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2019 Clinton County Fair to be last for Gillespie
Scanlon wins FLW Tour at Lake Champain Missouri pro commits to largemouth bite, wins $100,000 at regular season finale
Medium, music, motorcycles among this year’s attractions By Windsor Burkland CONTRIBUTING W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | When 14-year-old Glenn Gillespie was selling tickets at his local fair, he didn’t foresee a future career organizing the event, but knew he wanted to do more. Now, after serving as Clinton County Fair manager for the past 20 years, Gillespie is retiring, channeling his efforts into this year’s 71st-annual event to “go out with a bang.” Casey Scanlon of Lake Ozark, Missouri, celebrates his victory on Lake Champlain at Sunday’s weigh-in in Plattsburgh. Photo by Kyle Wood
PLATTSBURGH | After starting the day in second place, pro Casey Scanlon of Lake Ozark, Missouri, caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 10 ounces, Sunday to vault to the top of the leaderboard and win the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine with a fourday total of 20 bass weighing 76 pounds, 2 ounces. Scanlon’s weight was enough to edge second place angler Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson by 1 pound, 11 ounces, in the event that featured 163 of the world’s most decorated bass anglers competing over four days on Lake Champlain. » FLW champ Cont. on pg. 7
Assembly speaker visits Plattsburgh Heastie focuses on transportation, communication systems in North Country By Sarah Elizabeth Morris STA FF W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | Speaker of the
New York State Assembly Carl Heastie kicked off his fifth-annual statewide tour post-legislative session at Bombardier in Plattsburgh June 25. Heastie started his tour in Plattsburgh to specifically focus on the transportation and communication systems that upstate New York lack compared to the rest of the state. One of Heastie’s main goals is to fi x the interconnectedness of New York, for the sake of safety and modern upkeep. Though the trains upstate and in the city are reliable, other transportation methods such as buses, as well as the lack
of cell service, are what separates New York into the City, upstate and western. There has been some talk recently of politicians that are looking to split up the state of New York, due to the vast financial and communicational differences between the city and the rest of the state. This also comes from some citizens of upstate New York, Heastie said, who want to stick to “traditional values,” rather than the progressive agenda the senate has. However, Heastie pointed out the glaring issue that comes with cutting off the state from itself. » Heastie Cont. on pg. 9
Clinton County Fair Manager Glenn Gillespie is retiring after 20 years of service organizing the annual six-day event to keep it affordable, localized and rooted in the community’s agricultural history. Photo by Windsor Burkland
MEDIUM FOR CANCER
To kick everything off, Gillespie teamed with Cancer Society Community Development Manager Joan Sterling to bring in medium and intuitive counselor Nan O’Brien-Webb to do “something different for opening day” and to raise support for cancer. The show is Tuesday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m., and doors open at 6:30 p.m. “I wanted to do something for cancer,” Gillespie said. “It touches all of our lives. We all have family or friends that came down with cancer.” Audience members will have the opportunity to win a one-on-one session with O’Brien-Webb, who is doing the show for free, and all the proceeds from the event will go to the Cancer Society. This type of fundraiser is a fi rst for the fair. Grandstand tickets are $12 and track tickets are $40 in advance, while grandstand tickets will be $30 and track tickets will be $50 at the door. » County fair Cont. on pg. 10
Speaker of the New York State Assembly Carl Heastie promises, due to the majority Democrat senate, more bills that protect citizens and will help the upstate economy will be passed. This includes creating a better communicative system for the North Country. Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Morris
Airport committee discusses upcoming changes Hertz eyes return to Plattsburgh Airport By Sarah Elizabeth Morris STA FF W RITER
The Plattsburgh International Airport Committee met June 26 to talk about a new upcoming agreement between the airport and Hertz shuttle service. Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Morris
PLATTSBURGH | The Plattsburgh International Airport is currently in the process of negotiating a deal with Hertz for a Rent-A-Car (RAC) service. The company is looking for an eight-year deal to have three service cars on site, as well as renting out the storage units to store them at $5.50 per square feet.
Hertz used to work with the Plattsburgh Airport up until two and a half years ago. However, last fall there was discussion about returning. The space Hertz is looking to rent will be $782 a month with a 5 percent commercial rate. Hertz also agreed to pay fees for fuel used per month. The legislature, however, argued that renting the million dollar space to Hertz for only $5.50 per square foot would not create enough revenue. Instead, a resolution was passed that changed the contract from eight years to three years, with an available renewal after the three years are up.
As for airport construction, there will be none for the rest of 2019. However, CNS Engineering is planning to do construction on the runway. Instead of a monthlong runway closure, the company has decided to fi x the runway in two parts, closing one half off for 10 days, where CNS employees will work 24 hours a day to get it down as quickly as possible. Once that is done, the other half will be closed down for over a week to be worked on. Both halves will allow planes to take off when the other half is closed. This isn’t final yet, and will continue to be discussed throughout the upcoming Airport Committee meetings. ■
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