win over Saranac Lake.

In the consolation game, Saranac Lake defeated ELCS, 3819.

PHS: Andrew Cutaiar 15, Oscar Kaye 13, Mitch Senecal 7, Alex Follmer 6, Dan Piper 4, Deantee Branham-Pizzaro 4, Jacob LaBounty 1, Stephen Bedard 1 Ti: Griffin Hughes 11, Brett Mosier 8, Sam DuShane 6, Brody Rocque 5, Colvin Chapman 4, Chandler Whitford 2, Ryan Trudeau 2

Peru’s Troy Lawyer sets for a shot against Saranac.

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Championship: Moriah 62, AVCS 54 MCS: Taylor Slattery 21, Adam Jaquish 16, Joe Stahl 8, Dylan Trombley 5, Noah Gilbo 3, Kyle Wilson 2, Jarrod MacDougal 2, Todd Clarke 2, Todd Gregory 2, Chuckie Bryant 1 AVCS: Kobe Parrow 19, Joel Martineau 9, Chris Hickey 8, Lucas Perez 8, Nate Manning 6, Landon Shay 2, Alex Knapp 2

Photo by Jill Lobdell

The Peru Indians earned the championship of the Muggsy’s Tip Off Tournament by defeating the host Saranac Chiefs, 7056, in the final game of the two-day, 16 team (eight varsity, eight JV) event.

The Indians scored a 71-55 win over Northeastern Clinton to advance to the title game, while Saranac defeated Schroon Lake, 68-37.

In the consolation game, the Cougars scored a 64-60 win over the Wildcats.

Opening round: Peru 71, Northeastern Clinton 55

Opening round: Ticonderoga 53, ELCS 17 TCS: Delaney Hughes 22, Emily Pike 14, Rachel White 8, Kristen Palandrani 7, Emily Hood 2

PCS: Troy Lawyer 27, Isaiah Maddix 18, Jordan Guay 9, Tom Matthews 6, Justin LaPorte 6, Jacob Casey 5

ELCS: Emma DiSogra 8, Myra Adams 4, Nicole Green 3, Faith Bona 2

NCCS: Michael McCleod 16, Rylee Hollister 11, Devin McManus 9, Zavion Beasley 9, Melik McLeod 6

Opening round: Willsboro 37, Saranac Lake 29

Opening round: Saranac 68, Schroon Lake 37 SCS: Nick Mather 18, Brian Menia 14, Logan Matthews 11, Zach Faus 7, Austin Myers 6, Griffin Williams 6, Rory Patterson 4, Tyler Biasi 2, Tyler Blair 1

WCS: Payton Gough 12, Trina Bigelow 9, Kaitlin Shaw 8, Kaitlyn Wilkins 4, Shania Lincoln 2, Taylor Bigelow 2 SLCS: Jayda Buckley 8, Andrea Boon 6, Annie Collins 6, Katie Hunt 3, Kayleigh Merrill 2, Almelina Cecunjanin 2, Eliza Cowan 2.

SLCS: Branden Hall 12, Jordan DeZalia 10, Uriah Fogel 8, Joe Foote 8, Will Schwartz 2

Consolation: Saranac Lake 38, ELCS 19

Consolation: NCCS 64, Schroon Lake 40

SLCS: Anine Collins 10, Almelina Cecunjanin 10, Jayda Buckley 8, Andrea Boon 6, Eliza Cowan 4, Andrea Boon 2

NCCS: Melik McCleod 14, Devin McManus 13, Zavion Beasley 10, Michael McLeod 8, Rylee Hollister 7, Devan Boutin 5, Nicholas Duffy 4, Nyciah Beasley 3

ELCS: Myra Adams 5, Emma DiSogra 4, Abbigaile Cassavaugh 4, Faith Bona 2, Lenore Sicola 2, Nicole Green 2

Championship: Ticonderoga 37, Willsboro 34 TCS: Delaney Hughes 24, Alyssa Tucker 4, Sarah Bresett 3, Kristen Palandrani 3, Emily Pike 2, Rachel White 1 WCS: Payton Gough 11, Trina Bigelow 10, Taylor Bigelow 4, Kaitlin Shaw 4, Savannah Bronson 4, Kaitlyn Wilkins 1

Alzheimer’s Awareness - boys The Moriah Vikings started the 2015-16 season with a pair of convincing wins to claim the Alzheimer’s Awareness boys championship with a 78-50 win over Plattsburgh High and a 62-54 win over AuSable Valley in a game that was 53-23 midway through the third quarter.

AuSable advanced to the championship game with a 71-49 win over Ticonderoga. The Sentinels lost to PHS, 51-38, in the consolation final, with the majority of their roster “playing hurt,” still recovering from the NYPHSAA Class D football championship game held Nov. 27.

“It wasn’t easy for them and I couldn’t be more happy with them,” Sentinel head coach Joseph DeFayette said. “They are a great bunch of kids and are ready to get rolling.”

Opening round: Moriah 78, Plattsburgh 50 MCS: Taylor Slattery 17, Dylan Trombley 14, Adam Jaquish 14, Todd Clarke, Joe Stahl 10, Noah Gilbo 4, Jarrod MacDougal 2, Todd Gregory 2, Billy Larrow 2, Chuckie Bryant 2

SLCS: Branden Hall 14, Uriah Fogel 13, Jordan DeZalia 7, Derek DeZalia 4, Ben Wisser 2

Northeastern Clinton’s Kayla Carder backs down a Saranac defender.

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Photo by Jill Lobdell

The Northeastern Clinton Lady Cougars jumped out to a 36-13 lead en route to a championship win over Saranac, 6337, as part of the third annual Muggsy’s Tip Off Tournament.

The Cougars made their way to the title game with a 68-35 win over Peru, while Saranac scored a 79-17 win over Schroon Lake.

In the consolation game, Peru defeated Schroon Lake, 5311.

Championship: Peru 70, Saranac 56 PCS: Justin LaPorte 16, Troy Lawyer 15, Jordan Guay 12, Isaiah Maddix 12, Tom Matthews 7, Hunter Caron 4, Jacob Casey 4 SCS: Zach Faus 20, Tyler Blair 11, Austin Myers 11, Nick Mather 7, Isiah Dessurault 4, Logan Matthews 3

Opening round: Northeastern Clinton 68, Peru 35 NCCS: Kayla Carder 13, Emily Sample 12, Shaylyn Rowe 10, Karen Duffy 8, Abbie Sample 6, Peyton Sample 5, Katelyn Southwick 4, Natalie Boulerice 4, Valerie Simmons 2 PCS: Samantha Spear 10, Kiersten McCarthy 6, Hannah Wilson 5, Megan McCarty 4, Amanda LaPorte 3, Emily Lombard 3, Tessa Allen 2, Kaylee Padron 2

Opening round: Saranac 79, Schroon Lake 17 SCS: Makenna Provost 17, Christina Bedard 16, Janyll Barber 14, Victoria Bruno 10, Taylor Alexander 8, Abby Terry 4, Emma Webster 4, Tricia Lottie 4, Skye O’Connell 2

Willsboro’s Trina Bigelow drives to the basket against Saranac Lake’s Annie Collins.

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Saints’ sister act Sisters Ashley (10) and Brianna (4) McCoy recently finished their first season as members of the North Country Community College Saints volleyball team. The duo, who were teammates as members of the Northeastern Clinton varsity volleyball squad, were part of a Saints squad which played 22 matches over the 2015 fall season. Ashley played in 16 matches (46 sets), recording seven kills and 10 digs for the season. Brianna played in all 22 games (73 sets) for the Saints, connecting on 46 kills (third on the team), 49 digs and seven aces.

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BINGO PORT HENRY Port Henry Knights of Columbus, bingo, 7 p.m. Every Monday TICONDEROGA - Bingo, Ticonderoga fire house, 6:45 p.m. Doors 5 p.m. Every Thursday.

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JOHNSBURGH - Zumba and Snacks! Wednesdays, Nov. 18, Dec. 2,9, and 16; 2:35 to 4:45 pm JCS Cafetorium stage, (students may take the late bus after class).

Open to: 2nd to 6th graders, the first 20 who call to sign up! Instructor: Kim Smith, official Zumba instructor, no charge, Register now by calling Kim Smith, 518251- 4088 AND, Send in the completed permission and bus permission forms to Mrs. West in the principals office at JCS.

CROWN POINT – Food Pantry, United Methodist Church, 1682 Creek Road, every Thursday, 9am11am.

TICONDEROGA Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group monthly support group for caregivers InterLakes Health, Ethan Allen Library.

4 p.m. Details: 518-564-3370.

Second Tuesdays

CROWN POINT - Crown Point Fire District Board of Commissioners meet. AE Phelps Fire Station. 6:30 p.m. Second Wednesday each month.

LONG LAKE - Nutrition Site serving lunch to our area seniors . Monday-Friday @ Noon Great lunch and social time. All are welcome, so come join us! Call Colleen Smith at 518-624-5221

NORTH CREEK - Play Group is sponsored by North Country Ministry, and meets on the first, second and third Tuesday mornings each month, from 10-11:30 am at the Adirondack Community Outreach Center on Route 28 between North Creek and Wevertown. We offer creative play experiences for babies, toddlers and three year olds, accompanied by a caregiver.

For more information call Teresa at 251-4460.

HORICON -TOWN OF HORICON LANDFILL SCHEDULE CHANGEPLEASE TAKE NOTICE that effective January 1, 2016 the Horicon Landfill schedule will change. The Landfill will be open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 8am to 4pm. By Order of the Horicon Town Board LONG LAKE - Alcoholics Anonymous, lower level Wesleyan Church. 7 p.m. Every Tuesday.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

MORIAH – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Moriah Fire Department December 8, January 12, February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, October 11, November 15, December 13, 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

JOHNSBURG - Knitting Circle Thursday afternoons, 2:35 to 4 pm (students may take the bus from school, but must be picked up at 4 p.m. at the library). Johnsburg Town Library, Open to: grades 4 and up. Instructor: Mrs. Carol Pearsall, Mrs. Mary Jo. Keeler, and Mrs. Evelyn Greene, No charge, materials will be supplied, Register now by calling Mary Jo Keeler, 518-251- 3292.

PORT HENRY – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Knights of Columbus November 12, December 10, January 14, February 11, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10, December 8 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

PORT HENRY - Range of Motion Class. Parish Center, St. Patricks Place. 9:30 a.m. Details: Peg Waldron 518-546-7582, Delores Lash 518-546-7128. Every Monday.

TICONDEROGA - Take Control Exercise classes. Ticonderoga Armory Senior Center. 9:30 a.m.

Free.

Details: 518-585-6050, rsvp@logocail.net. Every Wednesday.

JOHNSBURG – Preschool Story Hour & Craft Time, Johnsburg Public Library, 219 Main Street, Every Fri., 10am-11am. Details: 518-251-4343.

NORTH CREEK/LONG LAKE Preschool story hour, craft time.

Town of Johnsburgh Library. 10 to 11 a.m. Every Friday.

WARRENSBURG - Weekly computer instruction class, 3 to 4 p.m.

Richards Library, Elm St. and Library Ave. Topic changes weekly.

Details: 518-623-3011, visit the Friends Facebook page. Every Tuesday.

TICONDEROGA - YMCA Teen Center. 123 Champlain Ave. Open hours: Grades 6 to 12, 3 to 6 p.m.

Grades 9 to 12, 7 to 9 p.m. Membership free, form required silverbay.org. Details: Jackie 518-5035136, jpalandrani@silverbay.org.

Monday through Thursday

SCHROON LAKE – Schroon Lake Public Library Book Discussion Group, Tuesday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m. The month of December book selection is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. To reserve your copy Contact the Library at 518532-7737 ext. 13

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SCHROON LAKE - Adult Grief Support Group. A grief support group will hold its first meeting on Thursday, December 17th in Schroon Lake. At this meeting, frequency will be determined. This meeting will be held from 5:30-6:30PM.To pre-register and for location of meeting, please contact Cam Brown at 518-942-6513 or email cbrown@hphpc.org.

SCHROON LAKE – 2015-2016 WIC Clinic Schedule at the Schroon Lake Health Center November 18, December 9, January 13, Feb 10, March 9, April 13,May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518-569-3296 TICONDEROGA - AA “Big Book” Meeting. Inner Lakes/Moses Ludington Cafeteria. 7 p.m. Every Thursday.

TICONDEROGA - Celebrate Recovery meetings. Board room, Moses Ludington Hospital. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Open to public. Details: Vince 518429-9173. Every Wednesday.

TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

TICONDEROGA - Hospice Offers Coping with Grief During the Holidays. High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care invites you to attend Coping with Grief During the Holidays, a meeting created for family, friends, and caregivers who have experienced the death of a loved one. This meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 9th from 56:30pm in Ticonderoga. Call Cam at 518-942-6513 or email cbrown@hphpc.org by Monday, December 7th to RSVP and be informed of meeting location.

TICONDEROGA - Support group people family members addictions.

Library at Heritage Commons nursing home. 6:30 p.m. Every Monday.

TICONDEROGA – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Cornerstone Alliance Church December 7, January 4, Feb 1, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, June 27, August 1, August 29, October 3, November 7, December 5 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM November 16, December 14, December 21, December 28, January 11, 25, Feb 8, 22, 29, March 14, March 21, March 28,April 11, 18, 25, May 9, 16, 23, June 13, 20, July 11, 18, 25, August 8, 15, 22, September 12, 19, 26, October 17, 24, November 14, 21, 28, December 12, 19 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 DONATIONS ELIZABETHTOWN - Cobble Hill Inn in Elizabethtown will hold its 9th Annual Toy Drive on Friday, December 4th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm to benefit ACAPs Holidays For Sharing. Donate a new, unwrapped toy and enjoy a free buffet, karaoke, and raffles. For further info call 518-873-3207 Marge Garcia

CROWN POINT - Monthly meeting.

Hammond Library. 4 p.m. Second Thursday.

HAGUE - Hague Fish & Game Club meetings. 7 p.m. Third Tuesday PORT HENRY - Town of Moriah Town Board meetings. Town Courthouse, 42 Park Place. 6 p.m.

Second Thursday.

SILVER BAY - Northern Lake George Rotary Club meeting. Silvery Bay YMCA of ADK. 7:30 a.m.

Details: Diane Dickson 518-5438051. Every Tuesday.

STONY CREEK - Garden club meeting following 10 a.m. Stony Creek Free Library. Details: 6965911. Every Saturday.

TICONDEROGA - Adirondack Trailriders, year-round, 7 p.m. Ticonderoga Fish & Game Club. Second Wednesday.

TICONDEROGA - American Legion Post #224 Monthly Meeting. Second Thursday TICONDEROGA - FOE Adirondack Aerie #4410 Monthly Meetings.

2nd & 4th Wednesday of the Month 7:00 p.m. 103 Main Street, Upstairs, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Details: 518-585-3690 TICONDEROGA - Town of Ticonderogas Regular Town Board meeting. 6 p.m. Second Thursday.

WESTPORT-The Boy Scouts will be meeting from 7:30 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at the WADA Building For more info: troop8063@gmail.com, Jill Lobdell 962-4664 or Larry Carroll 569-5431.

NORTH CREEK - Gore Mountain Seniors luncheon meeting at noon on Wed. Nov. 25th. Please call the North Creek Meal Site 518-2512711 to make reservation. Fourth Wednesday of each month.

NORTH CREEK – Mondays & Thursdays there will be Osteobusters exercise program. Free.

50+. 12:45 p.m. Johnsburg Senior Center. Details: Helene Goodman 518-251-2846. Doctors clearance before first session SCHROON LAKE - Schroon Lake nutrition site. Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. Call Keisha at 518-5320179. Everyone is welcome.

TICONDEROGA - Free arthritis exercises. Ticonderoga Senior Center, 10 to 11 a.m. Details: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County 518-962-4810, mba32@cornell.edu. Second and Fourth Wednesday SPORTS & RECREATION MINEVILLE – Open Bowling Fridays at the VFW. For more info call 518-942-6514 VENDORS

SENIORS CROWN POINT - Knapp Senior Center, 3 to 6 p.m. Dinner 4 p.m.

Senior Center, Methodist Church Creek Road. Details: Tatum 518597-4491.Wednesday & Thursday.

ICONDEROGA - Free arthritis exercises, Inter-Lakes Health cafeteria, 2 until 3 p.m. Details: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County 518-962-4810, Mary mba32@cornell.edu. Every Third Monday.

INDIAN LAKE - Senior Citizens Bingo. Senior citizens meal site.

12:30 to 3 p.m. Details: 518-6485412. Every Monday.

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1970 Chevelle Convertible, 350, auto, rally wheels, good driver, needs restoration, build sheet, red, white interior & top, bought from original owner. $11,995. 802-3494212.

2004 Ford, 4WD, 4 door, Supercew cab, ½ ton, PW, PL, inspected, low mileage 107K. Retails for $13,500 sell for $8495. 802349-4212.

2005 Chevy Crew Cab LS, 4WD, loaded, low miles, 131K, auto, inspected, retails for $14,500, sell for $7,495. 802-349-4212.

1970 Oldsmobile Cutlas (S), good driver or restore to 442 clone, bucket seats, build sheet, 12 bolt rear, $3495 OBO. Also, 1970 Cutlas Project Car, $2995 OBO. 802349-4212 VT 2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 4 door sedan, 4 cylinder gasoline, black with sun roof, automatic transmission, AM/FM radio, air conditioning. 119,000 miles, good condition. $2300. Lance 518-5035357.

2006 Chevy HHR 4 door, Blue, some rust, asking $2600 OBO. Call after 5pm. 518-962-2376.

CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models. Free Towing! We're Local! 7 Days/Week.

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Ford F250 4x4,101k miles, many new parts, $5500. 518-251-3266.

SNOWMOBILES 2002 MXZ 700 SALT LAKE CITY Edition, 1700 original miles, one owner, like brand new, no scratches, or dents.

Serviced every year, garaged or trailer storaged, will deliver within a reasonable amount of miles, $2,250.00. Call Brian 518-586-6401

BOATS 14' Adirondack Guide Boat complete w/trailer, oars, cover & cherry caned seats. Never been used. $5500 firm. 518-642-9576 1968 Launch Dyer 20' Glamor Girl, Atomic 4 inboard engine, 30HP, very good cond. Safe, reliable, spacious, ideal camp boat.

Reasonable offers considered. Located in Essex, NY. 802-503-5452

2000 Bayliner 2655 Ciera w/Tandem Trailer. New engine & Bravo 3 out-drive 2009. Low hours on engine and out-drive, $22,500. 518597-3595.

Kayak – Impex Montauk 16', carbon/kevlar, excellent condition, skirt, cockpit cover, accessories, $2200. 518-251-3240 or 802-5285799.

2005 POLARIS SUPER SPORT 550. Anniversary edition, fan cooled with reverse and new ice ripper track with built in studs. Female adult owned in excellent condition with 3,827 miles. Great reliable sled at a great price. $2,000 OBO. Snowmobile can be seen at 5880 State Route 9N in Westport or call 518-962-8434.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT 2005 Eager Beaver 20 Ton Trailer, very good condition, new brake drums, brakes, S cams, slack adjusters, brake cans, $12,000. 802373-9968.

ACCESSORIES 4-Dunlop 225x65x17 tires, 50% tread, $125.00; 2- 185x65x15 tires, under 3K miles $60.00. Dave 518-494-7399.

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Binimi top, mooring cover & camper cover. Asking $5000. 518586-4816.

AUTO'S WANTED 1977 Dodge Coachman, low miles 19K, everything works, great tires, no rust. Perfect deer hunters camp. $4995 OBO. 802-349-4212.

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TRUCKS 1985 2 ½ Ton Army Truck, 13, 181 miles, good condition + extra parts, $6500. 518-251-3624.

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2004 Harley Davidson Dyna Low Rider, custom blue, 3735 miles, mint condition, $8500. 518-4943909 2004 Harley Davidson Sportster Custom 1200, 4951 miles, mint with extras, $6000. 518-494-3909.

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The Town of Ticonderoga Youth Commission is looking for a 20152016 Skating Rink Attendant who will be responsible for the flooding and maintenance of the skating rink, hours will vary and pay is at $750 for the season. Interested applicants should send letter of interest attention Marge Hurlburt/Fred Hunsdon, 132 Montcalm Street, PO Box 471, Ticonderoga, New York 12883. The Town of Ticonderoga is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

HELP WANTED LOCAL Farm Hand Wanted - Thurman goat and sheep dairy has an immediate opening for a Farm Hand with a love of animals. Duties include cleaning barns and feeding and watering animals. Milking shifts also available. A good attitude, heavy lifting capacity, and a willingness to work hard and independently are all necessary for this position. Good pay and a great team to work with for the right candidate. Call 623-3372, email sheilaflan@aol.com or stop by 484 South Johnsburg Road in Thurman between 9am and 4pm and fill out an application if interested Home Assistant needed to assist a senior woman with daily tasks, P/T. Contact Marilyn 518-5327474 or 518-637-1214.

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1 BR, 1st floor apt, Amherst Ave. Ticonderoga. Walking distance to downtown. Full bath. No dogs.

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Clemons – 2 bdrm, lovely country setting, very easy to heat, $500/mo + security. 518-499-0298 Crown Point – Convenient location, 1 bdrm. $725/mo including utilities. Call or text Randy 518572-4127 for showing.

North Creek Efficiency Units for working adults, all util & cable TV include, NO security, furnished laundry room, $125/wk. 518-2514460 Pad Factory by the River Apartments, nice 2 bedroom, 1st floor includes heat, garbage & parking, new carpets, no pets/no smoking, 1 year lease, security & references required, $695/mo. 518-338-5424.

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References & security deposit required. No pets. Oil furnace. $675/mo. + utilities. 518-585-3336 or 518-586-6477.

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Schroon Lake – 2 bdrm, furnished, W/D hook-up, washer. 1 block walk to town. No smoking.

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The amendment clarifies the definition of hotel or motel and now includes the following tourist fa32 | December 5, 2015 â&#x20AC;˘ The Times of Ti Sun www.suncommunitynews.com cilities which are subject to the tax: bed and breakfast inns cabins condominiums cottages NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVcampgrounds (howEN, that the Underever the tax does signed, on behalf of the not apply to people Essex County Board of who bring their own Supervisors, will accept shelter such as sealed bids at the Office tents, travel trailers of the Purchasing Agent or RV) until 2:00 P.M. on Delodges cember 18, 2015 for tourist homes Medical Supplies. convention centers The bids shall be opened vacation rentals and read aloud on Demotor courts cember 18, 2015 at 2:00 boarding houses P.M. at the Office of the lake cottages Purchasing Agent, 7551 personal houses or Court Street, Elizabethother similar types town, New York. If addiof accommodations tional information conused to house cerning the bidding is tourists on an required, please call overnight basis for (518) 873-3330. compensation All bids submitted in response to this notice Although the County has shall be marked authority to tax certain "SEALED BID MEDICAL of these tourist facilities, SUPPLIES" clearly on it has not collected the the outside of the envetax on some of them in lope. All bids shall be the past. These estabsubmitted on the bid lishments that are not sheets included in the already collecting a tax and remitting to Essex package, and no other County must now collect forms shall be accepted.

ELIZABETHTOWN, NEWESSEX Specifications and stanYORK - ESSEX COUNTY and remit the tax begindard proposals for the HOTEL/MOTEL Ingrid OCCU11/19/15 Hans and Henry Karl Karl ning January 1, 2016. North Elba $1 Those entities required PANCY TAX UPDATE proposed work may be 11/19/15 John Streeter Thomas and Dawn Turner Ticonderoga $50,000 11/19/15 Patricia Gero Zael Kravitz Chesterfield $23,000 On October 5, 2015, Es- to pay the tax but not obtained at the above 11/19/15 Frank and Jaroslavasex ShatzCounty amended Northern Developers LLC North Elba $382,000 presently paying the tax its address, by calling 51811/19/15 Malcolm and Judyth Martin Jay Heald Elizabethtown $279,000 must collect and remit local law relative to its 873-3330, or on the 11/20/15 James Morgan Robert and Christine Benedict Willsboro $8,000 hotel/motel Countys website at 11/20/15 Essex County and Gretchen Straight occupancy Chad Casey the tax on and after JanJay $1,750 This is tax toMather clarify the law www.co.essex.ny.us.

11/20/15 Essex County and Agnes Johnand Budris uary 1, 2016.

Minerva $18,000 true even though there makeKays it applicableMichael to allOĂ&#x2022; Connor Essex County reserves 11/20/15 Essex County and Mary Minerva $28,500 11/20/15 Essex County and John Moriah $9,500 may have been a prior whoMcConley rent tourist Ronald homesGagnon the right to reject any 11/20/15 Essex County and Willis Haywood Gary Mandy contract, lease or other Moriah $800 or facilities. and all bids not consid11/20/15 Essex County and Griffith Parry Thomas Cown Moriah $800 arrangement which may The law still provides a ered to be in the best in11/20/15 Essex County and Stephen three (3%) percent terest of Essex County, and Katie Kirkpatrick John per Mills have existed prior to North Elba $7,500 January diem rental eachand Darlene and to waive any techni11/20/15 Essex County and William Putnam rate for Leonard Hart1, 2016.

St. Armand $1,200 room or rooms Daniel rented cal or formal defect in 11/20/15 Essex County and John McConley White Prior bookings for any Westport $52,000 11/20/15 Essex County and John Murray Kelly period after January 1, Wilmington $41,000 within the County James except the bids which is con11/20/15 Essex County and Leta Hartzel Timothy and Virginia Wilmington $30,000 2016, Devins will still have to for permanent residents. sidered by Essex County 11/23/15 KEL Properties LLC Philip St. Louis Chesterfield $1 collect the 3% tax and The amendment clarifies to be merely irregular, 11/23/15 Essex County and Markia Sloan Harry Davis Westport $69,500 the definition of hotel or Susanremit immaterial, or unsub11/23/15 Kenneth Jubin Paul and Wrightto Essex County. North Elba $3,500 Additionally, corporamotel and now includes stantial.

11/23/15 Francis Varga Richard and Janell Stelianou North Elba $5,000 tions who rent both trathe following tourist fa-and Gail In addition to bid sheets, 11/24/15 Joseph Murphy Michael McKee Wilmington $72,000 11/24/15 Frederick Oberst cilities which are subject James Cataniaditional and Winifred Pelletieri North Elba $232,500 hotel and motel the bidder shall submit 11/24/15 Richard and Susan to Smith Victoria Whittemore North Elba $125,000 rooms together with vathe tax: executed non-collusion 11/24/15 Lee Ackley and Sandra Vance James Whalen Willsboro $44,000 cation rentals, condobid certificates signed by bed and breakfast 11/24/15 Thomas Goodman Gerald and Ellen Dygert Chesterfield $157,899 miniums or other tourist the bidder or one of its 11/24/15 Gerald and Ellen Dygert inns Michael Munson Chesterfield $160,000 facilities will be required officers as required by 11/25/15 Kim Mchugh Richard and Carol Ramundo Ticonderoga $50,000 cabins the General Municipal 11/25/15 Essex County et al Chesterfield $100 condominiumsArthur Jubin to separately report rev11/25/15 Essex County and Tabitha Cumber Kim Marsha enues received from traChesterfield $6,000 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Law Sec. 103d. The bidcottages 11/25/15 Essex County and Nicolas Schenk Wilmeth Deyoditional hotel/motel facilCrown NOTICE Point $35,000 IS HEREBY GIV- der shall also submit an campgroundsSteven (how11/25/15 Walter Worth Sigler Moriah $35,000 ities versus vacation EN, that the Under- executed certificate of 11/25/15 Essex County and Mark Montgomery Jubin Jay $3,250 ever the taxArthur does rentals and other tourist signed, on behalf compliance with the Iran 11/25/15 Essex County and Geradine Mirabile Geanette Mueller Minerva $16,500of the not apply to people Board of Divestment Act signed 11/25/15 Essex County and Bruce Vargo James Backusfacilities.

MoriahEssex County$2,750 who bring their own All Krein listed facilities must Supervisors, $155,000 will accept by the bidder or one of 11/25/15 Essex County et al Harold and Diane Schroon shelter such as 11/25/15 Essex County and John and register with the Essex sealed bids at the Office its officers as required tents, travel trailers Annette DeeringAdirondack Vacation LLCCounty Treasurers OfWilmington $9,000 of the Purchasing Agent by the General Municipal 11/25/15 Essex County and Nicholas Wilmeth Deyo Crown Point $35,000 or Schnek RV) fice. until 2:00 P.M. on De- Law Sec. 103g.

11/25/15 Thomas Nason Virginia Miller Keene $67,228 lodges a cember 18, $47,000 2015 for PLEASE TAKE FURTHER 11/25/15 Paul and Emil Karkoski Spencer KellyRegistration forms , Moriah tourist homesScott copy of the local law and NOTICE that Essex 11/25/15 Carmen Cross and Megan Bolding Lewis Medical Supplies. $139,660 convention centers County affirmatively other materials can be The bids shall be opened found on the Essex and read aloud on De- states that in regard to vacation rentals any contract entered into County website (www.- cember 18, 2015 at 2:00 motor courts LEGALS co.essex.ny.us) any fur- P.M. at the Office of the pursuant to this notice, boarding houses NOTICE OF FORMATION without regard to race, ther information or Purchasing Agent, 7551 lake cottages OF 109 Hand LLC. Arts personal houses or questions can be ob- Court Street, Elizabeth- color, sex, religion, age, of Org. filed with New tained by calling the Es- town, New York. If addi- national origin, disabiliother similar types York Secy of State sex County Treasurers tional information con- ty, sexual preference or of accommodations Office at (518) 873- cerning the bidding is Vietnam Era veteran sta(SSNY) on 11/12/15. Ofused to house 3310. fice location: Essex required, please call tus, disadvantaged and tourists on an TT-12/05/2015-1TCCounty. SSNY is desig(518) 873-3330. minority or womenovernight basis for 103006 nated as agent of LLC All bids submitted in re- owned business entercompensation sponse to this notice upon whom process prises will be afforded Although the County has NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- shall against it may be served. be marked equal opportunity to authority to tax certain EN THAT THE MORIAH SSNY shall mail process "SEALED BID MEDICAL submit bids in response of these tourist facilities, FIRE DISTRICT #1 will to: 4770 White Plains SUPPLIES" clearly on hereto. it has not collected the hold a public election on the outside of the enve- Dated: November 25, Rd, Bronx, NY 10470. tax on some of them in December 8, 2015 from Purpose: any lawful aclope. All bids shall be 2015 the past. These estab- 6-9 PM at the Moriah tivity. submitted on the bid Linda M. Wolf, CPA lishments that are not Fire House on Tarbell TT-11/21-12/26/2015sheets included in the Purchasing Agent already collecting a tax Hill road in Moriah, NY 6TC-101706 package, and no other Essex County Governand remitting to Essex to elect one Fire Com- forms shall be accepted. ment Center County must now collect missioner to a 5 year ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW and remit the tax begin- term and the Fire District Specifications and stan- 7551 Court Street PO dard proposals for the Box 217 YORK - ESSEX COUNTY ning January 1, 2016.

Treasurer to a 3 year proposed work may be Elizabethtown, New York HOTEL/MOTEL OCCU- Those entities required term. Candidates inter- obtained at the above 12932 PANCY TAX UPDATE to pay the tax but not ested in being placed on On October 5, 2015, Es- presently paying the tax the ballot for the posi- address, by calling 518- (518) 873-3332 TT-12/05/2015-1TC873-3330, or on the sex County amended its must collect and remit tion of Fire Commission- Countys website at 102965 local law relative to its the tax on and after Jan- er must submit their re- www.co.essex.ny.us. hotel/motel occupancy uary 1, 2016. This is quest in writing to Allan PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Essex County reserves tax to clarify the law and true even though there D. Clark, Secretary Mori- the right to reject any that the Putnam Planmake it applicable to all may have been a prior ah Fire District #1, PO and all bids not consid- ning Board of the Town who rent tourist homes contract, lease or other Box #62 Moriah Center, ered to be in the best in- of Putnam will hold a or facilities. arrangement which may NY 12961 no later than terest of Essex County, public hearing, pursuant The law still provides a have existed prior to November 30. All per- and to waive any techni- to Section 276 of the three (3%) percent per January 1, 2016. sons who have been a cal or formal defect in Town Law, on the applidiem rental rate for each Prior bookings for any resident of the Moriah the bids which is con- cation of Ellen Leonforte room or rooms rented period after January 1, Fire District # 1 for at sidered by Essex County for the approval to conwithin the County except 2016, will still have to least 30 days and are to be merely irregular, struct a single family for permanent residents. collect the 3% tax and registered voters will be immaterial, or unsub- dwelling . Said site plan The amendment clarifies remit to Essex County. eligible to vote is this is located on 426 Liddle stantial. the definition of hotel or Additionally, corpora- election. There will also In addition to bid sheets, Harris Road in the Town motel and now includes tions who rent both tra- be one proposition: To the bidder shall submit of Putnam. the following tourist fa- ditional hotel and motel increase the Moriah Fire executed non-collusion Said hearing will be held cilities which are subject rooms together with va- District #1spending limi- bid certificates signed by on the 9th. day of Deto the tax: cation rentals, condo- tation from $4000.00 to the bidder or one of its cember at the Putnam bed and breakfast miniums or other tourist $8000.00.

Town Hall at 7:00 pm at officers as required by inns facilities will be required TT-12-05/2015-1TCthe General Municipal which time all interested cabins to separately report rev- 102913 Law Sec. 103d. The bid- persons will be given an enues received from tracondominiums der shall also submit an opportunity to be heard. ditional hotel/motel facil- NOTICE TO BIDDERS By order of the Putnam cottages NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- executed certificate of Planning Board campgrounds (how- ities versus vacation compliance with the Iran EN, that the Underrentals and other tourist Paula M. Wilson, Clerk ever the tax does Divestment Act signed signed, on behalf of the facilities.

TT-12/05/2015-1TCnot apply to people by the bidder or one of All listed facilities must Essex County Board of its officers as required 103044 who bring their own Supervisors, will accept register with the Essex shelter such as by the General Municipal PUBLIC HEARING sealed bids at the Office County Treasurers Oftents, travel trailers Law Sec. 103g. of the Purchasing Agent A hearing will be held on fice. or RV) until 2:00 P.M. on De- PLEASE TAKE FURTHER December 10, 2015 @ Registration forms , a lodges NOTICE that Essex cember 18, 2015 for 6:00 p.m. at the offices copy of the local law and County affirmatively tourist homes of the Town of Ticonother materials can be Medical Supplies. states that in regard to convention centers The bids shall be opened deroga, 132 Montcalm found on the Essex any contract entered into vacation rentals Ticonderoga, County website (www.- and read aloud on De- pursuant to this notice, Street, New York, pursuant to motor courts co.essex.ny.us) any fur- cember 18, 2015 at 2:00 without regard to race, boarding houses ther information or P.M. at the Office of the color, sex, religion, age, Local Law 5 of 2003 Regulating Litter, and by questions can be ob- Purchasing Agent, 7551 lake cottages national origin, disabili- the Town Board acting personal houses or tained by calling the Es- Court Street, Elizabeth-

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