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E L I Z A B E T H TO W N — A grant from the United State Department of Agriculture will give Elizabethtown Community Hospital and its regional health centers the chance to enhance their services with telemedicine.

ECH CEO Rodney Boula said that the hospital recently received a grant for $136,000, which will be used to have telemedicine stations at each of the clinics run by hospital, including the recently purchased Smith House in Willsboro.

“We will have a link to the emergency room and to each of the clinic sites,” Boula said. “Rather than have the patient come into the clinic and then have to go back out, get into the car and head to Elizabethtown, the doctors and emergency

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Sarah Looby attacks at the same time as her opponent during a fencing tournament held at Westport Central School Jan. 28. The tournament featured swordsmen from Vermont as well as the Canadian Military Academy. Paul Rossi leads a fencing class each week at the school for students and adults.

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Ida Atkinson celebrates 100th b-day ELIZABETHTOWN — Ida Atkinson and many friends and family celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 28 at the Elizabethtown Hospital.

After about three months at the hospital, Atkinson’s friends from the Essex/Willsboro Senior Center, who have thrown her a birthday party every year for the past 15 years, surprised her with a birthday celebration.

“She was very surprised.

She said, ‘I see you did it again,’” said Denis Everleft, site manager at the Essex/Willsboro Senior Center. “Then she told me she wants a bigger party for her 200th birthday.”

Over 40 people attended Atkinson’s birthday party.

Her friends came from the senior center and family members from around the area giving her flowers, cakes, cupcakes, and other gifts including a proclamation from Assemblywoman

Teresa Sayward and Essex County on her monumental birthday.

“It was a really nice party,” Ada Hutchins said.

“The Elizabethtown hospital did a great job helping to create a great party for Ida.” Atkinson was born Jan 28, 1912 at Trout Pond, in the town of Chesterfield. She is the daughter of Orrin and Susan McCann Rumney.

Everleft described Atkinson as an independent, active and charismatic woman

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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — In a meeting that lasted all of 27 minutes, the Essex C o u n t y Wa y s a n d M e a n s Committee passed a number of resolutions onto the full board Jan. 26.

T h e Wa y s a n d M e a n s Committee, usually scheduled to meet the last Monday of the month, met on Thursday due to the upc o m i n g N e w Yo r k S t a t e Association of Counties c o n f e re n c e i n A l b a n y, which several board members attended.

A l l re s o l u t i o n s p a s s e d by the committee will be c o n s i d e re d b y t h e f u l l board under the weighted voting system at the regular February Board meeting, scheduled for Monday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m.

Among the resolutions, the committee approved a p a i r o f i n c re a s e s t o t h e cost of services provided through the Public Health Department, including upping the amount of vaccinations offered from $10

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per vaccination to $17, raising the cost of Certified Home Health Agency skilled nursing visits from $190 to $205 per visit and Home Health Aide visits from $50 to $55 per visit.

The board also passed a p a i r o f re s o l u t i o n s c o n cerning the potential sale of the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown.

The first was to authorize a Request for Proposals for a Phase One Environmental Evaluation of the facility, while the second was to solicit quotes for title work that needs to be done on the property.

The board passed a reso l u t i o n t o i n c re a s e t h e hours of the Finance Deputy in the County Treasurer ’s office from 35

to 40 hours per week. “ T h i s w a s p ro p o s e d i n the budget for 2012 in our meetings,” Tre a s u re r Michael Diskin said.

“When they approved the resolution for salaries for t h e y e a r, t h e y h a d t h e salary at 35 hours.”

Diskin said that the pos i t i o n h a s i n c u r re d e x t r a re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s s i n c e t h e elimination of one position from the department and the loss of another part-time spot.

“We eliminated one position and we got rid of a part time position, so there is actually a significant savings by having this person add five hours per week to her work schedule,” Moriah Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava said. “We are streamlining the department.”

In resolutions from the f l o o r, L e w i s S u p e r v i s o r David Blades asked for a resolution concerning the banning for sale or consumption of substances that can be used to make synthetic marijuana.

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thetic marijuana,” Blades said. “Thirty-eight states have taken action to cont ro l o n e o r m o re o f t h e c h e m i c a l s u s e d t o c re a t e synthetic marijuana and I a m re q u e s t i n g a c t i o n a t the state level restricting the use or sale of these products.”

We s t p o r t Supervisor Daniel Connell, who chairs the legislative committee, said that his group would start meeting after the regular monthly board meeting.

Chairman and Jay Supervisor Randall “Randy” Douglas said that he wanted to committee to look at specific topics that the county could focus on when talking to federal legislators.

“When we went down to Wa s h i n g t o n l a s t y e a r, w e had a big list of issues and only a certain amount of time to meet with them,” D o u g l a s s a i d . “ We w a n t this committee to focus on some specific ideas or projects that we can really hit hard when we go down there this year.”

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WESTPORT Rob Ivy • ivy@westelcom.com non-fiction as required by the funding grant.

Stop by Belden Noble to see what he’s been up to.

At the transportation museum in Plattsburgh, visitors are still coming to see the collection, mostly unheated, and I now have my own desk and computer in the office. Ginny goes with me and acts as the official mascot, greeting people, solemnly shaking hands and then retreating to a spot on the floor by the heater. As a working breed, she likes to stay busy. I do tours, write for the newsletter, research new accessions like a collection of glass electrical insulators just given to us, and handle a lot of the phone calls.

Our friends at CATS, the trail keepers, are looking for a part-time administrative assistant. Give them a call at 962-2287 for more details.

My neighbor, Holly French, was holding forth this morning on the phony winter we’re enduring and expressed the fear that April will be when all the snow finally arrives. I have a very bad feeling she’s right. On a more positive note, she and son Warren have recovered from their ailments and are back at work, and Mr. French, always an optimist, is starting to think about tapping his maples.

WILLSBORO Janice Allen • 963-8912 • allens@willex.com

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o snow we just seem to have lots of water puddles, even the ice in the river started to break up, a very strange weather for winter. Be careful when walking outside, learned of a couple of people falling this past week on the ice. The committee that is making plans for the “FareWELL to Winter” Event is planning a busy winter fun event, but snow is greatly needed for this event so we are hopeful there will be some by March 3. This group is seeking more people that would volunteer to assist in the events of the day, so please give it some thought and let the committee know of your offer, contact Martie Stratton at 963-7183. The next “Coffee House” event at the Willsboro Congregational Church will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11, starting at 7 p.m.; featuring the local “Green Bean Group.” The admission fee is $5 for adults and students $2 and homemade refreshments will be available, come have a great evening of music and fellowship.

A group of local people gathered at the Willsboro School this past Saturday to get the report of the Willsboro Comprehensive Land Use and Action Report. This committee has been working hard for over three years to develop a plan to guide us into the future of how

we might grow this community. They are sure that not all things will happen or that they have covered all the possible plans but it is a workable plan to guide us as a community.

Thanks to this group for a job well done and hopefully as a community we will start to put some of these ideas into action.

Valentine’s day will soon be upon us and once again the Paine Library is having their annual A Taste of Chocolate, where chocolate lovers can come and taste the many delicious offerings of favorite Friends of the Library make for the event it will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Champlain Valley Film Society is showing “The Ides of March” on Saturday Feb. 4, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Willsboro School. I recently saw this movie and it is powerful, especially now as we are very aware of the upcoming National election; worth going to see.

Happy Birthday to Amie Knickerbocker (sorry have a wrong date of Feb. 3), Scott Marcotte Feb. 5, Dutchie Ahrent Feb. 5, Amanda Ahrent Feb. 5, Anna Mayville Feb. 6, Roger King Feb. 6, Taylor Strong Feb. 6, Edna Coonrod Feb. 7, Pete Dwyer Feb. 8, Nicholas Ball Feb. 9, Dillon Spooner Feb. 10, Cody Sayward Feb. 10, Faye Cushing Feb. 10, Doug Cushing Feb. 10.

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irdwatchers flocked together this year for the annual "Christmas Bird Count". This tradition of bird counting is done throughout the region in December and January. It's amazing that over 9,000 birds of 38 species were counted in our town alone, by 20 local birders. Apparently our weather has been better for the birds then us.

The Elizabethtown-Westport Garden Club enjoyed a beautiful presentation at their regular monthly meeting on the "Flora & Fauna of Ecuador, Quito & the Galapagos Islands". Presented by Betsy Birchenough of the Lake George Garden Club and her husband from their trips.

It looks like the Hand House on River Street is going to be a very busy place this month.They are hosting "Osteoporosis Exercise" classes each Thursday morning at 10 a.m.

The classes are free, but please RSVP at 5463565 to let them know you want to attend.

Also, for anyone who is or has been a caregiver, three important workshops will be presented by High Peaks Hospice dealing with "Caregiver Stess Reduction". They will be held on Tuesdays, Feb. 14, March 13 and April 10 from 10 to 11 a.m. Brian Tzakos, Courtney Hughes and Gail Testa will present instruc-

tions in Yoga, Breathing ,Tai Chi and Massage during the first two sessions. The third session will be devote to resourses in stress management that are available to the caregiver.

Please contact Joan Lilly at 942-6513 ext.106 to reserve your place.

The Elizabethtown-Lewis Chamber of Commerce's annual organizational meeting is next Tuesday, Feb. 7. Sheri Amsel and Richard Prime will be speaking to the group about their plans for the newly purchased Hubbard Hall property. If you're interested, please join the Chamber at the ACAP conference room at 5 p.m.

Next Thursday, Feb. 9, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will be meeting at 7 p.m. in the town hall. The board will be welcoming new members Don Austin, Paul DiBarbieri and Richard Rich.

If your game to get outside and play in this crazy weather, The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival began on Friday, February 3rd and continues through Sunday, February 12th. Other then visiting the Ice Palace, there's something interesting happening each day. You can find more details at their website, www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com or check the paper for schedules.

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'm informed that the Westport Fish and Game Club is currently running its annual membership drive. Send your check for $20 to P.O. Box 252, Westport, N.Y., or stop by the town clerk's office and give cash or a check to Sheila Borden.

Which reminds me, it's been a while since I've been out in the woods. Maybe I've been unconsciously holding out for snow and a chance to strap on the snowshoes or the skis.

I'm still waiting for that snowfall they keep telling us is on the way. After all, we have so many great options to choose from, either right here in town or at most a short drive. In addition to the great new CATS trails, there are the old standbys like Coon Mountain or Split Rock, both of which offer breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside and the lake.

Another favorite of mine is the Pinnacle, which you can get to from the Fish and Game Club by going south along the Delaney Trail.

Turn right at the big clearing, and ascend gen-

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y condolences to all parties involved in the double suicide on Saturday; a very shocking and sobering thing for our little community.

The first meeting regarding the survey for dissolving Keeseville occurred this past week.

Please feel free to contact the Village Office for more information regarding this important survey.

Next Wednesday, February eighth will be the next meeting of the very active Revitalization of Keeseville meeting in the Grange Hall.

Again this has a great impact on our community and the potential for wonderful things for our future.

Again, I commend everyone for doing such a great job of clearing the ice from the streets and sidewalks. Unfortunately, I am seeing

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his week the NCSPCA would like to address an important health problem encountered by cats, particularly as they age. Lisa A. Peirson, DVM, addresses this health issue, as well as many others, in her website, www.catinfo.org. She explains that, in the wild, a feline's normal diet of prey is 70-to-75-percent water. Wild felines obtain most of their needed water intake from their food. Many domestic cats are fed a diet primarily of dry cat food, supplemented by water. Dry foods only contain 7-10-percent water. Unfortunately, cats do not have a well-developed sense of thirst compared to most other species, so they often do not drink enough water to replace the moisture missing from dry cat food. This leads to a chronic state of dehydration. Ongoing dehydration puts a strain on the kidney and bladder over time.

The long term result of this dehydration can be serious and life threatening, including conditions such as kidney disease, cystitis, urethral blockage, and bladder/kidney stones.

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Our featured pet this week is Kya, a fivemonth-old, Siberian Husky/German Shepherd-mix who is a true gem all around, with brains, personality and looks. Kya has beautiful brown-and-black markings throughout her thick coat, which is so luxurious and shiny, you won't want to stop petting her! She is a little shy at first, but once she gets to know you, she will charm you with her playful antics and puppy exuberance. Kya is learning good leash behavior and how to socialize with other dogs. She is an intelligent young lady who typifies the learning ability of both her breeds. With training and attention, Kya has the potential to become a wonderful family dog. Why not stop by and meet her today?

You may just be meeting your new best friend.

ELIZABETHTOWN SOCIAL CENTER 873-6408 / info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.com Coming up at the Social Center: ZUMBA Fitness Classes – With Marci on Mondays 5:30 p.m., $8 per session. With Arin on Saturdays 9 a.m., $8 per session or $25 for five sessions.

Adult Men's Basketball Please check Elizabethtown Social Center on facebook or the basketball schedule on the ELCS website for start time (varies weekly depending on MVAC schedule) Weekend Pool Tourneys – for teen members through the winter months, culminating

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Card-making class – Friday, Feb. 10. Create home-made Valentines.

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more and more signs of people not properly picking up after their dogs. On a more positive note I am seeing less and less thrown garbage lying around which is a very good thing.

This past weekend I decided to spoil myself and be lazy and eat out. I have to say I loved the Valentine’s decorations already up at Pleasant Corners Restaurant which on top of the great food made for a very enjoyable meal, and I do plan on going back for Valentine’s Day itself.

I emphasize again that it is very, very easy to do a lot of required shopping right in Keeseville, keeping the money in our community.

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If you look carefully, you can also spot the remains of stone walls in the woods, which I've been told are evidence that the hills were once cleared for farming. This has always surprised me. It must have been hard enough to scratch a living down here on the flats (Lord knows it still is) but how anyone farmed up there in the hills is beyond me. Those folks must have been hardy indeed, not to mention determined.

So that's my reverie, brought on by a note from Sheila, who I first met (come to think of it) in the woods when I was walking up there a number of years ago. Maybe I'll see you up there too, enjoying an outing in some fresh new snow.

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There will be sledding, skating, hot cider, games and a visit by the Abominable Snowman. Last year he tried to teach the children to juggle icicles, with unhappy results, but promises to behave himself this year. Regardless of the weather, it should be an entertaining afternoon.

The movie of the week is “The Ides of March”, a political thriller to be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Willsboro school on Feb. 4. Another fine selection by the film society, this one stars George Clooney and a slew of other great actors and concerns the possible effects of a scandal which could upset an election.

There’s lots of tension and more than a small resemblance to the events we’re seeing today.

The Essex Community Church is revving up their concert series early this year with a performance to be held at the church on Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. This one features two classical horn players and a string quartet.

Our intrepid librarian, Tom Mangano, has gotten in another load of new books, mostly

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ACT announces flood grant award recipients LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Community Trust (ACT) has made grants from its Special and Urgent Needs Fund to aid each of the nonprofits that applied for support.

“It is unusual for us to be able to draw upon the Special and Urgent Needs Fund in this particular way, but, because Irene changed a lot of things for a lot of people and organizations, our Board wanted to extend ACT’s outreach,” ACT executive director Cali Brooks said.

One grant will help buy an emergency generator for the Whallonsburg Grange Hall, which served as a staging facility for the fire department, Red Cross and FEMA and as an emergency center for residents immediately following Irene. A generator will allow the hamlet to continue to use the Grange to provide hot meals, water and as a gathering place for the community in emergencies. The Whallonsburg Civic Association, which manages the Grange, will also install a handicapped-accessible bathroom in the Grange.

Project HOPE will use its ACT grant to help pay the administrative costs of a crisis counseling program that sends care providers directly to heavily-hit neighborhoods. They also offer HOPE LINE, a 24/7 phone connection to responsive peers who can help people deal with the disaster-related problems Irene visited upon Essex and Clinton counties. Project HOPE is a service of the Mental Health Association and funded primarily through FEMA.

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The Keene Volunteer Fire Department was one of several organizations to receive a grant from the Adirondack Community Trust.

The Upper Jay Art Center facility, also known as the Recovery Lounge, is located on the water at the Route 9N bridge. Irene’s flood rushed through the building, sweeping away a collection of property and theatrical supplies it had taken years to build. Having already received a grant through the Jay Irene Flood Relief Fund at ACT to help repair damages to the performance space, UJAC will use the new grant to replace the lost properties.

One of the dramatic images published immediately after the storm was that of the Keene Volunteer Fire Department being ripped apart and swept downstream by raging Gulf Brook. The building was erected in 1960 on property that was larger before the Aug. 28 storm widened the river bed. A new location must be purchased and a new

building erected to provide fire and ambulance services to Keene and surrounding communities, a huge expense, much of which will be borne by residents. ACT’s grant responds to this need.

ACT has recently made other Irene relief grants through the Special and Urgent Needs Fund. Two Essex County farmers whose farms were damaged by the floods received ACT grants through the Essex County Office of Community Resources. The Tahawus Lodge Center, a cultural organization located at the Route 9N bridge in Ausable Forks, received a grant to help repair their building. The Wadhams Free Library also received a grant to repair a retaining wall damaged by the storm.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Democratic Committee meets on the last Thursday of each month of the month (except December) at 7 p.m., in Elizabethtown at the Hand House on River St. Contact Chairman Sue Montgomery-Corey at 251-5060 or log onto http://www.ecdcny.com.

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Boquet River Association will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Elizabethtown Social Center at 7626 NYS Route 9.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the election of at-large board members and officers and a slide show

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Understand the symptoms of mental illness

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t has been reported now in several media outlets that the level of prescribers for psychiatric patients is dangerously low.

The need far outweighs what is available for those suffering from mental illness.

What this basically boils down to is that patients are not adequately receiving the services they desperately need to maintain their mental health.

This has already resulted in many patients turning to the emergency room for medications, some of them then being checked into the mental health unit because their needs were not met and their mental health deteriorated.

Another sad aspect of all of this is the stigma of mental illness, a grave reality for many who are already suffering, their condition compounded by a society that often does not understand the symptoms they are witnessing.

It happens all too often with, for example, the clinically depressed. Loved ones, friends, colleagues, cannot understand why they cannot get out of bed and spend their days crying and in despair.

Individuals who do not understand this illness, often out of a desire to help, driven by fear though, will tell them to exercise, eat right, just get up and do something, not understanding why they are bed ridden and unable to muster the energy for what appears to them to be normal, every day and often simple tasks.

It happens to individuals with bipolar disorder, often after they have been swept away by mania and act out recklessly, impulsively and destructively. Those who witness the behaviors and who do not understand the illness, often treat the sufferer as though they were not succumbing to symptoms of their disease but willingly engaging in the behaviors that at times define their illness.

It is easy to see why there would be symptoms around mental illness. When people break their legs they are in casts and if they do not utilize their crutches they are likely to fall over and hurt themselves or someone else. But those around them understand that they have an injured leg, and that is why they cannot stand upright on their own.

If someone has a weak heart, that individual will require heart medication and that person's heart will not function prop-

erly, also an illness or ailment that is easy to understand, even though, like mental illness, it is not seen.

But mental illness is different, even though the irrational behaviors of the mentally ill make perfect sense as the brain controls actions and thoughts and if it is not functioning properly, then people are going to behave in ways that do not appear normal to society.

No one who is mentally ill asked for the illness, but it is the hand they were dealt and must live with.

An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans — more than 57 million people — age 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the United States.

In 2004, 32,439 people died by suicide in the United States. More than 90 percent of people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental disorder.

Fewer than one-third of adults and onehalf of children with a diagnosable mental disorder receive mental health services in a given year.

Organizations such as Behavioral Health Services North are doing all they can to remedy the lack of prescribers in the area and ensure those suffering from mental illnesses receive the care they need. Until that happens, people suffering from a mental disorder are going to have to live with the extra burden that lack in care results in.

But the population as a whole can take a simple step that would relieve the burden caused by the stigma of mental illness by educating itself and providing the benefit of the doubt when coming across the possible symptoms of mental illness.

It seems no one would pick on or judge or avoid an individual who was displaying symptoms from heart disease. Then why would we do that to an individual displaying symptoms brought on by the brain not functioning properly?

Many of us do, but we shouldn't.

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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Will we be able to see past the political attacks and mud slinging? daily publications were achis week I traveled quired by large corporate ento Orlando, where I tities, they were willing to was privileged to sacrifice local staff in return participate in the strategic for a stronger bottom line. planning session for the PaFast forward to 2012 and perChain group. Two nationthe presidential election. The al associations and state and uncontrolled dollars amassed regional groups created Paby the political Super PACs perChain as the branding, will create the media version education and marketing of the Perfect Storm later this Dan Alexander arm of the Free Paper Indusyear. It’s projected that nearThoughts from try. Along with 18 other inly every available television Behind the Pressline dustry professionals, includcommercial spot will be sold ing publishers and associaout to political advertising, forcing all othtion executive directors, we mapped out a er segments to seek promotion of their plan to create greater awareness and improducts and services elsewhere. At Paperproved visibility for these publications Chain and Denton Publications we intend built on the bedrock of the American entreto make a convincing argument that free preneurial system. community newspapers are the ideal choice Even with so many changes happening for advertisers forced to seek other adverin the way communication companies opertising methods to reach consumers in a ate, combined with the effects of changing cost-effective way. It’s a challenging and technology and the struggling economy, the exciting time to be a part of this whole Free Paper Industry — primarily made up process. of privately owned local companies — has Political mud is apparently best slung weathered the last four years very well. Paelectronically on television — something I perChain was established to bring greater am witnessing firsthand in Florida this attention to the industry made up of small week. We will witness the same later this companies, like Denton Publications, that year during the New York primary and are built around the local economy. Though this fall when the race to the White House the companies are small, they together takes center stage. In Florida they are callreach over 54 million homes in the United ing it “carpet bombing” as the Republican States and growing. political ads seem to run non-stop, bashing Independently operating small firms like their opponents in the most vicious fashthese have typically been overshadowed by ion. And, of course, these fellows will be other traditional, highly-financed forms of allies this fall when President Obama and media. But with declining circulations in his Super PACs open their wallets and arsethe paid newspaper industry and a plethonals in an attempt to discredit any alternara of electronic options, the audited free tive to his second term. The big question paper industry continues to grow in acceptwill be whether the Republican candidates ance, producing strong results for their cusplace so much doubt in voters' minds that tomers. Since these publications have althey effectively damage their nominee ways had a strong focus on local news and when he runs against President Obama. Or information, they haven’t had to reinvent have the voters become so accustomed to themselves to fit the changing information this type of advertising that it has no affect landscape. All they needed to do was conon how we cast our ballot? Everyone tinue doing what they’ve been doing for knows negative advertising works, will it years. The success of these free publicawork so well that America will be unable to tions has in many ways led to the circulaoptimistically look to its future and become tion losses of many paid publications who mired in the mud? focused so much attention on national, inDan Alexander is publisher and CEO of ternational and statewide news at the exDenton Publications. He may be reached at pense of a strong local component. As more dan@denpubs.com.

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Millennials Ready To Lead

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s America’s political divide has widened, with middle-aged eyes mostly reporting on the apparent abyss, new research suggests that the generational biases in those eyes may have arrived at erroneous conclusions.

Research data from the Washington think tank, NDM reveals that the majority of Americans, 55percent and particularly, Millennials, born 1982-2003, 58percent, want a more active and involved government rather than one that is not involved in shaping American

By Scot Hurlburt culture and most of all, an economic framework that is more fair than the current arrangement.

Millennials appear poised to be less tied to political ideologies than baby boomers.

Millennials are the most civic-minded generation since the GI generation (born 19011924); Millennials are more apt to volunteer their time to the community good than any other previous generation.

Perhaps as older Americans could see the gathering storm, they helped to shape the millennial generation into a generation that may have the same impact as the GI generation. Like the GI generation, Millennials want to strengthen American institutions by using government to improve basic conditions in the environment, education, health care and the economy.

Millennials were not directly influenced by the New Deal, which lifted America out its worst economic depression, or generous GI Bill benefits that the American middle class was built on.

As evidenced by the many protesters in the “occupy” movement, many of them Millennials, will not cede the power of change to government without their consent and involvement. Because they are the most socially connected generation in history, those human and personal connections may far outweigh any political affiliation.

The current American congress is also preparing the most fertile ground for change in American history by doing almost nothing. In 2011, the U.S. Congress had their most futile and unproductive year in modern history passing 80 fewer bills than any other congress in modern American history since 1947. A Washington Time’s analysis revealed that time spent in both the house and senate produced fewer conference reports, fewer votes taken in either chamber and less time in debate.

In spite of issues critical to the American people such as health care, reducing unemployment, and addressing our sagging national economy, congress focused on a parallel set of priorities. They spent long hours naming post offices, ruminated over procedural protocols and largely extending existing laws.

The political inertia that has our country stalled will make it possible for Millennials to put our national focus where it rightly belongs. Talk to almost any Millennial and the first thing they will tell you is that they are very concerned about the environment. I believe that they will take this important priority in a direction that may well revolutionize America. Though others have already made energy independence a national priority, Germany has set a goal of majority independence from fossil fuels by 2050 and is in the process of closing all nuclear plants in the county after the tragedy in Japan. I believe America can still lead the world out of oil dependence and into millions of new energy focused jobs for Americans.

I am hoping that Millennials will no longer accept an America that rewards 1percent of its people with most of its riches. Some of the worst offenders may have to have to drag their bags of gold and go away.

Millennials will help to recreate an America where everyone can prosper based on their initiative and ability. I have a lot of faith in the Millennial Generation.

They will make America a better country, not because they are necessarily smarter, have more money or more technology available to them but because they care so much about their families, their friends, the environment and many other important issues.

Remember, all kids count.

Reach the writer at hurlburt@wilfblue.net.

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Supporting the revolution To the Valley News: Please consider this letter an applaud for the Denton editorial “We Need A Food Revolution!” The concept of creating supportive environments in which we make the healthiest choices the easiest choices is one supported by health professionals.

Most would agree individuals are responsible for the choices s/he makes. However the perspective that individuals are solely responsible for eating healthfully and getting plenty of activity not only puts a heavy burden on individual, but also does not take into consideration the context in which individuals live.

Research shows that places in which we live, work and play (homes, schools, work, stores, neighborhoods, etc) may either discourage or support health. Research shows that people are healthier when their convenient and grocery stores have abundant stocks of healthy and affordable food. Essex County Public Health (ECPH) currently has a grant called Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play in Essex County. This grant is the primary program funding source for ECPH to conduct chronic disease (obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer) prevention activities. Strategies are identified by the Centers for Disease Control and NYS Department of Health and implemented locally. Grant activities are environmental, policy, and systems based – populationwide – approaches to prevent chronic disease. They include accessibility of nutritious foods and opportunities for physical activity.

Specific to the need for a food revolution, action is occurring locally. In the past 1-½ years, this grant has provided seven Buy Local food racks in partnership with multiple farmers and local store owners; provided 50 Buy Local signs in partnership with Adirondack Harvest, farms, farms stands and stores; provided eight Farmers' Market signs in partnership Adirondack Harvest, and farmers' market coordinators; provided 5,000 Buy Local Food Guides highlighting local farms, farm stands, farmers markets and restaurants serving local produce; supported the creation of two new community gardens in partnership with local hosting organizations; and supported two community kitchen restoration projects. Over the next year Essex County Public Health will continue with ongoing support of four community gardens; establishing a process for gleaning and preserving foods for distribution at local venues in partnership with farmers, community kitchens and others; promote the use of SNAP and WIC dollars for the purchase of fruits and vegetables; increasing availability and visibility of fresh fruits and vegetables with farmers and local venues; creating and distributing a “Buy Local” Food Guide 2012; and implementing the “Fit Pix” incentive program at local venues.

Through the Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play grant Essex County Public Health has been a part of the food revolution. There is still much work to be done.

To learn more about the Creating Healthy Places in Essex County initiatives, visit www.co.essex.ny.us/PublicHealth.

Jessica Darney Buehler, Essex County Public Health

Greatful for donations To the Valley News: In this day and age when it seems so many of us are too busy to worry about anyone but ourselves and our immediate family, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Gretchen Boardman, for the incredible amount of joy she, her husband Dale and her sewing partners have created for the many people who have visited Elizabethtown Community Hospital this past year. The following is a list of the items that were given to persons coming and going through our hospital: 49 quilts 460 pillowcases includes (156 for mammograms and 52 for hunter screening) 147 tote bags 96 bags to tie onto walkers or wheelchairs 5 wall quilts 30 holiday mats 430 fabric covered small tissue packs 16 miscellaneous cloth items On behalf of the ECH Administration, Staff and Auxiliary as well as the all the lives you’ve touched, a great big THANK YOU!!!!!!!

The Auxiliary of ECH

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Dangers of K2 To the Valley News: Teens and parents should be aware of a dangerous new trend – a synthetic marijuana product commonly called K2 or Spice which can be purchased by teens legally and locally. We know that local teens are using K2 and we are very concerned. Please join our efforts to combat this drug in our community.

K2 is manufactured as incense or potpourri with the warning “not for human consumption” but marketed as a legal marijuana substitute. A synthetic THC chemical is added to produce a high similar to marijuana but with side effects including tachycardia (fast, racing heartbeat), seizures, hallucinations, paranoid behavior, non-responsiveness, heart attack and death.

The sale of K2 is legal in most US states, but banned in dozens of countries. The NY Senate passed legislation to ban the sale of K2 but the Assembly bill is currently stalled in committee. Please contact our local Assembly Member, Theresa Sayward, to express support for this bill. This can be done easily on the Assembly website – assembly.state.ny.us – or by calling her district office at 873-3803.

Since the sale of K2 is legal, it can be purchased by teens on the internet, at “head shops” and at some convenience stores, especially those frequented by trucker drivers as it is used by truck drivers to stay awake.

Please join us in our concern for the youth of our community by sharing this information with teens and their parents, and contacting Assembly Member Sayward. We also urge the local press to inform the public about this dangerous trend.

Arin Burdo Director, Elizabethtown Social Center David Wyant Reconnecting Youth Scott Hurlburt Youth Advocate Paul Pulsifer Chairperson, ELYC JoAnne Caswell Director, Families First Gail Tomkins President, ELCS PTSA Linda L. Beers Director, Essex County Public Health

Do The Right Thing!

To the Valley News: I keep hearing that the Democrats or Republicans are to blame for our country's troubles. I believe if we look in the mirror we will see who helped cause our problems.

Greed and corruption has infected our personal lives, the business, and financial sector. Look at the negative behaviors we ignore, shows we watch, the way an unborn child is sometimes treated, and the reckless manner we tend to handle our personal finances. As Samuel Adams wrote, “Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws can preserve the liberty and happiness of a people who are morally corrupt.” Is it any wonder our country and freedom is eroding away?

Why do we complain about politicians then elect the same type of people who simply tell us what we want to hear and not do what they promised? We fail to hold our representatives accountable for their actions, uncontrolled spending, and wasteful budgets, if they even bother to pass one. We have allowed them to become elitists and rulers, rather than representatives and leaders. They are completely out of touch with us. Because of the lack of term limits, they often serve themselves, getting rich as career politicians instead of serving those who elected them. We often vote for a party, and not for an individual's abilities, values, and integrity.

If you think our president, congress, or judicial system will fix our country's problems, you are in for a huge disappointment.

We are the only people who can restore our ethics and turn this country around, but it has to start with fixing ourselves first. It is our responsibility to be informed and to make wise decisions based on facts, and then take the time to be involved. It is up to us to do the right thing.

Jon Steeves Willsboro

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raper, Utah, is now on the map for something other than being the home of the main state peni-

tentiary.

The area of the state between the Utah and Salt Lake Valleys has been growing ever since I was out there, and with that comes the need for more housing, more infrastructure and, yes, more schools.

So, there is a new high school in Draper, called Corner Canyon

by Keith Lobdell High (part of the Canyon School District). Of course, along with the staffing and other educational needs, this place needs a mascot.

Sitting between Brigham Young University Cougar blue and University of Utah Running Ute red, the school held a contest among students to name the new school, and the Cougars won out.

Or did they?

After the results were tabulated, the Canyon School Board nixed the whole deal. There is no chance you can call your team that. Why? It may be offensive to middle age women.

(Don’t worry, this column will still be here after you pick yourself off the floor from laughing so hard you pass out — I speak from experience.)

I knew that the moniker of Running Ute was seen as offensive to some in the Native American community, even though the Ute Tribe has given its blessing to the name (this gets into the whole name changing thing, which is another topic I feel is ridiculous), but Cougars?

The only way that I see this as offensive is if when the student body presented their results, they came with a Sarah Jessica Parker mascot.

Seriously, everyone in the state of Utah knew that they were naming their school after the beloved BYU mascot, and I am sure that the first thought in the minds of anyone outside that state was of the mountain dwelling cat, not anything to do with a nickname that has been given to middle aged women on the dating scene.

It’s sensitivity out of control. It’s people thinking in terms of worse-case scenario and not with logic and common sense.

What’s next, no more “soccer moms,” which could now be “European football chaperones?”

It’s not just this. Recently, Aardman Animation decided to change a scene in its new movie “The Pirates!,” after a trailer was criticized for its depiction of lepers.

Here’s the setup: The main character (who is not depicted as the brightest tool in the shed) boards a ship at sea looking for treasure. After he inquires about the location of the treasure, he is informed that the boat is full of lepers, which is immediately followed by the arm of the leprous spokesman falling off to illustrate the point.

I’m sorry, but that is funny. It was not done to poke fun of lepers or harm them in any way. It’s a cartoon, and even though they look really cool now, they are not real, in case there was an issue thinking that they were.

Can you imagine what would have to be taken out of the classic Looney Tunes if they were made today? The Acme Company would have never existed, and Wile E Coyote would have never known the feel of an anvil aside the head.

Remember, it’s not real. Again, think of who will sue, not with logic.

And let’s be honest, the people who would actually make a ruckus over this, or maybe other ridiculous notions like trying to say that Harry Potter books are making kids worship the devil, are dealing in a fantasy of a fantasy world. Let me repeat: NONE OF THIS IS REAL!!!! There are no wizards at Hogwarts, there are no pirates or lepers that look like the ones in the CARTOON and Corner Canyon High School did not want to warm up to the theme song of “Hot in Cleveland” (trust me, I’ve never seen the show or heard the song, but there must be one, right?).

So come back to the real world, there’s plenty of room before the world comes to an end according to the Mayan calendar.

Keith Lobdell is the Editor of the Valley News.

He can be reached at keith@denpubs.com.

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Horse rescue receives $4,000 grant for rehab work very privileged to have been chosen by the ASPCA for this honor,” Van Weie said.

ASPCA Senior Director of Community relations, Jacque Shutlz, said the grant will help guarantee safety of horses housed at CMVHR. Shultz said the rescue was one of almost a hundred applicants for the grant, and was chosen for its dedication to rehabilitation of horses. As a firsttime applicant, Shultz saw how much work and dedication Van Weie and her partner at CMVHR, Eddie Mrozik, did for their horses.

“They are doing good work their for their horses and this grant will help guarantee a safe place for the animals to live,” Shultz said.

In May of 2002, Nancy Van Weie and Eddie Mrozik started CMVHR. They have worked tirelessly ever since to provide a safe and comfortable place for every horse they take in.

Ninety-four percent of all donations to the rescue go directly to the

care of horses and 6 percent goes to administration fees. The rescue is operated 100 percent on volunteer work. Mrozik manages the farm as a full-time volunteer. Van Weie dedicates as many as 40 hours per week to rescue efforts, and works full time at the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and The Adirondack Land Trust.

Van Weie said the financial support the ASPCA has given to the rescue is a great relief to helping the rescue continue to care for their 12 horses.

“We couldn’t thank them enough.

The aid will ensure each of our horses have a comfortable place to live,” Van Weie said.

Anyone interested in donating to the CMVHR can get in touch with Van Weie by email at horses@cmvhr.org or call CMVHR at 962-8512. For more information about the horses or volunteer opportunities at the rescue visit their website, www.cmvhr.org.

Quetant earns degree

Klein earns scholarship

Geneseo names Dean’s list

Neill earns bachelor’s

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Christopher Quetant of Lake Placid has earned a bachelor of science degree in sports management from Springfield College (Mass.) for studies completed in 2011.

UTICA — Mohawk Valley Community College celebrated the dedication and hard work of Andrew Murphy who completed an Associate in Science degree in LA&S: General Study.

The 2011 Fall Commencement was held on Thursday, Dec. 15, in the Robert R. Jorgensen Athletics/Event Center on the Utica Campus with some 194 MVCC students being invited to walk across stage for the conferral of associate degrees or certificates.

Murphy is from Keene.

GENESEO — The State University of New York at Geneseo has announced its Dean's List for the fall semester 2011. To be on the list, a student must have achieved a 3.5 grade point average while taking at least 12 credit hours.

Students on the list from this area are: Alexander Beideck and Brian Wolff from Saranac Lake.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Luke A. Neill of Saranac Lake received a bachelors degree in Biology within the College of Arts and Sciences during the 208th Commencement ceremonies at the University of Vermont, held in December.

The university conferred degrees on an estimated 394 graduates, including 324 bachelor's, 57 master's and post-baccalaureate certificate, and 13 doctoral degree recipients.

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WESTPORT—The Crane Mountain Valley Horse Rescue (CMVHR) recently received help to continue their aid to horses in need.

CMVHR was awarded a $4,000 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The grant will help the farm build fencing.

“With this grant we will be able to repair and extend our quarantine paddocks,” Nancy Van Weie, owner and operator of CMVHR said.

Quarantine paddocks are necessary for the safety of the horses at CMVHR when taking in a new horse.

Whenever the rescue takes in a new horse, the horse must be evaluated for at least a month. This quarantine guarantees the horse does not carry a contagious illness that could infect other horses and it is a time for the staff to observe any behavioral problems.

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Klein earns scholarship SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Franklin County resident has been awarded approximately $4,300 per year for the “All-American Scholarship” to attend Alfred State College.

Evan Klein of Saranac Lake is slated to graduate in 2012 from Saranac High School and intends to enroll in the architectural technology program.

The scholarship is awarded to students who possess an 88 or better high school average through their junior year and who have achieved at least a 1100 combined SAT score or a composite ACT score of 24. Recipients must maintain a required GPA (grade point average) to continue to receive free board in subsequent semesters.

New Platz names Dean’s list NEW PALTZ — The following local residents were named to the Dean's List at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the Fall 2011 semester.

Ashley Lavery of Lake Placid (Latin American Studies), Rachel Bullard of Saranac Lake (Painting), Travis Conway of Saranac Lake (Undeclared), Michael Conway of Wilmington (Sociology).

Dean's List designation is reserved for students who excel academically and earn at least a 3.3 grade point average in a semester.

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ROCHESTER — Nazareth College is proud to announce that Alexandra McFaddin of Lake Placid, has been named to the dean's list for the Fall 2011 semester. McFaddin is studying Mathematics at Nazareth.

Burgess on Dean’s list MANCHESTER, N.H. — Lauren E. Burgess, a English major, was named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2011 semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Burgess, a resident of Saranac Lake, is a member of the class of 2012. To be eligible for this honor, a student must compile a grade point average of 3.0 or better.

HVCC President’s list named TROY — Several local students were recently named to the President's List at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy.

Each fall and spring term, the college's President's List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0. Local students include: Rebecca White of Westport (Health Information Management and Technology), Kelly Thwaits of Jay (academic), Meghan Crowe of Wilmington (Physical Education Studies).

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The current resident of the rescue’s only quarantine paddock is Pops, a Belgian Draft Cross that came to the rescue in May 2010 after a gunshot wound to the back. Because the investigation into his injury isn’t closed, Pops remains the property of New York state and cannot be housed with other horses, Van Weie said.

“We’ve had to turn away horses that were in need because Pops must remain separate,” Van Weie said.

“We can’t take in new horses without quarantining them, it would put our horses at risk.”

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CATS adding staff WESTPORT — Champlain Area Trails has a job opening for an Administration and Communication Assistant.

“We want to build on our accomplishments by hiring someone to facilitate our daily operations and assist with written and web-based communication,” Chris Maron, Executive Director of CATS, said. “The new staff person will help us grow to the next level as we create trails that link Champlain Valley communities, connect people to nature, promote economic vitality, and protect habitat and scenic vistas.”

The position will initially be 10-12 hours per week. CATS may get a grant in April which would make this position 3035 hours per week. Applicants should send a resume to champlaintrails@gmail.com or CATS, PO Box 193, Westport, NY 12993. For more information, call 962-2287. Deadline for applications is February 10.

While the Town of Westport has put together a committee to look at the possibility of renovating the town hall/WADA building (left), the town is continuing to pay for repairs mandated by the state at its highway garage (above).

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Continued from page 1 nell said. “We have spent a ton of money in the last two months trying to get that building into compliance.”

Connell said that the town is currently working with engineers and an environmental testing firm to resolve some of the violations, which stem from the age of the building and some equipment.

“We have to replace a door, install new steps, we have concrete areas that are contaminated, we have to relocate electrical equipment — we are spending a lot of money on a very old building that will still not be able to meet our needs,” Connell said.

Connell said that he knew that the citations from the state were coming,

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She worked in Sportsman’s Diner for 19 years in Willsboro, and for the last few years, she has helped in the

something he had hinted to during the campaign to pass a bonding resolution to build a new municipal center near the site of the current town garage.

“All of the regulatory agencies have been back there and have now cited us, as we knew was going to happen,” Connell said. “That is why we are trying to be as pro-active as we can with the town hall, because now, without the consolidation grant, every penny that we spend will come from the town budget.”

Connell said that the committee looking into the town hall is being chaired by planning board frontman Bill Johnston and includes town councilmen Michael “Ike” Tyler and Daniel McCormick.

“I am looking to find out what it will entail to modernize the building in all

nutrition center at the senior center.

Her nephew, Ron Bruno, said Atkinson has lived independently for her whole life and still plans to do so when she leaves the hospital in a week.

ways, including heating, cooling, ventilation and insulation,” Johnston said.

“We need to look at ways the space we have can be used to better serve the needs of the town government, and I look forward to meeting with Ike and Dan to see what ideas they have.”

Johnston said that he hoped to have findings from the committee within six months, and that he was hoping members of the community would offer their suggestions.

“We will of course be looking for public input as we go through this process,” Johnston said.

“We want to see what Bill’s group comes up with, and then we will look for ways to finance it,” Connell said.

“We have been looking into it, but there is no money out there that we know of right now.”

“She will need some help with house and to help her with some things, but she wants to try and do it alone when she gets home,” Bruno said.

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“We wish her lots of happiness and joy and hope she’ll be around another 100 years,” Everleft said.

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will converge on Saranac Lake for its annual Winter Carnival for a week, as this year ’s theme is “Space Alien Invasion.”

And if an alien approaches you and asks, “Take me to your leader,” send him to Jeff Dickson, chairman of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee. He’s busy with the rest of his crew making final arrangements for this year ’s event. They are meeting for the final time before Carnival at 6 p.m.

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Winter Carnival buttons are for sale around the village for $3 each, with the design again being penned by Saranac Lake native Garry The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee poses for a group photo after their Jan. 25 meeting at the Saranac Lake High School.

Photo by Andy Flynn Trudeau, of the famed Foster, who reminded the committee that “Doonesbury” cartoon. While button sales village police officers are strictly enforcing have been down this year, committee memthis rule. bers are confident that sales will pick up The roller coaster weather pattern of once the aliens and alien-watchers arrive. warm and cold temperatures, rain and snow, This year, Winter Carnival Headquarters has caused the Ice Palace workers to start will once again be located at 141 River St., and stop construction several times since the building that was renovated for the they began working on Jan. 20. The Palace is Adirondack Business Center next to Lakethe centerpiece of the Winter Carnival and view Deli. HQ had been there two years ago the site of several events, including two firebut temporarily moved in 2011 to the Down works displays. The lighting of the palace Hill Grill building on Main Street before the will start at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. restaurant opened. Not as many people This year, the committee is looking for volfound the HQ there, and committee memunteers to be “Ice Palace Stewards.” bers hope the highly visible location across “In the past, we built the Ice Palace and the street from the Ice Palace will boost sales walked away,” said committee member and of their 2012 calendars, posters, old buttons Ice Palace ice carver Robin Johnson. and alien-themed masks, goggles and headIce Palace Stewards will guard the strucwear. It is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. ture from alien invaders, educate the public Volunteers are still needed to help the village police direct Gala Parade entrants to about the Ice Palace and the Winter Carnival, and spread EcoTraction so visitors won’t their lineup positions from 12 to 12:30 p.m. slip on the ice and snow.

Saturday, Feb. 11. The parade begins at 1 While the Winter Carnival king and queen p.m.

“You get to wear a bright, shiny (red) jack- will remain a secret until their coronation et that says, Winter Carnival,’” Dickson said. Friday night, Feb. 3, at least one member of There is still time to enter the Gala Parade, the court was announced ahead of time, the and applications are available at the cham- parade’s grand marshal, Ron Keough.

For more information, visit online at ber of commerce or on the Winter Carnival www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com or call website the chamber of commerce at 891-1990. (www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com).

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Winter games partner with C&S for second year

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com NORTH ELBA — C&S Companies again pledged their support for the Empire State Games with a donation to the program last week.

Doug Bauer of C&S presented North Elba Supervisor Robert “Roby” Politi with a check for $2,500 to go toward the 32nd annual winter sporting event during a Jan. 25 meeting.

The donation was the second in as many years for the engineering company that has worked with the town on the Lake Placid Airport, which stepped in as a main sponsor when the ESG lost state funding, requiring a grass-roots community campaign to fund the fourday winter sports spectacular.

“They have been a great partner in the development of our airport and we are very greatful for what they have done,” Politi said.

“They have been very supportive of the local community and local youth

Luge coach and former Empire State Games competitor Pat Anderson, North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi, Doug Bauer of C&S Companies, youth olympian and ESG competitor Raychel Germaine, Ben Johnson of C&S and Kimberly Fabend of C&S pose as Bauer presents Politi with a check for $2,500 towards the 32nd annual games.

Photo by Keith Lobdell sporting, including the games,” Jim McKenna, ROOST/Lake Placid CVB Director and ESG organizing committee head added.

The Empire State Winter Games are set to take place at sites in Lake Placid, Wilmington and Saranac Lake Feb. 2-5.

Youth Olympian returns for ESG keith@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — Growing up in Georgia didn’t mean Raychel Germaine didn’t know a thing or two about the sport of luge.

After all, her father was a member of the USA Luge team, and she had watched a lot of the competition before deciding to give it a try for herself.

That try led Germaine first to the Empire State Games, where she competed on the Mount Van Hoevenberg track, but also to Park City, Utah; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and most recently Innsbruck, Austria, as a member of the first Winter Youth Olympic Team USA. “It was really cool because I have never done anything like this in my life,” Germaine, who trains and stays at the Olympic Training Facility in Lake Placid, said. “This experience helps a lot as I look forward to going to the next level.”

As the Youth Olympics help her train for the next level of competition, she said that the Empire State Winter Games, in which she will compete this Sunday, Feb. 5, helped her to get to Innsbruck.

“The more experience you get and the more chances you have to race, that makes you better,” Germaine said.

“You learn how to race through events like this and they prepare you,” Pat Anderson, Germaine’s coach and another former ESG competitor, said.

The Empire State Winter Games run throughout this weekend in the Tri-Lakes region.

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SATURDAY, Feb. 4 Adaptive Alpine Clinic, Whiteface Mt. 10 a.m.

Cross Country The Loppet, Mt Van Hoevenberg, noon.

Ski jump, Intervale Complex, noon Nordic Combined, Mt Van Hoevenberg, 3 p.m.

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ECH chief promotes plan to help rural veterans’ clinics with docs

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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Elizabethtown Community Hospital Chief Executive Officer Rodney Boula has an idea that can help veterans, the Veteran’s Association and the rural hospitals that have the ability to serve both.

Boula recently sent proposal to local congressmen recommending that federally designated Critical Access Hospitals and Federal Qualified Health Centers be allowed to manage the veterans’ care in rural areas.

Boula’s proposal comes at a time when VA officials are looking to find a new doctor to staff their clinic in Westport and satellite office in Saranac Lake.

“Their plea is for a doctor with Agent Orange and Post-Traumatic War Syndrome, and I do not know where you are going to get a doctor in the North Country with that kind of experience,” Boula said. “That is something that should be used with the telemedicine facilities like they have at the Saranac Lake site.”

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ECH currently has telemedicine technology in its chemotherapy department and also uses the technology to communicate with Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vt., when it comes to stroke patients. Boula said that the grant will increase the capabilities within the hospital, as well.

“This will be all state-of-the-art systems that will connect us with the emergency rooms at Fletcher Allen and CVPH as well as to our health centers,” Boula said. “It’s not Skype, it’s all high definition and top of the field.”

Boula said that using telemedicine can help save costs for hospitals and patients alike.

doctors and facilities that are already in place in rural areas.

“We found that 80 to 85 percent of the patients that were being seen at the VA Clinic when it was at the hospital were also seeing our doctors for their primary care,” Boula said. “The infrastructure is here, why not make it work? I am looking at it as a way to help the vet and do what is best for the vet.”

Boula said that, by using federally credentialed hospitals and health centers, veterans would also be able to stay closer to home and not have to make the long trip to Albany as often, even less where the use of telemedicine is implemented.

“If you have needs that our people can’t provide, then you connect with Albany or even Walter Reed to get those people with that expertise,” Boula said. “There will still be services that we can’t provide, and then they would have to go to Albany. What I am proposing is an option for them to consider in order to help the veterans in our area.”

Boula said that he would be open to being the test case for a potential use of his proposal by the VA because he felt the idea could benefit all parties involved.

“To me, it’s a win-win situation,” he said.

“Patients that have worked with the system that we have are pleased with it,” he said. “These are all ways to cut down on the transports and driving for the patients. We can do emergency room to emergency room using telemedicine and get a consultation through that, then everyone saves.”

Along with providing telemedicine services to the hospital as well as the health centers in Wilmington, Westport, the Smith House and the Elizabethtown Community Health Center, Boula also said that they will have a station that will be placed at the Essex County Jail in Lewis.

“We provide physicians and nurses to the jail now, and this would be something that would help us utilize the physicians time more efficiently while cutting down on costs for the county,” Boula said. “It’s a program that can be a win for all sides.”

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February 4, 2012

Keeseville couple’s deaths ruled as a double suicide

Mildred (Howard) McLean, 91 Sept. 17, 1920 - Jan. 23, 2012 GANSEVOORT — Mildred (Howard) McLean, 91, of Gansevoort, NY, passed away after a long illness at the Stanton Nursing Home in Glens Falls on Jan. 23, 2012.

Mildred was born and raised in Jay; she was the daughter of the late William and Nellie (Wood) Howard. Their farm was the property currently known as “Howard Heights.” After her mother's death in 1941, she moved with her father to Lake Placid, living with and caring for him until his death in 1957.

Mildred worked for Bell Telephone in Lake Placid as a switchboard operator for 17 years. She transferred her service to Glens Falls in 1967, retiring with a total of 31 years of service.

She met William McLean in Glens Falls in 1967.

While they had never met, they discovered they had lived within 25 miles of each other all their lives. She and Bill were married in November of 1968. Bill died in 1993 after almost 25 years together.

Services were scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Carleton Funeral Home in Hudson Falls. Calling hours started at 10 a.m., with the service at 11.

Additionally, a memorial service will take place at the Whiteface United Methodist Church in Wilmington in the spring, the date as yet undetermined.

Interment in the Jay Cemetery will follow immediately afterward.

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KEESEVILLE— The death of a Keeseville couple has been ruled as a double suicide.

The deaths of Anthony W. Kusalonis, 54, and Teresa L. Fleury, 49, were caused by self inflicted gunshot wounds to the head at their 23 Hollywood Ave. home, according to a release by the Plattsburgh-based State Police.

State Police were called to the home

Kusalonis and Fluery shared on Jan. 28 at 7:06 p.m. Troopers discovered Kusalonis lying in the front yard with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police later entered the trailer and found Fleury dead.

Two handguns were recovered from the scene located next to each victim. State Police Lt. Scott Heggelke said the investigation included interviews and forensic evidence.

Police received a call from a relative of Kusalonis who had completed suicide minutes before his relative arrived at the Hollywood Ave, home, according to Heggelke.

Autopsies were performed at the Adirondack Medical Center on Jan. 29 by Dr. Jolie

Rodriguez. Essex County Coroner Kelly Valentine ruled the manner of deaths as suicide.

Suicide help If you are considering suicide or know someone who is, you can call the following numbers for help.

The toll-free Clinton County suicide hotline number is (866) 577-3836. Out-of-county calls are accepted but other options are: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, (800) 273-TALK (8255).

The Essex County Mental Health Association Hope Line, (800) 440-8074.

Birth notices The following are births reported at Adirondack Medical Center in the month of December: HARVEY—a daughter, Kayla Shea, was born Dec. 2, 2011 at 10:43 p.m. weighing 6 lbs. and 8 oz. to Nissa and Eric Harvey of Saranac Lake.

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ESG Torch Run started in E-town ELIZABETHTOWN — With the countdown beginning to the 2012 Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) in the Lake Placid Adirondack region, event organizers have announced a torch run, supported by Stewart’s Shops, will be held Feb. 1-2.

The iconic prelude to these Games will begin in Elizabethtown on Wednesday, Feb. 1, and will conclude at the 6 p.m.

Opening Ceremony in the Lake Placid Olympic Center on Thursday night, Feb. 2.

Saranac Lake Village Clerk Kareen Tyler, the volunteer coordinator of the torch run since last year ’s debut, announced Tuesday that the event will start at the Stewart’s Shop in Elizabethtown at 9:15 a.m.

“Fans of the ESWG, families of runners and Games athletes, and other supporters are encouraged to cheer the torch runners as the make their way through the area,” Tyler said.

From Elizabethtown, the torch will run up and over Route 9N / Spruce Hill to the Route 73 intersection, where it will turn left onto Route 73 and proceed to Marcy Field beThe 2012 Empire State Winter Games Torch Run will again start in Eliztween Keene and Keene Valley. abethtown Feb. 1 and continue to the opening cermonies the next Afterward, the torch run day.

Photo by Keith Lobdell will advance to the Stewart’s Shop in Keene. After a brief rest for “re-fu- Route 3 at 3:10 p.m. The Saranac Lake Stewart’s Shop on Bloomingdale Avenue will eling” with hot chocolate and cookies, the host the torch at 3:45 p.m. At 4:15 p.m., it will torch moves to Ausable, Jay, the bus dropstop at the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice off at Steinhoff ’s on Route 86 outside WilmPalace on River Street. ington, and finally to the Wilmington Youth With anticipation building for the OpenCenter on Springfield Road where the day’s ing Ceremony in the 1980 Herb Brooks Areactivities will culminate. na, the torch run will resume at 5:30 p.m. at On Thursday, Feb. 2, the torch run will rethe Stewart’s Shop on Main Street in Lake sume at 2:40 p.m. at the Mount Pisgah RecrePlacid, followed by the 6 p.m. entry into the ation Center in Saranac Lake. It will be carceremony site. ried to the Dewey Mountain Ski Center off

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Camp scholarships available

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Families First is pleased to announce the availability of two camp scholarships to Brantwood Camp in New Hampshire for the summer of 2012.

Brantwood Camp is open to boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 15, with 15-year olds accepted on an invitational basis. The camp hosts three summer terms, each lasting sixteen days.

Scholarships will be funded from the Jamie Paul Clark/Brantwood Camp Memorial Fund.

Jamie Paul Clark, a long term resident of Westport, passed away in January 2011. Clark was known for his local philanthropy, supporting many Essex County organizations generously, including Families First. Brantwood alumni friends George Topka and John Marshall collaborated with Families First to establish the scholarship in Jamie’s name, partnering two organizations dear to Jamie’s heart and providing scholarships to Essex County youth.

If you know of a boy or girl interested in a summer camp experience in New Hampshire, please contact Anne Griffin, Development Director at Families First, 873-9544. For information on Brantwood Camp visit their website at www.brantwood.org Camp applications must be submitted by April 1, through Families First as the sponsoring agency.

LAKE PLACID — Alegria Garden Cafe – located at 2375 Saranac Ave., Lake Placid invites you to the Essex County Business Council Business After Hours on Feb. 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Essex County Business Council is a division of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. If you are not yet a member of the ECBC or any partner members, please contact us for a guest pass. Admission is $2.

For more information, or to make reservations, please call Arlene at 523-2445 Ext. 133.

McKibben to speak at ADK LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is presenting a special program, “Bill McKibben: Notes from the Front of the Climate Fight.” Join McKibben, author and co-founder of 350.org, as he talks about the movement to solve the climate crisis. Find out what the world is doing to address this issue.

This presentation will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. at ADK’s High Peaks Information Center, located at Heart Lake in Lake Placid. This presentation is free and open to the public.

Housing meeting set in Lewis ELIZABETHTOWN — The Town of Lewis will be holding a public informational meeting to discuss the recently funded Lewis Housing Rehabilitation Program at the Lewis Town Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. Lewis was recently awarded a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant from the NYS Office of Community Renewal to assist low and moderate income households with necessary home repairs.

Representatives from the Housing Assistance Program of Essex County (HAPEC) will be on hand to give an overview of the program. The program will take place over the next two years. Applications will be available for Town of Lewis homeowners who have not already applied. For further information call HAPEC at 873-6888.

Board of Education to meet ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Board of Education will hold it’s regular meeting Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 at 6 p.m.in the conference room.

Proposed agenda items will be presentations by the “Green Team” and 2-percent cap update by Ron Clamser along with routine Board business. All are welcome.

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Hard work pays off for Pats’ Douglass with 1,000-point milestone AVCS all-time scoring record within reach

By Tim Follos

denpubs@denpubs.com C L I N TO N V I L L E — B ro d y D o u glass became the third varsity bask e t b a l l p l a y e r i n A u S a b l e Va l l e y C e n t r a l S c h o o l h i s t o r y t o s c o re 1,000 points on Jan. 24, as his Patriots upended the Ticonderoga Sentinels, 64-27, in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference action.

Douglass is the first Patriot to reach the milestone since 1996.

Douglass tallied the five points h e n e e d e d t o re a c h 1 , 0 0 0 e a r l y i n the first quarter. The senior led a Patriot charge for a coast-to-coast layup, then batted away the ensui n g i n - b o u n d s p a s s , g a t h e re d t h e b a s k e t b a l l , m a d e a n o t h e r s t ro n g move to the ho o p and hi t a s ho r t jumper while being fouled. Doug l a s s s w i s h e d t h e re s u l t i n g f re e t h ro w, t r i g g e r i n g a p a u s e i n p l a y and an ovation from an audience he c a l l e d , “ t h e b i g g e s t h o m e c ro w d I’ve ever played in front of.”

In the second quarter, the pointf o r w a rd t h re w d o w n h i s , “ f i r s t dunk as a Patriot” to put his team up 41-7.

“Scoring 1,000 points means a lot to me,” he said. “It shows all the work I’ve put in. I’ve played AAU basketball since I was 11. I probably play basketball eight or nine months out of the year.”

“Growing up, he was always in the gym,” said AuSable coach Jamie D o u g l a s s , B ro d y ’ s u n c l e , w h o l e t him attend varsity practices as a child. “I always expected him to be good, and he always expected himself to be even better. He plays hard every night, and the fans see him, but they don’t realize that he practices that hard, and by practicing t h a t h a rd h e ’ s m a k i n g s o m e b o d y that he’s practicing against a better player. He and Shane (Douglas) go at each other, and it’s made Shane a better player, and everybody feeds off it.”

Though Brody is one of the most proficient scorers in school history (the all-time record of 1,151 points was set by John Nixon), it’s the fact that he strives to be a complete bas-

ketball player that has the Patriots in the hunt for a championship.

“The most important part of his game is his willingness to share the basketball – to do whatever it takes to win,” his coach said. “He constantly looks for the easier pass and the easier shot. His court vision is outstanding. When he’s dribbling he’s always looking for the guy in front. He’s led this team and he’s got them to buy into being unselfish. It’s a great team effort.”

“You have to be unselfish: When you get other people involved it m a k e s e v e r y o n e m o re p a s s i o n a t e about the game,” Brody said. “We don’t care has the most points. We c a re t h a t w e w i n . T h a t ’ s a l l t h a t matters to us.”

The Patriots improved to 9-0 in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conf e re n c e w i t h t h e w i n o v e r Ti c o n deroga. Shane Douglas led AuSable with 18 points in the contest, Nick Rhino had 17, Brody finished with 16, John Hickey and Connor Manning added four apiece, and Nate Casey and Austin Depo dropped in three and two, respectively.

Brody Douglass scored his 1,000th career varsity point against Ticonderoga Jan. 24.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

AuSable Valley Patriots

Lake Placid Blue Bombers

Cammey Keyser scored seven points during the Patriots two game stretch this past week.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

Wrestling NAC 81, AVCS 3

Dylan Baker scored a 4-2 decision to score the lone three points of the night for the Patriots Jan. 25.

Girls Basketball AVCS 45. Saranac Lake 37 Danielle Balestrini looks to get away from a pair of Moriah defenders.

Girls Basketball Chazy 39, Lake Placid 33

Danielle Balestrini scored 16 points for the Lady Blue Bombers Jan. 24, while Chloe Uebrick added 6, Kelsey Taylor 4, Haley Brandes 3, Ayla Thompson 2 and Hannah Potter 2.

Peru 43, Lake Placid 29

Ayla Thompson scored 8 points for the Lady Blue Bombers, while Danielle Balestrini added 7, Hannah Potter 6, Chloe Uebrick 4, Haley Brandes 2 and Sarah Kaltenbach 2.

Photo by Nancy Frasier

Moriah 51, Lake Placid 33

Danielle Balestrini scored 15 points to pace the Lady Blue Bombers offense Jan. 30, while Haley Brandes scored 8, Hannah Potter 6, Kelsey Taylor 4 and Rebecca Smith 2.

Girls Hockey Lake Placid 2, Massena 2

Samantha Barney scored the equalizer for the Lady Blue Bombers as they tied Massena Jan. 30. Brook Reid opened the scoring for the Bombers, while Emily Godin had an assist. Tanner Stanton made 11 saves in the draw.

Alexis Facteau scored 19 points to lead the Lady Patriots past the Lady Red Storm Jan. 26. Meghan Strong added 10 points, while Taylor Saltus scored 9, Cammey Keyser 4 and Madison Rondeau 3.

AVCS 56, Ticonderoga 26

Meghan Strong paced the Lady Patriots with 15 points in defeating the Lady Sentinels Jan. 30. Taylor Saltus and Alexis Facteau each scored 13 points, while Madison Rondeau scored 6, Cammey Keyser 3, Haley Taylor 2, Courtney Roy 2 and Sam Loreman 2.

Bowling AVCS 9-3, Ticonderoga 1-1

Mike McDonald had a 507 series and Josh Taylor added a 478 for the Patriots

boys team in a win Jan. 27, while Kaitlynn Sousis rolled a 414 series for the girls.

Indoor Track and Field

The AuSable Valley boys indoor track and field team finished in fourth place and the girls team finished in sixth during the Jan. 28 meet at Plattsburgh State.

Paul Ford scored a win in he high jump and a second place finish in the 55-meter hurdles. James Rock was first in the long jump and third in the 55-meter dash.

The 3,200 relay team of Josh Ducharme, Hunter Guennel, Noah Lawrence and Brandon Ruocco finished fourth, as did the 640 relay team of Ford, Jonathan LaDieu, Ridge Perkett and Rock.

In the girls meet, Raychel Agoney finished second in the triple jump, with Amanda Hamilton placing third in the 55meter hurdles and the long jump. Leann Cook and Ashlee Estes finished tied for third in the high jump, while Estes finished fourth in the 300 and fifth in the 55.

Maranda Rock was sixth in the 1,000, with Haley Passino finishing in seventh, Rock also finished eighth in the 1,500. Rebecca Newell was seventh in the shot put.

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Westport Eagles

Saranac Lake Red Storm

Willa McKinley scored 21 points against Willsboro.

Girls Basketball

Photo by Keith Lobdell

licia Kurth 2 and Karlee McGee 2.

Westport 64, Willsboro 32 Megan Kilroy scored 11 points against the AuSable Valley Patriots.

Girls Basketball AVCS 45, Saranac Lake 37

Megan Kilroy scored 11 points for the Lady Red Storm Jan. 26, while Megan Moody scored 10, Nicole Viscardo 8, Regan Kieffer 5, Marissa Farmer 2 and Jazzmyn Tuthill 1.

Indoor Track and Field

Vanessa Salamy scored a win in the 55hurdles and teams with Selena Baillargeon, Chelsea LaFountain and Jacinda Riggs to win the 640 relay. Nicky Trudeau

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also scored a win in the 300. Alex Beadoin scored wins in the 55 and 300 for the boys team.

Willa McKinley scored 21 points as the Lady Eagles scored a decisive win against the Lady Warriors Jan. 26. Allison Sherman added 14 points, while Mallory Sudduth scored 8, Brendee Russell 6, Delany Sears 4, Karin Dorsey 4, Sarah Looby 3, Fe-

Boys Basketball Willsboro 50, Westport 26

Gabe Schrauff scored 10 points for the Eagles Jan. 27, while Ryan Davis scored 8, Jack Newberry 4, Domanic Banish 2 and Ethan Markwica 2.

Girls Hockey Saranac Lake 3, Salmon River 2, OT

Mackenzie Cotter scored the game-winner in overtime as the Lady Red Storm scored a win Jan. 30. Kate Stevens and McKayla Duffy also tallied for the Red Storm, while Bridgit Sullivan, Jane Swatz, Kennedy Snyder, Jillian Martin and Maggie Darrah all had assists. Katie Snyder made 28 saves in the win.

Willsboro Warriors

Keene Beavers

Nick Ball shoots a free throw as Brandon Porter watches.

Girls Basketball Westport 64, Willsboro 32 Emma Gothner had four points against Minerva/Newcomb.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

Girls Basketball M/NCS 39, Keene 27

Tucker Geiger scored 11 points for the Lady Beavers against the Lady Mountaineers Jan. 30, while Anna Kowanko, Olivia Jaques and Emma Gothner each scored 4. Hannah McCabe and Sadie Holbrook added 2 points each.

Kyli Swires scored 12 points for the Lady Warriors Jan. 26, while Serene Holland scored 10, Hannah Bruno 6 and Karin Buck 4.

Bowling Willsboro 10-3, Moriah 0-1

Tyler Bridge had a 594 series and Jeff Bigelow added a 554 as the Warriors boys

Photo by Keith Lobdell

team scored a sweep against the Vikings Jan. 27. Gabi Yeager had a 538 series for the girls squad.

Boys Basketball Willsboro 50, Westport 26

Nick Ball scored 13 points and Clay Sherman added 12 as the Warriors scored a win against the Eagles Jan. 27. Dakota Sayward added 7 points, while Brandon Porter scored 6, Walker Lobdell 6, Clayton Cross 4 and John Hubbard 2.

Photo galleries from high school sports events can be found online at www.thevalleynews.org/photos/galleries/sets/sports/

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Cat talk on a cold day L

ast week, I traveled to Whallonsburg to attend a lecture on bobcats in the Adirondacks. By the time I arrived, there were over 50 cars in the small lot, and the Grange Hall was nearly filled to capacity. There is no doubt about it, Adirondackers are curious about their cats.

The event featured renowned tracker and naturalist, Sue Morse, who offered an educational and entertaining program, which combined personal observations with hard science, along with a mix of animal calls and extraordinary photography.

The purpose of the program was to familiarize the audience with one of the region's most elusive creatures, the bobcat, and the extraordinary landscape it calls home.

The event was sponsored by the Northeast Wilderness Trust, a Vermont-based organization responsible for conserving over 8,500 acres of wild lands throughout the northeast, since 2002.

Although the organization has maintained a relatively low profile in the Adirondacks, their mission involves a comprehensive effort to create and conserve a series of linked wild lands that will permit wildlife to reestablish migration corridors throughout the vast, Northern Forest, which encompasses existing boreal forest tracts from New York to Maine and beyond into Canada.

The concept of a 'wildway' is based on the science of wildlife corridors, which have been verified by observtion of the annual migrations of numerous species,ranging from birds to fish to game animals.

In a sense, the fish-ladder on the Boquet River at Willsboro is a wildway. The structure was established to allow landlocked Atlantic Salmon to utilize traditional migration routes to access their historic spawning grounds upstream.

After the combination of mill dams, poor water quality, and overfishing had essentially extripated the species from most area rivers by the late 1960’s, an aggressive, restocking program, combined with major cleanup efforts and a new fishladder allowed the king of sportfish to pass beyond the remnants of an old mill dam to return to their historic upstream domain.

The proposed, Split Rock Wildway is a wildlife corridor which is intended to link the Split Rock Wild Forest and the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area to the Champlain Valley and Lake Champlain. The Wildway will incorporate a diversity of natural communities in the northern forest ecosystem, including a variety of forests, rivers, wetlands, floodplains, and sub-alpine flora.

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” — Robert Louis Stevenson.

The wildway will incorporate numerous major flyways for hawk, songbirds, and waterfowl as well as habitat for a variety of wildlife, including mink, otter, beaver, whitetail deer, fisher and bobcats, as well as the northernmost population of eastern timber rattlesnakes. According to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, a majority of the lands proposed for the Wildway are currently in private hands, and at risk of subdivision and habitate fragmentation.

Unfortunately, land preservation is a very unpopular topic in the Adirondacks. In fact, in many circles, it is an outright abomination. However, the concept of preserving, and enhancing wildlife habitate is not a foreign language to most sportsmen and women. Surely, it is not a dirty word among the birders, wildlife watchers, and the other 93 percent of travelers who continue to regularly travel and spend their hard-earned money in our neck of the woods.

Certainly there are going to be critics, naysayers and non-believers who will cast doubt on the concept of megalinks and wildlife corridors. Who’s going to believe that moose, bear, deer or wildcats, are going to return to follow in the tracks of their forebears. It’s plain foolish, non-

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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.

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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.

Website: www.thebridgekeeseville.com Email: vikki@thebridgekeeseville.com LAKE PLACID New Hope Christian Fellowship Church - 207 Station St., Lake Placid, NY. A full gospel church. Rev. Richard Ducatt, pastor. Services are Sunday 10a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Fellowship prayer, Tuesday 6:30 p.m. and Thursday Bible Study. Once a month covered dish after Sunday morning service. Child care available Sunday & Thursday.

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Wild areas attract wildlife, and the wild characters that seek to hunt them in such surroundings. sense! Or is it?

In just the past two years, wildlife biologists have confirmed the presence of wild mountain and wild wolf having returned to the region. For unknown reasons, truly wild lands have a real tendency to attract truly wild animals.

Ask a dedicated whitetail hunter to explain why deer are always taken from the same,‘Farthest Lost Runway’ where their great grandad, grandad and father all shot their ’s. Or ask a trapper why he places his sets in a natural funnel between two brooks, or ask a duck hunter why he returns to the trapper familiar section of the big marsh year after year.

They learn from observation, and so do creatures of the wild. Bears have generational trails to food sources such as berry patches or cherry trees, which their cubs learn to follow, and so on and so on. These are just a few of the links in corridors which had been established well before country roads, interstates or even hiking trails intruded on nature’s way.

When moose first began to venture into New York state back in the late 1970's, they didn’t simply walk across the Champlain Bridge, or take the Essex Ferry. They did what every previous generation of moose had done, they swam across the lake.

Megalinks and corridor restoration efforts are largely a concept foreign to man. The effort does not ask man to, “Build it and they will come,” rather it implores, “Don’t build it, so they’ll have room to come.”

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

Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

a.m., led by the Reverand Ann S. Giallard, www.stlukessaranaclake.org High Peaks Church - A Bible-believing, non-denominational church. 97 Will Rogers Drive, Saranac Lake, 891-3255 Saranac Lake Baptist Church - 490 Broadway, Saranac Lake, 891-5473 First United Methodist Church - 63 Church Street, Saranac Lake, 891-3473 Adirondack Alliance Church - 72 Canaras Ave., SL, 8911383. Sharing the hope of Christ, building relationships with god. Sunday worship 10:00 a.m. with nursery care available.

First Presbyterian Church PC(USA) - 57 Church Sreet, Saranac Lake, NY, 518-891-3401, Rev. Joann White. All Are Welcome Here! 9:45am Sunday Worship. Sunday School for All Ages.

Nursery Care. 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study.

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.

518-891-5262. Services on Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m. followed by coffee hour. Sunday School available.

TUPPER LAKE United Community Church - 25 High Street, Tupper Lake, 359-9810 Holy Name Catholic Church - 114 Main Street, Tupper Lake, 359-9194 St. Alphonsus Church - 48 Wawbeek Avenue, Tupper Lake, 359-3405.

St. Thomas Episcopal - 8 Brentwood Ave, Tupper Lake 359-9786 WADHAMS United Church of Christ - Sunday worship celebration at Noon, Pastor Leon Hebrink. 962-8293 *For other ministry & discipleship opportunities see the Westport Federated Church schedule.

WESTPORT Federated Church - Main Street Westport: Saturday Evening ‘Praise, Word & Prayer’ Service, 5 p.m.

Sunday morning Worship Celebration, 9:00 a.m. plus Children’s Church; Bible Study 10:15 a.m.

Thursday evening parsonage book & bible discussion, 6:30 p.m.; Choir Rehearsal, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. 962-8293. www.westptchurch.com Pastor Leon Hebrink, “Following Jesus in the company of friends.”

Westport Bible Church - 24 Youngs Road. 962-8247.

Pastor Dick Hoff. Sunday Morning Worship 9:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday Night Prayer 7 p.m.; Teen Club Saturday 6 p.m.; Olympian Club Sunday

5:30 p.m. (Sept. - May) Email: westportbiblech@westelcom.com St. Philip Neri Catholic Church - 6603 Main St., Father Peter Riani, Pastor. Residence, 873-6760. Mass schedule: Sun., 8:30 a.m. Weekdays: consult bulletin. Email: allrises@westelcom.com WILLSBORO Congregational United Church of Christ - 3799 Main Street, P.O. Box 714. Worship and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Pastor Jan Jorgensen, church: 518-963-4048, home: (514) 721-8420. pastorjorgensen@gmail.com United Methodist Church - Rt. 22. 963-7931. Sunday Worship Services 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9:30 a.m. After school religous education program 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. on Thursdays (Only when school is in session) St. Philip of Jesus Catholic Church - 3746 Main Street.

963-4524. Father Joe Elliott, Pastor.

Saturday Mass at 4 p.m. & Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:15 p.m.; Sunday 9:15 a.m.

WILMINGTON Calvary Baptist Church - Rt. 86. 946-2482. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. (classes for all ages); Morning Worship 11 a.m. & Evening Service 7 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p.m.

St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church - Mass Sat. 6 p.m., Sun. 7:30 a.m. Rev. Kris Lauzon - Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Confessions 5:15 p.m. 5:45 p.m.

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.

Wilmington Church of the Nazarene - Wilmington, NY. 946-7708. Bob Hess, Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship Service - 11 a.m.; Wednesday - Night Teen Group 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., Bible Study - Every Tuesday with Potluck at 6:00 p.m. and Bible Study at 7 p.m. Church Office hours - Tues. - Thurs. in the a.m. www.wilmingtonnazarene.org 1-28-12 • 20898

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Loppet moved to March

Friday.Feb.3.

Monday.Feb.6.

TUPPER LAKE—Animal Architects, Flamers Theater, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1p.m.

LAKE PLACID —Mardi Gras Night with Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience performance, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. $16 in advance, and $18 at the door, 7:30 p.m. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

SARANAC LAKE— The Alexis P. Suter Band performs, The Waterhole, 48 Main St. 10 p.m. $10 for advance tickets, $12 day of the show.

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

Saturday.Feb.4.

JAY —Olive and the Branch Susan Richards performance, Amos and Julia Ward Theatre, Route 9N, 7 p.m.

ELIZABETHTOWN— Violinist Katherine Winterstein, and pianist Rose Chancler in Concert, Hand House, 8273 River St. 7 p.m. 962-2949, www.pianobynature.org.

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

LAKE PLACID —The Rotten Apple performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 7 p.m. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

Sunday.Feb.5.

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

LAKE PLACID —The Rotten Apple performed, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. 3 p.m. 523-2512, www.LakePlacidArts.org.

ELIZABETHTOWN— Violinist Katherine Winterstein, and pianist Rose Chancler in Concert, Hand House, 8273 River St. 3 p.m. 962-2949, www.pianobynature.org.

ELIZABETHTOWN—Four Chaplin Sunday, Church of Good Shepherd Parish Hall, WIlliam St. noon

Tuesday.Feb.7.

KEESEVILLE—Open archery shooting, The Chesterfield Fish and Game Club, 359 Green St. 7-10 P.M. Open to all ages. 643-8754 or 643-2651.

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

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.8.

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

LAKE PLACID —Chefs and Farmers with Chef David Hunt, Generations Restaurant, 2553 Mirror Lake Dr, 9:30 a.m.

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

Thursday.Feb.9.

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

WILLSBORO — Registration for the Willsboro Chapter of the Adirondack Barkeaters U19 Boys and Girls Rugby Football Club will take place Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Willsboro Visitor's Center. No experience necessary. All area (Champlain to Moriah) teenage boys and girls are eligible.

SARANAC LAKE—"Fringe Night,” Artist Showcase, Bluseed Studios, 24 Cedar St. 6-9 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Due to the current snow conditions, the 30th Lake Placid Loppet has been postponed from Feb. 3-4 to March 9-10.

The Lake Placid Loppet has established itself as one of the best events of its kind in the country.

Since 1981, thousands of skiers have enjoyed skiing and racing on the challenging Mt. Van Hoevenberg trails at the Olympic Sports Complex. The updated Lake Placid Loppet schedule, http://www.whiteface.com/events/lop.php.

Heilman to present at series WILLSBORO — The third annual “Cabin Fever” lecture series will host discussions based on photography, storytelling, history and farming, all set in the Adirondacks. The series will start on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. with photographer Carl Heilman, who will talk about his “I am the Adirondacks” digital production.

Exercise classes offered ELIZABETHTOWN — The following osteoporosis exercise classes are held weekly at the following locations. If you are interested in joining the free classes, please contact RSVP at 546-3565 or email us at RSVP@Logical.net: •Keene: Mondays at 11:30 a.m. at the Community Center; •Elizabethtown: Thursdays at 10 a.m. at the Hand House; •Ticonderoga: Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. at Interlakes Health Care;

•Willsboro: Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. at the Willsboro Congregational Church.

Harvest event planned LAKE PLACID — On Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 9:30 a.m. Chef David Hunt of Generations Restaurant in Lake Placid, in conjunction with Adirondack Harvest, will host a gathering of chefs and farmers.

This meeting will encourage culinary and agricultural connections resulting in more Adirondack-grown food served in local restaurants. It is open to all regional chefs and growers interested in learning more about making these connections.

For more information call 518-962-4810 x 404.

Rehab program meeting set WILLSBORO — The Town of Willsboro will be holding a public informational meeting to discuss the recently funded Willsboro Housing Rehabilitation Program at the Willsboro Community Center on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m.

Willsboro was recently awarded a $400,000 NYS Community Development Block Grant from the NYS Office of Community Renewal to assist low and moderate income households with necessary home repairs. Representatives from the Housing Assistance Program of Essex County (HAPEC) will be on hand to give an overview of the program, which will take place over the next two years. Applications will be available for Willsboro homeowners who have not already applied. For further information, call HAPEC at 873-6888.

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This Month in History - FEBRUARY 3rd - Rock singers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash. (1959) 6th - The board game Monopoly first went on sale.(1935) 6th - Astronaut Alan Shepard hits three golf balls on the moon. (1971) 8th - The Boy Scouts were founded. (1910)

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The Youth Advocate Program is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

REAL ESTATE WARD LUMBER IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR

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LEGALS Valley News Legal Deadline Monday @ 3:00pm Please Send Legals

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VINDICATOR VINEYARD LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/31/11.

Office location: Essex County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: South Farm 44 Farm Way, Essex, NY 12936.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

VN-12/31-2/4/12-6TC20861 ----------------------------NOTICE

OF

THE FOLLOWING FULL-TIME POSITIONS: • PLANT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR • LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT SALES • FEED/INTERNET SALES • LUMBER SORTER • PLANER MILL LABORER

Ward Lumber offers competitive wages, benefits & incentive plans including 401K sign on bonus.

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Applications can be dropped off at our Jay location: 697 Glen Road Jay, NY 12941 or fill out application online at: www.wardlumber.com Print, sign and fax to: (518) 946-2188 or mail to: 697 Glen Rd., Jay, NY 12941 Or email application to: payroll@wardlumber.com

FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC): Name: BARNBOY SKIS, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on 12/06/2011. Office location: Essex County. The "SSNY" is designated as agent of the "LLC" upon whom process against it may be served. "SSNY" shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at" BARNBOY SKIS, LLC, PO Box 17, Westport, N.Y. 12993 VN-12/31-2/4/12-6TC20868 ----------------------------RESAGONIA LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/10/11.

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, 3921 Shearwater Dr.,

Jupiter, FL 33477.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

VN-1/7-2/11/12-6TC20931 ----------------------------P R I M E S U S TA I N A B L E BUILDERS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/7/11. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 84, Elizabethtown, NY 12932. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business location: 7573 Court St., Elizabethtown, NY 12932.

VN-1/7-2/11/12-6TC20958 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ( LLC ) Name: BARBER YARDCARE LLC Articles of Organiza-

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Excellent benefits include generous paid leave, retirement, medical/dental/life benefits. Must have valid NYS driver’s license with three yrs. driving experience.

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tion filed with the Secretary of State of New York ( SSNY ) on December 20, 2011 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 389 Soper Rd, Keeseville, NY 12944 VN-1/7-2/11/12-6TC20963 ----------------------------NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WILSON FAMILY PROPERTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/11. Office location: Essex County.

Princ. office of LLC: 163 E. Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ.

Send resume with cover letter to: Patty Fortier-Stoll, Nursing Director, The Adirondack Arc, 12 Mohawk Street, Tupper Lake, NY 12986 or for an application, call (518) 359-3351, ext. 100.

EOE 33004 office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-1/14-2/18/12-6TC20976 ----------------------------STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER NOTICE NOTICE IF HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FISCAL AFFAIRS OF THE WESTPORT FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE PERIOD B E G I N N I N G JANUARY 1, 2010 AND ENDING ON JULY 31, 2011 HAVE BEEN EXAMINED BY THE OFFICE OF THE S T A T E COMPTROLLER AND THAT THE REPORT OF EXAMINATION PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE S T A T E COMPTROLLER HAS BEEN FILED IN MY OFFICE WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE AS A PUBLIC RECORD FOR INSPECTION

BY ALL INTERESTED P E R S O N S .

PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTYFIVE OF THE G E N E R A L MUNICIPAL LAW, THE WESTPORT FIRE DISTRICT HAS AUTHORIZED THE PREPARATION OF A W R I T T E N RESPONSE TO THE REPORT OF E X A M I N AT I O N PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE S T A T E COMPTROLLER AND WILL FILE SUCH RESPONSE, WHEN COMPLETED IN MY OFFICE AS A PUBLIC RECORD FOR INSPECTION BY ALL I N T E R E S T E D PERSONS NOT LATER THAT JANUARY 30, 2012.

Robin Crandall, Secretary Westport Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners /s/ January 30, 2012 VN-2/4/12-1TC-21583 -----------------------------

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THE TOWN OF ESSEX, NY IS SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

21397

FIREWOOD

*Planning Board Alternate *Zoning Board of Appeals *Board of Assessment Review *Zoning/Code Enforcement Officer Acceptable applicants residing in the Town of Essex will be considered first.

PLEASE SEND LETTERS OF INTEREST

BY FEBRUARY 29, 2012 TO: supervisorboisen @gmail.com or SUPERVISOR SHARON BOISEN TOWN OF ESSEX P.O. BOX 355 ESSEX, NY 12936

NOTICE OF R E G U L A R MEETINGS Please take notice that the Westport Fire District of the Town of Westport County of Essex, New York, will hold its regular meetings for the year 2012 on the Third Tuesday of every month at 7 o clock p.m. on such day at the Westport Town Hall located at 22 Champlain Avenue, Westport New York. All meetings of the Westport Fire District are open to the public.

This notice is being posted in accordance with the provisions of Section 94 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York.

By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Westport Fire District.

Board of Fire Commissioners /s/ Robin E. Crandall Secretary January 25, 2012

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VN-2/4/12-1TC-21574 ----------------------------K R A V I T Z LANDSCAPING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/17/12.

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 ----------------------------LEGAL NOTICE Town of Essex The regularly scheduled Town Board meeting for February 16th has been moved to February 15th, 7pm, or immediately following the water informational meeting which begins at 6pm, at the Essex Town Hall.

VN-2/4/12-1TC-21589 -----------------------------

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

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LOST & FOUND RUSTY LOST January 11, 2012.

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2997 Broad Street • Port Henry, NY 12974 • 518-546-3773

36974

February 4, 2012

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28989

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FREE BRAKE INSPECTION 2007 Chevy Trailblazer

2009 Chevy Aveo LS

2005 Subaru Outback Wagon

$16.95

Oil Chang e S pecial (rest rictio

ns apply)

2010 Hyundai Santa Fe

Sharp!

4x4, PW, PL, CD, Silver

4 Dr., 4 Cyl., 5 Spd., Air, Cruise, CD, Spoiler, 65K, Blue

$

LL Bean Edition, AWD, Loaded, Leather, Sunroof, 84K, Silver

$

$

11,990

8,490

Only

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11,990

Asking

60,000 Mile Factory Warranty

$

19,990

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1998 Pontiac Grand Am

2006 Chevy Equinox LT

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$

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14,990

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Asking

$

2,990

2008 Chevy HHR LT

$

9,990

2009 Chevy Impala LT

7,490

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V6, Auto, PS, PL, PW, Cruise, CD, Gray, 75K Miles

$

9,990

Asking

$

10,990

2007 Buick Lucerne CX

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INSTALLATION FREE!

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$

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February 4, 2012 SINGLE-FAMILY HOME

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CARS 2001 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Black 2 door. New tires, rotors, brakes catalytic converter. $4,500 Call: (518) 946-7550 AUTO DONATION DONATE YOUR CAR to CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND of AMERICA and help end CHILDHOOD CANCER. Tax Deductible. Next Day Towing. Receive Vacation Voucher. 7 Days 1-800-469-8593 AUTO DONATION Donate Your Car! Civilian Veterans & Soldiers Help Support Our U.S. Military Troops 100% Volunteer Free same Day Towing. Tax Deductible. Call and Donate Today! 1 -800-471-0538

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE 2004 Yamaha Rhino UTV w/winch and 6' plow, roof, windshield, many extras. Excellent cond. Asking $6,400 (518) 569-2767 fredthwaits@hotmail.com

SUVS

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152 Broadway Whitehall, NY • (518) 499-2886 • Ask for Joe

36766

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The Classified Superstore

Lake Colby Drive, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 • 891-1680 38846

1-800-989-4237

1989 CHEVY Pick-up 1500, with snow plow, excellent condition, $3900. 518-834-7743 or 518-8604568

New 2012 Ford Focus SE 4 Dr. STK #SEN101 • Auto, SYNC, Ford Touch Driver Tech, Air, Pwr. Windows/Locks MSRP..................................$19,885 FordRetail Customer Cash. . . .-$1,000 Ford Credit Bonus Cash*.........-$500 Dealer Discount.......................-$500

$

17,885

New 2012 Ford Taurus SEL

New 2012 Ford Fusion SE

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STK #EN269 • Auto, Air, Cruise, Power Seat/Windows/Locks, Reverse Sensing

MSRP................................$29,250 Ford Retail Customer Cash. -$2,000 Ford Credit Bonus Cash*........-$500 Dealer Discount.....................-$850

MSRP......................................$23,990 Ford Retail Customer Cash.......-$1,500 Ford Retail Bonus Cash...............-$500 Ford Credit Bonus Cash*.............-$500 Dealer Discount...........................-$750

$

21,240

Offer ends 4/2/12

$

25,900

Offer ends 1/31/12

OR e Choos

Offer ends 4/2/12

$1,000 & 0%

for 60 mos.*

OR e Choos

$500 & 0% formos.*60

New 2011 Ford F150 Super Crew

2012 Ford Escape XLT 4WD w e N

XLT 4x4

STK #EN287 • Auto, Air, Cruise, Pwr. Seat/ Windows/Locks

STK #SEM482 • Auto, Air, Trailer Tow, SYNC System, Power Windows/Locks/ Seat

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MSRP.....................................$40,365 Ford Retail Customer Cash......-$2,000 Ford Trade Assist Cash............-$1,000 FMCC Bonus Customer Cash* -$1,000 Dealer Discount.......................-$2,800

With V6 Eco Boost!

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23,995

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$

33,565

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Route 9 • Elizabethtown, NY • www.adirondackauto.com • adirondackchevy@yahoo.com

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Purchase

YOUR PRICE $22,800

Ask Abou t Financing for Up to 72 mon ths

0%

CR25, Fully loaded!

Great fuel economy and in our showroom!

2012 Chevy 1500 4x4 CR92, Reg. Cab, 5.3L V8, Snowplow Prep, HD Trailer Pkg., AC, Cruise, PW, PL

$4,858e!

Off Pric

MSRP.......................$30,355 Adk Chevy Disc..............-858 Rebate........................-4,000

$

YOUR PRICE

YOUR PRICE

$

2012 Chevy 1500 Ext. LS $5,650e!

2011 Chevy Malibu 2LT CP240, Leather Heated Seats, OnStar, XM Radio

$

25,497

CR57, 4x4, Loaded, HD Trailer Pkg.

Off Pric

MSRP.......................$34,350 Adk Chevy Disc...........-1,650 Rebate.........................-4,000

21,880

$

YOUR PRICE

28,700

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2007 Chevy Aveo LS 4 Dr.

2007 Chevy 1500 Ext. Cab 4x4 LT

2010 Dodge Caliber SXT

AP1227B, Auto, Air, Cruise

CQ316A, 8’ Box! Fully Loaded

CP230, Fully Loaded, Satelite Radio (also in Black)

40 40 MPG MPG

$

6,980

$ OR

122*

/MO.

$

18,980

$ OR

313*

/MO.

$

14,980

$ OR

239*

/MO.

2009 Pontiac Vibe AWD

2002 Isuzu Rodeo AWD

2005 Buick Rendezvous CXL

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan

AM44A, Fully Loaded, OnStar, XM Radio

CQ31B, Auto, Fully Loaded! Moonroof

CQ320A, AWD, Fully Loaded, Rear DVD, OnStar

CP239, “Crew” Pkg, DVD, Leather, Fully Loaded

$

15,480

$ OR

256*

$

/MO.

5,200

$

7,980

$ OR

157*

/MO.

$

21,880

$ OR

21400

*TAX, TITLE, REG. NOT INCLUDED. ††10,000 MILES PER YEAR/48 MONTH LEASE.

352*

/MO.

2008 Chevy Impala LT

2011 Chevy Tahoe LT

2001 Nissan Xterra

2008 Chevy Equinox AWD Sport

CP228 OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded

CP241, Leather, Fully Loaded, XM Radio, OnStar

CQ286A, 4x4, Auto, V6, Fully Loaded

CR50A, Leather Heated Seats, OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded!

Low Low Miles!

Miles!

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$

$

*

$

*

*Tax, title, reg. not included. †12,000 miles per year, 48 month lease.

21399

$

$ $ 35,480 15,980 OR 264 /MO. 6,950 OR 218 /MO. 14,980 OR 243 /MO. GREAT SELECTION OF TRUCKS & SUVS Give Buzzy, Bruce or Bucky a call today for more great everyday savings! 518-873-6389 $