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EKMW athletes ready for spring season

By Andrew Johnstone andrew@denpubs.com WESTPORT Ñ Under gray skies and amidst a brisk April wind, dozens of teens gathered around a pair of coaches and await the next set of instructions. They seemed cold, but it isnÕ t to last long: Soon after, they were running a steep stretch road at Camp Dudley.

Sprint up, jog down. Repeat five more times.

Afterward the athletes disperse to buses and cars, off to hometowns miles away, their 90 minute stretch of training together over until the next practice or meet.

For the Emus — track and field, indoor and cross country athletes from Elizabethtown, Keene, Moriah and Westport schools Ñ being on the hodgepodge team has highs, lows and struggles unlike those at a one-school team.

The struggles, however, have opened doors. Through the upcoming Dan McCormick 5K Run/Walk, community support, a unique coaching duo and the legacy of a former runner, the Emus look to be up and running this spring.

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Saranac Lake teacher Maria DeAngelo walked to Albany last week to promote education, a 150 mile trek that took four days. She’s pictured here with supporters in Keene Valley on Friday, April 17. “Our kids have a constitutionally mandated right to a sound, basic education,” she said.

ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ They just wanted to go to the nationÕ s capital and spend the week learning about the core values of their country — Equality. Unity. Truth.

Justice.

But fifth graders at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central are getting a swift lesson in disappointment and deceit after a local businessman skipped town after failing to settle a charitable account established in their name.

Nearly a dozen organizations and individuals have shared similar stories.

Their narratives are identical: A community member would set up an account on behalf of a local organization at the Rapid Returns Redemption Center in Elizabethtown.

Instead of feeding their bottles and cans through machines, patrons would drop off bags of recyclables and ask that the subsequent funds be deposited in those accounts, one nickel at a time.

The holders would then collect the funds on a schedule worked out with the proprietor.

But hereÕ s the rub: After a while, the payments trickled to a halt.

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Times are a-changin’ for local first responders

The Keene Valley Fire Department is one of the numerous local fire departments opening their doors on Saturday, April 25 as part of RecruitNY, the statewide initiative designed to drum up recruitment and promote volunteerism. Pictured above are department members participating in a training exercise.

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By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com KEENE VALLEY Ñ ItÕ s something most of us take for granted, calling for help when disaster strikes and expecting immediate results.

But as Beth Pelkey, the secretary for the Keene Valley Fire Department, put it last month in a guest editorial, what if no one comes?

While itÕ s unlikely that your pleas will be met with deafening silence, changes are reshaping the way your local fire departments and emergency services squads are structured.

A generation of fighters are aging out of the profession and few are stepping up to replace them.

Other stressors are identical to those that plague other organizations across the region: Tight budgets, a dwindling population and an increase in unfunded state mandates.

The Keene Valley Fire Department will roll up their bays this Saturday as part of RecruitNY, a statewide initiative designed to drum up fresh recruits.

Pelkey said a key problem facing their department is sustained interest and commitment.

Folks are initially interested in joining their ranks, but shrink away once they learn of the intense training requirements Ñ mandatory Firefighter 1 training is now at 100 hours and runs over three months, while the EMT component is 160 — and time commitments, including nights and weekends.

According to the National Volunteer Fire Council, nearly 70 percent of American firefighters are volunteers.

Their numbers declined by over 18 percent in the past three decades while the call volume has nearly tripled.

Their average age is 47.

In Keene Valley, many are in their fifties.

Continued training remains an onerous requirement for the 30 active members. Ò WeÕ re all in tears, but weÕ re expected to be business people and keep on top of state regulations and standards,Ó said Pelkey.

While the recruitment initiatives are helpful for increasing awareness, they haven’t always translated to cold hard results.

WhatÕ s the long-term solution?

“It appears we’re going to have to start billing,” Pelkey said.

Those funds could then be used to hire someone to man the station. Keene Valley is unique in that they operate an EMS agency within their fire department.

Pelkey said itÕ s not a question of if, but when the department will start the path towards a blend of paid and volunteer personnel.

The department would have to look outward for guidance. Ò A lot of us just donÕ t know the ins and outs,Ó said Pelkey.

Elizabethtown-Lewis Emergency Service Squad Captain Patty Bashaw agreed that the trend is tacking towards blended departments.

Billing covers about 80 percent of that squad’s paid staffer. A small amount of funding is also derived from local taxpayers.

Support of the community and town boards is critical, said Bashaw. Ò Volunteers are so crucial for the success of an agency,Ó she said.

“I think we have a really solid organization and our members find it very rewarding to volunteer for us.”

Bashaw drew attention to a Certified First Responder course starting on May 27 geared towards firemen, EMS attendants and junior members.

Most agencies will handle the cost for its members, she noted.

In Keene Valley, most of the departmentÕ s calls are for emergency services, many of which are placed from the Neighborhood House, an assisted living facility located on Route 73.

Family members often, but not always, make a donation to the department in gratitude.

Pelkey said the department isnÕ t always comfortable charging them. Ò WeÕ re a compassionate group,Ó she said Ò A lot of these people are our parentsÕ friends Ñ itÕ s kind of bittersweet.Ó Pelkey said the members will continue to serve the community until theyÕ re old and gray.

“If we ever have a major event, we’ll be there moving the best we can to put out fires and save people from wrecks,” she said, Ò but doing it as cautiously as we can.Ó

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It’s budget season!

Everything you need to know about your local school districts

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ALBANY — Districts across the North Country have adopted their tentative budgets for the 2015-16 school year. This year’s budget process came with an accelerated timeline as part of Gov. Andrew CuomoÕ s education reforms, with state aid tied to policy proposals.

Here in the Champlain Valley, the verdicts are mixed. While most district officials have reported that they’re pleased with moderate bumps in state aid, scrimping and saving seems to be the new normal. And yes, your taxes will likely go up.

AUSABLE VALLEY CENTRAL What are the numbers?

The 2015-16 budget comes in at $31,224,352, a 3.1 percent increase over last year. The district is at the two percent cap with a 2.19 percent increase in the tax levy.

Will my taxes go up?

Slightly. The proposed budget has an estimated tax increase on a $100,000 home with the regular STAR exemption of $25. Those with the enhanced STAR will see an estimated $15 increase in their tax bills.

Slight state aid increase The district received a minimal state aid increase when state run figures were revealed in late March. While foundation aid was bumped just .37 percent, or $33,244, most of the district’s Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) funds have been restored, with only $40,000 out of $408,000 remaining. ÒW eÕ re disappointed in the aid, but at least happy that the GEA money came back, which is key to us,Ó said Superintendent Paul Savage. The district had to make some tough decisions to close the gap, he said.

Like what?

Two retirements will not be replaced, a high school social studies and an elementary teacher.

Anything else?

The district has allocated $25,000 in the budget for a program called I-Ready, a diagnostic tool and program designed to help identify and determine the strengths and weaknesses of students, particularly in math and English Language Arts. Savage called it a helpful tool to help identify needs for academic intervention services for all district students.

WhatÕ s the next step?

www.valleynewsadk.com The board adopted the budget on April 15. Voters will head to the polls on May 19 from 12 to 9 p.m. at the high school cafeteria.

ELIZABETHTOWN-LEWIS CENTRAL What are the numbers?

The 2015-16 budget comes in at $8,040,000, up 1.39 percent over last year. The district is at the cap with a 3.62 percent increase in the levy, or $126,000. Reliance on fund balance is $354,000, a fiveyear low point.

“I’m cautiously very optimistic about this budget,” said Superintendent Scott Osborne. ÒS tatewide, donÕ t think weÕ re out of the woods yet. But this budget is one of the lowest spending increases in a decade.Ó Will my taxes go up?

Yes. The current tax rate is $13.57 per $1,000 of assessed home value. If approved by voters, the 2015-16 budget will see a $14.14 tax rate.

Okay. So what would I be getting for that?

The budget maintains all programs, services and staffing. ÒW e didnÕ t cut anything,Ó said Osborne. ÒW e managed to add some very important key pieces in the budget.”

Retirement contributions and health insurance costs went down significantly, explained Osborne, a measure that gave the district some wiggle room.

Supported in the budget are funds to update the K-5 literacy program to address the Common Core Standards and provide students with a Common Core-aligned program (the districtÕ s materials haven’t been updated since 2005).

“We’ve been updating and modifying, but the standards demand a little more rigor,Ó s aid Osborne.

The budget also restores one available tuition seat for a student to go to CV-TEC for career technical education, making them one short of their original total of 12.

In-house substitute The board has approved the creation of a substitute teacher who will be stationed in the building for all 180 days of the academic year.

Admins will assign the sub on an as-needed basis. Doing with help a keep consistent steady presence in the building, said Osborne.

Securing substitute teachers has been a challenge this past year, explained the super, who hailed teachers for stepping up on breaks and lunches to fill in the gaps.

Osborne said he was Ò95 percent sureÓ the substitute will be assigned each day.

If not, theyÕ ll be used to bolster support in other classrooms.

“My objective is to assign the person where they’re needed,” said Osborne. ÒPr imary grades, K-2 and elementary, can always use a second pair of hands.Ó The district also plans on upgrading its substitute tracking system. Software will be purchased through BOCES, with the funds to be reimbursed the next fiscal year.

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Osborne, who also serves as principal, will revert back to serving a single role.

Director of Student Services Cheryl Hutchins will retire at the end of the academic year; that position will be replaced with a K-12 principal.

A proposed third administrator will serve as Director of Student Services on a half-time basis and will likely split their time between Westport and ELCS, part of the administrative reworking discussed by the two boards as a way to share services.

Anything else?

Osborne called the 2012 Dignity for All Students Act, a state law that dictates how districts handle bullying situations, a Òg amechanger.” The 2015-16 budget includes funds for training workshops.

While Osborne said he remains Òc autiously optimisticÓ that state’s financial picture is getting better, the super will present a long-term financial plan this fall that will map out the district’s finances to the 2019-20 year.

“If they crash again, we’ll be prepared. Or if the finances get better, weÕ ll be able to make some really informed decisions of what we could bring back or make better for the students,Ó said Osborne. “We want our schools to be vibrant and strong through 2020.Ó School board update Two board member terms have expired: Nick Disogra and Brett Sicola. For the expired seat of Brett Sicola, one petition was filed

by Brett Sicola. For the expired seat of Nick Disogra, one petition was filed by Alan Jones.

WhatÕ s the next step?

A public hearing is scheduled for May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Polls are open on May 19 from noon to 8 p.m.

KEENE CENTRAL What are the numbers?

The 2015-16 adopted budget comes in under the cap at $5,738,557, up 2.55 percent over last year, or $146,424. The total estimated school tax levy is $4,859,474.00, up 3.01 percent over last year.

Will my taxes go up?

Slightly. Under the proposed budget, a home assessed at $100,000 would now pay $924 per year.

The background Keene Central receives a smaller percentage of funding from state aid than other districts and is less dependent on state aid amounts.

“I believe that, as in past budgets, there are schools that win and those that lose with the state aid they receive,” said Superintendent Daniel Mayberry.

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Opt out rates wildly divergent across Champlain Valley pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ Last week saw thousands of parents across the state opting their kids out of the mandated Common Core testing.

The numbers in the North Country are wildly divergent.

At AuSable Valley Central, 64 percent of seventh and eighth graders opted out.

At Keeseville Elementary, 68 percent, and at AuSable Forks Elementary, 44 percent.

Superintendent Paul Savage said it’s unknown how this will affect the district moving forward. Ò WeÕ re looking for guidance from the state education department,Ó he said.

Willsboro Central reported an opt-out rate of 24 percent; Westport, 21.6 percent.

Keene Central had zero.

Superintendent Daniel Mayberry attributed this to a meeting where parents and school officials sat down to discuss the potential impact of boycotting the tests. Ò They didnÕ t want to do anything that would hurt the teachers,” Mayberry recalled. “They loved them.”

Mayberry said the district encouraged parents to decide for themselves.

At the meeting, officials reminded parents that effectively protesting the standards required more than simply pulling their kids from the exams, but rather sus-

tained communication with their elected officials.

“They wanted a change, but wanted to find a different way to do it,Ó said Mayberry.

Opting out and doing nothing else only hurts the district, he said.

On April 9, parents at Keene Central sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to reduce the emphasis on standardized tests.

While they were appreciative of his efforts to help the community recover from Irene, it said, his education reforms have resulted in what they refer to as a “lose-lose situationÓ for local families.

“Many parents want to protest the over-emphasis on these tests to evaluate our school and teachers, but, at the same time, these parents donÕ t want the teachers to suffer and our school to earn a negative label it doesn’t deserve,” it read.

The tests are used to show if districts meet Annual Yearly Progress, or AYP. If participation rates fall below 95 percent, districts will not meet AYP. Districts that donÕ t meet AYP after three years will be required to create an improvement plan.

Officials and teachers have indicated that this would be an additional layer of bureaucracy and planning added to their already-stretched responsibilities.

Elizabethtown-Lewis Central saw a 29 percent opt out rate.

As a result, theyÕ re now triggered for the three-year countdown.

Last week’s exams covered the English Language Arts. This week, students will take the math component.

Superintendent Scott Osborne said he anticipated the trend will continue through this week, perhaps even bleeding over into other tests.

Fourth and eighth graders will take a standardized science test in May and June.

Osborne said he will actively encourage parents to allow their kids to take it. Ò WeÕ re hoping to reach out and talk to them about that,Ó he said.

These tests, Osborne explained, are not explicitly tied to teacher evaluations or Common Core, but are rather designed to assess how well the districtÕ s teachers are conveying the subject matter.

The test contains a written component plus laboratory-type content in which students demonstrate hands-on skills like measuring and data recording.

When it comes to the Common Core, educators remain unclear on what the long-term opt out effects will be.

Osborne said he believed there would be no immediate state funding detriment. But on the federal level, there could be penalties down the road Ñ like a reduction of the share of federal dollars that pay teacher salaries.

“We have to find a balance between doing our job and respecting parents rights,Ó he said.

Official opt out numbers are expected to be released by the state sometime this summer.

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Common Core: Communication is key

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ver the past week, the Denton Publications editorial team has been talking with educators and administrators throughout the region as Common Core testing enters its second week.

Through everything, there is one common theme: everyone is frustrated.

Why are they frustrated? Because education has been turned into a political game, with students being made the pawns.

The battle lines were drawn during the most recent state budget process, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo tied school funding to new, sweeping reforms when it came to teacher assessments and tenure reform. The stateÕ s leading teachers union, NYSUT, countered with a call for mass opt-outs on the Common Core testing for students in grades 3-8, which took place last week (English Language Arts) and this (math), concluding on Friday.

One administrator put it this way: “You have a governor who is very solid in his position and a union who is very solid in theirs.” Another added: “They did not expect Cuomo to back down because he wanted to use education reform as a plank on his potential 2016 presidential platform.Ó With neither side budging, students have been put in the middle. Parents, who may have had varying reasons for their decisions, opted out students in record numbers, with many North Country school unable to meet the 95 percent threshold required, putting them in jeopardy of losing Race to the Top and Title 1 federal funding.

Some schools barely reached the threshold. In Minerva, the school stayed above the line as only one student opted out of the testing. However, in a school with about 50 students in grades 3-8, it would take only one other student opting out to put the school below the line.

Superintendent Tim Farrell reported three students had already been opted out of the math test for this week.

The exceptions to what became the unfortunate rule came in the Keene and Crown Point school districts, where no students opted out of the testing in the first week. When talking to these districts, we noticed a similar pattern. Each school offered to meet with parents concerned about the Common Core testing and recent educational issues, sitting down with administrators and talking things out.

Both schools also seem to have a sense of their situations, as well. Keene has always been known as a district which bands together for the greater good. Students will take turns participating in different extra-curricular activities, making deals with fellow students like: “If I take part in the Drama Club, will you in turn join the baseball team.Ó While this is just as an example, we really have had students tell us this happens.

Crown Point has shown its desire to remain an independent school district, voting to drop any notion of a potential merger with Ticonderoga before discussion could really take off. They have also been through the trying fires of being on a list of schools in need of improvement and have come through the other side and do not want to go through the experience again.

No matter the reason, this approach of speaking directly with concerned parents and students seems to have worked the best. In these cases, it was not about the politics, the grades or the Common Core. It was about the individual.

Now, we are not naive enough to believe some of this had to do with making sure the district stayed above the 95 percent threshold and remained eligible for federal funding and off of watch lists, but this approach shows a more personal and direct way of handling the situation.

If these conversations would have happened and parents still desired to opt their kids out, we’re sure administrators would have been upset, but at least they would be so knowing they covered all the bases with these parents.

Maybe other schools did this, as well, without the same success. However, what speaks to the effectiveness of this practice in Keene and Crown Point is, after these discussions, there were no opt-outs in either school. That is more than just coincidence.

ItÕ s an example of coming together, discussing and reaching a conclusion those in Albany could take a lesson from. Ñ Denton Publications Editorial Board, Dan Alexander, Keith Lobdell and John Gereau

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Publisher’s Column

Ready or not, here come the candidates

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donÕ t know about you, make this happen in todayÕ s but IÕ m certainly not high tech world. Certainly ready for the presidenwe need time for these cantial race. It seems the election didates to be heard and have cycle never really ends. Electheir positions clarified, but tion 2016 has had the pundits do we need 18 months? If writing and talking since beyou think this is numbing for fore the 2012 election was fius think what it must be like nalized. for the candidates; nearly all Depending on when you of whom we already know so read this column we will have well as a result of all this high Dan Alexander 560+ days until we go to the tech communication. Nearly Thoughts from polls to elect the next United all of them have been runBehind the Pressline States President. More than ning in one way or another 18 months to watch the many through the media for the last republicans contenders, one by one, attempt few years. Are there really any revelations to destroy each other in every way imaginwe haven’t already heard about and even able as each claws their way to the top of the if we had heard about something salacious, party ticket, while reminding us along the is it twisted political spin or factual detail? way how unified they are within the party.

It seems to me, we believe what we want to While that spectacle buries us nearly as believe. deep in mud as we are in financial debt, we We must also remember this simple fact, can turn to the kinder side of the political roughly 94% of those who will vote in 2016 spectrum; while the democrats attempt to, have already made up their minds based on recreate or re-introduce, Hillary Clinton as party affiliation. Some of them may simply neither an extension of President Bill Clinton forgo voting altogether, mainly because they nor President Barack Obama. donÕ t like a particular position their partyÕ s Holding three high profile positions as candidate has taken. Additionally, there First Lady, US Senator, and Secretary of could be a break away third party candidate State, one would think the most recognized who will challenge tradition and attempt to woman in the world would not need a new pull off an upset. Baring those rare occurmake over. But in the world of politics just rences, by the time November 8, 2016 rolls how much stomach the US Electorate has for around, the vast majority will be in lock step more political spin is about to be put to the with their party. That leaves a very few untest as Mrs. Clinton defines how she wants interested or easily swayed citizens to decide us to view her. what all this hoopla means for the person we At any rate campaigns and fund rais- be calling the 45th President of the United ing events are now kicking into high gear States. as will unrealistic political promises, issue As I ponder it all, IÕ m reminded of how stance waffling and the ever popular footmuch my wife hates the NCAA March Madin-the-mouth miss-statement followed up ness Basketball Tournament and the big by Ò hereÕ s what I was trying to sayÓ apology countdown to the Final Four. Perhaps we tour for anyone who was offended.... and if should just let the candidates run continuyou werenÕ t offended by what I said, then I ous campaigns all culminating in one quick really meant every word of it. month, winner take all, run off we call Great All this thought and reflection brings back November Numbing. fond memories of prior elections. Sadly, we Who knows we might get more of our waste so much time, effort and money when citizens excited about the process and with at the end of the day all we seem to get is a some help from ESPN we can encourage the different face living it up on our tax dollars, creation of presidential brackets as we work while the Washington grid lock gets worse our way through the candidates from the and the political divide continues to tear the sweet spinners to the presidential improvicountry further apart. sor.

It makes you long for the days of smoke Come on, use your imagination and confilled back rooms where the party bosses sider this; Could it be any more crazy or fought it out to see who would be their party numbing than what we are about to understandard bearer, giving us a straight forward go? choice.

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Letters to the Editor

Appreciates quest for the truth To the Editor: The editorial on seeking truth was a breath of fresh air for me. The Internet is an odd bird.

On the one hand, the resources for seeking the truth are vast and incredible!

On the other hand, the opportunity for being blasted with a bunch of unadulterated crap (okay, that’s not a very nice way to say it, but it has

the virtue of being pretty much correct) is commensurately vast.

A really unfortunate aspect of this is that the truth is often considerably more difficult to uncover, and our ability to do the necessary critical thinking to get at it seems to be on the wane.

A blessing is that it takes a relatively small fraction of people armed with the truth to prevail against the greater levels of nonsense, or at least I think that is true.

Don Austin, Elizabethtown

Parents upset at WCS opt out procedures

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pete@denpubs.com WILLSBORO Ñ As local districts work to accommodate the growing number of parents opting their children out of standardized testing, the issue then arises of what to do with them.

There’s no universal procedure to govern the practice.

Most districts in the Central Champlain Valley reported no issues in providing an alternative environment for students.

AuSable Valley District schools offered a place for the students to read quietly, as did Westport Central.

Elizabethtown-Lewis Central students were provided two locations where they were permitted to bring something to read or work on other schoolwork.

“There were no issues,” said Superintendent Scott Osborne. “We definitely intended to maintain an academic atmosphere.Ó But several parents of Willsboro students are claiming that their kids were treated unfairly following last weekÕ s English Language Arts exam because they did not receive the snacks that were distributed to testtakers.

Twenty-four percent of the districtÕ s students did not take the tests last week. The others were brought to the library, where they were required to read quietly.

Jhami Santillo and Heather Spear each have a third-grader who attends Willsboro Central.

They opted their kids out of the exams because they felt as if their children were being tested at a higher grade level. Ò Common Core is for the birds,Ó said Spear.

Santillo said her child was upset after returning home from school that afternoon.

She said the students who took the test were treated to extra activities following the exam, including exercise and treats. Ò She informed me she had to go the library early because the kids who got to take the test got to take a walk, dance and exercise before the testing,Ó said Santillo. Ò When she got back to the classroom, one classmate was eating cheese balls.Ó Santillo said her daughter’s classmate confirmed the issuance of treats.

Lisa Mitchell said her fourth grader reported a similar situation. Ò ItÕ s not fair! ItÕ s not fair! Why didnÕ t you make me take the test!Ó Mitchell recalled her as saying.

In her daughterÕ s eyes, it felt like they were getting rewarded. As such, she said, her daughter was open to taking the next round of tests, which are scheduled for this week. Ò You canÕ t say it was bribery on behalf of the teachers,Ó said Mitchell. Ò But it kinda was.Ó

Mitchell said even small gestures like an ice cream are important for a 10-year-old.

The next morning, Santillo and Spear went to Superintendent Stephen Broadwell’s office for answers, snack items in hand.

“These snacks are to be provided to all children whether they are taking the test or not taking the test,Ó Santillo recalled saying to Broadwell.

By their own admission, the discussion quickly turned acrimonious.

Santillo and Spear claimed the superintendent wasn’t receptive to their concerns.

“There wasn’t really a whole lot of conversation,” said Santillo.

“He’s supposed to be an advocate for the kids,” said Spear.

The pair said the unfair treatment could be construed as bullying and was a violation of the 2012 Dignity for All Students Act. Broadwell said he needed to look into it, reported Santillo, who said she then displayed a school safety report that districts were mandated to submit to the state education department at the end of each academic year.

Following the discussion, Santillo and Spear collected their children from the classroom and took them home. Ò This is supposed to be a person who shows concern with students,Ó said Santillo, who then called the state police because she wanted the incident to be noted for the record.

Later that day, a trooper reported back to Santillo and told her that he spoke with Broadwell, who said he was in the process of sending a memorandum to teachers on the incident.

Mitchell said she had an equally contentious telephone conservation with Broadwell after learning her daughterÕ s experience wasnÕ t isolated.

She said she was upset because her daughter, who struggles with anxiety related to test-taking and reading, was forced to read and was alledgedly prohibited from working on other school assignments.

Mitchell said Broadwell told her, Ò Your child needs to know that life is unfair and some people get rewarded and some people donÕ t.Ó Her daughter worked very hard in the library, she said, just as much as the kids who took the test. Ò Why take the childÕ s homework away from them?Ó she said.

The parents said their hours of online research has failed to turn up similar incidents at other schools. Hopefully situations like this can be avoided in the future, they said. Ò We want equalness for all kids,Ó said Santillo.

In response to the allegations, Broadwell said Willsboro Central teachers are Ò extremely caring and thoughtful and routinely recognize our students for their hard work and efforts throughout the school year in a variety of ways.”

“Some of our teachers did provide some type of small snack to their students upon completion of their tests,Ó he wrote in an email. Ò Teachers have been doing this for years with the state tests.”

News in Brief ’This Land is Your Land’ choral concert slated

ESSEX Ñ The Pleasant Valley Chorale presents Ò This Land is Your LandÓ on two occasions Friday, May 8, at the Essex Community Church in Essex, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 10, at the UCC Church in Elizabethtown, at 3 p.m., a special MothersÕ Day concert. Songs include folk hits by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Jean Ritchie. The chorale is a 40-voice ensemble, directed by Susan Hughes, accompanied by Mary Lu Kirsty. Admission is free with a goodwill donation accepted at the door. This is sponsored by the Elizabethtown Social Center.

Hepatitis B are required by New York State law.

A physical examination is required before entering kindergarten. The physical should be done between Sept. 5, 2014 and Sept. 5, 2015. Parents are requested to bring immunization records, birth certificates, and Social Security numbers when registering their children for kindergarten.

If there are parents who have children who will be entering kindergarten this fall, and who have not been contacted, please call the school as soon as possible. This will enable the school to place your name on a mailing list and schedule a kindergarten screening.

Ward Lumberto offer free gardening workshops

CCE readies “Get Set, Grow!” event

Kindergarten roundup announced

Bridge league triumphs

JAY Ñ Ward Lumber in Jay is hosting a series of free gardening workshops covering a variety of topics in 2015.

The first workshop is Backyard Berries with Amy Ivy on Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. Ò Growing berries at home on a small scale can be a lot of fun, but it does have its challenges,” said Ivy. “We’ll address those challenges and discuss the key to successfully growing strawberries, raspberries and blueberries at home.Ó Site, soil, varieties and management will be covered. Amy is a Regional Vegetable Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Other upcoming Gardening Series Workshops include: Garden Planning with Dana Fast on Wednesday, May 27; Wildlife and Pest Management with Bunny Goodwin and Paul Morley on Wednesday, June 24 and Canning with Karen Bouchard-Braun on Wednesday, July 29.

Additional monthly workshops will be added soon through November.

All of the free Gardening Series Workshops will be held at Ward Lumber, 697 Glen Road, Jay. Register for Backyard Berries and other upcoming Gardening Series Workshops online at wardlumber.com or call Kim at 946-2110, extension 120.

Ward Lumber is a two-unit building materials supplier with locations in Jay and Malone, NY. One of the largest private employers in Essex County, Ward Lumber manages over 6,000 acres of timberland and operates one of New York StateÕ s largest white pine sawmills and planing mills.

AUSABLE FORKS Ñ Registration and screening appointments for children entering kindergarten at Au Sable Forks Elementary School are available. The Kindergarten Round-Up Days will be Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8.

Appointments can be scheduled by calling 647-5503 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

To be eligible for kindergarten, a pupil must be 5 years of age on or before Dec. 1, and a resident of the Au Sable Valley School District.

Immunization for Poliomyelitis, Diptheria, Tetanus (DPT), German measles (rubella), Red Measles, and Mumps (MMR), Varicella (chicken pox) and

WESTPORT — Master Gardeners and 4-H are hosting a Get Set Grow! Day at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building in Westport on April 25.

Soil and Water Technician Laura Benedict will have trees and shrubs on hand from the SWCD annual conservation plant sale.

4-H Youth Development Resource Education Linda Gillilland said she is frequently asked if the Master Gardener Volunteers, or MGVs, hold events at CCE. “Usually MGVs hold workshops and give presentations in the town or community where they live,” she said, “so this is everyone’s opportunity to swing on by.Ó Attendees are encouraged to bring in soil samples for pH testing or bring in soil to be sent off for testing at the lab and ask any garden questions they might have.

MGVs will on hand to talk about a variety of garden-related topics, including accessible gardening, gardening in small spaces (or container gardens), composting, attracting birds, mulch and more.

Several 4-H clubs will also be on deck to share their joy of garden and outdoor activities. Some of the activities the 4-H clubs are hosting are making wildflower seed bombs, “bad” bugs in your garden, marshmallow catapults and invasive insects.

Additionally, Pat Banker from CCE Franklin County will give a presentation on Wild Edibles at 1:00 p,m. This event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, is free and suitable for all age groups.

CCE is located at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport, 3 Sisco Street.

WESTPORT Ñ Peter Allen, Plattsburgh, Bob Dickson, Sabbath Day Point; Nancy Hale, Westport; and Peter Mitchell, Silver Bay won the American Contract Bridge League Flight C Grand National Team competition Sunday, April 12. Ten teams participated representing Eastern New York state and Northern New Jersey. The tournament was held at the Guardian Angel Church in Allendale, NJ. The prize includes an $800 subsidy, plus entry fees for the National Finals this summer in Chicago, IL.

The trusty potato smasher

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know IÕ m older than dirt when I glance around our house on the river. Many of the items we have used daily for decades, are relatively unknown to our grandchildren and great grandchildren.

We still have a potato masher. I used to call it a Ò smasherÓ when I was a young lad.

My mother hated lumps in the taters and the task of getting them out often fell to me. Perhaps thatÕ s where my Popeye muscles started.

I know it wasnÕ t from

by Gordie Little the spinach.

I hated spinach.

Once when a teacher came to our house for a modest supper, my big brother Jim was asked to say the blessing: Ò Bless this food and bless this house and please, God, make Gordon eat his spinach.Ó Legend has it that Gordon spit a mouthful of spinach across the table into the teacherÕ s face. I donÕ t think she ever came back.

We still have big, wooden spoons in our kitchen. I have fond memories of being asked to stir any number of things for my mom. Some were tasty. Some, not so much.

My mother was a health nut and she came up with cooked and raw concoctions that werenÕ t always delectable. But, when I was called to stir, I stirred. Of course, anything sweet was nirvana, because I got to lick that big wooden spoon at the end.

We still have some of those beautiful crockery bowls. They, too, hold many memories. When I think of eggs and bacon, I close my eyes and imagine my mother cooking them in a huge cast iron frying pan on the stove top. I’m quite certain she called that big, heavy utensil a “spider.” Does that ring a bell with you? Perhaps you refer to it as Ò fry pan” or even a “skillet.” I learned much later in life that a true spider was a cast iron frying pan with three legs attached to be used over an open fire.

We still have cast iron muffin pans in our cupboard. You have to keep all of those cast iron utensils properly seasoned. ThatÕ s a real art in itself.

I don’t know if we still have what was called an egg beater, but I wouldnÕ t be surprised to find one in a lower cabinet next to KayeÕ s ancient metal kitchen scale that is still as accurate today as it was when new in the 1920s.

Yes, we also have a beautiful old grinder that you clamp to the table and use different inserts depending on the project. I remember being tasked with turning the wooden handle to grind up everything for cooking and canning. Oh, and I always cried a lot when grinding up the horseradish from my motherÕ s garden.

Wooden matches? Sure, we have a box handy in case the gas stove doesn’t start automatically with the knob. That happened to me recently when I went to heat up some tomato soup. I had to ask Kaye where to find them. As kids, we used to cut off the heads, stuff them into the hollow of a large nut when bolts are screwed into either side and throw the whole thing up into the air. When it fell and struck the pavement, there was a resultant bang. As me sometime how I was almost killed when I used too large a nut and bolts, put in too many match heads and tried to tighten it all with a wrench. I survived, but somebody up there must have been watching over me.

Speaking of wooden, when is the last time you used wooden clothes pins and hung your clothes outside on the line? They smelled good after a little time out there in that fresh spring air. Spring was also a good time to take up all our rugs and haul them outside.

Another of my jobs was to hang the rugs on the clothes line and get rid of my adolescent frustrations by swinging a rug beater and choking on the dirt in the air.

Enjoy those April showers and pray for May flowers.

Little Bits

Columnist Gordie Little is a weekly contributor to Denton Publications. He may be reached at gordie@denpubs.com.

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From page 1 FOUR-SCHOOL HARDSHIPS Most of Section VII’s track and field athletes train on the same type of track on which they’ll compete: a rubberized 400 meter loop that allows spikes, offering both performance and a level of conditioning.

The Emus have neither the distance nor comfort. At Camp Dudley Ñ a location, itÕ s worth noting, the team appreciates being able to practice Ñ the track is half the distance and twice as hard, cracked and unforgiving, yet on it they train.

First, however, the teens have to get to the track. From the south comes a busload of Moriah athletes. Nearly an hour away from Camp Dudley, a handful of Keene students begin the slow trip over Spruce Hill, collecting Lions and Eagles along the way.

Co-head coach Howard Hammonds explained that the hourand-a-half round trip creates challenges of its own, evidenced by a team thatÕ s largely young. By the time some of the furtheraway athletes reach their junior or senior years, the long haul has taken its toll. Retention, said the coach, is no easy task when practice is a 45 minute trip.

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tle. When it comes to uniforms, warm-ups or a team tent, the program has been largely left to its own devices. Then, a year ago, one now-former athlete came up with an answer.

DAN MCCORMICK 5K Halie Snyder has left an impressive legacy at EKMW. The Moriah runner not only ran through Section VII in the 400 meter, but the state was well, taking the Division II track and field title at that distance in 2014.

On top of what she did on the track, for a senior project, Snyder decided to organize a fundraising race that would benefit the Emus. Ò The team that I was on Members of this year’s EKMW girls’ track and field team pose with their new jerseys. Funding for that gear, as didn’t have much funding,” well as a team tent, came from last year’s Dan McCormick 5K Walk/Run. said Snyder, who is now the Photo by provided fastest incoming freshman on the track and field team Lewis said of the decision to support the team. “Those who have at SUNY Albany. Ò New unis, new blocks, new essentials Ð what the ability and desire, who know they may rise, they wonÕ t get they had was old and broken.Ó there if they don’t have track shoes.”

With the idea in place, it needed a name. Dan McCormick is Lewis likened the EKMW experience to that of Jim Thorpe, an a lifelong friend of Hammonds, a bond that started 40 years ago athlete of Native American and European descent who excelled when McCormick was a graduate student and assistant coach across a spectrum of sports, from football to the Olympic decathwith Hammonds. He was also a runner until a stroke left him lon and pentathlon in which he took gold medals in 1912. Thorpe, paralyzed. The race, thought Snyder and Hammonds, could be said Lewis, wasnÕ t afforded perfect practice conditions but got run in his name. himself to the top by way of his own will.

The first 5K was a success. Three thousand dollars were raised ÒT hese are kids who want to be better,Ó Lewis said. ÒA ll of it through donations and entry fees, money that went toward jerrequires character. This is a chance for them to develop character. seys and a tent for the Emu athletes.

They don’t have to go to the Olympics to prove themselves.

Snyder may have moved on to college, but in ways, she’s still a ÒW e were thrilled to be asked,Ó he later added. ÒT he team will part of the team. She stays in touch through Facebook and phone have our support. We hope others will share, that leaders and parcalls, reaching out to Hammonds at times for coaching advice. ents will find the way.”

The race she started is entering its second running on May 3 at Camp Dudley, giving the next generation of Emu athletes a leg to RUN LIKE A KENYAN stand on, and so far the support is promising.

As of April 20, the team broke the $2,000 mark in funds raised.

Wearing a bright green team sweatshirt with ÒR un like a KeStewartÕ s Shops donated earlier in the month, promising both nyanÓ inscribed on the back, Jarron Boyle helped organize his money and food for the event, and plenty more local businesses teammates while the coaches organized uniforms and team phofollowed suit — Egglefield Ford, Adirondack Auto, Adirondack tos. Boyle, a runner from Moriah, competes in the 110 meter hurChevrolet, NAPA Auto Parts and the Westport Hotel, to name a dles, 400 meter hurdles and a 4x800 relay group that aspires for a few Ñ as well as local families. trip to states.

The giving hasn’t stopped there. Earlier this April, EKMW was ÒB eing part of EKMW brings together a lot of competition,Ó pledged a significant gift — the Lewis Family Farm announced Boyle said, outlining high hopes for both himself individually and that it would match, dollar for dollar, whatever the team can raise with Jon Gay, Joe King and Tom Maron in the 4x800. “Halie is a big through the race. With that, the value of every donation has since inspiration to us all.Ó doubled, putting the team past halfway to its $7,500 goal.

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“The bus ride gives us a chance to bond instead of just going out and start running,Ó said Wesley Whalen of Elizabethtown. ÒWh en we get here, we still have time to bond with Moriah.”

Myra Adams, another Elizabethtown runner who made an appearance at the state cross country championship in the fall, echoed the sentiment.

“I think having the four schools come together, there are so many more opportunities for the athletes,Ó she said. ÒI feel like it builds the athletes more. We donÕ t go to school with our teammates every day. I feel like it makes us a closer family.”

Despite the team’s relatively small size and its struggles, it’s produced some strong talent. While SnyderÕ s state title shines brightly, there’s a chance that she’ll have company in the future.

Jon Gay may be one of them. The Westport junior doesnÕ t take the bus to practice — he runs, at times totaling 15 miles in a day.

His personal record in the mile is a blistering 4:29.92, currently good for 10th in the state, and he has his sights set on getting the time under 4:20.

While Gay said it’s good to meet new people, he doesn’t view being on the team as a social event, but rather a challenge not unlike the sport in which he competes. ÒI t takes a lot more dedication than other schools,Ó Gay explained. “You have to be willing to drive place son your own, you’re not relying on the school to do everything. You’re relying on yourself to get things done.Ó Gay, who is also ranked eighth in New York in the 3,000 meter run, isnÕ t alone when it comes to solid statewide comparison.

Braden Swan is first amongst seventh graders in the 200 while Kaiden Sears, an eighth grader, holds second in the state in that grade.

Tom Maron, another Emu coming off of state championship appearances in both cross country and indoor track, said that being on a team of peers from four different schools has made for relationships he may not have otherwise had. While he explained that the practice conditions werenÕ t Òp articularly discouraging,Ó the support behind the team means plenty. ÒI tÕ s so important,Ó said Maron of the Dan McCormick 5K and local help. “It’s really great to have the community behind us and to know they support us in what weÕ re doing. People helping us to do what we love — it’s just a really great feeling.”

While the four runners differed some on what itÕ s like to be an Emu, there was one aspect on which all four agreed: the influence of those leading them.

SUGAR AND VINEGAR Howard Hammonds and Luis Garnica couldnÕ t fall much farther apart on the coaching spectrum. ThereÕ s Garnica Ð Coach Sugar, others call him Ð playing good cop to HammondsÕ Coach Vinegar. The nickname is fitting. He doesn’t coddle athletes, but if a runner gives him dedication, he’ll reciprocate with a wealth of experience.

www.valleynewsadk.com Hammonds ended up a runner by chance. As a high school sophomore pole vaulter, he was asked to set pace for runners practicing the mile, running it in 5:12 in a pair of sneakers. A year later, he was under 4:30. ÒI was a fanatic,Ó Hammonds said, explaining an immersion into the sport through training and books.

He went on to take the Pennsylvania high school state championship in cross country before setting a course record as a freshman at the University of Georgia. Later, he took a job at Penn State Berks Campus and learned to recruit Òet hically and morallyÓ from legendary Nittany Lions football coach Joe Paterno. Through the junior college program he groomed All-American runners, and later spent three years developing the cross country and track and field programs at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Soon after he was in Saudi Arabia coaching the national team, though a trip to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow was nixed when the country was among those to boycott the games. Now itÕ s the Emus on the receiving end of his tell-it-like-it-is coaching style that earned him the Vinegar nickname. ÒH eÕ s a big inspiration to all of us,Ó Boyle said. ÒA s much as he hells, you need somebody to bust your chops and get you in gear and focused.Ó Having Garnica there as a co-coach, added Boyle, makes for the perfect combination. Adams agreed, likening Couch SugarÕ s style to that of a Òb ig brother.Ó She said the two balance each other well Ñ Hammonds knows when to push, Garnica knows when to help.

“What he did was give me the mental and physical strength that I needed to make it to where I am today,Ó Snyder said of Hammonds. ÒI Õ m so glad that I got to work with him for that year. It made a huge difference.Ó While HammondsÕ approach has been at times a lightning rod for criticism, he has stood by his approach. In a recent post on the EKMW Facebook page, he likened varsity sports to advanced classes: an opportunity for the dedicated student: ÒI f you donÕ t want to be the best you can be, I am not the coach for you,” Hammonds wrote. “To this end, I love coaching with Garnica, because it gives athletes a choice.

And I enjoy his company and wisdom.Ó Garnica, in a post an hour prior to HammondsÕ , explained that what may be perceived as “mean” comes from a place of love and care. It’s just communicated differently. Hammonds explained that when he had a coach who pushed him to achieve all that he could, we wound up a state champion, a college graduate and an international coach Ñ a baton he may be passing along to EKMW athletes today. ÒI learn a lot from him,Ó said Gay. ÒH eÕ s always pushing. Work, work, work — work pays off over anything. If you’re dedicated youÕ ll reach your goals.Ó He paused, then he laughed.

“That vinegar is really strong. That’s potent stuff.”

For more information on the Dan McCormick 5K Walk/Run or to donate, visit www.ekmwtrack.org or the teamÕ s Facebook page, ÒE kmw Track Team.Ó

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Myra Adams, an ElizabethtownLewis sophomore, is one of several EKMW athletes who have qualified to represent the fourschool collective in states this academic year.

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Heat is on to relocate county nutrition kitchen

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ By the end of next month, staffers at Essex CountyÕ s central kitchen for senior meal production will hit the lights and the last dish of steamed vegetables will roll off the assembly line.

County officials have set a internal deadline of May 30 to shut down operations.

The facility, located at the corner of Hand Avenue and Court Street, has a wealth of problems, including black mold in hardto-reach places and numerous code and ventilation issues.

A state department of health inspection last summer found nine violations.

At the time, Office for the Aging Director Patty Bashaw reported that it would cost $500,000 to remedy the issues.

Construction of a new building would be only marginally more expensive, county officials noted.

On Monday, County Manager Dan Palmer asked lawmakers for authorization to get the ball rolling on a preliminary study for the construction of a new building at the county-owned fairgrounds in Westport.

Stakeholders will then pitch the project to the North Country Regional Economic Development Council on May 15 with the hope of locking in funding.

Palmer said moving the kitchen, which prepares 1,400 meals daily, to Westport makes sense because the fairgrounds is already primed for water and sewer.

A possible new building could also incorporate other county departments, including Essex County Soil and Water.

Furthermore, the centralized location would serve the community well, Palmer added.

After their preparation, the meals are dispatched to 14 nutri-

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Temporary sites to prepare the meals have been eyed for the interim period, including the AuSable Forks Fire Department and the Mineville VFW.

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As such, this shifts a greater financial burden to our local taxpayer.

What are the notable items?

Areas of increased costs include salaries, benefits and other contractual obligations and the purchase of a new van. Conversely, the bump in state aid, lower fuel and gas costs, energy efficiency measures and shared transportation services with CV-TEC have reduced expenses.

Fewer students are also expected to utilize CV-TEC serves during the 2015-16 academic year.

Anything else?

Board member Kathy ReganÕ s term is expiring.

WhatÕ s the next step?

The budget was accepted by the school board on April 7. A public hearing has been scheduled for May 11 at 7 p.m. and residents will head to the polls on May 19.

Teacher evals Mayberry said he disagreed with this yearÕ s state budget process that saw school funding tied directly to a new teacher/principal evaluation system.

“I see funding and teacher/principal evaluations as two separate things that should be addressed accordingly,Ó he said.

Keene Central, like other districts, will be required to develop a new evaluation system by June 30. Districts will then need to negotiate a new APPR plan between that deadline and Nov. 15 in order to receive the increase in state aid promised in the 2015-2016 budget.

“I believe this timeline is too short to effectively create a new and meaningful evaluation system that improves the education of our students,Ó said Mayberry.

WESTPORT Westport CentralÕ s spending plan will exceed the tax cap, it was decided at a special board meeting on Monday, April 20.

“The desire is to maintain programs at their current level and to enrich and enhance where possible,Ó said Superintendent Cynthia Ford-Johnston.

Tough decisions Westport Central is the only district in Essex County to have a negative tax levy, meaning that if the district was to remain within the cap, the levy would need to be reduced by 0.12 percent. This is because the district did not renew a bond, leading to a reduction in building aid. Aid was chopped by $68,439, making total reductions since the GEA was introduced at least $600,000.

“We’ve eroded,” said Superintendent Cynthia Ford-Johnston.

“We’ve squeezed until we can’t breathe anymore.”

A draft spending plan presented on Monday clocked in at

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The board has until Thursday, April 23 to adopt a budget.

Will my taxes go up?

If the public votes on May 19 to exceed the cap with a projected 3.44 percent increase, taxes on a home assessed at $100,000 will increase by $35.77.

Staying under Remaining under the cap would require a simple majority vote by taxpayers on May 19. Spending would need to be cut by approximately $122,000.

Areas of reduction To meet the cap, possible areas of reduction include equipment requests, materials and supplies, extracurricular activities and the replacement of a van.

Vacancies would go unfilled and staff would be reconfigured to cover those areas, including maintenance and technology positions.

At present, a substitute is also filling in for a reading teacher.

Sixth-grade shuffle A reduced budget would remove a position out of K-6, bringing the number of teachers down from eight to seven. It’s a measure that would essentially see each high school teacher taking on an additional course with the integration of sixth-graders into the middle school model. This would result in a loss somewhere else, like an elective or a study hall session.

“None of these would have an impact on a human being right now,Ó said Ford-Johnston.

What kind of electives?

Next year, Westport Central has the potential to offer 18 bridge classes through North Country Community College, including accounting, business law, marketing, sociology, health and environmental science, for instance. Some of those are core classes.

“Electives shape students as they prepare for career or college,” said Principal Adam Facteau.

Tell me more about the vacancies Leaving the maintenance position unfilled would require some juggling, like the possible addition of a part-time cleaner to fill in some gaps, for instance. The tech position is required for middle schools, so a possible reconfiguration would mean that person would have to teach seventh and eighth graders, and possibly electives. A variance from the state would be required. Without the replacement of a music teacher, the program would take a significant hit because more responsibilities would be shifted to the remaining teacher, but not all.

Community input Monday’s board meeting was what administration officials and board members had been pleading for all year: A sprawling discussion in which dozens spoke out, impassioned defenses spiked with hard truths. An informal show of hands revealed about half of the crowd, about 30 residents, supported going over the cap, while only a handful flatly indicated they would vote against. Several dozen

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Busting the cap Voting to exceed the cap would require a supermajority vote of 60 percent. Ford-Johnston cautioned bringing it to a vote is a risky endeavor that damages communities in the event that the budgets are defeated.

“It’s a very dangerous thing to do,” she said. “I know what happens to the feeling and mood when a budget goes down Ñ itÕ s not pretty.Ó WhatÕ s the next step?

Voters head to the polls on May 19. Until then, expect a flurry of campaign, rallying and heated discussion. Stay tuned.

WILLSBORO What are the numbers?

The adopted 2015-16 budget is $8,245,709 with a tax levy of $5,141,119, or 1.86 percent below the tax cap of 2.02 percent. It reflects an increase of less than one quarter of one percent, 0.24 percent, or $19,940, over last year.

Will my taxes go up?

Yes. The tax rate is proposed to increase approximately 22 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, an increase of $33 on a $150,000 home.

Superintendent Stephen Broadwell said he anticipated that the state will provide reimbursement in the form of a rebate to qualified taxpayers.

What are the notable items?

The new area of increase is the first of five annual bond payments for a new school bus and van. Costing $127,066, the district bonded the purchase of the vehicles over a five-year period. State transportation aid will cover some of the expense, about 36 percent.

Staff reduction One full-time non-teaching position will go to a part-time position via a retirement.

Anything else?

Board members Phyllis Klein and Don Hollingsworth are running for re-election, with Tanya Welch also running as a candidate.

John Ò JackÓ Thompson, who was arrested earlier this month on a charge of unlawful surveillance, remains in office.

Superintendent says Ò This proposed budget maintains our current programs while providing the necessary resources for student success,” said Broadwell. “The district continues to evaluate all expenditures as well as the long-term financial impact and sustainability for our community residents as well as our students. We were fortunate this year to see a reduction in the area of obligatory state retirement benefits and expect this trend to continue for a few years.”

WhatÕ s the next step?

A public hearing will be held on May 12 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium, while voters will held to the polls on May 19.

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pring is definitely in the air. North Country Underground Railroad Historical Society cleaned up the grounds and museum for their opening the first Saturday in May. The Museum and the Center are open 7 days a week, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the first Saturday in May to the last Saturday in October (open until 5 p.m. during July and August). The Museum can be opened for private tours by appointment throughout the year. Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted.

This Thursday, April 23 then again next Tuesday and Thursday, April 28 and 30 from 9:00 a.m. until noon the Anderson Falls Heritage Society will be preparing their museum on 96 Clinton Street for its opening on May 5.

Any and all who could help out cleaning the grounds and museum would be wonderful.

Opening hours are Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The Museum also has plenty of the book Ò Around Kees-

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he rewards of spring are being felt each day Ñ nice long days, warmer weather, the greeting each morning of the songbirds. It makes for a lighter feeling for most of us and I know I am enjoying it.

This past Monday, the highway crew started the week with clean up along the side of the roadways. They started on our street of Mountain View Drive and it was nice to watch how well the crew worked together to get the job done and still allow traffic to get through. Thanks for the good work.

Another appreciation was when last week in late afternoon, we lost all power... and we are really lost without power. Not knowing how long this would last brought many concerns for us, but here again, some great light company crews were on the job very quickly and we had power restored in a little under an hour.

I had such a delightful time this past Sunday to share some time with many of my new friends at the assisted living residence. I would remind persons of the community that might be looking for nice things to do to stop in and see if there might be a resident of so that would just like to enjoy

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Kyle Page • kmpage1217@charter.net eville” available for purchase and can have them autographed.

On Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m. I will be at the Keeseville Free Library giving a short discussion on how the book came to be written and then autograph copies.

Over in Au Sable Forks, the Hollywood Theatre is opening for the season this weekend. Check the marquee for movies and times. If you haven’t been to the cinema in a while, this past year it was renovated for improved sound system.

Speaking of renovations, the work on Mad River Pizza is going now and hopefully it will be reopening soon serving their delicious honey wings and amazing shrimp alfredo.

The ospreys are back on the utility pole next to exit 34 building their nest. If you haven’t seen them, they are gorgeous, big birds. I have also seen plenty of ducks, geese and herons both on Lake Champlain and Wickham Marsh.

Have a great week.

Janice Allen • 963-8912 • allens@willex.com some company.

Please note that this coming Sunday, April 26, the Willsboro Methodist Church will have a combined service with Reber Methodist Church at 10 a.m. Here in the Willsboro Church, they will have a guest speaker Roger Ellis to talk about the Heifer Projects that assist low-income families around the world to grow into more productive lives. So come join us and share in this great act of Ministry offered around the world.

You know many of the local organizations in the community are now setting up their summer schedules for special events. But every group is in great need for volunteers to make these programs work. So if you could donate at least threes hours per week or once every other week to keep these special places open, this would make this a wonderful community.

For more ideas of how you could help, give me a call and I would be glad to share with you.

Happy Birthday to Melinda Knickerbocker (April 24), Fred Knickerbocker (April 25), Nicholas Boardman (April 25), LeAnn Deneal (April 26), Stan Dickenson (April 29), Claudia Russell (May 1), Arlene Bigelow (May 2), John Bergin (May 2).

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estport outdoor guide Elizabeth Lee is playing it close the chest on where she’ll lead her interpretive hike “Wildflowers of the Champlain Valley” this Saturday, April 25, but she will choose one of the nearby trails maintained by Champlain Area Trails (CATS) after scouting to see which one has the very best wildflowers at the time.

Call the CATS office here in town at 962-2287 closer to the date for the location. But whichever trail she chooses, you can bet it will offer a wide array of beautiful native spring species as well as a great chance to learn about their habitat requirements.

There will be two sessions, one in the morning from 10 a.m. to noon and the other in the afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. Children are welcome.

Be sure that everyone has appropriate clothing (including good boots) and plenty of water. A magnifying glass and a camera will also add

exciting dimensions to the experience.

And don’t forget to save Saturday, May 9 for the Grand Inn to Inn Hike from Westport to Essex, which drew more than 200 people last year (many from outside the area who came just to participate). I’ll have more on this next week.

And my second Muddy Fuddy Duddy lecture at the Wadhams Free Library will be on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. The first lecture covered the transformative impact of the printing press on areas like science and other branches of learning. This time IÕ ll explore how print technology also transformed popular culture, ushering in new literary forms like novels and newspapers and giving rise to the first mass communication.

As always at the Wadhams Free Library, New Voices for a New Age is free and open to the public, and your questions will be welcome.

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ongratulations to Emmalee Turner, 2015 Pool Tournament of Champions Winner!

Stanislav Kubis was runner-up and Sebastian Davey took third place. It was very competitive and all participants should be proud.

Friday, April 24, is the early registration deadline for the May 9 Charles Pratt Race. Registration forms are available at the Center and at elizabethtownsocialcenter.org.

Teen Rec Members who pre-register for the race receive a free race t-shirt!

The Center has a variety of fitness opportunities for all ages and abilities: Community members are welcome to use our basketball courts anytime outside of teen rec hours. The tennis nets are up and the Lawrence Way courts are free to use. We accept memberships for our platform tennis court year-round.

The Center sponsors adult recreational basketball and pickleball weekly at ELCS for free.

Yoga, zumba and strength training classes are offered at the Center and are $6 each.

The Ò Healthier TodayÓ support group meets to workout and learn about fitness and nutri-

tion. Since January, our five regular group members have lost a collective 35 pounds!

It not only works, it is free.

More information and updates on fitness opportunities can be found on our facebook group Ò Social Center Fitness.Ó April 26 - May 2: Monday: Healthier Today Group Workout at 4 p.m. and Support Group at 5 p.m.; Adult Rec Basketball at ELCS, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday: Third Age Adult Day Center, 10 a.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; YogaFit, 4:15 p.m., and Interval Strength Training, 5:15 p.m., with Ellen DuBois (take both classes for $10); Pleasant Valley Chorale rehearsal, 7 p.m.

Wednesday: Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; Zumba with Kye Turner, 5 p.m.; Adult Pickleball at ELCS, 5 -7 p.m.

Thursday: Fiber Arts Group, 10 a.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; YogaFit with Ellen, 4:15 p.m.; Zumba with Karin DeMuro, 5:30 p.m..

Friday: Teen Rec hours, 3 - 9 p.m.

Saturday: Teen Rec hours, 2 - 9 p.m.

For more information, visit elizabethtownsocialcenter.org or call 873-6408.

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“We divvied it up and away he went,Ó said Bulmer.

Record told him that he was closing Rapid Returns and going to run the festival circuit in Florida, selling fudge and kettle corn.

On Jan. 2, Record posted a photo of a gas pump at a Shell station: Ò Great to be out of New York where gas is a bit cheaper!!!Ó THE NICKEL NABBER

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Some even received nothing.

Now, with the end of the school year in sight, the annual fifth grade field trip is in jeopardy.

Over at Rapid Returns, the building sits empty; the phone, disconnected; the email address and website, deactivated.

Timothy C. Record has exited the building.

THE RECYCLIST The recyclist came into town not in a garishly-painted wooden gypsy wagon, but rather a late-model charcoal-colored sedan.

On Sept. 4, 2013, Record went to the county clerk’s office and filed a DBA certificate for the modest wooden building at 219 Water Street Ñ Rapid Returns.

Within six months, the business was humming with activity.

Large plastic bags became hallmarks of the parking lot, the chimes of the beep-beep-beep of trucks backing in, packed with silver lucre, the sound of summer.

Record, a former North Creek planning board member, became a familiar sight at community functions at which he portrayed himself as an earnest upstart with a penchant for civic involvement.

He quickly landed a spot on the board of the Essex County Fair and helped line up distributors for the annual event’s first foray into alcohol sales.

He sold fudge and kettle corn on the local farmerÕ s market circuit.

And he promoted Rapid Returns whenever possible.

At a Westport Chamber meeting in August, he told members that he spent months researching what he called a bulletproof business model.

He handed out cards: Tim Record, Recyclist. Ò No lines! No limits! No machines! No waiting!Ó The options were breathless: Bar pickup. Festival recycling. Group fundraising.

And charitable accounts.

“Fundraising ideas and tips available to insure [sic] your success!Ó it said.

TRIP OF A LIFETIME Dina Garvey is Elizabethtown-Lewis Central’s fifth grade trip advisor.

School officials decided on Washington, D.C. as the destination for this yearÕ s four-day trip.

With the new academic year last fall came the fundraising events to bankroll the $11,000 required to ferry the kids and their chaperones, some 20 people total, to the capitol: Bake sales. Spaghetti dinners. Pancake breakfasts.

“These are 10-year-olds that work really hard,” said Garvey.

By then, Record was a familiar face in the community with an ever-increasing portfolio of local organizations taking advantage of his fundraising accounts.

Garvey joined them and for the first year, the relationship was advantageous.

Folks would drop their bottles off, Record would collect them, crunch the numbers and issue a payout along with an itemized recipient.

Last year, the bottle drive last year raised $3,000.

“He was honest,” said Garvey.

This year, the fifth graders hoped for a repeat, spending long weekend days in collection drives, knocking on doors and getting their hands dirty.

And their friends and families, from September to March, collected their empties and dropped them off at Rapid Returns.

NICKEL AND DIMED In January, Record came into Garvey’s office and told her that he was going on vacation and that the center would be closed for a month.

Record gave her a key to the building and told her to continue to drop off bottles.

“He told us to fill up the room, and that’s what we did,” said Garvey. “I had a good relationship with him and didn’t even think about it.Ó January turned to February.

In March, Garvey heard Record was back in town and stopped in.

But the small sign on the front window had changed: For sale.

And the bottles and cans?

Vanished.

All of them, the entire haul from that year.

The building was empty.

UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS

Want to help the fifth graders? The class has a full schedule of events planned in the run-up to their trip to Washington, D.C. on June 19.

Friday, April 24: Macaroni and cheese lunch with delivery Saturday, April 25: Bake sale and bottle drive Sunday, May 3: Bake sale, bottle drive and car wash (tentative) Saturday, May 9: Spring clean-up day Monday, May 18: Fundraiser dinner: Texas Roadhouse in Plattsburgh Tuesday, May 19: Spaghetti dinner take-out (ELCS) to accompany school budget vote Saturday, June 6: Pancake breakfast: Lewis Firehouse (tentative)

Garvey dialed Record’s cell.

She called. And called. And calledÉ six times altogether before she received a response.

Garvey said Record told her that he decided to retire.

“I said, ‘That’s fine, but you owe us a lot of money,’” she recalled.

After another email back-and-forth to settle up, Record arrived at a figure: $473.74.

Based on years of fundraising experience, Garvey said that number seemed low, but there’s no way to prove it.

She arrived at a conservative estimate of at least $1,000 in returns spanning the period from September to January.

Family members, friends and other members of the community were constantly dropping off their recyclables, she said. Ò Community members stored bottles all year long thinking, ‘I went on this trip as a kid and I want everyone to have that same opportunity,’” said Garvey. “There could be thousands of dollars.Ó Owing to the lack of recipients, thereÕ s also no proof of who made donations, a loophole that nagged at other organizations interviewed for this story, because patrons simply dropped off their bags, trusting Record to handle the rest.

Garvey pushed. And pushed. And pushed.

“These kids raised this money for the trip themselves — it’s disheartening and it makes me sick to my stomach.Ó Finally, in March, she received a money order for $100 with an Orlando postmark.

THE SCRAPE-AROUND On Nov. 7, a man named Andrew Bulmer logged onto Facebook and created an account for something called the scrapearound, a funnel-shaped ice removal device.

“Simply put, the scape-around is the most innovative tool for windshield de-icing since the cassette case,Ó Bulmer wrote. Ò I will be posting more in the upcoming days and weeks to fill you in on how you can join the thousands that already know what a great product this is.Ó It was a pitch straight from made-for-TV central casting, quick cash for the holiday season.

Six days later, Record, writing on that same page, announced that he had teamed up with Bulmer to sell the product at the Crossgates Mall in Albany starting on Nov. 14.

The cost was $6 if you purchased four or more, he wrote. Ò They are a great gift for people like the mailman, paperman or someone you need a small gift for,Ó he helpfully added.

Bulmer first met Record while working as a bartender at a North Creek-area bar.

At the time, Record was the general manager for the Upper Hudson River Railroad.

Bulmer said he had no idea that by the time the pair officially launched their kiosk on Black Friday, Record had owed several Champlain Valley-area organizations an estimated thousands of dollars. Ò Holy moly,Ó he said. Ò I had no idea that that was going on up there.Ó The decision to go into the kiosk business was a spur-of-themoment decision, said Bulmer.

He said Record came to him with the idea after learning about it from a guy from Syracuse who he met on the fudge festival circuit.

In an interview, Bulmer said he split with Record the $10,000 cost of renting the kiosk from Nov. 14 until New Year’s Eve, when they shut down operations.

They each came up with $1,000 for the initial deposit.

The rest of the rental costs came from sales, which, by the last week of November, were brisk, according to a post by Record on Facebook.

Bulmer said he couldnÕ t say how much the pair made without having the books in front of him, but said he broke even on the

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As Record luxuriated in Florida for the winter, rent stacked on up on the Water Street property Ñ landlord Mark Carpenter said Record still owes him at least four months of rent to the tune of $2,000 — and Essex County residents began asking where their money was.

Last July, Angela Wallace set up an account at Rapid Returns for the Elizabethtown Fish and Game Club. Ò He came to one of our meetings and said, Ô IÕ m a new guy in town, trust me,Õ Ó recalled Wallace.

The arrangement was for Record to cut a monthly check that the club would use for items like mowing and repairs.

But it never happened.

Aside from a small payment in July Ñ Ò It was nowhere near what we usually had!Ó Ñ Wallace had to hunt Record down to get the clubÕ s money.

From August to December, the payments stopped.

“I haven’t seen a dime,” said Wallace.

Like Garvey, Wallace said there’s no way of knowing how many recyclables were dropped off on the organizationÕ s behalf.

Once she realized Record wouldnÕ t settle up, she encouraged folks to simply deposit the bags in her yard.

Past campaigns for the Elizabethtown Fish and Game Club had generated between $150 and “two-hundred-something” per month, estimated Wallace, making the five-month unpaid stretch worth at least $750.

Other organizations reported similar experiences, including Champlain Area Trails, the Lewis VeteranÕ s Memorial Park Committee and the Elizabethtown-Lewis Ambulance Squad, who, for years, had received a cut from the Christmas trees sold in the Rapid Returns parking lot.

When Record took over, he booted the previous vendor, but promised the squad the donations would remain the same. Ò We were under the impression that he would match the donation that we have received in years past,” said the squad’s captain, Patty Bashaw. “Once was Christmas was over with, we received nothing.”

That money typically amounted to $650 and would go towards things like fuel bills.

Bashaw said she wanted to clarify the situation for the folks who purchased trees thinking they were helping the squad.

Record even withheld money from a cancer victim.

Brenda McGee set up an account last October to assist with costs associated with her daughter-in-lawÕ s cancer treatments, a young mother of four.

“It was money for traveling,” said McGee. “Or if we got shorthanded and needed something like diapers.Ó Shortly after Christmas, she went to Rapid Returns to drop off a bag of recyclables and noticed the vacation sign. Ò I tried his cell and couldnÕ t get nothing,Ó she said.

After numerous attempts, McGee contacted RecordÕ s girlfriend, whose son worked with McGee at International Paper in Ticonderoga, to crank up the pressure. Ò The kid was great about it,Ó recalled McGee. Last week, a money order came for $132.25. Ò That the was probably the whole amount that I was owed,Ó said McGee. It was postmarked Indiatlantic, Florida.

ON THE RECORD After numerous attempts, the Valley News reached Record in Florida.

“It’s a horrible thing that I haven’t paid the fifth grade,” he said. “I fully intend to and I should have paid them a long time ago. I failed to pay them in a timely manner.Ó Record said he plans on paying everyone back and returning to Essex County. Ò Certainly, yes I do,Ó he said. Ò I need to speed up the process.Ó He declined to discuss specifics on the ice-scraper business and how he was bankrolling his Florida jaunt. Ò I had two businesses going at one time,Ó he said.

Record said there are two sides to every story. Ò One side of the story is that thereÕ s a Adirondack businessman who has a wonderful record and kept track of every nickel owed and is an extremely slow payer,Ó he said.

Record also declined to discuss the exact amounts owed.

But later that evening, he changed his mind.

Using the email handle Ò Harry Hudson,Ó Record emailed a reporter a list of the organizations to which he said he owed money — some 24 accounts altogether.

“These accounts are getting paid,” he said. “I have kept accurate records and fully intend to pay all these accounts.Ó Later that evening, he fired off another email: Ò While I realize some of the groups are semi-public entities with many many members, I can not be the only small business in Elizabethtown and the adirondacks [sic] that owes money to people. I have been a town historian and general manager of a tourist railroad. The railroad owed money and it was never a public story. Lets get these people paid up and Denton Publications will have completed a great public service.”

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Softball

AuSable Valley 5, Lake Placid 4 CLINTONVILLE — Even down four with three outs to play, the Patriots found a way to come from behind and top the Blue Bombers 5-4 on April 14.

Lake Placid built its lead through the first four innings and held the home team scoreless over 18 outs before the final series of runs.

Madison Rondeau earned the win on the mound, striking out five batters to go along with four walks, while Emily Barney took the loss.

The Blue Bombers led in hits 7-4 and were the beneficiaries of three Patriots errors before the seventh inning turned the tables.

Schroon Lake 10, Westport 6 SCHROON LAKE — Shawna Fiore struck out seven batters as Schroon Lake topped Westport 10-6 on April 15.

Schroon Lake jumped to a 2-0 lead after an inning of play and led 8-1 through four innings. Westport managed five more runs in the final three, but Schroon Lake kept the Eagles at bay until the end.

Sarina Westercamp took the pitching loss for Westport, which out-hit Schroon Lake 6-3.

Pictured above is an Elizabethtown-Lewis outfielder corralling a fly ball in matchup against Keene.

Keene 20, ElizabethtownLewis 3 ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ A hot start by the Beavers helped them power past the Lions by a score of 20-3 on April 15.

KeeneÕ s bats were in full force in the first two innings, sending 13 runners home in that span before another five in the fourth.

Elaina Smith earned the win on the mound with seven strikeouts while Erika Mitchell took the loss, striking out two.

Grace Sturges hit a home run and added a double for Keene Hanna Whitney tripled and Elly Smith had a double as the Beavers runners took advantage of double-digit errors by the Lions.

Ticonderoga 6, AuSable Valley 5 Photo by Andrew Johnstone TICONDEROGA Ñ The Sentinels took advantage of a tworun sixth-inning and strong defense in the top of the seventh to top the Patriots 6-5 in a backand-forth game April 16.

Ticonderoga went ahead 4-1 after an inning of play before AuSable Valley took the lead with a four-run fifth inning.

Then, however, the Sentinels retook the lead and held on down the stretch.

Hannah Ross took the win on the mound while Madison Rondeau walked away with the loss.

TiconderogaÕ s Nicole Fuller and AuSable ValleyÕ s Kourtney Keenan both doubled.

Schroon Lake 15, Willsboro 2 WILLSBORO — The Warriors were unable to find an answer against the Wildcats April 17 as they fell 15-2.

The game was close after the first inning with Schroon Lake holding a 2-1 lead before a five-run burst in the top of the second led to the pull-away.

Abigail Belrose and Shawna Fiore combined for a no-hitter on the mound for the Wildcats while the WarriorsÕ Rylee Pierson took the loss.

The two teams combined for nine errors, four by Schroon Lake and five by Willsboro.

Crown Point 23, Westport 6 WESTPORT Ñ A quick start by the Panthers and runs in all but one inning led them to a 23-6 win over the Eagles on April 17.

Crown Point drove in six runs in the opening inning to put Westport in an early hole and didnÕ t let up, scoring three runs in four of the five innings to follow and five more in the seventh.

Westport, meanwhile, doubled its score with three runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Maria Malone collected the win in seven innings on the mound while WestportÕ s Sarina Westerkamp and Ellie Schwoebel shared pitching duties in the setback.

The Eagles tallied 10 hits overall, including doubles by Hannah Schwoebel, Ellie Schwoebel and a triple by Taylor Gough.

Elizabethtown Lewis 25, Wells 5 ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ The Lions shook off a 20-3 setback earlier in the week by getting on the other side of a lopsided game, topping the Indians 25-5 on April 17.

Elizabethtown-Lewis jumped on Wells early on, leading 8-0 after two innings before more than tripling their score in the final three innings.

Ericka Mitchell earned the win in six innings pitched, allowing only three hits.

Tamara Wescott, Erika Mitchell and Nicole Green each belted doubles for the Lions, who as a team connected on 18 overall.

AuSable Valley 5, Lake Placid 1 CLINTONVILLE Ñ The Patriots made the most out of the opening inning against the Blue Bombers, sending five runners home for the 5-1 win on April 18.

Madison Rondeau struck out seven batters for the win as Lake Placid managed a lone run in the top of the fifth inning despite the teamÕ s six hits.

AuSable Valley, meanwhile, fared well at the plate as five runners made it home on seven hits.

Rondeau doubled while Vanessa Garrow and Madison McCabe belted triples.

Carissa Kennedy took the loss for Lake Placid, striking out six, while teammate Lizzie Bimonte tallied a triple in the setback.

Baseball

AuSable Valley 5, Lake Placid 4 AU SABLE FORKS Ñ After allowing the Blue Bombers to tie the game in the top of the seventh, the Patriots got a game-win-

Madison Rondeau fires a pitch in AuSable Valley’s tight 6-5 loss to Ticonderoga. The Patriots trailed 4-1 before taking a 5-4 lead, but two runs in the sixth gave the Sentinels the win.

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ner in the bottom of the seventh for the 5-4 win April 17.

Kevin Strack drove in the game-winning run to break the 4-4 tie.

Lake Placid built a 2-0 lead before AuSable Valley sent three home in the bottom of the third inning. From there the home team broke a tie in the bottom of the fifth and seventh innings to collect the victory.

Trent Bordeau took the win on the mound for the Patriots while the Blue BombersÕ Ryan Damp took the loss after taking the mound in the sixth.

AuSable ValleyÕ s James Carter doubled and Brandon Snow tripled in the win while Lake PlacidÕ s Chris Williams connected on a double.

Crown Point 12, Westport/Elizabethtown-Lewis 5 WESTPORT Ñ The Polar BearsÕ push toward a comeback fell short halfway there in a 12-5 setback to the Panthers on April 17.

Crown Point scored 11 of its 12 runs in the first three innings, jumping to a double-digit lead before Westport/ElizabethtownLewis scored two in the fifth and another three in the sixth.

The rally bid, however, wouldn’t be enough as the Panthers blanked the home team in the final inning.

Dewey Aguni took the loss for the Polar Bears while the PanthersÕ Sam Millington took home the win.

Aguni homered in the setback while Sam Napper, Dylan Limlaw and Aaron Schrauf each doubled.

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ave you taken advantage of our April adoption special? There is still time to add a furry family member to your household for free. The adoption fee for adult cats has been waived for the entire month of April. If you need some purr therapy, there is no time like the present to stop by our state-ofthe-art shelter in Elizabethtown and meet our many adoptable felines.

We currently have around 40 adult cats ready to go home in time to see the May flowers bloom. Whether you are seeking large or small, long or short haired, playful, regal, or cuddly, there is a cat for you!

Our featured pet this week is Martha, a tabby-and white Domestic Shorthair-Mix with a little something extra - she has the cutest bobtail that actually wags when she is excited!

Martha arrived at the shelter as part of a group of cats, all of whom were in terrible shape - she was infested with fleas, starving and very sick. Without our intervention, she would not have lived much longer. Martha is thriving at the shelter and as she has recovered, our staff have had the opportunity to see her sparkling, ebulliant personality shining through.

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Martha This sweet kitty has put the days of abuse completely behind her and is the most outgoing little lady you will ever see. She meows in greeting when she sees the staff come in, and she is always eager for a pet or cuddle. If you are seeking a cat who is affectionate and always on the lookout for a warm lap, Martha is the feline for you.

Why not stop by and meet her today?

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here’s no movie at the Grange this weekend, but next Saturday, May 4, a film called “Force Majeure” will be shown. The critics at Rotten Tomatoes gave this a rating of 93, which means they really liked it, and itÕ s described as a wickedly funny psychodrama.

Force majeure is French for a superior or invisible force, in this case, an avalanche, and majeure is one of those words that Americans generally mispronounce.

As the son of a professor of French, I was schooled at home in the correct, or European pronunciation of problematic words like raconteur or majeure. They rhyme with burr or slur and not manure or sewer, which is how theyÕ re usually said here.

I admit the Ò jÓ in majeure is difficult, in that itÕ s a zh sound not often found in English. The Ò sÓ in pleasure is about as close as we get.

The post office in Essex is initiating some changes next month. There are now big lock boxes in the lobby where packages will be placed.

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The lobby will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday, and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The service window will be open from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m, although closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m Monday through Friday.

On Saturdays, the window is open from 8 a.m to 11:15 a.m.

The town board is back to its full complement, with the appointment of Jim LaForest of Whallonsburg to fill Harold MacDougal’s seat.

LaForest has served on the town board in the past, and has also been an entrepreneur, a columnist and can occasionally be seen at the Wadhams Library manning the desk.

I’m very happy to welcome young Lewis Henderson to Essex. His parents, Racey Bingham and Nathan Henderson, are the owners of Reber Rock Farm. Bradley French, the unofficial historian of this end of Jersey Street, cannot recall the last time a baby was born on Jersey Street.

I think itÕ s been a good 20 years, but at any rate, best wishes to Lewis and his parents.

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SERVING therefrom all VACATION PROPERTY 518-546-4023 MICHAEL if any; (f) the right of re- PALMA Notice is given that a that certain plot, piece or demption of the United proposition to authorize parcel of land containing DO YOU HAVE VACATION PROPStates of America, if any; the purchase of a 35 2.1+/acres conveyed in FIND US ON FACEBOOK ERTY FOR SALE OR RENT? With (g) the present condition passenger bus with such the Deed from Roger M. promotion to of the mortgaged prop- Friedman and Joel J. funds to be taken from nearly 3.4 million households erty, which shall be sold the Transportation and Friedman to Brian D. and over 4.6 million potential CLINTON Maintenance Equipment Bouchard, dated June 6,LOCATION as is and without any GRANTEE buyers, a statewide classified DATE GRANTOR PRICE Reserve Fund will be andCorprecorded inor war- Jame1988 STATE OF4/09/15 NEW YORKTerry and representations Deborah Sears and Jeffrey $46,000 ad can't be beat! Promote your 4/10/15 COURT Susan Tusaranties et al placed on the ballot. theDuvall Essex County ClerksCity of Plattsburgh $153,700 whatsoever; and Jimmy property for just $489 for aSUPREME 254/10/15 and Tara Notice is given that an Office on Studley July 14, 1988City of Plattsburgh $231,000 (h)Michelle the Senecal Terms of Sale William ESSEX Randall and word ad. Place your adCOUNTY OF Group918 LLC of Deeds atBlack Brook $15,000 election will be held for in Book and provisions of the Dr North Roger Friedman Melissa and McCarthy online at AdNetworkNY.com or M. 4/10/15 4/10/15 Matthew Mello and Doris Bashaw and Barbara Trombley Peru $45,000 the purpose of electing Page 1. call 1-315-437-6173 Joel J. Friedman Judgment of Foreclo- Brian 4/10/15 Allburgh Inc Andy Miller Clinton $50,000 two (2) Board of EducaEXCEPTING AND RE-Clinton sure and Sale.

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LIABILITY 2015 They include: government contracts, repairs at ing time on each of the The above mortgaged ticles of Organization COMPANY (“LLC”) TAY- the purpose of hearing 1-800-OLD-BARN. at 10:00 o'clock in the of the same from foreclosures, unclaimed property, community of the meetfive days prior to the were filed with the Sec- LOR EXCAVATING, LLC. the report www.woodfordbros.com.forenoon of that day, the Richard F. Drake to premises are the same real property described Richard F. Drake and M. ing. vote, except Saturday premises conveyed by retary of State of New Articles of Organization information and more!

"Not applicable in Queens by the Judgment to be Leo Friedman, dated Notice is also hereby 5/16/15 & 67565 Sunday Joel J. Friedman and York [SSNY] on March filed with the Secretary county" sold, being that real June 30, 1968 and Roger M. Friedman to 18, 2015. Office loca- of State of • given vote N on O 5/17/15.

New MYork Y P U that B LtheI C TICES• property in the Town of recorded in the Essex adoption of the budget Notice is given that AbDrew E. Hanchett and tion: Essex County. (“SSNY”) on February Schroon, State of New County Clerks Office for the 2015/2016 sentee Ballots may be Tracy L. Hanchett, Hus- SSNY is designated as 26, 2015 for business LEGALS York, more particularly Book 467 of Deeds, at band and Wife by Deed obtained at the office of agent of the LLC upon conducted from an of- school year and levying NOTICE OF FORMATION Page 71 on the 10th day a tax on taxable property whom process against it fice located in Essex described in Schedule the District Clerk. The dated April 18, 2005.

OF LIMITED LIABILITY "A", annexed hereto and of July 1968, to which may be served. SSNY County, NY. The “SSNY” of the District will take VN-04/11-05/02/2015District Clerk must reCOMPANY (LLC) Name: made a part hereof. deed reference is hereby 4TC-78543 shall mail a copy of pro- is designated as the place on Tuesday, May ceive applications for Enduring Mountain agent of the “LLC” upon made for a more particu19, 2015, between the The mortgaged absentee ballots at least cess to the LLC, Flink Holdings LLC. Articles of premises will be sold whom process against it hours of 12:00 noon and seven days prior to the lar and accurate descrip- NOTICE OF FORMATION Smith Law LLC, OF FULL AND BY FARM Organization filed with tion thereof.

449 New Karner Road, may be served. “SSNY” 8:00 p.m. subject to (a) the rights vote if the ballot is to be LLC. Articles of Organi- Albany, the Secretary of State of of the public and others EXCEPTIONS New York shall mail a copy of any Notice is further given mailed to the voter, on zation filed with the SecNew York (SSNY) on in and to any part of the EXCEPTING AND RE12205. Purpose: Any process to the “LLC” at that a copy of the state- or prior to May 19, March 2, 2015. Office 333 Stickney Bridge Rd, ment of an amount of 2015, or if the ballot is SERVING therefrom all retary of State of New lawful purpose. mortgaged premises York (SSNY) on 3/24/15.

Location: Essex County. that lies within the that permanent easeJay NY, 12941 VN-04/04-05/09/2015money which will be re- to be delivered personalOffice Location: Essex The SSNY is designated VN-04/18-05/23/2015quired during the ensu- ly to the voter. The Dis6TC-77609 bounds of any street, al- ment referred to in the as agent of the LLC ley, or highway; (b) Deed from Richard F. County. The SSNY is ing year for school pur- trict Clerk must receive 6TC-79219 upon whom process poses, exclusive of pub- Absentee Ballots no later Drake and M. Leo Fried- designated as agent of M LAKE VENTURES LLC covenants, restrictions the LLC upon whom Articles of Org. filed NY NOTICE OF FORMATION against it may be served. lic monies may be ob- than 5:00 p.m. on May and easements of man to Niagara Mohawk SSNY shall mail a copy record, if any; (c) viola- Power Corporation, dat- process against it may Sec. of State (SSNY) OF TEMPEST TRADING tained by a resident or 19, 2015. be served. SSNY shall 3/26/15. Office in Essex LLC. Arts. of Org. filed of any process to the taxpayer in the district Lauri Cutting ed December 23, 1974 tions, zoning regulations LLC at: PO Box 178, and ordinances of the and recorded in the Es- mail a copy of any pro- Co. SSNY desig. agent with Secy. of State of NY during the fourteen days Clerk of the Board of LLC upon whom process to the LLC at: 319 (SSNY) on 01/30/15.

Keene NY 12942. Pur- City, Town or Village in immediately preceding VN-04/04, 05/09/2015sex County Clerks Office Leaning Road Essex NY cess may be served. Office location: Essex pose: To engage in any the Budget Vote/Election on January 13, 1975 in 2TC-77764 which said mortgaged SSNY shall mail copy of 12936.

Purpose: any County.

SSNY designatlawful act or activity for premises lie; (d) any Book 582 of Deeds at except Saturday, Sunday WILLSBORO STONE, process to Sanjay Mellawful activity. ed as agent of LLC upon which limited liability and holidays, at the Disstate of facts that an ac- Page 298.

LLC, a domestic LLC, lacheruvu, 98 Brook Run whom process against it trict Office during the companies may be EXCEPTING AND RE- VN-04/18-05/23/2015curate, currently dated Ln., Stamford, CT may be served. SSNY hours of 8:00 a.m. to filed with the SSNY on formed including with or survey might disclose; SERVING therefrom all 6TC-79244 2/12/2015. Office locashall mail process to: 4:00 p.m. (DST). without limitation, man- (e) the rights of tenants, that certain plot, piece or KZ FARM, LC. Art. of 06905. Purpose: Any tion: Essex County. lawful purpose. Principal agement of real estate if any; (f) the right of re- parcel of land containing Org. filed with NY Sec. business location: 32 Kevin Fountain, 480 Mir- Notice is given that a SSNY is designated as ror Lake Dr., Lake holdings, and engaging 2.1+/- acres conveyed in of State (SSNY) on demption of the United proposition to authorize agent upon whom proPlacid, NY 12946. Pur- the purchase of a 35 in any and all activities States of America, if any; the Deed from Roger M. 03/16/2015. Office: Es- Haystack Way , Lake cess against the LLC pose: any lawful activi- passenger bus with such necessary or incidental (g) the present condition Friedman and Joel J. sex County. SSNY desig- Placid, NY 12946. may be served. SSNY VN-04/04-05/09/2015ties. to the foregoing. funds to be taken from of the mortgaged prop- Friedman to Brian D. nated as agent of the VN-03/21-04/25/2015VN-04/25-05/30/2015Bouchard, dated June 6, LLC upon whom pro- 6TC-77827 the Transportation and shall mail process to erty, which shall be sold 6TC-79855 Maintenance Equipment The LLC, PO Box 241, 1988 and recorded in cess against it may be as is and without any MAD RIVER PIZZA CO., 6TC-75987 Essex, NY 12936. PurReserve Fund will be representations or war- the Essex County Clerks served. SSNY shall mail LLC Articles of Org. filed THE ANNUAL MEETING pose: Any lawful purplaced on the ballot.

Office on July 14, 1988 ranties whatsoever; and copy of process to the NY Sec. of State (SSNY) OF THE MORIAH UNION STATE OF NEW YORKpose.

Notice is given that an in Book 918 of Deeds at (h) the Terms of Sale LLC, PO BOX 62 Essex 1/16/15. Office in Essex SUPREME COURT CEMETERY ASSOCIA- election will be held for VN-04/18-05/23/2015Page 1. and provisions of the NY 12936. Purpose: Any Co. SSNY desig. agent TION will be held on COUNTY OF ESSEX 6TC-79049 the purpose of electing EXCEPTING AND RE- lawful purpose.

Judgment of Forecloof LLC upon whom pro- Thursday, April 30, 2015 Roger M. Friedman and two (2) Board of EducaSERVING therefrom all sure and Sale.

YACHT CLUB WAY LLC cess may be served. at the Moriah PresbyteriVN-04/25-05/30/2015Joel J. Friedman tion members of the Dis- Articles of Org. filed NY that certain plot, piece or 6TC-79667 Dated: April 2, 2015 SSNY shall mail copy of an Church, 19 Church 1087 US Route 9 parcel of land containing Sec. of State (SSNY) process to 2535 NYS St, Port Henry, NY at trict. Two seats, both Schroon Lake, NY /s/ LEGAL NOTICE for the term of three (3) 3/17/15. Office in Essex W. Bradley Krause, Ref- 2.932+/- acres conveyed Route 9N, Ausable 12870 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- Forks, NY 12941. Pur- 6pm, at which time the in the Deed from Roger eree years to fill the seat of Co. SSNY desig. agent Plaintiffs, BARTLETT, PONTIFF, M. Friedman and Joel J. EN that the Town Board pose: Any lawful pur- election of officers and Nicholas Disogra and of LLC upon whom proagainst directors and all other of the Town of Keene STEWART & RHODES, Friedman to Matthew T. Brett Sicola whose cess may be served. pose. Principal business Drew E. Hanchett, Tracy business Cronin and Mary Louise has cancelled the Bi- location: 14224 NYS Rte Association terms will expire on SSNY shall mail copy of P.C. L. Hanchett; will take place.

Monthly Town Board Cronin, dated February 6/30/15. process to 2 Sound 9N, Ausable Forks, NY VN/TT-04/18United States of Ameri- Attorney for Plaintiff Meetings regularly Notice is given that you Mark A. Lebowitz, of 24, 1989 and recorded View Dr., 2nd Fl., Green12941. ca; 04/25/2015-2TC-78980 scheduled for the last in the Essex County must be a registered wich, CT 06830. PurVN-03/28-05/02/2015New York State Depart- Counsel Tuesday of the month, 6TC-77167 ment of Taxation and Fi- One Washington St.-PO Clerks Office on March THE ELIZABETHTOWN- voter to vote at the Eliza- pose: Any lawful purfor the months of May, 23, 1989 in Book 939 of bethtown-Lewis Central pose.

Box 2168 nance; and John Doe LEWIS CENTRAL NOTICE OF LEWIS June, July and August, School Budget VN-04/04-05/09/2015Glens Falls, NY 12801- Deeds at Page 150.

Defendants.

SCHOOL CEMETERY CORPORA2015.

Bi-Monthly Town ALSO SUBJECT TO THE 2168 NOTICE OF SALE BUDGET HEARING, Vote/Election. A voter 6TC-77624 TION Board Meetings will reEXCEPTIONS AND 518 792-2117 VOTE & registration date of May Index No.: CV14-0327 Notice is hereby given BUDGET RESERVATIONS set sume in BOARD MEMBER ELEC- 12, 2015 is being set in In pursuance of a Judg- SCHEDULE A that the Lewis Cemetery September.

ALL THAT CERTAIN forth in a Deed from the Main Office of the TION ment of Foreclosure and Corporation will hold its PLOT, PIECE OR PAR- Richard F. Drake to Ellen S. Estes Notice is hereby given District between the Sale duly made in the Annual Meeting at the Town Clerk hours of 8:00 a.m. and CEL OF LAND, with the Richard F. Drake and M. TO MAKE above action on the 17th Lewis Congregational that a Budget Hearing of 4:00 p.m. A register Dated: April 16, 2015 the inhabitants of the day of March, 2015, I, buildings and improve- Leo Friedman, dated Church Parish Hall, Rt. shall be filed in the Main June 30, 1968 and VN-04/25/2015-1TCments thereon erected, the undersigned Referee 9, Lewis, NY on April 27, Elizabethtown-Lewis 79670 Office of the school disrecorded in the Essex situate, lying and being Central School District, in the Judgment named, 2015 at 6 pm. Public is in the Town of Schroon, County Clerks Office on NOTICE OF FORMATION Essex County, New trict and will be open for will sell at public auction welcome.

York, qualified to vote at inspection by any qualiat the front entrance of County of Essex and July 10, 1968 in Book OF A DOMESTIC LIMIT- VN-04/25/2015-1TCfied voter of the school 467 of Deeds at Page school meetings in the the Essex County Munic- State of New York, and ED LIABILITY COMPANY 79671 Place a District will be held at district from 9:00 a.m.

[LLC] ipal Center, Elizabeth- being the same premis- 71. classified until 3:00 p.m. prevailThe above mortgaged es conveyed in the Deed the school on May 12, Name: Lookout Moun- NOTICE OF FORMATION town, New York on the ad! premises are the same of the same from 12th day of May, 2015 tain Chalet LLC. The Ar- OF LIMITED LIABILITY 2015 at 7:30 p.m. for ing time on each of the It’s easy and five days prior to the premises conveyed by Richard F. Drake to at 10:00 o'clock in the COMPANY (“LLC”) TAY- the purpose of hearing ticles of Organization will make Richard F. Drake and M. Joel J. Friedman and forenoon of that day, the were filed with the Sec- LOR EXCAVATING, LLC. the report of the meet- vote, except Saturday you money!

5/16/15 & Sunday Roger M. Friedman to Leo Friedman, dated ing. real property described retary of State of New Articles of Organization 5/17/15.

June 30, 1968 and Drew E. Hanchett and Notice is also hereby by the Judgment to be filed with the Secretary York [SSNY] on March Tracy L. Hanchett, Hus- 18, 2015. Office loca- of State of New York given that the vote on Notice is given that Absold, being that real recorded in the Essex band and Wife by Deed sentee Ballots may be tion: Essex County. (“SSNY”) on February property in the Town of County Clerks Office adoption of the budget obtained at the office of SSNY is designated as 26, 2015 for business Schroon, State of New Book 467 of Deeds, at dated April 18, 2005. for the 2015/2016 Page 71 on the 10th day VN-04/11-05/02/2015the District Clerk. The agent of the LLC upon York, more particularly conducted from an of- school year and levying of July 1968, to which 4TC-78543 District Clerk must rewhom process against it described in Schedule a tax on taxable property fice located in Essex ceive applications for may be served. SSNY County, NY. The “SSNY” of the District will take "A", annexed hereto and deed reference is hereby

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