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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Westport Supervisor Daniel Connell said he was surprised. Speaking during the April 30 Ways and Means Committee meeting, the Fair Committee chair from Westport said that he did not expect a request from the Agricultural Society to bring back a beer tent at the Essex County Fair for a one-year trail would be “so controversial.” “This request by the fair board has been under serious discussion for the past three years,” Connell said. “This decision was not entered into lightly. It is a common practice at most of the fairs throughout New York to sell alcohol, including at the New York State Fair.” Supervisors voted 11-5 to move the request for a beer tent to the full board meeting May 7.

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Elizabethtown-Lewis junior Brody Hooper leads the walk during the Rally to Ban K2 at the Essex County Government Center in Elizabethtown April 30., Students from ELCS were joined by peers from Westport, Willsboro, Moriah, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Keene and Saranac Lake, along with county supervisors and officials. Later in the day, the New York State Senate passed a bill that would make synthetic marijuana sale or possession a crime. Photo by Keith Lobdell

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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — When Brody Hooper started his campaign against synthetic pot, he hoped it would come to this. Hooper, a junior at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School, looked out over the hundreds of students gathered at the Essex County Government Center to rally

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against the sale and use of substances like K2 and Spice. “I was not sure what would come from the meetings and the trips to schools, but I was hoping for something like this to happen,” Hooper said. “This is about getting students from all of these different schools together to get a final resolution to this problem.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

NY senate passes Stec visits synthetic pot ban county ALBANY — The New York State Senate Monday, April 30 passed legislation to criminalize the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana. The bill (S.6694), sponsored by Senator John Flanagan (R-C-I, East Northport), would also criminalize the sale and possession of hallucinogenic chemicals deceptively called “bath salts.” Synthetic marijuana are herbs sprayed with chemicals

called “synthetic cannabinoids.” These products — including Spice, K2 and Black 9 — have dangerous side effects, including rapid heart rate, tremors, loss of consciousness and hallucinations. “Bath salts,” or “substituted cathinones,” are chemically related to methamphetamines and ecstasy and also cause harmful physical and psychological impacts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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