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Ferebee sworn in as Essex County Chairman PAGE 2 DIY

Students from eight local school districts converged at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport last week for the Environmental Field Days.

Students are pictured here exploring organisms collected from the AuSable River earlier that morning. See page 3 for the complete story.

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Lake Placid makes cut for Ironman World Village is one of three finalists for the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon

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Lake Placid is now in the running to host the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon.

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LAKE PLACID Ñ A month removed from the announcement that Ironman pros would no longer compete in the Lake Placid race, the village made the cut as one of three fi nalists for the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon.

In early May, Lake Placid was selected as one of 40 potential North American hosts to submit a bid for the race, and since then, the list has been narrowed down to it, Chattanooga, Tennessee and St. George, Utah. ÒF irst of all, weÕ re excited about it,Ó said North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi. “What’s good for Lake Placid is good for the entire region. Two Ironmans in 2017, pretty neat if that were to happen.”

Ironman organizers expect the race to draw about 4,500 qualifi ers and that it would consist of two days of competition, one for women and the other for men. The 70.3 mile race — half the distance of the 140.6 event that’s been held in Lake Placid since 1999

TUPPER LAKE — Preserve Associates, LLC, developer of the long-awaited 6,300 acre Adirondack Club in Tupper Lake, New York, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Greg Norman and Great White Shark Enterprises that will tee off development of a fi ve star luxury residential community and outdoor recreational resort on privately owned land in the six million acre Adirondack Park.

Michael Foxman and Tom Lawson, principals of Preserve Associates, said the participation of golf legend Greg Norman and his company will extend well beyond golf course design and involve all facets of the resort.

This partnership, in conjunction with the state governmentÕ s eagerness to invest alongside long-term, well sponsored revitalization projects in upstate New York will further help the regional economic recovery. Ò This is one of the last great places with a magnifi cent history, culture, art, world-class outdoor activities and centuries of charm,” says Greg Norman. “You don’t have to create a new story around this project. This project is about continuing the legacy of the Adirondacks.”

Mr. Norman, an avid outdoorsman will build a home for himself in the private residential community and his course design fi rm (Greg Norman Golf Course Design) has been tapped by the Town of CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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William Ferebee (R-Keene) was sworn in on Tuesday, June 2 as the Chairman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors. He’s pictured here with his grandchildren Drew Ferebee, Trey Hulbert and Oliva Ferebee, with Essex County Clerk Joseph Provoncha at right.

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Keene lawmaker takes helm of Essex County pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — William Ferebee was officially sworn in as the Chairman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 2.

In a brief acceptance speech, Ferebee (R-Keene) said while he would follow the path laid by his predecessor, Randy Douglas, of Jay, he wasnÕ t afraid to chart a new path forward if necessary.

Ferebee outlined number of goals and objectives for the county with an emphasis on infrastructure.

Numerous county facilities have been slated for facelifts and other improvements, including the nutrition center, records storage facility and the ailing septic system.

Ferebee also said he looked forward to untangling the policy issues facing the county, including what to do with vacation rental units, salary requests from

county workers, renegotiating Civil Service Employees Association contracts and reviewing the countyÕ s motor vehicle use tax.

Douglas set an outsized precedent for the office, said Ferebee, one that will be hard to follow.

“I promise to do my best not to fill his shoes, but provide quality leadership,” said Ferebee.

He also promised to work closely with the four countywide elected officials — the clerk, treasurer, district attorney and the sheriff — to ensure the ongoing quality of services provided to the public.

While the county government has been nicknamed the Ò county of service,Ó noted Ferebee, ensuring continued funding from the state remains a high priority.

Ferebee also took a good-natured shot at the news that Plattsburgh landed #67 in Livability.com’s ranking of the Top 100 Small Towns in the United States.

“It’s an apparent typo,” said Ferebee.

Ò It clearly should have said Essex County and the town of Keene.”

The room erupted in applause.

Randy Preston (I-Wilmington) was sworn in as the boardÕ s vice chairman, while DouglasÕ presumptive replacement as Jay town supervisor, Archie Depo, was introduced to lawmakers and other county officials, who occupied the galley for the change in leadership. Ò You wonÕ t get a better man,Ó said Douglas. “Archie Depo is most honest person I’ve met in my life.”

Ferebee later presented Douglas with a plaque for his service to the county.

“I’m not sure if all the awards, plaques, emails, cards and resolutions are worthy,Ó said Douglas. “It’s been an interesting ride. It’s very bittersweet to wish you a fond farewell. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

Douglas is scheduled to be sworn in tomorrow for his new job sitting on the state unemployment insurance review board.

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Students get hands dirty at environmental field days

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com WESTPORT — Waaaaaaammmmppghhhh!

Every 10 minutes, the air horn blasted — Waaaaaaaaammmmmmppghhhh — scattering kids across the Essex County Fairgrounds where 10 instructors waited to impart their knowledge, from how to spot invasive species to planting trees.

Eight local schools participated in the Environmental Field Days this year, the 31st installment.

The primary goal, said co-organizer Linda Gillilland, is to expose kids to careers in environmental sciences and teach them to be aware of their surroundings and how they impact their environment.

Each instructor volunteered their services.

One of them was Brendan Wiltse, the Stewardship and Outreach Coordinator for the AuSable River Association, who hoped to educate kids about the connection between people and their effect on the river.

Kids should understand that healthy water is important, he said, and is shared with other organisms.

Earlier that morning, he drew samples from local streams.

They sat on the table with kids excitedly using nets to see the creatures within — mayfl ies, caddisfl ies, stonefl ies and damselfl ies. Ò Those are all organisms that indicate good water quality,” said Wiltse.

Waaaaaaaaammmmmmppghhhh!

At the sugar house, students from Lake Placid Central appeared to be enraptured at a lecture on maple production by 4H volunteers Lucy Misarski and Ian Pierce.

Misarski took them through the process, from tapping to evaporating.

“Anyone know why it’s called an evaporator?” she asked.

“Because it takes out the water?” said a boy.

The horn blew and the students scattered.

Nearby, sixth graders from Moriah Central gathered around Laura Benedict, a technician with the county’s soil and water department.

“We go out into the woods and judge what’s healthy or not,” said Benedict. “So why don’t we go for a walk in the woods?Ó The party ventured into a conservation area and stopped at a white pine.

ItÕ s mature, said Benedict, and could possibly be cut down to allow hardwoods to come in.

The subsequent log could then be used to foster a wildlife habitat. Ò Do you know anything that likes to live in dead trees?” she asked.

Ants and turtles, they said.

Afterwards, they enjoyed squirting water out of a device used to mark trees.

“Do you recognize other trees?” asked Benedict.

“Maple,” said one.

One kid found a bone: “Leave it dude, that’s disgusting!” said his classmate.

Registration open for Tanneberger Tourney WESTPORT — The 36th annual Dr. Thomas Tanneberger Golf Tournament has been scheduled for June 12 to June 14, at the Westport Country Club. The golf tournament, alongside a yearly basketball tournament, is designed to raise money for a graduating senior that has excelled in athletics and academics. It awards $500 per year for four years of college and $250 to an alternate. Registration is still open. To sign up, visit tanneberger.org. If someone prefers to pay by credit card, call the Chazy Westport Telephone business offi ce at 962-8211 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For those who have signed up: Remember to call the course at 962-4470 to set up a Friday tee time. Saturday and Sunday will be a shotgun start.

Westport firework funds drive underway WESTPORT — The annual fi reworks fundraising campaign is underway in Westport.

The July 4 Bicentennial Fireworks Show in Westport, on the Lee Park Beach at 9:30 p.m., promises to be bigger and even better than Westport’s usually excellent displays.

Who would have thought that contributing to the fi reworks fund was supporting a New York business?

Yes, the Alonzo family company has manufactured and displayed fi reworks for over 50 years from Mechanicville, NY, in the Capital District.

They employ fi ve craftsmen and women year-round and 100 part-time persons during display season. This winter, wanting to retire, they sold their business to the Santore family company, another American-based fi rm with an 125 year pyrotechnic entertainment history. They will continue to operate the existing plant. Westport’s fi reworks will still be made about 110 miles away.

ContributorÕ s names will be posted in the Valley News as a way of saying thank you and giving people an opportunity to Ò make the newsÓ and be recognized and remembered in the bicentennial year.

What can your money buy?

Finale, $100 to $500; happy faces, stars, hearts $60; a whistling umbrellas $50; two color bursts with a loud boom $40, or a color burst, under $20.

Please send your check to the Westport Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 394, Westport, NY 12993.

Write Fireworks on your check.

You may also make a donation in a special fi reworks fund collection box at selected local businesses. Donations of all sizes are welcome and appreciated.

Waaaaaaaaammmmmmppghhhh!

Master Gardener Diane White held a Douglas fi r aloft.

“When you’re 72, it’ll be its full height,” she said.

Like other presenters, White teased out the answers using a Socratic line of questioning: Ò Can we make our own food?Ó “I wish,” said a kid. Ò Can this tree make its own food?Ó “Yes,” said the kids.

“But it needs sunlight.”

To plant a tree, you need open space, sunlight and soil, she explained.

But the right type of soil is required.

How to tell which type of soil is good?

“Color, moisture,” said the kids.

White taught the students about compost, mulching and how to protect freshly-planted trees once they’re planted.

She circled back to the importance of trees in the ecosystem: Ò They produce that stuff we breathe,Ó she said. “Oxygen.”

Perhaps the biggest hit with the students was the invasive species session with a Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program staffer.

Erin Vennie-Volroth asked the kids to keep their eyes peeled.

“What kinds of things do you see on the water?Ó “Fish, turtles… Champ,” they said.

She brandished a photo of milfoil.

“Would you guys want to swim in this?”

The group recoiled in disgust.

The kids jostled to examine the specimens Ñ Asian clams, water chestnuts Ñ laid out on the table.

Vennie-Volroth asked them to be on the lookout this summer, especially for the clams.

“They really like sandy places,” she said.

Waaaaaaaaammmmmmppghhhh!

Alexis Harter, a sixth grader from Moriah, said she learned several new things, like “animal teeth have rings like a tree.”

Sage Baker learned what a Douglas fi r is — “it’s a tree!” she said — while Desiree Demar said she learned how to catch animals with traps that won’t hurt them.

Daphne Bosarge was a seasoned vet.

“I’m defi nitely a fan of nature, so I knew some stuff,” she explained. “Science, animals and plant life are my life… I have a connection.”

Gillilland beamed: Ò If the knowledge stops with you and you donÕ t pass it on to the next generation, what good is it?” she said.

Before hopping on the buses and returning to their districts, each student received a tree seedling to take home and hopefully plant, just like the classes who have gone before them, all 30 of them.

Gillilland says she can pick out the trees, evergreen conifers, during trips around the county.

“That’s a 30-year-old tree, that’s a 15-yearold tree… that’s a 5-year-old tree,” she said. “I can see which kids have been to Environmental Field Days… and it’s pretty neat.”

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Brace yourselves: The Republicans are coming

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com WESTPORT — While red meat wasn’t on the buffet menu at last weekÕ s Essex County Republican Committee meeting at the Westport Hotel, Chairman Shaun Gillilland had plenty of it and he fed it to the room in chunks.

The country is on the wrong track, said Gillilland, who took aim at the SAFE Act and last weekÕ s expansion of Environmental Protection Agency regulations, citing them as examples of a government that’s run amok.

“Our civil liberties are being eroded,” he said.

Gillilland hopes these and other issues will be enough to get the Republicans under his charge revved and ready for the next set of elections coming down the pike.

While next year’s presidential race is still 18 months out, voters will head to the polls this fall to cast their vote for local officeholders: supervisors, town clerks, tax collectors, highway superintendents, board members Ñ Just about everyone who runs government in each of the 18 towns across Essex County will have a performance review (including Gillilland himself, who also serves as the Willsboro town supervisor).

Designated party candidates will start circulating petitions on Tuesday.

At the meeting, each attendee got a manilla folder stuffed with paperwork and were given their marching orders: Collect signatures. Lots of them. And ensure their accuracy.

To appear on the ballot, candidates must collect the signatures of five percent of the active enrolled voters of their political unit.

In early July, theyÕ ll kick them over to the county board of elections for filing. After that, it becomes a matter of locking in support and getting out the vote.

Each town in Essex County has a Republican committee.

Gillilland hailed the one in St. Armand as an example that all towns should emulate: They’re organized, passionate and motivated, he said.

While some towns struggle to attract people to meetings, a gathering earlier this month drew dozens, he said. Ò TheyÕ re very enthusiastic about going out and doing this,Ó he said. “They’re invigorating their town community — it’s very, very heartwarming to get up there and see the crowd they have, a crowd wanting to go support the Republican Party.”

Gillilland also lauded the Ticonderoga committee, calling their turnout at an event featuring Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) earlier this month a sign that the group is having no trouble enlisting members to participate, a problem ailing some of the other large towns in the county.

John Sharkey, of Ticonderoga, said StefanikÕ s election last fall certainly helped generate excitement within the party.

Essex County Republican Chairman Shaun Gillilland (center) fired up the base at a meeting at the Westport Hotel on Wednesday, May 28. Petitions started circulating on Tuesday, June 2.

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Ò Her victory sends a signal that weÕ re ready to do things,Ó he said. “I think it does motivate us even more.”

All politics is local, say committee members.

Sharkey said partisan politics plays a role on the local level because these are the folks who move up the ranks, from town supervisor to the state legislature or even Congress.

Gillilland said this is why it’s important for the town committees to fire up the community. Ò If you want to affect change nationally or statewide, itÕ s us who are going to take that,” he said. “We are the soldiers of the party.”

Republicans have a lock on all county wide seats, including the clerk, treasurer, district attorney and sheriff.

While registered Republicans outweigh Democrats by nearly 2 to 1 in Essex County, it has been trending blue in recent years, a trajectory the Essex County GOP would like to reverse.

The county went for President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in both 2008 and 2012, for instance, while Gov. Andrew Cuomo eked out a narrow victory last year over Republican candidate Rob Astorino.

“That has to concern us,” said Gillilland. “It’s so important to invigorate the community over the next year to get the grassroots excited about the Republican party. We’ve got a long road to go until November.”

Sharkey said he had high hopes for the county committeeÕ s annual dinner, the details of which are still being worked out.

“We’re going to get people excited,” he said. “I just envision a whole crowd going out those doors ready to go. Maybe I’m too idealistic, but that’s the way it should be.”

Across the aisle, the Essex County Democratic Committee held a similar meeting last week, the details of which were not made available to the press. Ò In the coming years, our county and towns will need the energy, ideas and commitment of a new generation,Ó said Essex County Democratic Committee Chair Bethany Kosmider in an email. “We believe a democracy works best when people have more than a single candidate to vote for on election day and we have heard from several people who would like to run for offices. We look forward to giving people a choice in November and the interest of young people is heartening and exciting.”

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Local guitarist finds his groove with new trio

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com WADHAMS — Russell Bailey stood on the banks of the Boquet River and wailed, the notes tumbling out of his acoustic archtop guitar, each one in its right place.

Old blues and boogie stuff. The real deal, not blues rock.

“Not anything but pure music,” said Bailey.

When Bailey first heard blues tones in his familyÕ s record collection as a kid growing up in Essex, it immediately struck a chord.

While the budding guitarist caught the bug from legends like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, he kept delving back into the history of the blues, way back until he discovered guys like Charlie Christian and T. Bone Walker, the originators of the genre, the jazz-influenced guitarists who sketched out blueprints on empty sonic canvasses.

Contemporary blues songs arenÕ t written as much as theyÕ re unearthed, dusted off and polished and presented afresh.

But the original skeleton had to have come from somewhere. Ò IÕ d rather hear the original version of a song,Ó said Bailey, Ò and then going back farther to hear their influences.”

The early guitarists donÕ t sound like their modern day counterparts because they had no forebearers in which to draw influence, resulting in a fresh, jazz-influenced approach.

It’s more Thelonious Monk than Muddy Waters: simple shuffles with precise, horn-like guitar lines.

BaileyÕ s new trio, rounded out by Scott Renderer and Franz Pope on the upright bass, adheres to these purist contours.

The guitarist doesnÕ t see it a rule, but rather paying respect to the godfathers. Ò It feels good to play music, keep it within a boundary and work within it to find your creative flow,” said Bailey.

Other frills, like effects pedals and stacks of amps, can be distracting.

“Too much going on,” said Bailey.

The trio will debut at the Dogwood Bakery in Wadhams on Saturday, June 13.

Bailey is excited.

It’s the first time in 30 years of playing that he’s put together an outfit that adheres to these strict guidelines. Ò It has become enlightening to me to have that place to work in,” he said.

The perfect compliment?

If an old guy approaches and says, “Wow, they’re good!”

Local guitarist Russell Bailey prefers the blues of yesteryear — simple, jazz-influenced shuffles pioneered by guys like Charlie Christian and T-Bone Walker. He’ll roll out his new trio on Saturday, June 13 at the Dogwood Bakery in Wadhams. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m. $10 admission includes light fare, like vegetarian poutine and Caesar salad.

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Essex Community Fund, Adirondack Foundation to host nonprofit leadership seminar

ESSEX — The Essex Community Fund (ECF) and Adirondack Foundation will host a Nonprofit Leadership Seminar at the College for Every Student office in Essex on Thursday, June 18.

The seminar, ÒB uilding a Strong Fundraising Board,Ó will be led

by Dick Walker, principal of R.O. Walker Company LLC and senior consultant at Orr Associates Inc., a nonprofit consulting firm with offices in Washington and in New York.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the seminar will start at 9 a.m. Cost is $25 per participant; lunch is included in the registration fee.

To register, visit bit.ly/EssexSeminar.

The focus of the session will be building and developing a board that is highly engaged with fundraising. Topics will include: the three things all board members must do; the roles of development and governance committees the partnerships between the executive director, board chair and development officer; and measuring results.

Walker has more than 35 years of fundraising and development

experience, primarily in the independent school sector. He works with his clients on a variety of engagements from board development to capital campaign management to strategic planning. To learn more about Walker, visit his website at www.rowco.net.

The Essex Community Fund, a component fund of Adirondack Foundation, offers grants to nonprofit organizations, schools,

churches, and local government activities operating in the town of Essex. ECF awards grants in support of community beautification, historic preservation, culture, the arts, education, and programs for youth and senior citizens.

For more information about ECF and the Adirondack Foundation, call 523-9904 or visit generousact.org.

ACAP to host professional development workshop

ELIZABETHTOWN — A Professional Development Workshop, “Organized Play.” will take place Tuesday, June 9 at the ACAP office, 7572 Court Street, Suite 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. Presenting will be Sarah Gould-Houde, M.S.Ed., regional infant and toddler specialist and NYS early learning credentialed trainer from the Capital District Child Care Council. OCFS training topics 1 and 3 will be covered. Contact Kathy B. at kathyb@acapinc.org or 873-3207 ext. 236 to register.

WCS BOE to meet

WESTPORT — The Westport Central School District Board of Education will hold their regular monthly meeting Thursday, June 11, in the Teacher Resource Room, at 6 p.m. Agenda items will include financials as well as any other business that may come before the Board. All Board of Education meetings are open to the public.

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Lake Placid not suited for Olympic return

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ews that Lake Placid may host the Ironman World Championships in 2017 is a signifi cant feather in the cap of local tourism offi cials and could put the small Olympic village back on the national scene the likes of which has not been seen since the Miracle on Ice 35 years ago.

The event could potentially draw 5,000 competitors and 20,000 friends and family for nearly a week at a time when locals could use the economic shot in the arm Ñ the weekend following Labor Day, or the start of the regionÕ s off-season.

Early projections estimate an economic infusion of more than $15 million from the event, which promises to trickle to outlying communities like the bubbling water of the Boquet and AuSable rivers.

To say this is tremendous news would be the understatement of the century and we laud those involved in attempting to make it happen.

The Ironman World Championship is exactly the type of event Lake Placid should be working to lure to its tight-quartered downtown — not the Winter Olympics.

Certainly Lake Placid’s storied Olympic history should never be ignored or forgotten. Lake Placid is the little town that could, managing to lock down two installments of the Winter Games — in 1932 and 1980.

It put the village on the international map.

But recent discussion from local bureaucrats about a potential bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics is a waste of time, energy and resources.

Quite simply, the Olympics have outgrown the Olympic village.

Submitting a serious bid to the International Olympic Committee would take a massive fi nancial investment Ñ for lodging creation, infrastructure upgrades, the creation of new parking lots, roads, stadiums and venues Ñ to handle the immense number of athletes, tourists and the inevitable media frenzy that would converge on the region.

But most of all, it would take cash. Tons of it, and a local citizenry open to the idea of helping pay for it. That might be a tough sell when the effect to the average working class person would be negligible at best.

At the same time, imagine the nightmare of running it all through the red-tape-nightmare of the Adirondack Park Agency and then being left with the over development that has occurred with other recent Olympic hosts?

Consider the $169 million fi nal cost of the 1980 Olympics during which just 51,000 people were allowed into the village on any given day.

Then compare that to the $50 billion spent by the Russians on the Sochi games with hundreds of thousands of visitors from 134 countries in attendance.

Compared to Lake Placid’s 51,000-per-day limit, the Olympic Park in Sochi alone holds 75,000. Then there were 37,000 security offi cers and 13,477 members of the media on hand in 2014, and it took 25,000 volunteers to pull it off — more than 60 percent of the entire population of Essex County and four times as many volunteers as the 1980 Olympics.

Just imagine cramming that number of people in downtown Lake Placid. We can’t see that happening anytime soon.

The logistics of splitting the games between upstate communities or hosting a coordinated event with Canada is also unrealistic.

The thought of transporting that many people between venues during a two-week period is incomprehensible. And trans-border travel?

Think of the time it would take and security it would involve. And lets hope none of the athletes or members of their family have a misdemeanor in their past Ñ because they arenÕ t getting in.

Then there is the thought of getting two separate Olympic Committees to work together Ñ a feat akin to a unanimous vote of the US Congress on universal health care coverage.

There are plenty of events that fi t Lake Placid like a fi ne tailored suit. Events like the Lake Placid Horse Show, Empire State Games, World Cup and ECAC and Can-Am hockey tournaments to name a few. They all draw folks to the greater Lake Placid region, many of whom return once theyÕ ve had a taste of the mountain air.

The quaint Adirondack village also continues to play a signifi cant role in the Olympic community. Its facilities are still used as training centers for Olympic contenders, with athletes traveling from around the nation to the Adirondacks to train.

These are all positives for Lake Placid and the region as a whole. They represent Lake Placid living within its means, and are the type of activities that will defi ne the future of the community.

The role Lake Placid played in Olympic history should be held dear and never forgotten.

Suggesting the village will ever again host the Winter Games, on the other hand, is backward thinking and counterproductive. Ñ Denton Publications Editorial Board, Dan Alexander, Keith Lobdell and John Gereau

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The value of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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ome days itÕ s hard suit of happiness and a life to be optimistic and of freedom and liberty. Like positive about the fua maze it’s a process of findture. Current events around ing the right path after many the world and here at home attempts. America is still cause us to wonder what working to find its path in the future holds. Wrangling order to reach the land of political parties warning the promise and happiness for other side will drive us into all her people. Many among Armageddon, the still strugus still believe this nation gling economy, racial tenhas not provided them with Dan Alexander sions and the general mood equal opportunity. They beThoughts from of people is anything but uplieve they are treated poorly Behind the Pressline lifting. I’ve heard some peobecause of the color of their ple say the mood is downskin. Some among them right mean spirited and people seem more think destroying property or blaming othself consumed then ever before. ers will provide them what they seek.

Blame it on the political system, TV proAt the core of our Constitution and the gramming, the news media, or social net- rights weÕ ve been awarded as a free people working? In reality there is plenty of blame it all boils down to the value we place on to go around but most of us need look no those rights. Without realizing the full valfurther than the mirror. We’ve all played a ue these rights give us they are only words role in the arrival of the dark clouds hangon paper that governments, leaders, lawing over our heads these days. Liberty and yers or ourselves can easily minimize. freedom we so thankfully enjoy, by themBut when we place great value and cherselves donÕ t create happiness, they only set ish these rights as one of our most prized the stage. Each of us must do our part to possessions and are willing to risk everysee the joy and happiness in lifeÕ s everyday thing for fear of losing them, well only then events. do we understand their true value.

We can view from afar the major upheavLet me put it another way. Several years al taking place in the Middle East. After ago I was visiting an employee who expeyears of totalitarian rule, where every move rienced a serious accident placing him in of the people was controlled by a stiff handthe hospital, paralyzed from the shoulders ed dictator. Freedom it was thought would down. Sadly he is left hoping for the simple allow these people to seize the opportunity things many of us take for granted every to create a democratic state. Instead others day. The joys of moving his body at will, who only know and understand death and hugging his wife, children and grandchildestruction have taken control. How much dren, walking on his own two feet once have our lives or the world changed since again and the joy of just living his life the deaths of Osama Bin Laden, Saddam would now be the greatest of gifts. When Hussein, or Muammar Gaddafi? Those it becomes clear that what youÕ ve lost may three men were brutal killers and treated never return to you then you truly realize the people of their nations horribly, but the value of what youÕ ve lost, and if those their deaths alone have done nothing to lift gifts were suddenly returned, no day in the people of those nations. Nor have their the future would ever again be taken for deaths removed the fear of terror attacks in granted. our own country.

Now if every human being could come to Today those monsters have been rethat simple realization, without undergoplaced by even greater monsters who think ing the pain of losing those precious gifts nothing of killing innocent civilians. Clearand be willing to celebrate that same oply their lives have gone from bad to worse portunity with every other human life that despite the efforts of many who gave their shares this small planet, just how great lives to provide a better future.

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Local resident has blind spot when it comes to police brutality To the Editor: A recent Siena college survey reported in the Times-Union uncovered a large “blind spot” in the way male CEO’s view issues concerning female employees — equal pay and workplace respect, among others. Dr. Jim Reed, president of St. Peters Health Partners in Albany, said, “We male CEO’s . . . never had to face personally gender discrimination, and as a result, we were never sensitizedÓ to a womanÕ s view of workplace issues.

Similarly, certain politicians who once railed against Ò government wasteÓ suddenly sponsor bills supporting federal subsidies for cancer research after a family member is diagnosed.

Ken Fenimore’s view concerning the Justice Department’s “targeting” of police is born of the same narrowness of experience.

Of course, police need to enforce the law. But the death penalty for selling cigarettes? Is it possible that some of the offi cers in recent cases are just not suited for the job? Poorly trained? Closet bigots?

While the Department seeks to end a pattern of objectively unjustifi able actions by individual police offi cers, as the President has said, looting and burning are not social protest.

But equally intolerable are two deaths from 135 police bullets because offi cers mistook a backfi re for a gunshot. Or the death of a Cleveland 12-year-old holding what the dispatcher said “might be a toy.”

Perhaps Mr. Fenimore’s misunderstanding of this issue comes from his own Ò blind spot,Ó possibly a result of a lack of contact with Ñ not female employees or cancer victims — but ordinary African-Americans whose lives, including their experiences with police, are considerably different than Mr. Fenimore’s; he is probably not as affected by the aforementioned deaths as the victims’ neighbors.

The phrase, “Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes” certainly applies.

People of the cloth often exhort us to try to see the world through the eyes of others, to try to feel what others feel. Before categorizing people as Ò thugs, punks, and criminals,Ó perhaps we should listen to our pastors.

Jeff Kleiman, Elizabethtown

Honoring Decoration Day To the Editor: Memorial Day was initiated in 1868 as “Decoration Day” to honor the fallen in the Civil War. The residents and neighbors of Crown Point have continued this observance for 147 years. We are proud of this tradition and wish to thank the following people and organizations: Fred V. Provoncha; Timothy J. Pierce, State Veterans Counselor; Pastor Robert Fortier; Patrick Kiely; Matthew Russell; Joan Hunsdon – Crown Point Town Historian; David Hobbs; Pastor Douglas Woods; members of the Bridge Flotilla (15-13) United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; Cindy Bodette and Alberton “Lucky” Eubar - members of A.E. Phelps Fire & Rescue for traffi c control at Putnam Creek Bridge; David Carr USCG AUX and past National President of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Jeris French, the members of the Crown Point Central School Chorus and their bus driver, Henry DuShane; Ronnie Burroughs and assistant for the sound system; Charles Harrington, Supervisor of the Town of Crown Point; Pastor Gregg Trask USCG AUX; Rev. David Hirtle, USAF ret & USCG AUX; Trooper Brad Peters for escort and traffi c control during the tour; Chairperson Jodi Gibbs and the members of the Memorial Day Committee; Charles Mazurowski, Town Board member and US Army ret; members and leaders of Troop #70 Boy Scouts of America,

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for the US fl ag presentation; and Erick DuShane and Noah Peters for their rendition of Taps.

This year we thought it appropriate to salute a Veteran at each stop with a profi le of their service and life. In saluting one we hoped to honor all who served. Thank you to Carol Stanley (his widow) and her family for telling us about Korean War Veteran Benjamin Stanley; to Pastor David Hirtle for telling the story of A. C. Woods who gave his life during the Civil War; to Karen Sheets (his widow) and her son, Matthew Whitford, who honored Crown Point’s only fatality during the Vietnam War – Lynn C Whitford; to Regent Deanne Dresser and the members of the Ticonderoga Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for relaying the profi les of the 5 confi rmed American Revolutionary Patriots from Crown Point; and to David Hobbs Ð adopted son of Crown Point Ð who told us about Richard Ebersbach, a World War II pilot. Civil War Veterans, Philo Bell and John Hammond, were honored at the Putnam Creek Bridge and Forestdale by Kama Ingleston. Thank you to one and all.

We also wish to remind people of the caretakers of the solemn places we visited on Memorial Day and are visited by family and friends through-out the year. Those who care for cemeteries and monuments in our community deserve our thanks for a tremendous job. Thank you.

We would like to remind you again, if you have a veteran in your family, who was born in Crown Point or enlisted while a resident of Crown Point, please contact either of us or a Memorial Day Committee member so their name can be listed in the Memorial Day booklet for next year. The veteran does not have to be a war veteran just an honorably discharged serviceman or woman.

Remember to honor those who gave their lives not only on Memorial Day but everyday by saluting the fl ag. When you place your hand over your heart during the National Anthem, Taps or the presentation of the American Flag it will make you proud to be a Citizen of the United States and it just might make the person next to you do the same.

Kama Lee Ingleston Jeanne McMurtry Solemn Tour Coordinators

God is involved To the Editor: The liberal ideology espoused by Mr. Binczik needs an abrupt rebuke. It is him and not Dan Alexander who has bungled the facts. It doesn’t matter when the words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Those two words were installed to recognize that we are a nation under the providence of the Almighty. As Pres. Reagan said, “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

Thomas JeffersonÕ s Ò wall of separation between church and stateÓ only solidifi ed the author’s assertion that government is given no authority to establish a religion nor interfere in the practice of the faithful (or faithless). The “wall” was symbolic in that it would provide further protection for the people from the forcible hand of government in religious matters.

Yes, the Constitution did not contain the word God. However, our Declaration of Independence put a profound emphasis on our “Creator” at the outset. Jefferson wrote that it was “self-evident” that all men seen through God’s eyes are equal and bestowed with “certain unalienable rights“; neither to be taken from or given away by the possessor.

Our Founders knew, as most Patriots of today know, God is indeed involved with the affairs of men.

John Sharkey Ticonderoga

News in Brief WIC schedule announced

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County WIC program will be at the Thomas Shipman Youth Center in Lake Placid Tuesday, June 23, from 1:30 to 6 p.m. They will be at the Public Health Building in Elizabethtown Thursday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, June 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. They will be at the United Methodist Church in Keeseville Thursday, June 25, from 9:30 a.m. until 2:15 p.m.

For more information call or to schedule an appointment or fi nd out more information at 873-3560 or 569-3296.

Grange seeks work day volunteers

WHALLONSBURG — There will be a volunteer work day Sunday, June 7, at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 1610 NYS Rte 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be tasks of all kinds. They need help with fi xing, cleaning and special projects. Lunch will be provided. For more information, call 963-4170 or visit thegrangehall.info.

ARA raffle tickets on sale

WILMINGTON — Raffl e tickets for the Ausable River Association’s annual raffl e on Sunday, Aug. 2 are now on sale at High Falls Gorge and the Hungry Trout Fly Shop. Hornbeck Boats, Inc. has once again graciously donated a boat for the raffl e and Evan Botcher from Hungry Trout Fly Fishing is offering a half-day guided fl y fi shing trip for two as a runner-up prize.

Visit ridefortheriver.org for more information.

Spirit of Place issues call for artists

WESTPORT — All artists living, working in, or visiting the Lake Champlain Region are invited to participate in a grand and diverse art exhibition at the Westport Heritage House this summer.

The Spirit of Place Exhibition runs from Wednesday, July 1 to Labor Day along with a silent auction that concludes at the Westport Festival Day Saturday, Aug. 8, at 3 p.m.

Work that is not sold by auction, will continue on sale at the artist’s stated value. Seventy percent of sales proceeds go to the artists, with the remainder benefi ting the Westport Heritage House. A small portion from these funds is being set aside to eventually purchase gallery lighting for Heritage House exhibits.

Typically, this exhibit includes painting, pottery, collage, sculpture, fabric art, photography and more.

A Meet the Artists Reception is planned for Thursday, July 16, just prior to the Soundwaves concert in Ballard Park, across the street. Geographically, the artists range north and south from Willsboro or Ches-

terfi eld to Ticonderoga, and to the west, from Westport to Keene or Keene Valley.

Now in its eighth season, Spirit of Place also will include Artist Studio Tours, when the public can visit where local creativity happens. Art makers will open their studios on the last Saturday of July, August, and September. A complete list may be obtained from the Westport Heritage House or on their website after Monday, June 15.

If, as an artist, you do not receive this detailed information, call Meredith at 962-4590, or Nancy at 962-4805.

Summer bowling league announced

WILLSBORO — The Willsborough Bowling Center Adult Mixed 9 Pin Summer Bowling League (WBC) will be starting an Adult Mixed Summer 9 Pin Bowling League beginning Thursday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m.

There will be four person teams Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., for eight weeks in duration. The cost is $12 a person per week. Sign up sheets will be available at the WBC’s Bowling Counter. WBC is air conditioned, NYS licensed alcohol and lottery retailer, and computerized scoring system.

For more information visit willsboroughbowlingcenter.com. This is for ages 18 and older.

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would this place be and how thankful and respectful would we be with each other? Oh sure, we would still have problems to resolve but we would be far more understanding and willing to work with each other to overcome the challenges while valuing the irreplaceable things.

Is any day not a great day when you have your health, family and the freedom to pursue your version of happiness, not at the expense of others? The most self destructive thing we can do in life is to assume that our happiness comes from someone else’s misery. In life, in politics and in our communities happiness is built on the simple joys of building something together and celebrating the joy of that accomplishment. This country, while far from perfect, will only find its way out from under the dark clouds when we remember to cherish how far weÕ ve come as a nation. We must remember to work together to pass along that same opportunity to the generations that follow and to the nations whose people long for the gifts we take for granted.

Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com.

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ur house along the Saranac is full of memories. Almost every drawer, cupboard and old button box is jampacked with photos, newspapers and family memorabilia. It pleases Kaye and me to be surrounded by what the late comedian George Carlin called “stuff.” We love our stuff.

While relaxing on our screened-in back deck last weekend, I noticed that Kaye was up to her usual busyness. She enjoys just sitting and watching river bank activity as much as I but at that moment, she was lifting the top of what I always

by Gordie Little thought of as an old wooden hope chest. It once had rattan covered sides, but that had long since fallen away. More recently, it simply occupied a corner of the room and was covered by a heavy cloth rug that had picked up pollen and other soil from the winter and spring.

She removed the rug and washed it, revealing the box or cedar chest or whatever you want to call it.

It sat for years, not thought of as anything except a place to sit. It was just there, out of mind.

Not this day. She fl ipped the lid and began pouring through the contents. Every object she pulled out was a treasure. It was like an archeological dig in a time capsule.

Photographs? There were many along with newspapers dating to who knows how many decades ago? One of them heralded the dedication of the “new” Bridge Street Bridge in Plattsburgh back in 1935. I uttered sounds of wonder and joy not necessarily becoming to a man of my advanced age. We had only recently re-dedicated the same bridge to veterans and fi lmed a complete television show culminating in the unveiling of an attractive sign at that location. Talk about reducing the span of years into a single moment.

Another was small-sized, complete copy of the very fi rst Life Magazine, published on November 23, 1936. Of course, I stopped to look at every photograph and read every word. I was especially interested in seeing the automobile and cigarette ads. The latter enjoined readers to smoke this or that brand because doctors touted them as being good for digestion. You were told to enjoy what we later called “cancer sticks” between every meal course. Amazing.

Kaye extracted stacks of report cards for every member of our family. Hers and mine were in the mix. Her high school diploma was there.

“It looks a little rough,” she said. “We look better than our diplomas,” I answered. She placed all the school-related items in separate piles to give to our kids for future safekeeping. As they drop by, she doles them out to each one. We shed tiny tears of joy while looking at handmade special occasion cards our kids made for us.

There was also a stapled booklet from PlattsburghÕ s Broad Street School containing stories and poetry composed by several our children and their friends in 1967-68. It is entitled “Our Journey Through SchoolÓ and was dedicated to beloved teacher Alice Moyer. I wonder how many copies are left.

There are so many items connected to my life that I now have my own stack. It’s like a child’s favorite blanket. I’ll keep it close and savor everything till the day I die. I’ve been reading stories and poems that I wrote in my early school grades and other things I typed on the old Royal machine in high school. There are letters to my dad from a couple colleges trying to tell him that his prodigal son wouldnÕ t be allowed to return the following year. I gave my parents so much grief.

As I began to write this, Kaye was inspired to go upstairs and carry down a 100-year-old wicker sewing basket full of old photos. What fun we had pawing through them. We promised ourselves to write names on the backs before our generation is no more. It’s already too late to identify some of them.

Perhaps you have a treasure chest in your attic and can soon share a similar experience. Let’s all sing “Memories.”

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Warrensburg’s Ridin’ Hy Ranch pays it forward Owners reinstate senior class trip free of charge after students donate $8,000 to cancer- stricken principal

By Ryan Edwards

ryan@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Reservation changes and cancellations are a common occurrence staff at Warrensburg’s Ridin’ Hy Ranch see all the time, co-owner Carrie Beadnell said.

Things come up, schedules change—it’s the nature of the business.

Late last month, however, Ranch staff were given a cancellation excuse they had never heard before when the Profi le Senior High School in Bethlehem, N.H. cancelled their two-night reservation for a senior class trip just nine days before their scheduled arrival date.

When Ranch staff returned a call to the school to inquire as to the nature of the May 22 cancellation, Profi le High teacher and trip coordinator Kristy Duris told them the senior class couldnÕ t keep their reservation because they didnÕ t have the moneyÑ they’d given it all away.

Duris told them the schoolÕ s principal, Courtney Vashaw, was recently diagnosed with a rare form of aggressive cancer, the news of which she shared with her students to account for her absence from school.

In response, two weeks before their trip, the senior class decided to donate close to $8,000 they had raised over the course of four years for their last hurrah together before graduation.

“The school started doing fund-raisers, and the senior class held a meeting to vote on whether or not to donate the money,Ó Beadnell said. “The vote came back 100 per cent unanimous.”

A now viral video fi lmed by CNN affi liate WMUR-TV shows Principal Vashaw shake her head in disbelief before breaking into tears when representatives of the senior class inform her of their decision. Ò It is very hard for me to accept help, and I have no idea what to say to you,” she told them.

A number of Profi le High seniors told local reporters they were simply following Principal Vashaw’s example. Ò She has given so much to us that we just wanted to give back,” class president Christopher Sirois said.

Senior class treasurer Ian Baker echoed Sirois’ sentiments.

“She’s just very caring, very selfl ess, and we wanted to be selfless, too,” he said.

Like people across the country who heard the news from a number of national media outlets, the staff at RidinÕ Hy were stunned by the students’ generosity.

In response, Beadnell and her three co-owners sat down for a meeting of their own, at which they decided to invite the class to reinstate their trip, free of charge. Ò TheyÕ re very thoughtful kids to even think of something like that as seniors in high school,” Beadnell said. “It was a quick, easy decision on our part.”

But that’s not all: the 50-person reservation—45 students and fi ve chaperones—may just increase to 51, as Beadnell said Principal Vashaw has been invited to join the class as a special guest at Ridin’ Hy. “It’s a ‘pay it forward’ type of thing,” Beadnell said. “It’s kind of overwhelming—they didn’t expect something like this to happen.”

The senior class was originally scheduled to arrive on Sunday, May 31, but, amid the media swarm, students thought it best not to keep the scheduled reservation, and are currently working with Ranch staff to hammer out new dates for the tripÑ likely coming after their June 5 graduation.

Plattsburgh adoptee reunited with family after 42 years

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Phone calls and emails fi lled Dawn Lewis’ days trying to locate any detail about her birth family who she fi nally made contact with 42 years later on May 30.

After receiving back a DNA test from ancestry.com and nonidentifying information from the Clinton County Department of Social Services, she was able to link to her birth mother, who, along with the rest of her birth family, wish to remain unnamed.

Dawn initially made contact with her sister through a private Facebook message after the Clinton County DSS revealed her birth mother’s name and a surname and search angels located her sister’s name. From there, they exchanged numbers and talked on the phone, which eventually led to contact with her brother and lastly, her birth mother.

They all expressed that they wish to remain in contact with each other and pursue a relationship.

“I have a whole new family, and I fi nally feel complete knowing who I am and where I came from,” Dawn said with joy. “It has been a very long journey fi lled with many disappointments and, now, a lot of happiness.”

SO MANY QUESTIONS Case worker Joan Tyler told DawnÕ s adoptive parents, Larry and Nancy Lewis, that she was born on or around Aug. 6, 1972, possibly at CVPH in Plattsburgh Ñ weighing approximately six pounds and 14 ounces and possibly 19 3/4 inches long.

According to non-ID information gathered by the Clinton County DSS, her birth mother was 24, or 20 or 22 according to her adoptive parents, at the time of her birth, who had two other kids, who were not gender specifi ed at the time.

When she was born, Dawn was given the name Lynette Mary or Lynette Marie, which she either obtained through her birth mother or the Clinton County DSS. Supposedly, a Ò grandmotherlyÓ type woman took care of her until 3 months old when Larry and Nancy adopted her.

Though sheÕ s starting to discover what really is true, most of her non-ID information didn’t match the information her adoptive parents were given at the time of her adoption.

GROWING UP ADOPTED After Dr. Pulrang delivered her and her birth mother signed the adoption papers Aug. 18, 1972, a Clinton County Social Services case worker handled and Judge Irving Goldman fi nalized the adoption with the military family.

Larry was active in the air force. Dawn, her adoptive parents

and their biological son and daughter traveled overseas and eventually ended up in Idaho where she still resides today.

Dawn’s parents revealed her adoption at 7 years old.

“There were ups and downs and there were some issues surrounded with being adopted,” she reminisced. “I never felt like I quite fi t in.”

Dawn began her search when she turned 18, stopped in 2003 and restarted again just a month ago because of her aunt Patti Roberts, who created a poster and generated it online to over 80 groups on Facebook throughout the Clinton County area.

MULTIPLE DEAD ENDS At the beginning of the search, Dawn had sought out a search angel to check her birth records at CVPH. The search angel said she had checked the CVPH birth records and there was no record of female birth on her birthday in that hospital.

The nurse contacted her once again when she restarted her search and said she didn’t actually check those records... she had checked the newspaper archives instead.

Lewis had also contacted a unnamed female caseworker at Clinton County DSS for more or updated non-identifying information. The caseworker sent a letter back stating she didn’t respond to her request because she had already provided her the non identifying information.

“This whole process is very emotional, and you hit every emotion you can hit with it,” she said. “At one point, it absolutely consumed me to fi nd my family, so I had to step away...I quit.”

After her aunt approached her and offered to help fi nd her birth family, Dawn had several people reach out to her through private messages and emails, most offering tips and advice from their own similar stories.

She had one lady messaged her through Facebook saying she was looking for a half sister, but did little responding since.

FINALLY GETTING INFORMATION When she restarted her search, she went straight to the commissioner with an email asking to provide her with all the nonidentifying information.

He responded to her a few weeks ago stating that a meeting needs to occur with legal representatives to see what information could be given. She heard back May 29.

At that time, she found out the fi rst name and middle initial of her birth mother, a surname and that her blood type is A- and Rh+. Non-identifying information in the past gave information stating that her birth motherÕ s mother had high blood pressure and diabetes and that her birth mother’s mother and grandmother were obese.

After her aunt bought her a DNA kit from ancestry.com, she received the results recently, which she processed May 11, and made contact with her birth family.

“First contact was a bit surreal and it was a bit nerve wracking...I feared rejection,” Dawn said. “But overall it was great and IÕ m hopeful and now looking forward to long relationships with my biological family.”

Dawn Lewis FINALLY FINDING ANSWERS DawnÕ s drive for this search partially came from her having some serious medical conditions and concerns, making her unable to work.

The driving force, however, was for the family she raised consisting of four sons and one daughter and two grandsons and one granddaughter.

“I wanted my children to know where they come from; I wanted my grandkids to know where they come from,” she said. “I needed to know.”

After starting and restarting her search, being part of many registry and online search and reunion sites and days of emails, phone calls and internet searching, Dawn has fi nally made contact with her family. Ò I would like to thank my many supporters for sharing my story, giving words of encouragement and just being there when I need an ear, and I would like to give a very special thank you to my aunt,” she said. “Without her, along with my many supporters, this wouldn’t of been a possible search.”

THE NEXT STEP Dawn hopes to be able to get funds together so she can return to New York for a reunion with her birth family.

Since sheÕ s unable to work due to her medical conditions, it leaves another closed door to fi nding her family, but she’s optimistic that another door will open. Ò To just have names and pictures of my family is amazing,Ó Dawn expressed. “But now I’m hoping for one more miracle.”

To learn more about DawnÕ s journey, visit the Facebook page she created for her search called “Plattsburgh, New York Adoptee Searching for Birth Family.”

Montreal woman drowns in High Peaks river

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com NORTH ELBA Ñ A Montreal woman is dead after drowning in Feldspar Brook on Saturday, May 30.

According to the state police, 34-year-old Julie Belanger and Sandra Brodeur, 44, had been hiking Skylight Mountain and Grey Mountain on Saturday.

Belanger fell off a log and into the water during inclement weather while crossing Feldspar Brook.

The pair was in an area with no cell service, said state police spokesperson Jennifer Fleishman.

Due to a thunderstorm, Brodeur was forced to seek shelter because it was too dangerous to descend the trail to seek help.

Brodeur was able to meet up with other hikers at the Feldspar lean-to, who offered shelter and assisted the following morning in searching for Belanger. The incident was reported to DEC Forest Rangers at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Belanger was found deceased in the early afternoon by a DEC interior caretaker.

State Police Aviation and New York State Forest Rangers hoisted BelangerÕ s body from the Lake Arnold area at approximately 7:10 p.m.

Belanger was fl own to the Lake Placid Airport where she was offi cially pronounced deceased by Essex County Coroner Francis Whitelaw. Her body was then removed to the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake where an autopsy was performed Sunday morning by Dr. C Francis Varga.

The investigation revealed that Belanger had been swept away by the current in the fl ooded waters. Varga determined the cause of death to be asphyxiation due to fresh water drowning.

Coroner Whitelaw ruled the manner of death to be accidental.

Fleishman said no foul play was involved.

NOTHING BUT NET! Residents and community members gathered at the Champlain Valley Senior Community in Willsboro recently in a ceremony to commemorate Willsboro Central’s basketball program.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — What’s blue, red and yellow and spreads good cheer across the land?

A taco truck.

Throughout the spring, Poco Más Tacos has been quietly bringing a taste of Mexico to Essex County, a school of cooking that remains elusive in a region that has traditionally been staid in their culinary habits.

As the Elizabethtown FarmerÕ s Market hummed to life last week, proprietors Sarah King and Josh Zack attracted a steady of stream of curious customers.

The California natives first visited the area several years ago to visit KingÕ s cousins, Dan and Dylan Badger, who had decided to open a brewery in Keeseville, the Ausable Brewing Company.

During their trip, Zack noticed the lack of Mexican fare.

“We grew up with taco trucks on every block,” said King. “We decided to have a go at a taco trailer.”

Food trucks, fortunately, are a growing trend, she said, one that’s well-suited to a rural county that crackles with life in the summertime.

“You don’t have to pay rent, which is huge,” said King.

Local ingredients will be used whenever possible Ñ last week, a chalkboard sign announced meat and vegetables sourced from Reber Rock, Full and By Farm and Fledging Crow, among others Ñ and prices will be kept low to avoid excluding anyone, King explained.

Tacos have proved to be an ideal vessel for keeping costs down.

“We want to support local farms, but also want to feed people really good food,” said King.

Like their story, the menu is simple Ñ Beef, pork and vegetarian tacos with rotating cilantro and chive garnishes served on homemade corn tortillas that the pair

OBITUARIES MICHAEL DIEHL MAY 19, 1943-MAY 23, 2015 an ambassador and with disabled veterans in the adaptive ski program.

Mike hardly ever missed a good yard sale. He rescued many dogs over the years (ArfArf, Rascal, Petey, Poppy, and 'Mr. E' to name a few). He travelled extensively, was active in the Fabulous 50's Club and ran the Canoe Race at Eaton Lake Michael Diehl, 72, passed the past two years. To some, away Saturday, May 23rd Mike was known as "The while hiking with his kids in Mayor of Summit Lane." his "extended backyard" on But, everyone knew him as Clark Mountain. friendly, thoughtful, and Mike was born on May 19th, generous. A gift from Mike 1943 in Boonton, NJ. He was always something spegraduated from Boonton cial and memorable. He also High School. While serving enjoyed photography, hikin the Army in Germany, ing, paddling, gardening and Mike met & married his wife, grilling. But, most of all he Jane, a civilian nurse. After enjoyed entertaining and their son, Eric, was born, having a good time with his they enjoyed a whirlwind friends and family.

With tour of Europe before his disthat in mind, the family has charge as First Lieutenant. decided to bypass the tradiThe family returned stateside tional service and plan a parto North Carolina where ty to celebrate his life which Mike graduated from Pfeiffer will be announced at a later College, expanded the family date. with a daughter, Sara, and Mike leaves behind 2 chilstarted his career as an undren, Eric and fiancé Blanche derwriter.

He quickly Peck; Sara; his brother, Digshowed a proficiency in training. The family relocat- by and Kay (Beyer) and niece, Dylan. He was predeed to Atco, NJ to be near the company's International in- ceased by his father, Edwin; mother, Mary Jane and exsurance department in wife, Jane.

Philadelphia.

There, he The family wishes to thank trained and entertained our local first responders clients from all over the who showed great heroism world. and compassion. In lieu of Mike discovered his love of flowers, please consider doskiing in his late 30's and his nations in Mike's memory to life changed forever on a trip to a friend's cabin in Wilm- Jay Volunteer Fire Departington. After retirement, ment P.O. Box 358 Jay, NY 12941 or AuSable Forks VolMike moved to Jay to pursue unteer Ambulance Service 26 his dream of becoming a ski School Lane AuSable Forks, bum. These past few years he averaged over 100 days ev- NY 12912. Special Thanks to Thwaits Zaumetzer Funeral ery season at Whiteface Home for making arrangewhere he also volunteered as ments.

Meet Josh Zack and Sarah King, proprietors of Poco Más Tacos, a new arrival on the Essex County dining scene. Look for them this summer at the Elizabethtown Farmer’s Market on Fridays and at the Ausable Brewery in Keeseville on Saturdays, among other locations.

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rolls out and presses each morning.

Their tomato and tomatillo-based salsas and hot chili oil are also homemade; the recipes, passed down from a dear friend.

“Those salsas are a tribute to her,” said King.

What about the name?

After Zack presented the idea to his pops, he simply said, “poco más.”

A little more.

As a kid, King vacationed in Mexico every year with her family.

“When you want more food, that’s what you ask — “poco más, por favor,” she explained.

On Friday, the customers came and went, all of whom issued praise between mouthfuls.

Many returned for seconds. Ò The biggest compliment is when someone comes up and asks for more,” said King.

ELIZABETH “BETTY” BELMORE SAYWARD AUGUST 26, 1918-MAY 24, 2015 shows, where she established lasting friendships.

Other past times were baking all sorts of sweets to share, playing cards, and going to yard sales, where she was always looking for a deal.

Betty was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, who leaves behind many.

Left to cherish her memory are her four sons, George (Lois) Sayward, Lonnie Sayward, Richard (Sarah) Sayward, and Peter (Janet) Sayward. Her foster children inWillsboro. Elizabeth Betty clude James Wasson and Belmore Sayward, 96, forMary Anne Williamson. Her merly of Willsboro, passed grandchildren and greataway peacefully with her grandchildren brought her family by her side at the Hermany special memories in itage Commons Residential life and made her so proud.

Health Care of Ticonderoga, Her grandchildren are Jenon Sunday, May 24, 2015. nifer (James) Leibeck, Peter She was born in Lake Placid (Jolene) Sayward, Nicole on August 26, 1918, the el(Dale) Beckwith, Stephanie dest daughter of Eva and Sayward, Richard Sayward, Roy Belmore.

Crystal (Kevin) Sayward, Betty married the love of her Matthew Williamson, Timolife, Lawrence Larry Say- thy Williamson, Jimmy (Elizward on June 24, 1944. Toabeth) Wasson, and Katie gether they took over the (Randy) Osgood. Her greatfamily dairy farm in Willsgrandchildren, who adored boro, known by many as her smile and laughter are Ridge View Farm. EventualStephen, Ethan, Carson, Ava, ly they started the legacy of Lucas, Kevin, Garrett, QuinSayward s Sweet Corn, ton, Scarlet, Prentice, Rewhere she spent many sumbekah, Nicole, Nicholas, mers working the stand and Whitney and Matthew. selling the best corn in the She was pre-deceased by her North Country. She had a first husband, Lawrence Saytrue love for gardening, ward and second husband, growing beautiful flowers, Maurice Belzile, along with and never minded getting her foster daughter, Cathy her hands dirty. Her work Wood, her grandson, ethic was one to admire and Michael Williamson, and her try to keep up with. Betty siblings, Edward Belmore, also worked many years at Judy Girard and Roy Belthe County Home where she more, Jr. eventually retired.

Betty was a woman of beauBetty was a member of the ty and strength that leaves St. Philip of Jesus Catholic her family and friends with Church in Willsboro, where memories that will be chershe also served as a Catholic ished. Her strong will is one, Daughter. Her strong faith not to be forgotten always brought her comfort At Betty s request, there will in life. be no calling hours.

Betty and Larry raised four A Graveside Service took sons, three foster children, place on Friday, May 29, and took into their home 2015 at 12:30 p.m. at the many other foster children Memorial Cemetery of Willsthrough the years. Together boro. The Rev. John Mickey they touched upon the lives Demo officiated. of many children some for A luncheon to celebrate Beta short time and others, ty s life followed in St. longer.

Philip s Church dining hall.

Betty loved to spend time In lieu of flowers, those with family and friends. She wanting to make donations had a passion for music and to honor Betty s life may be loved to listen to all types. made to the Catholic DaughShe never hesitated to kick ters of America, Court St. up her feet and dance when Philip of Jesus Catholic given the chance. For many Church of Willsboro. years, she also played in the Arrangements are under the kitchen band. She too was direction of the Wilcox & Rein the local bowling league, gan Funeral Home of Ticonsnowmobile club, and at- deroga. tended many area horse

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Adirondack History Museum motors into summer season with car show

ELIZABETHTOWN — Car collectors and enthusiasts from far and wide will be on hand displaying their collections of beautifully restored and maintained vehicles such as muscle cars, vintage roadsters, hot rods and more at the Adirondack History Museum’s 4th Annual Antique and Classic Car Show on Saturday, June 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

These vintage cars will be exhibited on the Museum grounds directly behind the pavilion off Hand Avenue in Elizabethtown. Ò Classic cars and oldies music create a fun and upbeat retro vibe. It’s a perfect day for car enthusiasts and a great family activity,Ó said Adirondack History Museum Director Aurora McCaffrey. “The food is not to be missed, either.”

DaCy Meadow Farm will be on site offering a Farm Fresh Picnic & Barbecue. Ice cream, beer and wine will also be available.

For those looking for a chance to fill up their own vehicles, the day will feature a gas card raffle. Gas cards valued at $500, $250 and $100 will be raffled, with tickets available both before and during the event. The drawing takes place at 2 p.m.

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lizabethtownÕ s free summer concerts will be at the Social Center this year! The town and the Center have teamed up to offer a great line up at a great venue.

A fantastic variety of performances are planned for Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. through July and August, including a ChildrenÕ s Night on July 21 featuring The Ugly Duckling, a childrenÕ s opera by the Seagle Music Colony, and activities by Adirondack Outreach.

Other performances include the Wyant Band, Brent Vosburg, Rock N’ Lil, Square Dancing with Gary Finney, nationally known storytelling and folk duo Kim and Reggie Harris, and more. A schedule will be posted soon.

Black Fly basketball will look a little different this year.

On Saturday, June 12, the Teen Rec program includes a night of basketball contests and prizes. Games include a dunk contest on lowered rims, a free throw competition, knock-out, and a 3-on-3 half-court tournament. Teen members and their guests may participate.

The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) will offer a free Invasive Plant Management Training session at the Center on Wednesday, June 17, at 10 a.m. RSVP Zachary Simek at 576-2082, ext.

131, or email zachary.simek@ tnc.org.

There is still time and room to grow your own produce in the Community Garden behind the Hale House. Contact Jared at etowngarden@gmail. com for more information.

June 8 – 13: Monday: Healthier Today - Support Group at 4:00 p.m. and Group Workout at 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Third Age Adult Day Center, 10 a.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; YogaFit with Ellen DuBois, 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday: Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.

Thursday: YogaFit with Ellen DuBois, 9:30 a.m.; Writers Group, 1 p.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; Zumba with Karin DeMuro, 5:30 p.m.

Friday: Teen rec hours & Black Fly Basketball Fest, 3 – 9 p.m.

Saturday: Teen rec hours & Black Fly rain date, 2 – 9 p.m.

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

Pre-registration for vehicle owners is currently underway. The exhibit fee registration is $10 in advance or $15 the day of the event.

Car owners are asked to register with the Adirondack History Museum at echs@adkhistorycenter.org or 873-6466.

The day also features free admission to the museum, highlighting the opening of the museumÕ s seasonal exhibit, Ò Essex County’s Immigrants: Names, Places, and Stories.” Drawing on the ancestry of present day Essex County residents, the exhibit

uses individual stories to explore the broad immigration patterns that changed Essex County in the mid-1800s.

The Adirondack History Museum seeks to serve as Essex CountyÕ s center for the stories that reveal the roots and values of its people. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Columbus Day. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $2 for students.

For more information, call 873-6466 or echs@adkhistorymuseum.org, or visit the Museum’s website at adkhistorymuseum.

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Greg Norman From page 1

Tupper Lake on a renovation of the adjacent public golf course. The plans will integrate and preserve the characteristics of its partial Donald Ross design with those of a Greg Norman Signature design.

“The participation of Greg Norman and his organization should make it clear to all that the community is going to get the opportunity it needs and deserves,Ó said Michael Foxman, the Philadelphia attorney who assembled the 6,300 acre site. “Tom Lawson and I, and our partners, do not think we could have found anyone better suited than Greg Norman and his Great White Shark Enterprises to help us all move the Adirondack Club and the region forward.”

LOW-IMPACT

Greg Norman, right, meets with Adirondack Club & Resort developer Tom Lawson, left, and town officials in Tupper Lake on April 7, 2015.

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The Adirondack Club is a low-impact, environmentally conscious, four season resort and private residential community that recently has been approved for development of more than 700 luxury homes, most of which will be clustered around the existing ski area and golf course with lake and river views.

Approximately 86 percent of the wooded property will remain undeveloped. The detached home sites will range from ski-in ski-out townhomes to 5-acre mountain retreats to 1,200-acre Great Camp estates with a private 15-acre pond and more than a mile of frontage on the Raquette River. The Adirondack Club is the only such resort and private residential community ever approved in the Adirondack Park, which represents an area as large as Vermont.

“We are thrilled that Greg Norman and his team have signed on with The Adirondack Club and feel it is a perfect fit given Greg’s commitment to the environment and his high standard of quality in all of his endeavors,” says Tom Lawson.

Existing and planned activities and amenities include the Alpine ski area, terrain parks, new base lodge with restaurant designed in the classic Great Camp architectural style, extensive cross country ski and hiking trails, hotel and spa, marina, fly fishing school, guided hunting and fishing, ice skating rink, sailing and everything expected at a four season mountain resort.

An exclusive gated community of 18 large lots will be released for sale this year and development of the first home sites and the marina is also expected to commence this year. An influx of U.S. and Canadian tourists and homebuyers seeking a wooded retreat with rustic comforts is anticipated.

ECONOMIC BOOST Despite its location in one of the most beautiful areas of the world, like most small towns, the Adirondacks struggle economically, especially during winter months. The Adirondack Club is a catalyst for the renaissance of the village and the region, providing superior destination lodging and amenities.

The resort and private residential community is expected to generate 500 full and part-time jobs on site as well as hundreds of construction jobs. In addition to renovating the well-known ski mountain, itself an economic driver for the community, the planned homes, many of which will be available in a rental pool, hotel and inn will help to satisfy the regional need for modern, overnight tourist accommodations. The effect on the finances of the community and its tax base will be dramatic.

“It has been clear since my first visit that the community both needed and wanted the mountain and lake resort and that its elected leaders would be, as they have been, willing companions in our effort,” says Foxman. “We are pleased for ourselves and delighted for the community and the region.”

Founded by golfing legend Greg Norman, Great White Shark Enterprises (GWSE) is a multinational private corporation based in West Palm Beach, FL featuring a diverse portfolio of wellestablished and successful companies. With 20 different businesses today bearing the iconic shark logo, ranging from private equity to lifestyle-driven consumer products (apparel, wine, beef), to golf course design (95 international courses), to event management (3 PGA TOUR events), to asset-based debt lending (Great White Shark Opportunity Fund), GWSE is a force on the landscape of golf and beyond.

Pleasant Valley Quilters to meet, eat

WILLSBORO — The Pleasant Valley Quilters will be meeting with a pot luck supper Tuesday, June 9, at Noblewood Park, 158 Lakeshore Drive, at 6 p.m. Bring a dish to share and a quilt/craft items for show-n-tell. All are welcome. For further information contact janiceorlowski@gmail.com.

Community open celebration slated

WILLSBORO — The Champlain Valley Senior Community will hold its second annual opening celebration Friday, June 12, at 10 Gilliland Lane. Historic Tours will be available Wednesday, June 10 through June 12. Educational presentations will take place Friday, June 12 from 2 until 5 p.m.

There will be a barbecue with live music and family fun from 3 to 6 p.m. Call Danielle or Juliette at 817-9108 for more information.

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Ironman

From page 1 — consists of a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run.

Jim McKenna, CEO of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, explained that Ironman will send a site review team to Lake Placid in late July, and in August the final decision on who will host the 2017 event will be made.

Until then, there will be contact with Ironman as ROOST and others sort out of logistics of the potential influx of competitors, as well as family and fans, coming in from scores of different countries to the Lake Placid area.

“We have a tried-and-true course,” McKenna said. “Being such a global event, our challenges are in the hosting of that many spectators within a close proximity to the race site. We’re dealing with Clinton, Franklin, Essex and Hamilton counties. Other cities aren’t reaching out quite that far.”

If Lake Placid does get the green light, the economic boost could be a substantial one. Athletes come to the area to not only compete, but train in the time leading up to the race. Politi said that the 70.3 World Championship, which would fall later in the summer, could bring as many as 20,000 people to the county.

“Ironman is an event that’s good for everybody, especially Essex county,” Politi said. “Athletes are here training all the time, and that’s just the buildup for the event. You take all the people for the regular Ironman and consider the possibility of another 5,000 for this particular event, that’s an awful lot of people training and visiting our community.”

The Olympic village has had a long-lasting relationship with Ironman. This year’s July 26 race will mark the 17th running of the event in Lake Placid, the longest active streak in the continental US and second only to the 140.6 championship held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Brian Delaney, who owns High Peaks Cyclery, knows a thing or two about Ironman Ñ heÕ s done the Lake Placid race every year since it began, as well as in Hawaii, Florida, California and Utah — and said the 70.3 could play a major role in branding the village as a world-class destination for summer sports. Ò I think itÕ s going to be just what we need,Ó Delaney said of the shorter race thatÕ s drawing bigger and more diverse crowds. “You think we’re busy now, it’s going to be on everyone’s radar screen to come and do the Lake Placid 70.3.”

Delaney said the trickle-down effect could lead to the area pulling high-profile events in different sports, such as mountain biking, and continue to bring spenders in town in even more months of the year.

In the winter, tourists come to the area to ski the same trails as Olympic athletes did decades ago. The 70.3 course, he said, could make for a comparable draw.

Working in Lake Placid’s favor, perhaps, is its long standing as a destinations for triathletes, whether for over a hundred miles or less than twenty. Since 1984, Delaney has put on a Monday Night Mini-Triathlon, which starts at the beach on Mirror Lake and consists of a 400-yard swim, 12-mile bike and three-mile run. With hundreds of different people taking part in it each year, he estimates it has helped introduce 10,000 people to the sport. (This summer’s series opener will be on Monday, June 22.)

One can think of the 70.3 as an in-between.

“The 70.3 doesn’t kill you,” Delaney said. “You can actually do something the next day. People want to train on this thing.

We get phone calls in April, ‘Is the lake open? We want to start swimming.’ They’ll just train to the fall now.”

Since 2014, the 70.3 World Championship has rotated to sites around the world. The first running was in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, while this yearÕ s will be held in Austria and Australia will follow in 2016.

Then, perhaps, in Lake Placid. Ò The rotation of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship has elevated the race and allowed athletes from all over the world to experience a World Championship event at fantastic locations,Ó said Andrew Messick, Chief Executive Officer of Ironman, in a statement released on May 26. “The finalists for the 2017 championship are all tremendous hosts to Ironman races and provide courses well suited for an event of this caliber. These cities also provide our athletes and their families world-class hospitality and endless scenic and entertainment options.”

For a village that already hosts two major summer events Ñ the Lake Placid Horse Shows and the Summit Lacrosse Tournament — the 70.3 World Championship has the potential to be as big, if not bigger, of an event as the others.

Economic boosts aside, Politi expressed optimism for Lake PlacidÕ s chances because of a characteristic the other two possible sites donÕ t possess Ñ a rich athletic history that includes two Olympics. Ò I think we have a really good chance,” Politi said. “This is the place of miracles. Everybody wants to win a miracle in Lake Placid.”

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School board announces agenda

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Board of Education will hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, June 9, in the Conference Room at 6 p.m. It’s anticipated the Board will convene the Regular meeting and go into executive session at 5 p.m., to discuss the medical, financial, credit, and/or employment history of individuals under consideration for employment; discuss the medical, financial, credit, and/or employment history of particular employees; discuss the advice of counsel on a legal matter; discuss complaints of school district employees; discuss a matter pertaining to collective negotiations; discuss the performance evaluation of the Superintendent/Principal.

The Board will recognize student achievements; receive reports from Yearbook, National Honor Society, and 5th Grade; receive and adopt the Budget Vote results; receive a recommended revision to the Homework policy; receive first reading of Policy 3230 - Organizational Chart, Policy 5150- School Admissions, Policy 5280, Interscholastic Athletics, Policy 6255 - Donations, Gifts and Grants, Policy 9645-Disclosure of Wrongful Conduct; and various personnel appointments.

Board of Education meetings are open to the public; school district residents and interested others are encouraged to attend. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend. Agenda materials and public packet will be available online at elcsd.org the day of the meeting.

Grange to host Pennies from Heaven

WHALLONSBURG — Pennies from Heaven featuring Martha Gallagher takes place Saturday, June 13, at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 1610 NYS Rte 22, at 7:30 p.m. This is a benefit for Mary Mead Gibbs. There will be music and stories. The charge for tickets will be pay what your heart moves you to do. Before the concert will be pizza from Clay Hearth. Part of their proceeds also go to Mary Mead. For more information call 963-4170 or visit thegrangehall.info.

Church to serve chicken and biscuits

WESTPORT — The Chicken and Biscuit Dinner take place Thursday, June 18, at the Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St. (Stone Church). Serving starts at 4:30 p.m., with takeouts available. Donations of nonperishable food items for the local food pantry are appreciated.

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Visit Commercial Sales for your Do It Yourself needs Landscaping Options

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Summer is approaching and it’s almost time to start the do-it-yourself home and yard renovations.

Opened April 16, Commercial Sales, a new division of Taylor Rental that is conveniently located near Taylor Rental and locally owned and operated, sells masonry and landscaping items for homeowners in the North Country. Ò ItÕ s all landscaping and masonry supplies,Ó Manager Charlie Parrott said. “We sell the material like a retail store because there was a need for it in Plattsburgh.”

Commercial Sales is comprised of a team of three Ñ Parrott, masonry and landscaping salesman Ken Provost and yard specialist Zach Banker. With this staff, they all bring about 30 years of masonry and landscaping experience and knowledge to the business and its customers.

Cultured Stone

The veneer stone business shows on the front a variety of different cultured stone sidings that they sell, including River Rock Adirondack, Laurel Cavern Asher, Heritage Pennsylvania, York Limestone, Palermo Country Rubble, Sierra Mountain Ledge, Roughcut Autumn Leaft, Yoon Mountain Ledge, Veneto Fieldledge and much more.

The store sells veneer stone created by manufacturing companies, such as Cambridge Pavingstones, Environmental Stoneworks, Model Stone Co. Inc. and Stonecraft Industries, who all sell a variety of different styles in different colors.

To the right of the store, above the bags of grass seeds, sits red cedar, cherry and black mulch to cover the soil around the root zones of plants.

Beside the mulch are containers of landscape stones, including large cobble stones, red lava rocks, river pebbles, pea pebbles, pond pebbles, marble chips and more to add a sense of substance and nature to any yard.

Commercial Sales strives to make sure the DIY person has all the items necessary to get the job done when doing tasks in masonry or landscaping.

The store offers supplies such as safety eyewear, gasoline tanks, working gloves, ear plugs, extension cords, sunglasses, taping knives, scrub brushes and a variety of tools, including trowels, fl oats and edgers.

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Ken Provost and Charlie Parrott of Taylor Rental.

Also, Commercial Sales sells bricks from companies such as Redland Brick, McAvoy Brick and The Bowerstone Shale Company.

“There’s line after line after line,” Parrott said. “We have a couple thousand items.”

These cultured stone and brick veneers can be used to spruce up households, porches, pools, patios, driveways, fi replaces and fi re pits, stairs, grills, fountains, columns, fl ower beds, balconies, sidewalks, pathways and much more.

Displays of the stones, which are differentiated by fl ats or corners, are showcased on the walls of the store, surrounded by different add ons to make a home and lawn complete and unique.

If one doesnÕ t want to do the work themselves or need extra help, they can contact local masonry and landscaping businesses.

Business cards of masonry and landscaping businesses can be found in the store located near Taylor Rental and Party Plus at 616 Route 3. Also, the store offers many different catalogs for a variety of DIY jobs with step-by-step instructions.

Delivery options are available and rates vary depending on the product, the quantity of the product and location Commercial Sales is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit Taylor Rental’s Facebook page, Ò Taylor Rental Plattsburgh,Ó for updates on the new store.

ACAP celebrates half-century hallmark LAKE PLACID Ñ Adirondack Community Action Programs (ACAP) celebrated their 50th anniversary of working to combat poverty in Essex County with a poverty simulation and a commemorative dinner at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid on April 23.

ACAP was created as part of the national War on Poverty and incorporated as a community action agency in 1965.

Committed to providing services for children, adults, and seniors, the agency has worked to improve the lives of families in the community for over 50 years.

At the conference, staff, stakeholders, and board members participated in a poverty simulation hosted by the NYS Community Action Association.

The simulation gave participants a better understanding of what it is like to live in a typical low income household.

Insight gained by participating in the poverty simulation helped attendees to understand why those in poverty make the choices they make, and helps them in assisting families.

At the dinner, the organization took the opportunity to recognize its history and those who have been part of the positive impact the agency and its programs have on their community.

Outgoing Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas presented the agency with a proclamation from the board recognizing ACAP for its years of service to the community.

The evening ended with CEO Alan Jones and agency directors recognizing the many staff who have reached milestones in years of service, thanking them for their hard work and dedication.

The Willsboro Key Club raised $2,100 for the North Country Honor Flight in a May 8 walkathon.

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Sentinels get past Patriots for ninth straight softball title

By Keith Lobdell

ney Keenan driving home Kendra Niemman, who doubled and reached third on a passed ball. keith@denpubs.com The rest of the game came down to the Sentinels working out of a pair of jams. In the fi fth inning, Madison McCabe reached on PLATTSBURGH — The bottom of the second inning was all an error and Priscilla Coats singled to give AVCS runners on fi rst the Ticonderoga Lady Sentinels and their pitcher Hannah Ross would need to claim the Section VII/Class C softball title May and second with no one out.

“I called a timeout and went to the mound,” Mullen said. “I 28. told Hannah we needed a strikeout from her with the fi rst batter The Sentinels scored all three of their runs in the second as then to play defense from there.” they defeated the AuSable Valley Patriots, 3-1.

Ross did strike out the next batter before Vanessa Garrow “I think the layoff hurt us, but we were able to remain aggresroped a pitch toward Ticonderoga shortstop Haleigh Wright, sive and push the envelope on the bases as we have all year,Ó who made a split-second catch in the air and doubled off Mchead coach Eric Mullen said.

Lexi Moore led off the bottom of the second with a double, Cabe at second base. Ò That was a pivotal point and the girls were able to relax and which was followed by a Kaylee Coon two-bagger which drove in Moore. After a Hannah Ross walk and wild pitch, Coon and make a play,” Mullen said. “Haleigh made a great play off the bat.”

Ross both scored on a wild pitch, giving the team a 3-0 lead. Ò Hannah got a big strikeout and I was thinking about what AuSable scored their lone run in the fourth inning, with KourtI would do if I had the ball hit my way,” Wright said. “When it was hit, for me, the instincts just took over.”

“Haleigh’s play was a turning point in the game,Ó Ross said.

In the seventh inning, Sydney Snow and Coats singled to give the Patriots fi rst and second with one out. Ò I went to the mound and again told Hannah a strikeout would be great in this situation,” Mullen said.

While not a strikeout, Ross was able to get Hannah Rondeau to pop out to Wright before Garrow made the fi nal out of the game, a fl y ball to right fi elder Cheyanne Tuthill. Ò I didnÕ t see it right off the bat, but once I could tell it was coming to me I didnÕ t want to let my team down and wanted to make sure I got under the The Patriots were unable to overcome three Sentinel runs in the 3-1 Section VII Class D softball setback. ball and lined it up.”

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Ross fi nished the game allowing the one run on six hits while walking none and striking out four.

For the Patriots, Madison Rondeau fi nished with two walks and eight strike outs, allowing seven hits over six innings.

Photo by Andrew Johnstone

Lady Eagles, Chiefs claim track and field sectional crowns PERU — Powered in large part by Kallie and Kirsten Villemaire, the Beekmantown girls’ track and fi eld team edged second-place Saranac by 37.5 points, 169.5-132, for the Section VII crown.

In boysÕ competition, it wasnÕ t nearly as close as Saranac racked up 192.5 points overall, nearly 100 more than runner-up Plattsburgh (99), on their way to the team championship.

Team scores — Girls Beekmantown, 169.5 Saranac, 132 Peru, 66.5 Lake Placid, 40 Ticonderoga, 45.5

First-place finishers — Girls

GIRLS Kallie Villemaire fi nished fi rst in the 100, 200 and 400 meter dashes for the Lady Eagles. Meanwhile, Kirsten Villemaire made strong work of the longer runs, winning the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs. The two then joined with Elisabeth Plympton and Carlee Casey for fi rst in the 4x100 meter relay. Beekmantown athletes took fi rst in 11 of 16 events overall.

ItÕ s a result that had been common all season, only this time it was against the entire section.

Octavia Pizarro (100 meter hurdles), Plympton (long jump), Grace Kelly (triple jump) and Jerika LaValley (shot put) rounded out the Eagles’ fi rst-place fi nishers.

Northeastern Clinton’s Jessica Cartier won the 400 meter hurdles, Lillith Ida the high jump for Ticonderoga, and Logan Thatcher gave Saranac an individual fi rst in discus.

The Lady Chiefs rode a slew of second-place fi nishes on their way to runner-up as a team. Amy LoTemplio was responsible for two of them, those coming in the 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, while Janyll Barber came in second in the 400 meter dash and triple jump. Lexi Blockson, Faith Haley, LoTemplio and Abby Cerne also fi nished runner-up in the 4x800 meter relay.

EKMW, with its ninth overall fi nish, got a second-place performance from Sara Snyder in the 800, three seconds behind Kirsten

100 meter dash, Kallie Villemaire (BCS), 12.86 200 meter dash, Kallie Villemaire (BCS), 25.55 400 meter dash, Kallie Villemaire (BCS), 56.76 800 meter run, Kirsten Villemaire (BCS), 2:27.56 1,500 meter run, Kirsten Villemaire (BCS), 5:03.28 3,000 meter run, Kirsten Villemaire (BCS), 11:16.60 100 meter hurdles, Octavia Pizarro (BCS), 16.98 400 meter hurdles, Jessica Cartier (NCCS), 1:06.91 4x100 meter relay, Elisabeth Plympton, Carlee Casey, Kirsten Villemaire, Kallie Villemaire (BCS), 51.24 4x400 meter relay, Taylor Canet, Rebecca Romonowicz, Abby Adams, Rachel Sheldrick (PCS), 4:16.62 4x800 meter relay, Gabby Armstrong, Nina Armstrong, Sara Rose-McCandlish, Sage Miller (LPCS), 10:11.63 High jump, Lillith Ida (TCS), 4’10” Long jump, Elisabeth Plympton (BCS), 16’5.00” Triple jump, Grace Kelly (BCS), 32’8.00” Shot put, Jerika LaValley (BCS), 32’2.25” Discus, Logan Thatcher (SCS), 94’6.00”

Team scores — Boys The Emus’ Jon Gay turned in another solid day, this time against competition from the entire section. The EKMW runner placed first in the 800 and 1,600 meter runs.

Photo by Andrew Johnstone

Villemaire of Beekmantown.

Makayla Stockwell, Juliette Baker, McKenna Harris and Sara Snyder also fi nished runner-up in the 4x400 relay, while in the 4x800, Myra Adams, Harris, Snyder and Stockwell took fi fth.

For the Lady Patriots, all of the team’s 11 points came Brinn Peck. She fi nished in third in the 100 meter dash and added on a fourth-place fi nish in the 200 meter dash.

EKMW’s Myra Adams starts her leg of the team’s fifth-place finish in the 4x800 meter relay. She was joined by Sara Snyder, Makayla Stockwell and KcKenna Harris in the event.

Photo by Andrew Johnstone

Saranac Lake, 40 Plattsburgh, 37 Northeastern Clinton, 27.5 EKMW, 27 Seton Catholic, 27.5 AuSable Valley, 11

BOYS Justin Liechy turned in a three-win performance to help his team to the win. The Saranac athlete won the 200 and 400 meter dashes and added a substantial win in the high jump, going for 6’4”, half a foot higher than second-place fi nisher Jacob Rohrig of Plattsburgh.

In the end, the Saranac boys won 8 of the 16 events.

Saranac added three more individual wins as Caiden Goodman won the 100 meter dash, Mitch Fink the triple jump and Colby Russell the shot put. The team was also strong in relay races, winning two of the three.

Hunter Church, Colby Churchill, Austin Myers and Goodman won the 4x100 relay .12 ahead of Peru while the 4x400 meter relay win came by a more comfortable seven second margin as Tyler Blair, Myers, Churchill and Hunter Church nabbed fi rst.

EKMW, seven overall, got a strong string of individual performances by Jon Gay, who took fi rst in both the 800 and 1,600

Saranac, 192.5 Plattsburgh, 99 Peru, 77 Ticonderoga, 55 Beekmantown, 51

Lake Placid, 37.5 EKMW, 33 Saranac Lake, 28 Seton Catholic, 20 Northeastern Clinton, 19 AuSable Valley, 11

First-place finishers — Boys

100 meter dash, Caiden Goodman (SCS), 11.61 200 meter dash, Justin Liechty (SCS), 23.07 400 meter dash, Justin Liechty (SCS), 50.07 800 meter run, Jonathan Gay (EKMW), 2:03.14 1,600 meter run, Jonathan Gay (EKMW), 4:23.27 3,200 meter run, Caleb Moore (SC), 10:18.36 110 meter hurdles, Shawn Silliman (TCS), 15.87 400 meter hurdles, Shawn Silliman (TCS), 57.54 4x100 meter relay, Hunter Church, Colby Churchill, Austin Myers, Caiden Goodman (SCS), 44.88 4x400 meter relay, Tyler Blair, Austin Myers, Colby Churchill, Hunter Church (SCS), 3:34.75 4x800 meter relay, Josh Ferris, Jacob Jabaut, Anthony Ready, Jeriqho Gadway (PHS), 8:32.91 High jump, Justin Liechty (SCS), 6’4.00” Long jump, Damian Bruce (PHS), 20’3.00” Triple jump, Mitch Fink (SCS), 42’1.75” Shot put, Colby Russell (SCS), 44’8.00” Discus, Timothy Bedard (NCCS), 113’3.00” meter runs.

AuSable ValleyÕ s Nathan Manning, Joel Martineau, Riley Smith and Carl Kelley took fi fth in the 4x100 meter relay while Manning added a sixth in the high jump.

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ESSEX — Celebrate Champlain Area Trails Event. Barn, Block House Farm, 2916 Lakeshore Rd. 4 to 7 p.m. $15 pp $30 family, preregistration. $20 pp, $40 family.

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WESTPORT — Dr. Thomas Tanneberger Golf Tournament. Westport Country

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WESTPORT — Chicken, Biscuit Dinner. Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St. (Stone Church). Serving 4:30 p.m. Takeouts available. Nonperishable donations appreciated.

WESTPORT — Essex County Soil and Water Conservation District 50 years celebration. Floral Hall, Essex County Fairgrounds. 6 p.m. RSVP 962-8225.

Alexa Nichole Teson visited the resting place of her great grandfather, Douglas Whitney, of Keene Valley, a Korean War veteran. Teson dropped some lilacs on his headstone and gave him a great big kiss goodbye.

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DATE 5/22/15 5/22/15 5/22/15 5/22/15 5/26/15

LEGALS NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 8 Church Lane LLC filed articles of organization with SOS of NY on 5/26/2015. Principal office is in Essex County, New York. The SOS of NY is designated as agent for service of process against the LLC, and SOS shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the LLC to 2351 County Route 10, Wadhams, NY 12993. The LLCs purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.

VN-6/6-7/11/15-6TC84056

ALTERNATIVE ADAPTIVE RE-USE WADA Building, Westport, Engineering Proposals invited July 10, 2015 Bill Kuntz 2 Addison St. Elizabethtown, NY 129932 VN-05/30/2015-4TC-

ALTERNATIVE ADAPTIVE RE-USE WADA Building, Westport, Engineering Proposals invited July 10, 2015 Bill Kuntz 2 Addison St. Elizabethtown, NY 129932 VN-05/30/2015-4TC83215

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: DERECK CROWNINGSHIELD CONTRACTRACTING LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/01/2014 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 1215 Sunset Dr., Willsboro, NY 12996. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

VN-05/16-06/20/20156TC-82205

5/26/15 5/26/15 5/26/15 5/27/15 5/27/15

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC): FITZGERALD ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with SSNY on 04/02/2015. New York Office Location: Essex County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon who process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: Fitzgerald Environmental Associates LLC., 18 Severance Green, Suite 203, Colchester, VT 05446.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

VN-06/06-07/11/20156TC-84356 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license (number pending) for beer, wine and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer wine and liquor at retail in a hotel under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 2125 Saranac Avenue Lake Placid, Essex County for on premises consumption. BrewsterMill Park Realty, Inc. dba

CLINTON

GRANTOR GRANTEE LOCATION PRICE Reginald Bedell et al.

Federal National Mortgage Association Altona $100 Russell Guay Christopher and Henriette Mastic $130,300 NOTICEPeruOF ANNUAL Brian and Andrea Archer Caitlin McKee Ausable $122,500 MEETING Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Mortar & Pestle Development Corp.

Town of Plattsburgh $35,000 The Annual Meeting of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVJames Townsend and EN that Nancy a license (numand Kevin Lancto Secretary of Veterans Affairs the Stockholders Schuyler Falls of the $9,356 Champlain ber pending) Jerry Deno for beer, Jordan Deno ChazyBank Corpo$102,000 Marthahas Pedulla Shelly, Derek and Gerald Miller $40,000 ration, Peru for the purpose wine Stephen and and liquor Scott and Laura Mclean Brian and Andrea Archer Peru of Class $140,000 of election B been applied for by the June Rascoe et al.

Richard Allinson Saranac $18,000 Directors, and for any undersigned to sell beer Reginald Bedell and other business that may wine and liquor at retail Kathleen Baumgardner Melissa Korb Ellenburg $3,100

in a hotel under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 2125 Saranac Avenue Lake Placid, Essex County for on premises consumption. BrewsterMill Park Realty, Inc. dba Quality Inn on Lake Placid.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: MCR FEDERAL, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/2015 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Mocadoo, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on March 19, 2015. Office Location: Essex County. SSNY desig. agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: PO Box 62, Upper Jay, NY 12987. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

VN-05/02-06/06/20156TC-80361 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Champlain Bank Corporation, for the purpose of election of Class B Directors, and for any other business that may come before the meeting, will be held in the Banking Rooms of the said Corporation at the Willsboro Office, Willsboro, New York, on Friday, June 19, 2015, at

come before the meeting, will be held in the Banking Rooms of the said Corporation at the Willsboro Office, Willsboro, New York, on Friday, June 19, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.

Charles R. Hughes Secretary of the Board Champlain Bank Corporation 3900 NYS Route 22 Willsboro, NY 12996 VN-06/06/2015-1TC82804

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Otis Mountain Media LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/28/15. Office location: Essex County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6588 Main St., Westport, NY 12993.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

VN-05/16-06/20/20156TC-82196

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY [LLC] Name: SMROCK LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York [SSNY] on April 16, 2015. Office location: Essex County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2491 Main Street, Lake Placid, New York 12946. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

VN-05/02-06/06/20156TC-80336 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SunRay Group Properties, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/6/15. Office loc.: Essex County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is 8120 Brookside Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19027.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SunRay Group Properties, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/6/15. Office loc.: Essex County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is 8120 Brookside Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19027.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-05/30-07/04/20156TC-82976 THE TOWN OF ELIZABETHTOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT is accepting applications for a full time Heavy Equipment Operator. Must have a current CDL class A or B license and experience with Highway machinery. A physical and drug test are required. Applications are available at the Elizabethtown Town Hall. Call Highway Superintendent @ 518873-2020 for info.

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