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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The three supervisors who wer e not present at the Aug. 1 regular board meeting may not have had an impact on deciding the fate of the Horace Nye Nursing Home, with one in favor of selling, one not in favor, and one unsure.

Essex’s Shar on Boisen, Westport’s Daniel Connell and Wilmington’s Randy Preston wer e absent fr om the monthly meeting, totaling 377 of the 2,843 votes under the weighted voting system.

While Kosmider and Connell said that they ar e not ready to say which way they would vote on the matter , Preston said that he felt the county needed to look into the sale of the facility.

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TICONDEROGA — Lowe’s has closed its Ticonderoga store.

The national home improvement chain made no public announcement, but failed to open for business Monday, Aug. 15. Calls to the store were answered with an automated message, “Sorry, this location

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All of the store’s 86 employees have been terminated.

They will receive pay and benefits for 90 days and be eligible to apply for positions at other Lowe’s stor es, accor ding to Stacy Lentz, a Lowe’s spokeswoman.

“The Ticonderoga store was one of seven that closed last night,” Lentz said Monday morning. “It failed to r each

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“I had no heads up whatsoever,” Malaney said. “It’s r eally a setback for us.”

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Lewis applies for park grant, discusses impact of tax cap on budget

By Jon Hochschartner jonh@denpubs.com LEWIS — The Lewis Town Board voted to authorize Supervisor David Blades to apply for a $30,000 state parks and r ecreation grant to r ehab Milholland Park.

The rehabilitation would potentially involve clearing br ush, r ebuilding fir epits, and installing picnic tables, according to Councilman James Monty.

“It’s just something we had in the back of the mind to give back to the er sidents,” Monty said.

In other regular business:

• With the statewide 2 per cent property tax cap in mind, Blades requested councilmembers give him guidance on where to cut from the 2012 budget.

“Already r etirement is incr eased fr om last year,” the supervisor said, adding that it had increased $10,000. “I’m going to need dir ections on where these cuts should be made.”

•The board passed a resolution allowing Essex County Attorney Dan Manning to defend Lewis if an Article 7 petition that the town r eceives results in litigation.

An Article 7 petition is a document in which someone grieves their tax assessment. Blades

said the specifics of the petition couldn’t be dis- and a box of staples,” Blades said. cussed in the open meeting as the issue might result in a lawsuit.

“I don’t think we even need to go into execuELIZABETHTOWN — There will be a tive session,” the supervisor said to the boar d. fire tower tour and discussion with David “Because I think that it’s not going to go anyThomas-Train on Sunday, Aug. 28, startwhere.” ing at theAdirondack History Center MuMonty said he wanted to hear more about the seum/ Essex County Historical Society in background of the petition. The boar d decided Elizabethtown. to go into executive session.

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be an • Work is ongoing at the town baseball field, orientation at the museum prior to a climb according to Councilman Charles Martin. The up Poke-O-Moonshine to explore the fire home run fence will be taken down and won’t tower with Thomas-Train. Space is limitbe replaced in the near future. Bases have been ed for the hike and r eservations ar e r einstalled on the field. Some donated topsoil, quired. Hikers need to be at least 15 years which is stockpiled on the field, will be applied old and in shape for a sustained, steep to the outfield this fall along with some grass hike. The cost is $15 for the entir e day; and seed. $5 just for the open discussion. Call 873The work so far has been done at low expense 6466 or echs@adkhistorycenter.org. to Lewis.

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NY-ALERT program now in Essex County keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — A public warning and information system has been activated in Essex County.

NY-ALERT, a system that provides public safety alerts and warnings over multiple platforms, was used for the first time in late July when a telecommunications disr uption caused sporadic pr oblems in the Essex County 91 1 system.

“We used it a couple of weeks back when we had the situation with the 91 1 calls,” Essex County Office of Emergency Services Dir ector Donald Jaquish said. “That was

the first time that we wer e able to use the NY -ALERT system because it’s not a system that you can do a lot of testing with calling people’s houses.”

For that case, Jaquish said, the alert system used the landline phone numbers in the 911 database to send out calls to Essex County r esidents alerting them to the potential pr oblem.

Jaquish said that the department did due diligence in deciding what provider to use when it came to an emergency system that would allow the county to contact residents on multiple platforms, including phone, cell phone, internet, and cell phone applications.

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this befor e we decided to go with NY-ALERT,” Jaquish said. “W e wanted to make sure that we were getting the same services from them that we would thr ough a paid service.”

NY-ALERT’s public notification system will alert r esidents either countywide or in specific areas with alerts pertaining to general public safety (Amber Alerts, health alerts, boil water or ders, Emergency Alert System advisories and radiological events), transportation (r oad closures, delays and accidents) and meteorological (severe weather warnings).

“We can do a countywide alert, or be specific,” Jaquish

said. “Let’s say that there was a prison br eak or something like that. W e could say that someone has been missing for 10 minutes, go to a map and chart the area, then call everyone in that specific ar ea to alert them to the situation.”

Along with calls to landline phones, people can also be notified of NY -ALERTs through a mobile application, e-mail, RSS feeds on the www.nyalert.gov website, text messages or pager messaging, instant messaging systems and press releases to targeted media.

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Fish and Game Club preps for Jamboree

By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — For the second year, the Elizabethtown Fish and Game Club will host a weekend of music and camping at their site on the ElizabethtownWadhams Road.

The Jambor ee will take place starting Friday , Aug. 26 and r un through Sunday, Aug. 28.

Dan Wallace said that the first event, held last year , brought out people during the day, but the organization was hoping for more people to take advantage of the camping area at the club.

“Last year we did this and we got a lot of people in for

each of the days,” Dan W allace said. “W e did not have as many campers, but this year we have about 20-25 campers that have expressed interest in coming out.”

Wallace said that the club is hoping that a second year will bring more of a buzz to the event.

“We are getting a better re sponse with our second year and as we get mor e of the word out there,” he said.

The proceeds from the event will go towar ds the building of a new building on the site, which will be used by both the Fish and Game Club and the local chapter of the American Legion.

“We are doing this as a

joint ef fort,” W allace said.

“We want to have a place for events and the Legion is looking for a home.”

The musical performances start at 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 with a karaoke night. The GreenBeans Band will perform at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, followed by Brent Vosburg at 4 p.m. and JUST US at 7 p.m.

Other events will include

the camping with nightly bonfires, fishing and tubing in the Boquet River, a horseshoe challenge and games.

Day passes for t he eve nt are $5 per person, with children 12 and under admitted for fr ee. Camping space is available for $50 per site.

For mor e information or for camping r eservations, call the Elizabethtown Fish and Game Club at 873-3277.

CATS trail project this Saturday ELIZABETHTOWN — The next CA TS trail pr oject is scheduled for Saturday morning, Aug. 20. They ar e still considering which trail to work on and will let people know during the week. The pro ject will go from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The whole family can participate. For information, contact champlaintrails@gmail.com.

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“That’s the wonderful thing about the childr en; they don’t see the disabilities,”?she said. “At that level, nobody is making fun of each other.”

It is expected that integrated classrooms help students learn to be mor e tolerant of and more compassionate towards others’ differences.

A typical student with special needs, if ther e is one, who will participate in the program, might have trouble with social interaction, Carter said. The student might have trouble recognizing numbers, letters, colors, or shapes.

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“The typically developing children ar e r ole models for children with special needs,” Carter said.

The teachers will also challenge the kids without special needs at their own level. For instance, while engaged i n t he s ame a ctivity, the typically developing children might be r equested to spell their whole name, while those with special needs might only be asked to identify the letter it begins with.

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Most of those who have added needs suffer delays in more than one ar ea, such as in both their social and cognitive skills. The program would also service those students w ith a utism, c erebral palsy, and down syndrome.

The program is important, the executive dir ector said, because in the past, students with a higher level of needs were forced to travel long distances to be accommodated. Students from Ticonderoga, for instance, were forced to commute to Queensbury.

Typically d eveloped ch ildren will be able to stay fro m 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those with special needs ar e scheduled to stay from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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he E-town Farmer ’s Market is finally filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. Many folks wondered if their gardens would ever grow after a long wet spring. Farmers were planting and some found their seeds rotted in the ground. The hot weather and sunshine of the past month has finally given the plants a chance to catch up.

The Community Garden behind the Hale House is filled with tomatoes and squash, some of which are ready for picking. In my own garden, I’ve given up trying to grow spinach. Maybe its global warming, but cool weather crops that should thrive, can’t take 90-plus degree heat.

In many gardens zucchinis seem to grow overnight. It won’t be long before homeless squash, string beans and cucumbers appear on the front porch of the New Russia Post Office. Somehow these fresh veggies always find a good home.

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trons and summer folks from the Underwood Club, the New Russia post office has not been able to sell enough stamps to save it from the USPS axe. It may be closed this fall. If that happens, hoards of New Russians will drive to E-town, where there will be stiff competition for parking spaces at the Post Office.

Mid August also means blackberry-picking season. Many folks have favorite picking sites, whose location is only shared with blood relatives. But the location of last year ’s bumper crop may have disappeared. Trees grow tall and shade out the sun; so last year ’s berry patch may now be filled with saplings. The best black berry spots are along road edges that are not mowed and in clearings made by loggers a few years after the trees have been harvested.

If berry picking is not for you, stop by the Elizabethtown Thrift Shop. It is now open six days a week (but never on Sunday). Donation day is Saturday, Aug. 20, at the UCC Parish Hall from 10 to 11 a.m.

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s we come up on the exciting opening of the new Champlain Bridge, don't miss the rare opportunity this weekend of hearing the bridge's awardwinning designer, Ted Zoli, talk about the history and construction of our much-awaited link to the other side. Mr. Zoli will appear at Camp Dudley's Witherbee Auditorium on Sunday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m., and will give this year's annual author address, the fifth in the superb series sponsored by Literacy Volunteers of Essex and Franklin counties. Call 546-3008 for info.

Our lack of bridge reminds me of the headline in a British newspaper when a massive storm in the English Channel knocked out communications between Britain and the rest of Europe: "Storm in Channel—Continent Isolated." It will be a fine thing, no doubt, for Vermonters to be allowed back in.

Then, starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, you'll want to mosey on up to the Whallonsburg Grange block party, which promises large amounts of food, music, and fun for all ages. The street down to the bridge will be closed to accommodate the crowd, and the

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he NCSPCA is currently working hard to raise money in order to build a new animal shelter. The current shelter in Westport is very old and does not meet recommended Human Society standards for space provided for each animal. At times, we are so overcrowded that four cats must share a single cage. In addition, we do not have available space to isolate sick animals, which puts healthy animals at risk. Dogs and cats must share the same room, which creates high stress levels for our animals.

We have purchased land to build a new shelter which will meet today's housing standards and will even include a get-acquainted room where people can spend time with a pet before adopting it. The new building will also be "green" and energy efficient. However, the NCSPCA does not receive any money from state or federal governments or from the National ASPCA; nearly all of our income comes from generous donors or from adoption fees.

We desperately need your donations to help make this dream of a new and better shelter a reality. We are currently 80% on the way to our goal, but we still need to raise $250,000 by Oct. 1 to put us over the top. Any donations you make between now and then will be matched dollar for

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Our featured pet this week is Mitzie, an adorable beagle-mix who has a sweet disposition you will fall in love with. Mitzie is an older dog who is looking for a "retirement home" to spend her senior years.

She loves to go for walks and to curl up afterwards with her favorite blanket. She is well behaved and promises not to chew your shoes! If you are looking for a companion to curl up with on the couch when you watch your favorite show, Mitzie may be the dog for you.

ESSEX his Sunday, Aug. 21 , the Whallonsburg Grange will hold its second annual block party, with music, food, fire trucks and even a clown. It starts at 2 p.m. and admission is $6 for adults and $3 for kids.

Daniel Linder will perform at the Essex Community Church next Wednesday, Aug. 24. He is a graduate of Westport Central School and a very talented young pianist, currently studying at Northwestern University. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $10.

On Aug. 24-25, the Lois McClure will be docked in Essex and available for inspection. The Lois McClure is a full size replica of a Lake Champlain sailing barge, 88 feet long, and will be open to the public both days from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

On Aug. 25, a group of local Yale alumni will perform at the Community Church at 11:30 a.m. Some years ago, these gentlemen were all members of the famed campus vocal group the Whiffenpoofs, and will reprise their act free of charge.

Also on the Aug. 25, at the Community

Whallonsburg Volunteer Fire Department will be cooking up hot dogs and Whallonsburgers. All proceeds will go to support the Grange hall, which is looking so gorgeous these days.

And back at Camp Dudley next weekend, on Saturday, Aug. 27, High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care will host its inaugural Willie Schmidt Lake Champlain Swim for Hospice. Registration starts at 8 a.m. for paddlers and swimmers. This is not a race but a friendly way to have fun and raise money for an outstanding cause, and to honor the memory of long-time Camp Dudley director Willie Schmidt. Volunteer paddlers (both canoes and kayaks are welcome) will be deployed around the course to help keep the swimmers safe. All you need to do to register to swim is get together $75 in sponsorships from your friends, family, employer, landlord, the guy next to you in line, wherever. If you're interested in taking part, call Darsie at 891-9631 ext 116 or visit swimlakechamplain.org.

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Rob Ivy • ivy@westelcom.com Church, Mary Brown will speak of her travels to Antarctica. Mary is a former director of the CEF Library System and an intrepid traveler with a great story to tell.

Admission is free but donations to benefit the Belden Noble Library will be gratefully accepted, and of course refreshments will be served.

On Aug. 26, the Wyant Band will give a concert on the lawn at St. Joseph’s Church at 7 p.m. Admission is $7, and bring a chair or blanket for seating.

Houseguests are a fact of life this time of year, and entertaining them can be a chore.

We like to send ours off on a hike on the CATS trails around the Bouquet Hills. The trails are more like European walking paths than the rock strewn ankle-twisting trails in the High Peaks. Check out their web site for maps and more information.

Another suggestion: a walk or bike ride around the southwest corner of our town, on the loop formed by Sayre, Alden and the Lewis Wadhams Road. The route takes you past hay and vegetable fields, up and down hills, in a landscape that’s more New England than New England.

he end of the summer season in the Adirondacks seems to be ringing with music. There are all the fairs in the area and each features an outstanding music group. Willsboro featured two end of summer concerts on the local Band Stand; this past Friday evening the “Greenbeans”; then on Aug. 19, another concert featuring the “Tyme’s Up”. These events are held at 7 p.m., free of charge, at the bandstand, just bring a chair or blanket and enjoy. The local Catholic churches are sponsoring a concert on Aug. 26, featuring the “Wyant Band”, on the lawn of the Essex Catholic Church from 7 to 9 p.m. Here again bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy. There is a charge as this is a fund raiser. Essex Community church has had some great concerts all summer and on Aug. 18, they will feature the Goff Brothers at 11:30 a.m., they are wonderful. Another enjoyable event is an Open House at the local Senior Housing Units on Sunday, Aug. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. They are featuring the great addition to their community room. A special

fund raiser at Sunnyside in Essex, house and garden tour and some special food on Aug. 21, from 4 to 8 p.m., sponsored by RENEW and the E-Town Hospital Aux., there is a charge as it is a fund raiser. The Paine Library is still having art exhibits and their recent Used Book sale. Family yard sales seem to be popping up most weekends just go to the Willsboro Web site for more details.

School starts soon and many of our summer vacationing families will be returning home.

Welcome home to Ed Collins, we enjoy seeing you sitting outside your home. We still need you to offer your thoughts to our local supervisor on the Horace Nye Home issue, hopeful that it stays in the County ’s control.

Happy Birthday belated ) to Adam Mero Aug. 13, Emily Mero Aug. 15, Bonnie Elliott Aug. 15, Barbara Feeley Aug. 22, Teresa Gauthier Aug. 22, Rick Strong Aug. 22, Dick Blanchard Aug. 22, Aaron Frenier Aug. 22, Barbara Paye Aug. 23, Ami Boardman Aug. 24, Mark LaPine Aug. 24, Betty Sayward Aug. 26.

Happy Anniversary to Mary and Peter Gload Aug. 26.

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he Keeseville Free Library Local Artists Exhibition is in full swing now. Many different artists working in many different mediums are currently on display and available for purchase. The show will run the entire month of August and into September. The current hours for the library are Monday 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. with an hour closed for lunch from noon until 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. until noon and then from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday. September will again be the start of the winter hours. Also while at the library there are still books that can be purchased very inexpensively for one last read in the summer.

I received an email concerning an event further down the road from us in Essex but for the cause I am happy to mention it. The North Country S.P.C.A. is having a special benefit antique and tag sale event, Sunday Aug, 27, at the Whallonsburgh Grange Hall

Writing workshop set WESTPORT — There will be a Writing Workshop at the W estport Community Center Heritage House from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Satur day, Aug. 20 and

in Whallonsburg. Early birds with $20 admission get in at nine am then free general admission from ten until three pm and end with half price extravaganza from three until 5 p.m.

Another very worthy event is the ceremony at the Evergreen Cemetery coming up this month. As I mentioned last week the cemetery has more than fifty-five Civil War Veterans buried there. GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) markers are being placed on the gravesites of these Veterans.

A special short presentation of these markers will be held near the flagpole on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 9 a.m. in the Evergreen Cemetery located at Main St., Keeseville.

Again my thanks to all those involved in this and those planning to attend. It is so easy for us to jump and acknowledge the tragedies occurring to our military personnel daily but completely forget the worthy souls from our past.

Enjoy the August weather and stay safe and well.

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WESTPORT — The Westport Federated W omen ar e hosting a crafts, jewelry, pillow, knitted & quilted items, bake sale on Satur day, Aug. 20, at the W estport Federated Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch fr om 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ther e will be a door prize.

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ust two years ago Ticonderoga leaders envisioned a vibrant commercial district at its “Four Corners.” The area surrounding the intersection of Routes 9N and 74 already had Wal-mart attracting thousands of shoppers. Lowe’s and Dunkin’ Donuts had just opened. Rite Aid, wanting to be where the action is, moved from its downtown location to the “Four Corners.” Plans were being discussed to bring national hotel and restaurant chains along with several smaller retailers to the area.

To prepare for the economic boom, the town extended infrastructure in the area. New York State modified Route 9N to handle the expected increase in traffic.

Ticonderoga seemed poised to make an economic leap. Today, those dreams have been dashed. Dunkin’ Donuts closed just a few months after opening and now sits empty. Plans for the hotel and restaurant collapsed. This week Lowe’s unexpectedly closed, leaving 86 people unemployed and a 124,000 square feet building empty.

Wal-mart remains and — like it or not — is the community’s retail engine.

When Wal-mart expressed interest in Ticonderoga more than a decade ago, a common debate took place. Are “big box” stores good for communities? With the loss of Lowe’s, that debate has been renewed without an answer. Lowe’s failed, leaving behind a huge warehouse-type building that could sit vacant for years. Wal-mart has succeeded, providing jobs, area shoppers goods and local government taxes.

Where does Ticonderoga go from here?

No one can accuse local leaders of being disengaged. The community has the Ticonderoga Montcalm Street Partnership, Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance, Ti Economic Development Committee, PRIDE and the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce all working to improve the local economy. And it has plans. There’s the Quality Destination Plan, the National Main Street Trust plan and plans to construct a replica

18th Century sawmill to serve as a tourist draw and economic hub.

Ticonderoga is not alone. Communities throughout the North Country are struggling to improve their economies.

Almost all have similar local groups working on the issue. And there have been state programs, like the now-defunct Empire State Development Zones, that were supposed to spur economic development. Offering tax breaks, loans and other incentives, the EDZ program was supposed to bring major manufacturers and jobs to the North Country. To take full advantage of the program Essex County beefed up its Industrial Development Agency and communities constructed industrial parks awaiting companies. Today, those parks in Ticonderoga, Moriah, Schroon Lake and Keeseville sit mostly empty.

Walking along Main Street in Port Henry recently, Tom Scozzafava could only shake his head.

“I’m frustrated,” the Moriah supervisor admitted. “Our economy is worse now than when the (iron) mines closed in 1972. Look at the businesses that have closed in the last three years. Port Henry’s main street doesn’t have a single business on its east side.

“What do we have to do? Why can’t we attract business here,” Scozzafava asked. “What do we need to do? I don’t have the answer, but I know we need to do a lot of soul searching.”

The loss of Lowe’s is a blow the area economy, but perhaps it’s also an opportunity to do that “soul searching.”

What type of economic development does a community want? What type is needed? What type is realistic? Those and many other questions need to be answered, especially before local communities roll out the red carpet for another big box retailer.

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fearlessly into the future and eadership and concommand our attention. The fidence are two bigger the vision the greater key intangibles the attention the person that have a major effect on commands. It also goes human behavior. Our nawithout saying the larger the tion is in desperate need of stage the larger the audiboth right now. ence, so goes the risk versus From the beginning of the reward. Not every leader time, despite how indeachieves his intended goal, pendent we may feel, we such as Columbus, and not look for signs or signals beevery leader will lead people Dan Alexander fore r esponding to situain the right moral dir ection, tions. When the signals Thoughts from such as Hitler, but that doesaren’t clear it causes confuBehind the Pressline n’t mean that we should not sion. When people ar e congravitate to follow a leader , fused they act irrationally , and irrational activity causes misinformation and results it only means that we need to wisely agree that his intent is a belief we share. in a serious lack of comfort or confidence.

President Obama won the 2008 election Without confidence, humans, like most and became our leader on the premise that species, figuratively put our collective he would bring about change and fix the isheads in to the sand and wait for an “all sues that wer e af fecting the country . The clear” signal.

The last few weeks we’ve seen and wit- optimism that people felt upon his inaugunessed what happens in our society when ration has worn thin, the issues have we do not have strong, focused leadership grown deeper and his leadership now appears in jeopar dy. As the country and that we can tr ust to guide us fr om a dangerous situation. Our political leaders con- world waits for a new signal of optimism to captur e our attention, we have to continue to point fingers, the stock market is all over the board, we continue to get sider our own r ole in this continuing dramixed signals through the media and their ma of life.

Are we leaders in our small cir cle? Do we talking heads and the r esult is when in encourage optimism and risk or ar e we doubt we go into primal pr otection mode to defend against the fear of the unknown. more apt to let others lead and then point the finger of blame when the goal is not Consider for a minute Christopher Columbus and his quest to sail out into the reached?

We all long for better days but we must ocean, believed to be flat by most people at the time, in searc h of better ro ute to the east remember e ach o f us p lays a n i mportant by going west. Not only did he have to con- role in our families, local communities and even on larger stages. Leaders with vision vince King Fer dinand and Queen Isabella e of Spain to finance his plan, he had to con- and confidence don’t just happen. They ar vince those folks sailing on the Nina, Pin- nurtured from small opportunities that begin at a young age and continue to gro w in ta and Santa Maria he knew what he was doing and where they were going. For his an environment that encourages and supown purposes he shielded them from the ports reaching new goals and taking risks.

Let’s make sur e that in this time of untruth regarding how far they had ventured and continued to demonstrate confidence certainty w e d on’t n eglect o r d iscourage and leadership, thereby avoiding a mutiny our youth into thinking the United States which would have caused not only failure isn’t full of opportunity and that their fubut reinforced the common day belief that ture looks every bit as pro mising as the one we w ere g iven. C hallenges w ill a lways no such r oute existed. Despite the simple arise thr oughout the ages, and leaders fact that up until his death he believed he must step up to accept the challenges dehad discovered a new r oute to Asia, what spite t he d egree o f di fficulty, f or i n th eir we know today is he had discover ed the failure they pr ovide the motivation and continent of America. opportunity for a new vision to captur e our The bottom line was not that his belief attention and pr ovide the confidence we was completely incorr ect; the point I’m all need in our lives. trying to make is that without taking risk and w ithout c onfident b elief i n y our a cDan Alexander is publisher and owner of tions, we fail to grow and without growth, Denton Publications. He may be reached at our human nature is to stagnate. dan@denpubs.com.

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Theft of the system To the Valley News: “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

If the American people ever allow private banks to contr ol the issue of their curr ency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all pr operty — until their childr en wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

People should read some history and learn what has happened because of Wall Street and the banking industry . Thomas Jef ferson warned us in 1802.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt enacted the Glass-Steagall act in 1933 that kept the Banks and lending institutions in check until 1999 when Gramm-Leach-Bliley, all Republicans with the help of Bill Clinton signed a bill that led to the wholesale theft of our monetary system.

Joe DeMarco Jay

Thanks for pantry support To the Valley News: On behalf of the town of Jay T own Boar d, and the town of Jay Supervisor ’s Of fice, we would like to take this opportunity to extend our most heartful gratitude to all who came out in support of our town of Jay Food Pantry.

We put out a request for donations through the Press-Republican, the Valley News, and WPTZ, and your response was overwhelming.

When the idea for this Food Pantry was put into action a year ago, we were unsure of how we might support ourselves. W ell, now we know. The community came together in a true example of neighbor -helping-neighbor and what began as an “idea” has blossomed into something beyond our wildest dreams and expectations.

Please, accept our thanks. We are humbled by your compassion for those less fortunate. It is because of you that families ar e well fed in their time of need and it is because of you that we are so proud to live and work in this community.

Randall T. Douglas Town of Jay Supervisor Carol Greenley (Hackel) Town of Jay Deputy Town Clerk Susan Richards Town of Jay Clerk to the Supervisor

Healing retreats set To the Valley News: Creative Healing Connections, which pr ovides arts and healing retreats for women living with cancer and other chr onic illnesses, has several full scholarships available for two upcoming Adirondack r etreats, Sept. 23-25 and Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2011. There are two types of scholarships, one for women living with breast cancer, and another for women who may use the Adirondack Medical Center services.

The retreats provide the participants the opportunity to connect with other North Country women facing similar challenges (and thus build or expand one’s support network). During the r etreat the participants learn lots of techniques for enhancing their quality of life, are provided opportunities to engage in a variety of arts activities for individual and collective self-expression, and stay at Great Camp

Are we alone in universe?

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uper 8.” “Cowboys & Aliens.” “Battle: Los Angeles.” If this year ’s crop of movies is any indication, our interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life remains strong.

But do aliens really exist? And if they do, and they made contact, would they seek peace with us or us in pieces?

I think these are questions that fascinate everybody, me includJon Hochschartner ed.

Reporter The Drake Equation, presented by an astrophysicist in 1961, estimates the number of communicative civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy. Among other factors, it takes into account the average creation-rate of stars, the fraction of these stars with planets, and the average number of planets that could support life.

Frank Drake, who formulated the equation, estimates there are 10,000 technologi-

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polo. Your generosity and participation continue to make events such as this beneficial to the North Country populations being served.

This benefit would not have happened without the vision and planning of Lonnie Cross of the Adirondack Polo Club and Anne Turek of Westport. Inspir ed by the life and work of Anne's br other, Bill Leslie, Anne and Lonnie put together the first Leslie Cup in 2010. W e hope it will continue as an annual event.

A special thank you to Eric and Dawn Gay of Ernie’s Market for getting up early to pr epare the delicious hot food they served. Thank you to other local businesses and individuals that donated supplies and r efreshments: Janice Hainer of Everybody’s Stor e, Stewart’s, Keeseville Pepsi, Mary Bell, and the T urek / Whalen family. Thank you Laura and Trevor of the Cr oss Shor es Farm, the Adirondack Polo Club and the Sugarbush Polo Club for providing a quality polo experience. Finally , thanks To the Valley News: to the volunteers who gave up a beautiful sumTwo years ago today, we said goodbye to a mer afternoon to help: Susie Becker , Norma loving husband, son, father, brother, bus driv- Goff, Carolyn Golojuch, and Jane TerLouw. er and friend to many of us in the North CounCynthia Fairbanks try. A month before his passing, Doug dictated Community Outreach Coordinator a letter to two of his buddies Speedy and High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care Richard, and this week I found it among some papers, sadly unfinished. I would like to now publish this in honor of his memory, and suggest that anyone moved make a donation to To the Editor: your local food shelf. From June, 2009: Yes, I’m 61 years old. - No, I don’t have my “My name is Doug Knight. A year ago this August I was diagnosed with ALS (Lou head stuck in the sand. I keep up with current events and try to have my virtual finger on the Gehrig’s disease). At first I was slightly shakpulse of those who ar e concerned citizens, en, but very quickly I was heartened at how helpful the people of the North Country were. young and old.

To say I was appalled at the “State Hopes Instead of being angry and depr essed, I was Gay Marriages W ill Boost T ourism” article encouraged and even enlightened as I learned that people feel the need to help, and did so be- sprawled across one of the very center pages yond all expectations. And it was also good to of the Times of Ti is an understatement! To see the I Love NY heart in rainbow colors r epresee that my situation [could be used to help senting our Gay Pride was mor e than I could others]. Rather than despairing, I am inspired stomach. to give back to the community. I would like to I am not homophobic, but I am a firm believdonate $100.00 to our local food shelf and urge er in the traditional definition of marriage. people to match that donation.”

God defined marriage in Genesis 2:21-25. Not I have sent my donation of $100, and as only did he define it: He created and manufacDoug had requested, I urge you to match that tured sex to be between a male and a female to donation to the local food pantry in your com- provide tr ue intimacy and to pr oduce of fmunity. For the Keeseville ar ea, checks or dospring. nations can be sent to ACAP Food Pantry, P.O. For our NY governor to ram the redefinition Box 848, Elizabethtown, N.Y ., 12932. Thank of marriage through the House and Senate and you all for your support two years ago during then boast about the fact that every town clerk this challenging time for our family, and thank had to be willing to certify amoral marriages you for helping out your community to make or lose their jobs was a travesty . And then to it a better place. read that this was not just the desecration of Alice Knight biblical and moral values but an attempt to Keeseville “boost tourism” by having homosexuals flood our state? Need I say more? I’m ready to move.

This is beyond belief.

I’d love to hear what others in the ar ea are thinking about this. In my opinion, “we the people” deserve the right to vote on this issue To the Valley News: as a proposition as the folks in California and The polo match to benefit High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care held on Aug. 6 was a big Maine did - and let our congressmen and govsuccess. Thanks to the community of Westport ernor know how we truly feel!

Betsi Calhoun and surrounding areas for coming out to supSchroon Lake port a good cause while having fun watching Sagamore, an Adirondack Gr eat Camp once owned by the Vanderbilts.

Sagamore of fers a glorious setting with its own lake, nature trails and fabulous food. It is a safe, peaceful natural setting where the participants join a community that will listen to their story as it unfolds, support their healing and celebrate their growth.

These grants are partially underwritten by a grant from Adirondack Medical Center Foundation. For mor e information please email franstory@ gmail.com, see our website at www.creativehealingconnections.org, or contact Fran Yardley at 359-9324 or Karen Glass at 576-2058.

Martha Pritchard Spear Wilmington

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cally advanced societies in our galaxy alone. The late astronomer Carl Sagan estimated there could be as many as 1 million.

This leads to the Fermi Paradox. Essentially it asks, if outer space is so teeming with life, where is everyone? Scientists have put forward a number of theoretical explanations to the dilemma.

One hypothesis is that the conditions needed to develop life are more rare than believed, and as a result there’s a small number of civilizations. Perhaps there are no others.

Another theory is societies reach a certain level of scientific development before technology leads to self-immolation through warfare, experimentation, or other catastrophic events.

Perhaps the most plausible hypothesis is we simply haven’t encountered evidence of aliens due to technological limitations, constraining physical distances, or other civilization’s lack of interest in engaging with us.

Stephen Hawking, likely the most celebrated living scientist, has described the belief in extraterrestrial life as “perfectly

rational,” living as we do in a universe of 100 billion galaxies. But he holds a dismal view of potential alien-human contact.

“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the American Indians,” Hawking said.

While accepting extraterrestrial life probably exists, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson rejects the assumption aliens would be a malevolent force.

“No one knows how an alien will behave,” Tyson told CNN. “Any suspicion that they will be evil is more a reflection of our fear about how we would treat an alien species if we found them, than any actual knowledge about how an alien would treat us.”

Either way, contact with extraterrestrials would be one of the most profound moments in human history, with deep spiritual implications. If a meeting ever occurs, one can’t help feel jealous of the generation that lives through it. But then again, if we believe Hawking, maybe we should count ourselves lucky not to.

here’s a lot of stuff for kids to do over the summer vacation, with a wide variety of results.

There is, of course, the video game route, that leads to endless hours on the couch or in front of a computer, most of the time with a

by Keith Lobdell drink or junk food. Not much value.

There are sleepovers and time spent with friends, outdoor activities and sports, which have much more value.

Over the past two years, my family has also found that there is a chance to be with friends, make new friends, and take skills that they are excited about developing onto the stage.

Over that time, my oldest two children have been involved with the Boquet River Theatre Festival. They have been in “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” and “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Their interest in the arts started through the Westport Youth Commission, which partners with the Depot Theatre for its apprentice program.

It was a great chance to get an early experience into the world of the theater and what it takes to put on a production.

When the kids found out about BRTF, my oldest jumped at the chance to audition.

When she went, my middle child was also asked to audition, and I can’t thank them enough for it.

Over that time, he has become more comfortable in front of people and on the stage. He has learned skills in memorization and other traits of the stage that have helped him in school and in life.

Really, everyone involved has. It is amazing to watch a group of youngsters pull together to put on as professional of a show as they do.

What is even better about it is the fact that the production teams for the shows have now entered into the second generation, with former performers Alyssa Carroll and Dale Mason now serving as directors for the junior program along with choreographer Jacqueline Robertin (you know something is working when those who have come before are dedicated to make sure the program keeps going for future generations), producer Gigi Mason, BRTF President Ed Mason, Jim Carroll and others (sorry if I forgot anyone, there are a lot to be thanked).

It’s been a program that has instilled confidence and self esteem into a lot of children as well as the chance to perform for family and friends and hear the applause and see the ovations at the end of each show.

Over the past weekend, the junior performance took place (the senior performance took place a week earlier). Each night, the Whallonsburg Grange was filled with more and more people, with a standing-room-only crowd for the Sunday matinee show.

So, with all of the choices that my children have in the summer, my hats off to those of BRTF who give them the chance to be creative, funny and inspiring for five weeks in July and August. It’s time well spent.

The Tank

Keith Lobdell is the editor of the Valley News. He can be reached at keith@denpubs.com.

Corrections

■ In the Aug. 13 edition of the V alley News, one of the photos in the Saranac Lake Block Party pictur e page, Sully Fogarty of Saranac Lake tries out his hand at hockey at the Saranac Lake Pee Wee Hockey Association booth during the block partyAug. 4, not the Saranac Lake Youth Commission booth.

■ In the Aug. 13 edition of the V alley News, Rich Redman’s name was misspelled.

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LaPine reflects on service to the Essex County Fair at dedication

By Keith Lobdell

Ernie has pai nted,” Irwin Bor den J r., who presented LaPine, said. “This fair is dedicatkeith@denpubs.com ed to him not just because of all of the work WESTPORT — After he was honor ed, that he has done on the fairgrounds, but his dedication to the community as well. It is Ernie LaPine quickly got back to being the nice to dedicate this fair to someone who voice of the Essex County Fair.

Calling out for fairgoers to make their way does good things.”

LaPine also took time to r ecognize those to the Haulin’ Junk Rollover Contest with his who had helped him throughout his time at familiar inflections and tone, LaPine quickthe fair. ly continued working for the annual event “Without Ray (Tefoe), this fair would not that he said was part of his life.

“It’s my life, it’s in my blood,” an emotion- run,” LaPine said.

LaPine also took time to thank his longal LaPine said as he was honored as the person to whom the 2011 Essex County Fair was time “r unning partner,” L yn Lobdell along with his wife, Alta, both of whom he asked dedicated to. “It has been a fun part of my to join him in cutting the ribbon to officially life for 40 years, and I thank the boar d for open the 163rd annual Essex County Fair. this honor.”

“This fair has been a part of Lyn’s life for LaPine was the fair manager for 20 years, as long as it has been in mine,” LaPine said. and has worked with the fair since, starting out as a ticket taker at the front gate in 1971. “Alta has backed me for all of these 40 years.”

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First Schmidt Swim set at Camp Dudley in supporting hospice car e.

All swimmers 14 years of age and older are welcome to join in this non-competitive fun swim. Registration will between 8 and 8:30 a.m. at Camp Dudley the morning of the event to register. There will be refreshments and all r egistered swimmers will receive a goodie bag that includes an event swim bathing cap, water bottle as well as other “goodies.”

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Ernie LaPine, Alta LaPine and Lyn Lobdell cut the ribbon to open the 163rd Essex County Fair Aug. 10. This years fair was dedicated to LaPine for, among other things, his 20 years of service to the fair as manager.

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Vendors sought for Field, Forest and Stream Day ELIZABETHTOWN — The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks wil l host the 23nd Annual Field, Forest and Stream Day, an Adirondack F olk Arts F estival on S aturday, Sept. 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the museum grounds of the Adirondack History Center in Elizabethtown.

New this year, the festival will be combined with the Families First Apple Fest, featuring cider pressing, fun and games for children. A horse drawn wagon will take festival goers between sites. Performers include Bill Smith, Ben Raino and Karen Glass, Dorothy Jane Siver, the fourteen year old fiddling sensation from Cr own Point, and Smokey Bear and Ranger Bob. Returning again will be the interactive presentation of, "Adirondack Owls and Raptors," w ith l ive h awks, a nd o wls w ith Trish Marki. Special childr en's activities, contests, a variety of food vendors, The Adirondack Farmer's Market, local crafts, demonstra-

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Registration at 10 a.m.

100-mile ride starts at noon at Uihlein Living Center in Lake Placid and ends at Mt. Pisgah Ski Center in Saranac Lake

curing an additional $75 in pledges (14-17 an extra $50 in pledges). Pr eregistration is preferred but not r equired.

All those who register by Aug. 9 will also receive a free event t-shirt.

Kayakers and canoeists are also welcome. The swim is approximately half a mile in a protected bay and kayakers and canoeists ar e needed to line the swim r oute to assur e swimmer safety. Each paddler will receive an event cap and whistle.

For mor e information on being a swimmer , paddler or if you would like to pledge your support please contact Darsie at 891-9631 or go to www.swimlakwchamplain.o rg to register on-line.

This event raises vital funds to help support end of life car e thr oughout High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care’s vast 4,600 squar e mile service ar ea that includes all of Warren County and Essex County.

tions, guide boat making, Pack Basket making, Adirondack Furnitur e, Decoy Making and Blacksmithing will also be part of the event.

The Arts Council is curr ently seeking exhibitors who sell handmade items that tie in with the festival's focus on the harvest, hunt, and other traditional North Country work and leisure time activities. A limited number (10) of outdoor Antiques booths will be available at $60 per 10'x 10'. Double antique booths are $100. Approximately 60 10' x 10' deep spaces ar e available outside. Special nonprofit rate: $30. Tents, tables and chairs are the exhibitor's responsibility. The cost for space is $40 outside and $60.00 for food and antiques.

To receive an application, contact Caroline Thompson at info@artsnorth.org, call ACNA at 962-8778 or click on the link below . The deadline Monday, Sept. 12. Spaces will be assigned in the order in which reservations are received.

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WESTPORT — The inaugural Willie Schmidt Lake Champlain Swim for Hospice will be held at historic Camp Dudley in Westport on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 9 a.m.

Camp Dudley has generously donated the use of their facility for this event which is being held in memory of longtime Camp Dudley Dir ector, Willie Schmidt.

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Come in and check out our supply of back to school items, ie: back packs, lunch pails and kid’s clothing.

Just a reminder, we still have a beautiful wedding gown for sale in the shop. It is a size 8.

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Lobsterfest set for 45th year in Westport

By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com WESTPORT — Lobster and chicken are the or der of the weekend, as the 45th annual Lobsterfest is set to take place Labor Day weekend at the Westport Marina and Galley Restaurant.

“We inherited having a lobster and chicken feast,” Dee Carr oll of the marnia said. “It was such a fun tradition that we decided to keep it going.

We have also expanded the weekend.”

The Lobsterfest starts on Friday , Sept. 2, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 4. Ther e will be music on each night of the event, with the Blues Trio playing on Friday, Natalie Ward on Satur day and Damaged Goods on Sunday , who Carr oll said always put on a good show.

“We have had Damaged Goods at past Lobsterfests and they always get the crowd going,” she said.

For the first night, Sept. 2, the Marina has joined with the Depot Theatre their pr oduction, followed by music at the Galley.

One of the newer traditions to the weekend takes place on Satur day, Sept. 3, when boaters will take to the lake, not in their r eal boats, but as part of the cardboard boat races.

“We supply the car dboard and the tools and the tape and they come and design their boats,” Carroll said. “Finally, at 4 p.m. we have a race of f of the beach here, and we have a Titanic a ward f or t he c reation t hat s inks first.”

Saturday will also play host to a barbecue dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. and a dance starting at 9 p.m.

There will be hotdogs , chi ps and soda starting at noon on Sunday , Sept. 4, along with a boat decoration event. Other events will include “Lobster Sports,” ay 1 p.m., kayak races at 2 p.m., along with balloon artist and face painting at 3 p.m.

At 4 p.m., ther e will be steamed clams available, followed by the Lobsterfest dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

“There will be barbecued half chicken, lobsters and homegrown corn, all kinds of good things,” Carroll said.

Dancing starts at 8 p.m., with a costume parade at 9 p.m.

“This year ’s theme is, ‘Harry and Friends,’” Carr oll said. “Y ou can be any ‘Harry ,’ you want and bring friends for the parade.”

Carroll said that r eservations for the event are required.

“We need to know who is coming and how much they ar e going to eat and how much dock space they will need,” Carr oll said. “Sometimes, there might be food left for walk-ins, but don’t count on it.”

For more information and for reservations, contact the W estport Marina and Galley Restaurant at 9624356 or visit the web site www.westportmarina.com.

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Rabies cases reported to Essex County Public Health ELIZABETHTOWN — There have been a few confirmed cases of rabies in wild animals in Essex County this year .

Essex County Public Health Department r eminds all r esidents to avoid contact with stray or wild animals and cats and dogs that are unknown to you.

If a contact happens, please notify Essex County Public Health Department at 873-3500.

It is essential for pet owners to make sure their pets are up to date with their rabies vaccinations. Teach children not to touch animals they do not know and tell an adult immediately if they ar e bitten by an animal. If your pet has been injur ed by a rabid or suspected rabid animal contact your veterinarian

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Additional rabies vaccination clinics are schedule d: Aug. 22, at the W illsboro Highway Garage from 6 to7 p..m and Aug. 23 at the Cr own Point Highway Garage fr om 6 to 7 p.m. Ther e is no charge for these vaccinations; donations are accepted. Every pet dog, cat and ferret three months of age and older is required to be vaccinated against rabies; even cats that live indoors.

If you see a wild animal, especially a raccoon, bat, skunk or fox, stay away and keep children away; keep pets indoors and let the animal go away on its own. You may call a nuisance wildlife control officer who may remove the animal for a fee.

The first sign of rabies is usually a change in an animal’s behavior. It may become either unusually aggressive or tame. It may lose fear of people or natural enemies. W ild animals may appear friendly or affectionate. It may become excited or irritable and attack.

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Champlain Bridge engineer Ted Zoli drawn to upstate region Renee Cumm renee@denpubs.com WESTPORT — While determining a design for the new Lake Champlain Bridge, Theodore “Ted” Zoli, vice pr esident and technical director for HNTB Corp., hoped to r e-illustrate the pr e-existing bridge with a long-lasting, modern design .

“I think it’s a modern looking design that t ends t o b e s afer a nd h as a l onger durability than the bridge it r eplaced,“ Zoli said.

The Lake Champlain Bridge lasted 80 years before it was declared unsafe by the department of transportation in 2009.

Zoli graduated from Princeton Univers i t y. H e r e c e i v e d a M a c A r t h u r F e l l o w ship, commonly referred to as the “genius award” for his work. Zoli, who said he competed along side other engineers for the pr oject, was chosen as the lead engineer for his concept of the Modified Tied Arch design . The design was agr eed upon out of s ix options by b oth the V ermont and New York State public.

Zoli said one of the reasons he solicited the bridge pr oject was because of his local ties to the area.

“I’ve been up and down theAdirondack Park,” he said. “I’ve spent a lot of my life there.”

Zoli was born in Schroon Lake in 1965.

He attended Camp Dudley in Westport as a kid. In 1969 he moved to the Glens Falls area. Zoli worked with his dad in upstate N e w Yo r k o n e n g i n e e r i n g j o b s s u c h a s heavy road construction.

A bridge a cross Lake Champlain had a visu al o ppo rtunity alo ng w ith a s tr o ng presence in the r egion, which had contributed to his inter est in the project, he said.

Zoli said, gr owing up, he was always interested in the process of structural engineering. He said any bridge not only has to be clear to the eye but they have a lot to live up to in terms of efficiency “Bridges ar e possibly the most pur e s t ru c t u re o f e n g i n e e r i n g t h e r e i s , ” h e

Ted Zoli will be speaking at Camp Dudley on Sunday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Witherbee Hall. Zoli designed the Champlain Bridge currently being constructed in Crown Point and is a Camp Dudley alum said. “A bridge’s structural system is always on display. Your pushing structural systems to stand longer with less materials.”

Zoli, who was lead speaker for the Adirondack Park Agency Local Government Days, said he had attended public meetings for the bridge where locals discussed what would become of the historical landmark. He said so much of the local population were concerned for the design process, such as the Public Advisory Committee (P AC), Historic Pr eservation Community, and the public. Zoli specifically mentioned Steve Engelhart, executive director for the Adirondack Architectural Heritage Center (AARCH) of Keeseville. Engelhart had advocated the bridge be preserved, not destroyed.

“It was like losing something extr emel y s p e c i a l a n d r e a l l y i r re p l a c e a b l e , ” h e said. “ We simply wanted to make sure rehabilitating the 1929 bridge was looked at thoroughly,” he said.

Although the state decided against r ehabilitating the bridge, Engelhart was able to get the landmark listed on the National Register of Historical Places, which validated the importance of the 1929 bridge as a place and/or structure to the region.

“I still think, every time I look at that crossing, that something really important is missing.”

Zoli said by designing a new bridge that echoed, at least in its pr ofile, the original bridge was no accident. He hoped to retain the influence the original bridge made 80 years ago.

The original architect, Charles M. Spofford used freed trusses, which was a new and cr eative form of engineering for the time, he said. The 1929 design sparked a period that advanced the use of criss-

WORSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY AU SABLE FORKS St. James’ Church - Traditional Anglican Worship. Fr. David Ousley, Vicar and Rev. Patti Johnson, Deacon. Services: Wed. 6:00 p.m. - Healing Prayer and Holy Eucharist. Sun. - 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist.

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, Rev. Kris Lauzon Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, 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.

BLACK BROOK St. Matthew’s Catholic Church - Black Brook, Silver Lake Rd., 647-8225, Rev. Kris Lauzon - Pastor, John J. Ryan - Deacon, Masses Sun. 11 a.m.

Confessions (reconciliation) one half hour before each mass.

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 or Ann Marie Speir. 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: essexcommunityhttp:// unitedmethodistchurchny.net/ St. John’s Episcopal Church - Church Street. 9637775. 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 5232200. 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 - MainStreet.

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 - ClintonStreet, 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 - 124Hill 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: www.thebridgekeeseville.com Email:vikki@thebridgekeeseville.com LAKE PLACID New Hope Christian Fellowship Church - 207Station St., Lake Placid, NY. A full gospel church.

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After surviving 80 years over water, Zoli said it was not so much the tr usses but the piers that had caused the bridge to be declared unsafe. “ ( S p o ff o rd ) n o t o n l y c r e a t e d a n e w bridge form, he developed a design method to analyze the system of engineering.” Zoli said. “Ther e’s a r esponsibility that one tries to live up to the importance of the original bridge that your replacing.”

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Study. Once a month covered dish after Sunday morning service. Child care available Sunday & Thursday. Handicapped accessible.

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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.; Tuesday 5:15 p.m. Holy Prayers; Wednesday 5:15 p.m.

Holy Eucharist & Healing 2450 Main St., LP, 523-2564,www.steustace.org.

St. Agnes Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m., Sunday masses 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 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 LEWIS 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 PORT HENRY Lake Champlain Bible Fellowship - Adult Sunday School 9:00-10:00 a.m., Coffee fellowship 10:00-10:30 a.m.; Worship service starts at 10:30 a.m.; Nursery and 3-6 Sunday School provided during worship service; VOICE Youth Group for teens; Variety of bible studies and groups available that meet weekly. FREE community movie night the first Saturday of every month at 7 p.m. Visit our website to see what is showing 6 Church St., (518) 546-4200, www.lcbible.org, Pastor Tom Smith.

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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.

First Presbyterian Church PC(USA) - 57 Church Sreet, Saranac Lake, NY, 518-891-3401, Rev. Joann White. All Are Welcome Here!

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Handicap Accessible & Hearing Assistance. www.saranaclakepresbyterianchurch.org 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 - 48Wawbeek Avenue, Tupper Lake, 359-3405.

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

Pastor Dick Hoff. Sunday Morning Worship 9:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday Night Prayer 7 p.m.; Teen Club Saturday 6 p.m.; Olympian Club Sunday 5:30 p.m. (Sept. - May) Email: westportbiblech@westelcom.com The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Rt.9N. 962-4994. Branch Pres. Curtis McMillion.

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“This is doing what we mony in Essex County on Satpledge to do when we take urday, Aug. 13. the oath of of fice,” Saywar d Sayward was in Saranac said. “That is, to uphold the Lake Friday morning for a constitution of the state of roundtable discussion at New York. Making sur e that North Country Community every individual who lives in College, hosted by Senators New York and who lives in Kirsten Gillibrand and our nation has the same rights Charles Schumer. as anybody else is extr emely Speaking a day befor e her son’s big day, Sayward said it important to me. This re ally is a civil rights and human was one of the first same-sex marriages performed in Essex rights issue and why should County under New York’s anybody be denied the same privileges under the law that new marriage equality law. any couple gets once their “It’s extr emely significant for our family and for the joined together as a family?”

According to Sayward, her state,” she said. “I believe they are the first couple in Es- son and his futur e husband sex County to make it legal, as hosted a celebration of the partnership several years my son says.”

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The supervisor said he hadn’t thought installing the cap was a good idea.

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Hall said, for instance, if in an emergency a firetruck was taking the ro a d a t t h e s a m e t i m e a s a t r a c t o r trailer, the situation could have tragic results.

“It’s a r ecipe for disaster by putting everything on that one r oad,” Hall said.

D o u g l a s a g re e d i t w a s a p u b l i c safety concern, and the board would continue to monitor it. If ther e is a p ro b l e m , t h e b o a r d w o u l d h a v e t o reevaluate the situation.

“I hammer away at the DOT nonstop,” Douglas said, adding that now the department was finally doing repairs, he didn’t want to continue to be very critical as he didn’t want to give the impr ession he was impossible to please.

The original detour r oute bypassed Jay , sending traf fic down Bonnieview Road, over to Silver Lake, and into Ausable Forks, according to the supervisor . Douglas a s k e d C h r i s G a r r o w, h e a d o f t h e

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The DOT’s policy is to use only state and sometimes county r oads for detours.

“But they understand our concern,” Douglas. “Their detour r oute now is John Fountain Road. They have changed all their signage, all their detour maps. They’ve sent it to the media. They’ve been in contact with all emergency personnel.”

Douglas also said that in his experience, DOT adds extra days to their project’s schedule in case of contingencies. So he thought the work would be completed in a shorter amount of time than the curr ently planned 18 days.

•Douglas said the town’s food pantry supply drive has been going really well.

“We were getting very, very low,” the supervisor said. “You would not believe the food that’s come in the last few days.”

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Monaco Historical Society ar e gauging the In the winter, Historical Society representown of Jay’s interest in taking ownership of a park the organization hopes to construct in tative Steven Engelhart said, the park’s pathways could be flooded to cre ate outdoor the area.

Councilmembers at the Town Board meet- skating paths.

“This would be the only place in the r eing Aug. 1 1 expr essed their inter est in the project, but said they wanted a better idea of gion wher e such a thing exists,” Engelhart said. “They’re becoming very popular in Euwhat it would cost the town in upkeep berope and Canada. You can imagine it lit up fore they committed themselves. at night and people converging on Upper Jay “It’s obvious something like this is going to take several man hours to take care of and to go skating.”

MacKinnon said the Historical Society did keep i t l ooking n ice,” C ouncilman G erald not believe having a non-pr ofit gr oup r un Hall said. “Can the town afford this kind of the park would be financially feasible. money to put out? The parks we have right “We decided it really couldn’t pay for itnow, some of them could use a little mor e atself, because we’d end up with payr oll,” tention than what they’re getting.”

Historical Society representative Anne MacKinnon said. “Our best intelligence is that institutions like that around here are reMacKinnon s aid s he b elieved i f t he t own ally struggling.” was uninterested in ownership of the park, Town Supervisor Randall Douglas said he the site would likely be cleared before being supported t he p roject “ in t heory,” b ut h e put on the market. wanted t o s ee e stimates o f o peration a nd Arto Monaco (19 13-2005) designed Santa’s Workshop in Wilmington before launch- maintenance costs to the town.

“Right now government is trying to do ing the Land of Makebelieve theme park in more with less,” Douglas said.

Upper Jay. The Land of Makebelieve closed Councilman Arthur Depo said he apin 1979.

“It’s a very dear place to a lot of people,” proved of the idea, but was worried about the finances.

MacKinnon said.

“The pr oblem I have with it is strictly The concept plan for the pr oposed, 3.5acre park is an interpretation of the Land of budget,” Depo said, adding that Chris GarMakebelieve. It will include a walking loop, row’s highway and public works departinformational boards detailing Monaco’s ment was str etched thin as it was. “I think story, a statue of Monaco, a castle-like build- we need to involve him (Garrow) in any decision.” ing, and a seasonal tent.

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The LeClairs said that they felt the current speed posed a threat to motorists and pedestrians in the area.

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PoliceBlotter RAY BROOK — On Aug. 9, the New York State Police in Ray Brook arrested Richard J. Massia, age 28, of Lake Placid, NewYork for four counts of Burglary 2nd degree, two counts of Bur glary 3r d degr ee, and one count of Grand Lar ceny 4th degree. These arrests wer e the r esult of an investigation conducted by the New York State Police, the Lake Placid Police Department, the Saranac Lake Police Department, and the Of fice of Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague.

The investigation has been ongoing throughout the spring and summer of this year. Massia was arrested for thefts to multiple r esidences and commer cial establishments located in the villages of Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, as well as the towns of North Elba and W ilmington; including the Hungry T rout Restaurant and the Cellar Bistro and Grille. A search warrant was executed at the r esidence of Massia which r esulted in the recovery of several stolen items.

Massia was arraigned befor e North Elba Town Justice James Rogers who r emanded Massia to the Essex County Jail without bail.

The investigation by law enforcement agencies within Essex County is continuing and is expected to expand into other locations in northern New York.

Former SL woman sentenced to prison for drunken driving ELIZABETHTOWN — An Albany woman will serve jail time for a 2009 drunken driving incident.

Essex County District Attorney Kristy L.

Sprague says 42-year-old Megan Murphy will serve between 1 and 3 years in a state correctional facility for a conviction on charges of felony driving while intoxicated, consumption of an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle, and following too closely.

Murphy was arr ested in December 2009 following a traffic stop on state Route 86 in the village of Saranac Lake.

Judge Richar d Meyer handed down the sentence. Sprague says this is Murphy third alcohol-related conviction.

“This was a fair and just sentence in this case given the defendant’s prior record and the facts and circumstances of this case,” she said in a press release late last week.

-By Chris Morris

Ti man found guilty of sexual abuse ELIZABETHTOWN — A Ticonderoga man has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 6-year -old girl on two separate occasions back in 2009.

Essex County District Attorney Kristy L. Sprague said in a press release late last week that a jury has convicted 43-year-old Richard Brown of five counts of first-degree sexual abuse, a class-D violent felony.

The trial commenced Aug. 8 and lasted five days. The jury turned in its ver dict at about 4:20 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12.

Judge Richard B. Meyer presided over the trial and Sprague received assistance from ADA Allison McGahay . Mar c Zuckerman represented Brown.

A sentencing date has been set for Sept. 22 – Sprague says Brown faces a maximum determinate term of 14 years in prison with a period of post-release supervision.

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All Day: Adirondack Plein Air Art Festival and Adirondack Scenic Railroad: Clown Train 5:00 PM: Saranac Lake ArtWalk 8:00 PM: Pendragon Theatre Production ‘The Mouse Trap’

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SARANAC LAKE — A special art exhibit at Pendragon Theatre ends on Sunday, Aug. 21. Artists participating in the Adirondack Plein Air Festival have been invited to bring one example of pr eviously cr eated work to display as part of a pr omotion for the event.

“Plein Air” is defined as working out “in the open air” — artists who paint outdoors, on location.

Plein Air Fest set SARANAC LAKE — The Plein Air Festival of ficially begins on Thursday , Aug. 18. There will be thr ee days of outdoor painting events and on Sunday , Aug. 21 there will be a Show & Sale at the Harrietstown Town Hall. Spectators ar e encourage to come and watch the artists at work. Mor e information and maps with the painting locations will be available at Bor ealis Color, 52 Main St., Saranac Lake.

Monaco exhibit Au SABLE FORKS — From 1954 to 1979, the magical Land of Makebelieve, the masterpiece of Arto Monaco, captivated visitors young and old. T oday, Arto Monaco’s legacy is kept alive thr ough the ongoing work of the Arto Monaco Historical Society. To learn about the next challenge — the creation of a park in Upper Jay as a permanent memorial to Arto, come see the exhibit I magining M akebelieve at the T ahawus Lodge Center ’s W indows Gallery in Au Sable Forks, ongoing through Labor Day . Her e, you can view park plans, leave your comments, or share your memories in the guest book.

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SARANAC LAKE — On Saturday, Aug. 20, at 7:30 p.m., Louise Dionne will perform a piano concert at Saranac V illage at W ill Rogers. This r ecital will highlight the music and celebrate the 200th birth year of Franz Liszt and will also feature some works fr om her new 201 1 CD “Floating on Lake Champlain.”

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donation. Refr eshments will be served. For mor e information, please contact Debbie Kanze at 891-7117.

Lois McClure in Essex ESSEX — The 88-footlong r eplica of the historic sailing schooner , the “Lois McClure” will be docked at the port of Essex on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25. The schooner is open for public visitation between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The theme for this year ’s Lake Champlain and Hudson River V alley ports-ofcall will be the “201 1 Farm, Forestry and Fishery T our.”

The tour aims to raise public awareness about the importance of sustainable agriculture, r esponsible for estry and clean, healthy waterways.

For further information, please contact Eloise Bell at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at 802- 4752022. V isual images ar e available via the LCMM website Press Room.

Kiwanis golf tourney ELIZABETHTOWN — The 2011 Kiwanis Golf Tournament will be sponsored by the Elizabethtown Kiwanis Club and held on Satur day, Aug. 20, at 10 a.m. at the Cobble Hill Golf Course in Elizabethtown.

Format is thr ee-person scramble, with an entry fee of $60 per player or $180 per team. Entry fee includes 18 holes golf with cart, lunch and r efreshments on the course. The event is limited to 18 teams. The deadline to register is Aug. 18.

There will be cash prizes for the top three places. Call 873-2520 for mor e i nformation.

Concerts continue ESSEX — On Wednesday, Aug. 24, Essex Community Concerts will welcome Daniel Linder , an awar d winning pianist, to perform his interpr etation of classical m asterpieces o n t he p iano. The performance opens at 7:30 p.m. at the Essex Community Chur ch in Essex. Admission: $10 for adults; free for children.

For further information, please contact J. V an Hoven at 963 4084 On Thursday, Aug. 25, the Yale "WhiffAlums" will perform at the Mid Day Concert at 1 1:30 a.m. sponsor ed by Essex Co mmunity C oncerts at the Essex Community Church. Fr ee admission.

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Block party scheduled WHALLONSBURG — The communities of the Champlain Valley ar e invited to a blockbuster celebration at the second Annual Grange Block Party, starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21.

Admission is only $6 for adults and half-price for kids and includes Whallonsburgers, corn and other delicious local food. Pr oceeds benefit the Get In on the Ground Floor Campaign, raising funds to renovate the kitchen, bathr ooms, and ground floor meeting space at the Grange.

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Outgoing APA chair Curt Stiles reflects on four years at the helm RAY BROOK — The chairman of the state Adirondack Park Agency is stepping down after four years at the helm.

Curt Stiles made his announcement at last month’s agency meeting in Ray Brook, pr ompting a mixtur e of reactions.

Stiles is a former Xerox executive and served as a Naval Flight Officer with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. His tenur e with the APA was marked by big clashes with elected officials in the Park, who lobbied Governor Andrew Cuomo not to r eappoint Stiles for a second term.

But Stiles also pushed through major reforms of the APA’s regulatory approach, and engineered the first legislative change to the Park Agency Act in a generation.

Stiles said his departur e from the APA was a purely personal decision — void of any outside political pressures.

“I think that’s a subject for a whole different conversation — the political nature of the Park discussion always assumes that ther e’s something beyond what’s at the surface,” he said. “I think that’s one thing that I’ve tried to do with this board is be very direct, and very up front.”

In recent years, a variety of local government of ficials have described a desir e to work more closely with the Park Agency. But some of those same officials are at times the APA’s biggest critics, Stiles notes.

“Sometimes the r eality of the conversation that gets broadcast or gets talked about is that political reference that says, ‘I don’t get elected unless I bash the Park Agency,’” he said. “And I’ve had town supervisors tell me that point blank — more than one and on more than one occasion. Often times, also, those come from a bad experience that may be totally legitimate. But it’s in the past — it’s not current stuff.”

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That’s the planning function and I don’t think we’ve really addressed that in a br oad sense.”

Regarding the Lewis Farm case, which the Agency ultimately lost, Stiles says he would have handled it the same way.

“We definitely saw that as part of our jurisdiction and would have given the permit gladly with an application,” he said.

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But he adds that the Park Agency can make land-use procedures simpler — especially if local governments adopt APA-approved master plans.

On state land pur chases, Stiles says expanding the Forest Pr eserve needs to focus on land that is in r eal need of protection. But he also believes a discussion on how much land the state should purchase within the Blue Line needs to take place.

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That sort of scr utiny “feeds the fir e of discontent,” Stiles says.

He’s also faced heavy criticism at the hands of the Adirondack’s legislative delegation — lawmakers like Betty Little and Teresa Sayward have at times called for his replacement.

“I don’t consider that political pressure – that’s somebody’s opinion,” Stiles said.

“Politicians ar e certainly well-versed in making their opinions known. I take them for what they say.”

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Stiles r egrets not being able to push through legislation setting up a planning fund fed by fees and fines.

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State Sen. Betty Little championed the bill, noting that it “limits sprawl and will keep the price of new homes at a level more people can afford.”

“When you think about what we just accomplished with the affordable housing bill, that’s the first modification to the Park Agency Act in over 20 years — I don’t think many people realize that,” Stiles said. “And

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By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer learned about Saranac Lake’s blossoming biotech industry during a rar e joint appearance Aug. 12.

The Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a roundtable discussion at the Adirondack Regional Airport which featured thr ee private biotech firms and Trudeau Institute, a not-for -profit scientific research organization.

Earlier this summer, officials from the village of Saranac Lake announced that a pair of biotech firms fr om Lake Placid will r elocate to office space owned by the village.

Myriad RBM andActive Motif will soon be headquartered in the village offices and the waterworks building next door.

As part of the plan, the village will move to the Harrietstown T own Hall on Main Street.

Speaking Friday, Trudeau Institute’s vice president for institutional advancement, Terry Gach, said the biotech industry in Saranac Lake is gaining momentum – noting that Myriad RBM andActive Motif join Bionique to form what could become a str ong foundation for the future.

“I think we’re really in an exciting time if you’re in Saranac Lake,” he said. “W e have three outstanding bio-oriented companies.

We have an anchor institution in T r udeau Institute. And we now have the ability to pull all that together and go out and market and grow as businesses.”

“I know in conversations with each of my colleagues fr om the bio-companies that they’re in a position wher e they’re ready to go,” Gach added. “We’re looking at business opportunities that we can partner on, we have certain facilities that we have access to that can help their businesses. It’s an exciting time, we have a lot going on, and I think the concept of the biocluster her e in the Saranac Lake area is alive and well and will continue to expand.”

Scott Paschke of Active Motif says there’s a “lot of synergy” between the various companies and T rudeau. Dominic Eisinger of Myriad RBM agrees.

“There’s a lot of skilled people in the are a; we’ve never had trouble hiring here in all of

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Ticonderoga stor e,” said Matthew Courtright, chamber executive dire ctor. “This closure was not expected and was a surprise to everyone. We have met with and spoke with the management of Lowe’s. They shar ed with us that despite the hard work and great customer service of their associates they did make the decision to close the stor e and do not foresee the business returning in the future.”

Courtright as the T i chamber is working with The North Country W ork For ce/One Work Source as well as the state Department of Labor to of fer immediate employment services to displaced employees.

“We are working with them to host services and assistance with employment services, unemployment questions, job listings, assisting them with r esumes and job placement assistance to the best of our ability ,” Courtright said.

TACC will host an employee services program by the North Country Workforce/One Work Sour ce Car eer Center Monday , Aug. 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the chamber office, 94 Montcalm St. One Work Source staff will be available to answer questions and pr ovide assistance.

“The chamber will work dir ectly with Lowe’s so that all associates are informed of the dates/times and details of the employment assistance workshops,” Courtright said. “We ar e also working with the One Work Sour ce/Department of Labor out of Plattsburgh to host a rapid r esponse orientation for all of the Lowe’s employees at the Community Building in Ticonderoga for additional assistance. The details of this ar e being worked out.

“Our heart goes out to all of the employees and their families as well as the community,” Courtright said. “The chamber will do all they can and work with them, the town and other organizations to be proactive and offer as much assistance as possible.”

Lowe’s opened in T iconderoga Feb. 27, 2009.

The $12 million stor e was located at 1092 Wicker St. It had 102,000 square feet of space

Senator Elizabeth O'C Little; James M cKenna, Lake Placid CVB/Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism; Sen. Schumer; and Sen. GIllibrand stop for ice cream at regional favorite Donnelly's Ice Cream stand on Friday afternoon after a roundtable discussion in Lake Clear on Friday afternoon.

Photo provided by ROOST/Kimberly Rielly my years here,” he said. “We just need a few little things to make this work. Ther e’s so many people willing to move to a rural area and do what we do.”

Dan Lundin is founder of Bionique, which is based at the Harrietstown-owned business park in Lake Clear . He says Saranac Lake is brimming with opportunity — and he hopes to see mor e firms move next door to him in the business park.

“And so I think ther e is tr emendous potential ther e,” Lundin said. “Ther e’s 190 acres of land with 19APA-approved sites for building, and it’s exciting. As expressed, it’s not dif ficult to attract wonderful talent to this ar ea. It’s a gr eat place to live and to work.”

Sen. Gillibrand said her job as a federal lawmaker is to help ideas like the biotech cluster grow and prosper.

According to Gillibrand, it’s Washington’s job to pr omote concepts that r esult in job growth.

“The economy has been the number one issue for everyone all acr oss the state and in this region,” she said. “What we’re so grateful to hear about ar e all the ideas that will promote growth in this region. I think being able to share this table with so many of you entirely focused on cr eating jobs and making sure our economy grows is very rewarding.”

Schumer asked the biotech r epresenta-

tives what lawmakers can do to facilitate what he sees as a gr owing market in the Saranac Lake area.

Eisinger told the senators ther e is some concern about the business climate, especially as it pertains to W all Str eet. Paschke wondered about the futur e of federal funding thr ough the National Institutes of Health, which helps foot the bill for much of the research at Trudeau Institute.

Schumer called that funding “seed corn” which eventually r esults in job gr owth. He says proposed cuts in Washington would be devastating to economic recovery.

According to Schumer, federal dollars that get funneled to not-for -profits eventually generate private business at places like Bionique and Myriad RBM “The best cr eation of new industries occurs when non-profit institutions that do research, such as Trudeau, are able to spin-off private companies that make pr ofits and take that r esearch and turn it into pr ofits,” Schumer said. “That happened in Silicon Valley, that happened in the Boston ar ea with MIT , and hopefully we can r eplicate that model here.”

As part of their visit last week, Schumer and Gillibrand also heard about efforts to establish a community-based model for veterans care in Saranac Lake and recent successes at the Adirondack Regional Airport.

and stocked 32,000 items.

“They had hur dles all the way,” Malaney said of Lowe’s. “They had issues with the APA (Adirondack Park Agency) and then the bridge closed right after they opened.”

APA hearings on the store and the size of its sign delayed construction.

The Lake Champlain Bridge was closed in October 2009 when state transportation officials, without warning, declar ed it unsafe.

The bridge served about 3,000 vehicles a day , meaning people who used the bridge daily to reach their jobs, health care facilities, grocery stores and other necessities were forced to take detours lasting up to four hours. That closure limited business with V ermont customers.

Lentz said Lowe’s leased its store building in Ticonderoga. According to the town and county assessment r oll, the building is owned by Cole LO Ticonderoga LLC, based in North Wilkesboro, N.C. It was constructed by T iconderoga Pr operty Development LLC, which sold it to Cole LO. The building is assessed at $8.2 million.

“We will work with the building’s owner to find a new tenant,” Lentz said.

Cole had the pr operty advertised on the internet Monday afternoon. The ads r eads, “The newly-developed property is a big box retail building located just south of Highway 74 on Wicker Street. Ticonderoga is a resort town located in the Adirondacks at the northern tip of Lake Geor ge with over 137,000 year -round r esidents and an additional 200,000 seasonal residents.”

Lowe’s fiscal second-quarter earnings edged down 0.2 percent .

“Despite some r ecovery in our seasonal business, our performance for the quarter fell short of our expectations,” said Chief Executive Robert A. Niblock.

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a Fortune 50 company that serves appr oximately 14 million customers a week at mor e than 1,650 home impr ovement stor es in the United States and Canada.

Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the secondlargest home impr ovement r etailer in the world. For mor e information visit Lowes.com.

Closing leaves employees wondering Employees at the Lowe's store in Ticonderoga had no idea they were about to be terminated Aug. 14.

“We were told there would be a mandatory meeting for all employees at 7 p.m. Sunday ,” said Valerie Hunsdon, who had worked at Lowe' s since October. “No one was concerned. We were supposed to be getting a new computer system and a restructured (time) clock system. W e thought we were meeting about that.”

The Ti store manager, Mike Russo, had been at Lowe's corporate headquarters for a few days before the meeting, Hunsdon said. Employees assumed he was gathering information on the new systems.

“When he (Russo) came to the meeting, there were several men with him,” Hunsdon said. “They immediately took over the responsibilities of the head cashier and asked all the employees to wait in the commercial sales area. A few minutes later they (management) came in and told us the store was closing immediately . They said they were very sorry.

“A lot of people were absolutely devastated,” she continued. “People started crying, sobbing immediately.”

Hunsdon, who worked as a cashier , said employees were stunned by the news.

“We had no idea whatsoever the store was closing,” she said. “We all know the stock market has been terrible, the economy is bad, but we'd been told things were fine. There was no indication this could happen.”

All of the store's 86 employees have been terminated. They will receive pay and benefits for 90 days and be eligible to apply for positions at other Lowe' s stores, according to Stacy Lentz, a Lowe's spokeswoman.

Hunsdon, who is a single mother and a paraplegic because of a car accident, is like the rest of the former Lowe' s employees — wondering about her future.

“I'm going to start looking around (for a job),” she said. “I have limited availability , being a single mom and a paraplegic. Something will turn up.

I have 90 days, at least that' s a blessing. I have plenty of faith things will work out.”

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handed down recently by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“It’s not a popular decision, it’s unfortunate and it’s very fr ustrating,” Essex County Boar d of Supervisors Chairman Randall “Randy” Douglas said after the news was announced. “I am very fru strated with it, as is Congressman Owens.”

Individual assistance had pr eviously been denied, but Governor Andrew Cuomo appealed.

Homeowners in Clinton, Essex, and Franklin counties incurr ed millions of dollars in damage fr om flooding this spring. FEMA has alr eady pledged support to help public entities r ebuild infrastructure.

FEMA of ficials say the damage to r esidences wasn’t bad enough to warrant the release of more federal funds.

“It’s based on a criteria and our state is considered a lar ge ar ea,” Douglas said.

“The figur es said that we needed somewhere in the ar ea of 800 houses, and we are in the 250-to-300 range.”

Douglas disagrees with the FEMA statement that the damage does not warrant the receiving of funds.

“We do desperately need help,” Douglas said. “I do not know how some of our constituents are going to pay for these repairs without this assistance. I don’t know how they are going to recover.”

North Country Congr essman Bill Owens says homeowners may still be able to get aid, if the Small Business Administration issues a physical disaster declaration.

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ston said. “I do think that it is a drain on the county. W e need to put it up to one vote and be done with it. However it ends up, that’s how it ends.”

Preston said that he felt the annual debate over the nursing home was also “unfair” to the employees at Horace Nye. “We have gotten into this yearly discussion on Horace Hye and I think that we ar e being unfair to the rest of the people who work there,” Preston said.

Connell said that he wanted to learn more about what would happen before he cast a vote one way or the other.

“I need mor e information befor e I can make a vote,” Connell said.

Boisen released a statement just over a week after the vote to table the matter at the Aug. 1 meeting, stating that she is not in favor of looking into potential buyers for the site. “(I) will not support the closure , or sale, of the Horace Nye Nursing home under any cir cumstances,” Boisen said in the statement. “(I pledge) to assist in finding a solution to r educe the deficit absorbed by the County tax payers while continuing to provide senior care to the residents of Essex County.”

Still undecided

During the Aug. 1 meeting of the county boar d, Cr own Point’s Bethany Kosmider and Lewis’ David Blades said that they wer e undecided on which way that were going to vote on matter , a position both still hold.

“I understand the need to be fiscally re sponsible,” Kosmider said. “When I look at horace Nye, ther e ar e a lot of good, valuable employees that do a r eal good job.”

Kosmider said that she hoped there was more “wiggle room” that could be used to decrease costs at the facility.

“I’d like to see more on the management end on if they could give up something,” Kosmider said. “It comes down to, what do we do if we go belly up as a county?”

Blades said he felt, like Connell, that there are more things that need to be discussed.

“The pr oblem is that ther e is so much that didn’t come out at the meeting,” Blades said. “I have very mixed feelings on this. I have relatives that are there and have used the service, yet we need to be very fiscally r esponsible in 2012 because we have to live with the tax cap. Ther e is no definitive answer.”

Blades also echoed Pr eston’s remarks on the need for a final decision to be made.

“It is a very hard decision for the board but in the end, it will be made,” Blades said. “It’s a very polarized topic and one that is very passionate for both sides.”

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The skinny on the state’s proposed plan to manage white-tailed deer

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or those who have not kept up, the state is in the process of formulating a plan that biologists hope will help them better manage the white-tailed deer herd here, and new rules and season dates will most likely emerge as a result — some as early as next year.

What does that mean to you? Well, that depends on your preferred hunting method and where you like to pursue deer.

First and foremost, despite what you may have heard about the plan, I’m guessing there’s nothing in it that’s going to prompt you to sprint to the pickup and tear up your hunting license in protest.

There is a ton of misinformation and rumors circulating about the plan, and the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is asking all hunters to learn the facts before forming an opinion.

So, for those who have not curled up in an easy chair with the 57-page document, I am going to do my best to simplify its contents and explain how the changes might affect you.

Then, if you are upset about a particular part of the plan, at least you can make an informed response to the DEC.

Doe permits

Biologists would like to switch to an across-theboard doe permit system instead of allowing a deer of either sex or antlerless only to be taken during bow and muzzleloader seasons.

That means a hunter with the appropriate tags would still be allowed two bucks — one during regular season and one during primitive arms — but would need to obtain a deer management permit to take a doe during bow, muzzleloader or regular season, anywhere in the state.

I spoke at length to state Wildlife Biologist Jeremy Hurst, who was instrumental in compiling the new plan and the recommendations in it.

He said it is very difficult for biologists to have “scale control” when hunters are allowed to take does with both bow and muzzleloader tags every year.

“In some cases, that’s not what’s best for deer management,” Hurst said.

Instead, biologists would like to be able to issue doe permits based on the health of the herd each year — giving out more where needed and less where the herd is struggling from factors like winter kill.

That would keep the number of deer more level from one year to the next based on what an area can support, Hurst said.

The flip side to that, Hurst acknowledged, is that not as many deer management permits would be issued in areas with low deer densities, like the Adirondacks.

“The reality is, in low population densities, we can’t afford much antlerless harvest,” he said. “If we had a year where we saw a big swing in deer or hunter numbers, the impact on the herd could be scary. It would take many years to rebound.”

At the same time, it would open an opportunity for rifle hunters to take a doe anywhere in the state with a deer management permit for that area.

Antler restrictions

Another area that is sure to spark some conversation in hunting camp is with regard to antler restrictions. The state proposes increasing the hunting area where antler restrictions are in place. Restrictions were put in place in 2006 in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 3C, 3H, 3J, and 3K. In these units, bucks taken have to have at least one antler with three or more points which are at least 1 inch long, including brow tines.

The goal is to increase the opportunity to harvest 2-plus-year-old bucks with greater antler growth.

The proposal on the table is to increase those restrictions to include WMUs 3A, 4G, 4O, 4P, 4R, 4S, and 4W, in counties like Schoharie, Greene, Delaware and Ulster, around and south of Albany.

Youth

The plan quotes some startling statistics about dwindling hunter numbers, so in response, the DEC seems focused on getting more kids afield, and has proposed a special three-day firearms season Columbus Day weekend. The DEC is also advocating to lower the legal age to hunt big game to 12, some-

thing 46 other states have already done.

Hurst said officials contemplated allowing youth out in late September, prior to bow season, but that plan didn’t coincide with the license year, which renews Oct. 1.

Season dates

To appease bowhunters who will have to share the forest with youth gun hunters for three days, the DEC is proposing lengthening the bow season to the north and south. Under the plan, bow would open Sept. 27 to the north and Oct. 1 to the south. The northern season would run through muzzleloader, which would open a week later on Oct. 20. Regular season to the north would then start Oct. 27 and run through Dec. 9, and a week of late muzzleloader after that.

The southern bow season would run Oct. 1-Nov. 16 when regular season would kick in, which would wrap up Dec. 9 and muzzleloader would follow Dec. 10-18.

A proposal to mix in a four-day early muzzleloader season from Oct. 9-12 in the southern zone has stirred much controversy, as rumors have circulated that it is in the works for most or all of the southern zone. But Hurst said that’s not the case. Instead, the concept is to leave the option open for a muzzleloader season in areas with very high deer populations.

Only then would a WMU be open to the early muzzleloader hunt, he said.

Crossbows, Setbacks and penalties

DEC has taken more than 2,000 comments dating back to 2009 on this plan, and a majority of New Yorkers support the use of crossbows for all seasons, especially for those with physical disabilities, so DEC officials are endorsing them for use in the plan.

The state is also proposing reducing the setback required for using longbows and crossbows around structures from the current 500 feet to 150.

And, lastly, DEC is proposing an increase in fines and civil penalties for violators. The current penalty structure hasn’t changed since 1996, and many sportsmen’s groups support bigger penalties for those who illegally take wildlife.

What’s Next?

According to Hurst, some of these proposals are more likely to be seen before others. The DEC is allowed to establish some rules on its own, like antler restrictions and season dates, while others take new laws in Albany.

Recommendations like the minimum hunting age, increasing penalties and the use of crossbows, for example, take legislative approval, and will therefore take more time to put in place, as will a change to an across-the-board doe permit system in the northern zone.

“Some of these are really just a concept, so lets not jump the gun,” Hurst cautioned. “There is no way, for example, that the Deer Management Permit system would come into play next year.”

How to comment

For those who have not spoken up, the public comment period on the plan ended July 28, but Hurst said it will be several months before the plan is finalized and his office is not ignoring the opinion of those who are still submitting comments.

Comments may be submitted in writing to DEC Deer Management Plan, NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4754 or by email to deerplan@gw.dec.state.ny.us. Hurst can also be contacted directly at 402-8867.

The plan can be found in its entirety at http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7211.html.

John Gereau is managing editor of Denton Publications, a guide and an avid outdoorsman. His column appears regularly. He can be reached at johng@denpubs.com.

onday, Aug. 15, 2011 has come and gone, and for the vast majority of outdoor travelers, the day passed by nearly unnoticed.

Yet, for a tiny fraction of the millions of outdoor enthusiasts who visit the Adirondacks annually, Monday was an important date.

It signaled the first day that licenses for the annual big game hunting season went on sale. It was a day that caused these enthusiasts to look back to the past, and to dream forward to the future.

Although the day dawned cloudy, cool and drizzly, it provided nothing but sunshine and warm thoughts in the eyes of most sportsmen.

It was a day that stirred up fond memories of past adventures, which mixed easily with anxious anticipation for future pursuits. Regardless of age and experience, the day is always a celebration of youth and the annual adventures that serve to keep us all young.

I thought about this, as I hiked into the woods to my hunting camp on a rainy, Monday afternoon. It is only a short journey to the small cabin, which of- Pictured is the old Wildcliff Lodge on Cranberry Lake. fers just few comforts The place is an orig inal log cabin, that was f ormerly beyond a simple wood- used to house lumberjacks. It used to attract a lot of stove, and a couple of deer hunters, and a fair share of brook trout anglers.

Photo by Joe Hackett soft bunks.

Despite such rustic austerity, the camp provides an adequate retreat. Although it isn’t located far from the din of civilization, it still provides an adequate escape. Like most camps, it allows me to retreat from the typical cares and concerns of the day, and to slow my pace, and escape the race.

Camps come in all shapes and sizes, but the buildings don't much matter. The physical location is more important than the size or number of structures. A rough camp can be just as comfortable as a Great Camp, since camp is simply a state of mind, and a place in time.

What truly matters is the company we keep, and the commitment to return to camp year after year. The real lure of a camp is the unique draw that continues to bring us back to the woods and waters, from one generation to next.

What is done in camp today has changed very little, from what was done over 100 years ago. It is still intended to offer a respite from the civilized world, and to provide us with a place to hunt deer, swap lies, mess about with boats, catch some fish, eat hearty food, laugh, have a drink, play some cards, smoke cheap cigars, and enjoy the company of old friends.

Although camps are often defined by their physical location, there is a much more potent, spiritual sense of camp. Upon returning to camp, we are transformed, we are relaxed and subdued.

Time slows, worries begin to diminish, appointments are forgotten, good times are remembered and everyday concerns begin to seem just a little less important.

Our worries center on the berries that need to be picked, the fish that must be caught, or that big old buck that always disappears over the far hill, on the evening before opening day. Fortunately, in camp, it always seems such troublesome concerns can be put off for just another day.

While traveling in the Five Ponds Wilderness a few weeks ago, I took the opportunity to revisit the old Wildcliff Lodge, located on the far, southern shore of Cranberry Lake. The property has long since been sold, and it now appears to be abandoned, with roofs sagging, and the buildings in various states of collapse.

But for many years, the remote log lodge was owned and operated by proprietors, Vern and Barbara Peterson. It offered a bar and restaurant, where travelers could always find a warm woodstove and a cold beer, or a home cooked meal, and a kind word.

Generations of hunters and anglers considered it to be their own “camp,” and I was most fortunate to number myself among them.

Despite its current dilapidated condition, I was transported back in time from the very moment I set foot on the shoreline.

Faded business cards still festooned the bulletin board outside on the front porch, and the place still carried the scent of wood smoke, mothballs and wet woolies, despite its many obvious points of ventilation.

It was a camp that I once shared with old friends, many of whom have long since departed. However, as I stepped onto the long, wooden porch, and gently pushed open the front door, their laughter returned. The warmth of their smiles mixed easily with faded memories of the times we had shared, and for one brief moment, I was back to camp.

I carried these memories as I traveled into Spectacle Pond, Olmstead Pond, Simmons Pond and beyond to the old, Slant Rock Camp located high on the hillside near Curtis Pond. I hope to return one day and share in the laughter again. It sure was good to visit the old haunts!

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

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UPPER JAY — Basics of Wine Tasting with Julie and Terry Robards. Red Barn Antiques & Artisan Gallery at 12110 NYS Route 9N. 6:30 p.m. 524-8003.

ESSEX — Pianist performs. Essex Community Church.

7:30 p.m. $10 adults, children free.

Saturday, Aug. 20

SARANAC LAKE — Second Mayor’s Cup Regatta. Riverside Park. 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. $18 race.637-1069.

WILLSBORO POINT — Local architecture tour by Adirondack Architectural Heritage. 834-9328. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $40.

ELIZABETHTOWN — E'town Kiwanis Golf Tournament.

Cobble Hill Golf Course. $60. Three person scramble. 10 a.m.

873-2520.

WESTPORT — Writing workshop. Heritage House, 6459 Main St. 10:30 a.m. - noon. $10. mbcoudal@gmail.com.

WESTPORT — Westport Federated Women’s crafts and bake sale. Westport Federated Church. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

AU SABLE FORKS — Arto Monaco exhibit. TLC Windows Gallery, Main St. 1-5 p.m. 646-734-7151.

KEENE VALLEY — Jazz Workshop by Eli Yamin Trio.

Keene Valley Congregational Church, Route 73. Free. Registration required. 4-5:30 p.m. 576-9124.

JAY — Dana and Susan Robinson perform contemporary songwriting and traditional appalachian music. Village Green. 6:30 p.m. Free.

SARANAC LAKE — Pianist Louise Dionne performs.

Saranac Village at Will Rogers. 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 891-7117.

ESSEX — Lost in Yonkers theater performance. Masonic Lodge. 8 p.m. $10.

LAKE PLACID — Birding presentation by Joan Collins.

High Peaks Information Center. Free. 8 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — The Mousetrap. Pendragon Theatre,

15 Brandy Brook. 8 p.m.

WESTPORT —Wicked City performance. Depot Theatre. $25. 8 p.m. 962-4449.

Sunday, Aug. 21

SARANAC LAKE — The Mousetrap. Pendragon Theatre, 15 Brandy Brook. 2 p.m.

ESSEX — Lost in Yonkers theater performance. Masonic Lodge. 2 p.m. $10.

LAKE PLACID — Sara Forster author signing. Bookstore Plus. 3-5 p.m.

WESTPORT —Wicked City performance. Depot Theatre. $25. 8 p.m. 962-4449.

Monday, Aug. 22

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — Collection storage tour.

Adirondack Museum. $10. 2-3 p.m. 352-7311.

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — "The Lost World of Foxlair and the Valentino Summer" lecture by Elisabeth Hudnut Clarkson. Adirondack Museum. $5. 352-7311.

Tuesday, Aug. 23

SARANAC LAKE — The Mousetrap. Pendragon Theatre, 15 Brandy Brook. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 24.

LAKE PLACID — Introduction to computers class. Lake Placid Library. 9 a.m.-noon. Free.

ESSEX — Docked historic sailing schooner open to public visitation. Port of Essex. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. 802-475-2022.

SARANAC LAKE — The Mousetrap. Pendragon Theatre, 15 Brandy Brook. 8 p.m..

Thursday, Aug. 25

WESTPORT — Story hour, Westport Library, 6 Harris Lane, 10 a.m. Free. 962-8219.

ESSEX — Docked historic sailing schooner open to public visitation. Port of Essex. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. 802-475-2022.

ESSEX — Alum group of Yale vocalists perform. Essex Community Church. 11:30 a.m. Free. Donations accepted.

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

AU SABLE FORKS — Arto Monaco exhibit. TLC Windows Gallery, Main St. 2-5 p.m. 646-734-7151.

SARANAC LAKE — Stuart Little. Pendragon Theatre, 15 Brandy Brook. 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 26

AU SABLE FORKS — Arto Monaco exhibit. TLC Windows Gallery, Main St. 4-7 p.m. 646-734-7151.

ESSEX — Lawn chair concert. St. Joseph’s Church, Rt. 22.

7-9 p.m. Adults $7, children 10 and under $3.

SARANAC LAKE — The Mystery of Irma Vep. Pendragon Theatre, 15 Brandy Brook. 8 p.m.

KEESEVILLE — Fish Fry Friday, Elks Lodge 2072, 1 Elks Lane, 5-7:30 p.m. Take-outs available. Fish or shrimp. $6.95.

834-2072.

Obituaries Pauline L. Marshall, 88 June 29, 1923 - Aug. 8, 2011 LEWIS — Pauline L. Marshall, 88, of Meadowbrook Nursing Home and formerly of Lewis, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. She was born June 29, 1923 in Essex, NY, the daughter of Arthur and Mildr ed (Wilson) Lewis.

Pauline was the organist at the Lewis Congregational Church for many years. She graduated Plattsburgh S tate a nd t aught a t E lizabethtown/Lewis, Willsboro, and Beekmantown schools.

She is survived by one daughter Connie Blondo of Plattsburgh, one son and daughter-in-law, James and Andrea Marshall of Davidson, NC, four grandchildren Michael Marshall, Kerri Marshall, Chad Recore and Craig Recor e, thr ee gr eat grandchildren, Alyson Slief f, Samantha Recor e and Hailey Recore and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was pr edeceased by her par ents, her husband Robert, one grandchild, two sisters, Gr etna Longware and Ruth Marx, and a br other W ilson Lewis.

Services ar e with W .M.Marvin’s Sons funeral home in Elizabethtown. A memorial service was conducted by Rev. Fred Shaw, Friday Aug. 12, 2011, 11 a.m., at the Lewis Congregational Church. Burial will follow at the Lewis Cemetery.

Donations in Pauline’s memory may be made to the Adirondack H umane S ociety, 1 34 I daho Ave., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 For online condolences please visit www .wmmarvins.com

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By Matt Skoczen ACROSS 1 “Don’t make me come over there!”

8 Time’s 1930 Man of the Year 14 Courtroom fig.

20 “Let’s talk privately” 21 Sneaker brand 22 Turkish shelter 23 Where Persian rulers rough it?

25 “Tender Mercies” Oscar winner 26 “__ Can Cook”: PBS show 27 Mrs. Smith’s competitor 28 Colorado natives 30 Semana seventh 31 Shaving mishap 33 Polite title 34 Agnostics’ reactions to grace?

38 Ontario natives 40 Like Aleve and Advil, briefly 42 Cancún coin 43 Shoveling aftermath 44 Same old same old 46 Arts acronym 49 Brunch menu heading 52 Vaudeville hook?

57 Org. giving NC-17s 58 Spanish preposition 59 Gravy base 60 __ point: only so far 62 Alpaca relatives 67 Habituate 69 Earl Grey dunker 71 Mailbox opening 73 __ Bora: Taliban stronghold 74 Pet predator that survived the Flood?

76 Organization of river herrings?

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130 Like many fairways 131 Inbox fillers 132 Least verbose 133 Mandel and Long 134 Sad songs 135 Lights a fire under

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DOWN On the same wavelength Sweater material Batting instruction subject “I get it now!”

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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 29 32 35 36 37 39 41 45 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 61 63 64 65 66 68 70 72 75

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hookahs 95 “The Moor of Venice” 96 Like art house films, for some 97 Actress Joanne 98 “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria owner 102 Turned state’s evidence 104 Driver with a handle 105 Cascades peak 107 “The Matrix” star 108 “Unto the Sons” author

109 111 112 113 114 116 121 122 125 127 128 129

VIP rosters “I’m dying __ it!”

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VN-7/30-9/3/11-6TC-

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Although this is not an emergency, as our consumers, you have a right to know what happened, w hat y ou should do, and what

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We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants.

T est results collected in August and December 2010 and March and June 201 1 show that our system exceeds the standard, or maximum cont aminant level (MCL), for Total Trihalomethanes.The standard for Total Trihalomethanes is 80/mcg/1 (micrograms per liter). The average level of T otal T rihalomethanes taken on the most recent 4 samples was 81.37 mcg/1.

What should I do?

If you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor . You may also wish to use an alternative water supply as your primary drinking water source (e.g. bottled water certified by NYS DOH).

What does this mean?

This is not an immediate risk. If it had been, you would have been notified immediately .

Trihalomethanes are a group of chemicals that includes chloroform, bromoform, bromodichloromethane, and chlorodibromomethane.

T rihalomethanes are formed in drinking water during treatment by chlorine, which reacts with cert ain acids that are in naturally-occurring organic material (e.g. decomposing veget ation such as tree leaves, algae or other aquatic

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plants) in surface water sources such as rivers and lakes. The amount of T rihalomethanes In drinking water can change from day to day, depending on the temperature, the amount of organic material in the water , the amount of chlorine added, and a variety of other factors.

Drinking water is disinfected by public water suppliers to kill bacteria and viruses that could cause serious illnesses. Chlorine is the most commonly used disinfect ant in New York S tate. For this reason, disinfection of drinking water by chlorination is beneficial to the public.

Some studies suggest that people who drink chlorinated water (which contains Trihalomethanes) or water cont aining elevated levels of the Trihalomethanes for long periods of time have an increased risk for certain health ef fects.

For example, some studies of people who drank chlorinated drinking water for 20 to 30 years show that long term exposure to disinfection by-products (including T rihalomethanes) is associated with an increased risk for certain types of cancer. A few studies of women who drank water containing T rihalomethanes during pregnancy show an association between exposure to elevated

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levels of T rihalomethanes and small increased risks for low birth weight s, miscarriages and birth defects. However in each of the studies, how long and how frequently people actually drank the water , as well as how much Trihalomethanes the water contained is not known for cert ain.

Therefore, we do not know for sure if the observed increases in the risk for cancer and other health ef fects are due to the Trihalomethanes or some other factor .

The individual T rihalomethanes chloroform, bromodichloromethane and dibromochloromethanes cause cancer in laboratory animals exposed to high levels over there lifetimes.

Chloroform, bromodichloromethane and dibromochloromethanes are also known to cause ef fects in laboratory animas af ter high l evels o f e xposure, primarily on the liver, kidney , nervous system and on their ability to bear healthy offspring. Chemicals that cause adverse health ef fects in laboratory animals af ter high l evels o f e xposure may pose a risk for adverse health effects in humans exposed to lower levels over long periods of time.

What happened?

What is being done?

We believe that the problem is directly related to the elevated turbidity problems we experienced this spring and early summer that resulted in the Boil W ater Order .

Our filters were not capable of removing the fine p articulate matter that was present in Lake Champlain due to the flooding and high waters. W e are working with New York State Department of Health and a consulting engineer to evaluate the water supply and researching options to modify our water supply system. For more information, please contact the Town Of fice at (518) 963-4287.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, schools and businesses).l You can do this by posting this in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

This notice is sent to you by the Town of Essex.

State W ater System ID# NY1500278 Date distributed: 8/8/11 Sharon Boisen, Supervisor V N - 8 / 2 0 / 11 - 1 T C 74797 ----------------------------BUY-SELL-TRADE with the Classified Superstore 1-800-989-4237

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Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. is looking for individuals who are willing to invest in our children’s future. Applications are being accepted for the following positions: The Early Head Start Program Health Advocate: for the southern part of Essex County. Applicants must possess a NYS license as an RN or an LPN. Maternal and child health care experience preferred. This is a full-time, year-round position with benefits.

The Head Start Program - for the 2011-2012 Program Year Teacher: for the Ausable Forks site. The candidate could possess an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related Human Services field with a CDA or a plan of study leading to a Bachelor’s Degree with 12 Early Childhood credits or a CDA. Supervisory experience is necessary.

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Teacher Aide: for the Ausable Forks site. Applicants must be 18 years of age and possess a GED or High School Diploma and a Child Development Associate (CDA) degree or be willing to obtain either.

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Teacher Aide: for the Home-Based option in Ticonderoga. Applicants must be 18 years of age and possess a GED or a High School Diploma. This is approximately 4-6 hours per month. This is a parttime position with limited benefits.

Family Worker: Two to be hired for the Ausable Forks and Elizabethtown/Lewis sites. An Associate’s Degree in Human Services or related field preferred. Previous experience with case management is desirable. This is a full-time position with benefits.

Food Service Workers: Two to be hired for the Ausable Forks and Elizabethtown/Lewis sites.

Applicants must be 18 years of age and possess a High School Diploma or a GED. Previous experience with the food service industry and with preschool children desirable. This is a full-time position with benefits.

Bus Driver/Classroom Aide: For the Ausable Forks site. Applicants must be 21 years of age, possess a GED or a High School Diploma and a CDL or be willing to obtain one. A clean driving record and experience with preschool children desirable. This is a full-time position with benefits.

Interested applicants should contact One Work Source (OWS) in Elizabethtown, New York 12932 at 1-800-675-2668. Final response date is August 22, 2011. If you are contacted for an interview, please bring with you a completed application and three written references.

AA/EOE United Way of Clinton & Essex Counties

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Valid NYS driver’s license for at least three years and reliable transportation a must.

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BHSN-HR 22 U.S. Oval Suite 218 Plattsburgh, NY 12903 Email: hr@bhsn.org

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The Name to Know for Hassle Free Shopping, No Stress Environment & Free Delivery! DurocherAuto.com

2011 Kia Optima LX

2012 Kia Sorento LX AWD

2012 Kia Sedona LX

Silver, AT, AC, CD, PW, PL, CC MSRP $22,070 Stk# K11386 Price based on 36 mos., 12K miles per year, 10% down, tax, title, reg. and dealer fees extra .

Residual $10,689.60, Deal # D86988

Black, AT, AC, CD, PW, PL, CC MSRP $26,265 Stk# K1204 Price based on 36 mos., 12K miles per year, 10% down, tax, title, reg. and dealer fees extra.

Silver, AT, AC, CD, PW, PL, CC, 6 Cyl. MSRP $27,200 Stk# K1247

LEASE FOR ONLY

$221 PER MO.

LEASE FOR ONLY

$298

LEASE FOR ONLY

$338

Deal # D82038

PER MO.

PER MO.

Residual $14,183.10, Deal # D81905

SAVE $3,000!

SAVE $2,000!

Sale Price $19,270

SAVE $5,000!

Sale Price $24,265

Sale Price $22,200

W W W . D U R O C H E R K I A . C O M We are not responsible for typographical errors and we reserve the right to correct any such errors. We reserve the right to retract any and all statements. Taxes, title, registration fees, NYS inspection, and tire disposal are not included. All prices include any and all factory incentives. Not all customers will qualify for all advertised finance and incentive programs. All loans are subject to bank approval. We reserve the right to adjust any sale price to reflect changes made by any manufacture to rebates, incentives, or program rules that may occur after this ad has been printed. *3 yrs., 12 miles year with $2,000 down. Tax, title, admin. fees not included.

74 South Platt St. Sales Hours Mon.-Fri. Plattsburgh, NY 8:00-6:00 Sat. 561-6400 9:00-4:00 (800) 548-1880 or by appt.

DLR#7009783

Prices Subject To Change

THE NAME TO KNOW! 563-3587 800-565-9497 www.DurocherAuto.com

DLR#3100024

Sales Hours Mon.-Fri. 8:00-6:00 Sat. 9:00-4:00 or by appt.

4651 Route 9 Plattsburgh, NY

2011 Chrysler 200 LX

2011 Dodge Caliber Heat

2011 Jeep Wrangler

Silver, AT, 4 Cyl., AC, CC, PW, PL,SAT Stk# D1129 Loaded with Value and Styling!

Red, 5 Spd., 4 Cyl., AC, CC, PW, CD Stk# D1131 GREAT GAS Rebates up to $1,500 MILEAGEor 0% financing for 60 mos.

32 MPG

Cosmo Blue, 6 Cyl., 6 Spd., AC, CD Stk# J1156

GET YOURS TODAY!

MSRP $19,995

Prices Subject To Change

HWY!

MSRP $19,080

LEASE FOR ONLY

$243 PER MO.

MSRP $23,915

All prices based on 75 month term, 5.9% finance rate, CFC, $2,999 cash down, tax, title, registration and dealer fees extra. Lease is 36 months, 12K miles per year, $2,999 +, Tax, title, reg, extra.

Sales Hours Mon.-Fri. 8:00-6:00 Sat. 9:00-4:00 or by appt.

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We are not responsible for typographical errors and we reserve the right to correct any such errors. We reserve the right to retract any and all statements. Taxes, title, registration fees, document fees, NYS inspection, and tire disposal taxes are not included. All prices include any and all factory incentives. Not all customers will qualify for all advertised finance and incentive programs. All loans are subject to bank approval. We reserve the right to adjust any sale price to reflect changes made by any manufacture to rebates, incentives, or programs rules that may occur after this advertising flyer has been printed.

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Automotive

Need an auto? Need someone to take that auto oĀ your hands?

Find what you’re looking for here!

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AUTO ACCESSORIES TIRES FOUR Snow Brigestone Blizzak WS50 M&S P195-65R15 steel belted radial, mounted on Chrysler Cirrus rims, 1/2 tread left, $98. 518-668-5272.

BOATS 1980 18 1/2’ Century Cuddy Cabin, 120 HP, I/O, trailer, GPS, fish finder, down rigger & more. $3900. 518-963-8220

CARS FOR SALE

MOTORCYCLE/ ATV WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI 1970-1980 Z1-900, KZ900, KZ 1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, S2350, S3-400 CASH. 1-800-772-1142, 1-310-721-0726 usa@classicrunners.com

REC VEHICLES SALES/RENTALS 1988 FLEETWOOD Pace Arrow Class A Motorhome, 34 ft., Recent Upgrades, Excellent Condition. $9,500. 518-963-8338.

2002 CHEVY Malibu, good condition, snow tires $2,900 OBO, 518-420-2206.

1998 LAYTON 27’ 5th wheel, bunks, sleeps 8, xlnt condition. $6800 OBO. 518-534-1278.

2006 HORNET Sport Camper, 33’ long, sleeps 8-10, excellent condition, asking $12,500, call 518-569-4007 for more information.

ROADTREK 210 and Car Dolley on Chevy 3500 Extended Cab. Many Extras, Excellent Condition, 9,000 Miles. Asking $45,000. 518534-6092.

L OANS A VAILABLE NO CREDIT? BAD CREDIT? BANKRUPTCY?

VAN SEATS New for 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 and 2000 Dodge Caravan $100 each. 518293-8870

FARM EQUIPMENT 1964 FORD 4000 4cyl., gas. Industrial loader & Industrial Front End, 12 spd.

Sherman Transmission, pie weights, 3 pt. hitch & PTO. $5600. 518-962-2376

ROUND BALER, John Deere Seeder, Chopper, wagon, 9-12 Slinger spreader, 2 Roll corn planter, silage feeder, 1970 GMC Dump truck. Call 518-962-4394.

1998 FLEETWOOD Discovery Cummins Diesel Pusher. 36’, very clean, 67,000 miles, excellent running, no pets, no smoking, $27,000. 518-358-4470

FOR SALE - 32’ Denali 5th Wheel, $35,500.

Also included small storage space, cabin & many extras. Located at Baker’s Acres on a double riverside lot in Saranac, NY. Call 518492-7420 or 518-572-4216.

AUTO DONATIONS A-1 DONATE YOUR CAR! Breast Cancer Research foundation! Most highly rated breast cancer charity in America! Tax Deductible/Fast Free Pick Up. 800-771-9551 www.cardonationsforbreastcancer.org

CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models.

Free Towing! We’re Local! 7 Days/Week. Call Toll Free: 1-888-416-2330 DONATE A CAR - SAVE A CHILD’S LIFE! Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch: Helping Abused and Neglected Children in NY for over 30 years. Please Call 1-800-252-0561.

DONATE A CAR To Help Children and Their Families Suffering From Cancer. Free Towing. Tax Deductible. Children s Cancer Fund Of America, Inc. www.ccfoa.org 1-800469-8593

DONATE A CAR - HELP CHILDREN FIGHTING DIABETES. Fast, Free Towing. Call 7 days/week.

Non-runners OK. Tax Deductable. Call Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 1-800-578-0408

DONATE VEHICLE: RECEIVE $1000 GROCERY COUPONS. NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION SUPPORT NO KILL SHELTERS HELP HOMELESS PETS FREE TOWING, TAX DEDUCTIBLE, NONRUNNERS ACCEPTED 1-866-912-GIVE

DONATE YOUR CAR. FREE TOWING. “Cars for Kids”. Any condition. Tax deductible outreachcenter.com, 1-800-597-9411

The Classified Superstore

1-800-989-4237

DONATE YOUR VEHICLE UNITED BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION. Free Mammogram www.ubcf.info RECEIVE $1000 GROCERY COUPON 1-888-4685964

TRUCK OR VAN FOR SALE 2000 FORD Truck 4WD Ranger V6, Standard Transmission, Supercab 4D, 171,306 mileage. $3,000 OBO. 518-5947206. Located at 5687 Military Turnpike.

2000 FREIGHTLINER FLD120. Rebuilt radiator to rear. 2,500 watt inverter and refrigerator. Asking $10,000 or best offer. Call (518) 546-7120.

99 RANGER 4x4, V-6, auto, PS, AC, Stereo/CD, 130K, bedliner, fiberglass cap w/ sliding windows, nice, clean. $4595. 518576-9042

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

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New 2011 Ford Taurus SEL

Stk#SEM019

MSRP...........................................$30,995 Ford Retail Customer Cash............-$1,000 Ford Retail Bonus Cash.................-$1,000 FMCC Retail Bonus Cash.................-$500 Dealer Discount................................-$600

6 CD, Rear View Camera, SYNC, Ambient Lighting, 19” Aluminum Wheels

$

27,895

New 2011 Ford F150 XLT Supercab 4x4

Stk#SEM261

MSRP...........................................$35,380 Ford Retail Customer Cash............-$2,000 Ford Retail Bonus Cash.................-$1,000* Dealer Discount.............................-$1,835

Offer ends 10/3/11

New 2012 Ford Fusion SE

Stk#EN057

MSRP...........................................$23,625 Ford Retail Customer Cash...............-$500 Ford Retail Bonus Cash.................-$1,000 FMCC Retail Bonus Cash.................-$500 Dealer Discount................................-$630

Auto, Air, Pwr. Seat/Windows/Locks, CD

$

20,995 Offer ends 10/3/11

5.0L V8, 6 Spd. Auto, Pwr. Windows/ Locks/Mirrors, Trailer Tow, SYNC

$

30,995 Offer ends 10/3/11

New 2012 Ford Escape XLT 4x4

Stk#SEN035

MSRP..................................................$27,245 Ford Retail Bonus Customer Cash........-$1,000 Dealer Discount....................................-$1,000 *Subject to FMCC approval. All customers may not qualify.

Tax, title, fees extra

$

25,245 Offer ends 10/3/11

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Adirondack Chevy welcomes

He’s looking forward to dealing with his customers from the past while building relationships with new ones!

Take Advantage of this Summer’s Smoking Hot Deal!

2010 Buick Lacrosse CX #CN143, Bluetooth, Pwr. Seat, XM Radio, OnStar.

Remote Vehicle Starter

##CQ16, HD Trailer Pkg., 5.3L, 18” Wheels, Leather, OnStar, XM Radio

MSRP.......................$45,180 AdkC hevyD isc...........-1,880 Rebate.........................-4,000

YOUR PRICE

$

SAVE $4,236!

39,300

Summer Blowout!

2011Chevy Tahoe 4WD LS

#CQ297. HD Trailer Pkg., Remote Vehicle Start, Adjustable Pedals, OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded!

MSRP.......................$28,735 AdkC hevyD isc...........-1,736 Rebate.........................-2,500

YOUR $ PRICE 24,499

MSRP.......................$44,280 AdkC hevyD isc...........-1,780 Rebate.........................-3,000

YOUR PRICE

CHECK OUT THESE QUALITY USED VEHICLES!

2008 Hyundai Santa Fe AWD

19,980

$

$

OR

$

308

*

2003 Chevy Suburban LT

CQ238A, Leather, Moonroof, Fully Loaded!

$

Excellent Condition!

264

279

*

/MO.

2003 Chevy 1500 Reg Cab 4x2

CQ295A, 6 Cyl, Auto, Air, Bedliner, Low Miles!

$

$

Low Miles!

7,480 OR

182

2006 Chevy Trailblazer LT CP204, Moonroof, XM Radio, Fully Loaded

$

$

15,100 OR

249

*

/MO.

*

/MO.

11,469 OR

15,980 OR

$

/MO.

$

2008 Chevy Impala LT

2008 GMC 1500 Ext Cab 4x4

CP228, OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded

CQ189A, Fully Loaded, Low Miles!

*

$

288

$

OR

125

*

/MO.

*

$

/MO.

2004 Buick Rainier CXL AWD

$

$

14,980 OR

248 *

/MO.

1999 Chrysler LHS

CQ167A, Leather, Moonroof, Fully Loaded, 60K Miles

9,800 OR

239*

$

/MO.

2005 Dodge Neon SXT

6,500

$

AL181A, Leather, Moonroof, OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded!

Great Condition

5,880*

2009 Dodge Caliber SXT

AX538B, Auto, Air, Cruise, Pwr. Windows, 4 Dr.

$

CP229, Fully Loaded

17,380 OR

CP225, Fully Loaded

$

$

39,500

2010 Chevy HHR LT

CQ182A, 4.8L, Air, Cruise, Bed Liner

$

$

14,880 OR

239

*

/MO.

2004 Chevy Trailblazer 4x4 LT CQ201A, Fully Loaded, Great Condition!

$

$

9,300 OR

185*

/MO.

*TAX, TITLE, REG. NOT INCLUDED. †12,000 MILES PER YEAR, 48 MONTH LEASE.

GREAT SELECTION GIVE BUZZY, TODD OR BUCKY A CALL TODAY FOR OF TRUCKS & SUVS MORE GREAT EVERYDAY SAVINGS! 518-873-6389

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2011Chevy Avalanche LT 4WD