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By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — As the deadline to file independent nominating petitions for the upcoming Saranac Lake village elections passed at the end of business Feb. 14, no new candidates had emerged.

And so the stage is set; four candidates will run for two open trustee seats.

The Democratic choices — Barbara Rice and Paul Van Cott — will also run on the independent Unity Party ticket. And the Republican choices — Jeff Branch and Mark Gillis — will also run on the Conservative ticket.

All are newcomers to village politics, except Branch, who currently serves as a trustee.

John McEneaney’s trustee seat will be open, as he was defeated in the Republican caucus and decided not to

Tupper town board meets PAGE 11 SPECIAL REPORT

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United States Bobsled team members John Napier, a Lake Placid native, and Christopher Fogt fly past fans looking to get a picture during the FIBT World Championships on the Mount VanHoevenberg track last week. Napier and Fogt finished sixth in the event.

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SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Central School District mental health team will be launching a suicide prevention campaign after spring break that will include training faculty and staff and educating students in grades 6-12.

Counselors gave a presentation on the district’s suicide prevention protocol during the Board of Education meeting Feb. 1 in the Petrova School library.

“It’s a solid response, and it takes into consideration responsibility on the part of the district and its employees as well as the confidentiality and the dignity of our

This story, along with the complete versions of two front page stories from the Feb. 18 edition, will run in this week’s edition. students and their feelings,” said Middle School coun-

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selor Cindy Rockhill. “We take any and all mental health issues very seriously and recognize the importance of having staff knowing they have our support and our assistance.”

If a student threatens suicide or self-harm, there is a protocol in place to help that student and support the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

LAKE PLACID — It was Valentine’s Day, and there was a lot of love in the air for Dean Dietrich at the North Elba Town Board meeting.

“We all appreciate everything you do,” Town Supervisor Roby Politi said to Dietrich, chairman of the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for the Lake CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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ed and proud of Shoenfeld for being selected as a finalist.

“I am constantly overwhelmed by the talent of our kids here at Westport,” Friedman said. “We are really excited for him.”

Shoenfeld’s Video Production teacher, Paul Mudie, first approached Shoenfeld with the idea of entering the video contest a few months ago. After having Shoenfeld as a student, Mudie said he thought Shoenfeld had the potential to make a great film for this project.

“At our school we participate in these contests when the timing is right and we have the right students and he was the right kid,” Mudie said.

Shoenfeld’s strong work ethic, good eye for editing and drive to constantly improve is what makes his work excellent Mudie said.

“He has a good eye for video,” Mudie said. “One of his strenths lies with his editing, his able to lay out his ideas and visualize the end product.”

Shoenfeld is in need of community votes for his public service video to win the top video out of the 30 finalists. The only votes counted will be ones submitted from the NYCM video contest page and not the orignal video posted by creators.

To see Shoenfeld’s video go to www.newteendrivers.com/vote.asp.

You can submit your vote for his video by “Like”ing the video.

“I would appreciate it if people would vote for my video and I want to thank everyone who votes for helping me,”Shoenfeld said.

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Westport student and NYCM Insurance Company Distracted Video Contest Finalist, Dustin Shoenfeld hopes his video can receive the most likes for a grand prize of $500.

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Shoenfeld said if he wins he wants to use the prize money to purchase props, film and recording equipment for future film projects.

“I would like to buy more props for other projects and get a higher quality microphone,” Shoenfeld said.

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Shoenfeld said he wanted to show the statistics on the phone’s screen to emphasize to young drivers the messages on their phones are not as important as their safety. The video is also a message to teens who don’t believe an accident can happen to them while texting.

“I wanted to show that you can drive distracted and still get into an accident,” Shoenfeld said.

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The new machine, the Kirk Rudy 512 Insert Machine, will allow papers to be produced much faster, with more inserts for the desired destinations, according to Daniel Alexander, President and publisher of Denton Publications.

“Our papers can be produced much quicker and will allow us to utilize more inserts,” Alexander said.

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Prevention Continued from page 1 family, according to Middle School counselor Stacy Black. The mental health team — which consists of all the school district’s counselors, social workers and psychologists — recently reviewed and updated its procedures.

“Basically if a student makes any threat of self-harm or suicide, the faculty or staff member is to inform one of us in the building about it as soon as possible, immediately,” Black said. “And then what we do is we provide a suicide risk assessment screening for that student immediately.”

After the screening is complete, parents are notified, and, if necessary, mental health referrals are made. Sometimes they find that the student is not at risk; however, they will talk to the parent anyway. Appropriate mental health referrals to community resources may be made. Counselors also work with the community resource and parents upon the child’s return to school.

“The bottom line, as a group, is that we always err on the side of caution and the safety of our students,” Black said.

The mental health team will also be launching a suicide prevention campaign for students in grades 6-12 after spring break (March 26 - April 6), re-introducing the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program that the district instituted a few years ago, according to JoAnn Latourelle, a prevention educator at the high school and Bloomingdale Elementary School.

“This is a worldwide suicide prevention program that began in 1994 with the completed suicide of a young man and his schoolmate’s efforts to support and educate each other following his death,” Latourelle said. “His parents were very active in this as well.”

The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program concentrates on preventing youth suicide and attempts by empowering individuals and communities through leadership, awareness and education. As such, they identify and collaborate with support networks to reduce stigma and help save lives.

“In the past, there’s been the old myth that if we talk about suicide, that it’s risky, but that’s totally false,” Latourelle said.

The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program teaches students and faculty that talking is the first step in trying to prevent suicide.

“It is the act which may break through the isolation that a suicidal person feels,” Latourelle said, adding that one out of five teens is thinking about suicide and one out of every 10 will make an attempt.

All middle and high school staff members will be given a Safe TALK presentation at the upcoming professional development day, and the class will be sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The Safe TALK training will show staff how to be alert to the possibility that someone may be having suicidal thoughts and to refer them to mental health resources in the district.

As part of the program, “Be-a-Link — Save a Life!” suicide prevention business cards will be handed out at schools. They include suicide hotline phone numbers — (800) 2738255 (TALK) and (800) 784-2433 (SUICIDE) — and let people know that “It’s OK to Ask 4 Help!”

North Elba Continued from page 1 Placid/North Elba Joint Planning Commission, after a presentation on 11 suggested amendments to the planning code. “You’re a real activist in terms of this project. Quite frankly, it probably wouldn’t have gotten done without you.”

“It’s a good group of people,” Dietrich responded modestly, his face blushing. “There’s plenty of good people out there ... I can’t say enough about people like Bill Billerman, Michael Clarke and Pat Gallagher.”

“We appreciate you coming in here,” Politi said. “It shows us that the process is working

Saranac Lake comprehensive plan in the works Renovations to begin at old village buildings

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SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Village Board Feb. 13 learned about the progress of a new comprehensive plan, set tentative dates for the upcoming budget calendar, and hired someone to oversee renovations at the village’s old office space.

Jim Martin, of the LA Group, outlined the process of drafting a new comprehensive plan for the village.

“I’ve got to tell you, this is the most planned community I’ve ever seen in my life,” Martin said, referring to the numerous comprehensive plans drafted and adopted since the early 1900s. “It’s good stuff, but it gives one the sense that it’s time now to bring this stuff together, get it under one document, and get on with actions and implementations.”

Committee members — including village trustees Elias “Allie” Pelletieri and Jeff Branch — have been meeting regularly to collect ideas based on a number of topics: agricultural; natural and environmental; housing; commerce and industry; infrastructure and utilities; historical and cultural; institutional and educational; health and emergency services; community and economic development; transportation; and

recreation and the arts.

After a draft plan is complete, public input will be sought in May, and a draft land use code will be written. Reviews are expected to be made in August and September, and the project will be wrapped up in October, according to Martin’s timeline.

Renovations In other news, Village Board members hired a clerk of the works for renovations to the village buildings at 3 and 17 Main St. in anticipation of new tenants. They also approved a lease agreement with Active Motif for the waterworks building (17 Main St.) and engineering work for the same space — at a cost not to exceed $25,500 — by Bernier, Carr & Associates for schematic and final design, construction documents and bid documents and to perform construction administration for the project.

The clerk of the works will be Jeff Dora, of Malone, who will get $19/hour plus mileage, and the cost is estimated at $9,500 for both projects.

Trustee Pelletieri asked Village Treasurer Paul Ellis why the code enforcement officer couldn’t handle the job of clerk of the works in the hope of saving money.

“More and more I’ve wanted to do things in-house,” Pelletieri said. “Are we getting to a point where we’re going to use the code enforcement officer for things like this?”

And Trustee Branch inquired as to why the

Budget process Looking to the spring budget process for 2012-13, the Village Board approved a tentative calendar for budget meetings and deadlines.

Trustee John McEneaney asked the village treasurer whether they could keep within the state’s mandate of a 2 percent tax cap.

“I couldn’t tell you,” Ellis said, adding that there are many new costs that may put the village over that 2 percent cap. “And so we’ll just have to see where everything falls ... It will be quite a challenge.”

Department heads should have their spending plans to the budget officer by Feb. 24. A preliminary budget will be done by March 12. A public hearing must take place on or before April 20. And a budget must be adopted on or before May 1.

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TUPPER LAKE — Tensions stemming from a confluence of economic factors and political decisions that School Board Vice President Daniel Mansfield termed “the most frustrating thing I’ve ever experienced” were on display at a Feb. 5 school board meeting.

Tupper teachers expressed a number of concerns at the meetings, including widespread dissatisfaction with their increased administrative workload since Superintendent Seth McGowan became the principal of the high school last year.

Speaking on behalf of his organization, Tupper Lake United Teachers Association Vice President Ted Merrihew stated, “We no longer follow a traditional school model.

“A top-down structure of a superintendent, principals, departmental leaders, and faculty members promotes a chain of command, resulting in greater trust and shared decision making,” Merrihew

Elections Continued from page 1 file as an Independent.

The winners will join trustees Tom Catillaz (D) and Elias Pelletieri (C) at the board table with Mayor Clyde Rabideau (D).

Judge Ken McLaughlin will run unopposed on the Republican and Conservative tickets. During their caucus, Democrats when you come in and you’re able to give us a new direction and also give us modifications to a code, in different areas, that you found to be deficient.”

The suggested code amendments include returning parts of Nash Road back to commercial use on the map (which were changed by accident); requiring that neons signs be turned off during non-business hours; eliminating the 30-day time period for correcting a violation and requiring immediate action instead; and increasing the residential density in a Gateway Corridor to 10 units per acre.

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added. “As budget time draws near, we are concerned that the district is choosing to take more teacher resources out of the classrooms to handle administrative responsibilities.”

Merrihew also said that there has been an increase in teachers teaching outside of their certification areas.

“Students are being robbed of the expert teaching they deserve,” the union representative said. “In structure, in division of responsibilities, and in reduced program offerings such as library, music and enrichment, we have many disconnections and are struggling to feel confident we are delivering the best education possible for our students.”

“Please be aware there’s a squeeze going on, because the state flat took away money,” Mansfield said. “Three years ago we were asked to cut our budget by like $1.5 million, and it’s continued since then.

We’ve tried to find ways to allow teachers to stay and we’ve tried not to increase your tax levy. We the community of Tupper Lake are being squeezed, and nobody

on this board is doing anything but their best to make sure that we’re being fair. It’s not going to be perfect.

“Give us some ideas,” Mansfield added.

“If we’re going to be stuck with a 2 percent cap and the state is reducing our aid, I just don’t know how the math adds up. I can’t figure it out for the life of me.”

“What we need from you guys is to start getting ahold of our legislative people and telling them the dissatisfaction that we have with how we are arriving at this budget,” board member Dawn Hughes told meeting attendees. “We need to stand together as a community and say to them, ‘Something is wrong.’”

Hughes added that they needed to look at their local representatives.

“Betty Little: We have to get to her,” Hughes said. “We have to bombard her to let her know that Tupper Lake is here and we need help, because we’re sinking. We aren’t going to have a school district pretty soon. If you guys as teachers, as townspeople don’t step up to the plate, it’s just going to go by the wayside.”

crossed party lines to endorse McLaughlin, who will be filling Tom Glover's two-year unexpired term. In an effort to consolidate the justice system, the village will be abolishing McLaughlin's seat in April and Glover's seat in 2014, when the towns of Harrietstown, North Elba and St. Armand – all inside the village limits – take over the judicial duties. McLaughlin is also a judge for

the town of Harrietstown.

A Meet the Candidates forum will be held sometime in early March at the Harrietstown Town Hall with the Valley News co-hosting the event with the Saranac Lake-based Adirondack Daily Enterprise and possibly other local media outlets.

The village elections will be held on Tuesday, March 20.

lage of Lake Placid, Dietrich also gave the Town Board an update on the comprehensive plan process, which was set to get under way Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, with a public brainstorming session at the conference center.

Dietrich asked the town to give financial support to the Community Development Board. He also made the same request to Lake Placid Village Board members during their Feb. 13 meeting. Dietrich is looking for the town and village to each budget $4,500 a year for three years so the Community Development Board can complete a new comprehensive plan. The anticipated budget is about $50,000, including about $25,000 in expendi-

tures plus in-kind services from the municipalities.

In other news, the Town Board will be advertising for a part-time dog control officer. Currently, the village police handle those duties within the village limits and there isn’t anyone controlling nuisance dogs between the town and village lines.

Supervisor Politi said he will be meeting with officials from the village and the Essex County Public Health Department to explore solutions to the dog control issue.

“We kind of have a problem right now,” Politi said. “We might find a retired person out there who might want to do this.”

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“We thought the clerk of the works would be more beneficial and cost effective,” Ellis said. “The timeline is very tight on this.”

Work on the renovations is expected to be finished by next winter.

Mayor Clyde Rabideau said that the code enforcement officer is busy with apartment inspections and that the clerk of the works job is time intensive and is a specialized position.

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LAKE GEORGE — Prompted by lobbying from environmentalists and resolutions enacted by local municipalities, members of the Lake George Park Commission are now taking steps toward making their proposed boat inspection and decontamination law a reality.

Feb. 3, the Commission’s Inversive Species Spread Prevention Committee discussed establishing a trial boat inspection and vessel disinfection program within several months at Norowal Marina.

While the trial program features voluntary compliance, the proposed law would require all boats, before they are launched on Lake George, to be thoroughly inspected — and if deemed necessary — sent to a vessel-washing station to be decontaminated.

Already, the Park Commission has a law in place that prohibits placing a boat in Lake George that bears any invasive species — but since the law doesn’t require every boat to be inspected, it doesn’t necessarily have any impact on protecting the lake, environmentalists have argued. Also, because it includes no comprehensive inspection program nor remedial requirements, the law has little practical effect.

Environmental experts have noted that to protect Lake George from widespread infestation and degradation, action is needed.

The fast spread of invasive plants and mussels in Lake Tahoe and Lake Mead have shown that it is far easier and 50 to 100 times cheaper to prevent invasives from taking hold in a lake versus trying to combat their propagation once they’ve become established.

The Lake George Association has been conducting a voluntary boat inspection program for two years.

During summer 2011, the LGA’s “Lake Stewards” at six boat launches inspected 8,584 boats for invasive species, removed suspicious specimens from 52 boats prior to launch, and educated over 19,000 people about the threats of invasive species.

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o one would argue that efforts should be taken to keep Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) out of the Queen of American Lakes.

No one would argue that the introduction of these species is detrimental to the ecosystem, to water quality, to intakes and pipes, or that it costs millions to eradicate them once introduced.

No one would argue that the lake steward program, overseen by the Lake George Association, has been a success, or that legislation making it illegal to introduce invasive species into Lake George was ill-conceived.

All of that makes perfect sense.

What doesn’t make sense is the agenda of a minority of the Lake George Park Commission whose goal seems to be gating every boat launch and placing uniformed invasive species police in place to inspect every vessel.

What doesn’t make sense is to punish the boaters who cannot afford a pricey dock slip yet still want to enjoy this breathtaking lake as often as those who can.

What doesn’t make sense is to drive away the area’s life-blood in the form of tourists, fishermen and day-trippers with expensive boat washing fees and long lines when they can easily travel to other communities to spend their money without the headaches.

Yet that is what we see materializing should the boat washing plan forge ahead as proposed by the Committee on Invasive Species Spread Prevention — a three-man subset of the Lake George Park Commission.

The group has been lobbying hard with local officials and environmental groups for a full scale, lake-wide boat inspection and washing program that would place sentries at boat launches, and send boats suspected of contamination to a central washing facility, where they would be hosed down with 140-degree water.

At an average of $30 a pop.

In theory, the idea of asking transient boaters to wash their boats before launching in Lake George is a good one. It has been the objective of the LGA’s lake steward program since its inception.

But the plan currently on the table seems to evoke more questions than provide answers.

For example — when would the launches be open to the public? Fishermen like to get an early start, others like to watch the Thursday night fireworks downtown. Would launches be open at these times?

And how about the mandatory two-week drying period required after a boat is pulled from the water. If you’re lucky, we get about a

three-month boating season in these parts. If you have to wait two weeks between launches, that would allow about six times out without a $30 washdown.

It is expensive enough for those who live off the lake to access it — asking them to fork over $30 several times a year is simply not practical.

The lake was put here for everyone to enjoy.

Let’s keep it that way.

At the same time, this system would rely on the word of the person launching the boat.

If faced with the decision of telling a little white lie to the 21-year-old sunburned sentry or sitting in an hour-long line to pay $30 for a boat scrubbing, how do you think many will answer?

The plan might be less discriminatory and the lake might be better protected by just mandating that all boats be washed down.

Then there’s the cost of operation. The state Department of Environmental Conservation — with its ever-shrinking budget —doesn’t seem to want to touch this one with a 10-foot pole.

But the vast majority of launches dotting the lake are private. Should these businesses be required to pick up the cost of overseeing the program?

Who will pay for the $250,000 wash stations?

The state? You’d have a better chance of taking up a collection among waterfront owners.

And, finally, will all the expense and extra hassle truly keep invasives from Lake George?

Can anyone actually say with certainty if any of this will have a benefit at a reasonable cost?

The answer, of course, is no.

Invasives can be introduced from a bait bucket, from migrant waterfowl, on the bottoms of cartop boats and unemptied bilges.

Does that mean the Park Commission should ignore the threat?

Absolutely not.

But much more research needs to be done before commissioners pull the trigger on a plan that seems to have been contrived in backroom secrecy with input from a select few.

For a plan of this magnitude to be accepted, all the stakeholders need to be involved in the process and a referendum may be in order.

Only then will the majority support it and get behind the effort of keeping invasives from our waters.

This editorial is the collaborative opinion of a board comprised of Thom Randall, Fred Herbst, Lou Varricchio, Keith Lobdell, Stephen Bartlett, Andy Flynn and John Gereau. Comments may be directed to denpubs@denpubs.com.

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the age of 12, 70 percent here is a divide of those children use among people the computer tablet — and it’s becom77 percent for playing ing larger everyday — games; 57 percent for those who can’t live educational purposes; without a mobile device 43 percent to watch a and those who do not movie or TV show and own one. It’s estimated 41 percent to entertain that approximately 73 the child while at a percent of the world’s restaurant or event. The Dan Alexander population has access to Thoughts from real concern is, are we a mobile device — eiBehind the Pressline turning these devices ther a smart phone, cell into high-tech babysitphone or tablet. ters?

While these devices are our modWill the next app be a “Good Parern day marvels one has to wonder if enting” app? Children need to learn humanity will be changed for the betvaluable interpersonal skills from ter as a result of these powerful little their parents, not from a computer. I gadgets or if they’ll eventually take can’t imagine a future were people over our lives and we become slaves lack the skills to deal with each other to a machine. A new phenomena is face to face, but we need to recognize spreading called nomophobiacs: No that we’re now embracing that future.

Mobile Phone Phobia. In a recent surI saw an interesting piece on the vey about 66 percent of those quesevening news last week regarding a tioned suffer from this new phobia, retired dance instructor, who is workaffecting women at a greater rate ing with kids in an inner city school, than men. teaching them to dance “ballroom” Another survey found that 50 perstyle, face to face. The kids admit it cent of those responding feel anxious was very awkward at first, but when they do not have their phone they’ve grown to enjoy dealing with within reach. And it’s no wonder their peers in this manner. People are when we think about how many real, but the new games available on times in the day we reach for them. these devices appear very realistic On average it’s about 34 times a day and that will only improve as we but another survey reports a higher move forward. percentage at once every 10 minutes.

Kids are sponges and they’ll get When asked which item people lost in the computer screen if they see would retrieve from a burning house parents constantly watching their it wasn’t the wallet, purse, passport smart devices when they should be or family pictures — it was the moeducating their offspring. If personal bile. While it may seem we are a little interaction and dealing with differing too compulsive when it comes to our opinions is not a learned skill when mobile device, for many among us, one is young we may find a generathe device now encompasses all astion or two who will be unable to pects of personal and business life. deal with people who they find more Far more important than a wallet or difficult to control than their mobile even pictures, all of which can now device. Now I must admit, I too am a be contained inside the powerful desmart phone user and while I find it a vice. useful tool, I can understand how it My concern isn’t the infatuation can be an addictive habit. At business with the useful tool, I’m more conmeetings or luncheons nearly everycerned about how they will be used one, as soon as they are seated, will as we move forward. In a recent pull out a mobile device and set it on Nielsen survey, in households ownSee ALEXANDER, page 7 ing a tablet and with children under

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Trust to offer scholarships

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To the Valley News: The Adirondack Community Trust (ACT) is grateful to be able to offer nearly $200,000 in scholarship awards this spring. Students and families seeking financial aid for higher education can learn more by contacting their school guidance counselor by visiting www.GenerousACT.org, where there is a list of the wide variety of scholarship grants available to Adirondack students, application information, and deadlines for submission.

Please don’t hesitate—deadline for most applications is April 15. These scholarships were established by generous people who understand both the value of education and its cost. They want their gifts to be used to help area students achieve their educational and life-time goals.

In turn, by taking advantage of scholarship assistance, you are helping a donor achieve his or her philanthropic goal.

ACT, the community foundation serving the Adirondack region, is the giving vehicle for thousands of generous people who care about education, arts, health and human services, flood relief, recreation, animal welfare, you name it. For information about enlisting ACT to carry out your philanthropic dreams, contact Cali Brooks, Executive Director, 523-9904, cali@generousact.org.

Andrea Grout Grants and Scholarships Coordinator

To the Valley News: On behalf of the Elizabethtown Social Center, Inc., I would like to thank everyone who helped with our recent informational night on synthetic marijuana for our Teen Rec Program.

Major thanks to Bub's Pizza & Deli and Stewart's Shops for providing gift certificates for prizes. The teens paid close attention to the presentation knowing that rewards for trivia questions were at stake.

Two phenomenal young men, Brody Hooper and Jeremy Lacey, offered a teento-teen perspective that no adult can match. Thank you for your courage and desire to make a difference in the lives of other youth.

Karen Crowningshield, from the Elizabethtown Community Hospital, offered insight about the realities of this drug from the perspective of an ER nurse.

David Wyant, from Reaching Youth, and Bonnie Glegg provided wonderful support and feedback to help teens understand the dangers of synthetic marijuana.

Thank you all for sharing your Saturday night with us.

Thank you all for helping the Social Center make a difference in the lives of our youth.

Arin Burdo, Director

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SOPA and PIPPA woes To the Valley News: I am seriously worried by the recent bills introduced into legislation which are called SOPA and PIPPA. These bills are supposedly to stop online piracy and to allow the government to instruct the internet service provider(ISP) you are using to show the government what websites you used to see if you are downloading songs on a p2p site or watching movies free on the internet. These laws were stalled and so China/ USA crafted a new law or free trade treaty if you believe it's a free trade treaty. This is called ACTA and stands for anti counterfeiting trade agreement and is so much worse than SOPA and PIPPA because this is on and international scale.

The USA and China wants to control the internet by monitoring what people are doing! People need to object to this as if the governments own the internet, we as a free nation are imprisoned and USA becomes a nation as bad as the old Germany!

James LaVair Tupper Lake

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the table. What’s worse is you’ll go out in the evening for dinner with the wife and see couples not conversing with each other but both looking longingly into their device screen, thumbing away, perhaps even to each other.

I’m all for advancing technology, but I’m just not certain we aren’t on the slippery slope with cute little devices. You might disagree, but ask yourself these questions then tell me we aren’t at least starting to slip a little on that slope: * Have you spent more on accessories than on your mobile unit? * Do you have over 30 apps installed and use them all? * Do you have alarms telling you when to do everything in your life? * Do you read about your phone on your phone? * Have you cut back on necessities to afford your monthly mobile bill? * Have you forgot your mobile and felt withdrawal symptoms all day until you’re reunited? * Do you meet people who use the same mobile as you, and you can only talk about the device? * Have you felt that sinking feeling of panic when you touch your pocket/purse and it’s gone? * It accompanies you to the bathroom?

Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com.

Westport CS board to meet

Duet to perform in Essex

WESTPORT— The Westport Central School District board of education will hold it’s monthly meeting Tuesday, March 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the school library. The agenda will include budget discussion, a capital project discussion and any other business that may come before the board. The meeting is open to the public.

ESSEX — Violinist Kevin Lawrence and pianist Paul Orgel will perform a program of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart at the Essex Community Church on Monday evening, March 5, at the Essex Community Church.

Their program includes J.S. Bach's Sonata No. 6 in G major for violin and keyboard, Mozart's Sonato in A major in A major and Beethoven K. 526 and Beethoven's Violin Sonata no. 7 in C minor. Both artists will be able to join the concert goers after their performance at a reception given by ECC. Admission is $10 for adults; students are free. For additional information, please refer to the ECC Website at www.essexcommunityconcerts.org.

E-town-Lewis school meeting set ELIZABETHTOWN—The ElizabethtownLewis Central school will hold a shared decision committee meeting Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 4:15 p.m. in the conference room.

Turkey Shoot to be held WILLSBORO— The Willsboro Fish and Game Club will hold a turkey shoot on Feb. 26 from noon to 3 p.m. Participants can use rifles, pistols and black powder. For more information call Jim Hotaling at 963-7430.

Band to perform at ADK LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is presenting a special performance, Annie and the Hedonists. These musicians from Schenectady are making their journey up North to help celebrate winter in the Adirondacks. This ADK performance will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. at ADK’s High Peaks Information Center. This presentation is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 523-3441 or visit our website at www.adk.org.

Stress relief class offered ESSEX — There will be an eight-week stress balancing series with Courtney Hughes, Michelle Maron and Brian Trzaskos Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. beginning March 6.

There are only 16 spaces for this series. For more information, call 963-4300.

‘Belle of Amherst’ to be played WHALLONSBURG — “The Belle of Amherst,” starring Kathleen Recchia as Emily Dickerson, will be performed Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Whallonsburg Grange. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. For more information, visit www.thegrangehall.org.

Square dance to benefit arts KEENE VALLEY — East Branch Friends of the Arts presents the Third Annual Community Square Dance Friday, March 16, at 7 p.m. at Keene Central School.

Caller Jeremy Clifford from Essex, Celtic fiddler Malcolm Sanders from Burlington, Vt., and Tristan Henderson from the Celtic band Atlantic Crossing on guitar and mandolin will entertain all ages with an evening of traditional Irish and FrenchCanadian music and dancing. All dances will be taught. Suggested donation is $5; students are free.

Come early for a Spaghetti Dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. Suggested donation is $6 per person or $20 per family. Proceeds will benefit the Four Winds Nature Program.

Four Winds offers elementary students real hands-on science-based lessons that raise awareness and understanding of the natural world. Local potter Julia Gronski and her students will also be on hand to showcase their work.

For more information, call Hannah Smith at 576-4256 or visit East Branch Friends of the Arts on Facebook.

Tax workshop scheduled

Maggie Speshock of Moriah arrives in her “ride” to the Feb. 17 basketball game between ElizabethtownLewis and Westport.

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Juried art show slated

GOP social event scheduled

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Artists Guild will host its 14th annual juried art competition from March 9 through April 19.

The show is open to all artists in any medium.

Two dimensional work must not exceed 34inches in any dimension and must be framed or wired for hanging. Three dimensional work must be of a reasonable size for a small gallery.

Interested artists my pick up a prospectus for the show at the Artists Guild or download it from the website, www.adirondackartistsguild.com. Complete information for the show is on the prospectus. Work should be hand delivered to the Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery during regular hours on Feb. 29 through March 3. A non-refundable entry fee of $25 must accompany all submissions, with an optional third work for an additional $5. The juror's decisions will be mailed or emailed on March 2.

An opening reception will be held at the Adirondack Artists Guild for its fourteenth annual juried show on Friday, March 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. The show runs until April 19. Prizes will be announced at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.

KEENE — The Essex County Republican Committee cordially invites you to attend a Lincoln Day cocktail party at Baxter Mountain Tavern in Keene Thursday, March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. Invited guests include Essex County Republican Party Chairman Ronald Jackson, Congressman Chris Gibson, Senator Betty Little and Assemblywomen Teresa Sayward, along with congressional candidates Matt Doheny and Kelley Greene. For information, contact Stacey Hayes at 390-0717.

Art presented at church WESTPORT — The Westport Federated Church is pleased to present a display of 12 prints of some of the wood engravings of Fritz Eichenberg, 1901 - 1990. This portfolio represents works which were printed in the Catholic Worker newspaper published by Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker NYC. Fritz Eichenberg was a close friend of Dorothy Day.

SARANAC LAKE — A workshop on the New York State Historic Homeowner Tax Credit Program presented by the The Preservation League of New York State and Historic Saranac Lake will be held on Tuesday, March 13, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the The Saranac Laboratory Museum, 89 Church Street.

The cost for the program is $5, and refreshments will be served. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 6, to 891-4606 or mail@historicsaranaclake.org.

Social Center trip planned ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown Social Center, in conjunction with North Wind Tours, presents a Museum Day Trip on Saturday, March 24. The deadline to register is Feb. 29. The $119 per person includes: round-trip transportation via Luxury Motor Coach; admission to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., and the New York State Museum in Albany; lunch at Cracker Barrel and dinner at Golden Corral. Scholarships are available to Teen Social Center Members. Full price due at time of registration.

Tickets are limited. Contact the Social Center at 873-6408 or info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.org for registration and information.

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Keene CS Honor roll named

ELCS names midterm honors

KEENE — The following students have been named to the honor roll at Keene Central School for the second quarter of the 2011-12 school year:

ELIZABETHTOWN— The Follwing students were named to the honor roll at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School for the second quarter of the 2011-12 school year:

High honors: Cora Adams, Montana Baker, Trevor Brooks, Abbigale Cassavaugh, Else Koop-Angelicola, Charlotte Shepard, Lenore Sicola, Jazmin Wright Honors: Carson Blades, Shannon Canavan, Damien Gay, Natalie Martin, Koby Rider

Seventh grade

Sixth grade

High honors: Josie Hough, Elaina Smith, Hanna Whitney Honors: Heather Abbott, Maria Gates, Ethan Giglinto, Roy Riggins, Bailey Van Ness, Daria Venner

High honors: Faith Bona, Julien Davey, Kaitlyn Lindsay, Jake Rider, EmmaLee Turner Honors: Carson Blades, Arika Bronson

Ninth grade

Eight grade

Seventh grade

High honors: Liza Amirault, Amanda Bruha, Justin Haverlick, Vanessa Heald, Brianna Joanette Honors: Caden J. Belisle, Eden D. Cencebaugh, Trey Hulbert, Cougar Smith, Grace Sturges

Prinicpal’s list: Myra Adams, Coby Schaefer High honors: Tess Andrade, Emma DeMuro, Madison Sussey Honors: Rishabh Bisht, Jamison Decker, Sodona Fogelsanger, Samantha Griffin, Samuel Huttig, Sierra Jacques

Ninth grade

Eighth grade

High honors: Frances Eisinger, Haley Gamo Potter, Harrison Joanette, Maeve Peabody, Evella Plumley, Miranda Runyon, Jesse Patrick Summo Honors: Matthew Holmes, Sodie Grace Stoner, Jordan Swiridowsky

10th grade High honors: Peter Craig, Christian DiMarco, Olivia Jaques, Gabe Warner, Katie Woltner Honors: Patricia Auer, Kari LeClair

11th grade High honors: Samuel Balzac, Cassandra Marie Smith Day, Victoria Patenaude, Jackson Van Wie Honors: Jeffrey Bruha, Kayla Cave, Alexandra Dumas, Christinanna Fabiano, Atom Farrell, Megan Hall, Hannah McCabe, Athena Pepe

12th grade High honors: Amanda Leighann Boyle, Evan Daniel Cencebaugh, Emma Haines Gothner, Anna Juniper Kowanko, Ryan Michael Odell, Alexis Ann Smith Honors: Brittany Marie Guerin

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Principal’s list: Emma Disogra

Principal’s list: Sage Allott, Kyra Schaefer High honors: Dominic DeMuro, Robert Plante, Wesley Whalen Honors: Jasmin Barnes, Parker LeClair, Tiffany Welch, Tamara Wescott

10th grade Principal’s list: Bridgett Blood, Shonna Brooks, Hugh Harwood, Austin Morris, Megan Rushby, Lily Whalen, Corinne White, Katie Whittemore High honors: Angel Barnes, Abigail Burdo, Catherine Decker, Jacob Egglefield, Savanah Graves, Justin LaPier, William Le Vien, Rheanon Martin, Zoe Reusser, Taylor Jo Swan

Honors: Robert Beaton, Nathan Bessette, Alexis Brown, Justen Heald, Elysha Mosley

11th grade Principal’s list: Brody Hooper, Charles Huttig, Jennifer McGinn, Louis Scaglione, Cheyenne Sousie, Brittany Tomkins, Sierra Wimett High honors: Kylee Cassavaugh, Timothy Clark, Kaylee Cross, Hunter Farrell, Emily Morris, Kacie Rider, Jessica Spaulding Honors: Duncan Bender, Crystal Grady

12th grade Principal’s list: Nathan Allott, Ezekiel Diemand, Corey Feeley, Clare Harwood, Timothy LaRock, Patrick Phillips, Nathaniel Rock, Jeremy Rushby High honors: Kaitlin Coats, Lea Crowningshield, Spencer Crowningshield, Joshua Currier, Cole Fernandez, Andrea Le Vien, Andrew Mitchell, Kristy Napper, Richard Pinter Honors: Bradley Egglefield, Erica Fields, Brock Marvin, Hunter Mowery, Zacharia Peltier

WESTPORT — The following students were named to the honor roll at Westport Central School for the second quarter of the 2011-12 school year: Seventh grade: Noah Arevalo, Sienna Fleury, Wyatt Gough, Noah Hart, Amanda Hinge, Schylar Kurth, John Looby, Thomas Maron, Cheyanne Mitchell, Chloe Mitchell, Sierra Pribble, Samson Staats, Mattea Viens Eighth grade: Anderson Gay, Jonathan Gay, Jacob Harrington, Elizabeth Johnson,

Dylan Limlaw, Amber Logan, Connor Martin, Thomas Mero, Lucy Misarski, Scarlett Moore, Samuel Napper, Kristen Orr, Ian Pierce, Renee Reynolds, John Sprague Jr, Sarina Westerkamp Ninth grade: Domanic Banish, Chyenne Cramer, William Daha, Sabrina Hendry, Garrett Hinge, Talite Malafu, Sydney Mitchell, Hannah Place, Matthew Schrauf, Danielle Schwoebel, Brooke Stevens, Keragan Viens 10th grade: Christopher Clarke, Ryan Davis, John Doyle, Robert King, Felicia Kurth, Hannah Looby, Sarah Looby, Jesse Misarski, James Moricette, Emily Rascoe,

Brendee Russell, Dustin Schoenfeld, Owen Schoenfeld, Macey Sprague, Francis Lloyd Staats, Moira Steele, Megan Sudduth, Tyrel Tryon, Cheyenne White 11th grade: Rachel Abrahamsen, Harry Hudson, Jack Newberry, SoYoung Park, Ashley Quaglietta, Garrett Reynolds, Gabriel Schrauf, Charlotte Staats, Evan Viens 12th grade: Erika Estus, Emily French, Allen Jacques, Karlee McGee, Willa McKinley, Alexa Mitchell, Delaney Sears, Allison Sherman, Dorie Souris, Mallory Sudduth, Ellexus Vaughn

Willsboro names honor rolls

Seventh grade

Honors: Jillian Dean, Taylor Bigelow, Zachary Pierson

Westport stundents honored

WILLSBORO — The following students were named to the honor roll by Willsboro Central School for the second quarter of the 2011-12 school year:

High honors: Maxim Longware, Matvey Longware, Kaitlin Shaw Honors: Nathaniel Yeager, Alexandra Bliss, Jesse Hearn, Trina Bigelow, Darrian Sweatt

Sixth grade

Eighth grade

High Honors: Paul Fine-Lease, Dana Klein, Warren Jackson, Rylee Pierson Honors: Palma Staub, Adam Mero

High Honors: Mikaela Salem, Laura Klein, Connor Sheehan, Taressa Lacey, Elizabeth Daly, Dellandy Christian, Alissa Clark

Ninth grade High honors: William Heintz, III, Marshall Steeves, Kelsey Sloper Honors: Sherika Pulsifer, Geordie Hearn, Tory Wade, Rachael Burt, Kenesa Kohen, John Oliver, Andrea O’Hara, Amanda Henrichs See HONORS, page 9

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Saranac Lake HS honor roll set

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10th grade High honors: Gabrielle Yeager, Austin Ferris, Lilly Kelly, Bridget Moran, John Fine-Lease Honors: Nicholas Arnold, Jarrid McVicker

11th grade High Honors: Renee Marcotte, Emily Mero, Gabrielle Coonrod, Erik Manning, Amanda Mahoney, Alyson Arnold, Samuel Politi Honors: Morgan Murphy, Tyler Bridge, Dakoda Latford

12th grade High honors: Nicholas Ball, Luke Barns, Jeffrey Bigelow, Hannah Bruno, Karin Buck, Clayton Cross, Anna Daly, Serene Holland, Kaitlin Kirkby, Deanna Mero, Emily Sayward, Clay Sherman, Renee Provost Honors: Jocelyn Belzile, Brandon Bertrand, Edward Kelly, Cody Sayward, Tayler Strong, Karly McKenna

SARANAC LAKE — The follwing students have been named to the second quarter honor roll at Saranac Lake High School for the 2011-12 school year (* denotes honor roll, ** denotes high honor roll):

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Saranac Lake Winter Carnival wraps up for 2012, looks ahead to ‘13

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andy@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — The 10-day Saranac Lake Winter Carnival wrapped up Sunday evening, Feb. 12, with a slide show presentation by photographer Mark Kurtz and a grand finale display of fireworks at the Ice Palace on Lake Flower, but it seems this event never truly ends.

This carnival — ranked No. 2 on the National Geographic Traveler magazine’s top 10 list of best winter carnivals in the world — is so ingrained in the fabric of Saranac Lake life that work on next year ’s event begins as soon as this year ’s ends.

The Winter Carnival Committee was set to meet Feb. 15 to do what they always do the Wednesday after the slide show and fireworks — take an assessment of positives and negatives from the event and start working

Winter Carnival, a process that includes brainstorming, an online newspaper poll, and a final vote from committee members. That should happen in the coming weeks. This year ’s theme was “Space Alien Invasion.”

Meanwhile, those who missed seeing the Ice Members of the “Meet the New Neighbors” walking unit, sponsored by Palace — the centerpiece Adirondack by Owner, participate in the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Gala of the Winter Carnival — Parade Saturday, Feb. 11. They took first place in their category. See more still have time to walk pictures at www.thevalleynews.org/photos/galleries.

Photo by Andy Flynn around the structure at on making it better than ever. The commit- the Lake Flower boat launch and take photee is a well-oiled machine of volunteers, tographs. At the end of February, however, each with a single task or a variety of tasks. it will be knocked down, and if the weather Soon the committee will be collecting ideas for the theme of the 2013 Saranac Lake

turns warm and the ice blocks become unsafe, it may be dismantled sooner. Ice blocks from the palace can be seen as late as early May, as the spring weather returns the structure back to its place of origin — Pontiac Bay. And those who missed the slide show, Kurtz will play it again at Saranac Village at Will Rogers at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16.

As for the king and queen of Winter Carnival — Tim Fortune and Kelly Morgan — they will reign until the next Coronation Ceremony, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, when the fun begins all over again. They will be seen at events throughout the year, wearing their robes and crowns, representing their subjects in the community of Saranac Lake.

For more information, including results and photos, visit online at www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com.

Tupper Lake town board meets TUPPER LAKE — This community's stature as the home and destination of athletes and outdoors enthusiasts of all types was underscored at a Town Board meeting on Feb. 14.

Topics discussed included archery, the Tupper Lake Triathlon, ice fishing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, the Tupper Lake Country Club, the Tinman Triathlon, hunter safety courses, and, of course, the status of Big Tupper.

Other issues addressed at the meeting included the Town's compliance with a new state open government mandate.

Though many of the cross country ski trails in Tupper Lake are in usable condition, Big Tupper has only been open one day this season due to an absence of snow. Board member David Tomberlin reported that the facility's power has been shut down and its pipes drained, but that the mountain can be opened if it receives sufficient snowfall before the end of March.

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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — A grass-roots effort to try and curb the sale of synthetic marijuanas like K-2 and Spice are having an effect in the North Country.

Members of a group trying to eliminate the products from local shelves said that education has been a major factor in tackling the problem.

“When they hear about the bad news that is associated with K-2 and synthetic marijuana, they pull it off the shelves,” said Mac MacDevitt, Community Prevention Coordinator with the Prevention Team. “We want to work with our community partners to reduce the availability of it as well as make parents aware of the danger of this substance, as well as support the youth who have taken the lead in fighting for this cause, and I am really surprised that a student-led movement has moved this fast.”

“I have talked to several store owners, and they said that having learned more about K-2, they decide that it is a project that they do not wish to carry,” Arin Burdo, director of the Elizabethtown Social Center, said. ‘We had a informational night at the Social Center Feb. 11, and the primary goal is to inform the parents about this. They need to be active as well in trying to get this off the shelf. Parents need by get information and become more informed because this is a real threat in the community.”

Karen Crowningshield, Assistant Nurse Manager at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, said that the need for education of synthetic marijuana is critical.

“The first I heard anything about this was watching television and hearing about ‘bath salts,’ last year,” Crowningshield said. “I have been talking with people about this, and they have no clue what it is all about. It;s just not that known here as it is in other places, because I have talked with a family from New Jersey who live in a community where they have had two K-2 related deaths recently.”

The synthetic marijuana, know as K-2 or Spice, is a psychoactive herbal and chemical product that can mimic cannabis.

Elizabethtown Community Hospital Emergency Room Technician Brody Hooper and Assistant Nurse Manager Karen Crowningshield both said that the number of ER cases dealing with K-2 and Spice has been on the rise over the past year.

Photo by Keith Lobdell According to a release from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency last year, smokeable herbal products marketed as being “legal” and as providing a marijuana-like high, have become increasingly popular, particularly among teens and young adults.

“These products consist of plant material that has been coated with research chemicals that claim to mimic THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and are sold at a variety of retail outlets, in head shops, and over the Internet,” the release said. “These chemicals, however, have not been approved by the FDA for human consumption, and there is no oversight of the manufacturing process.”

As the story of synthetic marijuana spreads, those who deal with victims of the substance said the main concern is being able to properly identify the use and treat it.

“We see it more and more,” Crowningshield said. “Last February, we didn’t even know that this was out there, and what makes it worse is that unless there is someone who can tell us that a patient is suffering from the affects of K2, we have no way of knowing and then we are just treating symptoms. No regular medications work on this, so just treating the symptoms is really not helping.”

“I would say that it is fair that we now get a K-2 case in the Emergency Room once every

two weeks,” Brody Hooper, an ElizabethtownLewis junior and Emergency Room Technician at ECH who also is traveling to local schools with a program about the dangers of K-2, said.

“It is most often on weekends, because it is used at parties.”

Crowningshield said that the symptoms of K-2 use range from rapid heart rate to seizures, and can also lead to heart attack.

“We have to give the patient different types of drugs, and if we don’t know it’s K-2, we could be treating something else.”

“It misleads us,” Hooper said. “If we give a treatment and it is not working, we have to wonder what is going on.”

“This substance is made similar to THC, and it has similar affects,” Grant Martin, Clinical Pharmacist at ECH, said. “The problem is in the way that it is made. It is placed in a solvent that is used to then be placed on a type of plant matter. Treatment is not defined because this is not a defined drug. You don’t know what you are counter-acting, so there is a danger that you could make it worse.”

Hooper said that, to complicate matters, no two cases of K-2 use look the same.

“No one is going to be the same based on the makeup of their bodies and the makeup of the substance,” Hooper said. “It is made differently and coated with different chemicals, so you don’t know what is going to happen from one package to the next.”

“When you see a hospital get involved in prevention and education like this, that has to be a huge alarm,” Burdo said. “Parents need to pay attention and watch for any warning signs.

Hooper said that synthetic marijuana is something that he has known about since he was in seventh-grade.

“I was offered some right down on the street by a peer,” Hooper said. “Parents need to be really aware that this is out there because it is something you can buy at a store or online. The fact is, you can’t buy marijuana online, but you can this.”

“A key is listening to see where you children are at with this topic,” MacDevitt said. “Kids are very influenced by what their parents say.”

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• Give your home a makeover.

Now’s the time to tackle an interior home repair. Painting a room a new color or even installing ceramic or stick-down tiles can give a room a new look and keep a person busy for an entire weekend.

People accustomed to spending time outdoors can grow restless when winter weather sets in for the season. After the novelty of the first few snowstorms wears off, many find themselves tired of being cooped up and begin dreaming of warmer weather.

In addition to general restlessness, cabin fever can cause sluggishness, weight gain and changes in sleep patterns due to inactivity. There are some remedies that can zap cabin fever, however.

• Get moving. Being a couch potato can lead to weight gain and feelings of despression. Make strides to exercise or do something that gets the heart pumping for at least 30 minutes every day. This can include hosting a family dance off, firing up the gaming console for a round of virtual reality sports action, hopping on the treadmill or stationary bike, or any other activity that raises the heart rate.

• Visit the craft store. Visit a nearby craft store to stock up on items that foster creativity indoors for hours on end. Acrylic paints and plaster molds are an entertaining hobby. Avid knitters can spend time whipping up a new hat or scarf and glove set. Kids may find that scrapbooking or simply creating collages from magazine photos with scissors and paste is entertaining.

• Play in the snow. Snow shoveling can certainly be a task that some prefer to avoid, but playing in the snow can be a fun activity for any age.

Dress warmly and head outdoors to build a snow fort or engage in a game of snowball tossing.

• Do some spring cleaning.

Spring is right around the corner, so use time spent indoors to get a head start on organizational projects. Clean out a closet or room that might have grown clutter over the winter.

• Have a family game night.

Host a night each week when the entire family gathers to play a game. It makes a welcome alternative to watching TV. • Learn to cook. Use time indoors to prepare meals in advance or experiment with new recipes.

• Visit a museum. Now’s the time to explore places in the area (or schedule a road trip) that are just perfect when the weather isn’t.

• Host a party. Just for the fun of it, invite friends and family over for a party to beat cabin fever.

• Head to the movies. Watching a movie on the big screen can be a change from watching TV at home.

When you put your mind to it, it’s possible to think of dozens of ways to cure cabin fever!

• Take daily walks. As long as sidewalks or paths are passable, head outdoors and stroll the neighborhood. It’s amazing what sights can be missed when one is whizzing by in a car. Enjoy the snow-covered landscape before heading back for some hot chocolate.

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Saturday, Feb. 25 PERU — Dounuts with Doheny, St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. TUPPER LAKE — Maple Day lesson and free pancake breakfast, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 9 a.m.

PLATTSBURGH — North Country Squares Dance Club meets, Clinton County Fairgrounds, 84 Fairgrounds Rd. 7 p.m. 561-7167 or 492-2057.

LAKE PLACID — “Almost Maine” performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7:30 p.m. $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and kids. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Sunday, Feb. 26 PLATTSBURGH — Soulfull Sunday Yoga, Rota Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 11:00 a.m.

TUPPER LAKE — Family Art & Nature: Think Snow, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, noon.

LAKE PLACID — “Almost Maine” performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 2 p.m. $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and kids. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Monday, Feb. 27 PLATTSBURGH — Scrabble game, Seniors Citizens Council of Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

KEENE — Osteoporosis exercise classes, Community Center, Church St. 11:30 a.m.

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CHAZY — 3 Mile Club, Chazy Central Rural School, 609 Old Route 191, 6 p.m. $3.

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ROUSES POINT — Adult Gentle Yoga Class, Lakeside Coffee Shop, 109 Lake St. 5:30- 6:30 p.m. $75 for 8-week session or $10 drop in fee.

REDFORD — Saranac fiddlers performance. Assumption of Mary School.

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WILMINGTON — Teen Night Group, Wilmington Church of Nazarene, 5734 NYS Rte 86, 7-8 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — The Tartan Terrors Performs, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7 p.m. $16. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Thursday, March 1 LYON MOUNTAIN — Mid-Week Breakfast, American Legion Lyon Mountain, 3958 State Route 374, 7:30-10:30 a.m. $5 ELIZABETHTOWN — Osteoporosis exercise classes, Hand House, Court St. 10 a.m. 546-3565, RSVP@Logical.net.

LAKE PLACID — Story hour, Lake Placid Public Library, 2471 Main St., 10:15 a.m.

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SARANAC LAKE — Sustainable Business Practices. discussion, Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main St. noon.

LAKE PLACID — Small Farms Rising Benefit, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive. 5 p.m. GA $18, $12

children over 5. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

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REDFORD — Zumba Fitness Class, Assumption of Mary School, Church St. $5 per class. 6-7 p.m. 569-2613.

PLATTSBURGH — Journey Into Reading, Champlain Centre Mall, 60 Smithfield Blvd., 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Reading for children up to age 16 with free book provided. Hosted at center court. www.journeyintoreading.org.

PLATTSBURGH — Senior Zumba, Town Office building on Banker Road, 5 to 5:45 p.m. $5 per night and class size is limited to 40 participants.

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SARANAC LAKE—Pinochle Party, Saranac Village at Will Rogers, 78 Will Rogers Dr. 7 p.m. 891-7117.

Friday, March 2 PLATTSBURGH — Family Swim night, Wellness Center, at PARC,295 New York Road. 7 to 9 p.m. $2 charge per person for all participants. Children under 18 must be

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LAKE PLACID — Midnight in Paris Screening, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7:30 p.m. GA $5. 5232512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Saturday, March 3 TUPPER LAKE — Evolution of the Adirondacks, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — North Country Squares Dance Club meets, Clinton County Fairgrounds, 84 Fairgrounds Rd. 7 p.m. 561-7167 or 492-2057.

WILLSBORO — Winter films Special, Shane, 7:30 p.m. Willsboro Central School, 29 School Ln. $5 for adults; $2 for youth.

JAY —Local musicians Night, Bind Owl Band performance, Amos and Julia Ward Theatre, Route 9N, 7 p.m.

LAKE PLACID —Nobodies of Comedy, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 8 p.m. $16 in advance, $18 day of show. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Sunday, March 4 PLATTSBURGH —Soulfull Sunday Yoga Rota Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 11 a.m.

TUPPER LAKE — Family Art & Nature: Hibernation, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1 p.m.

CHAZY — Free Skating, Scotts’ Memorial Rink, 53 MacCadam Road. 4:30-6 p.m.

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Balestrini, Reid Lake Placid High School winter royalty keith@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — Another Lake Placid Winter Carnival has come and gone, with several new elements but a familiar crowning moment.

Seniors Danielle Balestrini and Nick Reid were named as the Queen and King of the 69th annual winter event at Lake Placid Middle/Senior High School Saturday, Feb. 11, which had the theme of “Wild, Wild West.”

Balestrini is the daughter of Helga and Dr. David Balestrini. She was born in Williamsport, Pa, and attended Lake Placid Elementary School. She has two older broth-

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After graduation, she plans to go to college and study science and math.

Reid is the son of Elizabeth and Steve Reid.

He was born in Saranac Lake. He atNick Reid tended the St. Agnes Elementary School and has two brothers, Tim and Connor. He is a member of the Outing Club and plays varsity soccer and golf. He plans to attend college after graduation.

The pair were chosen from a group of eight members of the senior class, which also included Genevieve Benware, Hannah Kane, Natalia Smith, Dustin Jacques, Lucas McLean and John Patrick (J.P.) Morrison.

Court members included Michael Morelli, Bryce Paries, Graci Daby and Karli Casler from sixth-grade; Henry McGrew, Birk Albert, Grace McGrew and Taylor Barney from seventh-grade; Connor Preston, Troy Scsigulinsky, Samantha Barney and Sophia Morelli from eighth-grade; Kiefer Casler, Lucas Strack, Carissa Kennedy and Sage Miller from ninth-grade; Christopher Kordziel, Andrew Meister, Hannah Potter and Erin Weaver from 10th-grade; and Lucky Cerruti, Joshua Ladisic, Kendra Manning and Brooke Reid from 11th-grade.

Crown bearers were Jacob Mayberry and Reid Pedu, with plaque and flower bearers Henry Mayberry and Emma Hathaway.

GLENS FALLS — On Sunday, March 18, Coach Tom Beauvais of Westport will be inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame as presented by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY).

The induction ceremony will be at 10 a.m. at Heritage Hall at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Tickets are available in advance only and must be purchased by March 1. Adults are $25 and children (aged 6-11) are $12, children 5 and under are free.

Elizabeth Hand Wadhams Lawrence May 13, 1947 - Feb. 14, 2012 ELIZABETHTOWN — Elizabeth Hand Wadhams Lawrence passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 14, 2012 from cancer.

She was born on May 13, 1947 in New York City to Elizabeth Hand Wadhams and Richard W. Lawrence, Jr. Shortly thereafter, they moved north to live in her mother’s family home in Elizabethtown, where she was raised. Growing up in this small town was a profound and formative part of her life, which she greatly appreciated.

Betsy, Stacey, Elizabeth, Aunt Betty Joe, or Beej (as she was known at various times during her life) was a fiercely independent woman, with great strength of character, immense generosity, deep compassion for her fellow man, and a keen thirst for knowledge. She was also a gifted cook, an artist, a singer, and writer, who possessed a serious sardonic wit.

In her youth, Betsy attended the ElizabethtownLewis Central School, graduated from Emma Willard School, and then from St. Lawrence University. Following that, she lived in San Francisco, Moab, Utah, and Orleans, Mass. before moving to Burlington, Vt. in 1977.

Elizabeth was an early employee of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream – managing their first store in the gas station in Burlington. She then co-founded Green Mountain Prevention Projects and the Green Mountain Teen Institute – designated as one of the “Thousand Points of Light” by the first Bush administration. Elizabeth also worked for the Burlington Community Land Trust and the Vermont Council on the Arts. She was a member of the Burlington-based a capella group “The Chapped Lips.”

Elizabeth returned to Elizabethtown to care for her father in 1998. Following his death in 2002, she worked with The Housing Assistance Program of Essex County and the Elizabethtown Cemetery Association. She served her community as Trustee of the Elizabethtown Social Center and the Cora Putnam Hale Trust; Chair of the Essex County Community Services Board and Chair of the Essex County Historical Society; and Board Member of the Boquet Housing Development.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Ruth (Robin) Lawrence Wilson. She is survived by her sister Alida Lawrence Currey of Grand Junction, CO; her niece Lynn Wilson (Ben Fredregill) and children Cole and Marina of Arvada, CO; her niece Anne Lawrence Wilson (Peter Lawson) and children Bates and Theodore of Moab, Utah; and her Wadhams cousins. She had a large extended “family” of people who loved and cared for her as well. Our deepest gratitude to all those who helped out during the last year, particularly Emily Wadhams, Hanna Kissam and Mark Kissam.

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Lady Lumberjacks headed for Section X championship game Friday

By Tim Follos

denpubs@denpubs.com TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Ladyjacks sprinted out to a 19-0 lead en route to a 64-34 win over Norwood-Norfolk in Class C sectional playoff action on Feb. 16.

The top-seeded Ladyjacks are now 15-4 on the year, and they'll face a Brushton-Moira club with a 9-8 record on Feb. 24 in Potsdam for the Section X Class C title.

The Ladyjacks used a full-court press to quickly dismantle a Norwood-Norfolk team that finished the season 1-18.

Ladyjack guard Katie Stuart tallied numerous fastbreak layups after NorwoodNorfolk turnovers and canned a few shots from long distance as well. She finished the game with 25 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and four steals. Senior guard Sam Sanford also showed a deft touch from outside, adding 17 points for the ’Jacks, while senior guard Carley Aldridge contributed six steals and 13 points. Forward Kelsie St. Louis added five points and Kristin Bickford and Lindsay Maroun chipped in two points apiece to round out the Ladyjacks' scoring.

Stuart, a junior, has scored 309 points for Tupper Lake thus far this season, and Aldridge and Sanford have scored 200 and 189 points, respectively.

"Our press leads to a lot of points. A lot of our games have been like that," Stuart commented. "We're pressing a lot and deflections lead to layups. Carley gets tons of steals and Sammy's shooting really well. It turns our pretty well."

Ladyjack coach Jennifer Cook said that changing leagues catalyzed Tupper Lake's success this season.

Previously, Tupper was the smallest school in a division with behemoths such as Massena, Malone and Potsdam. This year, Tupper Lake is the biggest school in its

Tupper Lake’s Katie Stuart lines up a free throw against Norwood-Norfolk in the Section X/Class C semifinals Feb. 16. Carley Aldridge and Sam Sandford wait for the ball to go back into play.

Photo by Tim Follos league. The 'Jacks now square off against smaller Class D schools throughout the regular season.

"The last six years we've been playing in the Central Division, which has been really tough," Cook said. "I have to give credit to my kids for hanging in there. We've had losing seasons, but this year, playing in a different division, they've been able to win those games where I said before, 'If you play hard enough, you'll give yourself a chance to win.'”

“This year they believe that,” Cook said, “because they've been able to get the wins

when they put themselves in that situation.

That's made a huge difference in building their confidence, and that's made them a different group of kids."

The Ladyjacks certainly don't seem to lack confidence at this point.

When asked about her goals for the rest of the campaign, Stuart responded, "To win the Section X banner next week and then to go all the way."

Boys fall in semis The Tupper Lake boys varsity basketball team held a 7-3 lead after the opening quar-

ter, but were out-scored 42-30 in the final three quarters by top-seeded St. Lawrence in a 45-37 defeat Feb. 17.

Jordan Garrow finished with 11 points in the game, while Tim Larkin scored 10, Mitch Keniston 6, Morgan Stevens 4, Garrett Planty 4 and Brock Tarbox 2. The Lumberjacks ended their season at 7-12.

The Lumberjacks boys hockey season also came to an end Feb. 16 with a 6-2 loss in the Division II semifinals, also against St. Lawrence.

Elizabethtown-Lewis Lady Lions earn MVAC title, top seed in Class D

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com WESTPORT — The Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference saved its best for last, as the Elizabethtown-Lewis Lady Lions and Westport Lady Eagles matched up Feb. 17.

In a game that had everything, the Lions used stifling second half defense and a 27for-38 night from the charity stripe to record a 59-48 win and capture the Division I title as well as clinch the top seed in the Section VII/Class D girls playoffs.

“There are three state-ranked teams in this section, and getting the top seed means you would not have to beat two of them,” ELCS head coach Don Ratliff said. “They did a phenomenal job tonight.”

“It’s nice to accomplish this goal, but we know that we have to continue on,” Shonna Brooks, who scored 17 points (11 in the first half) and 10 rebounds, said.

While the game belonged to the Lions, the first half belonged to region-leading scorer Willa McKinley. On senior night, the Westport standout connected on five three-pointers and went for 25 of her team’s 27 points at halftime, giving the Eagles a 27-22 edge.

“She was on. I don’t know how she does it,” Brooks said.

“Our goal was to slow down their top two scorers, but Willa was just hitting everything,” Ratliff said. “I thought we did a good job defensively, but she still went for 25 points in the opening half.”

Out of the break, the Lions tried a new tactic, running two defenders at McKinley in a triangle-and-two type zone. The result was a 16-6 ELCS run that gave the Lions a 38-33 lead heading into the final quarter.

“Jasmine Barnes and Emily Morris hardly played in the first half, but we put them both in to guard Willa in the third,” Ratliff said.

“They did a great job.”

“She can’t beat two defenders the way they had her guarded,” Westport coach Hokey McKinley said. “We didn’t respond well to their defensive change, and we missed some open shots. We need to be more balanced.”

In the fourth quarter, the Lions connected on 16 of 20 free throws, with Lily Whalen connecting on 11 of 14.

“We shoot free throws all of the time in practice,” Whalen, who finished with 18 points and five rebounds, said. “Now that we are moving ahead to sectionals, we need to work hard in practice and keep the defensive intensity.”

Lily Whalen drives for Elizabethtown-Lewis against Westport’s Willa McKinley. Both were the leading scorer for their respective teams, as Whalen scored 18 and McKinley totalled 26 points.

Photo by Keith Lobdell Kearsten Ashline added nine points at 11 rebounds for the Lions, while Jenn McGinn scored four. Kylee Cassavaugh scored two points while earning three assists and two steals.

Along with her defense, Jasmine Barnes added eight points to go with four rebounds and three steals. Her third quarter partner,

Morris, had a rebound and assist, while Angle Barnes scored one point off an offensive rebound.

For Westport, McKinley ended with 26 points in the game to go with five steals. Allison Sherman scored 14 points to go with seven rebounds and four assists, while Mallory Sudduth had sevens in points and re-

bounds (five on the offensive glass) along with three steals.

Karin Dorsey added one point and four rebounds, Brendee Russell had a pair of both rebounds and assists, Delany Sears added three assists, Karlee McGee had two steals and Emily French added a rebound in the loss.

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Local athletes prepare for state competition in track and field, wrestling

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com PERU — Northern Adirondack junior wrestler Justin Kellett is going to have a tough challenge early at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s wrestling state championships.

Kellett, who finished the season with a 391 record, will open his quest for a title at 160lbs. with senior Chris Nevinger of Letchworth Friday, Feb. 24, at the Times Union Center in Albany.

Nevinger is a two-time returning state champion, having won the title at 152 last year and at 145 in 2010.

The Section VII contingent of wrestlers did receive several rankings at the state event, with Beekmantown’s Hayden Head (37-2) receiving the second seed in the 285lbs. weight class when the brackets were announced Saturday, Feb. 18. Head will open his tournament against Robert Salinas of Carle Place, a junior making his first appearance in the state meet.

Former state champion Jacob Goddeau (36-0) of Peru received an eight seed at 132, opening against Matt Herringshaw of Holland Patent. The unseeded senior is 41-5 and making his first appearance at the tournament. If seeds hold, Goddeau would face top seed Wesley Blanding of Chittenango in the quarterfinals. The senior is 36-0 on the season and finished third at 135-lbs. in 2011.

A pair of VII wrestlers received five seeds, with Troy Seymour of Peru (38-0) will open at 170 against Tomasz Filipkowski of Mattituck, who was 1-2 at last years state tournament at 160.

Ben Perry (31-0) of Saranac will also be a fifth seed in a loaded 195-lbs. division. He wil open against Chris Baglivi, also of Mattituck, who is making his first state tournament appearance.

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will be Ethan Feazelle (22-8) of Peru, who was not a beneficiary of the draw at 99-lbs., opening with top seed and 2011 runner-up at 96 Joe Nelson of Oxford Academy. The sophomore has a record of 28-1.

Kyler Agoney (32-3) of Peru also received a bad break with the draw, and will open against second-seeded Ryan Snow of General Brown. Snow compiled a 2011-12 record of 39-2, but is making his first state tournament appearance while Agoney is back for his third run at a state crown.

At 113, Peru’s Max Marte (25-10) will open with freshman Cody McGregor of Towawanda, who finished in fourth place at 96-lbs. last year.

Codie Gillette of Saranac (28-4) will open against a familiar face to Section VII wrestling fans, as he will take on Anthony Calvano of Nanuet. Calvano, a junior, has a combined 2-6 record at the state tournament, with two of the losses coming against Peru grad and four-time state champ Arik Robinson.

At 126, Jordan Bushey (28-7) of Peru will open against junior Drew Longo of Ardaley.

Longo finished in fifth place at 112 in 2011 and was a state finalist at 99 in 2010.

Peru Sophomore Nick Forget (33-3) will open his 138 bracket against Matt McCauley of Royalton-Hartland, who was 0-2 at 130 last year.

Another Royalton-Hartland wrestler awaits Section VII in the opening round, as Drew Hull, who placed sixth at 135 last year, will take on Hunter Carpenter (28-6) of Northern Adirondack, who scored an overtime upset against Noah Phillips of Peru to make it into the state draw.

Jackson Sunderland (29-2) will open his quest in the 152 bracket against Tyler Newton, a senior from Bolivar Richburg making his first trip to states.

Saranac’s Nate Wood (27-7) will be the second wrestler for Section VII to open against

a top seed, taking on 2011 finalist at 171 in Tony Lock, a senior from Pioneer.

Luke Mckee of Peru (28-7) will face second seed Nick Talcott of Tioga in the opening round at 220. Talcott (20-2) is an at-large wrestler making his first appearance at the state meet, as he wrestled in the same section as top seed Kyle Stanton and seventh seed Dillon Hurlbert.

Wrestling begins at the Times Union Center with the Parade of Champions at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and continues with the opening round starting at 10 a.m., quarterfinals at 2 p.m. and wrestlebacks starting at 4 p.m.

On Saturday, Feb. 25, there will be award presentations starting at 9:30 a.m., with the semifinals at 10 a.m. along with the continuation of the consolation wrestlebacks, which will run through 12:30 p.m., when consolation semifinals will begin. Consolation finals will start at 2 p.m., while the state championship matches will take place at 6 p.m.

For more information, visit the state wrestling championships website at www.nysphsaawrestling.com.

Track state qualifiers set PLATTSBURGH — The Peru Indians indoor track and field program had plenty to smile about at the Feb. 18 Section VII State Qualifying meet, as 11 of their team members earned births to Cornell.

Jared McLean, state cross country champion Dan Lennon, Bryce Schnaars, Ashley Leta and Lea Perry are returning to the state meet for the Indians. They will be joined by William Thew, Shawn Hendrix, Josh Romanowicz, Cheyanne Dobozy, Rebecca Romanowicz and Taylor Durocher.

Section VII boys and girls champion Saranac will be represented by 10 Chiefs at the March 3 state meet, with Micha Patter-

son, Jake Spear, Bill Badger, Corey Duvall and Victoria Phaneuf making a return trip to the championships. Ty Tedford, Heath Andre, Kayla Byerley, Alexis Bruno and Lexi Blockson will also represent Saranac.

Plattsburgh High will be sending nine new athletes to the state meet, including Jeriqho Gadway, Skyler Barriere, Brooke Knight, Khila Pecoraro and Emma Deshaies.

Other returning state qualifiers will include Barrett Waling, Margaret Champagne, Maddy Munn and Melissa Whyman of Seton Catholic; along with Alex Beaudoin and Selena Baillageron of Saranac Lake.

Saranac Lake will also be represented by Nicky Trudeau, who will compete in the 55 dash, 640 relay and 300. Trudeau will be joined on the relay team by Baillageron, Vanessa Salamy and Chelsea LaFountain.

AuSable Valley’s Paul Ford will be competing in multiple events in his first state meet, including the 55 hurdles and high jump. Leann Cook will also be heading to the state meet for the Patriots with a second place finish in the high jump.

Also for the Patriots, Megan Colby finished third in the 55 in 7.8 seconds. Raychel Agoney was third in the shot put with a throw of 29'5". Ashlee Estes finished fourth in both the 300 in 48.6 and the high jump in 4'2". Rebecca Newell was fifth in the shot put with a personal best throw of 26'3.5".

The NYSPHSAA indoor track and field championships will be held Saturday, March 3 at Cornell University. For more, log onto the state championship’s website, www.nysphsaa.org/championships/winter12/indoor_track.asp

Denton Publications Sports will be live blogging from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Championships.

Visit www.denpubs.com or click here for the link.

Breaking down the Section VII basketball playoffs with faves, contenders WILLSBORO — The second season is about to begin for Section VII basketball.

The pairings for the 2012 Section VII Class B/C/D boys and girls basketball pairings are set, with AuSable Valley, Ticonderoga and Schroon Lake receiving top seeds in the boys brackets, while Saranac, Moriah and Elizabethtown-Lewis earned the same on the girls side.

man (241 points) and Brandon Bertrand (133), especially with a potential semifinal meeting against the Lions and the second ranked scorer in the region in Hunter Mowery (408).

While the Wildcats open with a bye, the Warriors will play seventh-seed Johnsburg, who is led by Taylor Ordway. The Lions will face sixth-seeded Minerva/Newcomb, while Brandon Laurin (168 points) and Cody Toohill (137) will try to lead Chazy into the semifinals by beating fifth seed Crown Point.

Boys Class B Opening round: Feb. 22 Semifinals: Feb. 25, TBA Finals: March 3, 3:30 p.m., PSUC Fieldhouse Favorites: AuSable Valley, Plattsburgh High The Patriots (17-1) and Hornets (13-4) are too close to call, with the Patriots scoring the win in their lone regular season matchup on a Connor Manning buzzer-beater.

The Patriots are paced by Brody Douglas, who reached the 1,000-point barrier and has scored 360 on the season. Manning has added another 208 points for a team that relies on pressure defense and distributing the ball.

Ethan Votraw (264 points) and Rob Fout (177) pace the Hornets offense, while Ab Maknani and Nate Harrington can also score big.

Contenders: Beekmantown, Saranac, NCCS, Peru In a playoff that could have the top seed playing either Saranac or Beekmantown in the semifinals, there are many things that could happen. The Hornets should survive their opening round game against Saranac Lake (5-11), but will have to contain leading scorer Kellen Munn (160 points).

The other two quarterfinal matchups can be battles, as Northeastern Clinton (11-6) will host Peru (12-6) and Beekmantown (9-9) will host Saranac (10-7). Tim Remillard leads the Indians with 176 points, while Tim Bedard (192) and Rodney Grimshaw (165) pace the Cougars. In the other matchup, Kasey Favreau leas the Chiefs with 157 points as they go up against the regions leading scorer in Beekmantown’s Keegan Ryan, who has scored 501 points this season.

Class C Quarterfinal: Feb. 21, at higher seed

ton Lady Cougars (7-10).

In the other quarterfinal, fourth seed Plattsburgh High (9-8) will take on Fifth seed Peru (10-7). The Lady Hornets are led by point guard Marle Curle, who scored 277 points in the regular season, along with Olivia Carlsson (150). The Indians were led

by Brianna Hackett (149) and Mary Mazzella (137), who missed portions of the season with injuries.

Class C Semifinals: Feb. 23, at Willsboro Finals: March 2, 5:45 p.m., PSUC Fieldhouse Favorite: Moriah (8-8) The Lady Vikings make a one-year return to Class C and look to be the favorite in the four-team class, led by Haley Waldron.

Contender: Seton Catholic (5-10) The Lady Knights are led offensively by Kelli Ryan, who has scored 151 points, but rely on a balanced offensive attack with several players contributing. The will face third seed Lake Placid (2-16), who is led by Danielle Balestrini’s 190 points.

Girls Class B Opening round: Feb. 21, at higher seed Brody Douglass and the AuSable Valley Patriots are the top seed in the Semifinals: Feb. 24, Class B boys playoffs.

Photo b yKeith Lobdell TBA Semifinals: Feb. 25, at Willsboro Finals: March 2, 7:30 p.m., Class D Finals: Friday, March 2, 1:45 p.m., PSUC Fieldhouse Quarterfinals: Feb. 24, at higher seed Favorite: Saranac PSUC Fieldhouse Semifinals: Feb. 28, at AuSable Valley The Lady Chiefs have been the cream of Favorites: Ti (8-8), Moriah (6-12) Finals: March 2, 4 p.m., the crop in ladies basketball all season, relyContender: Seton Catholic (6-12) ing on smothering defense and balanced Northern Adirondack and Lake Placid PSUC Fieldhouse scoring to earn an 18-0 mark heading into the will have to do a lot to overcome seasons that saw them go 1-16 and 2-16, respectively.

Both are led by strong offensive players in Colby Sayah (251 points) for the Bobcats and Logan Stephenson (221) for Lake Placid. The Knights have the best chance to rain on a Vikings-Sentinels final, as they will look to Adam Tedford (218) and Carson Hynes (211) to continue to lead with the help of Cody Quantock and Carlos Alvarez.

Class D Quarterfinals: Feb. 24, at higher seed Semifinals: Feb. 29, at AuSable Valley Finals: March 3, noon, PSUC Fieldhouse Favorite: Schroon Lake (15-2) Contenders: Willsboro (14-4), ELCS (14-4) The Warriors won the last battle on their senior night with the Wildcats, but will have to continue to get big nights from Clay Sher-

playoffs. Stephanie Linder has scored 252 points this season, while Alisha Ducatte has added 208 for the top seed, who have also had big contributions from Victoria Phaneuf, Katie Gates and Morgan Maye.

Contenders: AuSable Valley, Beekmantown, PHS The Lady Patriots (15-3) have had the best chance to beat the Chiefs this season, and will rely on their defense and shooting from point guard Meghan Strong (217), Alexis Facteau (204) and Taylor Saltus (150) in an opening round match against Saranac Lake (3-15), who are led by Nicole Viscardo (160) and Regan Kieffer.

The Lady Eagles are young, but have a full season under their belt as they look to league-leading scorer Shannon Ryan (335) along with center Emily Anderson (147) and point guard Natrine Fogelstroem. The Eagles open against Skylar Hebert (162), Paige Southwick (126) and the Northeastern Clin-

Favorites: Elizabethtown-Lewis, Westport After a classic matchup to end the regular season, many would love to see a fourth round between the Lady Lions (16-2) and Eagles (14-2). The Lions, who are led by scorers Lily Whalen (241), Shonna Brooks (218) and Kearsten Ashline (148), will host Schroon Lake in the quarterfinals, while Westport will play their quarterfinal game against the namesakes from Chazy. Westport is led by the area’s top scorer, Willa McKinley (364) along with Allison Sherman (178), while Chazy is led by Olivia Seymour (207) and Megan Reynolds (178).

Contenders: Indian Lake/Long Lake, Willsboro, Minerva/Newcomb The Lady Orange (15-2) are the defending sectional champions and open against sixth seed Crown Point, while the Lady Warriors (10-7) have four players who have scored more than 100 points, including Hannah Bruno (199), Renee Marcotte (141), Serene Holland (136) and Kyli Swires (112).

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February 25, 2012

Skiing the south slopes

NYSDEC Commissioner Joe Martens enjoys a day away from the office, as he skis into Camp Santanoni.

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which include The Adirondack Nature Conservancy, the NYSDEC, Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) and the Town of Newcomb.

The effort was achieved through the foresight of a dedicated group of enthusiastic preservationists, aided by a politically savvy, Town Supervisor and willing State Officials.

Located at the end of a marvelously maintained, five mile long, carriage road, the camp complex is bordered by the Vanderwhacker Wild Forest and the surrounding High Peaks Wilderness. It overlooks Newcomb Lake, and the stillwaters of Lower Duck Hole. It remains a diamond in the rough, and that is its greatest draw.

This winter, the NYSDEC, AARCH, the Town of Newcomb, and SUNY-ESF's Adirondack Interpretive Center have been hosting special weekends for cross-country skiers and snowshoers to enable to them to visit the Gatelodge and Main Lodge. The events allow visitor to enjoy interpretive tours with AARCH staff, and to warm up at the Artist's Studio before their return trip. The last of the "open house weekends" will be hosted on March 17-18.

Mike Frenette, the camp’s resident caretaker, carpenter and caregiver, informed the visiting press corps that over 200 guests had traveled to the camp over the past weekend. He claimed it was the largest crowd he has ever witnessed, in any season. Without the benefit of Frenette’s fine and friendly care, it is doubtful the camp would still be intact, due to the unrelenting attacks of nature. From shoveling the roofs, to

s the winter season begins to show signs of winding down, visions of an early ice out have begun to dance through my head like sugar-plums on Christmas Eve. Although the ‘winter that wasn’t’ has yet to produce the deep, lush snowfall that skiers dream of; the season has certainly provided some interesting pockets of opportunity.

A recent ski trip through the Route of the Seven Carries, from Paul Smiths to Lake Clear offered a gentle blend of woodland romps and flat ice flings, filled with an interesting assortment of animal tracks which included otter, deer, bobcat and even moose. The cover on the lake ice was ideal for ski skating, and there was plenty of snow in the woods. In the course of a full day’s travel over seven carries and across eight water bodies, I never encountered another traveler.

A few days later, I encountered crowds and challenging ski conditions at the Mt. Van Hovenberg Nordic Ski Center in Lake Placid. Featuring meager snow cover, and an icy, hard packed base, the former Olympic ski trails were in rough shape. I found far less traffic, and much better trail conditions the following day at the Paul Smiths VIC, even though there was a race in progress.

However, the best ski conditions I encountered during a full week of adventuring were found in the village of Newcomb, where I enjoyed a gentle ski over generous snow while taking an interesting journey into Great Camp Santanoni. My visit to the Land of the South-Slope'rs in Newcomb coincided with an official, NYSDEC press event, which was available by invitation only.

Since my editor couldn’t find anyNYSDEC Commissioner Joe Martens stops to check the mileage on the trail to Camp Santanoni. one else to cover the event, I was invited. And I’m sure glad I was! shoring up the siding to sanding the railings, Frenette’s The purpose of the Press Conference was to highlight the thumbprint is evident everywhere. Although he has also unique, historic resource that is Great Camp Santanoni. served as a DEC Interior Caretaker in numerous remote locaHowever, unlike traditional press conferences where the printions, Frenette appears most at home in Santanoni. It’s not cipals are guarded by a battalion of official spokesmen, and difficult to imagine him, a century past, asking Mr. Prynn often remain hidden behind a podium, the event appeared to where to position the flyrod racks. He fits the camp, and it be a day away from the office for a group of old friends who obviously fits him. enjoyed remarkable ski conditions in a remarkably, wild setCamp Santanoni and the Santanoni Preserve is located in ting.

Newcomb, and it is open to the public year-round, 365 The group included a capable combination of journalists days/year, 24 hours/day. It is accessible depending upon the and a few, official DEC spokesmen from Central Office, as season on foot, by bicycle, on cross-country skis, and via a well as current DEC Commissioner Joe Martens, DEC Region horse-drawn wagon. Between the end of June and Labor Day, 5 Director Robert Stegemann, AARCH Executive Director a half dozen of Santanoni's buildings are open to the public Steve Englehart, Executive Director of The Adirondack Naand can be viewed with the assistance of staff interpreters. At ture Conservancy, Mike Carr and the local NYSDEC Forest other times of the year, the Preserve is open but most, if not Ranger, Dell Jefferies. The only ‘stuffed suits’ in the crowd all, of the buildings are closed and no interpreters are on site. were the down vests that some folks wore.

AARCH also offers day-long guided tours of the camp in Following a short introduction in the Gatehouse, the group June, July, August, and September. For more information promptly geared up and set off. Once on the trail, the formalabout visiting Camp Santanoni and/or the guided tours, call ity of the ‘Official Press Event’ was rapidly reduced to a pack AARCH at (518) 834-9328 or (518) 582-5472 of pals enjoying a wilderness ski. The conditions were ideal For information regarding canoe, kayak, and mountain with a packed powder base, covered with a light dusting of bike rentals, contact Cloud splitter Outfitters, 28N, Newfresh snow. comb, NY 12852, call (518) 582-2583 or email: olbert28n@yaWith a handful of dogs, and at least one youngster in tow, hoo.com the group made short work of the journey, amid a lot of For more information about the horse-drawn wagon, conlaughter, joking and lighthearted banter. For unexplained tact: David O'Donnell (518) 582-2360 reasons, this appears to be typical behavior during a trip to For local weather and ski conditions, please call the Visitor Newcomb. It seems to have that effect on folks, I guess it Interpretive Center in Newcomb at: (518) 582-2000 must be something in the air.

Camp Santanoni, which is a designated National Historic Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

Places, was initially purchased by the Adirondack Nature Conservancy in 1972, and later transferred to the state, along with nearly 12,900 acres of forested lands. It has been classified as the Camp Santanoni Historic Area since 2000, and remains one of the finest examples of Adirondack Great Camp WILLSBORO— The Willsboro Fish and Game Club will architecture which remains open to the public. hold a turkey shoot on Feb. 26 from noon-3 p.m. ParticiThe camp complex, which encompasses over 45 buildings, pants can use rifles, pistols and black powder. For more has been preserved through a unique partnership of not-forinformation call Jim Hotaling at 963-7430. profit, advocacy groups, state agencies and local officials,

Turkey Shoot to be held

Mike Fenoff found this nice 8-pointer dead last week in Elizabethtown, apparently a victim of a vehicle collision. The deer’s antlers were still very much attached to its skull.

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n interesting anomaly seems to be occurring this year with the deer herd in the form of bucks bouncing around in mid February still wearing head gear.

Normally, bucks will have shed their antlers by this time, making way for next year ’s set. It is unusual to see antlers on a deer in mid to late February, but that is exactly what outdoorsmen are reporting and many are attributing it to the warmer than normal temperatures we’ve enjoyed this winter.

I myself saw a nice, high, 6-point behind the house the other day, and my old hunting chum Mike Fenoff stumbled across a dead 8-pointer in Elizabethtown that was showing no sign of shedding its antlers.

“These antlers were not loose at all,” Mike said. “I picked him up by them.”

Senior DEC Wildlife Biologist Ed Reed said that while unusual, a buck still having its horns this time of year is not unheard of. And, he said the milder than normal winter we’ve experienced probably has little to do with the fact that some deer have yet to drop their antlers.

“I really don’t think the weather has had any affect, it is the length of the daylight and a drop in testosterone following the rut that controls it,” Reed said.

The way that daylight affects antler growth is complicated. But, to simplify things, the shorter the day length, the less testosterone produced by a deer.

That’s because the length of a day from sun up to sun down is sensed by a deer ’s eyes, which controls the release of different hormones. One of those hormones controls testosterone.

So, when the days grow shorter in late fall, testosterone levels drop causing a layer of cells between the antler base and the point where it mounts to the head — called the pedicle — to weaken. Eventually, both antlers fall off, a process that normally takes place over the course of a couple weeks.

Deer in the Adirondacks normally shed their antlers in late December or early January, Reed said, but some deer may keep them into February and even March.

Dr. Mickey Hellickson, a biologist with the Quality Deer Management Assoc., said that along with testosterone levels, a deer ’s diet, as well as its age, can also affect when it sheds its antlers.

“A restricted diet has been found to cause bucks to shed their antlers early. It has been suspected that the lack of adequate nutrition somehow affects testosterone output,” Hellickson said.

Also, older-aged bucks are thought to shed their antlers earlier than younger bucks, and more dominant bucks tend to cast their antlers sooner than lower-ranked (subordinate) bucks, he said.

“Older-aged, more dominant bucks probably shed their antlers sooner because of the high energy costs incurred in maintaining a higher dominance rank, such as fighting and chasing,” Hellickson noted.

Like Reed, Hellickson also noted that there is no clear evidence that weather directly affects antler shedding.

But, he did say it is likely that severe winters may cause bucks to shed their antlers earlier, because of the nutritional stress this causes.

Under this hypothesis, a mild winter when food sources are plentiful, like this year, could slow the shedding of antlers, because deer are well nourished and bucks had it relatively easy recouperating from the rut.

Aside from when a deer looses its antlers, one thing about this winter is abundantly clear: The deer herd should benefit from the mild temperatures.

“I expect to see the deer take increase dramatically next year,” Reed said. “I think we’ll see a lot of yearling bucks running around.”

John Gereau is managing editor of Denton Publications and an avid outdoorsman. He may be reached at johng@denpubs.com

February 25, 2012

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TUPPER LAKE—Wonders of Winter Survival lesson, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1 p.m.

LAKE PLACID —Almost Maine Performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7:30 p.m. $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and kids. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, noon.

SARANAC LAKE—Soulful Landscape Concert. Saranac Village at Will Rogers, 78 Will Rogers Drive, 2 p.m. 352-7311, ext. 128 or www.adirondackmuseum.org LAKE PLACID —Almost Maine Performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 2 p.m. $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and kids. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Saturday.Feb.25.

Monday.Feb.27.

Friday.Feb.24.

TUPPER LAKE—Maple Day lesson and free pancake breakfast, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 9 a.m.

SARANAC LAKE—Author Dana Fast will sign copies of her memoir, My 9 Lives, Community Store, Main St. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LAKE PLACID —Almost Maine Performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7:30 p.m. $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and kids. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

WESTPORT—Agape free Supper, Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main Street, 4-6 pm.

Sunday.Feb.26.

TUPPER LAKE—Family Art & Nature: Think Snow,

KEENE—Osteoporosis exercise classes, Community Center, Church St. 11:30 a.m. 546-3565, RSVP@Logical.net.

Tuesday.Feb.28.

WILMINGTON—Bible Study & Potluck, Wilmington Church of Nazarene, 5734 NYS Rte 86, 6 p.m.

KEESEVILLE—Open archery shooting, The Chesterfield Fish and Game Club, 359 Green St. 7-9 p.m. Open to all ages.

643-8754 or 643-2651.

LAKE PLACID — African Dance Class with live drumming. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Annex, 17 Algonquin Dr. Class fee $5. 791-9586.

Wednesday.Feb.29.

WILLSBORO—Osteoporosis exercise classes, Congregational Church, Main St.1:30 p.m. 546-3565, RSVP@Logical.net.

WILMINGTON—Teen Night Group, Wilmington Church of Nazarene, 5734 NYS Rte 86, 7-8 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — The Tartan Terrors Performs, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7 p.m. $16. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Thursday.March.1.

ELIZABETHTOWN—Osteoporosis exercise classes, Hand House, Court St. 10 a.m. 546-3565, RSVP@Logical.net.

ESSEX—Central Champlain Valley Outdoor Education Action Plan meeting, The Grange at Whallongburg, 1610 NYS Rte. 22, Whallons Bay Road, 4-6 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Story hour, Lake Placid Public Library, 2471 Main St., 10:15 a.m. Free. 523-3200.

SARANAC LAKE— Sustainable Business Practices. discussion, Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main St. noon.

LAKE PLACID — Small Farms Rising Benefit, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 5 p.m. GA $18, $12 children over 5. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

SARANAC LAKE—Pinochle Party, Saranac Village at Will Rogers, 78 Will Rogers Dr. 7 p.m. 891-7117.

Friday.March.2.

LAKE PLACID —Midnight in Paris Screening, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7:30 p.m. GA $5. 5232512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Saturday.March.3.

WILLSBORO— Willsboro first annual Winter FareWELL festival, at the soccer fields on Point Road. 10a.m.-2p.m.

983-6454.

TUPPER LAKE—Evolution of the Adirondacks, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1 p.m.

LAKE PLACID —First annual Wood-n-Ski Rendez-vous, Cascade X-C Ski Center, 4833 Cascade Rd., begins at 9 a.m.

ESSEX—Spaghetti dinner by God's Kids Youth Group, Essex Community Church, 5-7:30 p.m. Donations of $7 recommended. 962-2688.

WILLSBORO — Winter films Special, Shane, 7:30 p.m.

Willsboro Central School, 29 School Ln. $5 for adults; $2 for youth.

JAY —Local musicians Night, Bind Owl Band performance, Amos and Julia Ward Theatre, Route 9N, 7 p.m.

LAKE PLACID —Nobodies of Comedy, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 8 p.m. $16 in advance, $18 day of show. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Sunday.March.4.

TUPPER LAKE—Family Art & Nature: Hibernation, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1 p.m.

LAKE PLACID —Community Garden Potluck, Heaven Hill Farm, Bear Cub Lane, 5-7 p.m. www.slgarden.com.

ESSEX— Classical duet to be performed, Essex Community Church, 2036 Main St. 7:30 p.m. $10. 962-8882.

Depot Theatre in Westport makes the call on new Managing Director WESTPORT — The Adirondacks’ professional theatre company, the Depot Theatre is pleased to announce the addition of Angel Wuellner as its new Managing Director.

“We are thrilled to welcome Angel into our theatre family,” George Davis, president of the Depot Theatre Board of Trustees, said. “She was a standout in the executive team’s national search, with ample industry experience and terrific energy.”

Wuellner has been working in the theatre industry for the past twenty years, as an administrator, stage manager, director, and actor. Most recently, Angel worked at Actors' Equity Association in the Auditions Department. She has worked with The Vineyard Theatre (NYC), Clarence Brown Theatre, Actors Co-op, Tennessee Stage Company, and Smoky Mountain Shakespeare Festival. Angel is the founder of PromCon, an organization that collects prom dresses for underprivileged young women. She is a

Angel Wuellner has been named the new managing director at the Depot Theatre in Westport. proud graduate of NYU’s Performing Arts Administration Masters’ Program and of

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Sunday 11 a.m. - Worship Service. Email: afumc1@frontiernet.net Holy Name Catholic Church - Rt. 9N, Main Street, AuSable Forks, 647-8225, Rev. Kris Lauzon Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Daily Masses Monday at 5:15 p.m., Tues. - Fri. at 8 a.m., Sat. 4 p.m., Sun. 9:15 a.m. Confessions (reconciliation) one half hour before weekend masses.

BLACK BROOK St. Matthew’s Catholic Church - Black Brook, Silver Lake Rd., 647-8225, Rev. Kris Lauzon - Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Masses Sun. 11 a.m.

Confessions (reconciliation) one half hour before each mass.

BLOOMINGDALE Pilgrim Holiness Church - 14 Oregon Plains Rd., 8913178, Rev. Daniel Shumway - Sunday: Morning Worship 11am, Sunday School 10am, Evening Service 6:30 pm; Wednesday: Prayer Service 7 pm.

CLINTONVILLE United Methodist - Rt. 9N. 834-5083. Sunday, 11 a.m.

Worship Service. Pastor Rev. Joyce Bruce.

ELIZABETHTOWN St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church - Court Street. 873-6760.

Father Peter Riani., Mass Schedule: Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 10:30 a.m., Weekdays: Consult Bulletin. Thursday 10:15 a.m. Horace Nye Home.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30 p.m. 4:10 p.m. Website: ccsespn.grainofwheat.net Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) - 10 Williams Street. 873-2509. Sunday, Holy Communion 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Healing Prayer Service: Every Wed. 6:30 p.m. Men’s Group: Every Fri. 7:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Rev. David Sullivan or Ann Marie Speir.

All are welcome. Email: goodshepherdetown2011@hotmail.com Web: www.etowngoodshepherd.org United Church of Christ (Congregational) - Court Street.

873-6822. Rev. Frederick C. Shaw. Worship Service: Sun. 11 a.m.; Sunday School ages 4 grade 6. Nursery service Email: FShaw@westelcom.com ESSEX St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Rt. 22. 963-4524. Father Joseph Elliott, Pastor. No Mass in Essex from Columbus Day to Memorial Day, closed for the Winter.

Essex Community United Methodist Church - Corner of Rt. 22 and Main St. 963-7766. Rev. John E. Hunn. , Sunday Worship - 10:15 AM, Sunday School 10:15 AM, Pre School Play Group Thursdays 1011:30 AM Sept.-May. web page: www.unyumc.org/churches/detail/375 St. John’s Episcopal Church - Church Street. 963-7775.

Holy Communion and Church School, Sunday 9:15 a.m., Morning Prayer, Wednesday 9 a.m.

Community Potluck Supper, Tuesday 6 p.m. Old Testament Bible Study, Wednesdays 10 a.m., Rev. Margaret Shaw. Email: stjohnschurch@willex.com Foothills Baptist Church at Boquet - 2172, NY Rt. 22 in Essex. Formerly Church of the Nazarene.

Wednesday Night Service at 6 p.m. Worship services are Sunday 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Family Christian movies on the second Sunday of each month at 6:30 p.m., and Hymn sing on the 4th Sunday of each month at 6 p.m.

Email: foothillsbapt@netzero.net HARKNESS Harkness United Methodist Church - Corner Harkness & Hollock Hill Rds., Harkness, NY. 834-7577. Rev. Edith Poland. Sun. School 8:30 a.m.; Worship 9:30 a.m. ediepoland@aol.com JAY First Baptist Church of Jay - Rev. Joyce Bruce, Pastor.

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

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Sunday Mass at 11:15 a.m.; Pastor: Rev. John R. Yonkovig; Pastor. Rectory Phone 523-2200. Email: stagnesch@roadrunner.com St. Hubert’s All Souls Episcopal Church - Sunday Holy Eucharist 10 a.m., June 27 through September 12.

Varying roster of priests celebrate communion each week.

Keene Valley Congregational Church - Main Street. 5764711. Sunday Worship Services 10 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m. Choir Wednesday evening 7 p.m. and Sunday 9:15 a.m.

KEESEVILLE Immaculate Conception - St. John the Baptist - 1804 Main Street, 834-7100. Monsignor Leeward Poissant.

Ant. Mass Saturdays - 4 p.m. - St. John’s. Sunday Masses; 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception during the winter months. Email: rcckparish@charter.net St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Clinton Street, Keeseville.

563-6836. Sunday Service 9 a.m. Rev. Blair Biddle.

Keeseville United Methodist Church - Front Street, Keeseville. 834-7577. Rev. Edith Poland. Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. 834-7577.

Email: ediepoland@aol.com The Good Shepherd Church of the Nazarene - 124 Hill Street, Keeseville, NY. 834-9408. Pastor Richard Reese. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday Prayer Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

Independent Baptist Church - Rte. 22 & Interstate 87, P.O. Box 506, Keeseville, NY. 834-9620. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 7 p.m., Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7 p.m.; Youth Group Sunday 7 p.m. Website: ibck.org Email: office@ibck.org Front Street Fellowship - 1724 Front Street, Keeseville, 834-7373. Pastor Warren Biggar. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Tuesday: Home Prayer Groups 7 p.m. (Call for locations). Thursday: Ladies Bible Study 2:30 p.m. in Keeseville, 7 p.m. in Plattsburgh (Call for locations). Friday: Celebrate Recovery 6 p.m.; Kingdom Kids 6:30 p.m.; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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Handicap Accessible & Hearing Assistance. www.saranaclakepresbyterianchurch.org Saranac Lake Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses - 5043 Rt. 3, Saranac Lake, 518-891-9233 Sunday Public Talk 10 a.m. followed by Watchtower Study 10:35 a.m.

Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity - Worshipping at the First United Methodist Church at 63 Church St., Saranac Lake. Pastor Michael Richards presiding.

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Whiteface Community United Methodist Church - Rt. 86 and Haselton Road in Wilmington. Pastor Brooke Newell invites everyone to join the congregation for Sunday morning worship at 10:30 a.m. and coffee and fellowship after. Sunday School is offered during the worship service and there is an available nursery area. Church office is located in the adjacent Reuben Sanford building and is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 946-7757. Riverside Thrift Shop is located in adjacent Methodist Barn and is open Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The phone for Shop is 946-2922. The Ecumenical Food Pantry is open in the Reuben Sanford building on Thursday nights from 4 to 6 p.m. Call Don Morrison at 946-7192 for emergencies. The Senior Lunch program under the director of Carolyn Kane serves lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Questions concerning the site can be answered at 946-2922 during that time only.

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ty of a great theatrical experience in which ALL elements - artists, technicians, board members, staff, managers and audience work together to create a communal experience that is transformative,” McCormick said. “I know she'll be a wonderful addition to the team, and a tremendous ambassador for the Depot within the community and throughout the region.”

Wuellner is set to begin work at the Depot on April 2. In the meantime, she, her partner Dave and their dog Abby are happy to be making the move from New York City to the Adirondacks. “This opportunity is a win-win for us,” said Wuellner. “A terrific new career in a unique and wonderful theatre that just happens to be located in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.”

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If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, Please send resume to: Ashley@denpubs.com or Mail to: P.O. Box 338, Elizabethtown, NY 12932

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I AM CURRENTLY SEEKING people to sign a petition against medical negligence in veterinarian practices in NY State. If you would like to sign this petition and want to help and your pet fell victim to such practices, Please call me. Leave phone # for Joyce 518-493-6441

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CLARINET, VIOLIN, FLUTE, TRUMPET, Amplifier, Fender Guitar $75 each. Upright Bass, Cello, Saxophone, French Horn, Drums $189 each. Others 4sale 1-516-377-7907

WANTED TO BUY MINERALS & OTHER INTERESTS Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201 WANTED ALL MOTORCYCLES, Before 1980, $CASH$ PAID! Running or not.1315-569-8094 WANTED DIABETES TEST STRIPS. Any Kind/Brand. Up to $24.00. Shipping Paid.1-800267-9895 / www.SellDiabeticstrips.com WANTED DIABETES TEST STRIPS Any kind/brand. Unexpired up to $24.00. Shipping Paid. Hablamos espanol 1-800-267-9895 www.selldiabeticstrips.com WANTED DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. ANY KIND/BRAND. UP TO $24.00/Box. SHIPPING PAID. HABLAMO ESPANOL. 1-800 -266-0702 www.SellDiabeticstrips.com WANTS TO PURCHASE minerals and other oil & gas interests. Send details P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co 80201 YEARBOOKS "UP to $15 paid for high school yearbooks1900-1988. yearbookusa@yahoo.com or 972768-1338."

Buying old U.S. coins, currency, commemoratives, bullion and other interesting items.

Fair & Honest Prices in today’s market.

Call anytime 7 days a week. ANA member PO Box 151, Jay, NY 12941 (518) 946-8387 21253

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Dam: Canadian Champion. Sire: AKC Champion.

Contact Pat at (518)834-7951

ROLL TOP Tonneau cover, fits Chevy S-10 or a small truck with a box, 56" (inside) $99.00. 518-523-9456

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518-963-7351

LAND 33 ACRES ON BASS LAKE, $39,900. 5 Acres, borders state land forest, $16,900.www.LandFirstNY.com 1888-683-2626 BEAUTIFUL PINE FOREST LAND 75 Acres $79,995.Beautiful woods, incredible deer sign, Oneida Lake access, close to Salmon River and trails.

Systems road front & utilities.Call 1-800-229-7843 Or visit property #5 at www.LandandCamps.com LAND FOR SALE: Fort Plain Area, 33.4 acres, fields, great views, 1,463 feet on quiet, paved road $79,000. 3.6 acres $15,000.

Owner Financing. www.helderberg realty.com 518-861-6541 TUG HILL and Salmon River Area 6 Acres WAS: $19,995 NOW: $12,995. 52 Acres WAS: $59,995.

NOW: $49,995. Our #1 Properties for snowmobilers and fishermen.

See property #1 at LandandCamps.com for pictures.

Or call 800-229-7843.

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SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ***FREE FORECLOSURE Listings*** OVER 400,000 properties nationwide. Low down payment.

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VACATION PROPERTY DO YOU HAVE VACATION PROPERTY FOR SALE OR RENT? With promotion to nearly 5 million households and over 12 million potential buyers, a statewide classified ad can't be beat! Promote your property for just $490 for a 15-word ad. Place your ad online at fcpny.com or call 1-877-275-2726 NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC Oceanfront Luxury Beach Homes and Condos. Best Selection, Service and Rates Guaranteed. Free Brochure!

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CARS CASH FOR CARS! We Buy ANY Car or Truck, Running or NOT! Damaged, Wrecked, Salvaged OK! Get a top dollar INSTANT offer today! 1-800-267-1591 2001 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Black 2 door. New tires, rotors, brakes catalytic converter. $4,500 Call: (518) 946-7550 CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models. Free Towing! We're Local! 7 Days/Week. Call Toll Free: 1888-416-2330 CASH FOR CARS and TRUCKS. Get A Top Dollar INSTANT Offer! Running or Not!1888-416-2208 DONATE A CAR - SAVE A CHILD'S LIFE! Timothy Hill Children's Ranch: Helping Abused and Neglected Children in NY for Over 30 Years. Please Call 1-800-936-4326.

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ACCESSORIES WOOD SHAVINGS/BEDDING Wholesale Bags of Shavings for Bedding (518) 932-2104

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WESTPORT: OFFICE SUITES. Fully furnished w/ cubicles, desks, computer & phone hook-ups. 720 sq. ft. Lake views. Contact Jim Forcier @ 518962-4420.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Essex is requesting sealed bids for the repair of the Essex Town Dock. Work will include, but not be limited to the handling of all agency and local permitting, Labor, materials for repair and/or replacement of the cement pier, its steps and surrounding Beach area. Bidders must visit the site and provide time and date of visit in proposal.

Contractors must provide proof of Workers Compensation Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, must provide three references of work with concrete in NYS bodies of water, and have at least 10 years’ experience doing so. An Engineer certified conceptual construction plan is required at the time of bidding. NYS prevailing wage will apply.

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Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1205 Trout Pond Road, Keeseville, NY 12944. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

VN-2/4-3/10-6TC21565 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization of Champlain Valley Heating and Plumbing, LLC filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on February 2, 2012. Office location: Essex County.

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VN-2/18-3/24/12-6TC21616 ----------------------------ROCK COTTAGE HOLDINGS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/19/12.

Office Location: Essex County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 23 Constitution Hill West, Princeton, NJ 08340.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

VN-2/18-3/24/12-6TC21621 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GREEN BAY PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/2012.

Office location, County of Essex.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 135 River Lane, Willsboro, NY 12996. Purpose: to acquire and manage certain real property located on River Lane, Willsboro,

Essex County, NY 12996 and to engage in any other lawful purpose.

VN-2/18-3/24/12-6TC21624 ----------------------------THE TOWN OF LEWIS March Town Board meeting has been moved from March 13 to March 15th at 7PM at the Lewis Town Hall.

The steering committee for the Town of Lewis Comprehensive Plan will meet on March 14th at the Town Hall at 6:30PM Dave Blades Supervisor VN-2/25/12-1TC21639 ----------------------------LEGAL NOTICE There will be a Special Meeting of the Essex Town Board on Tues., Feb. 28th, 2012 at 5:00 pm At the Essex Town Hall, 2313 Main St., Essex, for the purpose of discussing the Water Capital Project.

Catherine DeWolff, Town Clerk VN-2/25/12-1TC21638 ----------------------------MACE CHASM FARM, LLC Articles of Organization filed with NY Sec. of State(SSNY) on 2/6/2012. Office in

Essex County. The SSNY isdesignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may beserved.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any lawful process to the LLC at: 810 Mace Chasm Rd, Chesterfield, NY 12944, which is also the principal business location.

VN-2/25-3/31/12-6TC21637 ----------------------------SEALED BIDS will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on March 22, 2012 at the NYS Dept. of Transportation, Contract Management Bureau, 1ST FLOOR SUITE 1CM, 50 WOLF RD, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will then be publicly read.

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing "25% of the bid total" as specified in the contract proposal, must accompany each bid.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www.bidx.com). The Department reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Beginning

with the February 10th, 2011 letting, construction contract plans and proposals will be sold only on compact disk (CD). The cost will be $10 per CD, plus $8 shipping and handling if the CD is not purchased in person. The CD will include both the plans (if applicable) and the proposal in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. Plans and proposals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format will continue to be available on Bid E x p r e s s (www.bidx.com) for a monthly subscription fee. CDs can be obtained from the NYSDOT, Plan Sales Unit, 1st Floor Suite 1PS, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12232, (518) 457-2124; or from the Regional Office noted below.

Requirements: NYSDOT requires that all bidders and subcontractors present evidence of experience and financial standing.

Subcontracting Provisions: Subcontracting is permitted as described in the Standard Specification §108-05. *Please call Contracts at (518) 457-3583 if you need a reasonable accommodation for person(s) with a dis-

ability to participate in our program.

No Amendments are included on the CD. Amendments are posted on the NYSDOT and Bid Express Web Sites.

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments have been incorporated into its bid. Notification on Amendments will be sent via e-mail to each person or firm purchasing CDs from the NYSDOT. NOTE: Amendments may have been issued prior to CD purchase.

Contractors who purchased CDs must also check the NYSDOT W e b Site(https://www.nysdot.gov/doing-business/opportunities/co nst-notices) for a list of all Amendments.

State Finance Law §139-j restricts contact with Department personnel after advertisement or notice of a government procurement.

Details are provided on the NYSDOT Web Site.

Federally Aided Contracts identify a DBE Goal, and 100% NY State Funded Contracts identify both MBE and WBE Goals.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation con-

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the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A B U D G E T A P P R O P R I AT I O N BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 01, Mary Ivey, Regional Director, 328 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305 D261954, PIN 1721.85, F.A. Proj.

L01E-1721-853, Essex Co., Lining Small Culverts on Interstate 87, From Exit 32 to Clinton County Line, in Various Towns., Bid Deposit $400,000.00, Plans on CDs $10, plus $8 Postage. A PREBID MEETING IS SCHEDULED. SEE PROPOSAL FOR DETAILS. BIDDERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO ATTEND. Goals: DBE 3% VN-2/25-3/3/12-2TC21652 -----------------------------

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