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February 2, 2013
Code enforcement hours change Au SABLE FORKS — Town of Jay Code Enforcement Officer, John Hudson, would like to announce a change in office hours starting Feb. 6, at the Town of Jay Community Center, located on 11 School Lane, Au Sable Forks, N.Y. 12912; 2nd Floor. The new code enforcement hours will be held on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. until noon or by appointment. Hudson can be reached at (518) 524-6798. Fee schedules and applications will be available outside the Supervisor’s Office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on the Town of Jay website, townofjay.com, under Government Departments and Building & Code Enforcement.
Planning board to meet ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown Planning Board will meet on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
Town board to meet ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown February Town Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. This date change is only for the month of February. The public is welcome to attend.
Ellsworth to play KEENE VALLEY — Mark your calendar for Friday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m., when soprano hornist Ann Ellsworth returns to the Keene Valley Congregational Church. This time, she performs as a member of Artesia, a contemporary ensemble dedicated to the performance, study and commissioning of new music, with pianist Ellen Hwangbo and Marianne Gythfeldt on clarinet.
Donation: $10; students are free. Artesia will perform trios, duos and solos in a joyous romp through some of history’s most beautiful and treasured chamber music. For more information about this evening of chamber music sponsored by East Branch Friends of the Arts, contact Pam Gothner at 5764329 or eastbranchfriendsofthearts@gmail.com.
Electronics help offered ELIZABETHTOWN — Tech 101, an electronics help group, will be offered by the Elizabethtown Social Center on the fourth Thursday each month through the winter. Perfect for those who received a new computer, a new iPad, or any other new technology “toy” in December or who have questions about how to use home technology. Ken Hughes, former ELCS principal and current in-home IT consultant, will help you have more fun with your tech toys. Tech 101 will be held on Feb. 28, and March 28, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Please contact the Social Center for more information at 873-6408 or info@elizabehtownsocialcenter.org.
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Continued from page 1 “We have spent a lot of time working and vaccinating in Essex County, but the focus has shifted by the federal government, and I do not want to talk for them, to making sure that the barrier remains in effect and they have so many resources so they moved where they were doing the bait drops,” Cherry said. In 2010, there were four confirmed positive rabies cases, two in Washington County and two in Warren County. In 2011, there were seven positives in Essex County and three in Clinton County (near the Essex County Border). All of the Essex County positives were found near Lake Champlain. The 16 cases in Essex County in 2012 were largerly found near the border with Clinton County, which also had three positive cases. Cherry said that the key to stopping the spread of rabies was to limit contact with them. “They will come and intact with people and pets,” he said. “They will come for your trash and they will
Lyceum series at Grange Hall WHALLONSBURG — On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Whallonsburg Grange Hall opened its winter Lyceum series on “Land and Labor: The Past, Present and Future of Farming in America.” The weekly series, held on Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. through March 19, is presenting speakers from around the region who will lecture on how the fertile land of the Champlain Valley developed, the history of agricultural production in North America, the challenging economics of farming, its impact on culture, and the lives of farm families. The remaining schedule of the lectures follows: Feb. 5 through Feb. 26: four-part series on the History of Agriculture in North America, with Andy Buchanan, lecturer in global history at the University of Vermont. These four lectures will trace farming on the continent from native American cultivation through the agricultural roots of the Civil War, to the settlement of the west and the Great Depression, up to the development of modern agriculture
posed to rabies? Probably not, but we have to recommend rabies treatments because they do not have the animal.” Cherry said that in the fight against rabies, Essex County had one of the best allies in the state. “The Essex County Health Department has been extremely vigilant in their awareness and education on the matter,” he said. “They have been on top of this and have been very active with the community.”
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Nancy Lee (Vaughan) Carter would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the many relatives, friends, and neighbors who expressed their condolences by visitations, flowers, food and donations. Your kindness and comfort will always be in our hearts. Also, a very special thank you to Lisa and the caregivers who provided compassionate assistance to Nancy, as well as to the Westport Rescue Squad, the medical staffs of both CVPH and Elizabethtown Hospital, and W.H. Marvin’s Sons, Inc. Our thanks also to the staff at the Westport Clinic and other physicians for the care they provided to our sister over the past few years. Please accept these words as our personal thank you to each and everyone who helped her and us in any way through this difficult time.
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and agribusiness. March 5: The Future of Food: A Discussion with Local Farmers will present a panel of farmers from our area talking about the important issues they face and that are of concern to all consumers. March 12: Back to the Land: The Enduring Dream of Self-Sufficiency in Modern America, with Dona Brown, professor of History at the University of Vermont and author of a recent book on this subject. March 19: Hunting, Gathering and Fungus Farming: Feeding the Adirondack Farm Family in the 19th Century, with Hallie Bond, former curator at the Adirondack Museum. A series ticket is $35 for all eight lectures. Individual lectures are $5. Students admitted free. The Lyceum is sponsored by the Grange Hall and more information is available at www.thegrangehall.org. The Grange is located at 1610 NYS Rt. 22 at the corner of Whallons Bay Road, 5 miles south of the Essex Ferry dock.
WESTPORT — The Essex County Soil and Water Conservation District will be assisting agricultural landowners with completion of Soil Group worksheets for agricultural exemption. The exemptions are for qualifying landowners earning $10,000 or more per year from their agricultural operation. Landowners making changes to current qualifying parcels need to have updated worksheets for acreage and ownership changes. Please contact the District office at 962-8225 or email at essexswcd@westelcom.com for a new or updated Soil Group worksheet before the March 1 deadline.
come for your barbecue. That can lead to more and more chance of rabies getting spread because people interact with the raccoons because they’re a cute animal and this leads to increasing the raccoon population.” Cherry said that all pet owners should vaccinate their animals, and people should not feed animals that are not theirs. “Don't feed the animals. Do not feed the feral cat population. Feeding those animals means you are going to feed the raccoon population as well and if they are eating that food, then they are not eating the bait,” he said. Cherry also said that people should report any contact that they have with animals they feel could pose a threat as soon as possible and should also try to bring the animal to public health, using bats as an example. “Most treatments have to do with bats,” he said. “If they find a bat in their home, they need to catch it and get it to the public health department. What people do instead is call a few days later and say that there was a bat in the house and we were told to call. Were they ex-
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