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Over 150 local Mustang enthusiasts gathered at Egglefield Ford in Elizabethtown on Sunday, June 13 for the 50th Anniversary Mustang Reunion.

Pictured above are Mallory Boisvert, Alex Egglefield, Madison Egglefield and Mckenna Boisvert.

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Congressional race ramps up in region

Funiciello stumps in Placid

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LAKE PLACID Ñ Matt Funiciello, the Green PartyÕ s candidate for New York’s 21st Congressional District, has reached a state of balance. Ò Campaigning is just one of the many things IÕ m doing,Ó he said. Ò I have to take time to enjoy life, something IÕ ve only learned in the past two years.Ó His first campaign stop outside of Glens Falls, his home turf, was the Green Goddess Market in Lake Placid.

“Lake Placid is a very important place to me emotionally,Ó he said. Ò I want to start getting out and talking to people about the issues and specifically, find out what they think of what IÕ m saying.Ó For the full story, visit denpubs.com.

Matt Funiciello discussed his three main campaign platforms with Lake Placid voters on June 27.

They include single-payer health care, an end to corporate welfare and a $15 minimum wage.

Photos by Pete DeMola

SARANAC LAKE Ñ Democratic Congressional candidate Aaron Woolf met with small business owners and civic leaders in a tour down this townÕ s main drag on Monday, July 14.

The campaign swing, his first through the Tri-Lakes region since Republicans chose a candidate after a bruising primary last month, saw the Elizabethtown-based filmmaker and Aaron Woolf is pictured here at small business owner field a va- Blue Line Sports where he met riety of candid questions from with Saranac Lake Mayor Clyde local residents, including where Rabideau and co-owner Mathe stands on marijuana legaliza- thew Rothamel. tion, the two-party system and growing infrastructure in the district.

“People bring value to Saranac Lake businesses,” said Woolf. Ò Service, value and a sense of loyalty.Ó For the full story, visit denpubs.com.

WESTPORT Ñ By this time next year, one priest will cater to four Catholic flocks in the Champlain Valley Region: Elizabethtown, Westport, Willsboro and Essex.

Due to the shortage of priests and the need to plan for the needs of parishioners, both seasonal and permanent adherents, the parishes of the dioceses are linking up, said Father Francis Flynn, current holy man at St. Philip NeriÕ s in Westport and ElizabethtownÕ s St. ElizabethÕ s. Ò As priests retire, theyÕ re not being replaced,Ó he said.

According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate of Georgetown University, priests have declined 11 percent in the past decade.

Only 477 Roman Catholic priests are expected to be ordained this year in the United States, a scant addition to the 38,600 total.

For several years, Willsboro and Essex, the latter a mission of the former, have been sharing an administrator.

Eventually, each church will whittle their services down to one weekly mass, Flynn said.

The only service that will stay constant is the service at St. Philip NeriÕ s in Westport for Camp Dudley campers. Ò Our populations mushroom in the summer,Ó Flynn said. Ò ItÕ s important that people realize changes are coming.Ó To prepare, the four parishes in the diocese have started the consolidation process.

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Audit raises many questions at ORDA

By Jon Hochschartner jon@denpubs.com

LAKE PLACID Ñ The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), the state agency that manages the North CountryÕ s Olympic venues, has been slapped by the state in an audit released last week.

Among the most incendiary findings by New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, was that ORDA, while unable to pay its own bills, spent $36,000 on hotel stays. According to the report, they Ò refused to provide any information about the individuals that actually stayed at the hotel or the specific reason.”

ORDA relies on loans and outside contributions to cover cash shortages and, in recent years, has used a line of credit to cover its basic operating costs, including payroll, according to the audit.

In some cases, other state agencies have paid ORDAÕ s bills, including $1.5 million of capital lease payments ORDA could not pay since December 2008. Ô NO TAXPAYER MONEYÕ When asked why ORDA wouldn’t release information regarding hotel stays as the auditors requested, spokesperson Jon Lundin sidestepped the question. Ò This was a sponsorship agreement,Ó he said. Ò No taxpayer money was spent.Ó When the question was repeated, Lundin declined to comment.

Three of the seven sponsors reviewed re-

ceived more stays at the ORDA-leased condominium than called for in their agreements, including one that received 45 excess stays during the audit period. In total, the three sponsors received an additional 54 nights, valued at $13,500, over their agreed allotment for the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2013.

Lundin also declined to comment on why his agency was selected for an audit, which covered April 1, 2010 through Sept. 26, 2013.

When asked if, as a cost saving measure, ORDA was considering a salary ceiling for its administration, Lundin also declined to comment.

According to the website seethroughny.net, CEO Ted Blazer’s total pay in 2011 was $188,619.

That October, the agency borrowed $130,000 to cover its payroll costs.

Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall said that though he had full confidence in ORDA, if the village was being audited, as it was a few years prior, Ò I would certainly expect that I would have to produce [the requested documents].Ó Ô NEEDS REALISTIC PLANÕ Ò ORDAÕ s continuing struggles to maintain fiscal balance show that the authority needs to explore new ways to save costs and commit to sound financial planning going forward,” DiNapoli said. Ò ORDA needs to develop a realistic and detailed multiyear financial plan to build its cash reserves and maintain operations for the economic benefit of local communities, as well as the tens of thousands of people who

enjoy its attractions.Ó ORDA operates the Whiteface and Gore Mountain Ski Centers in the Adirondacks, the Olympic facilities in Lake Placid, and the Belleayre Ski Area in the Catskills. The majority of ORDAÕ s operating revenue was earned in the last five months of its fiscal year, from November through March.

From April 1, 2010, through March 31, 2013, ORDA’s losses totaled $4.2 million on a cash basis. From depreciation, accounts receivable and post-employment benefits due its employees, ORDA had losses totaling $45 million over this period.

DiNapoliÕ s auditors found that while state law requires ORDA to establish a fund to provide for capital improvements and major repairs to the Olympic facilities, and requires a deposit of 25 percent of operating profits each year into the fund, ORDA had no profits from operations and had no balance in the fund.

As a consequence, ORDA is dependent on the state and other public entities for capital contributions and grants. For example, the Empire State Development Corporation awarded ORDA a $15.2 million working capital grant in 2006, and, in fiscal year 2012-13, ORDA received a $5 million appropriation from the New York Works program.

In June 2013, ORDA owed $3.4 million on its outstanding line of credit. At the end of fiscal years 2007-08 through 2012-13, it owed amounts ranging from $2 million to almost $4.6 million.

ORDA incurred $531,518 in interest and fees between January 2008 and June 2013 because of

the credit balances.

DiNapoliÕ s auditors examined ORDAÕ s revenue stream, particularly corporate sponsorships, finding the authority could take additional actions to increase its income.

DiNapoliÕ s auditors found the following: In one sponsorship with a vehicle manufacturer, ORDA receives use of up to 12 vehicles for three years at a value of $219,627 over that time. In return, ORDA provides tickets to its venues plus advertising and condominium use at an estimated value of $381,000 per year.

DiNapoliÕ s auditors also reviewed a sample of 29 procurements totaling $8.2 million, finding 11 procurements totaling $427,000 that were not competitively bid. In these cases, ORDA did not provide sufficient documentation as required by its purchasing policy to support why a contractor was selected or why a competitive process was not used.

For a copy of the report, including ORDAÕ s response, visit: http://osc.state.ny.us/audits/ allaudits/093014/13s18.pdf

AVCS golf tourney slated AUSABLE Ñ AVCSÕ booster club will host a golf tourney on Saturday, July 25 to benefit the AVCS athletic program. Includes BBQ luncheon, prizes, raffles, skins, a silent auction and more. 8 a.m, $60/$50 (non-members/members). To sign up a four-person team, contact Julie Taylor at 834-9085.

July 19, 2014

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The Mushroom Forager leads hike to find delectable or deadly mushrooms

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com ESSEX Ñ Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will host a threepart mushroom identification workshop titled “Three Views of Black Kettle Trail” led by Ari Rockland-Miller, co-founder of The Mushroom Forager. Ò Every summer in this region, there are so many mushrooms that go unnoticed,” Rockland-Miller said. “This is a good way to tune your eyes, your foragers eyes, into the rainbow below our feet of different mushrooms.Ó Ô THE WORKSHOPSÕ Participants will learn about the world of mushrooms and the art of finding and identifying them during three two-hour guided hikes on the Black Kettle Trail in Essex on Saturday, July 19, Tuesday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Ò Mushroom foraging is really just a lens for how our landscape changes so quickly around us,” said Catherine Haskins, board member of CATS. “We spaced out the workshops so that each time you go out on the same trail you will see a whole new world of mushrooms.Ó The first workshop will begin with a brief introduction to mushroom foraging techniques, discuss how to harvest them and introduce the Ò ForageCastÓ approach to locating them, which is an up-to-date list of edible mushrooms in season in the Northeast, informed by their finds as well as field reports from mycophiles, people who like hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.

“It’s really a beautiful trail,” Rockland-Miller said. “It’s fun to get out there, explore the lush woods and also have an eye to these mushrooms.Ó Preregistration is required, and class size is limited to 20 participants. Participants are asked to make a $100 donation per adult to register for the full series of hikes. CATS encourages people to take part in all three workshops and welcomes substitutes for those who can only attend one or two of the workshops to see the different varieties of mushrooms the trail has to offer. Ô MANY MUSHROOMSÕ Last summer in August, Rockland-Miller hiked the Black Kettle Trail and discovered a variety of many different mushrooms ranging from distinctive and delicious to dangerous and deadly, something he teaches early within the workshop. Ò Mushroom foraging can be very safe it you approach it mindfully and carefully,” Rockland-Miller said. “We have a way an approach that gives more safe and fruitful foraging. Ò There are some dangers if youÕ re not careful and not educated.Ó One of the deadly species from the region is the destroying angel mushroom, a mainly white mushroom that is responsible for the majority of mushroom poisoning deaths. This mushroom contains the toxin amatoxin, which causes symptoms five to 24 hours after consuming of vomiting, cramps, delirium, convul-

Felix Haskins tries to identify mushrooms with his ForgeCast on the Black Kettle Trail in Essex.

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sions and diarrhea, causing irreversible damage to liver and kidney tissues and possibly ending ones life.

The chanterelle mushroom, a delectable and delicious mushroom, also lives within the forest. This mushroom is orange and yellow and funnel-shaped that has a fruity smell, reminiscent of apricots, and a mildly peppery taste that tastes its best when cooked, especially sautéed in butter, oil or cream. Ò The majority of mushrooms is not tasty, per se, but not poisonous,” Rockland-Miller said. “There’s 20 to 30 gourmet, edible species, but you gotta be careful because there are these deadly species among the edibles.Ó Ô MUSHROOM FORAGERÕ The Mushroom Forager founded in 2010 to share the art and science of hunting wild mushrooms along with making mycology safer and more accessible. Ò The Mushroom Forager began as sort of a waiver of love,Ó Rockland-Miller said. “I had a passion for mushrooms that was getting out of control with my enthusiasm.Ó Because of this excitement, The Mushroom Forager started as a blog by a suggestion made by his wife, Jenna Antonino DiMare. From there, they started a website. Ò We were amazed by the level of interest in mushrooms that we saw in readers from all around the word,” Rockland-Miller said. Ò It blossomed from there.Ó After growing up from the ground, The Mushroom Forager has facilitated dozens of presentations and hands-on mushroom foraging and cultivation workshops, teaching over 1,000 mycophiles throughout the region. Ò ThereÕ s quite a diversity of mushrooms that are growing,Ó Rockland-Miller said. “There are thousands of species in the forest.Ó

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Helen DeChant • 873-9279 / time4hfd@yahoo.com

ooray! ItÕ s the most long-awaited, fun-filled, exciting weekend of the summer! E-town Weekend! While you partake in all the festivities, please make it a very safe weekend. Beginning with the Friday evening block party featuring E’town Express, all the treasure-finding yard sales going on, the 3 p.m. parade, the fun activities at the Cobble Hill Golf Course and the fabulous fireworks on Saturday at dusk. Ending on Sunday with the Free Ò Elizabethtown; Then and NowÓ slide show at the UCC parish hall at 3 p.m.

Make sure you take the little kids down to Ticonderoga Credit Union on Saturday to meet Penelope the Clown, sheÕ ll create some imaginative face painting for them to wear.

If claiming space on the golf course with your lawn chair to watch the fireworks Saturday evening is not for you, then a great place to enjoy them is the front porch of the DeerÕ s Head Inn. They will be hosting a Community Table with reserve seating beginning at 7:30 p.m., along with specials starting at 9 a.m. with pastries and coffee. Stop in during the day for some delicious food and drinks, but reservations are required for the evening, call 873-6514.

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he Art Sale and Show featuring local artists Gary Bezio and Lorna Hohn is going on now in the Library on Front Street during regular library hours. Monday mornings in the library from 10 until 11 is the summer reading program for kids with Fizz Boom Read featuring scientists exploring science in a new way.

The Keeseville Farmer’s Market has started.

Check out all the great locally grown food and locally created goods available for a very reasonable price. The Farmer’s Market is behind the shops and Library on Front Street by the Ausable River’s edge in Riverside Park. You will find the vendors there from 10:00 until 2:00 every Wednesday.

Champlain Area Trails is hosting a three part mushroom identification workshop “Three Views of Black Kettle Trail” led by Ari RocklandMiller. The sessions will run Saturday July 19 at 9:30 a.m. then Tuesday Aug. 26 and finally Sunday September 14. CATS requests a one hundred dollar donation per adult to register for the full series however participation in all three workshops while encouraged is not mandatory.

Contact CATS online at www.champlainareat-

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n Friday, July 25, the Essex Community Church concert series presents the Bluegrass Gospel Project. This six piece band is very popular across New England and northern New York, and, in spite of their name, they have a repertoire that includes much more than just bluegrass. The show starts at 7:30 p.m, and admission is $10.

ItÕ s that time of year again to root around in your garage and basement for unwanted hazardous and toxic materials. You can get rid of this stuff at the North Elba Highway Garage Aug. 2 or at the North Hudson Highway Garage Aug. 9. They will take oil based paint, solvents and pesticides. Both drop-offs will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Last Saturday, Ginny and I were motoring along on Church Street in downtown Essex, having just cooled off with a quick dip at Beggs Point. I turned right onto Main Street and had to stop immediately because we had nearly come face to face with a minivan. They were swerving around parked cars in front of the inn and managed to avoid ramming into us. ItÕ s a congested bit of roadway right there.

Mark your calendars now for the late afternoon of Aug. 17 when there will be a cook-out and auction at the Adirondack Art Association gallery. I made the mistake of stopping by to see the current show and was roped into the job of auctioneer by two very persuasive artists. This

I’d like to give a big “thank you” to the Elizabethtown Fire Department for all their hard work in organizing so much of the festivities for the weekend, the Elizabethtown-Lewis Chamber of Commerce for helping to pay for the band EÕ town Express and bagpipers Police Pipes and Drums of Plattsburgh in the parade, along with creating the E-town Yard Sale map.

Also, to the Elizabethtown Town Council for their help with the fireworks, plus the help from everyone around town who donated to the expense of the fireworks.

On a different note, if youÕ re crazy about mushrooms, would like to know how to find and pick your own, check out the CATS website, champlainareatrails.com, for the Ò Mushroom Forger” workshops with co-founder Ari Rockland-Miller. There are three choices: Saturday, July 19, August 26, and September 14. Workshops will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Black Kettle Farm. Arrive 15 minutes early for sign in; class size is limited to 20, so register early: call 962-2287 or do so online. You may find out more about mushroom foraging at themushroomforager.com.

Kyle Page • kmpage1217@charter.net rails.com or call 962-2287 as the workshops are filling quickly.

The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association is sponsoring a free program at the Peru Free Library on July 20 at 5.

Don Papson, founder and past president of the Association, and Helen Allen Nerska, president of the Clinton County Historical Association, will be speaking on Solomon Northrup’s, the freeman kidnapped into slavery and the subject of “12 Years a Slave,Ó legal battles with Peru resident George Washington Allen of Jabez Allen Road.

Northrup transported lumber from Peru to Albany-Troy area but wasnÕ t paid as per the contract and took Allen to court for his money. For more information contact Peter Slocum at 518-708-5607 or by email at pslocum47@gmail.com.

Coming soon on July 26 Speedy Arnold will be speaking and performing at the monthly lecture series offered at the Anderson Falls Heritage Society in the Museum on 96 Clinton Street. If you haven’t seen it, be sure to check out the great window display on Front Street featuring great photos and history of our area.

Lots to do, enjoy your week.

Rob Ivy • robhivy@gmail.com event will feature Russ Bailey and his famous grills and lots of art and other items for sale.

My job at the farmers market in Elizabethtown led me to an encounter with a reader of this column who was a bit confused about just who I am. For some reason, she imagined that I was tall, slim and into running, which is not quite the case. She then asked me if I was Amy Ivy’s father. I explained that IÕ m legally entangled with Amy, but strictly as her husband. I went on to disabuse her of misconceptions about Ginny, who is not my mistress but our border collie dog.

Theatre dates shifted

ESSEX — Adirondack Regional Theatre and Essex Theatre Company’s Smokey Joe’s Café will shift its opening from August 1 at 7 p.m to Wednesday, August 6, at 5 pm. Show dates are now August 6 at 5 pm, August 7, 8, 9 at 7 pm and August 9 at 2 pm at the Masonic Lodge.

Starring in this longest-running Broadway musical revue by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are Michael Bergman, Liz Favreau, Antonette Knoedl, Karen Lewis, Aislinn McKinstrey, Dana McLaughlin and Matt Rock. Antonette Knoedl is Director/Choreographer and Allison Andre in Musical Director. Thirty-nine pop and rock songs are featured.

For reservations call (518) 526-4520 or e-mail tickets@essextheatre.org.

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he North Country SPCA would like to announce our upcoming annual Open House at the state-of-the-art Francis Miller Adoption Center in Elizabethtown on Saturday, Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will be featuring free adoptions, a sampling of crafts and local goods for sale, face painting for the kids, food and games to keep you entertained!

We will also be holding a golf ball drop that you can enter for a chance to win $25,000. There’s no better way to spend a lazy, summer Saturday than enjoying the festivities while helping out our furry friends!

Our featured pet this week is King, a gorgeous Doberman Pinscher who we believe is purebred and showed up as a stray at the shelter. DonÕ t let the stereotypes of this breed intimidate you. King is a big, goofy guy with a huge heart who gets along well with everyone he meets, likes to socialize with other dogs and who is working hard to develop his leash manners. We believe King is under 3 years old and still has a little puppy in him. He has plenty of energy for whatever fun and excitement comes his way. If you are looking for a larger dog who

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hanksgiving to Easter we long for the cold weather to go away and be replaced with those nice warm sunny days of summer. Here we are several weeks into that longed for season, and now I long for it to slow down it is going to fast, here we are half way into July.

Two grandmothers on Mountain View Drive had the pleasure to witness our grandsons getting married. I got to travel to Poughkeepsie for the wedding of Joseph and Meghan Vanags.

This turned into a three day event for me with family. My neighbor Joan Strong had an easier time right here in Willsboro as she got to see Austin and Katie Strong get married Saturday.

The Willsboro United Methodist Church was so appreciative of the many people that blessed them with a great supply of great items for their yard Sale this past Saturday. The event was most successful and very profitable putting them well on their way toward the purchase of a new furnace. Thanks to all that made this possible.

The month is not over yet the Essex Theatre CompanyÕ s production of Ó Over the River &

Westport ItÕ s wonderful to see so many visitors to the area this summer, and to welcome back all our seasonal residents as well. Seems like there’s a lot going on, though summer isnÕ t even half over yet. And hay is coming in, which makes a nice change!

For your volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Squad members, the influx of people means that this is also the busy season. Every summer I try to write a column reminding readers of a few basic facts about emergency response in small rural towns like Westport and most neighboring communities. Many visitors are unaware that our Fire and EMS response is all volunteer. Just recently, a patient inquired how much it was going to cost for the medical care and for the ride to the hospital. I explained that as a volunteer squad we donÕ t charge patients at all. I have to say, that piece of news seemed like the best treatment!

So although we offer professional quality care and are certified to New York State professional standards, we donÕ t charge for patient care or for transport. Same goes for the Fire Department. From our new Fire Chief, Thad Tryon, on down, we are all volunteers. And we’re always looking for new members. If you think you might be interested in joining either the Fire Department or the Ambulance Squad, drop me an email and IÕ d be happy to answer any questions you might have.

King

has looks, intelligence and personality, stop by and meet this royal fellow. YouÕ ll be glad you did!

Janice Allen • 963-8912 • allens@willex.com Through the Woods,Ó a family comedy by Joe DiPietro, playing at 7 p.m. July 12, 17, 18 and 19 and then July 13 and 20 at 2 p.m. These productions are always a great time of enjoyment.

A reminder of the music concert at the Essex Community Church will start at 11:30 a.m. The next performance will be Thursday, July 31 featuring Ò Point Counterpoint.Ó Then on Friday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. concert are also available at this same church featuring Ò Bluegrass Gospel Project.Ó Don’t forget to mark your calendar for Saturday, July 26 for the Paine Memorial Library annual Old Time Folk Craft Fair. They will feature art exhibits, used book sales and a great assortment of good summer reading materials.

Church suppers come up through the summer.

Methodist Church in Willsboro will have a Chicken & Biscuit meal on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

Before we know it, summer will be over.

Happy Birthday Mat Sayward July 17, Mary Gload July 18, Hope Koening July 19 and Kim Feeley July 19. Happy anniversary to Curt & Lisa Boardman July 18.

Colin Wells • WestportNYNews@gmail.com We love volunteering, but itÕ s also true that it can be a burden at times. Always, that burden falls most heavily on the Chief himself. So I trust you will endorse my speaking on your behalf in thanking our outgoing Chief, James Westover, Jr., for his years and years of selfless and dedicated service. Thank you, Jim, for all that you have given in carrying the unique burden of Fire Chief. And thank you, Thad, for taking it up.

Congratulations to Ella and Holden Decker, Week 1 Winners of the Heritage House Raffle.

Thursday Bookends for July 24: call CATS at 962-2287 to find out what happening for Thursdays on the Trail with Charlotte in the morning; and donÕ t miss Samuel Torres and Manuel Valera, who will give the free Soundwaves concert in Ballard Park at 7:30.

Bluegrass hootenanny

WESTPORT Ñ The Bluegrass Gospel Project will perform Friday, July 25 at the Essex Community Church. Presented by the Essex Community Concert Series.

The morning concert begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Essex Community Church located on the corner of Main Street and Route 22 at the blinking light across the street from the CharlotteEssex Ferry Dock.

An informal reception will follow the concert.

Admission is $10 with children admitted free.

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Outdoor guide regains footing after double amputation

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — “If the sun’s shining, I’m making electricity,Ó said George Gould.

The Au Sable Forks-based photographer and wilderness guide was referring to the pedal-generated power source for his offthe-grid cabin in the woods, but could have also been discussing his rehabilitation journey after losing both legs below the knee.

One was amputated last fall, the other in March.

“It blew like a tire,” he said. “And then there was the bone infection.Ó Gould spent much of the spring and early summer receiving inpatient rehab therapy at Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH).

Count me as a success story, he said.

OFF THE GRID “We needed to get him back to his life after a challenging medical situation,” said Jane Hooper, a spokesperson for the hospital.

On a recent afternoon shortly before his discharge, Gould was in sunny spirits during a fitness regimen with Kamala Hulbert, a therapist who recently received her certification through the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals, one of a select few in the region. Ò IÕ m going to continue my lifestyle,Ó Gould said. Ò Off the grid.Ó Among his recent successes: He passed a modified road test at the DMV, hit a few balls at the Westport Golf Course, climbed a ladder and made swift work of ECH’s parallel bars and exercise bike.

Walking on his new hydraulic ankles remains challenging, he said.

Gould called the adjustment Ò a matter of cadence.Ó He said walking with two canes meant he couldn’t go too fast or too slow. But continuing to work with Hulbert, he said, is helping to prepare him for the challenges that he will face in his daily life with a tailored approach based on his interests and background.

therapists working together is why he returned, he said.

Components of rehabilitation are based on an individual treatment plan, Hooper said. “Specific therapies are based on the specific surgical procedure or stage of recuperation from a medical condition. The hospital’s rehab team meets on a weekly basis to evaluate and adjust the patientÕ s plan.Ó Ô WHO YOU AREÕ Grass and uneven ground also poses minor challenges for Gould.

Others include hauling gas, groceries and other items on a sled through a path in the woods to his cabin, a challenge even in the best of times. Ò Sometimes I use a harness,Ó he said. Ò George has a particular lifestyle,Ó Hooper added. Ò ThatÕ s who you are as a person,Ó he responded.

Gould said he could have gone elsewhere but chose ECH. Ò I couldnÕ t see myself going anywhere else.Ó He said he appreciated the multi-faceted approach to rehab that the facility offered, from physical therapy, activities like running in place and cycling, occupational therapy, regimens to strengthen the upper body — like throwing balls into a target — and trips out onto the field.

“They got me out taking a picture one day,” he said. “And walking on the uneven ground on the golf course.”

As he navigated the parallel bars, another patient wandered in and looked Gould up and down. Ò I had 300 recruits under my feet, waiting to see if any of them goofed,Ó said the former military man, referring to his stint in South Carolina. Ò That was the good old days.Ó Gould shrugged off his injury: Ò ItÕ s not the worst thing thatÕ s ever happened to me,Ó he said.

Outdoor wilderness guide George Gould lost both legs due to peripheral neuropathy. Lengthy rehabilitation stays at Elizabethtown Community Hospital have helped him get back on his feet — literally. He’s pictured here toughing it out on an exercise bike, one of the many personalized rehab regimens designed by therapists to get him back into the wild.

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recent column placed in USA Today draws needed attention to what the national media loves to sweep under the rug: statistics prove that guns can and do save lives.

The column was a paid advertorial called Ò The First-Responders ReportÓ which features real-life situations in which first responders — the intended victim Ñ were able to shoot down the people who attacked them or chase them off by show of arms.

The column is the first in a planned series by GunLaws.com, the website of Bloomfield Press, the countryÕ s largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books, based in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The firm’s publisher, Alan Korwin, believes the liberal national media turns a blind eye to covering situations in which an intended victim defends himself or his family with a firearm.

News reports, Korwin contends, make the mistake of using the term “first responders” for law enforcement personnel when they are often the ones who show up second.

The stories in Korwin’s column clearly make this case: A mom with a rifle stops a home invasion in Detroit; a bystander thwarts a kidnapping attempt and pins the assailants on the ground at gun point; a robber picks the wrong store, brings a knife to a gun fight; a woman fends off a man wielding a gardening tool with her sidearm.

These stories are rarely in the public eye, but are known to be common and the statistics affirm that.

A survey of national self defense statistics conducted by Florida State University criminologists found the rate of defensive gun uses annually nationwide is about 2.5 million per year Ñ one defensive gun use every 13 seconds.

Nearly 16 percent of the gun defenders interviewed in the survey said that someone Ò almost certainlyÓ would have died had the gun not been used for protection. Another 83 percent of those involved in successful gun defenses said the attacker either threatened or used force first, disproving the argument that having a gun available for defense wouldn’t make a difference.

In 92 percent of these incidents, the criminal attacker was not wounded or killed — thus the incident would not be considered Ò newsworthyÓ by newspaper or television editors. In 73 percent of these gun-defense cases, the attacker was a stranger to the intended victim Ñ defens-

es against a family member or domestic partner were rare, well under 10 percent. This disproves the thinking that a gun kept for self defense will most likely be used against the owner or a family member.

Finally, in nearly 80 percent of these gun defenses, the defender used a concealable handgun. A quarter of the gun defenses occurred in places away from the defenderÕ s home.

A recent study conducted as part of the 23 Executive Actions signed by President Obama last year in an effort to reduce gun violence seems to make the same point. Interestingly, the study was commissioned to help tighten gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. tragedy, but many of the findings seemed to strengthen the argument in favor of an armed citizenry. Ò Defensive uses of guns by crime victims is a common occurrence although the exact number remains disputed,Ó the study concluded. Ò Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year, in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008.”

More important, it was discovered that when guns are used in self-defense, the victims consistently have lower injury rates than those who are unarmed, even compared with those who used other forms of self-defense.

So what does all this mean? We think the numbers speak for themselves — the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun and when seconds count, the police are often minutes away, especially in the rural area in which we live.

Laws like Gov. Cuomo’s Safe Act have proven to do little to prevent gun-related acts from criminals. Instead, these laws hinder the right of law abiding citizens to protect themselves from those breaking the law.

While politicians like Obama and Cuomo stump for more feel good legislation to appease their constituency, the statistics are clear that armed citizens stop more crime than laws regulating firearms or even law enforcement personnel.

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Thank You to National Grid To the Editor:

To the Editor: A sincere thank you to all our friends and family who have helped us get through the difficult time following the loss of our loved one, Tim Cox. Your generosity, thoughts and prayers have been greatly appreciated, more than words can say.

A special thank you to the Elizabethtown EMS, uniformed officers, medical personnel, Marvin’s Funeral Home and staff and anyone else who may have been involved in responding to our situation.

The dedication and professionalism of these caretakers is beyond what most of us can ever comprehend. Thanks and you are all in our thoughts and prayers.

The Cox Family, Elizabethtown

On Tuesday July 8th as many know the area was hit hard by a severe storm network. Very high winds leveled hundreds of tree down along Miller Road and took down several power supply poles. It also snapped the power pole at the corner of Rt. 9 and Blue Ridge Road about 10 feet from the top. The pole snapped and hung at about a 33 degree angle leaving the power and phone lines approximately 16 feet from the ground.

I drove to the South end of Miller Rd. and headed north. I got to where the mentioned crew was working and obviously stopped by the job supervisor and told not to go any further. I got out and chatted with him for a bit and got permission to walk down to a certain point to snap some photos. I stopped to thank him for allowing me to get some photos. I talked to him about the broken pole just north of where they were working, which of course they aware of. I told him of my fear of the pole breaking more bringing the power-phone lines below thirteen feet which

a semi-truck would hit and create a huge mess. He informed me that they had hoped to make it to the pole to at least shore it up that night but due to regulations the crew had to be off duty by 11:00. Safety in any job is important but when you are working with 3200 volts you have better be on your game!

That night at about 9:30 I get a knock on the door and it is a crewman from National Grid to let me know we had power as he did for many in the area. He told me they were able to safely secure the pole so they could restore power to much of the North Hudson area. Sadly Blue Ridge would be without power another night because of the dynamics to the poles repair.

Early the next morning they were busy installing and changing over the LIVE power lines.

I feel these men went above and beyond getting power back to as many folks as they possibly could. Then to notify as many folks as possible the power was back on, that is nothing but above and beyond.

Thank you all.

Ken Hedden Sr. North Hudson

In Brief Westport Federated turns 75

WESTPORT Ñ The Westport Federated Church will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Federation of the American Baptist and United Methodist Churches on Sunday, Aug. 10. There will be a combined service that morning at 9:45 a.m, during which the Chrysalis singers will provide music. Many former pastors have been invited to attend that day. And all past and present members, those who have interest in the Church, as well as friends of the church, are invited to share in the celebration. A reception and coffee hour will follow to give people an opportunity to fellowship and share remembrances.

River ramble

WADHAMS Ñ BRASS has invited the public on a Boquet River Ramble slated for Saturday, July 26. Paddle the Boquet up river from Wadhams Falls with BRASS board member Schell McKinley. Meet at 10 a.m. at the Dogwood Bread Company on County Route 10 in Wadhams. Bring your own watercraft, paddle(s) and personal flotation device(s). Call Schell at 518-9628346 to confirm plans.

Book sale scheduled

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown Library Book Sale is scheduled for Friday, August 1, 2014 and Saturday, August 2, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m at the United Church of Christ in Elizabethtown. Hardcover and paperback books from many areas of interest--children to adults--will be featured. Raffle tickets will be available for a chance to win one of two paintings by Kerry Downs. If you have any questions or wish to donate books, please call the library at 873-2670.

75 firecrackers

ESSEX — Seventy-five runners participated in the 6.5K Firecracker Run in Essex on July 4, double that of last year, organizers said. Sean Davis and Mackenzie Thorn took the top slots. Alexis Sayward and Valentina Rodriquez took home spirit awards. Jessie Morgan won the raffle.

Jay launches “Totes of Hope” campaign

JAY Ñ The town has partnered with the American Red Cross in their Ò Totes of HopeÓ campaign, an effort to assist veterans in local care facilities in Northeastern New York by providing them with a tote of personal care items, including socks, dental, shaving and hair products, chapstick, decks of cards and fleece throws, among other contributions.

Donations may be dropped off at the Town of Jay Community Center at 11 School Lane in Au Sable Forks, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The deadline for accepting items is Aug. 25. Call the Town Supervisor’s office at 518-647-2204 with any questions.

Essex performances conclude

ESSEX — Essex Theatre Company gives the final four performances of Joe DiPietroÕ s comedy about families Over the River and Through the Woods on July 17, 18, 19 at 7 pm and July 20 at 2 p.m at the Masonic Lodge.

Starring Kevin Cooper, Vince Higgins, Anne Marie Holzhauer, Barbara Madsen, Kathy Poppino and Claudia Russell the piece

explores the problems of separating from aging grandparents as Nick, the main character, attempts to set out on his own. Full of humor, Joe DiPietro has created a vivid portrayal of a family in transition. The play is directed by Kathy Poppino.

For reservations call (518) 526-4520 or e-mail tickets@essextheatre.org.

Kiwanis issue awards

ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ The Elizabethtown Kiwanis are proud to announce the recipients of the 2014 annual Kiwanis High School Scholarships. Funds for these scholarships comes from the Annual Kiwanis Golf Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Cobble Hill Golf Course. All golfers are welcome to participate. Scholarship funding also comes from the sale of bacon burgers at the Essex County Fair. The Kiwanis sponsor the Willsboro High School Key Club. Elizabethtown Kiwanis include members from the towns of Elizabethtown, Lewis, Westport, Keene, Essex and Willsboro. For more about Kiwanis, contact Paul DeBarbieri at 873-6728.

Elizabethtown Central School: Valedictorian Award= Katie Whittemore; Salutatorian Award= Megan Rushby; Citizenship Award= Corinne White; Career Award= Justen Heald; Valedictorian Award (Keene) = Peter Craig; Salutatorian Award= Katie Woltner; Citizenship Award= Tucker Geiger; Career Award= Maxx Sturges; and Valedictorian Award= Felicia Kurth (Westport).

Meadowmount announces concert

ESSEX Ñ Musicians from the renowned Meadowmount School of Music will perform at the Adirondack Art Association Gallery on Sunday, July 27 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. with a reception afterwards. Admission is $15 per person. Proceeds to benefit High Peaks Hospice.

Seating is limited so please RSVP by July 18 to ensure a seat.

Tickets available at the door as well.

Founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian, the Meadowmount School of Music offers exceptional string players. The list of distinguished alumni who have spent summers at Meadowmount over the years is extensive, and many artists such as Michael Rabin, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Jamie Laredo, Kyung Wha Chung, Arnold Steinhardt, Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, Lynn Harrell and Yo-Yo Ma went on to establish international careers.

Westport to get creative

WESTPORT — On Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20, area artists will open their studios to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location maps of the open studios may be obtained at the Heritage House, area businesses or at any artist studio.

Physical locations will be marked by yellow balloons and signs. This is a perfect time, organizers said, to see artists at work in their studios, ask questions about their work and purchase art directly from the source.

All work will be for sale in a silent auction format ending Aug. 9 at 3 p.m. at the Heritage Festival. The exhibit will continue until Sept. 1 with the Artwork priced at its retail value. The proceeds benefit the Westport Heritage House.

For more information, contact Nancy at 962-4805 (or decker2@ westelcom.com) or Meredith at 962-4590

Depot Theatre receives grant

WESTPORT Ñ The Depot Theatre has received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts to support its 2014 Season. The funds are designated for general operating support in the amount of $9,960. “All of us at the Depot are grateful to Governor Cuomo, the New York State Legislature and, especially, the folks at NYSCA for this vote of confidence in our mission and the work that we do,” said David Howson, president of the Board of Trustees. “We thank NYSCA for its continued support of the arts in the North Country.” This summer marks the Depot Theatre’s 36th season. More information, subscriptions and tickets are available on the Depot TheatreÕ s website depottheatre.org.

Museum reminder

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Adirondack History Center Museum is now open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily until Oct. 13. Admission is $5, with discounts for seniors and students. Children under 6 are admitted free. Additional information may be found at www.adkhistorycenter.org or by calling 518-873-6466.

Art center seeking TV

UPPER JAY — The Upper Jay Art Center is looking for a fairly large flat screen TV to use at the Recovery Lounge for our 10 year celebration event (A Kegger) Aug. 22. We would need to pick it up Aug. 21 and return it Aug. 23. If you have one available that can be moved fairly easily, please respond to this email or call Scott at 946-8315 or Jim Bernard at 576-4263.

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In the works is a common religious Mass schedule education director The summer weekend mass schedule to serve kids from includes services at St. Philip of Jesus all four parishes.

Church in Willsboro (Saturdays, 5 p.m.

Flynn said the and Sundays at 10 a.m.), St. ElizabethÕ s community needs Church in Elizabethtown (Saturdays, to look beyond 4:30 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m.), the traditional paSt. JosephÕ s in Essex (Sundays, 8 a.m.) rameters of parish and St. Philip NeriÕ s in Westport (Sunboundaries to endays at 8:30 a.m.). For more informasure survival. Ò WeÕ re far ahead tion on all four parishes, visit wewe. of most of the other grainofwheat.net. places,Ó he said. Ò We already have so much in place that when it actually it happens, itÕ ll be easier. Who knows what that’s going to involve in the future?”

Jean Paquette, a board member at St. Philip NeriÕ s, worried that the consolidations might be tough on older priests.

“I almost think it’s going to be too much to handle,” she said. “This is asking a lot for the oldest priests to be traveling around like this.”

Paquette said the Catholic Church is also asking laypeople to be more involved. Ò IÕ m in favor of that,Ó she said. Ò More laypeople have to step up and start helping out.Ó

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pete@denpubs.com ESSEX — The streets of this idyllic lakefront town will ring with an angelic timbre next week as young men from the All Saints’ Choir in Boston float in for a four-day summer camp.

The All Saints are based in the Ashmont section of Dorchester, the historic neighborhood with a rich cultural tapestry fringed with rough edges.

Margie Shaw, the pastor at St. JohnÕ s Episcopal Church in Essex, called the experience a ministry exchange with both sides walking away with shinier halos.

“They bring us fantastic music, [and] we offer the Adirondack experience,Ó she said. Ò It provides not only the experiences of exchanging of gifts, but we all play together resulting in a strong sense of community.Ó Seventeen of the choirÕ s 30 members will touch down in the Lake Champlain town, many for the first time. All will stay with local members of the congregation. Ò They very much enjoyed the experience of being in the country,” said Scottie Ginn, a church official who spearheaded the hosting last year. Ò They were really amazed at boating and just

being on Lake Champlain and in the countryside.”

Ginn hosted two boys ages 7 and 9. Ò They were so polite and charming, just delightful and sweet,Ó she said. “They got up every morning and cooked breakfast.”

Organizer Carole Harsh said the diversity in hosting the kids, many of whom come from starkly different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, is an enriching part of their church’s identity. Ò TheyÕ re really wonderful musicians and bring such a high quality of music,Ó she said. Ò ItÕ s really wonderful to have these young people get such good skills at an early age.”

The All Saints practices twice weekly and perform each Sunday at the High Mass, a solemn incense-fumed ceremony that incorporates centuries-old traditions, including recitations in Latin and Gregorian chants.

Harsh said the St. John’s congregation lacks children.

“It’s very nice to have young people taking part in our facilities,Ó she said.

Hosting the All Saints is also a reflection of their ideals and the recent internal shifts within the parish, she said.

St. JohnÕ s used to belong to the Albany diocese, one that was rather conservative. Eighteen months ago, the congregation voted to be placed under the pastoral oversight of the bishop in

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Dorchester’s All Saints’ Boys Choir will perform in Essex on Sunday, July 27 following a four-day retreat. For many of the choir members, it will mark their first time in the Adirondacks. They’re pictured here enjoying a moment on Lake Champlain during last year’s summit.

Vermont, one more in line with their progressive beliefs.

Following four days of sonic workshops and outdoor activities, the All Saints will perform at a pair of musical worship services on Sunday, July 27 at St. John’s. Ò TheyÕ re a church that appreciates good music,Ó said Harsh. Ò WeÕ re very pleased about this.Ó

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Comp. plan meeting sedate despite acrimonious undertone

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ Two public hearings remain before Elizabethtown will formally decide if they will implement a comprehensive plan, a toolbox for the town’s future that sketches out everything from cementing a community identity to an overhaul of land use and zoning laws.

Nan Stolzenburg, the consultant who co-drafted the plan alongside members of the townÕ s planning board and input from the public, spoke for nearly an hour on Wednesday, July 9 at what was billed as a casual Q&A session at the town hall designed to explain the plan to the community. Ò This is a chance to get informed,Ó planning board member Elena Borstein told the audience before StolzenburgÕ s presentation. “So when you come back, you can be informed. We can still make changes.” Ô WE CAN GO TO THE SEVENTHÕ Stolzenburg said the plan, which is now in its sixth draft, can go to the seventh depending on the scope of public feedback.

If the public has no major concerns, a separate draft will not be necessary.

Two hearings are required before the town board will vote to adopt the plan. The first, called by the planning board, is the last chance for the public to request major surgery.

That meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall.

After that, the town board will hold a similar meeting to hammer out any outstanding questions. The date for that hearing

remains unclear.

There are only two other mandates, Stolzenburg said.

The first is that the town board is required to submit the plan to the county for review. Essex County officials then have 30 days to chime in with any comments.

After that Ñ and the county can simply opt to decline to comment, which counts as tacit approval Ñ the state must sign off on a SEQRA review to determine if adverse environmental impacts will occur as a result of the planÕ s implementation. Ò After all of these other steps, the board can adopt the plan as a resolution of the board,Ó Stolzenburg said. Ò ThereÕ s no other way to adopt a comprehensive plan Ñ thatÕ s how itÕ s laid out in state law.Ó

HAMLETS 3 NIXED? In an interview on Monday, July 14, Elizabethtown Supervisor Noel Merrihew said that after consulting with skeptics on the town and planning boards, Hamlets 3, a land use plan designed to focus growth around designated hamlet areas, may be removed alongside Appendix E, the section of the plan that explains its use. Ò Perhaps the removal will come up at our hearing. We shall see,Ó said planning board member Bruce Pushee. Ò Hamlet 3 is not a zoning tool,Ó emphasized Stolzenburg at last week’s meeting. “It was done to identify locations within the hamlet where you can grow and expand hamlet boundaries if you wanted to do it. Ô Do you have any locations suitable for denser growth?Õ ThatÕ s what it is at the most basic level.Ó Ô ON THE STREETÕ The consultant said the town board becomes the owner of the

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“He’s very scrutinizing,” Merrihew said. “I don’t think we could have a better neutral representative to see how comfortable he seems to be.Ó Merrihew said the town has scheduled a public hearing, the exact date of which will be designated at next the town board meeting on Tuesday, July 15. Ò This is great the town offered this informal opportunity,Ó Stolzenburg said. Ò But the public hearing is really important.

Please donÕ t ignore the last step in the process.Ó Ken Fenimore, a retired contractor and former town board member who has been openly critical of the plan from the beginning, was not present at the meeting.

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WESTPORT — Barika performs at 7:30 p.m. at Ballard Park. For more information, contact Soundwaveswestport@gmail.com.

PERU — Larry Stone performs from 7 to 10 p.m. at Livingoods Restaurant & Brewery, 697 Bear Swamp Road.

LAKE PLACID — There will be a performance of Gary the Great in Ah! Family Magic at 7:30 p.m. at the LPCA. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for students/seniors, and $5 for children 12 and under. Gary presented his first trick for kindergarten show-and-tell – and still uses that trick to this day! Since then, he has performed magic for Nickelodeon, The Broadway Comedy Club, TADA Theatre and for America’s Got Talent and is currently the resident magician for Brooklyn Public Library, Broadhollow Theater, New York Kids Club among others. Don’s miss this one-nightonly event – you never know what trick he has up his sleeve! For more information, call 518.523.2512 or go to www.lakeplacidarts.org.

Friday, July 18

PLATTSBURGH — Strange Changes perform at 10 p.m. at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

LAKE PLACID — Enter the Haggis perform in the upstairs music hall at Smoke Signals. Doors will open at 9 p.m., with show beginning at 10 p.m. Admission will be $10 at the door.

Saturday, July 19

LAKE PLACID — Reflections on the Cold War: The Legacy of James Britt Donovan roundtable will be held at 8:30 a.m. in the Mountain View Room of the Conference Center of Lake Placid. The cost is $30 by reservation and $35 at the door. For more information, contact info@lakeplacidinstitute.org.

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts presents Tarzan at the LPCA at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students. Based on Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan of the Apes and the 1999 animated Disney smash-hit, the delightful musical tells the story of an infant boy orphaned on the shores of West

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JAY — Inishmore perform at the green. The rain location is Amos and Julia Ward Theater. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — There will be a gun show at Saranac Lake Fish and Game.

Baazar and yard sale spots are available for $10. For more information, call 201-4018.

AU SABLE FORKS — Au Sable Forks Free Library will host a book signing with Dr. Karen Kan, author of Guide to Healing Pain: A Holistic Approach. The free event will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday July 19th, at the Au Sable Forks Free Library on 9 Church St., Au Sable Forks. Learn about stress reduction, muscle testing for imbalances, releasing toxicity, healing chronic pain… and much more. If you’ve ever been curious about holistic medicine, here’s your chance to ask questions! For additional information contact: Alison Follos, Director, Au Sable Forks Free Library 647-5596.

Sunday, July 20

ST. HUBERTS — Milton Dudley preaches and Michael Sowan celebrates at All Souls Episcopal Chapel at 10 a.m.

AUSABLE FORKS — St. James’ Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist services at 10 a.m.

WILLSBORO — Turtle Island Cafe will host Beth Lawrence’s unique blend of pop, jazz, and original music from 4:3o to 7 p.m. Call 963-7417 for more information.

SARANAC LAKE — There will be a gun show at Saranac Lake Fish and Game.

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ESSEX — A workout for your voice, mind and body will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at New Health, 2885 Essex Rd. Participants must be 21 years or older.

The cost is $12-$15.

AUSABLE FORKS— The Au Sable Forks Free Library hosts a weekly story time on Tuesdays from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, July 23

AUSABLE FORKS — St. James’ Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist services at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, July 24

WESTPORT — Samuel Torres and Manuel Valera will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Ballard Park. For more information, contact Soundwaveswestport@gmail.com.

PERU — Annie in the Water performs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Livingoods Restaurant & Brewery, 697 Bear Swamp Road.

ESSEX — Essex resident and local technology guru Ken Hughes will share tips and tricks at Belden Noble Library at 7 p.m. about taking digital photographs and making them really stand out for friends and family to see. Ken will cover the basics of getting photos to your computer, editing and cropping images as well as sending those images to others using iPhoto, Flickr, Shutterlly and Picassa.

Friday, July 25

PLATTSBURGH — East Bound Jesus perform at 10 p.m. at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

CHAMPLAIN — This is a reunion of the 1960s Gemtones and Starfires which will be hosted by the popular band “Overdrive.” There will be no charge for this event and it is open to the public. The event will take place at 7:30 on Friday, July 25 at the Lakeview Pub & Grille on Rt.9B in the Town of Champlain.

Saturday, July 26

PERU — Dionysia performs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Livingoods Restaurant & Brewery, 697 Bear Swamp Road.

KEENE VALLEY — East Branch Friends of the Arts presents the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in concert for the first time ever in Keene Valley. “Folk Tales” is the name of the concert and will include Copland’s Hoe Down from Rodeo and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony among other pieces. Location is Keene Valley Congregational Church.

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SEALED BIDS will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on August NEW YORK'S LAND BROKER 14, 2014 at the NYSBuy Your Hunting Property DOT, Contract ManageToday! Bank Financing Availment Bureau, 50 WOLF able. NEW ORK LAND QUEST RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE Call Carl Snyder, 1CM, ALBANY, NY RE Broker 6077-280-5770.

12232 and will be pub-newyorklandbroker.com licly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www.bidx.com).

A certified or cashier's NYS LAND BARGAINS check payable to the Mayfield 33.4 acres, woods NYS Dept. of Trans$89,000. Oneonta- 3.2 acres portation for thesum field, view $25,000. Fort Plainspecified in the proposal 3.6 acres, field $13,000. Ownor a bid bond, FORM er financing www.helderbergrealty.com CALL HENRY: CONR 391, representing 518-861-6541 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT Essexreserves the right to reject any or allbids.

Electronic documents LOCATION DATE GRANTOR GRANTEE PRICE and James Amendments are Willsboro 6/30/14 June Anderson Michael $90,000 posted to Jessica www.dot.ny.6/30/14 Davis and Diana Moquin Tanya Welch and Munoz Willsboro $70,000 gov/doing-business/op6/30/14 David and Camilla Palumbo David and Susan Jones North Elba $340,000 6/30/14 James and Dana Haskins David and Elizabeth Marshall Keene $8,333 portunities/const-no7/01/14 Kellen Bassette David and Scott Briggs $3,000 tices Contractor is re- St. Armand 7/01/14 North Jay Associates LLC Maxsponsible and Beth Thwaits Jay $27,150 for ensuring and Deborah Smith Willsboro $48,000 7/01/14 Han Suhana Administrator, Tabitha Pai and Eric Stefankiewicz Shawn that all Amendments are 7/01/14 Bernard Jordon and April Putnam Jeffrey Ellison $57,500 incorporated into its bid. Ticonderoga 7/01/14 Lars Kulleseid Mark and Kristin Kimball $218,400 To receive notification Essex 7/02/14 Peter and Joy Klien Gerald Savage Crown Point $69,900 of Amendments via eMeagan Fitzgerald and Allison Manny North Elba $1 7/02/14 Derek, Meagan and Allison Doty mailJacques you must submit a North Elba 7/02/14 Donald and Patricia Jacques Patricia $1 request to be placed on 7/03/14 Gale Dimartino Thomas and Margaretann Accardo Schroon $375,000 the Planholders List at 7/03/14 Wayne Howell and Susan Murley Patrick and Barbara Farnan Schroon $380,000 www.dot.ny.gov/doing7/03/14 Donald Ross Trust Julianne Budwick Crown Point $105,000 business/opportunities/c 7/03/14 Nathan Yaw Christopher Pelerin Ticonderoga $137,000 7/03/14 Karin Livreri Antonio Tramontano North Elba $375,000 onst-planholder.

Amendment may have Clinton been issued prior to DATE GRANTOR GRANTEE PRICE your placement onLOCATION the 7/03/14 Kevin and Janice Trombley Bobbie Jo Staley Town of Plattsburgh $172,000 Planholders list.

7/03/14 Joseph Lavorando et al.

Wells Fargo Bank Chazy $164,578.35 NYS Finance Law re7/03/14 Thomas and William Everett Paula and George Turner Peru $19,000 stricts communication 7/03/14 Kevin and Julie Finley Bruno Fantin Ellenburg $99,000 withFuller NYSDOT on Beekmantown pro7/03/14 Philip Devita Stephen and Tara $110,000 curements contact 7/03/14 Robert Hogan Andrew Cummings and Mariaand Golmar Altona $5,000 7/07/14 Ogdensburg Building Supply Inc. Cuperk Reality LLC Town of Plattsburgh $1,200,000 can only be made with 7/07/14 Matthew Favro and Amy Ayotte JPMorgan Chase Bank Ausable $76,000 designated persons.

7/07/14 Matthew Favro and Christopher Hendrie JPMorgan Chase Bank with non-desigChamplain $82,100 Contact 7/07/14 Tyler King Peru $15,000 SEALED BIDS will Jeremy be re-King nated persons or other 7/07/14 Scott and Patricia Amo ceived as set forthCourtney of Plattsburgh $244,280 in in- Lazar involved Agencies City will 7/08/14 Carl Lashomb Rockbridge Holdings LLC Ellenburg $102,000 structions to bidders unbe considered a serious 7/08/14 Otis Murphy TTK Properties Altona $14,000 til 10:30 a.m. on August matter and may result in 7/08/14 Theodore and Mary Garrison Brittany Patinka and Shannon Saunders Peru $243,500 14, 2014 at the Bryan NYSdisqualification. Contact 7/08/14 Diane Bonefant McDonald Ellenburg $209,900 DOT, Contract ManageMaria Tamarkin (518) 7/09/14 Katie McNeil Allyson McCarthy City of Plattsburgh $163,900 WOLF and 457-8403.

7/09/14 KLC Development LLC ment Bureau, 50 Timothy Thomas Remillard Peru $20,000 SUITEand Bryan Contracts 7/09/14 Ronald and Carol TreacyRD, 1ST FLOOR, Ernest Bedard with 0% Goals Ausable $30,000 $106,069.74 7/09/14 Brian Snell and Amanda 1CM, Garrant ALBANY, BankNY of America are generally singlePlattsburgh op7/09/14 Frank and Brenda Buksa12232 and will beHenry Ellenburg $50,000 pub-and Loucinda erationLaFountain contracts, where 7/09/14 John Manning and Matthew Heidi Golden $65,000 liclyandopened and Carolyn read. Cowin sub-contracting is Dannemora not Bids may also be sub- expected, and may present direct bidding mitted via the internet opportunities for Small NOTICE OF QUAL. OF using Bid Express LEGALS Business Firms, includ- DMK DEVELOPMENT (www.bidx.com).

NOTICE OF FORMATION ing, but not limited to, RAY BROOK, LLC, Auth.

A certified or cashier's filed Sec'y of State OF LIMITED LIABILITY check payable to the D/W/MBEs. COMPANY (LLC) NYS Dept. of Trans- The Contractor must (SSNY) 6/27/14. Office Name: Adirondack comply with the Regula- loc.: Essex County. LLC portation for thesum Maple Syrup Company, specified in the proposal tion relative to non-dis- org. in MI 8/26/13.

LLC. Articles of Organi- or a bid bond, FORM crimination infederally- SSNY desig. as agent of zation filed with the Sec- CONR 391, representing assisted programs of the LLC upon whom process against it may be retary of State of New 25% of the USDOT 49 CFR 21.

York (SSNY) on bid total, must accom- Please call (518) 457- served. SSNY shall mail 4/23/2014 Office Loca- pany each bid. NYSDOT 3583 if a reasonable ac- copy of proc. to 3597 Henry St., Ste. 102, tion: Essex County. The reserves the right to re- commodation is needed Muskegon, MI 49441, SSNY is designated as ject any or allbids. to participate in the principal office addr. agent of the LLC upon Electronic documents the letting. whom process against it and Amendments are Reg. 01, Sam Zhou, Re- of LLC. Art. of Org. on may be served. SSNY posted to www.dot.ny.- gional Director, 50 Wolf file: SSMI, Lansing, MI 48918. Purp.: any lawful shall mail a copy of any gov/doing-business/opRd, Albany, NY 12232 activities. process to the LLC at: portunities/const-noD262651, PIN 1161.19, PO Box 123, Essex, N.Y. tices Contractor is re- F.A. Proj. M240-1161- VN-7/19-8/23/201412936. Purpose: To en- sponsible for ensuring 193, Essex Co., Replace- 6TC-53595 gage in any lawful act or that all Amendments are ment of the Route 86 NOTICE OF FORMATION activity. incorporated into its bid. Bridge over the West OF LIMITED LIABILITY VN-6/21-7/26/2014Branch of the Ausable To receive notification COMPANY (LLC) 6TC-50574 of Amendments via e- River, in the Town of Name: Last Daze, LLC. Wilmington, Bid Deposit mail you must submit a NOTICE OF FORMATION Articles of Organization request to be placed on $400,000.00.

OF CAMP 21, LLC, Art. filed with Secretary of Goals: DBE 8% the Planholders List at of Org. filed Sec'y of State of New York D262669, PIN 1809.17, www.dot.ny.gov/doingState (SSNY) 6/19/14.

(SSNY) on April 23, Albany, Essex, Greene, business/opportunities/c Office location: Essex 2014. Office location: onst-planholder.

Rensselaer, Saratoga, County. SSNY designatEssex County . The Amendment may have Schenectady, Warren & ed as agent of LLC upon SSNY is designated as been issued prior to Washington Cos., Pavewhom process against it agent of the LLC upon your placement on the ment Preventive Maintemay be served. SSNY whom process against it Planholders list. nance Crack Sealing, shall mail copy of promay be served. SSNY NYS Finance Law reBid Deposit $75,000.00., cess to M. Warren shall mail a copy of any stricts communication NO PLANS. Browne, PO Box 398, process to the LLC at PO with NYSDOT on proGoals: MBE/WBE 13 - Box 85, Bloomingdale, Waccabuc, NY 10597.

7% Purpose: any lawful ac- curements and contact NY 12913. Purpose: To can only be made with D262664, PIN 1808.52, tivities. engage in any lawful act designated persons. Albany, Essex, Greene, or activity.

VN-7/19-8/23/2014Contact with non-desig- Rensselaer, Saratoga, VN-6/14-7/19/20146TC-53588 nated persons or other Schenectady, Warren & 6TC-49776 SEALED BIDS will be re- involved Agencies will Washington Cos., Emerceived as set forth in in- be considered a serious gency Standby Contract, NOTICE OF FORMATION structions to bidders un- matter and may result in Bid Deposit OF LIMITED LIABILITY til 10:30 a.m. on August disqualification. Contact $150,000.00., NO COMPANY. NAME: LEE 14, 2014 at the NYS- Maria Tamarkin (518) PLANS. GARVEY FARM, LLC. Articles of Organization DOT, Contract Manage- 457-8403.

Goals: MBE/WBE 0 – ment Bureau, 50 WOLF were filed with the Sec0% Contracts with 0% Goals RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE retary of State of New are generally single op- VN-7/19-7/26/20141CM, ALBANY, NY eration contracts, where York (SSNY) on 2TC-53585 12232 and will be pub- sub-contracting is not 06/03/14. Office localicly opened and read. expected, and tion: Essex County. may Bids may also be sub- present direct bidding SSNY has been designated as agent of the mitted via the internet opportunities for Small LLC upon whom prousing Bid Express Business Firms, includcess against it may be (www.bidx.com). ing, but not limited to, served. SSNY shall mail A certified or cashier's D/W/MBEs. a copy of process to the check payable to the The Contractor must

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LEE GARVEY FARM, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/03/14. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 495 Sunset Drive, Willsboro, New York 12996. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

VN-6/28-08/02/20146TC-50340 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF MK SWEETS, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability company that: FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: MK Sweets, LLC SECOND: The county, within this state is designated as agent of the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Essex.

THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: MK Sweets, LLC, 121 A Reich Ave., Mahwah, NJ 07430 FOURTH: The existence of the limited liability company shall begin upon filing of these Articles of Organization with the Department of State.

I certify that I have read the above statements, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below consitutes my signature.

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ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF MK SWEETS, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability company that: FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: MK Sweets, LLC SECOND: The county, within this state is designated as agent of the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Essex.

THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: MK Sweets, LLC, 121 A Reich Ave., Mahwah, NJ 07430 FOURTH: The existence of the limited liability company shall begin upon filing of these Articles of Organization with the Department of State.

I certify that I have read the above statements, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below consitutes my signature.

Melissa Steinberg, Organizer 121 A Reich Ave. Mahwah, NJ 07430 TT-6/14-7/19/2014-6TC50386 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Mountain Goats LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 4, 2014.

Office location: Essex County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Mountain Goats LLC, c/o Flink Smith Law LLC, 449 New Karner Road, Albany, New York 12205. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

VN-6/21-7/26/20146TC-50937 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC") Name: The Julian J Reiss Family LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/01/2014.

Office Location: Essex County. The "SSNY" is designated as agent of the "LLC" upon whom process against it may be served. "SSNY" shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 48 Daisy Way, Lake Placid, NY 12946. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity including any project involving the publication of a book or article which focuses in significant measure on

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING ADIRONDACK “BY OWNER” AS OWNERS OF CERAdkByOwner.com 1000+ photo TAIN UNCLAIMED listingsPROPERTY of local real estate HELDfor BY sale, vacation rentals &TRUST timeING NATIONAL shares. Owners: List 30327 with us for Atlanta, GA, only $299 year. Visit onThe perpersons whose line orand call last known names 518-891-9919 addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the abovenamed to be BUILDING AND company LOT in Moriah entitledpaved to driveway, abandoned 1.3+ acres, property in amounts town water and sewer.

Can beof fifty residential dollars or more. used for and/or BARBARA KNOX, 26 commercial, AskingJ. $45,000.

CHICKADEE LN, LAKE 518-546-3568 PLACID, NY, 12946 A report of unclaimed funds has been made to the Comptroller of the State of New York pursuant to Section 702 of the Abandoned Property Law of the State of New York. A list of the names NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY of the persons appearing from the records of the COMPANY (LLC") Name: The Julian J said company to be entiReiss Family LLC. Arti- tled thereto is in on file and open to public incles of Organization filed with the Secretary of spection at the principal of theacorporation State of New York office Place located at (SSNY) on 5/01/2014. classified 5780 Powers Ferry Office Location: Essex NW, Atlanta, GA, County. The "SSNY" is Road,ad!

30327 whereand such abandesignated as agent ofIt’s easy doned property is the "LLC" upon whom will make process against it may payable. Such unclaimed fundsmoney! will be paid by us be served.62393 "SSNY" shall you mail a copy of any pro- on or before 08/25/2014 cess to the LLC at: 48 to persons establishing Daisy Way, Lake Placid, to our satisfaction their NY 12946. Purpose: To right to receive the engage in any lawful act same. On or before or activity including any 09/10/2013, such funds project involving the still remaining unpublication of a book or claimed will be paid to article which focuses in the Comptroller of the significant measure on State of New York. the life and work of Ju- Upon such payment, lian J. Reiss. this Company shall no VN-7/5-8/9/2014-6TClonger be liable for the property.

51919 VN-7/19/2014-1TCNOTICE OF NAMES OF 53584 PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERNOTICE OF FILING OF TAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY AN LLC On the 24th day of June, 2014, Willsboro ING NATIONAL TRUST Inn LLC, filed Articles of Atlanta, GA, 30327 Organization with the The persons whose New York Secretary of names and last known State. Its office is locataddresses are set forth ed in Essex County. The below appear from the records of the above- Secretary of State has been designated as named company to be agent upon whom proentitled to abandoned property in amounts of cess may be served and shall mail a copy of any fifty dollars or more.

BARBARA J. KNOX, 26 process served on him or her to Willsboro Inn CHICKADEE LN, LAKE LLC c/o Richard s. PiedPLACID, NY, 12946 mont, Esq., Piedmont A report of unclaimed funds has been made to Law Firm, 4 British American Blvd., Latham, the Comptroller of the State of New York pur- NY 12110. Its business suant to Section 702 of is to engage in any lawful activity for which limthe Abandoned Property Law of the State of New ited liability companies may be organized under York. A list of the names Section 203 of the New of the persons appearing York Limited Liability from the records of the said company to be enti- Company Act. VN-7/12-8/16/2016tled thereto is in on file and open to public in- 6TC-52661 spection at the principal office of the corporation located at When it’s time to 5780 Powers Ferry Road, NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327 where such abanDon’t throw it away those unwanted items. doned property is Promote them in the “For Sale” section in the Classifieds. You’ll turn your trash into cash! payable. Such unclaimed Our operators are standing by! Call... funds will be paid by us on or before 08/25/2014 Call 1-800-989-4237 to persons establishing to our satisfaction their right to receive the “We’re more than a newspaper, same. On or before We’re a community service.” www.denpubs.com 09/10/2013, such funds still remaining unclaimed will be paid to the Comptroller of the State of New York.

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