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Battle lines drawn for ACR hearings

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Home Games

The efforts of local communities, businesses and private individuals brought the Empire State Winter Games back to life for a weekend of competition and sportsmanship. See pages 22, 27 (Pictured, short-track speedskater Katie Toth, winner of three ESG gold medals).

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TUPPER LAKE — Supporters of the Adirondack Club & Resort project in Tupper Lake want a pair of regional green groups to excuse themselves from upcoming adjudicatory hearings.

The chairman of the community action group ARISE — Adirondack Residents Intent on Saving their Economy — and the president of the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce say the Adirondack Council and Protect the Adirondacks need to step aside as the project enters into its final review phase.

The state Adirondack Park Agency Board ...See ACR on page 26

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Senior community gets help

The IDA is set to enter into a PILOT agreement with the owners of the proposed Champlain Valley Senior Community.

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Keene Central High School Students conducted a charitable drawing to help fund their Spanish-Art trip to New York City. The trip will include touring the United Nations, attending a Spanish language play, visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and more. Lucky winners were Susan Gough and Liza Amirault.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County is in the allocation process for funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs, which are neither currently available, nor guaranteed.

The selections will be made by a national board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and United Way of America, which will provide the administrative staff and functions as the fiscal agent. The board is charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high need areas around the country.

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Colin Wells • WestportNYNews@gmail.com three big tandem plowtrucks, which clear the 13.1 miles of county roads and the 5.8 miles of state roads contracted to the town, in addition to the 41.25 miles of town roads (double the mileage, of course, to account for both lanes.) A single-axle dumptruck is used for plowing residential streets, and two pickup trucks for the smaller streets.

The pickups also do the water and sewage plants for Wadhams and Westport, the Visitors Center, and Depot Theatre/Train Station. (There’s a pickup without a plow, which is used by DPW Superintendent Jerry Sherman.) A small tractor with a snowblower is used to clear the sidewalks. The frontend loader loads the trucks and is often used for snow removal or for pushing back snowbanks, which has happened a lot this year. The grader can also be used for pushing back snowbanks, though the recent snowmelt stopped them from having to bring it out.

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he weather is still unpredictable, another all day snowstorm means the snow piles are way back up. The good side of this is our schools were on winter break this last week. I saw several children on top of large snow piles in their yard — being king of the hill. Life does not slow down even with a lot of snow. The Heritage Society hosted a very interesting Sunday Afternoon lecture on the “Journey to Freedom”; the story of the Underground Railroad” here in the North Country which assisted many slaves gaining their freedom. Don Papson is so knowledgeable on this subject it was a very enjoyable afternoon. The New Beginnings group had 14 come out to enjoy a meal together at Rick’s place. The Friday before the school vacation the music Department hosted a special drumming group; three or four guest drummers had a whole stage full of several kinds of drums. Then the children and adults were brought up and encouraged them to play — loud but they seemed to be having fun.

It was a pleasure to learn that Morris MacDougal is now back home after a long hospital

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recently saw my neighbor, Holly French, and she reports that her husband, Bradley, has put out a few taps in his sugarbush. The deep snow forces him to travel around by snowshoe, a comical sight, according to Mrs. French, who says Brad is somewhat less than graceful on his snowshoes. Mr. French would never speak ill of any one, and incidentally, appears under a pseudonym in “The Dirty Life.” I hope this will be a good maple syrup season for all the local producers.

The most recent snowstorm bent down hemlock branches over our woods trails, which Ginny walked right under and I knocked out of the way with a ski pole. You have to wait while the snow settles but it’s so beautiful in the forest with flakes spinning slowly down from high overhead, glinting against the dark tree trunks.

The movie of the week is “127 Hours,” the story of a rock climber trapped in a remote part of Utah, and his will to survive. The ver-

satile James Franco stars in this compelling and powerfully human drama. It plays this Saturday night, the 5th, at 7:30 at the Willsboro school. This is another excellent presentation in a long string of quality movies by the Champlain Valley Film Society.

I’ve noticed large flocks of robins thronging roadways by Whallons Bay, and wild turkeys are starting to appear around our place. They seem primitive as dinosaurs as they creep slowly through brushy areas at the edge of the lawn.

My colleague Colin wrote about modern town trucks, which reminded me of an ice storm. It was a Friday, and rain started before dawn, freezing quickly. No traffic at all was on our usually busy road until about noon when the town truck came backing along, spreading salt from the rear. It must have taken hours and hours, backing all the way, to get out to our place, which illustrates the diligence of our town crews and why they got up to date trucks.

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elcome to March and more snow!

I don’t know about you, but I am really ready for spring and the chance to work on my yard and spring cleaning. I prefer winter as a season and the colder temperatures to hot summers but still enough is enough. There are a lot of changes coming into my life and with them the chance to get some fresh starts which are hard to do when I’m tired from all the snow removal.

Next Wednesday (March 9) starts the Lent season with Ash Wednesday. Traditionally Lent means meatless Fridays and a time for sacrifices. I see a little different time of opportunity here. Fridays are now opportunities for more seafood which I certainly do not mind and am looking forward to what are local restaurants will be offering.

As for sacrifices, dieting and exercising is certainly something I can benefit from and is never easy. Traditionally we use New Year’s as that chance to lose weight, exercise more, stop smoking or some other detrimental habit

we’ve been meaning to stop. My problem with New Year’s is that it is one day and then it’s over and up to us to continue on with our resolutions which already are never easy to maintain. Not for me, I prefer Lent as it is a 40-day period emphasizing sacrifice — much easier to maintain, follow and even get a support group to help. Even better, it really doesn’t have to be about sacrifice at all, it can even be about picking up a good habit, something that makes us better people or can help the community. This is a great chance to volunteer in any one of a bunch of worthy local charities and groups to continue to make this a wonderful community.

So instead of Jan. 1 for that self improvement moment, try using Wednesday, March 9.

Check with all of the local churches and you can find times for the Ash Wednesday services as well as ideas and contacts to make a fresh start and be more proactive for your own good as well as the good of the community.

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stay. His music buddy, Jack Williams is also back in the hospital in New York City under going some serious heart surgery. Peter Johnpeer will also be going down to New York City soon for some heart surgery. We wish them all full recovery in the days ahead. Tina and Jim Hotaling recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. It is almost a sold out crowd coming to the Willsboro Methodist Church Dinner Theater on March 19 and 26.

They will be serving a Meat Loaf meal and then the performance called “March Madness” all for $10 each. If you want a place reserved you should call soon to Janice Allen 963 8912.

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had another ride in a town plowtruck during last Friday’s snowstorm, this time with Denny Westover behind the wheel. His route takes in some of our town's higher and more remote byways, such as Ledge Hill Road and Boyle Road. As before, I was impressed with Denny’s knowledge and expertise. It was a great experience and I’d like to thank him for having me along.

As you might know, our Town Shed dates from the 1950s, when the town’s trucks were both fewer and smaller. It’s always amazing to watch them park today’s big tandem trucks in there. They have to squeeze them in at an angle and there’s barely a few inches to spare at either end.

Working in that space when all the trucks are parked is a real challenge. Not only are today’s trucks much bigger, but since the shed was built the town had to absorb all the village’s trucks, equipment, and tools, after the village was abolished as a separate entity.

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f you have some free time on your hands and would like to do something rewarding to both yourself and our furry friends, any time is the perfect time to look into volunteering at the NCSPCA. From dogwalking to animal socialization, there are lots of ways in which you can help our dogs and cats have a brighter future.

Many animals who arrive at the NCPCA have experienced neglect or abuse — they need considerable amounts of gentle, positive contact and attention in order to recover emotionally from their experiences. This may involve foster parenting by volunteers, or simply spending time with them on a one-on-one basis at the shelter. This contact will not only help the animal become more comfortable with people and trusting, but also increase the chance that he will make a better companion for someone and he will soon find a loving home. If you are efficient and fast on your feet, you may want to consider volunteering to assist the shelter staff in keeping the facilities clean and neat — a never-ending but rewarding job when you receive a head butt from a grateful cat or a happy pup licks your hand. Speak to the shelter staff about other possible volunteer opportunities ... whatever

your skills and interests, there is probably something that would be the perfect fit for you.

Our featured pet this week is Bella, a Black Lab/Golden Retriever mix. Bella came to us because her owner could no longer care for her. Unfortunately, she spent much of her time tied outside because no one in the household had the time to spend with her. As a result, although she is a great girl, she is a little “rough around the edges” — she will need some basic training to show you her true potential. Bella is an eager learner, however, who is motivated to become the best dog she can be, and loves attention of any kind. Her dream home would be a family with children who love to play.

Once in awhile, the NCPCA has other animals available for adoption in addition to dogs and cats. Recently, some bunnies came in who are seeking homes. Please don’t hesitate to call if you are looking for a furry friend who does not bark or meow — that new best friend may be waiting for you.

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his week’s pup of the week is Pacey. She is a beautiful pit bull mix puppy, about 14 weeks old.

Pacey is so sweet and loving. She loves to frolic in the snow and play with the other pups. Pacey is crate trained and is working on house training. She is so smart; I know she will make someone a wonderful lifelong companion. Pacey is up to date on vaccines, microchipped, and comes with 30 days of free pet insurance.

Did you know the annual cost of owning a dog can be anywhere from $600-$10,000 a year? Although there are some onetime expenses like spay/neuter, which can cost up to $200 and startup expenses like food and water dishes, crates, and toys, there are hundreds of dollars in owning a dog that cannot be avoided, year after year. The av-

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It may sound overwhelming but all the expenses that owning a pet comes with, you know that you can always count on unconditional love and affection. So before you make the decision to adopt a dog, please think of the long term expenses that you are signing up for and remember that sloppy kisses and a walking partner are always free of charge.

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sitions on local issues.

The answer is both simple and complicated.

It wasn’t a matter of just waking up one day with a reveDan Alexander lation nor Thoughts from was it done Behind the Pressline on a whim.

We had been looking for several years at our editorial staff makeup and whether our readers would be better served operating from two independent news bureaus in Plattsburgh and Ticonderoga or to maintain the one centralized site in Elizabethtown with the bureaus under tighter control from the central office. A year earlier, we had begun investigating the former but eventually settled on the latter. Too many chiefs in the kitchen, or in this case editors in the newsroom, caused far too many variances and not sufficient enough teamwork. The independence we allowed wasn’t producing the end result we had hoped it would.

During the last several years, ours, like most businesses, had to cut spending to match the reduction in income due to the economy. We saw our profits fall off significantly, but had done our best to maintain continuity with our staff and publications.

At the same time the economy was faltering, the newspaper industry was under attack as a business model that was no longer relevant in today’s high-tech world. Some high profile paid circulation newspapers were folding, others going into Chapter 11, thus feeding the theory noted above. While free

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t seems few people remember President John F. Kennedy’s call to “ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” To prove his commitment, Kennedy declined his presidential salary. He worked for free.

For more than two centuries, America has been blessed with public servants who strive to make communities better places.

From presidents to local assessors, men and women have dedicated hours — sometimes their lives — to improving our nation. They deserve our thanks and respect.

During the past decade or so, a malaise has fallen upon our country, even our hometowns. Americans have diminishing confidence in politicians, a problem that often boils down to one key factor — lack of leadership.

All too often it seems our elected officials are no longer public servants. They’ve become self servants, getting fat on the public dime while taxpayers struggle to make ends meet.

Things need to change, beginning at home. That’s why local town boards should forgo their pay and benefits and serve as volunteers.

Such action would send a clear message to residents facing cuts in services and rising taxes — sacrifice, a key to America’s past greatness, is a key to our future.

Naysayers will claim town board compensation is modest and is necessary to attract candidates for office. Neither is true.

Let’s look at the town of Ticonderoga, a typical North Country community of about 5,000 residents.

This year, its town board will receive $87,434 in salaries and benefits. That includes $6,556 pay for each of four trustees and $27,319 pay for the supervisor (not including a separate Essex County salary).

Is that money needed to attract candidates for office? A look at another Ticonderoga board suggests not.

Ticonderoga Central School, which has been ranked among the top 2 percent of all schools in the nation, is run by a volunteer board.

Its nine members receive no pay, no benefits. Ticonderoga school board elections attract quality candidates with the promise of nothing more than public service. Once elected, they oversee a budget and staff more than twice as large as the town.

To be fair, the school district has a full-time professional manager — a superintendent. He oversees the day-to-day operation of the district and carries out the policies of the board.

The same could be true for the town. It could hire a town manager to run day-to-day operations and carry out board policy.

The idea of a professional manager is not new to Ticonderoga. Last fall, the Ticonderoga town board asked voters to eliminate the elected highway superintendent’s position in favor of an appointed, professional manager.

What does a town manager cost?

There are presently no town managers in the North Country, although the village of Saranac Lake employs a village manager. He is paid $27,997. With travel, training, supplies, contractual obligations, telephone and car maintenance, the village manager ’s office spent about $39,000 in 2010.

In Vermont, towns routinely employ town managers. The average Vermont town manager is paid $47,000, which is 4 percent higher than the average nationwide.

In the case of Ticonderoga and most North Country towns, hiring a professional town manager would be less expensive than paying an entire town board.

It’s important to point out Ticonderoga is being used as an example because of its forward-thinking town board and highly successful school board. It’s an example of a North Country town that works — but, like all others, could work better.

It’s time for North Country officials to think long and hard about their motivation to hold office and act accordingly.

Thomas Jefferson warned against professional politicians. Leaving the presidency in 1809 he wrote: “I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.”

Can today’s leaders say the same?

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

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am a business owner in Tupper Lake. My partner and I own KB Enterprises. This is a small convenience store and bottle and can redemption center. We also own a small construction company. I work at the store 60 hours per week because we simply cannot afford to pay for more help.

We pay our bills month to month and just hope to hang on. Since the recession hit, the construction side of our business has been at a standstill like many other companies in Tupper Lake.

VoiceYourOpinion The Valley News welcomes letters to the editor.

• Letters can be sent to its offices, 14 Hand Avenue, PO Box 338, Elizabethtown, 12932 • Or e-mailed to keith@denpubs.com • Letters can also be submitted online at www.thevalleynews.org Letters should not exceed 400 words and must be signed and include a telephone number for verification.

I’m not politically active and I’ve never written a letter to the editor until now. I watch the local news very closely because I know that my future depends upon the proposed development called the Adirondack Club and Resort (ACR).

So what’s my point? As I watch the approval process that the ACR has to endure with the Adirondack Park Agency I read about the environmental groups that are trying to kill the project and it has begun to get very personal to me. Who are these people and why are they trying to put me out of business?

They are all the same. They are the three amigos- the Adirondack Council, Protect the Adirondacks, and the Nature Conservancy. Who are they to come into our local economy and attack the only project we have that could bring new people and business to Tupper Lake? I don’t know these people but I want to put a finger in their chest and say, “First of all, we don’t need you here and second of all, get out of the way and let the APA process start so it can finish!”

Why are we held hostage to some self appointed “do gooders” who don’t live

here but get paid very well to tell us how to live? I have some real skin in this game but they don’t. Protect the Adirondacks has said that it wants to kill the ACR project and the Adirondack Council says that the project does not meet its standards. Here’s my message to all the environmentalists: you don’t approve anything here, the APA does, so go back home and aggravate the people where you live.

Mr John Caffry of Protect the Adirondacks contends that the ACR should not get a permit because it is not economically viable. Mr. Caffry is now one of the leaders of that organization. All paid staff have recently been laid off because Protect cannot pay its bills. Protect has demonstrated a record of fiscal failure. How do they get to question Mr. Foxman and Mr. Lawson about their finances?

The Adirondack Council led by Mr.

John Sheehan and spokesman Mr. Brian Houseal have been spreading half truths about the ACR from the very beginning.

Who is the Adirondack Council to tell investors of millions of private dollars how to develop their property when the APA sets the standard?

While these groups praise the governor for allocating millions for more land acquisition, I’m just trying to raise my kids and pay my bills as a small business owner who feels ignored and unheard. When it comes to my future I support the Adirondack Club and Resort and I want the APA to move ahead now and to show some leadership. When it comes to Protect, the Adirondack Council, and the Nature Conservancy- you don’t care about me and you don’t speak for me, so quit pretending to do so.

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Alexander Continued from page 6 papers like ours had generally been discounted by our paid brethren during their heydays, as pretty much insignificant products, the value of ultra-local content is now being seen in a new light, something we had always valued as our core strength.

Local and national businesses cut back on advertising expenditures as a means of reducing expenses and looked for more inexpensive ways to market themselves without much success. We knew the value of the services we provide, the unmatched reach of our 70,000-plus total market saturation and each day we heard the concerns of many area businesses who were struggling to keep their doors open.

So do you sit back, keep a tight grip on your expenses and wait for someone or something to initiate spending in the market? Or you do reach a point where you say to yourself, “Are we doing everything possible to help ourselves and the business community to pull out of this economic funk?”

Enough was enough. We believe we have a role to play in getting our North Country economy back on track, and it was time to open up our tight grip on expenses and start re-investing in our publications to prove their worth to both the business community and the community at large.

No other medium reaches the entire population without some associated costs or limits to their distribution methods. Paid newspapers, TV, radio, Internet, smart phones/mobile all require an investment on your part or have limited reach. We needed to open our pages, broaden our scope of coverage, get the community excited about itself and invite others to join us by once again promoting their valuable services.

Until the region gets its collective cash flowing, we will not be able to address the employment issues here, and we will not be attractive to outside investors who want to locate their businesses here. Only a stimulated business economy within the North Country can trigger the return to growing employment and provide services to industrial businesses looking to our area.

We can’t always look to our neighbors to the north in Canada or the state and federal governments to be the foundations of our community. We’ve learned from prior experiences that those can be short lived and

when they falter, if our local economic base isn’t strong, we can’t be self sustaining. We need local residences spending money locally, and that will not happen when we outsource local employment nor will it happen when we shop outside the area we call home. The few dollars you might save are short sided if you expect a strong local economy.

In a recent letter to the editor that appeared in the Press-Republican, an individual was lamenting about the lack of local/New York news coverage on WPTZTV and the fact that in his tracking of stories the coverage was heavily slanted toward the Vermont region of their coverage area. Businesses must support those who are supporting them. WPTZ may be located here in New York, but they have to consider where their advertising support and viewers come from. Clearly Vermont provides them with a greater opportunity for financial support than does this side of the lake. If that were not the case, you would not see such an imbalance. It’s obvious where they see the value and the opportunities.

We can’t do it by ourselves, but to date we’ve been reinforced by many who feel as we do that enough is enough. It’s time to restore the local economy and get dollars flowing once again. Businesses need to do more than be open for business. If they want to compete and win back customers who may have strayed recently, they must offer customers improved product selection and deals, as Don Corleone from the Godfather liked to say, “Make them an offer they can’t refuse,” and world class service.

I invite any local business who needs and wants to get their message out into the public to work with us as well as other media outlets. People respond when they are confident in their own financial future, and the business community needs to be sending a signal of confidence to consumers. Confidence that the local economy is once again open for business and vibrant. Confidence that together we can make the local buying experience worth the time and money spent.

The time for hunkering down in the bunker has passed. Optimism must once again rule the day as we look to a promising future in our North Country economy.

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By Susan Doolittle The following items of note appeared on this date in the pages of our local newspapers.

Lancaster, Kan. Oct. 28, 1880. Henry writes that he likes his home,. And Mr. J. M. Landers confirms the report that Henry has a good home. Henry dates his letters LaCygne, Lime Co. Kan. Oct 20, 1880, Mr. Dowd writes that Henry seems to be satisfied.

Mr. Editor: The following John Gleason, placed with R. J. Hiner, New Lancaster, statement in regard to the children removed from the Kan. No news.

Essex County Poor House and placed in homes at the Clayton Fleming, placed with Wm. Walters, Paola, Kan. West by the Children’s Aid Society last year, will No news. doubtless be of general interest: Katie Fleming, placed with H. H. Wright, Paola, Kan. George Caton, placed with Dwight Pierce, Olathe, Kan. 1880, Wright writes that his wife’s health gave out and Oct 21, 1880, Mr. Pierce writes: “George is a good boy. they had to give up the child, although they were “ Jan 28, 1881, Mr. Pierce writes that George is still a greatly attached to her. She is with J. Anderson of member of his family, is in good health and a great Paola. com-fort to his family.

A letter dated Feb. 6th, has also been received from Mr. Reda Demo, placed with Sam’l L. Winston, Stanley, Fink, with whom Joseph Gleason was placed, saying Johnston Co., Kan. June 3, 1880, Mr. Winston writes that the boy is well and happy, learns fast, and they that Reda seems to be well satisfied. Nov. 4, 1880, Mr. hope to give him a good education. Mr. Fink has no Winston writes that Reda is well and happy. children and wishes to adopt Joseph, who already calls Lucy Hayes, placed with Mrs. Lucy E. Martin, himself by the name of his new friends. Some relatives Louisberg, Kan. Sept. 1sr, 1880, Mrs. Martin writes that of this family, hearing that the boy has a little sister still Lucy is pleased with her new home and they are pleased in Essex county, ask if she cannot be sent out to them, with her. Jan. 25, 1881 Mrs. Martin writes: “Lucy is and promise to give her a good home. On the back of well.” this letter is a note by Mr. J. P. Brace, Western Agent for James Gleason, placed with S. F. Hickman, New the Chil-dren’s Aid Society, saying that he can take out Lancaster, Kan. Oct. 28, 1880, Mr. Hick-man writes this child and any others it may be wished to send on they are well pleased with James. He is a remarkably the 5th of April next. attentive and obedient child.

These children are now placed in new homes, free from Letitia Gleason, placed with R. J. Hiner, New Lancaster, all taint of pauper associations and there seems every Kan. No news. reason to hope that they will become useful and selfJoseph Gleason, placed with Hiram Fink, Paola, Kan. supporting citizens, instead of remaining a burden upon Oct. 31, 1880, Mr. Fink writes that Joseph is well and society, as they would almost certainly have done had hearty. He has no wish to return to New York. they been allowed to grow up in an institution n of Henry Gleason placed with M. F. Dowd, New charity.

Letters to the Editor

Keep it local To the Valley News: Thank you for the beautifully written and informative article, “E-town to India ...” You expressed my thoughts and beliefs about outsourcing. I’m afraid that the problem created by the greed of business and the obsession of buyers to have “Walmart” prices for the goods purchased may, indeed, create a society that has few wellpaid workers.

Where is the pride most of us felt when purchasing goods with the label “Made in America?” I am so pleased that you real-

ize profit isn’t always made on the backs of desperate workers in third-world countries and laid-off workers in the Unites States.

I hope that what you have written will reach many more readers than those who receive the Valley News. We may not be able to buy goods made in our own country or talk to support tech workers within our own borders, but there are still people like you who realize that outsourcing is not always the answer. I do hope that you never have to change your mind.

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t is a rare family that is not asked to assume the role of caregiver at some point. If you have walked in these shoes you know how they can sometimes raise a blister or two, regardless of the love involved.

When a family member ’s only wish is to die peacefully at home, most of us would gladly do anything to grant that wish. Unfortunately, it’s not always so simple. Exhaustion, frustration, doubt and fear can overwhelm the best of us and bring us to an emotional and physical breaking point.

The care requirements of a life limiting illness can be well beyond the ability or skill level of an average family acting on their own. In the past many terminal patients were hospitalized solely for this reason, rather than because it was a better environment for them-and certainly not because they preferred it.

Hospice is the enabler that can change that. When a person becomes a hospice patient, both they and their family are enfolded in a supportive “Circle of Care.” Skilled, caring nurses, social workers, counselors and other professionals step in as a back up and support team that works closely with the patient’s own physician and the hospice medical director.

A referral to hospice initiates an informational home visit where patient and family questions are answered, needs identified and options outlined. Compassionate professionals facilitate open and honest discussion that involves the patient as much as possible in the decision making process. After all, one of the hallmarks of the hospice program is honoring the patient’s wishes in all things.

During their periodic in home visits hospice staff carefully monitor the patient’s medical status and make sure any pain is well

controlled.

All medications relating to hospice care are provided, as well as medical equipment that can make the patient more comfortable.

Even a hospital bed can be brought in if needed.

The oversight, guidance and careful instruction of the hospice staff give caregivers the confidence to know that they are not alone. There is always a staff member available by phone 24 hours a day to address emergency questions or concerns.

So, when a caregiver is feeling confident that they are doing the best job possible for their loved one, there’s another question to ask. Who is caring for the caregiver? Hospice sees that as a priority as well.

Both spiritual counselors and social workers are available to families, as well as patients. These trained professionals are good listeners and sounding boards for thoughts too heavy to bear alone. They are also practiced at facilitating important but difficult conversations among family members.

And finally, there are the volunteers who stop in to relieve the caregiver for a few hours. They might play a game of cards with the patient, work on a puzzle together or just chat for a while. The words are not as important as the feelings they convey. “Hi.” “How are you doing?” “I was thinking about you.” “You are still a part of the world and you still matter.”

Families and their volunteers often become close because most volunteers have been down the same road themselves and find it easy to understand and empathize. They are good listeners too.

And they know how much a few hours of respite to go shopping, get a haircut, have lunch with friends or just take a nap can revive tired bodies and sagging spirits. Like all involved in hospice care, their presence says “you are not alone.”

Players to present ‘Bye, Bye Birdie’

‘Rent’ auditions at Essex Theatre Company

CLINTONVILLE — The AuSable Valley Players will present “Bye, Bye Birdie” in the AuSable Valley High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19; with an additional performance on Sunday, March 20, at 2 p.m.

Reserved seating is available, and all tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the AVCS box office, located in the lobby, which is opened Monday through Friday starting on March 7 from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.

For more information, call 834-2800, ext. 500.

ESSEX — The Essex Theatre Company is proud to announce its auditions for the Summer 2011 performance of “Rent,” with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson.

Audition will be held in the Willsboro Central School music room starting on Friday, March 4, at 5 p.m. The auditions will be on a first-come, first-serve basis or by appointment.

The audition is open to all ages 16 and older (or at the discretion of the director), and those auditioning will be asked to sing a portion of ‘Seasons of Love” and a song of their choice.

Callbacks will be held on Saturday, March 5, starting at 11 a.m. by invitation only.

For more information, call 572-4272 or e-mail either dhopkins@willsborocsd.org or www.essextheatre.org.

‘127 Hours’ at movie night WILLSBORO — On Saturday, March 5, the Champlain Valley Film Society presents “127 Hours.”

Directed by Academy Award-winning director, Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) “127 Hours” is the real-life story of one man's will to survive. Climber Aron Ralston is soloing in a remote Utah canyon when a rockslide pins his arm and he must find a way to escape.

This film has been nominated for tow Academy Awards as both Best Picture and Best Actor. Richard Roeper calls the film, “Gripping, thrilling, and inspirational.”

The film is Rated R for language. Tickets are $5 Adults and under 18, $2. The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Willsboro Central School.

Robards and VanWie to perform WILLSBORO — The Willsboro Coffee House will be presenting Julie Robinson Robards and Max VanWie on Saturday March 12.

Julie and Max will be presenting gospel, country and bluegrass music including vocal and guitar and Max's accomplished mandolin playing at the Willsboro Congregational Church, Route 22 at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students.

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They also plan on posting information such as department statistics and legal notices. The department encourages everyone to visit the new Facebook page and become a fan.

Jazz at the Recovery Lounge UPPER JAY — On Saturday, March 12, at 8 p.m., the Recovery Lounge will present The Harlem Speakeasy Quartet, a sampling of some of the finest jazz musicians working the New York City scene today with Larry Hamm on piano, Graham Hawthorne on drums, Bill Moring on bass, and Jim Mola as lead vocalist.

Admission is $10, and doors open at 7:30 p.m. The Recovery Lounge is located on Rte. 9N in Upper Jay, New York. For more info, please call 946-8315.

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County IDA to help out Willsboro senior project IDA, Schwartzberg enter into PILOT agreement

By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com WILLSBORO — With development set to start, the Champlain Valley Senior Community got an assist from the Essex County Industrial Development Agency.

The Essex County ways and means committee passed a resolution allowing the IDA

to enter into a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) agreement with Eli Schwartzberg of Stonebrook Properties, LLC, for the former Willsboro Central School building which is being renovated and turned into the Champlain Valley Senior Community.

“We have come up with a plan to turn the former school building into a 64-room community and we plan to start construction on April 30,” Schwartzberg said. “The business is front-loaded with high, fixed costs. Things work slowly and we will basically be losing money the first year-and-a-half. This gives us a chance to have 100 percent tax relief the

first two years, and that will drop to 50 percent the third year and go down five to 10 percent each year after that.”

Board members unanimously approved the The former Willsboro Central School building will be renovated and turned into the Champlain Valley Senior Community. resolution in the ways able business in the North Country.” and means meeting, which clears the way for Supervisors were very receptive to the a full board vote on the matter March 8. deal.

“The town and the school board have both “Our community center is the old high met to review and have approved the 10school, and I know that it is a challenge to year PILOT,” Essex County IDA co-execu- take a building like that and make it work,” tive director Jody Olcott said. “We look at Jay supervisor and board chairman Randy what the county is going to be gaining in tax Douglas said. revenue, and we think that this is a unique “It’s wonderful that you would take an and great project that we fully support. This old, historic building and do something with will be the standard, uniform PILOT that we it and make something out of it instead of the offer.” community watching it fall to the ground,” Olcott added that the project would be 95 Chesterfield supervisor Gerald Morrow percent privately funded. said.

Schwartzberg told the board that once Schwartzberg said that while there would completed, the community would mean over be a two-year freeze on taxes, the third year 30 full-time jobs being brought to Essex would mean a spike to the tax base for WillsCounty. boro and Essex County.

“These are all jobs that cannot be out“I think one of the things that people realsourced,” Schwartzberg said. “This will ly like is that the building has been tax exhave a ripple effect that will create an anchor empt for the last 80 years that will now be for the downtown of Willsboro and a new, vi- owned by a company,” Schwartzberg said.

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TICONDEROGA — Ralph J. Corbo, Chairperson of the board of directors of Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union (TFCU) announced that after more than 40 years in financial service management, the past nine as president and CEO of Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union, Gregory D. Johnson has announced his retirement effective April 5, 2011.

In addition to his administrative duties, Johnson is also an elected director of the credit union, serving as treasurer.

“The board accepted Greg’s retirement with regret and we thank him for his outstanding leadership,” Corbo stated.

“I am grateful for the well trained and dedicated staff and management team for these years, and the loyalty of the board and membership for the opportunity to have been part of the most dynamic growth in the history of our credit union,” Johnson said. “I believe our success has been in living our mission statement which is to enhance the lives of members by offering a full range of convenient and economic services while maintaining financial security.”

Johnson added that he takes much comfort in the knowledge that the organization has a superb

cadre of sincerely dedicated and well trained directors and management team members who will lead it to even greater achievement in the future.

“I do believe that our best years are yet to come,” Johnson said, adding that Ticonderoga has become his home and that he and his lovely wife, Carol, intend to spend their retirement years locally.

Following multiple board meetings held over several weeks, the TFCU board of directors has selected Shawn M. Hayes to be the next President and Chief Executive Officer. Hayes has fifteen years experience in management, the past eleven at TFCU serving as Chief Financial Officer, Human Resource Director, and member of its management team. He holds a dual B.S. degree in Accounting and Business Administration, and earned the professional designation of Certified Credit Union Executive through the auspices of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).

“I am honored to have been selected to lead our credit union in the next stage of our growth and pledge to continue our philosophies and commitment to quality to fulfill and exceed our mission,” Hayes said.

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“We used to have a couple of steady pages with basic information,” Smith said. “We wanted to reach out more to the community and have a way to do that on the Internet.

Now, we have about 40 pages of information and an events calendar.”

Smith said that the new site offers a variety of items that are offered through the library and the Westport Library Association.

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Westport Planning Board to meet March 30 WESTPORT — The Regular March meeting of the Town of Westport Planning Board has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in the Westport Town Hall.

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WESTPORT — The Westport Volunteer Fire Department will be starting in their annual car wash beginning on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the firehouse on Champlain Avenue. Other dates will include

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Still time to order from seedling program through county soil and water conservation WESTPORT — The Essex County Soil and Water Conservation District is now holding its annual seedling sale. Available is a large selection of bare-root tree and shrub seedlings and transplants for erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement, windbreaks and reforestation. Groundcovers and wildflower seed mixes can also be purchased The tree and shrub seedlings and trans-

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Forcier receives OPASTCO chairman’s award WASHINGTON — At the 48th Annual Winter Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO) Convention in Miami, James Forcier, President and CEO of Westelcom and Chazy & Westport Communications, was recognized with OPASTCO’s Chairman’s Award.

The Chairman’s Award is OPASTCO’s highest honor, recognizing an individual’s national achievements in rural telecommunications, on behalf of the industry and the rural customers it serves.

OPASTCO Chairman’s Award winner James Forcier was recognized for his rural telecom leadership, which has benefited not only his own customers, but has touched rural telecommunications consumers throughout the country.

Under Forcier ’s leadership, he originally launched advanced phone and broadband

services. The telephone company was recognized as the first in the North Country to offer DSL high-speed Internet access and this once small, local company doubled in size and strength. Now deploying high capacity fiber services to the regions they serve, they once again achieve the title of early adopters, while much of the state and country waits.

Part of Forcier ’s formula for success has been staying on top of industry technical and policy developments. He has done this, in part, through his involvement with OPASTCO. After years of participation in committees, he joined the OPASTCO board in 1994 and in 2001 he served as OPASTCO’s chairman.

As OPASTCO’s chairman in 2001, Forcier ramped up OPASTCO’s focus on broadband and cable television and focuses on dedicating staff and resources to Internet, broadband and media issues. Forcier also amplified OPASTCO’s lobbying efforts as he took OPASTCO to

the gates of Capitol Hill and made real accomplishments molding broadband legislation and making estate tax repeal a reality.

When our nation collectively grieved from the tragedy of September 11, Forcier used his role as chairman of OPASTCO to assist those in need. Calling on rural companies and the customers they serve, FRED (Foundation for Rural Education and Development) and OPASTCO raised more than $68,000. The funds went to a rural community in Pennsylvania that had been changed forever by the events of September 11th.

Forcier has remained very active in the telecom industry, serving on the New York State Telephone Association board and as its Chairman in 2007. He has also been active in local economic and social groups in the region including the various Chambers, hospital boards and airport development committees.

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Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Sixth grade Principal’s list: Coby Schaefer, Madison Sussey High honors: Myra Adams, Tess Andrade, Emma DeMuro, Samuel Huttig, Sierra Jacques, Kristopher Mazzacone Honors: Julie Anderson, Jamison Decker, Joel Morris, Paige Mullin

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Eighth grade Principal’s list: Sage Allott, Kyra Schaefer High honors: Keturah Colburn-Burdo, Dominic DeMuro, Alyssa Fields, Robert Plante, William Tomkins, Tamara Wescott, Thea Wescott, Wesley Whalen Honors: Jasmin Barnes, Noah Farrell, Kayle Hagey, Parker LeClair, Leigh Mitchell, Zacceus Noka-Bailey, Chantel St. Dennis, Isaiah Turner, Tiffany Welch, Adam Zelinsky.

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Saranac Lake Middle School Sixth Grade Wood, Ethan H. ; Grisi, Teagan T ; Sapone, Alivia R. ; Linck, Elodie VanNes; Prajapati, Eshna P.; Spadaro, Jake Robert ; Garso, Jacquelyn; Hartman, Hayden C. ; Swanson, Silas C.; Merrill, Hayley P.; Latour, Hannah M.; Sturgeon, Drew F.; Meadows, Jada; Swanson, Witter R.; Wilson, Owen P.; Smith, Brooke V.; Glinski, Iris L.; Hesseltine, Aaron T.; Smith, Kaitlyn L.; Hesseltine, Taylor; Deleel, Mitchell L; Feinberg, Palmer I.; Villani, Lorenzo J.; Cowan, Eliza M.; Martin, Kendra E.; Farmer, Morgan Kristina; Reeve, Lindsay T.; Sweeney, Madison; Gray, William B; Goralski, Ellen E.; Loso, Elizabeth Marie; Murphy, Taylor; Holmlund, Dana K.; Stevens, Nicholas H.; Fogarty, Aurelle; Costanza, Martina W.; Villani, Antonio M.; Buck, Phillip J.; Rondeau, Randi R.; Sullivan, David J.; Ordway, Chad M.; Atkinson, Olivia K.; Urquhart, Ian; Nadon, Donald R.; Thomas, Christian Jacques-Vincent; Viscardo, Joseph D.; Shumway, Brittany M.; Schmidt, Makayla Christine; Riley, Chace T.; Dwyer III, Dennis C; Curtis, Jordan Andrew; Battistoni, Keegan J.; Hunt, Kathryn; Chapin, Jay B.; Smith, Connor D.; McCloskey, Liam P.; Bandru, Jared E.; Mertz, Samantha L.; Holvik, Katherine D.; Fobare, Halen Faith; Branch, Adam; Meyer, Brandon M.; Beaudoin, Joshua Aaron; Strack, Sabryna Adrianne; Martino, Bennett K.; Rothaupt, Maria L; Jones, Mitchell E.; Huyck, Matthew M.; Romeo, Cassidy; Miller , Morgan; Stephenson, Alexis E.; Goudreau, Michael R.; Collins, Ann Marie; LaPierre, Elisabeth K.; Fenton, Briana M.; Gibbs, Connor Michael; Amell, Michael; Valentin, Alex-

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Saranac Lake High School Grade 9 Lance Ackerson*, Devon Bandru, Carl Bevilacqua*, Kaitlynn Buckley, David Cluckey**, Devin Cowan, Rachel Dalton**, Maggie Darrah*, Sienna Daviau**, Tessa Dell, Kevin Duguay*, Darcie Farrell**, Gina Fiorile**, Chandler Gach, Kelsie Glinski**, Gwen Goudreau, Mary Hayes*, Jacob Heverly, Chelsey Hewett, Jacob Holvik, Elizabeth Hunt*, Will Lanthier*, Amber LaPlante-Dear*, Alexis Laramee, Sean Madden**, Nicholas Mann*, Jillian Martin*, Samantha Martin**, Jacob Merrill, Ellen Miner**, Ryan Murray**, Peter Neale, Megan Parker*, Mackenzie Paul**, Haakon Pedersen**, Crystal Plowe-Sovey, Olivia Pridell, Elijah Quinn*, Owen Reilly, Alex Rodriguez, Cassitty Rose, Sydney Schmidt*, Bradley Shumway*, Deborah Sior**, Kennedy Snyder**, Shawn Snyder, Christopher Spicer, Jeffrey Stevens, Devon Stratton, Grace Sullivan**, Brianna Walker, Jennifer Ward**, Brendan Williams*, Brittany Woodruff** Grade 10 Alexander Beaudoin*, Elena Beideck**, Katrina Buck**, Brittany Burdt**, Michael Burpoe*, Kayla Dushane, Elizabeth Finlayson, Emily Fountain**, Annie Frenette**, Hudson Gray, Guy Grebe*, Blake Gregory*, Kaelene Johnson**, Jessica Kemp**, Regan Kieffer**, Megan Kilroy* , Craig Leahy*, Camryn Lieb**, Jonathan McCabe*, Vashti McCormick*, Marisa McDonough**, Jordynne McDougall*, Jennifer McGuoirk*, Emma Miller*, Thomas Monroe*, Blair Moody, Megan Moody*, Kevin Morgan, Kellen Munn, Rita

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Grade 12 Samuel Baker, Julie Bowler*, Kelly Brown*, Anistasia Brush, Zachary Buckley, Aaron Burdeau, Molly Burgess*, Samantha Burgess, Christopher Cerminara*, Erin Connolly, Travis Conway*, Alexandra Covert*, Jacqueline Cummings, Wyatt Daviau**, Dylan Dawson*, Christopher Dorman, Sarah Drake*, Jacquelyn Dubee, Krystal Duguay, Hannah Eckert**, Gabriela Feliu-Markiewicz*, Matthew Finlayson, Brooke Fitzgerald*, Ryan Garnish*, Meadow Hackett*, Adam Heverly*, Rebecca Hunt*, Ngan-Ly (Brooke) Huynh*, Anna Kelting**, Masuma Khatoon**, Morgan Kilroy, Mariah LaBrake, Kirstin Lagree, Nicole Lagree, Eliza Lennon**, Kendra Leonidas*, Peter Madden**, Nicholas Magro, Shauna Manning, Mathew Martin, Adam Mayville*, Conor McCormick, Shannon Muldowney**, Kyle Murray**, Michael Nichols, Andrea Nye*, Taylor Oliver, Geanette Orton**, Hannah Parker**, Shannon Parker*, Harriet Pedersen**, Nikolas Pelletieri*, Zoe Pelletieri, Crystal Perryman, Michael Phelan, Logan Pond, Candace Raymond, Emily Rice, Nicholas Rochelle, Cadence Roddy*, Hannah Rodriguez, Jacqulynn Rose, Michael Sapone, Chelsea Schachtler**, MargaretSchneck*, Ryan Siddell, Peter Snyder, Carl Stewart, Annalea Sullivan*, Braxton Tissot, Maria Trummer*, Danielle Tuthill*, Kayla Tyler*, Erin Urquhart, Sage Vargo, Brittany Walker, Liam Ward, Michael Ward*, Nicole Whitelaw**, Samantha Williams**, Brendan Woodard, Robert Woodland * Honors , ** High Honors

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Keene Central School Grade 7 High honors: Justin Haverlick, Vanessa Heald Honors: Liza Amirault, Amanda Bruha, Eden Cencebaugh, Dustin Hall, Trey Hulbert, Brianna Joannette Grade 8 High honors: Frances Eisinger, Harrison Joannette, Maeve Peabody, Miranda Runyon, Jesse Summo Honors: Haley Garno Potter, James Giglinto, Matthew Holmes, Evella Plumley, Sodie Stoner, Colton Venner

Grade 9 High honors: Peter Craig, Olivia Jaques, Gabe Warner, Katie Woltner Honors: Patricia Auer, Christian DiMarco, Tucker Geiger, Sarah Kaltenbach, Kari LeClair Grade 10 High honors: Samuel Balzac, Jeffrey Bruha, Victoria Patenaude, Jackson Van Wie Honors: Cassandra Day, Christianna Fabiano, Megan Hall, Athena Pepe

Grade 11 High honors: Emma Gothner, Anna Kowanko Honors: Evan Cencebaugh, Brittany Guerin, Ryan Odell, Everett Renderer, Alexis Smith Grade 12 High honors: Kayla Hebert, Lucas Peduzzi Honors: Dylan Boyle, Jessica Caner, Derick McCoy

Note: Honor rolls for Tupper Lake and Lake Placid were not available as of printing

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Man survives two nights in woods RAY BROOK — A Pennsylvania man is lucky to be alive after spending two nights in the Adirondack wilderness over the weekend of Feb. 19 and 20.

Officials with the state Department of Environmental Conservation say 26-year-old Scott Molnar was snowshoeing in the Seward Mountain Range on Saturday when he got lost near the summit of Mount Emmons.

Molnar didn’t emerge from the woods until Monday morning. Media reports indicate he tried to continue snowshoeing in order to stay warm, but was eventually forced to light a fire and dry his clothing.

He continued working his way back toward Coreys Road, and was eventually found by a forest ranger near Raquette Falls.

Molnar suffered severe frostbite on his extremities — temperatures dipped below freezing on both Saturday and Sunday night. He was treated at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

Forest rangers also rescued hikers from the Trap Dyke area over the weekend of Feb. 19-20, as well as a woman lost near Mt. Marcy.

One person injured in Lake Placid accident RAY BROOK — One person had to be taken to the hospital after a motorist struck a school bus carrying students and chaperones visiting from England.

Brad Jacques of the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department says the accident was reported just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22.

According to reports, one truck and 13 members arrived at Mirror Lake Drive, where firefighters learned that a car struck a Lake Placid Central School District bus carrying 38 passengers, including students and adult chaperones from England.

Officials say none of the passengers were hurt and the bus incurred only minor damage.

The motorist, who was not immediately identified, com-

plained of an arm injury and was taken to the Adirondack Medical Center in Lake Placid for treatment.

Firefighters closed the road and directed traffic until the vehicles could be removed. Assistance was received by the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service, as well as volunteers from Saranac Lake and Keene.

Lake Placid Village Police and Ray Brook-based state troopers investigated the cause of the accident.

Log home destroyed by fire TUPPER LAKE — A log home was destroyed by fire near the Junction in Tupper Lake Thursday, Feb. 24.

The home at 8 Mitchell Lane, built and owned by Peter Bushie, became engulfed in flames sometime after 8 a.m.

Thursday, according to officials with the Tupper Lake Volunteer Fire Department. Bushie was not at home when the fire started.

Tupper Lake firefighters received assistance from crews out of Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Piercefield.

Reports indicate that one volunteer slipped on some ice, suffering a severe leg injury. Another suffered a burn to his shoulder.

The fire was brought under control by about noon. Firefighters used about 100,000 gallons of water battling the blaze.

Assistance was also received from the Tupper Lake Highway Department.

Review board free to comment RAY BROOK — The chairman of the state Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners says a taxpayer-funded local government group is free to comment on issues pertaining to state land purchases inside the Blue Line.

Curt Stiles was at the Feb. 23 meeting of the Adirondack Local Government Review Board.

His comments follow a flurry of media reports in which representatives from a regional environmental organization blasted the review board for passing a resolution opposing further state land purchases in the Adirondacks.

Adirondack Council Executive Director Brian Houseal says the board has one lawful function — to monitor and report on how the APA administers and enforces the Adirondack Park Private Land Use and Development Plan.

Keith McKeever is spokesman for the park agency.

“At this week’s meeting, Chairman Stiles was not defending their resolution or supporting their resolution,” he said.

“But he was clearly indicating that he feels as though the review board does have the right — based upon the APA Act and the State Land Master Plan — to do what they did in issuing a resolution. So again, he wasn’t supporting the measure, but he was providing his position, which he’s been clear on now for many months. That is, the review board has the right to express its opinion on state land acquisitions.”

Recently, several townships and some counties have called for the state to halt the pending purchase due to New York’s fiscal crisis.

Winner, winner TUPPER LAKE — A Tupper Lake woman walked out of a North Country casino with some extra cash last weekend.

Patti Breault went to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino with the hopes of winning a $2,000 cash giveaway. She ended up with a little more than $2,000 after winning big — $1.2 million to be exact — on the Mega Millions slot machine.

Breault has worked as a residential supervisor for Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services for more than three decades and says she doesn’t plan on retiring despite winning the big bucks.

Blood leads to suspect RAY BROOK — Police in Saranac Lake charged two people with burglary after investigating a break-in at a local music shop.

Saranac Lake Village Police arrived at the business early Friday morning, Feb. 25, and established that the suspects had smashed in the store’s large front window, stealing a guitar that was on display.

Officers quickly spotted a trail of blood and followed it through the snow to a nearby apartment building. The trail brought them to the front door of one of the suspects.

Police arrested 19-year-old Kurtis G. Walrath and charged him with third-degree burglary, a felony. He was also charged with fifth-degree conspiracy and petit larceny.

Following an interrogation of Walrath, police were able to locate and arrest a second suspect, a 17-year-old male from Saranac Lake whose name has been withheld due to potential youthful offender status.

Police say the stolen guitar — which was recovered — was valued at well over $250. Both are scheduled to reappear in village court to answer to the charges.

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Mr. Ferebee goes to Washington to fight for Valley Post Office

By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com KEENE VALLEY — The town of Keene Supervisor will be headed to Washington, D.C. in early March to lobby government officials to re-open a post office in Keene Valley.

In the meantime, Keene Valley residents have until the end of March to send public comments to the U.S. Postal Service regarding the fate of their post office, which closed in November 2010 and may be one of thousands to permanently shut down in the U.S. this year.

Supervisor Bill Ferebee said he will be traveling to the nation’s capital with Schroon Lake Town Supervisor Cathy Moses and Jay Town Supervisor/Essex County Board Chairman Randy Douglas to tell elected representatives about Essex County concerns. This is an annual trip for Essex County officials and Ferebee’s fourth trip as part of the contingent.

On March 9, Ferebee has an appointment with U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, and will be handing the congressman two packages regarding the closure of the Keene Valley Post Office: one with impacts to the Keene community and one with impacts to the Keene Valley community.

The Keene Valley Post Office, zip code 12943, closed because a lease agreement with the building’s owner terminated and was not renewed. Residents are now forced to travel outside their hamlet for most postal service needs, and the nearest post office is

5 miles away in Keene. About collection of comments and 100 residents were told at a make a formal recommendaFeb. 8 public meeting at the tion to USPS headquarters in Keene Valley firehouse that Washington, D.C., according the USPS will not be building to Marion. There is no timea new post office and other line for a decision from D.C., options need to be weighed but it could take several in order to serve the yearmonths. round and seasonal popula“It is always difficult,” tion.

Marion said. “We know that So far, the impact to Keene communities and post ofBill Ferebee Valley residents has been one fices have a very strong Keene Supervisor of inconvenience and the lack bond.” of a social center, according At the same time, the to Ferebee. And the impact on Postal Service must look at It’s just an Keene has been one of space their operations through a issues inside a “cramped” “business lens,” she said. As accident waiting post office and of traffic safeUSPS officials face revenue to happen. ty. shortfalls due to the public’s “It's just an accident waitincreasing use of electronic — Ferebee on vehicle mail over snail mail, they are ing to happen,” Ferebee said. traffic at the Keene looking to streamline postal The supervisor encourages Post Office operations throughout the town residents to send public comments regarding the post nation. office situation to the USPS and to him, so he Part of those cost-savings measures will can hand those concerns to Rep. Gibson. include phasing out post offices that are no “The Postal Service welcomes comments longer needed. For example, postal regulafrom the public,” said Postal Service Public tors announced last week that they were Affairs Specialist Maureen Marion in a shutting down the Delaware Station Post Ofphone interview. fice in Albany because there are post offices Comments to the USPS may be sent in the nearby (five post offices within a 1.7-mile raform of recommendations or testimonials as dius) that can offer the same services. The to the impacts on Keene and Keene Valley. Wall Street Journal reported in January that The 60-day public comment period comes to the USPS is looking to close upwards of 2,000 a close at the end of March. At that time, the post offices in 2011. But that doesn’t mean Postal Service managers will sift through the the USPS has issued a mandate to close a cer-

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tain amount of post offices, according to Marion, and any closure process takes time.

That number reflects what the USPS could do; it is not a goal.

“The Postal Service is at a critical financial crossroad,” Marion said. “We can’t afford to build new buildings, and we can’t always find a local business partner (to lease post office space).”

In all these cases, the Postal Service is looking to make their operational “footprint smaller while offering the same services,” she said. As they work to streamline all phases of mail service, that may also include closing some postal processing facilities.

The Postal Service is faced with a similar situation in the Hamilton County hamlet of Sabael, south of Indian Lake, where the building that housed the post office was destroyed by fire on Jan. 28. The 79 box holders from Sabael are now being serviced at the Indian Lake Post Office, and prospects for a lease agreement in Sabael appear slim at this time, Marion said.

Keene Valley residents wishing to express their thoughts about the Keene Valley Post Office can send their comments to the Albany district manager of Consumer Affairs and Claims: David Desrosiers, 30 Karner Road, Albany, NY, 12288-9631 or e-mail him at david.h.desrosiers@usps.gov. Additionally, they can be sent to Keene Supervisor Bill Ferebee at P.O. Box 89, Keene, NY 12942 or by e-mail at billtown@kvvi.net. Phone calls to the town office (576-4444) are also welcome.

Ag reading week set

Applicants sought for Adirondacks art show

WESTPORT — Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

This is a question that many have asked but how many students even understand that eggs come from chickens and not the grocery store?

During National Agriculture Week (March 21-25), students throughout New York will be learning about the variety of products that the poultry industry provides during the sixth annual New York Agriculture Literacy Week, coordinated by New York Agriculture in the Classroom. Ag Literacy Week will be celebrated across the state in second grade classrooms with a visit from a community member involved in agriculture.

This year ’s book is “The Chicks & Chickens,” written by Gail Gibbons, which will be read to the class and then donated to the school library. Teachers will also receive a resource packet including additional lessons and information on the poultry industry.

Another way for volunteers and teachers to help children understand agriculture is involvement in the annual Be Aware of New York Agriculture Contest. For more information about Ag Literacy Day, Be Aware, and other Ag in the Classroom programs, visit the Web page: www.nyaged.org/aitc/" www.nyaged.org/aitc.

New York Agriculture in the Classroom is a partnership of Cornell University, state Department of Agriculture and Markets, state Education Department, and New York Farm Bureau. The program works with cooperative extension educators, teachers, Essex County Farm Bureau members, and others throughout the state to foster an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of agriculture and the total food and fiber system.

WESTPORT —Applications are now available for the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks 24th Annual Traveling Art Shows and competition for the Cover Art of the 2011 — 2012 Northern Adirondack Arts Directory. This directory celebrates its 31st year of distribution of arts services and information.

The Cover Art Show will be held at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts with an Opening Reception Friday, March 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The deadline for entries is Friday, March 4.

Work can be dropped off at LPCA in Lake Placid on Tuesdays through Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m., or at The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks at The Westport Heritage House in Westport.

Please call ACNA at 962-8778 before Monday, Feb. 28, to make arrangements to drop off work in Westport.

All awards and exhibits are open to any artist or craftsperson living in the Adirondack region, except the Directory Cover Competition. An artist must be a resident or summer resident of Essex or Southern Franklin counties to be eligible for the Cover Art Award.

All media will be accepted, including photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, fiber, ceramics, woodcrafts, jewelry, prints and constructions. All work must be for sale, and must be portable and easily photographed. The 2011 first prize (purchase of the Cover Artwork) is $600. A Best in Show award of $100 is open to all artists. Applications are available by calling the ACNA office at 962-8778, or email info@artsnorth.org.

The Juror for The 2011 Cover Art Show is Emily Phillips, artist and painting/collections conservator from Willsboro.

Approximately 50 pieces will be selected, which will comprise the two traveling arts shows. These exhibits travel throughout a four county region for eight months until December 2011. They are mounted for three to six weeks in various locations including (but not limited to) The Lake Placid Center for the Arts, The Depot Theatre Gallery in Westport, The Hancock House in Ticonderoga, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake, The Clinton County Government Center in Plattsburgh, The Adirondack History Center in Elizabethtown, The Goff-Nelson Memorial Library in Tupper Lake, Champlain National Bank branch offices, and other various galleries and restaurants.

ACNA is also requesting donations of one piece of work from artists or craftspersons for a Silent Auction Traveling Show. The Silent Auction exhibit will also travel throughout the region with the other shows and will be at each location. Interested buyers may enter a "silent bid" for each piece of artwork. At the end of the exhibit in December, the highest bidder will be rewarded with the piece. All proceeds from the Silent Auction support the Cover Art Program and The Arts Council’s future endeavors on behalf of the artists of the North Country. The Cover Art Show winning piece will appear on the cover of 10,000 copies of the thirty-first annual “Northern Adirondack Arts Directory 2011-2012” and Master Events Calendar. The Directory will be available in June. It has information and descriptions of over 140 cultural Organizations and over 1,000 dates of cultural interest. Organizations wishing to list a cultural event can do so on our Web site at www.artsnorth.org. Deadline for print is April 15.

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AVCS super: we can’t do it the way the governor says we can keith@denpubs.com CLINTONVILLE — There’s no way.

That’s what AuSable Valley Central School District superintendent Paul Savage has to say about the governor ’s claim that schools in New York state can make up for the loss of state aid with fund balances.

“When you throw the employee retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system into the loss of state aid, we are looking at a $2.5 million hole that we are trying to get out of,” Savage said. “Our fund balance is only $400,000. The governor ’s lumping everyone together and we just do not fit into that scenario.”

AVCS is looking at a decrease of $1,833,284 in state funding, a drop of over 13 percent. Savage said that the district had already used its portion of the federal stimulus money.

“We were really hit hard and right nor we are trying to figure out how we can meet the cut,” Savage said, adding that he could not see how that could be attained without cutting staff and/or faculty.

“There will be positions in this budget that will have to be cut,” Savage said. “There

will be program and staff cuts and there is a lot of work that needs to be done. This is a very serious situation in our district.”

Savage said that he has been meeting with the school principals, teachers, and other groups to figure out where cuts can be made.

“I just came out of a meeting and am getting ready for another,” Savage said when the Valley News contacted him last week during the mid-winter break. “We need to grasp how deep we have to look and evaluate across the board to see how we can cut into this gap.”

Savage said that he is hopeful to have a more firm picture of the budget when the school board meets March 16.

“We will have more information at that time,” Savage said. “The next month is going to be critical.”

WIC clinics planned ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) clinics will be held at the following locations for the month of March: Keeseville Methodist Church: Thursday, March 24 (9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.)

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Births

It’s a Boy! O w e n G a r re t t S i e d l e c k i w a s born Oct. 7, 2010, at Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vt., to C a m e ro n J o h n a n d J e s s i c a M a r i e Siedlecki of Elizabethtown. He was born at 2:07 a.m., weighing 4 lbs., 8 oz. and measuring 17 inches.

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AMC births SARANAC LAKE — The following is a list of births reported at the Adirondack Medical Center in January 2011: A daughter, Lorelai Rebecca Sears, was born Jan. 6, at 8:23 a.m., weighing 7-lbs, 10oz., to Erica L. and Kyle A. Sears of Tupper Lake.

A son, Brayden Liam Call, was born Jan. 7, at 8:32 p.m., weighing 7-lbs, 2-oz., to Brittany J. Cumberland and Robert J. Call of Saranac Lake.

A son, Mayson Christopher Tarbox, was born Jan. 8, at 2:12 a.m., weighing 6-lbs, 8oz., to Kelly L. Tarbox of Tupper Lake.

A daughter, Chapin Oliver Shatraw, was born Jan. 12, at 4:50 p.m., weighing 7-lbs, 2oz., to Sara B. and Seth Shatraw of Saranac

CVPH births ROCHA — A boy, Grant Peter, was born Feb. 2, 2011, to Kristy and Peter Rocha.

DECKER — A boy, Aiden Vincent-Francis, was born Feb. 2, 2011, to Rachel Decker and Tyler Fee. KLINE — A boy, Ayden Scott, was born Feb. 2, 2011, to Kristina Kline and Joshua Breyette.

HOPSEKER — A boy, Liam Emory, was born Feb. 3, 2011, to Sarah Benway and Shawn Hopseker.

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A son, Lucas Alexander Olds, was born Jan. 13, at 6:54 p.m., weighing 7-lbs, 8-oz., to Katherine M. and Derrick R. Olds of Tupper Lake.

A son, David Paul McLean, was born Jan. 15, at 7 a.m., weighing 6-lbs, 8-oz., to April L. McLean of Saranac Lake.

A daughter, Tabitha Jean Madigan King, was born Jan. 16, at 7:33 p.m., weighing 6lbs, 14-oz., to Cynthia A. and Paul F. King of Saranac Lake.

A daughter, Chloe Elizabeth Storms, was born Jan. 16, at 10:54 p.m., weighing 6-lbs, 13-oz., to Felicia R. Smith and David C. Storms of Tupper Lake.

A son, Nathan Alexander Ostrander, was born Jan. 20, at 3:28 p.m., weighing 7-lbs, 6oz., to Lynn M. and Ryan S. Ostrander of Tupper Lake.

A son, Kenneth Stephen Beiras, was born Jan. 25, at 5:15 a.m., weighing 6-lbs, 15-oz., to Darci A. and Michael A. Beiras of Saranac Lake.

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A son, Harvey Thomas Lansing, was born Jan. 28, at 8:27 a.m., weighing 6-lbs, 6.4-oz., to Anna R. and Nick J. Lansing of St. Regis Falls.

A daughter, Alyza Jane Symonds, was born Jan. 29, at 3:06 p.m., weighing 6-lbs, 10oz., to Katrina L. Pryor and Patrick M. Symonds of Tupper Lake.

A son, Revan Jean Larriaga, was born Jan. 31, at 9:58 p.m., weighing 7-lbs, 13-oz., to Jasmine E.J. Landry and Christopher S. Larriaga of Saranac Lake.

girl, Mia Mae, were born Feb. 4, 2011, to Christina and Karl Haglund.

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CLANCY — A girl, Deanna Renee, was born Feb. 4, 2011, to Jennifer and Patrick Clancy.

TURNER — A girl, Dahlia Rae, was born Feb. 5, 2011, to Brittney and Aaron Turner.

CROSS — A girl, Lila Jeanne, was born Feb. 5, 2011, to Jennifer and Jeffrey Cross.

FRAIM — A boy, William Francis, was born Feb. 7, 2011, to Cassandra Hart and Brian Fraim.

YELLE — A boy, Evan David, was born

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STEVENSON — A boy, Zane Charles, was born Feb. 8, 2011, to April and Aron Stevenson.

FACTEAU — A boy, Aiden Joseph, was born Feb. 8, 2011, to Lauren McGarvey and Joseph Facteau.

RUSHFORD — A boy, Jacob Daniel, was born Feb. 8, 2011, to Jennifer Lynn Rushford.

MARTINEAU — A boy, Denton Harold, was born Feb. 8, 2011, to Tonya and Dennis Martineau.

KING — A girl, Isabella Estherine, was born Feb. 8, 2011, to Jayne Willard and Robert King Jr.

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LAKE PLACID —The 24th Annual Cover Art Awards and Decentralization Grant Award Ceremony will be held on Friday, March 11, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The categories of these awards will be: The Winner of the Cover of our 31st Annual 2011 Arts Directory, Best in Show, first Place in Photography, first Place in Painting, first Place in 3D, and Honorable Mentions. The Cover Art exhibit and Landscape Exhibit will tour from April 25 through the end of the year. The Cover artwork is the subject of a raffle, whose proceeds help to fund the program.

At this ceremony they will also be recognizing the recipients of our 2011 Decentralization Grants. The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks has awarded

$28,000.00 for nineteen arts and culturally related projects sponsored by fifteen organizations taking place in Essex and Southern Franklin Counties in 2011, through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization Program. This program, called Developing Community Arts (DCA) Grants Administrated by ACNA in Essex and Southern Franklin counties, distributes State art funds and encourages local involvement in funding decisions affecting community cultural organizations and programs. The next deadline for the 2012 DCA Grants will be in early October 2011.

Please come join us on this special evening. There will be appetizers and hors d'oeuvres served. For more information about the ceremony or any of the art shows or grant programs contact us at 962-8778.

You can also email Caroline Thompson at: director@artsnorth.org.

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WESTPORT — Car wash, Westport Fire Department, North Main Street, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

AU SABLE FORKS — Cabin Fever Book & Bake Sale, Au Sable Forks Free Library, 9 Church Lane, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — Story hour, Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main St., 10:30 a.m. 891-4190.

JAY — Winter Coffee House Series with Donnie Perkins, Amos and Julia Ward Theatre, Route 9N, 7 p.m. info@jemsgroup.org.

WILLSBORO — Champlain Valley Film Society viewing of “127 Hours,” Willsboro Central School, 29 School Lane, 7:30 p.m. www.cvfilms.org.

ESSEX — Kids Cabin Fever Day, Iroquois Lodge, Main Street, 2-3:30 p.m. Grades K-4.

WESTPORT — Car wash, Westport Fire Department, North Main Street, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Ed Schenk performs, Michele’s Fine Dining, 5131 U.S. Ave., 6:30-9:30 p.m. 561-8142.

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

Obituaries

Death Notices

A.J. Bayless Jr.

John Ellsworth, 75

On Feb. 13, 2011 A.J. Bayless Jr. left us to be with God. He passed away unexpectedly. He leaves his dad Alan Bayless Sr., his brother Craig and sister Heather. He also leaves grandparents Evelyn and Bill Bayless, aunt and uncle Wally and Kim Buck of Willsboro, also cousins Justin, Kristen and Karin. Also Abigal Buck of Elizabethtown.

A.J. attended Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School until he left to go to Florida with his dad and sister.

John Ellsworth, 75, died Feb. 12, 2011 at CVPH Medical Center. He was born in Mineville, the son of Charles and Ethel (Podmore) Ellsworth. He is survived by one brother, Charles Edward Ellsworth of Glens Falls. Ellsworth was a member of the Army. No services are planned at this time.

Jean B. Cushman CRESSKILL, N.J. — Jean B. Cushman passed away peacefully on Feb. 18, 2011.

She was born in Newark, N.J., daughter of William H. Burger and Lillian M. Burger, and started spending her summers in Westport when her parents bought the pipemaker ’s house on Camp Dudley Road. In 1933 her father replaced the house, and the family lived there year-round.

Jean and her younger brother, Jack, went to Westport Central School, and Jean graduated in 1940.

After going to Wells College she moved to New York City and worked for the publishing company Simon & Schuster in their children’s book division.

In 1949, she married Robert A. Cushman and moved to Huntington, Long Island, where her husband was an administrator in the public schools.

After getting her master ’s from Teachers College, Columbia University, she worked as a junior high school English teacher for 19 years in Syosset, N.Y. Upon retirement, Jean took up writing, and in 1991 Houghton Mifflin published her children’s book on probability, “Do You Wanna Bet?” That was her second book for children; in 1959, she had written a “Little Golden Book, We Help Mommy.” Both books were subsequently translated into French, and the later book is still in print.

Jean also wrote poetry and essays as part of a seniors’ writing group, and many were inspired by the beauty she found around Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. One of her memoir pieces describes her father ’s taking her up Mt. Marcy when she was just 5 years old. For many of her later years she spent her summers in her Westport home, as well as short stays in other seasons. She last visited in the fall of 2008.

Jean is survived by her three children: Martha, of Danbury, Conn.; Robert, of Rye Brook, N.Y.; and Mary, of Closter, N.J. She has one grandchild, Julia Daly, also of Closter.

A memorial service will be held on March 12 at First Presbyterian Church in Northport, Long Island.

Brian P. LaCroix, 46 DANNEMORA — Brian Paul LaCroix, 46, passed away Feb. 16, 2011. Funeral services were Feb. 21 at St. Joseph’s Church, Dannemora. Burial will be at the parish cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are with Heald Funeral Home, Plattsburgh.

Herman E. Hendrie Sr., 67 PERU — Herman E. Hendrie Sr., 67, passed away Feb. 17, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 20 at Brown Funeral Home, Plattsburgh, which was also in charge of arrangements.

Dale F. Lahue, 72 KEESEVILLE — Dale Frederick Lahue, 72, Keeseville, passed away Feb. 18, 2011. Funeral services were held March 1 at Keeseville United Methodist Church, Keeseville. Burial will be in Au Sable Chasm Cemetery in the spring. Hamilton Funeral Home, Keeseville, is in charge of arrangements.

Mary C. Coscia, 88 MONROE, N.J. — Mary Chilton Coscia, 88, passed away Feb. 18, 2011. Services will be in private at a later date.

Edith J. Beardsley, 80 AU SABLE FORKS — Edith Jean Beardsley, 80, passed away Feb. 19, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 24 at the United Methodist Church, Au Sable Forks. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Au Sable Forks in the spring. Zaumetzer-Sprague Funeral Home, Au Sable Forks, is in charge of arrangements.

Patricia A. Raudenbush, 69 PLATTSBURGH — Patricia A. Raudenbush, 69, passed away Feb. 19, 2011. Burial will be at a later date in St. Peter ’s Cemetery, Plattsburgh. Brown Funeral Home, Plattsburgh, is in charge of arrangements.

Leo G. Richard, 70 CHAMPLAIN — Leo G. “Cat” Richard, 70, passed away Feb. 20, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 26 St. Mary’s Church, Champlain. Interment will be at a later date in a private family cemetery. M.B. Clark Funeral Home, Champlain, is in charge of arrangements.

S uun n d a y , M a rrcc h 1 3 PLATTSBURGH — All-you-can-eat breakfast, Elks Lodge 621, 56 Cumberland Ave., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Adults, $8; children, $5.

PLATTSBURGH — Ed Schenk performs, Michele’s Fine Dining, 5131 U.S. Ave., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 561-8142.

CHAZY — Open skate, Scotts’ Memorial Rink, 52 MacAdam Road, 5-6:20 p.m. 846-7825.

Louis Mary Sr., 77 PLATTSBURGH — Louis Mary Sr., 77, passed away Feb. 20, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 23 at Brown Funeral Home, Plattsburgh, which was also in charge of arrangements.

Walter F. Stanley, 91 ELIZABETHTOWN — Walter Franklin Stanley, 91, passed away Feb. 20, 2011. There were no calling hours. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.

James P. Farrell, 44 MOOERS FORKS — James Patrick Farrell, 44, passed away Feb. 21, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 24 at Ross Funeral Home, Mooers, which was in charge of arrangements.

Lester D. Carter, 69 CHATEAUGAY — Lester David Carter, 69, passed away Feb. 22, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 26 at Chateaugay Funeral Home, Chateaugay, which was in charge of arrangements.

Horace E. Trombley, 78 ELLENBURG CENTER — Horace E. Trombley, 78, passed away Feb. 22, 2011. Funeral services will be held in the spring. Chateaugay Funeral Home, Chateaugay, is in charge of arrangements.

Tylor S. McGuinness, 19 CROWN POINT — Tylor S. McGuinness, 19, passed away Feb. 23, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 26, at Harland Funeral Home, Port Henry, which was in charge of arrangements.

Viola M. Whitbeck, 90 PLATTSBURGH — Viola M. Whitbeck, 90, formerly of Glenville, passed away Feb. 23, 2011. Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Interment will be at a later date in Schenectady Memorial Park. M.B. Clark Funeral Home, Champlain, is in charge of arrangements.

Anna G. Van Heuverzwyn, 94 PLATTSBURGH — Anna G. Van Heuverzwyn, 94, passed away Feb. 24, 2011. Funeral services were held Feb. 28 at St. Peter ’s Church, Plattsburgh. Interment will be in the parish cemetery at a later date.

Brown Funeral Home, Plattsburgh, was in charge of arrangements.

Philip A. McLeod Jr., 87 CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philip Armon McLeod Jr., 87, formerly of Plattsburgh, passed away Feb. 24, 2011. Funeral services will be held at a later date.

Brown Funeral Home, Plattsburgh, is in charge of arrangements.

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Erin Miner, a marriage and family studies major and a resident of Saranac Lake, was among more than 500 traditional day and adult evening students from DeSales University who made the fall Dean’s List.

ONEONTA — Megan Crowningshield, of Elizabethtown, was named to the State University of New York at Potsdam President’s List for the Fall 2010 semester. Students achieving a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better while completing at least 12 academic credits with no incompletes are recognized with the honor.

Martin named to Dean’s list ONEONTA — Devin Martin, of Westport, was named to the Hartwick College Dean’s List for the Fall 2010 semester. Students achieving a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better while completing at least 12 academic credits with no incompletes are recognized with the honor.

Local students graduate PAUL SMITHS — The following area students graduated from Paul Smith’s College in December 2010: Alexandra Hesseltine, of Saranac Lake, graduated with a bachelor of science degree

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Phone 518 834-9693 United Methodist Church - Main Street. 647-8147.

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

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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. 8736760. 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: http://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. All are welcome. Email: goodshepherd-etown@charter.net 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 10-11:30 AM Sept.-May. web page: essexcommunity http:// unitedmethodistchurchny.net/ 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.

KEENE St. Brendan’s Catholic Church - Saturday Mass at 4 p.m., 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.

576-4711. 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 9:45 p.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: office@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:

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Rev. Richard Ducatt, pastor. Services are Sunday 10a.m. and 6:30p.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. Handicapped accessible. For more information call 518-523-3652.

Lake Placid Baptist Church - Leading people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ Worship service Sunday 10:15 a.m., Rev. Derek Spain, Pastor. 2253 Saranac Ave., LP 523-2008, www.lpbaptist.org.

St. Eustace Episcopal Church - Worship services Sunday 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., 2450 Main St., LP, 523-2564, www.steustace.org.

St. Agnes Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m., Sunday masses 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., 169 Hillcrest, LP, 523-2200.

Rev. John R. Yonkovig Adirondack Community Church - Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here. 2583 Main St., LP. 523-3753, www.adkcomchurch.org.

Pilgrim Holiness Church - 6057 Sentinel Road Lake Placid, NY 12946. Tel. 518-523-2484 Pastor: William S. Saxton Sunday School - 9: 45 AM Sunday Worship - 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Service - 7:00 PM Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study - 7:00 PM www.lakeplacidpilgrimholinesschurch.com Elizabethtown Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses Rt. 9 West, Lewis, NY. Sunday Public Talk 10 a.m. followed by Watchtower Study 10:35 a.m.; Tuesday 7 p.m. Bible Study & Theocratic Ministry School & Service Meeting. For further information contact Brian Frawley 518-873-2610.

First Congregational Church - Lewis, 873-6822. Rev. Frederick C. Shaw. Sunday Services 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Email: Fshaw@westelcom.com REBER United Methodist Church - Valley Road. 963-7924.

Rev. Chilton McPheeters. Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Church School 11 a.m.

SARANAC LAKE St. Bernard’s Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m. Father Thomas Kornmeyer, Pastor, 27 St. Bernard Street, SL, 891-4616, www.stbernardssaranaclake.com Episcopal Church of St. Luke - 136 Main St., SL, 891-3605. SUnday worship services at 7:45

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Carroll on Dean’s list ONEONTA — Kelsey Carroll, of Westport, was named to the William Smith College Dean’s List for the Fall 2010 semester. Students achieving a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better.

a.m. and 10:00 a.m., led by the Reverand Ann S. Giallard, www.stlukessaranaclake.org High Peaks Church - A Bible-believing, non-denominational church.

97 Will Rogers Srive, SL., 891-3255 Saranac Lake Baptist Church - 490 Broadway, SL, 891-5473 First United Methodist Church - 63 Church Street, SL., 891-3473 Adirondack Alliance Church - 72 Canaras Ave., SL, 891-1383. Sharing the hope of Christ, building relationships with god. Sunday worship 10:00 a.m. with nursry care available.

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

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.

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. Administrator: Rev. Kris Lauzon Confessions 5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Whiteface Community United Methodist Church - Rt. 86 and Haselton Rd. The whiteface Community UMC & Pastor Joyce Bryson invite you to join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. followed by a time for coffee & fellowship. Visitors welcome. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m. and child care for children up to age 7 is provided during worship. Church Office open 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Tues. - Fri. Office telephone 946-7757.

Riverside Thrift Shop located in the Methodist Barn open 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Wed. & Sat. Call 946-2922 for questions concerning Thrift Shop. The Ecumenical Emergency Food Shelf and Outreach Program is located in the Rubin Sanford Building next to the church and is open Thurs. 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Call 946-7757 with questions concerning our fuel assistance program. Senior Lunch Program Tues. & Thurs. 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Call 946-2922 during that time only for assistance.

Wilmington Church of the Nazarene Wilmington, NY. 946-7708 or 946-2434.

Marty J. Bausman, Pastor. Sunday School and Adult Bible Study 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Worship and Praise 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday - Family Night at Church 7 p.m. (Adult Bible Study, King’s Kids - ages 3-12, Teen Group - ages 13-17). Email: mbausman@whiteface.net 2-12-11• 77130

WADHAMS United Church of Christ - Main Street. Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. Church is handicapped accessible.

Phone number: 518-962-4630. Michael James Lorin, Pastor. All are welcome.

WESTPORT Federated Church - Main Street. Westport Federated Church: Sunday Morning Worship Celebration at 9:00 am including Children’s Church; Bible Study at 10:15 am. Thursday evening Bible/Book study, Parsonage at 6:30 pm. Pastor Leon Hebrink, 962-8293 www.westptchurch.com “Following Jesus In The Company of Friends.”

Westport Bible Church - 24 Youngs Road. 9628247. 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 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Rt. 9N. 962-4994. Branch Pres. Curtis McMillion.

Sacrament Meeting 10 a.m.; Sunday School 11:20 a.m.; Priesthood & Relief Society 12:10 a.m.; Primary 11:20 a.m. - 1 p.m.

St. Philip Neri Catholic Church - 6603 Main St., Father Peter Riani, Pastor. Residence, 8736760. Mass schedule: Sat., 7 p.m. (Summer only); Sun., 8:30 a.m. Weekdays: consult bulletin. Email: allrises@westelcom.com

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WALTHAM, Mass. — Elizabeth Kelly of Keeseville, a sophomore and Business major at Bentley University, was named to the President’s List for outstanding academic achievement in the fall 2010 semester.

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ALBANY — Luke D. Meissner, a resident of Saranac Lake, has earned an Associate in Applied Science in Nursing from Excelsior College.

Sayward honored ALBANY — Richard Sayward, of Willsboro, is among 858 students named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2010 semester at The College of Saint Rose in Albany. Full-time students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours and achieve a semester gradepoint average of at least 3.5 with no grades of D, F, Incomplete or Pass/Fail are eligible for inclusion on the Dean’s List.

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ACR Continued from page 1 of Commissioners is preparing for adjudicatory hearings on the project’s application. Once those hearings are complete, commissioners will have 60 days to decide whether or not to grant the project a permit.

Developer Michael Foxman says the design for his resort — which he hopes to construct on and around Big Tupper —is more or less ready to go, noting that the project has been scaled back and altered numerous times.

But environmental groups say it’s not even close and they’ll continue to play an active role in the upcoming hearings.

In a release issued this week, ARISE Chairman Jim LaValley said it “amazes” him that third parties like the Adirondack Council and Protect the Adirondacks are allowed to influence the regulatory process.

ARISE and its membership have been a vocal supporter of the ACR project, noting that it could rescue a desperate economy in the Tupper Lake area.

LaValley said APA staff should be “infuriated” that outside groups are questioning and second-guessing its review of the project.

He added that ARISE has been supportive of the “professional people” involved in the regulatory process — that includes staff at APA and the state Department of Environmental Conservation, LaValley said.

“And it still puzzles me that the process allows for special interest groups to be able to influence an application to the degree that the Adirondack Council and Protect the Adirondacks can,” he said.

“It creates an air of fear and doubt, all in an effort to stall and push the cost of the project right up through the roof,” LaValley added.

“Again, it’s the arrogance of these groups that feel they are smarter than the staff and the commissioners of these regulatory agencies.”

Doug Wright is president of the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce.

He said a discovery request presented by Protect the Adirondacks to the park agency is “disingenuous at best.”

Wright claimed the 174 demands made by the green group are redundant and that much of the information they are seeking on the project is readily available. He called it an “example of trying to stall and force the developer to incur additional cost.”

Both Wright and LaValley said the two environmental organizations are working against an effort to bring economic prosperity back to Tupper Lake.

John Sheehan is spokesman for the Adirondack Council. He was straightforward in stating that the organization won’t be leaving the discussion table anytime soon.

“We are grateful to get advice from our dear friends at the chamber and at ARISE, but frankly, I don’t think we’ll be following it,” he said.

Sheehan said it’s disappointing that supporters are asking interested parties to excuse themselves from the adjudicatory hearings.

“Certainly, we believe that this has an Adirondack Park-wide impact,” he said. “This is far beyond just a small project that would only affect the area right around Tupper Lake — if constructed this would have an impact for most of that section of Franklin County.

“And this will have an impact on how large projects are judged in the future,” Sheehan added.

John Caffry is head of conservation advocacy for Protect the Adirondacks – he also serves as legal counsel for the green group. He said the organization has every right to participate in the upcoming hearings and make its stance known.

“It’s a public process,” he said. “It’s spelled out in the APA regulations, just like how a planning board or the DEC has to have public hearings. We’ve followed the rules, we filed a petition for party status, and our petition explains how we have members in the project area that would be affected by it. It’s not a mystery – this happens all the time.”

Caffry said his organization has no intention of withdrawing its party status to the hearings, noting the group has its own supporters in the Tupper Lake area.

Some APA commissioners are concerned that 60 days won’t be enough time to parse through the seemingly endless documents pertaining to the ACR project. Developer Michael Foxman has indicated that he may grant an extension if absolutely necessary.

Additionally, commissioners have received strict instruction not to gather information about the project from media reports. Board members must limit their decision to info gathered by APA staff and supplied by the developer.

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ACR opponents question the economics

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com TUPPER LAKE — As the proposed Adirondack Club & Resort enters its final permitting phase, some opponents are questioning the project’s economic viability.

Interested parties are gearing up for the upcoming adjudicatory hearings, scheduled to begin next month. Once those hearings are finished, the state Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners has 60 days to decide whether or not to grant developer Michael Foxman a permit.

Earlier this week, members of two regional environmental organizations exchanged salvos with a pair of Tupper Lake organizations that support the ACR project.

Members of ARISE and the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce said Protect the Adirondacks and the Adirondack Council should excuse themselves from the upcoming hearings.

The green groups fired back, saying they have every right to participate in the public process.

Included in that exchange was an argument made by the Adirondack Council that the project lacks the economic footing to even get off the ground.

The group’s spokesman, John Sheehan, notes that the Front Street development in North Creek has had construction permits for several years and has only built a speck house so far.

“It is clear to everybody involved that the luxury home market is very flat right now – and if anything, it’s been in a period of decline for the last three years,” he said. “Until something happens with the economy, the likelihood of starting to find customers for new homes on the ski hill is very, very slim.”

Sheehan contends that it hasn’t been in Foxman’s best interest to bring the application forward more quickly.

He adds that the council tried to speed the project up by proposing a mediation session that would have “taken away” some of the issues being adjudicated at the upcoming hearings.

According to Sheehan, those sessions only lasted a couple months before the developer opted out.

“Ultimately, the delays have been the product of the applicant not bringing materials forward in a timely way,” he said. “Until this hearing starts, we’re still waiting to here from the applicant on a couple things that have been requested.”

But ARISE Chairman Jim LaValley flatly denies that the

economy has been holding up the project.

“It clearly is the green groups who have been responsible for holding this project up,” he said. “When you have somebody like John Caffry from Protect the Adirondacks filing 31 pages and 171 discovery motions – of which almost all of them were previously submitted by way of the application – it’s as if he never saw the information that was already filed with the APA.” “You can’t tell me that they weren’t intentionally creating these stalls,” LaValley added.

LaValley – who is a realtor – concedes that the economy isn’t “great,” but he adds that by the time the project goes through hearings and is granted an application, it should hit the market at the “right time.”

Meanwhile, a prominent local official says that ARISE is out of line for asking the green groups to cease their opposition to the Adirondack Club & Resort.

Jack Delahanty is chief assistant district attorney for Franklin County. He says town officials have avoided “hard questions” and it’s only through the involvement of group’s like Protect the Adirondacks and the Adirondack Council that those questions will get answered.

“They’ve been saying ‘Let the park agency do its job,’ but they don’t want to play by the rules of the game that have been established since 1973 in the park agency’s review of the project,” Delahanty said. ”They want their own rules to be imposed. And those rules that they want imposed would minimize the degree of information that the project sponsor would have to provide to the agency.”

Although supporters and opponents won’t know the fate of the project until later this spring, developers and ARISE did gain one victory this week.

A motion filed by Protect the Adirondacks to gain access to ARISE’s financial records was denied by an administrative law judge earlier this week. The judge did rule that ARISE must produce for public record a $1 lease investors signed with the community action group.

LaValley says Protect is trying to prove collusion between ARISE and Foxman. He admits he is a close friend of Tom Lawson, one of the project’s developers.

“Through that friendship we were able to get at the very least the ski area up and going with volunteers without using the Adirondack Club & Resort investors at all,” LaValley said.

According to LaValley, ARISE has been clear and up front with the APA in showing there’s no relationship between the ski center’s operation and investors. He adds that the agency is satisfied that no collusion has taken place.

AMC pain relief study having challenges SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Medical Center’s co-sponsored pain relief study has been stalled due to low enrollment. The study, which began last year, is a placebocontrolled study on the effects of a novel drug-free pain relief patch. Only sixty four of the one hundred spots have been filled. The lead researcher, local physician and acupuncturist, Dr. Karen Kan, says that the main issue is not that people aren’t interested in being in the week-long study, but that the study requires that the participant refrain from pain relief medications for at least five days prior to the study.

“I had no idea that so many people were dependent on pain relief medications such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen etc. We had already changed the requirements from two weeks off pain medications to only five days and still we are having trouble finding people who are able to refrain from taking drugs for five days. That says a lot about how dependent our society is on these drugs.” according to Dr. Kan. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 80 and

have pain in their joints or muscles of at least 3 out of 10 in intensity the day they are screened for the study. Participation is free and each participant is given a small stipend at the completion of the study. Interested participants may contact Dr. Karen Kan’s office for more information at 518524-8188.

LPI seeks poetry submissions LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Institute is welcoming submissions to its 2011 Great Adirondack Young People's Poetry Contest! One of the Institute's flagship programs, the annual poetry contest established in 1998, is now in it's 13th year.

This year's judge, Dr. Sarah Barber, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Poetry at St. Lawrence University. The winning poems will be published in a book entitled "Words From the Woods.”

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VIC friends group building a new future

By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com (Editor's note: This is Part Four of a five-part series on the current status of the Visitor Interpretive Centers, which were operated by the Adirondack Park Agency from 1989 to 2010.)

PAUL SMITHS — History has shown that the Adirondack Park Institute’s tag line — “Teaching a Generation to Care” — was almost taken literally.

Now, 22 years after it was founded, the group is poised to teach many more generations.

When Adirondack Park Agency (APA) officials announced in January 2010 that they would be dissolving the Interpretive Programs Division and leaving the Visitor Interpretive Centers (VICs) in Paul Smiths and Newcomb by the end of the year, the VIC friends group — the API — was faced with un uncertain future.

After all, the not-for-profit group was created specifically to fund educational programming — for school kids, families, and the general public — at the two VICs in 1989, the same year the Paul Smiths VIC opened (the Newcomb VIC opened in 1990). With its office located at the Paul Smiths VIC, the API and the state-run VICs were joined at the hip, so to speak.

It was a unique public-private partnership, a model for visitor/education centers around the nation.

The API board was left with the question, “What would happen to the API if the VICs closed for good?”

The year 2010 proved to be a pivotal and emotional one for API officials. While the mission remains the same, the partners have changed. API board members will now be teaching generations to care with Paul Smith’s College at the Paul Smiths VIC and the State University of New York College of En-

vironmental Science and Forestry at the Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb.

“Both colleges said to the API, ‘Work with us,’” said API Executive Director Dan Fitts, who was hired in 2010. “People love the VICs, and nobody wants them to close, especially us.”

Rebuilding membership The API is a membership-based organization.

While it raises program money through grants and fundraisers, it relies heavily on membership dues.

Among its list of accomplishments, the API has funded school programs, the Native Species Butterfly House at Paul Smiths, special events, and publications such as the interpretive trail brochures at the Paul Smiths VIC. But in 2010, despite a letter-writing campaign, the API’s membership took a hit.

“Now that our future is more clear, we are able to build membership and attract corporate and foundation funding,” Fitts said in an interview at the Adirondack Research Consortium office at Paul Smith’s College.

Institutional memory Fitts now splits his time between executive director positions at the API and the Adirondack Research Consortium. Yet his love affair with the VICs began more than 20 years ago.

When the APA was making plans to build the VICs in the 1980s (actually it was only supposed to open one VIC, but Gov. Mario Cuomo decided to open two instead), Fitts was a legislative coordinator for New York Sen. Ronald Stafford. He helped Stafford find money to build the VICs. “I remember going out there (in Paul Smiths) when the site was filled with trees,” he said.

Fitts’ administrative experience includes a 10year stint as the executive director of the Adirondack

Park Agency, from 1995 to 2005, a time that he cherishes mostly for his work with the two VICs. “The one thing being away from the APA that I missed the most was the VICs,” he said.

Volunteer corps Since the VICs opened, volunteers from the community — seasonal and year-round residents — have helped the staff and the API with educational programs, special events, the front desk, the Butterfly House, trail walks, and special projects. With an ever-dwindling staff count at both buildings, the volunteer corps had been an essential component of public programming. The larger group of volunteers — reaching about 60 — was located at the Paul Smiths VIC. “I think the transition was very hard on them,” Fitts said of the volunteers. “They didn’t know what was going on, other than the VICs were closing.”

While the API and both colleges helped bridge the institutional memory gap between the old and new owners of the VICs — by holding meetings with the volunteers in late 2010 — many, such as longtime Paul Smiths VIC volunteers Dick and Joy Harvey, found the lack of information and communication frustrating. The Harveys mainly volunteer with school field trip programs.

“Our biggest concern is that we would like to know what is being done to re-establish the environmental education programs here,” Dick Harvey said while volunteering for the Jan. 29 Chili Ski Tasting event. “The school groups. Will we have them? And, if so, who's going to run them?”

Volunteers, for the most part, are retired and don’t have time to administer programs, Dick Harvey said, suggesting that the API hire a full-time paid naturalist to coordinate the school group programs.

He also recommended that Paul Smith’s College and

Torch relay kicks off the Winter Games

By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — It was time to celebrate a victory before any games were contested.

Essex County Board of Supervisors chairman Randy Douglas and Elizabethtown town supervisor Noel Merrihew were on hand at the beginning of the Empire State Winter Games first-ever torch run, which started at the steps of the county offices Feb. 24.

“We declare that we are ready for these games,” Douglas said. The town of Jay, where Douglas serves as supervisors, was one of several municipalities who helped to sponsor the games after the state cut funding for the event.

“During tough times, there may be things that knock us down, but we have proven that they are not going to knock us out,” Douglas said. “Within hours of finding out that the games would not receive funding, numerous municipalities and agencies pulled together a plan to continue the 31-year tradition that was threatened by the cuts.”

Douglas also relayed what he thought a former county chair and Olympian would feel about the events that led to the rescuing of ESG.

“Jack Shea would be very proud of what everyone has done to keep this going,” Douglas said.

Douglas and Merrihew were also joined by several students from Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School, who opened the torch run.

“It gives me great pride to see such good participation from the youth in our community,” Merrihew said. “This should give our region pride that we have shown a commitment to the youth and to athletics.”

“This whole event is about youth and sports,” said Kim Rielly, communications director at Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism. “This is a great example of our region’s best.”

Among the runners were Zach Denton, who wore the Empire State Games jacket that his father wore in 1987.

“He was a bobsledder,” Denton said. “I thought that this would be a cool event to take part in and run in the first torch relay.”

“It was good to be the first one to hold the torch,” ELCS student Austin Morris said, who received the torch from Douglas to open the run.

“It was a good experience.”

The torch run went through several towns throughout the region before making it’s way to the opening ceremonies in Lake Placid.

Above, students from Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School run the first leg of the Empire State Winter Games Torch Run Feb. 24.

Right, Austin Morris takes the torch to start the Empire State Winter Games Torch Run Feb. 24.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

the API keep the volunteers updated on a regular basis with the plans for the VIC. “So we have a degree of confidence and know that they are working toward these programs,” Dick Harvey said. “Right now we are in the dark.”

Vision for the API Fitts plans on holding informational meetings with the volunteers at Paul Smiths and Newcomb in the near future to answer many of their questions.

In the meantime, he outlined some of the API’s plans.

In Newcomb, the API will continue to sponsor programs and events at the AIC with its new partner, SUNY-ESF. It will also continue to fund two paid summer internships there.

In Paul Smiths, the API will fund the Butterfly House (including a paid naturalist), the Nature for the Very Young program, school field trip programs (starting in the spring), and three traditional special events: the ski festival in January, the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration in June, and the Adirondack Wildlife Festival in August. All this in partnership with Paul Smith’s College.

While working with the two colleges on their plans for the VICs, Fitts sees a similarity between the excitement in the 1980s and today.

The API is still working on a Memorandum of Understanding with Paul Smith’s College, and, therefore, many of the details regarding programs are not yet available. However, Fitts said he expects to work with the college to create employment opportunities to facilitate some of the programs, such as school field trips. And he expects to work closely with the volunteer corps.

For more information about the API, call (518) 327-3376 or visit online at www.adirondackparkinstitute.org.

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March 5, 2011

In Clinton County

Perry receives multiple charges PLATTSBURGH — Todd M. Perry, 46, Saranac, was arraigned in the Dannemora Town Court after turning himself in to the Plattsburgh State Police Feb. 7, following an incident Feb. 5. On that date he reportedly violated an order of protection granted to his ex-wife.

Perry was charged with third-degree criminal mischief for smashing a car window and second-degree assault, felonies. He was also charged with criminal contempt for violation of the court order and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, misdemeanors.

And second-degree harassment with physical contact, a violation.

Family Promise facing budget cuts PLATTSBURGH — With the proposed budget plan by President Barack Obama, Family Promise in Plattsburgh may be facing financial issues in 2012.

The budget would freeze non-defense discretionary spending.

The faith-based organization, which helps families find temporary shelter, receives 13 percent of its funding from the federal government.

CCC facing loss of funding PLATTSBURGH — With former Gov. David Paterson’s spending reductions and the possibility of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget plan, Clinton Community College could be facing a total of 25 percent loss in state funding over two years.

An increase in tuition is being considered, as well as applying reserve funds towards the budget.

City district facing budget gap PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh City School district is facing a $4 million budget gap, and a 10 percent tax increase may be implemented to fill the gap.

The gap will be more than doubled from the current school year, due to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal. His cuts would take about $14 million in aid from county

JCEO exec outlines danger of potential cuts ters,” Garcia told legislators, adding each center also provides emergency food packages and collects and distributes clothing jeremiah@denpubs.com to low-income families and senior citizens.

According to Garcia, the towns each pay a portion of the exPLATTSBURGH — The Joint Council for Economic Opportunity of Clinton and Franklin Counties could be among organiza- pense for employing the outreach workers, which totals $175,750.

JCEO utilizes the CSBG funding to tions that could lose critical funding complete the wage and fringe benefits from the federal government. package, amounting to $54,000.

Bruce E. Garcia, executive director of “Without CSBG funding, none of the the nonprofit organization based in In order to give an idea of the need for JCEO services I’ve talked about exist,” said Plattsburgh, addressed the Clinton in the community, Garcia provided the followGarcia.

County Legislature during a regular ing snapshot of data collected from October Legislator Sara E. Rowden, D-Area 4, meeting of the board Feb. 23, citing his to December: asked if there has been an increase in a concerns over a proposal by Congress • 3,590 families utilized the food pantries demand for services in recent years. to reduce funding for federal Commu• 570 families received regular HEAP benGarcia replied that the amount of famnity Services Block Grant by 42 percent. efit and 67 families received emergency ilies served in a recent two-month peThe grant provides $265,000 which the HEAP benefits riod alone was up by 30 percent. organization then combines with more • 343 families received information/referral “Our food pantries especially have than $350,000 of other resources for its to other community resources seen a dramatic increase,” he said. outreach efforts, said Garcia. President • 180 families utilized the monthly food co“The demand is significant.”

Barack Obama’s budget request for the op purchases Legislator Robert W. Heins, R-Area 2012 fiscal year also includes changes • 115 families received clothing 10, asked Garcia if state budget cutin funding for community action, • 29 families received emergency assisbacks have any effect on JCEO servicwhich will reduce CSBG funding even tance with utility payments to avoid utility shutes, to which Garcia replied they do not. further. offs “Not really. Most of our funding is “The remaining funding would be • 11 disabled individuals were assisted with federal funding,” said Garcia. granted on a competitive basis,” added moving into permanent housing Garcia asked the legislators to conGarcia, “a process which traditionally • 2 seniors were assisted with rental paysider adopting a resolution he prements allowing them to maintain permanent has not favored rural areas such as pared asking for their support of Conhousing ours. So, if the president’s plan is gress maintaining its level of CSBG During that time, volunteer drivers also passed, it could well mean the loss of funding. spent 8,559 hours providing 230 rides for senall CSBG funding for Clinton County.”

“I believe that the loss of the servicior citizens, 121 rides for disabled individuals That would have a devastating effect es I’ve mentioned represent a signifiand 227 rides for Medicaid adults and chilfor the two-county region, said Garcia, cant loss for Clinton County and directdren. JCEO also received 45,452 pounds of considering JCEO has contracts with 11 ly impact our most vulnerable resifood donated by Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target towns in Clinton County which fund dents — low-wage workers, senior citand other local vendors that were then distribcommunity outreach centers. The cenizens and children,” said Garcia. “I uted through its network of food pantries. ters provide essential services for resihope that you will consider passing the “Again, without CSBG funding, none of dents, said Garcia, such as weatherizaresolution and show your support for these services would have been provided,” tion application assistance; assistance the continued operation of community said Garcia. with shut-off or eviction notices, and action.” information and referrals to other servClinton County Legislature chairices such as food stamps, the state’s Home Energy Assistance Program and monthly food co-op pack- man James R. Langley Jr., R-Area 7, said he anticipates Garcia’s request will be placed on the agenda of the board’s next meetages through the Regional Food Bank.

“This would virtually close all of our community outreach cen- ing, which has been rescheduled from Wednesday, March 9, to Wednesday, March 16. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

By Jeremiah S. Papineau

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In Franklin County

Local residents head to worldwide climate summit in Finland

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com TUPPER LAKE — A delegation of local residents, students, and staff members from the Wild Center left for Finland Feb. 24 to take part in a summit on climate action.

The group is taking part in a project entitled “Connecting Finnish and Adirondack Communities: Science Museums Facilitating Awareness and Action on Climate and Energy.”

The project is being coordinated through the Museums & Community Collaborations Abroad program, an off-shoot of the American Association of Museums.

Participants hope to facilitate an “exchange of experiences” between communities in Finland and the Adirondacks, with a focus on energy saving, climate issues, and “green practices.”

The project also aims to raise awareness about sustainable tourism.

A team of Finnish residents came to the Adirondacks late last year to participate in the second annual Adirondack Youth Climate Summit, hosted by the Wild Center in Tupper Lake.

Events in Finland are being coordinated by Heureka — the Finnish Science Center.

At the heart of last fall’s discussion was winter recreation, sports and culture in the Adirondack Park. Officials say Finland and the Adirondacks share similar climates and landscapes,

and both rely heavily on tourism and recreation to spur economic growth.

The local contingent leaving today for Scandinavia includes: Gail Brill of the Adirondack Green Circle; Tammy Morgan, an environmental science teacher at Lake Placid High School; Dan Coffrin, a senior at LPHS; Meadow Hackett, a senior at Saranac Lake High School; Bryan Larson, a senior at Tupper Lake High School; Stephanie Ratcliffe, executive director of the Wild Center; and Jen Kretser, director of programs at the Wild Center.

Gail Brill said residents of the Adirondacks can learn a lot from Finland — just as Finnish communities can learn from the Adirondack Park.

“It’s about relationship-building, it’s about seeing with our own eyes what’s happening there and what they’re doing — it’s touching, smelling, tasting and all of those other things that come into play when you have face time somewhere, which we don’t always have a lot of,” she said.

According to officials with the Wild Center, highlights of the trip include a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Finland Bruce J. Oreck and a discussion with Pekka Sauri on developing low-carbon economies.

Sauri is deputy mayor of the city of Helsinki.

Brill said the local delegation will spend a lot of time at the Finnish Science Center and traveling around the Helsinki area.

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New public defender position nixed, for now established to bring the Collard murder case to trial, which has since gone into a plea agreement.

“I feel that as tough as it is to create a new position, there is too much work there for Brandon to be as effective as he needs to be,” Douglas said. “I feel that we are burning this young man out and he needs assistance.” keith@denpubs.com “None of us are in a place where we want to create a new poELIZABETHTOWN — With six of the 18 Essex County super- sition,” Montgomery-Corey said. “But if we are not able to provisors either out of town or unable to make the meeting, any vote vide a level of defense to someone who needs it, the financial imrequiring 10 or more votes was going to be tough. pact is going to be even larger.”

With only three dissenting votes, a proposal to hire a third po“Constitutionally, it is our responsibility to provide a defensition to the office of the public defender at the county (which dant with proper legal council,” Scozzafava said. “It is our reneeded 10 to pass) was defeated during the Ways and Means sponsibility morally and ethically. I am going to go with Branmeeting Feb. 28. don’s word that we need this position.”

“This can be re-introduced at the next meeting “This is a constitutional right that we have to as long as either one of the people who voted provide and we cannot dismiss that obligation,” against the measure moves it or if one of the suMerrihew said. pervisors who was not here today motions it,” “This is the time that you have to hold the chairman Randy Douglas said after the vote. line,” Hatch said. “Putting another employee on However, Douglas, Schroon Lake supervisor is not the answer right now.”

Cathy Moses and Keene supervisor William FereHatch added that he felt the time to discuss bee, who all voted for the resolution, will be in this was during budget season.

Washington, D.C. next Monday for meetings with “Every year we go through the budget federal officials. process, then after that someone comes to us Willsboro supervisor Ed Hatch, Crown Point with a new thing and we go with it,” Hatch said.

Ed Hatch supervisor Bethany Kosmider and Lewis supervi“Tha needs to stop.”

Willsboro Supervisor sor David Blades voted against the new hire; they “I think that this is a little premature to make account for 420 votes under the weighted voting a decision,” Blades said. “We need to wait and system used during monthly board meetings.

This is the time see what the state does with a budget before we Douglas, Moses and Ferebee make up 414 votes make any staff decisions.” that will not be present, while the others who vot- that you have to Several supervisors asked about a part-time ed for the proposal: Chesterfield’s Gerald Morrow, hold the line. position, and Boutelle said that he felt that Elizabethtown’s Noel Merrihew, Minerva’s Sue would not be the most effective solution.

Montgomery-Corey, Moriah’s Tom Scozzafava, North Elba’s “I would never refuse any help, but it is not ideal and harder Robert Politi and Ticonderoga’s Debra Malaney make up 1,583 to work things with part-time,” Boutelle said. “With full time, it votes. is easier to keep things flowing and to know what the other hand Absent from the meeting were Westport’s Dan Connell, St. Ar- is doing.” mand’s Joyce Morency, Newcomb’s George Canon, North HudBoutelle said that in 2004, 463 cases went through the office of son’s Robert Dobie, Essex’s Sharon Boisen and Wilmington’s the public defender. The number has risen throughout the past Randy Preston, who account for 426 weighted votes. years, now reaching near 900 in 2010.

The debate on whether or not to add a public defender posi“The fact is that the number of cases has doubled that we hantion, under the recommendation of Public defender Brandon dle,” Boutelle said.

Boutelle, was centered on whether or not the county could afford Morrow said that he believed the recent economy was behind to add a new position to the budget, one which county manager the spike in numbers.

Daniel Palmer said could range from $75,000 to $82,000 per year, “Of course this is being driven by the economy,” he said. “As $55,000 of which would be in salary. the economy gets worse, there are more and more people that Palmer said that the first year of the position would be covered need that service and we are obligated to give it.” by grant funds that would be rolled over from the fund that was

12-member ways and means drops resolution, may return Monday

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Two-car accident on Miner Farm Road CHAZY — Robin D. Klemick, 44, Chazy was struck

by Lisa L. Hart, 33, Mooers after Klemick reportedly attempted to make a U-turn on Miner Farm Road.

Hart and Deborah N. Olds, 45, a passenger in Klemick’s vehicle were treated for minor injuries at CVPH Medical Center, and released.

Thume admits to police chase PERU — Elijah Thume, 22, Schuyler Falls has admitted he tried to outrun police last November when he was attempting to avoid a sobriety checkpoint on Route 22.

The chase took him and the police north on Interstate-87, ending when Thume’s car flipped near Exit 39.

Thume was charged with driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and fleeing a police officer.

He will return to court May 10.

Devins treated for minor injuries BEEKMANTOWN — Stephanie A. Devins, 19, West Chazy, was treated and released at CVPH Medical Center after she veered off Ashley Road Feb. 21, flipping her car.

City Beach looking to bring in vendors PLATTSBURGH — The City of Plattsburgh Common Council is working with director of recreation Steve Peters to bring vendors to sell food, accessories and beer at the City Beach this summer.

City property tax info on-line PLATTSBURGH — Tax information for properties in the city of Plattsburgh can now be obtained on-line at www.cityofplattsburgh-ny.gov, and by clicking “Pay Bills/Services Online,” then choosing “Property Taxes.”

Wilson charged with criminal mischief PLATTSBURGH — Peter H. Wilson, Plattsburgh, was arrested Feb. 22, and charged with second-degree criminal mischief, after allegedly allowing thousands of dollars worth of damage to happen at a property he rented.

Around the Region

Adirondack Community Housing Trust completes Hamlets 3 guidebook ELIZABETHTOWN — The Adirondack Community Housing Trust (ACHT) announced recently that the Hamlets 3 guidebook is completed and available online to Adirondack towns and villages seeking to expand the population centers of their communities — the villages and hamlets.

The guidebook and Web site are the culmination of a two- year study conducted by Roger Trancik of Urban Design Consultants that was funded through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) 2007 Adirondack Park Community Smart Growth Grant Program. The sponsors plan to continue the project with a follow-up program, if they can obtain additional funding.

“Hamlets 3 is the model for all towns and villages within the Adirondack Park to utilize as they plan their future,” Joe Kelly, President of ACHT, said. “Adirondack Community Housing Trust is proud to have been a sponsor of this valuable project.”

Hamlets 3 is presented in an illustrated guidebook that may be viewed and downloaded at the project Web site —www.adkhamlets.org. It may also be viewed and downloaded from Adirondack Park Agency Web site — www.apa.state.ny.us; the Department of State Web site —www.dos.state.ny.us; and the DEC Web site www.dec.state.ny.us The analysis and recommendations in Hamlets 3 are based on a two-year study that used

three case-study clusters of Adirondack hamlets to generate and evaluate real-world opportunities for smart hamlet expansion, both within the footprint of the existing hamlet and outside that footprint.

The three clusters of hamlets that were studied are located around Old Forge, Clifton-Fine, and Elizabethtown and were selected because of their geographic dispersion and varied character within the Adirondacks. From these studies, the Hamlets 3 planning model was derived, which is broadly applicable to a wide range of situations throughout the Adirondack Park.

“Last summer the Elizabethtown Planning Board had the opportunity to work with Roger Trancik and his brilliant group of young plan-

ners when they came to town to work on the ‘ETown Cluster’ for the Hamlets 3 Project,” Elena Borstein, Town of Elizabethtown Planning Board member, said. “We learned about Smart Growth Principles of planning and now hope to put these into our new Comprehensive Plan for Elizabethtown, which hasn't been revised since the 1970s. The guidebook is a great tool for planning and for the future of the Adirondacks.”

More details about Hamlets 3 and how communities can participate will be presented at the Adirondack Park Local Government Day conference in Lake Placid on March 23. Participants in the Hamlets 3 session at Local Government Day will be a given a CD of the guidebook.

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Local teams see mixed results in boys basketball sectional play Section VII/Class B quarterfinals

(2) Moriah 62, (7) Elizabethtown-Lewis 37

Top seed NCCS received a bye

The second-seeded Vikings used an 35-16 run over the middle two quarters to get past the seventh seed Lions Feb. 26.

Hunter Mowery scored 20 points for the Lions, while Charlie Huttig and Andy Mitchell scored five points.

The Lions finished with a 6-9 record, with Mowery scoring 189 points on the year.

(2) Plattsburgh 69, (7) Saranac Lake 58 The seventh-seeded Red Storm were looking for the upset Feb. 22, outscoring the second seed Hornets 17-12 in the first and third quarters.

But it was the Hornets who advanced with a 21-7 second quarter and 24-17 fourth quarter in beating Saranac Lake.

Justin Curtis scored 22 points to lead the Hornets, including 12 in the fourth quarter, while Kyle LaPoint added 21 points and 10 rebounds, Ethan Votraw scored nine points and Tre Bucci scored six points. Jordan Knight added three points and the trio of Andrew Favro, Anthony Procelli and Rob Fout each scored two points.

Austin McDonough and Benioko Harris scored 19 points each for the Red Storm, while CJ Stewart added 12 points, Sean Lanigan and Zach Buckley scored three points with Ben Monty adding two points.

The Red Storm finished the season at 6-11, with Stewart leading the team with 231 points (13.6 ppg).

(3) Willsboro 61, (6) Indian Lake/Long Lake 34 The third-seeded Warriors jumped out to a 41-14 halftime lead in advancing against the sixth seed Orange Feb. 26.

Alex Hamel had 24 points to lead the Warriors, while Clay Sherman scored 12 points, Dakota Sayward and Nick Nagavci scored six points, Clayton Cross scored four points, Patrick Wells scored three points and the trio of Cody Sayward, Nick Ball and John Pollock each scored two points.

(3) AuSable Valley 62, (6) Saranac 57 Jordan Coolidge scored 10 of his 18 points in a key stretch of the fourth quarter as the third-seeded Patriots advanced with a win over the sixth seed Chiefs.

Brody Douglass paced the Patriots with 19 points, while Connor Manning and TJ Burl each scored 10 points, Michael Hart scored three points and Nick Rhino added two points.

Dylan Everleth scored 29 points for the Chiefs, while Dylan Gallagher scored 17 points and Jeremy Bullis scored four points to go with 11 rebounds.

Saranac finished the season 8-10, with Everleth scoring 314 points on the season (17.4 ppg).

Section VII/Class B semifinals (2) Plattsburgh 52, (3) AuSable Valley 42 The second-seeded Hornets used a 21-10 second quarter to pull away from the third seed Patriots in advancing to the Section VII/Class B finals Feb. 26.

Jordan Knight scored 18 points to lead the Hornets, while Tre Bucci added 10 points, Kyle LaPoint scored six points, Andrew Favro and Ethan Votraw scored five points, Anthony Porcelli scored four points and the duo of Rob Fout and Justin Curtis each scored two points.

AuSable Valley’s Connor Manning TJ Burl paced the Patriots with 18 points, while Jordan Coolidge and Brody Douglass each scored six points, Nick Rhino scored four points, Connor Manning scored three points, Ryan Lee scored three points and Michael Hart scored two points.

The Patriots finished the season with a record of 15-5, with Douglass leading the team in scoring and ranking second in the CVAC with 327 points (16.4 ppg).

Saranac Lake’s CJ Stewart defends against Plattsburgh’s Kyle LaPoint during the Section VII/Class B playoffs last week.

Photo by Justin Prue

Section VII/Class C semifinals (1) Ticonderoga 55, (4) Lake Placid 30 A 23-3 opening quarter pushed the top-seeded Sentinels through to the Section VII/Class C championship game with a big win over the fourth seed Blue Bombers Feb. 26.

Will Gronlund scored nine points for the Bombers, while Logan Stephenson scored seven points, Chris Orsi scored five points, Evan Bickford and David Lawrence scored three points, Anthony Kordziel scored two points and Jacob Daniels scored one point.

The Blue Bombers ended the season with a record of 5-9.

Section VII/Class D opening round (8) Westport 63, (9) Wells 43 The eighth-seeded Eagles used a 24-12 third quarter to pull away from ninth seed Wells Feb. 22.

David Quaglietta led a balanced offensive attack with 14 points, while Kevin Russell and Will Adams scored 13 points apiece, Liam Davis scored 11 points, Alex Frum and Cooper Sayward scored five points and Ethan Markwica scored two points.

Section VII/Class D quarterfinals (1) Schroon Lake 63, (8) Westport 32 The top seeded Wildcats used a 20-7 first quarter and a 3414 second half to get past the eighth seed Eagles Feb. 26.

Liam Davis scored nine points to lead the Eagles, while David Quaglietta scored seven points, Cooper Sayward scored six points, Kevin Russell scored five points, Alex Frum scored three points and Will Adams scored two points.

The Eagles finished the season with a record of 5-11, with Liam Davis scoring 190 points during the season.

Westport’s Gabe Schrauf goes up for a shot against Schroon Lake’s Anthony Vanderwalker and Lance Paradis as Kevin Russell and David Quaglietta look for the rebound.

Photo by John Gereau

Live Blog from the finals!

Following our live blog at the NYSPHSAA State Wrestling tournament, Denpubs Sports will be live blogging from the Section VII championships at the Plattsburgh State Field House this Friday and Saturday. Follow us LIVE at:

www.denpubs.com/liveblog

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Weather keeps girls sectional play at bay throughout weekend Section VII/Class B quarterfinals (2) AVCS 58, (7) Saranac Lake 24 The second seed Lady Patriots got 34 combined points from its Alexis duo and used a 172 opening quarter to roll past the seventh seed Lady Red Storm in Section VII/Class B quarterfinal play Feb. 21.

Alexis Facteau led the Patriots with 18 points and 14 rebounds, while Alexis Coolidge added 16 points. Savannah Douglas, Kayla Taylor and Carlee Hart each scored four points, while Meghan Strong and Alexias Ryan scored three points. Haley Taylor and Sierra Snow each scored two points, while Alex Casey scored one point.

For the Red Storm, Shauna Manning scored six points, with Jazzmyn Tuthill adding five points, Jackie Cummings scoring four points and Nicole Viscardo scoring three points.

Megan Kilroy, Chelley Pietras and Regan Kieffer each scored two points. The team finished the season at 4-15, with Manning pacing the Red Strom with 175 points (9.2 ppg).

Section VII/Class D quarterfinals (1) Indian Lake/Long Lake defeated (8) Wells, 51-18

(2) Westport 47, (7) Willsboro 22 The second-seeded Lady Eagles used a 22-2 third quarter to get past the seventh seed Lady Warriors Feb. 26.

Willa McKinley and Nancy Armitage scored 12 points each to lead the Eagles, while Allison Sherman scored eight points, Mallory Sudduth, Brendee Russell and Karlee McGee each scored four points and Christina Sherman scored three points.

Serene Holland led the Warriors with nine points, while Hannah Bruno scored five points and Tiffani Provost and Kyli Swires each scored three points. Renee Marcotte added two points.

The Warriors finished the season at 5-11, with Bruno scoring 227 points.

(4) Elizabethtown-Lewis 42, (5) Moriah 33 The fourth-seeded Lady Lions used a 15-0 at the end of the second quarter and into the third quarter to turn a nine-point deficit into a lead they would not give up against the fifth seed Lady Vikings Feb. 26.

Lily Whalen scored 15 points to lead the Lions, while Kearsten Ashline scored 11 points, Shonna Brooks scored seven points, Kylee Casavaugh scored five points, Jennifer McGinn scored two points and Ashli Canabush scored two points.

AuSable Valley’s Alexis Facteau scored 18 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in a Section VII/Class B quarterfinal win against Saranac Lake.

Photo by Nancy Frasier

Blue Bombers advance, fall to Red Storm

Saranac Lake goaltender Tyler O’Neill gathers his teammates before the start of a period against Lake Placid in the Section VII/Division II playoffs.

Photo by Nancy Frasier

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Top seeds (1) Beekmantown and (2) Saranac Lake received byes.

(2) Saranac Lake 3, (3) Lake Placid 1

(3) Lake Placid 4, (6) Saranac 0

The second-seeded Red Storm scored a goal in every period, using goals in the second and third to break a 1-1 tie and advance to the Section VII/Division II championship game with a 3-1 win against third seed Lake Placid.

Devin Darrah opened the scoring for the Red Storm less than two minutes into the game, scoring on an unassisted goal. Keegan Barney scored the tying goal with less that a minute remaining in the period, scoring on the power play off assists from Dustin Jacques and Johnny Williams.

Dalton DeMarco scored the go-ahead and what proved to be game-winning goal in the second period, on an assist from Pat McHugh. McHugh scored an empty net goal to seal the game in the third period.

Tyler O’Neill made 31 saves in the win for the Red Storm, while Brady Hayes made 21 saves.

Dillon Savage scored the first two goals of the game for the third-seeded Blue Bombers in the second period as Lake Placid scored a shutout victory against sixth-seed Saranac in the quarterfinal round of the Section VII hockey playoffs Feb. 21.

Savage scored at the 4:27 mark in the first period, netting the goal on assists from Troy Jacques and RJ Reid. Savage’s second goal, unassisted, came at the 9:46 mark in the period.

Haile Thompson scored just over three minutes into the third period and then assisted on the final goal of the game, scored

by Reid, at the 6:09 mark.

Brady Hayes made 14 saves in earning the shutout for the Bombers, while Dustin Plumadore made 35 in the loss for the Chiefs.

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Winter's snowpack has certainly been difficult for the deer herd, but it has provided outstanding conditions for outdoor recreation.

It’s never too soon to plan for camp

the funding to keep the public campgrounds open for the season.

Due to the slump in the national economy, interest is camping has grown and sleeping out in a tent, which is far cheaper than a hotel room, has blossomed in recent years.

According reports from the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Outdoor, camping's popularity jumped 7.4 percent between 2007 and 2008. And overnight backpacking was up by over 18 percent, during the same timeframe.

According to recent reports, there are an estimated 33.7 million campers in the United States, where surveys indicate that one out of every seven citizens, take to the woods on an annual basis. North of the border, researchers indicate that one out of every three Canadians take an annual camping trip.

Although most campgrounds don’t open until late May or early June advance reservations for the coming summer season are already pouring in. The long winter may have prompted this early surge, or it could be an indication of the dismal economy.

Last year, at this time, the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation reported campground reservations were up by 6 percent, and the Department of Environmental Conservation experienced a similar 7 percent increase.

The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 67 campgrounds with more than 8,000 campsites, 800 cabins and 41 vacation rentals. Basic campsite rentals start at $15 per night on weekdays and $19 on weekends.

DEC operates 52 campgrounds located on Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Fees range between $15 and $24 per night.

New York State’s campgrounds are administered by ReserveAmerica, which operates the state's camping reservation system, and provides online and phone reservations for campsites throughout New York operated by OPRHP and DEC. Reservations for campsites and cabins are accepted from one day to nine months in advance of the planned arrival date by calling toll free 1-800-456-CAMP or online at www.nysparks.com.

Campsites and cabins operated by the state serve to accommodate nearly a million campers every year, a figure that is further compounded when considering the number of primitive campsites on state land. Information on DEC campgrounds, including reservations, is available at www.deccampgrounds.com.

Although budget concerns had threatened operations at numerous state campgrounds across New York last year; the DEC and local communities rallied both the will and

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

Recent conditions have made for fast and easy travel in the deep woods, where the snow pack is deep and dense.

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recent reversal in the region’s winter weather pattern, earlier in the week, ushered in a mix of steady rain and high winds. The brief thaw served to further compact an already dense snowpack.

Last weekend, I spent most of my time skiing the backcountry, where I discovered conditions were beyond ideal. The deep snowpack, which had been secured with a thick upper crust that permitted quick and easy travel for skiers and ‘shoers alike.

In the upper elevations, the accumulated snowpack of about five to six feet made it easy to travel through areas of thick foliage and over heavy blowdown.

Such conditions allow travelers to cover alot of territory off trail that includes swamps, wetland bogs, and thick balsam summits that are usually inaccessable at other times of the year.

Backcounty skiers return to the valley Hopefully, snow condictions will hold up for the coming weekend, as outdoor enthusiasts will again flock to Keene Valley for The Mountaineer ’s Ninth Annual Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival.

The annual gathering, a benefit event that supports both

the New York State Ski Education Foundation’s Nordic racing programs and the Adirondack Ski Touring Council, stewards of famous Jackrabbit Trail, features a wide range of backcountry ski tours that are hosted by local backcountry guides and a series of demos and mini clinics that will be held at Otis Mountain in Elizabethtown.

On Saturday evening, Heather Paul, a Marmot athlete, ski racer and winter mountaineer who has tackled snow covered terrain ranging from in Alaska to China, and many points between, will deliver a presentation and slide show. The event will hosted at the Keene Valley Firehall and the public is welcome to attend. Admission is $10/per person.

As usual, the gathering will include demos and mini clinics hosted at Otis Mountain in Elizabethtown on Saturday. Otis is a private ski area that offers a great venue for testing out the latest skis and boots as well as clinics on skinning, telemark skiing and more. Mini-clinics and demos will be free of charge! For further information, please contact The Mountaineer at 576-2281.

For members of the non-skiing public, the region still has plenty to offer for the coming weekend. There will be action on the ice in many local communities with Ice Fishing Derbies scheduled in Schroon Lake, Cranberry Lake, Long Lake and Saranac Lake, where the 27th annual Colby Classic will be hosted on both Saturday and Sunday.

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ADIRONDACK CRYPTOQUOTE

6th - Silly putty is invented. (1950) 7th - Monopoly board game is invented (1933) 8th - Baseball great Joe DiMaggio dies (1999) 9th - Ironclad ships the Monitor and the Merrimack battle in the Civil war. (1862) 10th - The U.S. government issues paper money for the first time. (1862)

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK ’ S PUZZLES !

ADIRONDACK CRYPTOQUOTES are sentences quoted from past and present writings about the Adirondacks. Different letters are substituted for the correct ones, and the same code is used throughout. Short words are clues for cracking the puzzle, and these letters are the most frequently used: E, T, A, O, N, S, and I. Practice will help you become more proficient. When you finish solving the Cryptoquote, congratulate yourself and enjoy this small portion of Adirondack history. Good luck and enjoy! © 1998 Nancy A. Douglas

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VN-3/5-4/9/11-6TC77705 ----------------------------ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PROJECT: Town of Willsboro Recreational Park OWNER: Town of Willsboro P R O J E C T Representative: Earth Science Engineering, P.C., acting on Owner’s behalf.

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will be received by the P R O J E C T Representative until 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 25, 2011 at the Town Hall, 5 Farrell Road, Willsboro, NY 12996 for the work described below, at which time and place all such bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Project work will consist of construction of asphalt tennis courts, providing topsoil for athletic fields, grading topsoil for athletic fields, and seeding athletic fields.

The Contractor must comply with the project’s Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP).

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VN-3/5/11-1TC-77708 ----------------------------LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Willsboro Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee will be holding their regular monthly meetings at 7pm at the Willsborough Visitor's Center every first Tuesday of the month beginning with the April 5th, 2011 meeting. All previous meetings, as noted, have been held at the Town Offices.

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VN-3/5/11-1TC-77712 ----------------------------NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE Please take notice that the March 12, 2011 regular meeting of the Lewis Fire District has been changed and will be held on March 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Lewis Firehouse.

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ESSEX COUNTY announces two vacancies for Registered Professional Nurses At Essex County Horace Nye Home. Both Positions are Full Time and offer Excellent Benefits!

For applications contact Essex County Personnel, 7551 Court Street, PO Box 217, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 (518) 873-3360 or at http://www.co.essex.ny.us/AJAX/personnel.aspx LICENSED PRACTICAL Nurse part-time position 20/hours/week. Member of Clinical team responsible for care of High Peaks Hospice patients. Per diem positions also available. Minimum qualifications: LPN licensed in NY, 2 yrs exp. w/hospice or home care nursing. Send cover letter, resume and three professional references to: HPHPC PO Box 840 Saranac Lake NY 12983. Deadline March 15th.

RN for referral management at Tri-Lakes office located in Saranac Lake. Member of Clinical team responsible for High Peaks Hospice patient referrals and intake.

Develops and meets with referral sources throughout the county and beyond to share hospice information, patient criteria and agency policies. Will have a regular presence at area hospitals, medical practices, nursing homes and assisted living communities to evaluate individuals for hospice services.

Minimum qualifications: RN licensed in NY, 2 yrs exp. w/hospice or home care nursing.

Send cover letter, resume and three professional references to HPHPC PO Box 840 Saranac Lake NY 12983. Deadline March 15th .

RN per diem at Tri-Lakes office located in Saranac Lake. Member of Clinical team responsible for care of High Peaks Hospice patients. Minimum qualifications: RN licensed in NY, 2 yrs exp. w/hospice or home care nursing. Send cover letter, resume and three professional references to HPHPC PO Box 840 Saranac Lake NY 12983. Deadline March 15th

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If interested, plan to come March 8, 2011 12:00 - 2:00 PM North Elba Town Hall 301 Main Street Lake Placid, NY 12946 Enter front door of Town Hall and follow the Adirondack Arc signs. Any questions contact Robin Hogan-Law at 891-6565 x108.

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8 Y L B N O O O E T R H A S E LEF R E

T TH HOME & LIFESTYLE EXPO Here are the current exhibitors: -Adirondack Hardware Co Inc -Aird Dorrance -APC Renovations -Bath Fitter -Bayside Chimney Service -Besaw Builders -Bobcat of Plattsburgh -Boy Scouts -Bronson Johnson Seamless Gutters -Cabinet Gallery -Champage Window & Siding Contractor -Champlain Valley Electric Supply Co -Chazy Hardware Inc -Choice Custom Homes LLC -Continental Bulb Recyclers -Crawford Door & Window Sales -Culligan Water Technologies -Curtis Lumber -CV Tech -Donald Duley & Associates -Durocher Auto Sales -Early Riser LLC -Fire Prevention -Girl Scouts -Glens Falls National Bank -Granite Mountain Stone Design/ Cold Spring Granite -Graymont Materials -Greenway Energy Solutions, Inc

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COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND, MARCH 12 & 13 AT THE CRETE CENTER IN PLATTSBURGH. Booth prices start at $225 for ABA members and $425 for Non Members.

If you have not already reserved a booth or if you know someone who may be interested, please contact us ASAP. You can fill out the online form by going to the link below: http://www.adirondackbuilders.org/HomeShowSignUp.htm

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