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FIRE AND ICE

Fire razes St. Mary’s Academy in Champlain

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By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com CHAMPLAIN Ñ Last Friday, Jan. 16, fire tore through the former St. MaryÕ s Academy in Champlain, leaving the three story stone building a smoldering shell of its former self.

Firefighters from around the northern tier, including departments from Vermont and Quebec, fought the blaze well into Saturday morning. Over 200 fire fighters rotated in to fight the blaze.

Throughout the weekend and into this past week the remains of the building lay smoldering, while local departments continued douse it with water in hopes of quenching it for good.

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The burned out shell of St. Mary’s Academy in Champlain, which burned in a massive blaze overnight Jan. 16.

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KofC members lead anti abortion march

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PLATTSBURGH Ñ Knights of Columbus members from numerous councils around the Champlain Valley led the annual March For Life to St. JohnÕ s Church on Sunday.

The march coincides yearly with the anniversary of the 1973 Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision, effectively legalizing abortion in the United States.

Marchers at the head of the roughly 80 strong march quietly recited a rosary while they walked down Broad Street from the Blessed John XXIII Newman Center where the march stepped off from.

Reverend Jason McGuire, from Rochester, spoke at the church as the keynote speaker. He said that the pro-life message is resonating throughout the country, on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum.

Marchers were treated to nicer weather for the march than in years past, with a slight wind and temperatures hovering in the lower thirties. The march, however, is held rain, snow or shine.

At left: Members of the Knights of Columbus lead the Jan. 18 March for Life on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.

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North Country leads state in suicide rate

By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ More people kill themselves in the North Country per capita than anywhere else in New York state.

Behavioral Health Services North (BHSN) are hoping to bring attention to that fact, as well as to the services they provide to people in crisis, to help to stem that tide.

According to Tara Powers, Director of Development and Community Relations for BHSN, suicides donÕ t peak during the holidays as many people believe, but rather in the early spring. Ò It can be isolating (the holidays). It can be stressful,Ó she said. Ò It can be really hard when youÕ re depressed to put on that facade. You go into the new year in that dark space, while everybody else is positive. Ò WeÕ re in that dark, cold period now in the North Country.Ó The outcome, she says, is that as winter drags on eventually into spring, the suicide rate rises.

BHSN administers the only suicide hot line available within the county, and touts that calls are answered by a live, trained person within 30 seconds. Ò What weÕ re trying to get out there is the idea that there is help, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day,Ó Powers said. Ò ItÕ s really an important thing for people to know that these resources are out there.Ó While they administer the local hot line for the Clinton County Coalition to Prevent Suicide, they do occasionally answer calls from people in crisis in other counties as well, and work to funnel them to an appropriate help line.

But, Powers points out, BHSN sees their hot line as a last line of defense. They prefer to get involved with people before they make it to a crisis state. BHSN offers a wide range of psychiatric services for people and families suffering from mental illnesses or depression. They have both adult clinical services, as well as a child and family clinic.

Many people are referred following psychiatric hospitalization and are in need of an array of treatment and rehabilitation services. Ò When people are going through this, they donÕ t want to stigmatize their families. YouÕ re not Ò supposedÓ to have those feelings. People are afraid to reach out,Ó she said.

They number for the suicide prevention hot line is 1-866-5773836. The number to schedule regular adult clinical services is 563-8000.

BHSN also administers a hot line specifically for veterans, whose suicide rates nationally have skyrocketed in recent years.

That number is 1-800-273-8255.

Restaurants to benefit United Way PLATTSBURGH — Wednesday, Jan. 21, will mark the fifth annual Dine United for the Adirondack Region. There will be a wide variety of restaurants throughout Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties participating.

Every patron that visits a participating restaurant will be giving back to our region, as well as supporting local restaurants.

Each restaurant has agreed to donate to the United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. Ò With their donations and our 41 partner agencies, we will be able to help fellow residents with critical needs such as food, clothing, shelter, child care, safety from domestic violence, and much moreÓ , stated the Executive Director, John Bernardi, of The United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. The Director of Development, Kathy Snow, suggested to start the day with a breakfast treat and then visit one of the neighborhood restaurants for lunch. Finally, go home and grab the family for a delicious dinner at any of the participating restaurant.

Mention to the restaurants that you are there for Dine United and enter the drawing for raffle prizes. It is a day to have fun and give back to the community.

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Relay for Life Kick Off event planned for Feb. 7

By Teah Dowling

denpubs@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Plattsburgh Relay for Life Kick Off event will take place Feb. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Plattsburgh International Airport. Ò Things are always changing,Ó said Julie Stalker, tri-lead for Relay for Life. Ò ItÕ s an opportunity for teams to come and see whatÕ s new about relay, join a team, become a team or just see what relay is about.Ó This year, Plattsburgh Relay for Life will take place June 12 at the Clinton County Fairgrounds and feature a new beach theme, luminaria ceremony, fight back ceremony and more.

RelayÕ s goal is to get 700 participants, 30 new teams, 70 returning teams and 400 survivors for this yearÕ s race, along with raising $150,000.

Relay for Life was born in May 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, who passed away last year at 71, walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society fight against cancer.

Ò This is out there,Ó Stalker said. Ò This event draws out awareness.Ó A year later, 340 supporters joined the overnight event. And since those first steps, the Relay for Life movement has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, raising nearly $5 billion to fight cancer.

Each year, more than 4 billion people in over 20 countries raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer through the Relay for Life movement by celebrating, remembering and fighting back. Ò This event draws out awareness,Ó Stalker said. Ò It asks us to remember those individuals that weÕ ve lost and to celebrate the people that are here.Ó Register before Feb. 7 and be entered in a drawing for two round trip flight tickets to Boston donated by PenAir. For more information on the kick off event, contact Ann Brickey at 518-534-2050 or relayforcure@ gmail.com or Laurie Lucia at 518-569-7157 or llucia63@ymail.com. To register and find out more about relay, visit www.relayforlife.org/plattsburghny. Ò This is something you should support because you want to,Ó Stalker said. Ò I would encourage people to come to the event and the kick off, meet with us and learn more about what we do.Ó

Trinity Episcopal Church serving up community meals

By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Trinity Episcopal Church in Plattsburgh is celebrating at least 20 years of offering their weekly community meal. TheyÕ ve lost track of the specifics as they’ve been pretty busy in the kitchen.

In the early nineties the church, which sits snug in the heart of downtown Plattsburgh, started the meal on a shoe-string budget. Ò We saw a need in the community, so we decided we would start a community meal,Ó said Martha Bachman, current director of the Community Meal. Ò ItÕ s not a soup kitchen. ItÕ s a community meal. ItÕ s a time of fellowship.Ó When the Ice Storm of 1998 hit the church, they were left with a fair amount of settlement money from the damage. At that time, they chose to invest in a commercial kitchen so they could expand their offerings.

TheyÕ ve been providing Wednesday evening meals during their entire run, and in the winter they offer a Saturday meal as well. They serve between 50 and 80 people for their Wednesday mean, and about 60 for their weekend meal.

Along with a cadre of volunteers from the church, Trinity is assisted by volunteers from the First Presbyterian Church, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, KiwanisÕ Breakfast Club, SUNY Plattsburgh, Beekmantown High

Left to right, Head Cook Lee Beshon, Martha Bachman and Father Colin Belton preparing a meal at the Trinity Episcopal Church’s biweekly Community Meal.

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School, and several other volunteer groups from the community, as well as some people as-

signed to community service.

Along with the meal, whenever possible,

they have food to send people home with. Ò A lot of food is donated, especially through the JCEO gleaners program, and we redistribute it to people who come to the meal,Ó said Father Colin Belton, pastor at Trinity. Ò ItÕ s a pastoral ministry for me. I get to sit down and just chat. Just talk to the people.Ó While some food is donated, most is purchased by the church or the various volunteer groups taking part. Different groups have their own week each month that they fund and man, with Trinity picking up their own monthly meal. Fifth Wednesdays, which happen five times a year, are picked up by the First Assembly of God Youth Group.

Bachman says that the volunteers take more from the meal than those who come to eat. Ò ItÕ s satisfying seeing people come and get a mealÉ to see that theyÕ re having a good time,Ó she said. Ò I like that this is a place where we can spread the word of God in a very non-threatening way.Ó Ò I take away the satisfaction that people leave here knowing that theyÕ ve had a good meal and good fellowship,Ó added Belton.

Doors open and coffee flows for both community meals at 4 p.m., with meals being served at 5:15 p.m. Bachman says that volunteers are always needed, especially for the winter Saturday meal. Interested people can contact Trinity at 561-2244.

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Lumber Jills roller derby club seeking new members

By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Its fresh meat time for the Lumber Jills, and theyÕ re looking for a few good women to answer the call.

The local roller derby club is recruiting for the upcoming season, a season after a fairly successful 2014 campaign, the Jills are hoping to replace some members who have left the team over the summer.

This year the Jills are hoping to gain WomenÕ s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) status this year. Gaining WFTDA status would mean that the Lumber Jills would be recognized by the association as a full-fledged team, and not just a club. ÒT his year weÕ re apprentice status. We need to bout with a WFTDA team,Ó said Lumber JillsÕ president Maddie McGrath. ÒI f we can get enough new people, that will help us in achieving that goal.Ó McGrath says that the time commitment required for the team can put some people off, but she finds the benefits far outweigh any other factor. ÒI t takes a lot of time, but itÕ s worth the commitment. WeÕ ve traveled all over the place; you get to meet people you never would have met and make friends with people you never would have made friends with,Ó s he said.

She says, too, that a fresh meat candidate doesnÕ t need to be able to skate. ThatÕ s a skill they are more than willing to teach.

Fresh meat night is Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. at the Crete Center in Plattsburgh. The Jills practice time is typically 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays, and bouts are Sundays, from 5 to 7 p.m.

To learn more about the Jills, interested candidates can go to their Facebook page, or e-mail plattsburghrollerderby@gmail.com

Above: The Lumber Jills are looking for new members as they hope make the leap from club to team status in 2015.

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Supercuts helps in NY blood drives PLATTSBURGH Ñ Give blood at the North Country Regional Blood Donor Center or at any of its scheduled blood drives and get a haircut at Supercuts for just $5. This offer from the salon located in Consumer Square, Plattsburgh is available to blood donors who present their North Country Regional Blood Donor Center post donation information card during January and February.

Blood donated to the Donor Center stays in Northern New York, helping hundreds of North Country residents each day.

To be eligible to donate blood, a person must be in good health and at least 17 years of age. The minimum weight requirement is 110 lbs. All donors must pass a physical and health history exam conducted at the drive prior to donation. Whole blood can be donated once every eight weeks (56 days). Apheresis (red blood cell donation) donations can occur every 16 weeks.

Located in the CVPH Health Plaza, the North Country Regional Blood Donor Center is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome however those interested in apheresis donation should call (518) 562-7406 to make an appointment. More information and a complete listing of upcoming drives can be found at cvph.org. Ò Supercuts generous support of our efforts during this month, National Blood Donor Awareness Month is tremendous. With their offer, our donors can look good and feel great about supporting their community,Ó explained Jeannine Yanulavich, blood bank supervisor at the University of Vermont Health Network Ð Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital. The North Country Regional Blood Donor Center is a program of CVPH.

Fire

From page 1 Timmons said that they likely will not be able to totally extinguish the blaze until the building is demolished.

Roughly two-thirds of the building complex were totally destroyed. During the height of the fire, a house next door briefly caught fire, before firefighters were able to nip the fire in the bud.

Firefighters fighting the fire contended with one of the coldest nights this winter, with temperatures well below zero.

Throughout the weekend people walked or drove by the ice encrusted, hulking remains. The entire St. MaryÕ s Academy campus, including both entrances, remain ringed with yellow fire scene tape.

County and state fire investigators have been working since the weekend trying to find the source of the blaze. The venerable school has been closed since 2012, but parts of the building were still being used for things like exercise classes and meetings.

When they closed their doors, after years of financial insolvency, the local community and St. MaryÕ s alumni tried to rally to save the school, but they were unable. The school, like many religious schools before them, suffered from dwindling enrollment over the years.

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shawn@denpubs.com PERU Ñ ThereÕ s more than just your regular restaurant fare on the menu at Livingoods in Peru.

Along with a growing selection of made-on-site micro brews, the popular Plattsburgh transplant has a fair selection of vegetarian dished accompanying their regular menu. Chef/ Owner Matt Ray splits his time between the brewing and the kitchen, with more time in the kitchen over the winter months.

When it comes to their vegetarian fare, Ray has come up with vegetarian-specific dishes, but can also alter some of their regular dishes, like pizza, to make them vegetarian. Ò We offer things that are not just dishes with the meat removed. ItÕ s not so limited, or you (the customer) donÕ t have to create your own vegetarian dishes,Ó he said.

But Ray, who got his start with home brewing in college before moving to Colorado to train in a craft brewery, feels most at home when heÕ s brewing. He sees the brewery side of the house as the one with the most potential for growth.

Ray, with his wife and co-owner Jess Ray, started Livingoods in downtown Plattsburgh in 2005, with the eventual goal of incorporating a brewery into the mix. But they found

that the space that they were in was just too small to add the machinery necessary for the scale operation the couple envisioned. When they found the former Crickets restaurant in Peru, they had space for their restaurant as well as the brewery.

Since getting the brewery up and running this past summer, Ray has experimented with 18 different batches of beer, brewing up to 12 kegs at a time. His recent concoction, North Country Pale Ale, has been his most successful brew. Ò I like challenging people in what beer they drink,Ó he said. Ò IÕ ve been doing this for 15 years and IÕ m still learning stuff every day. ThatÕ s the appeal to me; it never gets old.Ó

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It takes more than boats to float a marina

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hand in hand with the new marina as the promise goes: Good, higher-end downtown businesses.

In the past few years, however, this has been anything but the trend in Plattsburgh.

A casual stroll along downtown streets shows only two types of businesses which seem to be thriving: Secondhand stores and tattoo parlors... not exactly magnets for up-scale Canadian shopping dollars.

On Margaret Street alone, one canÕ t swing a dead cat and not hit either one or the other types of establishments.

Granted, tattoos have become mainstream in American culture and donÕ t attract the type of riffraff that their former stigma implied, but the jury is certainly out as to how many Canadian boaters will make the trek up the hill for some new ink.

We can pretty much go out on a limb and guarantee that very few will be shopping for some secondhand DVDs or a samurai sword to bring back to their half-million dollar boats.

Sure, Pawn Stars is currently one of the most popular shows on television, but that doesnÕ t mean that PlattsburghÕ s thrift stores will be able to capitalize on this trend and attract Canadian shoppers.

Those holding the reins of power in the city seem to think that just bringing more boaters to the Plattsburgh shores will bring good business to the downtown.

But the opposite could likely be the case: Shoppers go to stores, not stores to shoppers. If the city can’t find some way to entice good businesses to locate downtown before the boaters come, the boaters will never make it any further than the Turtle... that is, if they choose to dock at PlattsburghÕ s new marina at all.

All this pre-supposes that the project will come together in time for this yearÕ s boating season.

By spring, itÕ s all but too late. Boaters reserve their dock space months, if not years, in advance.

If PlattsburghÕ s docks are going in the water in, say, June, itÕ s just too late to salvage this season.

Then itÕ s back to the drawing board and another lost year of possibilities.

The prospects thus far donÕ t seem to be too confidence inspiring, as the current council wrestles with a reputation for extreme political ennui.

They could turn that all around, however, if the next two months see the council chambers turned into a beehive of activity between the city and Navtours, working on the three-legged-stool of marina, shuttle bus and good downtown businesses.

Not much time will be needed to tell. ÑD

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The Burgh Editorial ord on the street is there is a rebirth afoot in downtown Plattsburgh. Politicians have been talking and talking about bringing a city-run marina to downtown.

The most forward progress that the project has seen to date happened just a week ago when the Common Council voted a kingÕ s ransom to buy new docks and turn the operation over to the Montreal-based Navtours.

If the marina does come to pass, new businesses will immediately spring up in the cityÕ s downtown, weÕ re promised.

But what kind of new businesses will come?

Businesses need space close to where these new boaters will be tying up. The space immediately around the marina however, with scant few exceptions, is residential space.

The main problem then becomes logistics.

Are boaters going to leave their boats at the new marina and walk past the only restaurant close by, the Naked Turtle, to walk to other downtown restaurants a half mile away?

Do they come now from the current marina, the Plattsburgh Boat Basin?

Will they even know what downtown businesses are within Ò walking distanceÓ of the marina?

And is your average recreational boater going to head out in flip-flops, take the lengthy walk up past the train station, hang a right and trudge down a fairly uninviting sidewalk, just to get to the outskirts of the business district proper?

Are they going to shop at all the Ò boutiqueÓ stores which are yet to be built, and trudge their parcels back this same way?

What the city needs to go hand in hand with the new marina is a city-run shuttle service to bring boaters, the overwhelming majority of which will be well-heeled Canadians, to the scant downtown shopping and dining corridor as it currently stands.

The city can sell ad space on the shuttle itself, and publish maps and brochures, available at the marina and on the shuttle, to downtown businesses. This will help defray the costs to the city to run the shuttle and give aggressive businesses a leg up on their competitors.

It is an anathema in Plattsburgh to liken any planned changes in the city to what Burlington currently offers, but why not talk about a city whose marina brings proven results?

Dock in Burlington, and the city simply invites the boater to come in and shop. ItÕ s about the same distance of a walk, but nautical shoppers know what theyÕ re going to get: a nice walk to good stores in a vibrant downtown environment.

Which brings us to the other thing that the city needs to encourage, which will supposedly go

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A history of litigation

How could you have known?

To the Editor: What follows is an abbreviated history of the litigation concerning the Adirondack Club.

The witches brew of half-truths and misinformation served by preservationists of all pretentions at public meetings, in anonymous comments and postings and in countless interviews and press releases were as much part of the litigation as any pleading. Like the litigation, the propaganda war was intended to cause delay, increase costs, decrease profits, chill investor interest and poison the well of public opinion.

The preservation groups and their apologists have tried to justify the litigation by proclaiming high motives, the existence of serious issues and dedication to science.

Nonsense.

They could never have had a reasonable expectation of winning in court. It appears clear they simply wanted to bleed the community and us dry. In laymanÕ s terms, a frivolous lawsuit is one without any legal merit. Every court that considered the merits found the lawsuits filed by Protect and the Sierra Club to be without merit.

We submit that the question for your readers and their elected representatives is not whether the suits were an attempt to prevent economic opportunity for residents of the Adirondack Park. Anyone who looks at the record of Protect will see the answer to that.

The real question is whether special interest groups should be allowed to inflict intentional damage on the community with impunity simply because they claim to be acting in the public interest.

It is one thing to let them state their opinions at a hearing like everyone else. It is entirely another to give them standing to litigate and the ability to game the judicial system without risk. They have no incentive to behave reasonably.

That said, here is the promised chronology: 2004 and 2005 - A conceptual review by the APA board that Ò encouragedÓ us to proceed with the Adirondack Club (Ò ACRÓ ) application.

January 2007 - The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks (Ò AssociationÓ ), the ResidentsÕ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (“Residents’ Committee”) and some neighbors filed an Article 78 proceeding challenging actions taken by the Town Board in September 2006 rezoning the ACR site.

November 2, 2007 - The Supreme Court dismissed the Article 78 proceeding and a related action.

November 27, 2007 - The Association and the ResidentsÕ Committee appealed the November 2, 2007 Supreme Court decision to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

July 2, 2009 - The Appellate Division affirmed the Supreme Court decision.

January 31, 2012 Ð After years of staff review and completion of an adjudicatory hearing as well as a series of public meetings; the Adirondack Park Agency (Ò APAÓ ) board approved the application of the ACR by a 10 to 1 vote.

March 20, 2012 Ð Protect (the surviving entity after the merger of the Association and the ResidentsÕ Committee) and the Sierra Club filed a new Article 78 with the Supreme Court, Albany County seeking to annul the APA boardÕ s 10 to 1 vote.

June 18, 2012 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed an amended Article 78 petition with the Supreme Court, Albany County.

July 20, 2012 - The Supreme Court, Albany County transferred the proceeding to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

September 2012 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed a motion with the Appellate Division seeking disclosure of numerous documents and permission to depose what could have been more than 150 individuals including each APA board member, the Governor and members of his executive staff.

November 21, 2012 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed a separate Article 78 in Warren County challenging the APA response to a Freedom of Information Law (Ò FOILÓ ) request made by Protect and the Sierra Club.

November 29, 2012 Ð The Appellate Division denied the September motion for disclosure by Protect and the Sierra Club and remitted the proceeding to the Supreme Court, Albany County.

March 19, 2013 Ð The Supreme Court, Albany granted ProtectÕ s motion for disclosure to a very limited extent and denied all other requests describing the overall motion as a Ò wide ranging, unfocused and intrusive inquiryÓ .

April 8, 2013 Ð The Supreme Court, Albany County once again transferred the amended Article 78 proceeding to the Appellate Division.

May 16, 2013 Ð The Appellate Division granted Protect and the Sierra ClubÕ s motion to appeal from the Supreme CourtÕ s order denying discovery and consolidated the appeal with the amended Article 78 proceeding.

July 3, 2014 - The Appellate Division, in a 5 to 0 decision, found Protect and the Sierra ClubÕ s contentions in its June 18, 2012 amended Article 78 petition to be without merit and dismissed the petition. The amended petition was 153 pages and alleged 29 causes of action claiming substantive and procedural violations of the APA Act, the Freshwater Wetlands Act, APA regulations and the State Administrative Procedures Act; all of which were found to be without merit.

August 4, 2014 Ð Having lost in court, Protect and the Sierra Club filed a motion asking the Appellate Division for permission to appeal the April decision by the Appellate Division.

September 16, 2014 Ð The Appellate Division, in a 5 to 0 decision, denied that permission to Protect and the Sierra Club.

October 2014 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed a motion asking the Court of Appeals to allow them to appeal the April 2014 decision of the Appellate Division to the Court of Appeals.

December 17, 2014 Ð The Court of Appeals denied permission to appeal to Protect and the Sierra Club.

Every one of those actions taken by the preservationists cost the State, the community, the developers and your readers money. The direct costs were in the millions of dollars. It is hard to even estimate the damage done to the local communities, schools, businesses and residents by the delay.

In all probability, every dollar spent by the preservationists on staff, lawyers and PR was deducted from some donorÕ s taxes, i.e., paid involuntarily by your readers. At the least, the preservationists should be required to reimburse the State of New York for its expenses.

Michael D. Foxman Thomas C. Lawson

To the Editor: How could you have known, Dan, that your spot-on admonishment of your own publicationÕ s ill-advised editorial savaging of Protect the Adirondacks would be so timely? Your piece had a time of its own, the days following publication of the Denton Editorial BoardÕ s ad hominem attack upon Peter Bauer. Your position was clear. Scurrilous accusations which close, rather than open, the debate of ideas and sensibilities our democracy requires to function as it has always been meant to function, will not be tolerated here.

Kudos to you; applause for Denton PublicationsÕ restoring civility and truly free speech to the ongoing great conversation that is our countryÕ s strength and legacy. Congratulations for your largesse, your sense of fair play, your allowing Protect the Adirondacks to defend itself in the very space where it was recently vilified. Thank you for restoring a sense of pride in what it means to be a citizen of this great country.

But how could you have known how prescient your action would be? You couldnÕ t have known, and yet I believe you knew all the while. Before Charlie Hebno was brutally and mercilessly attacked in Paris these few days past for no crime other than the exercise of freedom of speech, you knew what was at stake. You understood that the line between savagery Adirondack-style and Islamic terrorist-style may be finer than we like to think. You have unequivocally said that we will not tolerate eviscerating our opponents here, and the whole world, or at least major portions of it, has said the same about Muslim fanaticism anywhere it shows its face.

Je suis Charlie!

You, Dan, and those who think like you, are our ultimate bulwark against the forces of intolerance and bigotry both at home and abroad. You should today be even prouder of yourself than you might have been yesterday. You canÕ t imagine how thrilled I am to be living at the same time as you, in a moment of grave danger for the liberties we have learned to cherish. Thank you again and again for standing up and being counted. If you ever travel to my piece of Adirondack heaven, let me buy you a beer, maybe two or three. IÕ ve much more IÕ d like to discuss with you. Great job.

Bob McDermott, Chestertown

6,000 acres!

To the Editor: With the (rightfully deserved) ongoing furor over DenpubsÕ Editorial BoardÕ s recent editorial gaffe, letÕ s not forget that the real issue is the ACR project itself.

Monster Developments such as the ACR do not belong in the Adirondacks. Period.

Does anyone on your board really understand, or care about, the SIZE of the ACR project? The ACR project is HUGE! 6,000 acres sounds like only a tiny innocuous fraction of the 6,000,000 acres of the Adirondack Park and doesnÕ t look like much on paper or while youÕ re having a beer at a bar. But what does 6,000 acres of developed land actually look like in real life?

6,000 ACRES is approximately 9 3/8 sq miles - 15.63 times the size of that already-ugly mountain Disneyland Ð Coney Island mess Lake George village at only 0.6 sq mi!

6,000 acres is a new stand-alone city 9 3/8 miles long and 1 mile wide!

6,000 acres is a city almost 2 1/2 times the size of Glens Falls and nearly the size of Troy at 11.58 sq mi!

6,000 acres is a city 7 times the size of NYCÕ s Central park and almost 28 percent the size of Manhattan!

6,000 acres is a city 6.25 times the size of Lake Placid village at only 1.5 sq mi!

But, wait. ThereÕ s more!

Make no mistake about it. As soon as the smoke clears, the ACR developers will try to squeeze as many revenue-producing further developments into those original 9 3/8 sq mi. If they could get away with it, developers would love to Ó ManhattanizeÓ the Õ dacks Ð no matter what they may say to the contrary! After that, on to the next development; then the next, and so on because thatÕ s all they know. You ainÕ t seen nothing yet!

The argument that jobs will be created -- and especially that new tax revenues will be generated in an economically distressed area -- are not valid reasons to destroy the adirondacks by intensively promoting massive development and population growth.

Clearly, some people would like to see the Adirondacks as the next big real estate investment opportunity. (WeÕ ve already worked about as much as we can out of Westchester, Dutchess, Columbia and the Capital District and donÕ t forget Nassau, Suffolk and the Hamptons, either.)

The Adirondacks are not an investment oppportunity! The Adirondacks are a special place! ItÕ s probably safe to say that most residents of the Ô dacks choose to live there because they love the area because of what it is Ð pristine and beautiful. They are not an Ó anything goesÓ free-for- all creeping growth wasteland for opportunistic developers who care nothing for the Adirondacks and their residents despite what they may say to the contrary Ð and those are carefully considered words.

DonÕ t believe it can happen to the Adirondacks? The next time you visit California, come to Half Moon Bay and I will personally show you how creeping growth has destroyed a once beautiful coastal paradise. IÕ ll even go further and show you how the entire San Francisco Bay Area has been destroyed by Ó creeping growth.Ó Is this what Denton Publications wants for the Adirondacks?

David Safrany, Half Moon Bay, CA

Blue Clothing Box a success To the Editor: In 2014, CommonwealthÕ s Bill McClay and Ticonderoga Federal Credit UnionÕ s Pamela Nolan and Shawn Hayes granted High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care permission to place Blue Clothing Boxes at their business locations.

We would like to thank them and all those who have deposited items in these boxes over the past year. Supporters from our

surrounding communities have helped our organization raise $3,615.05, at the same time helping others in need, by giving away their unwanted clothes and shoes.

ItÕ s the kind and generous support of our neighbors in Mineville, Port Henry, Westport, Elizabethtown, Willsboro, Crown Point, and Essex, that makes it possible to continue our customized and compassionate patient care. Last year alone, the central (Essex County) office served 74 patients. With the help of your donations, High Peaks Hospice was able to grant 64 of them their wish to live out the remainder of their lives at home. On behalf of HPHPC, our patients, and their families, thank you so much.

Ingrid Roemischer, Development Coordinator

Supers ‘irresponsible’ To the Editor: The Essex County Board of Supervisors support of this paperÕ s editorial call for banning Protect The Adirondacks is hugely irresponsible.

These are the political leaders of our county. To silence a voice that one disagrees with or finds offensive is a first step toward a mindset that could justify the attacks in Paris last week.

I only sometimes agree with Protect, and often find its message offensively delivered, but It has every right in this country to pursue its agenda. By denying this, the Board of Supervisors has set a terribly destructive example.

David Thomas-Train Keene Valley

Kudos to Canon, supervisors To the Editor: Kudos to George Canon and the Essex County Board of Supervisors for their unanimous stance against Protect the Adirondacks. I hope other Adirondack County Boards will express their support as well.

Also, thank you to Denton Publications Editorial Board for putting in print what the majority of full time Adirondack residents feel about Protect the Adirondacks.

Bob Dechene, Long Lake

Lawsuits misguided, damaging To the Editor: Several years ago, I was a member of one of the predecessors to Protect the Adirondacks.

I have since refused to join Protect the Adirondacks because of their radical stance against the housing development near Tupper Lake.

As a conservationist, I believe that only when the people of a region have a part in conserving that region will they be willing to listen. That is why I have been a member for over 15 years of the Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack Mountain Club, and a founding member of the Wild Center.

Suing the APA to prevent the people of the Tupper Lake area from benefiting from economic development because of a belief that this organization had somehow failed to uphold the laws governing The Adirondack Park was a misguided and damaging act to the preservation of support for our beloved Park.

As a long time resident of the Park, I would suggest that Protect the Adirondacks check what percentage of the Park landowners belong to their organization. I spent several hours listening to and talking with Peter Bauer at an annual meeting of the Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks in the late 2000s.

He appeared to be a good man who believed his philosophy and actions would strengthen support for the preservation of the wild nature of the Adirondacks; I do not.

Joseph D. Dumoulin, Jay

Bravo, Denton Publications To the Editor: Bravo to Denton Pubs for their editorial exposing Ò Protect the AdirondacksÓ for the Adirondacker-hating, environment-destroying, economy-destroying group they are!

Bravo to the Essex County Board of Supervisors for their endorsement and support of this editorial. Finally some folks are waking up to just what this organization is. Ever since its creation they have done everything possible to destroy the Adirondacks, destroy all jobs, destroy our native brook trout, and destroy all outdoor recreation including fishing, hunting, trapping, and snowmobiling.

Where are the rest of the supervisors doing in standing up to these and other activist groups?

We are all well aware that they lie when in conferences. We have all seen that Cuomo and Martens lie about public access, especially for our sportsmen, disabled veterans, wounded warriors, and the less than physically fit. We have seen their lies in the Chain of Lakes were they are reneging on parking lots, vehicle and boat launch access to the lakes, motorized access to the existing roads, and on opening snowmobile trails.

We have seen their lies in Franklin County. Now we are seeing their lies in the Great South Woods Project. Once again, the lies of these activists come to the front as they move to destroy all outdoor recreation, destroy all economic development, destroy all access, and destroy the related jobs.

It is time for all these supervisors to stand up, defend and support their local people, and reject these activists and their puppets Cuomo and Martens.

It is time to demand all the lands of the Great South Woods (Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oneida, Saratoga and Warren counties) be excluded from the forest preserve and from the APA jurisdiction.

It is time to demand the legislature amend Article 14 to be restricted to those lands above 3,000 feet only. It is time to remove Cuomo and Martens and their activist masters from all Adirondack issues.

Don Sage, Vietnam veteran, Schroon

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Ice Palace construction to begin in Saranac Lake SARANAC LAKE Ñ Construction of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace will begin on Jan. 22. Construction involves harvesting ice from Lake Flower, transporting it to the shore and assembling it according to a blueprint. Construction on the palace will continue until the start of the carnival on Feb. 6.

The Ice Palace is built by volunteers, organized by a group informally known as the Ice Palace Workers 101 (IPW 101). The public is welcome to volunteer and roles are assigned based on comfort level, skill and ability.

The construction of the Ice Palace is a community effort by those dedicated to keeping this time-honored tradition alive. Volunteers are subject to very cold temperatures and inclement weather conditions, all while handling ice and snow. Despite these harsh conditions, camaraderie is evident and a sense of pride is felt among the volunteers who contribute to continuing the legacy of the Ice Palace.

Modern equipment is used for the heavy

lifting, but traditional manual methods are practiced as well, including antique hand saws and ice tongs. Another manual process which is critical to the construction is making slush, a mixture of water and snow. The slush forms the mortar which holds the Ice Palace together.

Volunteers fill countless buckets with water, pound in snow, carry it to the palace walls and apply the slush with rubber gloved hands.

The Ice Palace is a crowning achievement and is the most popular attraction at the winter carnival. The palace is located adjacent to the Lake Flower State Boat Launch on River Street.

For more information, visit the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival website at saranaclakewintercarnival.com. The 2015 Winter Carnival will take place Feb. 6 Ð 15 Pictured at right: Volunteers are pictured here clearing and packing ice in preparation for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival’s Ice Palace.

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Cuomo proposes $1.66 billion property tax break

By Thom Randall

thom@denpubs.com ALBANY Ñ Most homeowners and renters throughout the state will be receiving a substantial new tax break if a plan released last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo is approved by the state legislature.

As part of his Opportunity Agenda, Cuomo announced a proposed tax credit Jan 14 that would grant a tax credit to homeowners and renters who spend a relatively large portion of their income towards property taxes.

In this proposed program, New Yorkers who shoulder the heaviest tax burdens but have the lowest incomes are to be helped the most.

The credit, applied toward state income taxes, calls for reimbursing homeowners and renters a portion of what they pay in property taxes in excess of 6 percent of their income.

The credit is to be phased in over four years.

When fully implemented, the credit would be implemented as follows:

The most generous tax credit would be available to homeowners earning less than $75,000 per year. They would receive a credit equal to half of the sum they pay toward property taxes in excess of 6 percent of their income Ñ with a maximum of $2,000.

Taxpayers earning more than $75,000 would be eligible for a credit according to a sliding scale.

For those earning $75,000 to $150,000, the tax credit would reimburse 40 percent to 50 percent of the amount they pay towards property taxes. For those earning between $150,000 and $250,000, the credit would be 15 percent to 40 percent of their tax bill.

The tax credit for renters would be based on an estimate that property taxes represent 13.75 percent of annual rent. According to the proposal, the maximum credit for renters who earn up to $150,000 annually Ñ would be $500.

Officials in the Governor’s office have estimated that statewide, 1.3 million taxpayers could benefit, receiving an average credit of $956 each. CuomoÕ s aides surmise that 543,300 upstate taxpayers would be eligible for a tax credit averaging $781.

In announcing the proposal, Gov. Cuomo said the plan would provide vital help to homeowners and renters.

Ò To restore economic opportunity statewide, we must continue to provide real tax relief to middle- and lower-income families struggling under the crushing weight of property taxes,Ó he said.

While leading Democrats and liberal groups have applauded the proposal, Republican legislative officials and conservative groups have complained about it, calling for more widespread tax relief, as well as lifting state mandates that are burdening both taxpayers and local governments.

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said legislative leaders would be discussing the proposal with the governor. As of Tuesday, plans called for the entire 2015 Executive Budget to be presented Jan. 21. Ò It is essential that any enacted property tax relief plan ensures that all middle-income families in every region of the state receive property tax relief,Ó Skelos said in a prepared statement.

Various other conservative groups seeking tax rollbacks have said the real problem is excessive government spending, and the proposal merely shifts taxes to all residents Ñ and doesnÕ t provide relief to businesses.

Your complete source of things to see and do in the North Country Ongoing: Every Saturday

ELIZABETHTOWN — Teen Rec Use. Elizabethtown Social Center. 2 until 9 p.m.

PERU — Pure Country, concert VFW Post 309. 1 to 4 p.m. Donations appreciated.

WHALLONSBURG — A six-week indoor play gym. Ages birth through five.

Whallonsburg Grange Hall. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Free. Six Saturdays. Saturday, Jan. 24 through Saturday, Feb. 28.

WESTPORT — “Kingdom Man”. Ministry Center behind Westport Federated Church.

10:30 a.m. Six mornings, Jan. 31 through March 14. Everyone welcome.

Daily: Through end of January

PERU — North Country Potter’s Guild and photography by Ron Nolland, recep-

tion. Peru Free Library. 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibit and sale through January. Hours Tuesday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Details: 643-8618.

PLATTSBURGH — 13 Sundays Outdoor Art Club, Regional Art Show and Sale reception. Pine Harbour Assisted Living, 15 New Hampshire Road. 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibit.

Sunday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: 561-5307, pineharbour.org.

KEESEVILLE — Celebrating Andrea’s Vision. Keeseville Free Library. Hours Monday 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m.

Details: 834-9054.

Thursday, Jan. 22

TUPPER LAKE — Tupper Lake Rotary Club sponsored blood drive. Goff-Nelson Library, 41 Lake Street. 1 to 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 22 through Sunday, Jan. 25

LAKE PLACID — 2015 Eastern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championship, award ceremony. Fireworks, Saturday 10 p.m. Main Street’s speed skating oval. Details: whitefacelakeplacid.com.

Saturday, Jan. 24

WILLSBORO — High Peaks Hospice Bowling Tourney. Willsborough Bowling Center, 3922 NYS Rte. 22. Preregistration required, adults only. $20 pp, $40 team.

Deadline Tuesday, Jan. 20. Details: Ingrid iroemischer@hphpc.org, 942-6513.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Story/Craft Hour. Elizabethtown Library. 1 until 2 p.m. Ages 3 to 5, accompanied by adult. Registration encouraged. Details: 873-2670.

LAKE PLACID — Peter R. Landau, ASCA, consulting Arborist, care of trees meeting. Heaven Hill Farm, 32 Bear Cub Lane. 1:30 p.m. Details: Peter Landau 946-8218, arbor1dude@aol.com.

WILLSBORO —Compass Rose. Willsboro Congregational Church, Rte 22. 7 p.m. $5, $2 students. Details: 963-7772.

Sunday, Jan. 25

PERU — Fourth Sunday VFW & Ladies Auxiliary Breakfast. Peru Memorial VFW & Ladies Auxiliary, 710 Pleasant St. 9 a.m. to noon. $8. Open to public.

DANNEMORA — Dannemora Knights of Columbus Council 2166 foul shooting contest. Assumption of Mary School, Redford. 1 p.m. Practice noon. Boys, girls 9 to 14. Details: Ed Liberty at 293-6671.

Monday, Jan. 26

LAKE PLACID — Individualized instruction download ebooks. Lake Placid Public Library. Free. 10 a.m. to noon, 30 min increments. Details: 523-3200.

WILLSBORO — North Country Regional Blood Donor Program. Willsboro Fire Department. 4 to 7 p.m.

PERU — North Country Regional Blood Donor Program. Peru Fire Department.

3 to 7 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Institute Book Club, “Under the Wide and Starry Sky”, Nancy Horan. Lake Placid Public Library. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 27

CHATEAUGAY — North Country Regional Blood Donor Program. Chateaugay Fire Department. 4 to 7 p.m.

LEWIS — North Country Regional Blood Donor Program. Essex County Public Safety Building. 3 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 28

ELIZABETHTOWN — Pickle-ball Clinic, Wayne Ducatte. ELCS Auditorium. 6 to 8 p.m. 18 and up. Details: 873-6408, info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.org.

Thursday, Jan. 29

PLATTSBURGH — Spill Team Training. North Country Chamber of Commerce. 8 a.m. to noon. $12.

SARANAC LAKE — Ceilidh Music Session. Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce.

7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 29 through Saturday, Jan. 31

WILMINGTON — FIS Freestyle World Cup Skiing. Whiteface Mountain, 5021 Rte.

86.

Friday, Jan. 30

PLATTSBURGH — Chamber of Commerce annual Dinner. West Side Ballroom. 6 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. $55.

SARANAC LAKE — ‘Abstraction’. Opening Reception. Bluseed Studios, 24 Cedar St. 5 p.m. Details: 891-3799.

PLATTSBURGH — North Country Regional Blood Donor Program. Plattsburgh City Fire Department. Noon to 4 p.m.

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Daydreams, schemes and other such things

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s I peer out the back porch window, there are thick frost flowers clouding my view.

Although itÕ s still midwinter, my thoughts drift off to more pleasant days ahead, when spring flowers will burst in the sugarbush, and an eveningÕ s troll across a still, Adirondack trout pond provide as perfect ending to a long Spring day.

A chill races up my spine as I daydream of pulling on the oars of my guideboat, while a rod tip dances off the stern.

I take a moment to check the wall calendar, which quickly snaps me back to reality, as it appears there are still four, solid months to go until the ponds begin to shed their icy cap.

Another daydream soon transports me off to a leaf-covered ridge, where I am in the process of tracking a big whitetail in the deep, heavy snow.

HeÕ s dragging his hooves, and it appears heÕ s beginning to slow down...I might just get a look at him when.... IÕ m jolted back to reality.

Damn! IÕ d much rather be chasing a big, hoof dragging buck

Kill Shot rifles would be ideal for hunters seeking the thrill of the hunt without the need for an actual kill.

than pecking on a stupid keyboard...and then it hits me, and its an idea that is sure to make a million bucks.

I’m going to design a rifle that will capture a digital photograph of the hunt. IÕ ll design it with a built in camera and a shutter mounted in the scope.

For purposes of reality, the rifle will be chambered to fire a .30 caliber blank round, so the kick and report will be authentic.

It will have the same sights, sounds and smell of an actual deer rifle.

The actual camera lens will feature crosshairs, which will make it easy to determine where an actual shot would have hit the animal.

It will likely revolutionize sport hunting, and provide hunting enthusiasts with an opportunity to experience the thrill of the kill with no actual harm done.

Best of all, the hunts could be hosted all year round; providing a sensible utilization of natural resources in the same vein as catch and release anglers take fish and release them.

Hunters could hone their skills, and non-hunters could get an authentic taste of the sport without actually killing an animal.

It would be marketed in the same vein as catch and release fishing, and it could provide the answer to year round hunting tourism.

I was already in the process of making plans for what to do with all the money that would soon begin pouring in, as I entered terms such as no-kill rifle, and camera guns and digital rifle scopes into the search engine of my computer.

Much to my surprise, I got a hit, and then another. The webpages described a concept gun known as the Harmless Hunter Ò KillShotÓ which would allow people of all ages to get outdoors, explore, and discover a recreational pastime that has existed throughout our history.

The non-weapon, hunting tool would document the hunt and capture the Ò KillShotÓ with a digital photo and provide a digital video trophy.

According to the website, Ò It could be used year round when game is out of season to satisfy the lust for hunting while getting you ready for the harvest season. The cross hairs will show on the photo where the shot would have been, the background will show if the shot was safe or unsafe.

Published by Denton Publications, Inc. It could be used to help teach gun safety by operating like a lethal hunting rifle, except, it takes pictures and fires no projectiles. The power button is in the position of a safety and will only take pictures when power is on.

It will teach Ethical shot placement and the sport of hunting all in one! You will be able to post Ò KillShotsÓ on a website that will come with the rifle. Share photos, talk about hunts, and tell the story of how you managed to use the skills needed to silently pursue and get within range unnoticed, to capture your wild game KillShot, which can be stored on an SD card and downloaded to your computer via a USB cable. Ò Damn itÓ , I muttered under my breath, Ò Some SOB already stole my idea.Ó Then I realized the idea was just that. The rifle was still in the fabrication stage, and the web page was actually a plea for a Kickstarter campaign seeking investors to help cover the cost of developing a prototype rifle. Ò There is still hopeÓ , I thought, until I realized the Kick Starter effort was already four years old and it still had not received enough funding to produce a single rifle. Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea after all.

Although I’ll probably not strike it rich guiding digital rifle deer hunting excursions, it is interesting to note that Adirondack Optics, a scope manufacturer based in Keeseville has been producing high tech, digital camera scopes for some time.

However, IÕ ll need to start my own Kick Start Campaign to come up with the funds to purchase a digital scope from an Adirondack Optic, which currently sell in the range of $1700, plus shipping for the basic model.

AOÕ s scopes were initially developed for use by military and police snipers, and they have earned an outstanding reputation for durability and reliability.

So now IÕ m off to my next hair-brained idea, which involves trying to figure out a way to shoot paintballs with actual black powder pistols.

It may prove to be the ideal method for gentlemen seeking a means to settle their arguments. Complete with stand in Ò SecondsÓ and secured by a slap in the face with a glove, an historically accurate duel may soon become the ultimate method for getting even with your enemies.

My kickstarter campaign will begin as soon as I have enough money to pay the electric bill and fire up my computer.

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

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Beekmantown skates past Saranac Lake in doubleheader

By Andrew Johnstone

andrew@denpubs.com Girls: Beekmantown 4, Saranac Lake 2 SARANAC LAKE Ñ The league-leading Eagles may have been favorited to pick up the win, but a hard-playing Red Storm certainly made them earn it.

Saranac Lake pulled to within a goal two separate times but Beekmantown was able to keep them at bay in the 4-2 win Jan. 14 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center.

The Eagles (10-3-1, 4-0-0) scored two goals in a span of 1:11 early in the first period to build a quick 2-0 lead. First, Katie Mattot converted on a Kallie Villemaire assist, followed by Kelsey Baker scoring by way of Kirsten Villemaire.

But before Beekmantown could relax, Saranac Lake (2-11-1, 1-6-1) evened it up just over a minute later when Chloe Peer found the back of the net on a Morgan Farmer assist.

In the second period, Kallie Villemaire picked up her second assist when she fed Katie Mattot for the 3-1 lead, a margin the Eagles would hold until early in the third.

Just over 2:08 into the third quarter, Kate Stevens came down the right side, cut left and put a backhanded shot past Taylor Lauren to get the Red Storm within a goal.

Midway through the third, the Eagles put to bed the chance of a tie when Mya Ladieu scored from close range to push the lead back to two goals. Brielle Carnright was credited with the assist.

Both goalies registered nearly identical save percentages as Beekmantown outshot Saranac Lake 37-21. Lauren stopped 19 of 21 in the win while Red Storm keeper Lindsay Reeve made 33 saves.

Saranac LakeÕ s next game is at St. Lawrence Central on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Beekmantown will play Essex at home on Friday, Jan. 16.

Boys: Beekmantown 3, Saranac Lake 1 SARANAC LAKE Ñ Christian Wawrzynski

scored two goals and the undefeated Eagles picked up the 3-1 win over the Red Storm Jan. 14 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center.

The game was aggressively played from the get-go as both teams played hard against the boards and saw players skating to the penalty box.

Wawrzynski scored just 1:13 into the game on an assist from Tyler Pepper and over eight minute later he made it two, this time on a deflection in front of the net.

Beekmantown (11-0-0, 3-0-0) also got strong play in the net from Ben Frederick, who thwarted one Red Storm break with a lightning-quick drop to the ice on a low shot.

In the second period, Ryan Waterbury scored an unassisted goal 4:13 in, pushing BeekmantownÕ s lead to 3-0.

Just under eight minutes later, Saranac Lake (1-8-0, 1-3-0) got on the board when Casey Sturgeon took away FrederickÕ s chance at a shutout.

J.B. Chapin picked up the assist on the goal.

Beekmantown held a sizeable shot advantage, 41-17, against a Saranac Lake team heavy in youth.

Frederick made 16 saves overall to collect the win between the pipes. Red Storm goalie Justin Farmer had a busy game in net, collecting 38 stops in the setback.

The Eagles, ranked third in the state by the New York State Sportswriters Association, are the only team in the Division II poll without a loss or a tie. Their next contest is at Niskayuna on Saturday, Jan. 17.

The Red Storm, in fifth place in the CVAC standings, will return to action in the OFA Tourney against Irondequoit on Friday, Jan. 16.

TOP RIGHT: Eagles goalie Ben Frederick makes a low save against the Red Storm, one of his 16 stops in the win. The No. 3 ranked Beekmantown team outshot Saranac Lake 41-17.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Kallie Villemaire fires on net in the Eagles’ win over the Red Storm. She collected two assists.

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The Week In Review

Boys’ basketball Seton Catholic 53, Lake Placid 52 LAKE PLACID Ñ The Knights withstood a strong Blue Bombers rally to hold on in their 53-52 win Jan. 13 in Lake Placid.

The Blue Bombers trailed 42-32 heading into the fourth quarter before mounting a 20-11 run, falling a point shy in the end.

Kaden Baugh led Seton Catholic with 19 points and Joe Zalis reached double-figures with 11 more.

Kevin Murray scored eight in the win.

Lake PlacidÕ s Scott Rossi paced the team with 16 points, followed by Austin Pratt (14) and Tarik Cecunjanin (10). The Blue Bombers put in five more buckets than the Knights, but Seton Catholic held a 15-2 advantage at the free throw line.

play, got 13 points from both Gabrielle Rowell and Brooke Bjelko in the win.

Kenna Guynup added 11 points while Alyssa Waters and Grace Kelly each had seven more.

Lexis Jacobs led Massena with seven points as Beekmantown gave little on the defensive end.

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Saranac 7, Plattsburgh 3 PLATTSBURGH Ñ Alex Fisher earned a hat trick and the Chiefs scored four goals in the second period on their way to a 7-3 league win over the Hornets Jan. 14.

Saranac was first on the scoreboard with two goals in the opening period by Fisher and Jacob Lilledahl. PlattsburghÕ s Wade Weeden cut the lead to one with just four seconds until the period came Northern Adirondack 72, Beekmantown 67 to an end, but the second period would bring a flurBEEKMANTOWN Ñ The Bobcats outscored the The Chiefs picked up a 7-3 win over Plattsburgh Jan. 14 before falling to Lake Placid three days later ry of Saranac scores.

Eagles 13-8 in overtime for a hard-fought road win, for a 1-1 week against league competition.

Alex FisherÕ s next two goals sandwiched a pair 72-67, in league play Jan. 14. of scores by Kevin Fisher and Dylan Baker as the Photo by Andrew Johnstone Four Northern Adirondack players scored in 2-1 game ballooned to 6-1. double digits in the win, led by Ethan KingÕ s gametrailed by four points. By the time halftime rolled around, they The Hornets made a third period run on goals high 36 points. Bailey Cross was next in the scoring line with 15 were up for good.

by Ryan Whalen and Andrew Bechard, but after cutting the defiand Josh Juntunen and Stephen Peryea each added 11.

Taylor Durnin led all scorers with 21 points and Northern Ad- cit to three, the ChiefsÕ Isaac Nixon scored the gameÕ s 10th and Justin Stevens led the Eagles with 20 points, Brandon Provost irondack used a 32-19 stretch over the second and third quarters final point. had 13 and Benny Mitchell 12. Nick Wilson rounded out the bulk to pull away from Beekmantown for the 48-41 win Jan. 13.

Despite what the score would suggest, it was Plattsburgh that of BeekmantownÕ s scoring with 11 in the setback.

Magan Magee and Paige Chilton each added nine points in led in shots, 28-16. SaranacÕ s Jeff Smith had another solid outing, the win. turning away 25 shots in the win. Hornets goalie Dean Dashnaw Peru 49, Saranac Lake 22 BeekmantownÕ s Brooke Bjelko put in a solid performance with collected nine saves in the loss.

PERU Ñ The Indians held the Red Storm to two second quar20 points while the teamÕ s next leading scorer was Gabrielle ter points to go into the half 34-10 before winning 49-22 in league Rowell at 11.

St. Lawrence 3, Plattsburgh 1 plan Jan. 14.

NORWOOD Ñ The Larries scored three goals, one in each peJustin LaPorte led Peru with 13 points. Pat Demarais added Peru 54, Saranac Lake 31 riod, as they topped the Hornets 3-1 on Jan. 16.

10 points and Troy Lawyer was the teamÕ s third leading scorer SARANAC LAKE Ñ Meghan Mazzella and Amanda LaPorte Plattsburgh got within a point in the second period on a goal with seven. combined for 33 points and Peru topped Saranac Lake by 23 by Andrew Bechard, but St. Lawrence would add one more as it Saranac LakeÕ s Mike Rice scored a game-high nine points in points, 54-31, on Jan. 13. kept Plattsburgh out of the net for the rest of the game. the setback, followed by Austin LarabieÕ s six point effort.

The Red Storm won the second half, but the damage had alJD Side and Kurtis Olsen picked up assists on BechardÕ s goal. ready been done after the Indians jumped out to a 44-14 lead The Hornets kept the shot margin close, giving up 28 to their Plattsburgh 58, Saranac 49 midway through. own 23 in the setback.

PLATTSBURGH Ñ Nate Hughey scored 19 points and the Mazzella led all scorers with 18 points while LaPorte hit three Plattsburgh goalie Dean Dashnaw stopped 25 shots.

Hornets topped the Chiefs 58-49 Jan. 14 on their home court.

3Õ s on her way to 15.

Jordan Guay chipped in 16 points in the win and Alex Follmer Saranac LakeÕ s Haleigh Morgan scored 14 points to pace the Beekmantown 4, Niskayuna 1 added 11. Plattsburgh led by six at the half before pushing the team in the setback.

SCHENECTADY Ñ Midway through the second period, the lead to 11 by the end of the third quarter.

Eagles faced a rare deficit. Four unanswered goals took care of The Chiefs upped their scoring in the fourth quarter with 20 Saranac 73, Plattsburgh 32 that in a hurry. points, but the Hornets held them at bay.

SARANAC — The No. 6 Chiefs jumped out to a 21-10 first Four different Beekmantown players scored and the team Austin Myers hit three 3Õ s on his way to 15 points to lead the quarter lead and never looked back as they topped the Hornets picked up the 4-1 win over Niskayuna Jan. 17.

Chiefs. Nick Mather and Zach Faus added 11 apiece in the set73-32 on Jan. 13.

After Evan Maloney put Beekmantown down a goal, Nathan back.

Kaitlyn Bowman added 14 more points and Kayla Napper had Herbert tied it up on a Christian Wawrzynski assist. Michael Par10 in the win as Saranac firmly held its place atop the Division ent scored the go-ahead just 47 seconds later.

Peru 59, AuSable Valley 51 I standings.

In the third period, Ryan Waterbury and Kyle Constanty addPERU Ñ Isaiah Maddix scored a game-high 25 points to lead PlattsburghÕ s Jenna Worley scored nine points in the setback ed to the lead with goals of their own. Josh Barriere assisted on the Indians over the Patriots 59-51 on Jan. 15 in Peru. while Ashley Marlow and Sarah Duquette each had four. each of the final three goals.

Peru jumped out to an early lead, outscoring AuSable Valley Ben Frederick collected 23 saves as Beekmantown outshot Ni16-5 in the first quarter and playing them close through the final Seton Catholic 51, Lake Placid 17 skayuna 40-24. three.

PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Knights got off to a quick start, buildJustin LaPorte was the only other Indian to score in double ing a 21-3 lead in the first quarter and continuing to cruise in Plattsburgh 7, Alexandria Bay-Thousand Islands 3 figures, netting 10 on five field goals. Maddix connected on two their 51-17 win over the Blue Bombers Jan. 14.

NORWOOD — The Hornets scored three goals in both the first from outside as part of his 11 field goals.

Kelli Ryan led the Seton Catholic charge 12 points, followed and second periods as they picked up the 7-3 win over AlexanZach Cosgrove led the Patriots with 18 points, including four by Olivia Nachbauer (9), Taylor Manor (8) and Sam Bashaw (7). dria Bay-Thousand Islands on Jan. 17.

3Õ s, and Nate Manning scored 12. Kobe Parrow was just behind Lauren Rossi accounted for over half of Lake PlacidÕ s points Plattsburgh outshot its opponent 33-18, scoring on nearly of a with nine points in the league setback. with nine. The teamÕ s second leading scorer in the game, Melissa quarter its attempts. Kurtis Olsen scored three goals while AnRath, tallied three from the stripe. drew Bechard, Ryan Whalen, Paul Fine-Lease and JD Side each Plattsburgh 58, Saranac 49 had one in the win.

PLATTSBURGH Ñ Nate Hughey scored 19 points and the Northern Adirondack 72, Saranac 68 (OT) Noah Gagnier assisted on four of PlattsburghÕ s goals and Hornets topped the Chiefs 58-49 Jan. 14 on their home court.

ELLENBURG Ñ Taylor Durnin scored 25 points, Magan Ma- Bechard on three. Whalen also picked up a pair of helpers.

Jordan Guay chipped in 16 points in the win and Alex Follmer gee added 14 and the No. 14 Bobcats topped the No. 6 Chiefs PlattsburghÕ s Dean Dashnaw collected 15 saves for the win in added 11. Plattsburgh led by six at the half before pushing the 72-68 in overtime Jan. 16. net. lead to 11 by the end of the third quarter.

The loss was Saranac’s first of the season as Northern AdironThe Chiefs upped their scoring in the fourth quarter with 20 dack made a statement that Division I wonÕ t go the way of the points, but the Hornets held them at bay.

Chiefs without a fight.

Austin Myers hit three 3Õ s on his way to 15 points to lead the Makenna Magee and Jessica Spoor each added eight points in Chiefs. Nick Mather and Zach Faus added 11 apiece in the setPotsdam 1, Plattsburgh 0 (OT) the win, a game in which neither team could pull away until the back.

PLATTSBURGH Ñ The SandstonersÕ Mattie Tremper scored very end. the gameÕ s lone goal, an overtime shot that propelled Potsdamn The game was tied at 35-35 at the half and Northern AdironSeton Catholic 62, Willsboro 45 over Plattsburgh 1-0 on Jan. 15. dack led by three heading into the fourth quarter. Their 9-5 marWILLSBORO Ñ Kaden Baugh and Kevin Murphy each gin in overtime finally decided the outcome.

The closely played game featured 35 shots on goal, 21 by the dropped 23 points and the Knights pulled away from Willsboro Sandstoners and 14 by the Hornets. Both goalies held a clean SaranacÕ s Kayla Napper led all scorers with 29 points, folin the second quarter on their wa to the 62-45 win Jan. 15. lowed by Tori TrimÕ s 14. Makenna Provost scored 10 to round sheet through regulation until one got by Corrinne Smith, who After finishing the first eight minutes tied at 15, Seton Catholic out double digit scoring for the Chiefs. finished with 20 saves for Plattsburgh. used a 22-7 run to build a gap the Warriors wouldnÕ t overcome.

PotsdamÕ s Sydney Molnar and Allie Compeau each tallied 20 The two teams combined for 11 made 3Õ s, eight by the Bobcats.

Phillip Yang chipped in nine points. stops between the pipes.

Magan Magee hit four while Trim connected on two.

WillsboroÕ s Sean Lincoln led the team in scoring with 18 points while Jesse Hearn added 11 more.

Beekmantown 3, Essex, Vt. 2 Beekmantown 53, Plattsburgh 21 Plattsburgh 69, Beekmantown 63 CHAZY Ñ Beekmantown held Essex to just nine shots on net BEEKMANTOWN Ñ The Eagles started fast, building a 49-10 PLATTSBURGH Ñ Nate Hughey and Jordan Guay combined as they skated to a 3-2 win Jan. 16. lead heading into the fourth quarter on their way to the 53-21 for 35 points and the Hornets topped the Eagles 69-63 on Jan. 16. win over the Hornets Jan. 16.

Kirsten Villemaire put the Eagles ahead in the first period beHughey (18 points) and Guay (17 points) also accounted for 11 fore Essex knotted it up in the second. Beekmantown, however, BeekmantownÕ s Alyssa Waters was the only player on the of PlattsburghÕ s 20 points from the charity stripe. Brady Chanwould respond. team to go over 10 points, scoring 11 in the win. Courtney Guynnell rounded out the top three scorers on the team with 10.

Kallie Villemaire scored the go-ahead goal and Conner LaPiup tallied nine, all from outside the arc.

After going into the second half tied at 37-37, Plattsburgh used erre pushed the lead to two in the third period. Essex would find Gabrielle Rowell and Brook Bjelko each had six more points a decisive 21-14 second quarter create some of a gap. the net one more time, but the Eagles would hold the 3-2 lead for the Eagles.

BeekmantownÕ s Nick Wilson scored 12 points and Alex Proper Plattsburgh’s Shea Frady hit five field goals on her way to 10 until the final horn.

11 more. Brandon Provost, Benny Mitchel and Justin Stevens Beekmantown, which held a 25-9 lead in shots, got seven saves points and Kelsey Senecal scored four in the setback. each had nine in the loss. from Taylor Laurin in the win.

Beekmantown 60, Massena 24 Beekmantown 1, Lake Placid 0 (OT) BEEKMANTOWN Ñ The Eagles held their opponent in the CHAZY Ñ The Eagles used a stiff defense and one overtime 20Õ s for the second game in a row as they topped the Red Raiders goal to overcome the Blue Bombers 1-0 on Jan. 17.

60-24 on Jan. 18.

Northern Adirondack 48, Beekmantown 41 Kallie Villemaire scored 3:11 into overtime on an assist from Beekmantown, which led 20-6 after just eight minutes of ELLENBURG Ñ After eight minutes of play, the Bobcats Abby Bone for the 1-0 win.

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The Week In Review Just five days removed from a 3-0 win over Lake Placid, Beekmantown got a closer contest the second time around. The Eagles led in shots 34-12, but Tanner StantonÕ s 33-save performance in net kept the Blue Bombers close.

“We had a rough first period, killing off four Beekmantown power plays and getting outshot 15-1,Ó said Lake Placid head coach Bill Ward. Ò Tanner Stanton kept us in the game.Ó Beekmantown had seven power play opportunities overall, but converted on none of them. Lake Placid had two in the loss.

Eagles goalie Taylor Laurin made 12 saves for the shutout between the pipes. Ò We had a much better second and third period,Ó said Ward.

“We had some good scoring chances but aren’t finding the back of the net right now.Ó Plattsburgh 6, St. Lawrence 2 PLATTSBURGH Ñ Heading into the third period ahead just 2-1 over the Larries, the Hornets put together an offensive flurry that ended in a 6-2 win Jan. 17.

Abigail Boule scored two goals in the win while Clara Giroux, Brittany Miner, Kaitlyn Guynup and Sydney Adolfo also found the back of the net.

Guynup scored the go-ahead goal with just over four minutes to go in the second period while Giroux picked up three assists to go along with her goal.

Plattsburgh outshot St. Lawrence 37-20 as Corrinne Smith earned the win with 18 saves.

Wrestling Peru 49, Beekmantown 27 BEEKMANTOWN Ñ The Indians picked up nine wins, two by forfeit, on their way to a 49-27 win over the Eagles Jan. 13.

PeruÕ s wins came from Nick Bushey (152), Mike Hayes (170) Dakota Arquette (182), Jordan Bushey (195), Carson Dobozy (99), Ben Post (106) and Gaige Cosme (120).

For Beekmantown, Dylan Peryea (152), Bruce Goddeau (220), Clay Watts (285), Casey Provost (132) and Eathan Bacon (138) collected victories in the league setback.

1. John Jay 229, 2. Peru 214, 3. Northern Adirondack 173 ... 7.

AuSable Valley 109 PERU — The Indians finished runner-up in the 46th Annual Peru Wrestling Invitational Classic Jan. 18 while Northern Adirondack took third and AuSable Valley seventh out of 18 teams.

PeruÕ s B team took 10th and AuSable ValleyÕ s 16th.

First-place John Jay placed four individual champions out of seven competing, enough to edge Peru by 15 points.

The IndiansÕ Carson Dobozy (99) and Jordan Bushey (172) both emerged winners while Ethan Feazelle (152) lost in his weight class’s final.

Colin Labombard (152) and Leon Riley (182) grabbed finals wins for Northern Adirondack while three more teammates finished runner-up in Jace Filion (106), Rolland Lapoint (120) and Austin Trombley (145).

Helping the Patriots to their seventh-place finish over the weekend were Ricky Nichols (182) and Kenny Rivers (285), were both defeated in the finals.

Joe Leclair (132) finished third for AuSable Valley while Chance Lapier (160) and Keith Christensen (195) both placed fourth.

Bowling Boys: Peru 10, Saranac 0 Girls: Peru 4, Saranac 0 PLATTSBURGH — Jonathan Bowman and Kyle Medofik both put together stellar series for the Indians, rolling a 721 and 720, respectively, in the teamÕ s 10-0 win over the Chiefs Jan. 14.

One more Peru bowler, Aaryn Clark, went over the 600 mark with a 603 in the win.

SaranacÕ s Jack Malek led the team with a 622 while Chris Fall and Matt Fall each went for 610 in the setback.

Peru’s girls also picked up a clean sweep as four bowlers finished in the 400Õ s in Briaunna Varno (496), Katherine Clark (492), Abby Boudrieau (485) and Madison Cragle (449).

The Chiefs’ Taylor Duquette finished with a 485 and Emily Verrillo a 443.

Boys: Plattsburgh 6, Beekmantown 4 Girls: Beekmantown 4, Plattsburgh 0 PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Plattsburgh boys picked up a tight win, 6-4, while BeekmantownÕ s girls team earned a 4-0 sweep in bowling action Jan. 14.

Five Hornets bowlers eclipsed the 500 mark in the win, led by Hunter MarbutÕ s 547. Behind him was Dustin McKinley (537), Christian Donivan (523), Alex Varnell (512) and Dylan Alger (506).

BeekmantownÕ s Austin Recore bowled the high series of the match with a 594. Andrew Baker registered a 571 and Morgan Brown a 546.

Leading the Lady EaglesÕ charge was Alyza Agoney (567) and Sara Munson (559) as they helped earn the perfect win.

PlattsburghÕ s Hope Freeman went for 461 and Jessica Shaffer 446 in the setback.

Boys: AuSable Valley 9, Saranac 1 Girls: Saranac 2.5, AuSable Valley 1.5 AUSABLE FORKS Ñ Tyler AtkinsÕ 597 and Brandon AnoÕ s 583 helped the Patriots bowl by the Chiefs 9-1 on Jan. 15, while in the girlsÕ match, Saranac edged AuSable Valley 2.5-1.5 behind Taylor DuquetteÕ s 567.

Plattsburgh’s Jeriqho Gadway won the 1,000 meter and 1,600 meter runs to help the Hornets to their boys’ indoor track win Jan. 17.

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The PatriotsÕ Ryan Thomas and Noah Martineau also had strong games, rolling series of 578 and 571, respectively.

SaranacÕ s Chris Fall rolled the matchÕ s high series, going for 641 in the setback.

The AuSable Valley girls, in the narrow loss, were led by Janelle SimpsonÕ s 425.

Boys: Beekmantown 10, Moriah 0 Girls: Beekmantown 4, Moriah 0 PLATTSBURGH Ñ The EaglesÕ boys and girls bowlers were perfect Jan. 16, picking up sweeps over the Vikings in league play.

Ausin Recore paced the boys with a 716 series, including a high game of 255. Morgan Brown added a 539 in the 10-0 win.

MoriahÕ s Tyler Smith registered a 527.

Sara Munson bowled a 225 game on her way to a 589 series to lead the girls while Cheyenne Reeves wasnÕ t far behind with a 547.

For the Vikings, Carly Newton rolled a high game of 133 and Hailey Morgan 128.

Boys: Plattsburgh 9, Saranac 1 Girls: Plattsburgh 4, Saranac 0 PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Hornets picked up wins in both boysÕ and girlsÕ bowling Jan. 16 by scores of 9-1 and 4-0 over the Chiefs.

Will Levasseur led the boys with a 526 series, including a high game of 206, and Ryan Bebbie went for 484.

SaranacÕ s Jack Malek bowled a 573 and Chris Fall a 538 in the setback.

Hope Freeman helped the Lady Hornets to the win with a high game of 176 and a series score of 497. Jessica Shaffer wasnÕ t far behind with a 490, including a 222 game.

The ChiefsÕ Taylor Duquette went for 425.

Girls: Peru 4, Willsboro 0 WILLSBORO Ñ Abby Boudrieau rolled a 433 series, Briaunna Varno added a 381 and the Lady Indians topped the Warriors 4-0 in league bowling Jan. 16.

Willsboro’s Maggy Frechette finished with a 345 series, including a high game of 153 in the setback.

Boys’ swimming Plattsburgh 93, AuSable Valley 75 AuSable Valley 86, Franklin Academy 83 Plattsburgh 96, Franklin Academy 73 PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Hornets picked up a pair of wins in the triple-dual meet Jan. 17 in Plattsburgh, while the Patriots finished 1-1 and the Huskies 0-2.

PlattsburghÕ s Dalton Harney picked up wins in both matches in the 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly while Kenny Hausrath took first in the 200 yard IM and 100 yard backstroke against both AuSable Valley and Franklin Academy.

Zach Martin also had a solid outing for the Hornets, picking up a pair of victories in the 200 yard freestyle.

Nicholas Nowosielski also grabbed three wins for the Hornets in the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard breaststroke against the Patriots and the 100 yard freestyle against the Huskies.

The Hornets also won four of six relays, grabbing a pair of

wins in the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays. AuSable Valley and Franklin Academy both topped Plattsburgh in the 400 freestyle relay, and when those two teams faced off in the same race, the Patriots came out on top.

The PatriotsÕ Mark Whitney won both 500 yard freestyle races while Dillon Drollette and Tyler Champine picked up four second-place finishes apiece. Drollette picked up his in the 200 yard IM and 100 yard breaststroke and Champine in the 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle.

Whitney also won the 100 yard backstroke against Franklin Academy while the Patriots took two of their three relays in their winning meet.

Indoor track Boys 1. Plattsburgh 137 2. Saranac 130 3. Ticonderoga 78 4. Beekmantown 75 5. Peru 51 6. Seton Catholic 17 7. AuSable Valley 15 8. EKMW 0

Girls 1. Beekmantown 145 2. Saranac 123 3. Ticonderoga 85 4. Plattsburgh 81 5. Peru 49 6. AuSable Valley 21 7. Seton Catholic 16 8. EKMW 0

PLATTSBURGH — The Hornets boys won five of 14 events and placed second in five more to lead all schools in boys’ indoor track competition Jan. 17.

The Lady Eagles, meanwhile, picked up their second consecutive win of the season with seven victories to lead all girlsÕ teams with 145 points.

Saranac placed second in both boysÕ and girlsÕ competition while Ticonderoga was right behind, finishing third overall in both.

Rounding out fourth through eighth in the boysÕ meet was Beekmantown, Peru, Seton Catholic, AuSable Valley and EKMW, while there was little shakeup in that order amongst the girls.

Plattsburgh finished fourth, followed by Peru, AuSable Valley, Seton Catholic and EKMW. Jeriqho Gadway led the Hornets with wins in the 1,000 and 1,600 meter runs. He finished the 1,600 in 4:36.4, 24 seconds faster than second-place finisher Caleb Moore of Seton Catholic.

Plattsburgh also went swept the podium in the 600 meter run, led by Connor Cota (1:37.9). Cota also ran on the winning 3,200 meter relay team.

SaranacÕ s Justin Liechty had a strong individual day, winning the 300 meter dash (37.1) and high jump (5Õ 10Ó ) as well as running on the first place 1,600 meter relay along with Hunter Church, Colby Churchill and Ben Bova.

For the Beekmantown girls, Tristen Reid was part of the winning 640 meter relay, long jump and 55 meter hurdles to go home with three individual wins.

Each member of the EaglesÕ 640 meter relay teamÑ Reid, Elisabeth Plympton, Kallie Villemaire and Kirsten VillemaireÑ picked up other first place finishes. Plympton won the 55 meter dash, Kirsten Villemaire the 1,000 meter run and Kallie Villemaire the 300 meter dash.

SaranacÕ s Elysha OÕ Connell grabbed wins in the 3,200 meter relay and 3,000 meter run for a pair of wins.

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