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No feeding wild animals

Rouses Point holiday run to take place

City of Plattsburgh updates local law

Mystery shrouds Lewis missile site

As a plan to pump toxic waste from a decommissioned Cold War site surfaces, residents are calling for answers

By Pete DeMola

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LEWIS — This stretch of the Adirondack Park is a quiet place.

It’s a pocket of wilderness in northern Essex County that serves as a respite of silent meditation among the pines; a place of home and community where generations have

raised their families, worked in the nearby mines and mills and practiced football in the frosty shade of the nearby mountains.

It’s because of this remote location that, perhaps unsurprisingly, the federal government designated it as a nuclear missile launch site during the Cold War. The eight-acre site on Hale Hill Road, once a bulwark against nuclear armageddon, has long been praised in national media profiles as a whimsical example of atomic age chic.

But those who live in its shadow are now gravely concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding a plan by its new owners to pump the water that has gathered at the bottom of the silo, treat it and discharge it into

Mighty ÊÊÊ Ê Ê Matthew

Local family stays strong as son continues battle against mito disease and CIPO

PLATTSBURGH — A two-day trip to Boston for testing turned into a 30-day trip of procedures and unexpected complications for Mighty Matthew.

Matthew Cech, Plattsburgh’s 11-yearTeah old local superhero, went to Boston for Dowling testing to find out if Matthew could conWriter sume more by mouth than he does now: lollipops, popsicles and a few other items — hoping he could maybe consume baby foods and other soft foods such as squash.

The testing didn’t go as good as the Cech family hoped, which led into a series of problems — one of the biggest being having emergency surgery to remove his colon and appendix.

After eight sedated procedures and a few unexpected complications, Matthew returned home last Thursday.

“He’s OK,” said Terry Cech, Matthew’s father. “He’s still recovering and he’s building his strength back up.

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the land that provides their drinking water.

The subsequent sludge, which contains lead and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), would then be shipped off-site for disposal.

Residents became aware of the project only after a county worker, through a workplace conversation, learned of a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit that was filed in September.

“We’d be left completely in the dark if it wasn’t by accident finding out about this process,” said Dan Canavan, a local resident.

But work had already started on the site, located about 30 miles south of Plattsburgh.

Plans to pump sludge from a former nuclear launch site in Lewis have raised questions from residents who are concerned about the possible effect on their drinking water.

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Schuyler Falls residents to see decrease in taxes Town to see 53 percent decrease in general fund tax levy

By Teah Dowling

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SCHUYLER FALLS — The Town of Schuyler Falls residents will see a decrease in taxes for 2016.

The tentative spending plan features a tax-levy decrease of 53 percent for the general fund, chiefly due to landfill funds.

“We’re well under the tax cap,” said Mary Sorrell, budget officer and secretary to the supervisor, referring to the statemandated 0.73 percent tax cap.

The general-fund tax rate will go from 27 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value to 15 cents.

The highway-fund tax rate will decline from $1.41 to $1.39.

Under those rates, a property owner with property worth $100,000 would pay $153 per year in town general and highway taxes.

The total appropriated budget is $2,566,491 with $645,305 in revenues and $809,600 in fund balance — leaving $1,111,786 to be raised by taxes.

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HereÊ comesÊ SantaÊ Sprint Holiday walk/run to take place Nov. 28

By Teah Dowling

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Becky Beyette paints during Olive Ridley’s Paint and Sip on Wednesday, Nov. 18. People who participated painted photos of pumpkins and cats while enjoying a glass of wine in between breaks.

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ROUSES POINT — Take out your Santa hat and suit early because the second annual Santa Sprint will take place Saturday, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m.

The run started last year by a member of the ChamplainRouses Point Rotary who had a passion for running and thought a Santa Sprint would be an unique way to raise money for a local cause.

The first year, the rotary raised money to support a literacy program for the youth in the Champlain and Rouses Point community.

Although the run didn’t have a lot of people, the rotary raised enough funds to support the program.

For this year, they wanted to build on that success to support a cause that touched more people: North Country Honor Flight.

“This is a great way to kick off the holiday season and support a good cause,” said Molly Ryan, president of the Champlain-Rouses Point Rotary. “It’s also a way to say thank you to the veterans for all that they do year-long.”

The second annual Santa Sprint will take place Saturday, Nov. 28. If participants bring a toy to the race, they’ll receive their own Santa hat.

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RACE DETAILS The second annual Santa Sprint will take place Saturday, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. starting and finishing at the Last Resort, where a small reception will take place.

Prizes will be given to the top male and female runners and walkers.

Day-of-race registration will go from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Last Resort. It costs $20 for pre-registration and $25 the day of the event.

First 50 registrants will get a free T-shirt.

If participants bring a toy for the family chosen for the rotary’s Adopt-A-Family Program, they’ll receive their own Santa hat to run in.

Extra Santa and other holiday attire is encouraged and welcomed.

To pre-register, visit www.adirondackcoastevents.com.

For more information, contact Pamela Keable at 518-2976932. For more information about the Champlain-Rouses Point Rotary, visit their Facebook page.

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Champlain Valley Voices to perform holiday concert

By Natasha Courter

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PLATTSBURGH — Champlain Valley Voices will put on a festive performance of holiday classics next weekend.

Titled ‘A Joyous Nowell,’ the concert is scheduled for the Strand Theatre in Plattsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

On deck are Schubert’s “Mass in G Major” and Pachelbel’s “Nun danket alle Gott” with additional pieces by Gustav Holst, Pachelbel and John Rutter.

Champlain Valley Voices began as the Champlain Valley Ontario Society in 1983.

Faith Monzeglio, president of the board of directors of Champlain Valley Voices, said the choir is dedicated to two performances every year focusing on major chloral works.

The choir has a history of performing pieces by composers like Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart and Bach.

In December 2014, the outfit performed Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ The following spring, the group collaborated with the Adirondack Jazz Orchestra in presenting an evening of Big Band classics.

This will be the third time that the group has performed at The Strand Theatre.

Timothy Morningstar, an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Plattsburgh, has been recently hired to direct the choir.

“He has extensive choral conducting skills and is a superb vocal instructor,” Monzeglio said.

The choir meets about 12 weeks prior to performances, and they practice every Monday in the Meyer’s Fine Arts building on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus.

Member Ronald Goddeau encourages anyone who can or cannot read music to join the group.

“There are plenty of groups in the area for people who don’t necessarily want to get dedicated or cannot read music,” Goddeau said.

Champlain Valley Voices is a non-profit group who receives support from chorus and community members as well as local businesses and organizations.

Tickets are available from choir members and The Strand’s box office for advance purchase, or can be bought the night of the show.

General admission for the public is $14 advanced and $19 at the door; for senior citizens, it’s $12 advanced and $14 at the door; non-PSU students cost $10 and children cost $12. PSU students with an ID can get tickets for $4 at the door.

Tickets are also made available at the strandcenter.org.

A small orchestra and the famous restored Wurlitzer organ will accompany the choir.

Soloists include soprano Jo Ellen Miano, tenor Andrew Ellis, and baritone Jason Levesque.

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Cook wins Exceptional Performance Award Trooper who ended manhunt honored at annual luncheon

By Keith Lobdell

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RAY BROOK — The man who ended the largest manhunt in state history was honored last month by his peers and this month by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Technical Sgt. Jay Cook, TIMS Unit Supervisor, received the Officer of the Month Award from the Memorial Fund for November. He will be honored with the other 2015 recipients during a special ceremony to be held during National Police Week in Washington, D.C., in May. The award recognizes federal, state, and local officers who distinguish themselves through exemplary law enforcement service and devotion to duty.

On June 28, Cook was supervising a perimeter post in the town of Constable when he noticed a man jogging along the side of the road.

Cook stopped, exited his vehicle and yelled to the man, who turned around before taking off like a thunderbolt into an open field, according to State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico.

The Malone-based trooper opened fire before fugitive David Sweat got to the tree line, hitting him twice in the torso, wounding him and bringing to a close a three-week hunt for the two escapees from Clinton Correctional Facility.

Sweat was one of two inmates who escaped from the Clinton County Correctional Facility in Danemora June 6, leading to a 23-day manhunt which ended in the death of co-conspirator Richard Matt June 26, characterized by meticulous sophistication and planning that authorities believe took months, if not years to execute.

Immediately apprehending the fugitive, Cook ended a manhunt that involved over 1,300 law enforcement officers. Sweat was serving a life sentence for shooting Deputy Sheriff Kevin Tarsla of the Broome County (NY) Sheriff ’s Office. Sweat shot Deputy Sheriff Tarsla 15 times and then ran him over with a vehicle on July 4, 2002.

“Sgt. Cook’s recognition of the fugitive and his quick response in apprehending the suspect were integral to capturing a cop-killer and securing a community that had been on high alert,” Memorial Fund Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Craig W. Floyd said. “His brave actions are deserving of our 2015 November Officer of the Month Award.”

A few weeks earlier, Cook was the recipient of the Troop Commander’s Exceptional Perfor-

mance Award from Troop B Commander Charles Guess Oct. 28 at the New York State Police Troop B Awards and Retirement Luncheon at the Malone Golf Course.

“Sgt. Cook happened to be from Troop B, which is this area, so he knew the area very well,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “But he was still alone and it was a very courageous act.”

“Sgt. Cook did an excellent job,” NYSP Superintendent Joseph D’Amico said. “He realized Sweat was going to make it to a tree line, and possibly could have disappeared—and he fired two shots from his service weapon.”

Troopers, civilians honored Guess also presented the Outstanding Service to Troop B award to Border Patrol Agent-inCharge Norman M. Lague of the Champlain office as well as the New York State Department of Corrections, Director of CERT Operations Col. Dennis W. Bradford. Both organizations played pivital roles during the search for Matt and Sweat.

Guess also presented plaques and letters acknowledging the dedicated performance of duty to sworn members and civilian staff. Recently retired members from Troop “B” were also recognized for their years of dedicated service to the New York State Police.

Recipients included: Non Commissioned Officer of the Year: Technical Sergeant Christopher M. Giovazzino, Communications Supervisor Troopers of the Year: Zone 1 – Trooper Anthony R. Cordick; Zone 2 – Trooper Craig S. Thornhill; Zone 3 – Trooper Christopher N. Bogart BCI Unit of the Year - SP Chazy Bureau of Criminal Investigation (Acting Sr. Investigator Jason J. Pelkey, Investigator George E. Dyer, Investigator Richard A. Hoff, Investigator Angela M. Toohill, Investigator Richard A. Gilmore, Investigator Matthew J. Jock) Civilian Employee of the Year: Quartermaster Myra L. Rabideau Honored Retirees: Sr. Investigator Christopher J. Keniston; Sr. Investigator Robert R. Lawyer; Sr. Investigator Tracy D. Eggleston; Sr. Investigator Andrew S. Gayeskie; Zone Sergeant Daniel K. Shea; Sergeant/SC Luella C. Fisher; T/Sergeant Terrence C. Maguire; Investigator Michael N. Bousquet; Investigator Joel L. Revette; Investigator Joseph A. Tatro; Trooper Arthur A. Lowe, Jr.; Trooper John R. Rose; Trooper John C. Zahray; Civilian Sharon H. Courtney; Civilian Bonnie R. Mahnk; Civilian Richard A. Martin; Civilian Rosalie Martin; Civilian Thomas A. Matzell; Civilian Lee E. Torrance; Civilian Kathy D. Owen.

City of Plattsburgh outlaws feeding of wild animals teah@suncommunitynews.com

PLATTSBURGH — City of Plattsburgh councilors approved a change in a law that will prohibit people from feeding wild animals.

The former city law from 1964 banned the feeding of only pigeons. However, Councilor Paul O’Connell wanted to expand the law after he received complaints from residents within his ward.

The law now prohibits people from intentionally feeding wild animals, including, but not limited to, raccoons, skunks, possums, coyotes, birds, squirrels or within the city.

FUTURE ENFORCEMENT POSSIBILITIES Mayor James Calnon plans on meeting with City Police, Public Works and the Building Inspector’s Office to discuss how the amended law will be enforced.

Violators of the law could face a fine of up to $250 or up to 15 days in jail.

However, a setback, O’Connell said, could be people who unintentionally feed wild animals by leaving food for their pets outside, along with birds and feral cats, which is still allowed.

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CATS NOT INCLUDED After doing research on the 1964 law focusing solely on pigeons, O’Connell brought up the resolution for the new law on Oct. 15, which, at the time, included feral cats.

“The addition of feral cats was a mistake,” O’Connell said.

“We did not want them included.”

O’Connell addressed this mistake during the meeting, which had a great turnout of people against the idea of including feral cats, including Elmore SPCA Shelter Manager Rebecca Burdo, who’s currently working with the rest of Elmore SPCA to incorporate a program that would help solve the feral cat population.

SPAY/NEUTER INCENTIVE PROGRAM SNIP would allow pet owners in Clinton County to go to Elmore SPCA, fill out paperwork and obtain a voucher that would be redeemable at a participating veterinarian office — a list that is still pending.

Pet owners would then use that voucher, which would be valid for 30 days, to make a partial payment toward the cost of getting their animals spayed or neutered.

The incorporation of this program, which they hope to have in place by year end, Burdo hopes will help decrease not only the feral cat population in Peru, but all over Clinton County.

“The community has spoken very articulately that they want the cat population controlled and they want us to take care of the problem,” she said. “This program is going to help stop this problem.”

THE COMMUNITY’S WELL-BEING Although the city chose not to include feral cats within the law, they included the other animals, declaring them a public nuisance and a menace to the health of the community.

The town council plans on looking into certain areas where there seems to be more of a problem with these animals and inform people of the potential dangers of feeding the animals.

“We didn’t want people to feed them and draw them in,” O’Connell said. “It’s dangerous.”

To learn more about this law, visit cityofplattsburgh-ny. gov.

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BCSD launches phase II of Digital Literacy Initiative

Roughly 500 more Chromebooks to be released to Beekmantown students

uses in her classroom, including Google Classroom, Kahoot, SchoolTool, Google Docs and, her personal favorite, BlendSpace.

She explained how even though she struggled with some of the apps, she learned which ones she preferred over the other through trial and error and assistance from tech-support.

By Teah Dowling

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WEST CHAZY — Beekmantown Central School District launched phase II of its One to One Digital Literacy Initiative last week.

The One to One (one student to one device) Digital Literacy Initiative supplies Dell Chromebooks to Beekmantown’s students and teachers to help promote future educational technology growth within the classroom.

Phase I started in April when a group of 32 teachers and administrators learned the ways of a Dell Chromebook and how to use it in the classroom. At the start of that school year, 670 of those devices were given out to the students of those teachers.

“We did our homework and we went to a lot of places,” Superintendent Dan Mannix said. “We looked a lot of different options and we made the right decision.”

This year, more teachers joined the initiative and for the next school year, roughly 500 more will be given out to students: As of now, the initiative has spread throughout half of kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade; all of fourth, fifth and sixth grades; a lot of seventh, eighth, ninth and eleventh grade; and little to none in tenth and twelfth grades — all based off of the teachers willingness to participate in the initiative.

For this phase and the last phase, teachers could choose whether to incorporate Chromebooks into the classroom.

Mannix said for future phases, this might be a requirement since the overall goal of the initiative is to match one student with one device.

BECOMING TECH-SAVVY One reason as to why teachers are hesitant to joining the initiative is because they don’t consider themselves to be techsavvy.

“It’s scary even if you have some technology abilities,” said Amy Couture, second grade teacher. “There have been times in the classroom where things don’t go right with the Chromebooks and I get nervous.”

During the meeting, Couture shared her experiences along with the Google apps she

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Some concerns include students browsing or going on their Facebook when they’re supposed to be doing an assignment and focusing more on the device than the teacher.

“We have the same problems in this classroom setting than one without Chromebooks,” said Sarah Vagi, a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher. “But when the students go on their Chromebooks, they know that it’s a privilege.”

Vagi said if her students do act out, she can monitor them on her computer and see exactly what they’re doing. Also, restrictions can be set up to prevent students from going on specific websites at certain times.

PORTABLE LEARNING Students in the higher grades are able to take their Chromebooks out of the classroom to their homes to complete any necessary assignments given by the teacher — giving their parents an opportunity to learn something new along with them.

“Everytime my son has to do something on the computer he shows me,” said Stacy Bobbie who has a son in the fourth grade. “Just what they’re doing in that classroom is amazing.”

Under specific restrictions similar to the ones they have in school, students are expected to use the Chromebooks at home like they would in school.

Now, students without internet access in their homes will be able to use the Chromebooks as well with the help of the school’s new HotSpot Program.

HOTSPOT PROGRAM Also on that day, BCSD announced its new program called the HotSpot program, which offers a limited number of free wireless hotspot devices to students in the Digital Literacy Initiative with Chromebooks who don’t have Internet access at home.

This program, funded through the ELT (Extended Learning Time) grant, enables students to check out internet service for up to two weeks at a time at no charge.

“For some of these students, this is the first wireless access they’ve ever had and this is the first computer that has ever been in their household,” said Gary Lambert, director of 21st Century Learning. “We’re not just changing their structure, but we’re changing their lives.”

To reserve a wireless hotspot, students need to visit the “students” section of the district’s website to fill out and submit the reservation form for the device. Parents will also need to complete a consent form, which is also available on the same page.

A panel of Beekmantown teachers (Sarah Vagi, John Chapman and Amy Couture) and Technology Integration Specialist David Yonteff addressed the concerns of incoming phase II teachers.

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Odd reversals

ur world felt a seismic shift last week after the terrorist raid in Paris that killed far too many. Couple that event with the definite proof that terrorists in fact did down the Russian airliner a few weeks ago, killing all 224 on board.

Finally we are seeing nations taking significant steps to put an end to the unspeakable terror we’ve witnessed with increasing regularity throughout the world.

During my life time, I’ve known the United States of America to be the world’s leader in addressing hotspots around the world. We learned the hard way many years ago, we could not turn our back on world issues as, sooner or later they would land on our shores and it was always more prudent to face them on our terms and before they became too large to handle.

Such is not the case currently despite the threats and attacks we’ve seen both at home and abroad.

Perhaps our reluctance to fully engage is just not how we view our role any longer.

Perhaps politics have driven our nation so far beyond common sense and finding common ground that we no longer have the ability nor the stomach to lead as we once did.

Consider this: Gun violence in this country, not committed by criminals or gangs, but by a few deranged, unstable, or suicidal individuals has caused many in this country to seek the banishment of guns and ammunition ownership by private law biding citizens.

The fear being what the guns and ammo may do to innocent citizens.

Now as we consider allowing Syrian refugees a free pass into the nation another group of many fear a few among the refugees are terrorists in disguise who seek to conduct their rein of terror within our midst.

Just like the guns, we are told by leading law enforcement officials there is no way to verify the intention of every refugee no more than they can predetermine the few already among us who might choose to kill innocent men, women and children.

It seems to me both of these groups are making the same argument but in opposite directions strictly for political gain.

It’s hard to understand how any country’s citizen can turn a weapon or bomb

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Gov. Pataki should call it a day H

ere come the holidays. We’re thrilled not only for the obvious reasons — food, family and football — but also because it’s a time when the ever-present political drone becomes slightly muted and the jabber of the presidential race fades into the holiday landscape.

Once the presidential hopefuls emerge from their turkey-padded cocoons, the candidates can look forward to another six weeks on the stump before voters in Iowa and New Hampshire kick off the nation’s first nominating contests.

The GOP field is showing signs of winnowing, the most recent dropout being Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose campaign failed to gain traction and was languishing at 1 percent in national polls when he exited the race earlier this month.

“This is not my time,” Jindal said.

Neither is it Gov. George Pataki’s. But despite having virtually zero support — the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll has the former New York chief executive polling at less than a half-percent — Pataki remains in the race.

Governor, you’ve made a noble effort, but it’s time to drop out.

The three-term governor launched his candidacy in May as a moderate Republican, one who presided over the state during 9/11 and could appeal to the broad center of the American electorate.

But with the rise of other candidates who have occupied this niche — Ohio Gov. John Kasich as the moderate can-do governor; Chris Christie, of New Jersey, as the red warrior in the deep-blue state — the basis for his candidacy, if that was even a viable one at all, has evaporated.

Pataki has now resorted to tossing plutonium-grade bombs from his perch in New Hampshire in a game of one-upmanship as to who can issue the most hawkish remarks.

The left has an “agenda of victimhood,” he has said. He’s called Team Obama a “disgrace” and says the administration is “holding the military hostage” — “The Obama-Clinton-Kerry axis of evasion, equivocation & error has left America at the mercy of ISIS cowards,” he wrote on Twitter.

Jeez. Sure, we know it’s all just red meat for the party base, much of which may be forgotten by the general election. But it just comes across as increasingly desperate and ill-fitting on the governor, who has never seemed like much of an ideologue.

Fear mongering only pays short-term political dividends.

It’s never a good sign when you have to constantly remind voters who you are. Even worse is when your campaign is only notable for its invisibility.

But harming your legacy with this sharp tack to the right, attempting to leverage unreasonable fear into political gain, is the icing on the cake — It doesn’t make you sound tough, but rather like an opportunist.

At 70, it seems like Pataki has no real need to reshape his legacy or carve out another career as a cable commentator, author or cabinet member, like the other long-shot candidates. Nor would he be in contention for a veep spot on the eventual ticket.

It all just seems like an exercise in futility (and a wee bit of narcissism).

We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the governor has a home right here in our backyard, a working cattle farm on the shores on Lake Champlain he purchased in 2003.

While charting the country’s future doesn’t appear to be in the cards for the governor, it’s not too late to make the world a better place on a smaller scale.

Perhaps he can start in this hotbed of the farm-to-table movement.

Plenty of emerging farmers in Essex County, we think, would benefit from the governor’s expertise in public policy and agriculture.

It’s just too bad that he’s spending his days focused on the wrong type of bull.

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SupportÊ theÊ UnitedÊ Way To the Editor: I represent the United Way Campaign Team for the Adirondack Region.

United Way funds 42 different agencies in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties. I co-lead one of these agencies: The Champlain Valley Chapter of The Compassionate Friends. This is a self help bereavement support group for families who have had children, grandchildren or a sibling die. This is run by volunteers only. With the funds from United Way we can send out newsletters, run meetings, host a memorial walk and candle lighting ceremony, and also do other fun events for our members.

The United Way Campaign is in full swing this Holiday Season and with everyone hustling around to make sure we check everyone off our Holiday lists, I would like for you to consider giving a gift in honor or memory of a loved one to this year’s United Way Campaign. Holiday shopping is exhausting, so why not save some time and drop off a donation to The United Way Office on the Tom Miller Road in Plattsburgh. There are always gifts to purchase for those hard to buy for people on our lists. Why not five a gift that will keep on giving. One gift will help 42 partner agencies.

If you have already done your shopping for this season, think about other times of the year when you are invited to anniversary and birthday parties, retirement parties and you just don’t know what to get. A gift to the United Way will take the guessing out of what to get them. Imagine how proud the honoree would feel opening a card with a message inside saying where the gift when in their name. Times are challenging in our world today. Please help our neighbors and together we will reach our goal. Last year alone, our 42 partner agencies helped over 80,000 individuals collectively.

it matters to you please write Governor Cuomo, call or email your Senators, Assemblywoman and Congresswoman.

We are inviting you to attend an informational meeting Monday, Dec, 14, at West Side Ballroom, 253 New York Road, Plattsburgh, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

Merrilee Hamlin, President Clinton County ARC Board of Directors Plattsburgh

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To the Editor: A big thank you to our community and school for the wonderful support we gave our soccer team going to the “Final Four”. It was such a positive experience. A lot of hard work and talent from coaches and students and a lot of heart from everyone else.

Run and Suzie Dubay Lewis

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To the Editor: The Advocacy & Resource Center provides supports to over 500 people with developmental disabilities. We have committed to advocate and protect people with developmental disabilities. It is critical for the community to be aware of how changes in funding are reducing services to the people we support.

Workshops can no longer accept new people. Changes must be made so that people will not be displaced.

The ARC has 22 residential homes in Clinton County. Unfortunately, the development of new homes is lagging behind the demand for them. This is true for adult children living at home with parents who have lost their ability to adequately care for them and provide for their future needs. Statewide, there are 6000 people living at home with developmental disabilities waiting for placement.

The ARC provides Respite Services for 80 families. With the projected funding cuts, respite services may be eliminated in the future.

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), our frontline staff, are the backbone of services for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.

The NYS Labor Commissioner has approved a plan to enact a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers. We are advocating that frontline works receive at least the same as fast food workers.

We want to make people aware of the issues and how they will impact people with developmental disabilities and their families. It matters to us. If

PLATTSBURGH — Bi-annually The Strand Center for the Arts produces exhibitions focused on presenting the talents of its members; the Holiday and Summer Members Shows. Members at any artistic level, from hobbyist to professional, are invited to submit works for these “Members Only” exhibitions.

The Strand Center for the Arts Holiday Members Show is open to all members whose membership is valid through January 1, 2016. Memberships can be renewed or started anytime before or during drop off, online at strandcenter.org or by phone at 563-1604 during regular gallery hours.

Entries may be in the form of any media, including (but not limited to) painting, drawing, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, ceramics, stained glass, bead weaving, printmaking, mixed media and woodwork. Two-dimensional artwork must be framed under glass or plexi-glass and be backed with wire for hanging and all artwork must be labeled.

Artists can download the full guidelines, artist contract and artwork labels at The Strand Center website at strandcenter.org or pick them up in our offices at 23 Brinkerhoff Street in Plattsburgh.

Drop off for submissions will run from Saturday, November 28 to Saturday, Dec. 5. Artwork should be dropped off at the reception desk in the Main Gallery at 23 Brinkerhoff Street (the old Federal Building) during regular gallery hours. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Annual Holiday Members Show will be on view in The Strand Center Main Gallery at 23 Brinkerhoff Street from Friday, Dec. 11 to Saturday, Jan. 2. The Opening Reception will take place Friday, Dec. 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. For more information on these exhibits, upcoming events, concerts or classes happening at The Strand Center for the Arts call 563-1604 or visit strandcenter.org.

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Event to honor veterans in Old Post Cemetery PLATTSBURGH — As part of the national “Wreaths Across America Day” program, local members of the American Military Retirees Association and Lake Champlain Chapter NY1 invite the public to help honor veterans buried in the Old Post Cemetery.

This year’s event is being held on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at noon at the Old Post Cemetery located on the corner of Route 9 and Lake Forest Drive.

The Old Post Cemetery, closed for new burials, is the final resting place for 136 unknown soldiers and sailors of the Battle of Plattsburgh. Additionally, 163 known veterans, many family members and Thomas Kelly, a Spanish American War recipient of the Medal of Honor, are also buried there.

This year’s event will mark the fifth year this cemetery has been honored as part of the Wreaths Across America program, and it is hoped that attendance will be even better than previous years.

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against their own countrymen. But during this rein of terror we are seeing just that across the world landscape as young men and women are being radicalized and turning their anger on their own people.

Their is no rationale or legitimacy that makes any form of deadly violence committed against innocent victims acceptable. That should be the common sense and common ground we should all be able to agree on.

Little Bits Gratitude and Sharing Gordie Little

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To the Editor: Seasons Greetings North Country Residents; It’s that time of the year when I bestow upon the generosity of community members, businesses and organizations to contribute to the Annual Holiday Meal (Christmas) Tote Drive.

Last holiday season, I delivered approximately 60 Meal Totes to families enduring financial difficulties, community members enduring health issues as well as senior citizens within the Townships of Jay and Black Brook. With the rising food costs this year, I anticipate the number of meals will surpass the amount from last holiday season.

Knowing community members will have a warm and delicious meal on Christmas day is a wonderful feeling. However, over the past four years of coordinating the Annual Meal Tote Drive, I have developed a rapport with so many of the recipients to the point where several of them are comfortable coming to my home to pick up their Tote or stop me on the street and ask to have his/her name placed on my confidentiality list.

I can prepare and deliver the Meal Totes but it is the generosity of the North Country community who truly make the Annual Meal Tote Drive a continued success.

The following items are greatly appreciated: Turkeys, Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce, Canned Corn & Green Beans, Turkey Gravy, 5lbs Bags of Potatoes, Packaged Dinner Rolls and Apple Pies (Unfrozen, please).

Monetary contributions may be mailed to: Kelly C. Murphy/Event Coordinator/Annual Holiday Meal Tote Drive P.O. Box 386 Au Sable Forks/12912.

For more information call 524-5806.

Have a Happy Holiday Season!

Kelly C. Murphy Event Coordinator Annual Holiday Meal Tote Drive Au Sable Forks

DaleAnne Wolter West Chazy

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Area businesses, private citizens, schools, service groups, local veterans organizations and auxiliaries are invited to purchase wreaths for placement during the ceremony so that as many veterans graves may be honored as possible.

Wreaths are $15 each and may be purchased using forms available at AMRA National Headquarters or at the County Veterans Service Office.

Orders must be placed by Nov. 30 for this year’s event. Late orders will roll over to next year. People interested need not be present or live locally to sponsor a wreath, which will be placed by local veterans and others attending the ceremony.

A reception after the ceremony with cookies and hot cocoa for participants will be available at the Valcour Brewing Company located at the Old Stone Barracks. For more information, call 563-0038 or 565-4720.

Yet political alliances in our governing bodies seems to take precedence before citizen safety and good judgment.

There was a time in this nation when, threatened by outside forces, we were able to set aside political differences and act for the good of the country making the safety of our citizens and the nation’s future our highest priority.

Those of us old enough to remember those days can only hope our leaders haven’t placed their interests before ours and a lesson once learned the hard way, need not be learned again.

Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News.

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his is Thanksgiving week--time for being grateful. It’s also a time to talk about sharing. I’m grateful for my family and friends and for being given the opportunity to live and work here for well over half a century. Kaye often says, “We have no secrets. You tell everybody everything.” I share what I have, except for pumpkin pie and turkey sandwiches.

I believe I was supposed to share my life and I’ve taken that obligation seriously. I began sharing good news and bad with people who listened to local radio in this region.

I knew early I should adopt a humble persona and decided to use a kind of radio nick name: Gordie Little, Who’s He? In other words, I’m nobody. What I do, such as playing records, interviewing people, reading news and weather and sports and sharing all of this with all with you, is the most important part.

That’s how it began and that’s how it continues, long after the radio career ended. I’ve been given the opportunity of doing a regular television program with Calvin Castine. I have written for this newspaper and another.

I’m allowed to write regular features for magazines. I’m happy to write and tell ghost stories, write children’s books and now—an adult coloring book.

For almost 36 years on the radio and during my tenure as a Crime Victims Advocate in Plattsburgh, I doodled while interviewing people. My doodles are odd, strange and very different. I signed and dated every one and Kaye saved them in boxes and drawers. The youngest of the Baker-Little offspring is Dr. Kirk Little, a psychologist in Ohio and Kentucky. He thrilled me by asking permission to “archive” those drawings—well over 5,000 of them. I agreed. He hauled them home and took many months to scan, photograph, categorize and catalogue every image and whatever news story, weather forecast or sports score might be on the other side of the paper they were drawn on.

Along came the adult coloring book phenomenon. It was a wave. I was led to grab my surfboard and ride. Those drawings, each signed “G.Little” and dated, revealed themselves as objects ripe for coloring. The signature looks like “Gittle,” thus the name “Gordie Little Gittles.” The book was printed and the fun began.

Who knows where this “Gittles” thing will lead? I’ll simply follow the yellow brick road or whatever color you choose to make it. Special thanks to Kim Mason, first to add her personal touch to a Gittle and post it on Facebook. Kaye says it should be framed.

I love to share everything about our “Little” house on the Saranac River and I am forever grateful for everyone who cares about what we do. Kaye and I hope you had the best Thanksgiving ever and that each day is better than the day before.

Columnist Gordie Little may be reached at gordie@suncommunitynews.com.

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FREE MASON DEC. CHRISTMAS 05 Sat. PARTY@ HERITAGE HOUSE, WESTPORT. Saturday: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm There will be cider, refreshments, crafts for kids, and a visit from Santa!

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FREE FAMILY DEC. MOVIE: 06 Sun. SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE@ WHALLONSBURG GRANGE HALL, 1610 NYS RTE 22.

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Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, on the verge of taking vows, discovers a dark family secret from the Nazi occupation. $6 Adults • $3 under 18 Details: cvfilms.org; 518-963-4170 View our complete listing and other events online.

Shaun takes the day off to have some fun.

After a mix up with the farmer, caravan, and a very steep hill, they land in the big city. Shaun must lead them home. FREE! Details: cvfilms.org; 518-963-4170 View our complete listing and other events online.

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Annual Toys for Tots Christmas Show Benefit! 18+ allowed. $8.00 at the door $5.00 with an unwrapped new toy Details: 518-563-3650 83297

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All-Night Vigil (Op. 37) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) and Russian Folk Songs Free of charge, although donations at the door will be accepted to help pay for their traveling expenses.

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hanksgiving and Christmas are a time for family and friends. In these mountains and valleys, our neighbors are both. Most places have shop local specials beginning the first weekend in December. Take advantage of these opportunities and do your shopping close to home with those you see everyday.

Sandwiches and a spot of tea

Instructor’s sale The Adirondack Folk School will be filled with instructors selling their crafts on Friday, Dec. 4 and 5.

Demonstrations will be all day Saturday. Surprise someone this year with a locally made gift! Stop by the school, located at 51 Main Street in Lake Luzerne.

Admission is free and you can get more information by calling 696-2400.

Fresh balsam fir trees For the last 15 years, the Westport Boy Scouts, Troop 63, have been selling Christmas trees. Look for the troop and trees in front of the Heritage House, on Main Street in Westport on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Limited local delivery. For further information, call Larry at 569.5431.

The Westport Marina Ship Store and Boutique are having an open house and awesome holiday sale.

On Dec. 5, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., shop one of the area’s most diverse selection of specialty gifts stocked with new merchandise including clothing, jewelry, and April Cornell linens.

Enjoy hot cider and homemade treats, knowing you will walk out of Lane’s store with the most beautiful gifts, wrapped free of charge. For specific questions, call her at 962.4356.

ACAP is giving to those who give. They are looking for new, unwrapped, toys for infants and children up to age 16 or a $10 donation. In exchange, they offer a chicken and biscuit buffet with a side of karaoke.

The 9th Annual Holidays are for Sharing Toy Drive is held on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Cobble Hill Inn, located on Route 9 in Elizabethtown, All donations are distributed within Essex County and delivered to town halls the week before Christmas. If you would like to be considered for a toy drop, applications are available at the ACAP central office in Elizabethtown.

Questions? Call Ginger at 637.1910.

She and some friends arrived by train

Did you know Marilyn Monroe came to Warrensburg in June 1941 to give away a house? It is the greenish one on James Street.

There is a two-part program about her visit on Sunday, November 29. At 1 p.m., hear the story, ee photographs and other artifacts from the day that brought national publicity to our area.

At 2 p.m., watch the 1948 movie intertwined with Monroe’s visit, “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse,” which stars Cary Grant and Myna Loy. The Museum (VFW) is on 3754 Main Street in Warrensburg. For more information, contact Paul Gilchrist, at 623.3162 or Steve Parisi, at 232.7349, or via e-mail at wh7396@yahoo.com.

Not just the weekend

For the sixth year, Ticonderoga rings in the holidays with an all-out, week-long celebration. The festivities begin on Friday, Nov. 27 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 6. Two highlights are the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m. Meet at the Ticonderoga Community Building.

On Tuesday, hop in your jammies and head for the Black Watch Library for a cozy holiday book reading. This family event is on Dec. 1 between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. You don’t have to wear your pj’s, but it makes it makes this story time extra snuggly and fun. Snacks provided.

For the entire list of activities, contact the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce at 585-6619.

Tell me your story. I’ll shine it up like a bauble, and write it down like a bedtime story- you can take my word for it.

Send me your highlights, I�ll spread the word-Linda@suncommunitynews. com

SCA announces holiday movie series PLATTSBURGH — The Strand Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the start of a series of films for the holidays is coming to Strand Theatre starting Nov. 28.

ParaNorman (PG - 2012) Saturday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m.

Young Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has the ability to speak with the dead and he often prefers their company to that of the living. Babcock receives word from his strange Uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman) that a centuries-old witch’s curse on their town is real and about to come true and that only Norman can stop it. When zombies rise from their graves, Babcock must summon all his courage and compassion and push his paranormal abilities to the limit to save his fellow townspeople.

The Muppet Christmas Carol (G - 1992) Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m.

The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppets — Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear and Sam the Eagle — weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases — past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness.

It’s a Wonderful Life (NR - 1946) Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.

It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra based on the short story “The Greatest Gift”, which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945. The film is now considered one of the most popular films in American cinema and due to numerous television showings in the 1980s has become traditional viewing during the Christmas season.

The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community of Bedford Falls would be had he never been born.

Tickets can be obtained online, at the box office in the cultural center, or at the show. The SCA box office hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For further information on this show or other upcoming events, gallery exhibits or art classes, call 518-563-1604 or visit www.strandcenter.org.

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As I recall, it was an in early in December about 40 years ago. I don’t know the exact date, but I will never forget the day.

Snow encircled my mother as she shooed us into the car, she seemed more like Mary Poppins than herself that day.

Then as quick as you can say “Bob’s your uncle,” my sisters and I were whisked down our driveway and into a Christmas tea party: It was our first Greens Tea. As enchanting today as it was in my youth, the Elizabethtown-Westport Garden Club will present their 61st annual Greens Tea on Friday, Dec. 4 in the parish hall of the United Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.

When the doors open, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m you will discover vintage jewelry, artesian work baked goods and an exquisite variety of wreaths.

A hearty luncheon is served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for only $6.

All proceeds benefit the Elizabethtown-Lewis Emergency Squad. If you have any questions, please contact Helen DeChant at time4hmd@yahoo. com.

The same time as the Greens Tea, and right next door…

The Adirondack History Museum is having a one-day museum gift shop sale on Friday, Dec. 4, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Pluck the perfect gift for your outdoor or history enthusiast from their shelves. Locate the museum at 7590 Court Street, in Elizabethtown. For more information, give then a jingle at 873.6466.

Whiteface Mountain Demo Day is Dec. 5. Check out the latest and greatest skis and snowboards from top brands like Volkl, Blizzard, Nordica, Never Summer, and Fischer. Demos are for all ages and free with a Whiteface season or day pass.Brought to you by our friends at Cunningham’s Ski Barn in Lake Placid! Always keep Whiteface.org at your fingertips for up to date ski & board conditions as well as information about special events.

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In March, an unknown amount of water was pumped from the silo to allow for an inspection of the facility by a prospective buyer, a process that was not authorized by the permitting agency, the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Only after a spill was the incident reported to the DEC. Eight months later, the waters remain muddied for elected officials and residents in this town of 1,300.

“Does anybody know what they’re doing up there?” Supervisor David Blades asked attendees at a town board meeting earlier this month. “Does anybody know?”

The room remained silent.

SHORT-LIVED STRATEGY The federal government constructed 107 missile bases across the country during the early 1960s, a post-Sputnik reaction to the arms race.

The Lewis site is one of a dozen built in a ring around the Plattsburgh Air Force Base in the early 1960s, the only cluster east of the Mississippi River.

Millions were spent constructing the structures — the Lewis site cost $200 million — which were driven 18 stories into the earth and designed to withstand a nuclear blast.

Inside were Atlas F intercontinental ballistic missiles topped with nuclear payloads. Guarded by crews standing 24hour watch, the four megaton warheads packed a punch 32 times larger than the device dropped on Hiroshima.

But the sites became obsolete as soon as they were finished, explained Ed Peden, a Topeka-based silo enthusiast who has brokered the sale of 59 facilities, including the Lewis site.

One reason was because the launch process was complicated. Once elevated, rocket propellant and liquid oxygen would be required for lift-off, a volatile combination. Failures weren’t uncommon at test launches. Four sites, said Peden, had explosions within them while active, making their presence nearly as dangerous to the locals as they were to the Soviets.

“It did make local populations a target,” said Peden. “Some could have blown up on the launchpad.”

Once the structures were built — construction took twoyears, a non-stop process of pouring solid concrete — the military had developed rocket fuel, a far more superior material. Titan 2 missiles then became the next weapon du jour.

The silos were decommissioned after four years of use and sold as surplus property, with most going to municipal governments and salvage operations.

87 HALE HILL ROAD Once decommissioned, the Lewis site saw a variety of uses over the years, including as a research base for SUNY Plattsburgh.

Peden made quick business brokering the sale of these structures, working as a middleman between the government and private buyers.

In July 1997, he organized the sale of the site from a salvage operator to Alexander Michael for $160,000.

Michael, an Australian national, told Smithsonian magazine he had always been “enchanted” by the idea of having his own piece of military-industrial history.

Over the next two decades, the industrial designer gradually restored the site into a living space.

The finished house over the silo spans 1,800 square feet and was the subject of several glossy magazine profiles. Michael, who flew in twice annually to work on the project, threw lavish parties, held art installations and even gave himself a nickname — Silo Boy. By 2012, Michael had sunk $350,000 into the project. But the water continued to trickle in.

A 40-foot subterranean tunnel connects the home to the silo. A staircase winds down 125 feet into the bedrock, leading to two additional levels of living space, including the former launch control center encased in three-foot thick concrete walls reinforced with stainless steel mesh.

The retro chic belies a more sobering reality.

Over time, decaying electronic equipment and waste materials, including solvents and paint chips, have mixed with water that entered the silo through a ventilation shaft and the roof, which was kept open for decades because the 90-ton doors were unable to be closed.

It’s here where a layer of toxic sludge has accrued for the past half-century, encased in a layer of clear water.

Tasked with the clean up is a newly-formed LLC with no paper trail.

PUMP, CLEAN AND DUMP On May 14, a group called Diversified Upstate Enterprises, LLC, or DUE, filed a notice of formation with the secretary of state of New York.

Six days later, in Sydney, Australia, Michael signed an indenture of sale to DUE for $575,000.

A deed was then recorded in the Essex County clerk’s office on June 8.

Little else is known about DUE. Aside from a Washington, D.C.-based mailing address, the only other clue to their identity is that they, or someone affiliated with their organization,

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would like to use the site as a center to monitor seismic activity, said Blades, the Lewis town supervisor, citing a brief on-site discussion.

Michael did not respond to an email seeking comment.

Work at the site has already begun.

Some water has been pumped into a pair of 20,000 gallon storage tanks and is awaiting treatment, said David Winchell, a spokesman for the DEC. On Sept. 14, the agency reviewed a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit, or SPDES, from DUE. If approved, the organization can then begin treating the water using a triple-filter process to remove contaminants, including lead, heavy metals and PCBs. Once cleared by samples and tests, the plan is to pump up to 40,000 gallons per day of the water into a low-lying stormwater pond adjacent to the silo.

Lead levels clock in at 15,200 mg/kg; PCBs, 17 mg/kg.

Once the sludge has been carted off-site and out of Essex County, any additional water that accumulates at the bottom of the silo will be pumped directly into the retainment area, said Winchell.

The water will require sustained monitoring.

The operation appears to be a standard one. But open questions remain, including those discussed by town officials at a meeting earlier this month, such as who will conduct the work, monitor the project and who, exactly, is behind the application.

The DEC has until Dec. 14 to issue or deny the permit, said Winchell. A decision will likely come before then. Pumping and treatment could begin immediately after the project is given the green light, with work expected to be completed in one week.

DARK WATERS Winchell admitted that while a permit related to the pumping and treating of water from a former missile silo is unusual, the agency issues many industrial SPDES permits each year.

The DEC conducted the usual notifications, he said.

Two days after reviewing the materials, the agency published a notice in the Environmental Notice Bulletin providing a summary of the project and seeking public comment.

Blades was provided notice of the complete application and notice followed in a daily newspaper two days later.

At least 20 residences are located within a mile of the property, which is located about five miles north of the hamlet.

Some homeowners feel as if they have been kept in the dark.

“That’s the part that is disturbing,” said Lanita Canavan, who lives nearby with Dan, her husband.

One local company, NYCO Minerals, has a policy of sending homeowners letters whenever work is being done that may affect them, said Canavan.

“The DEC does not run that way,” she said.

Blades, too, said the communication process between all parties — the state, homeowners, local officials and DUE — has been lacking.

“It bothers me because I think it’s important that we know what’s going on in our backyard,” said Blades.

Residents say the stakes are high because a leak or spill could not only degrade the environment, but could also contaminate the water supply.

“I’m deeply concerned,” said John Wimett, who lives on Route 9, about a half-mile downhill from the site.

Wimett’s water is derived from a spring-fed system sunk 11 feet deep in the ground.

Veins come down the hill and are collected in a cement box. A buried gravity-fed line draws the water into his house, where a basement pump prepares it for usage.

After learning of the plans through community chatter, Wimett drew samples and had them tested.

The results came back clean, with just trace elements of copper from the supply lines.

Wimett said now that he has a baseline, he will keep a close eye on the project. Three other wells spread across his 65 acres feed additional family residences.

“If something turns up after that, it’s kind of obvious where it’s coming from,” said Wimett. “I’ve used this water system for 50 years. I enjoy the spring water and am not ready to invest in a well if something should happen up there.”

Wimett, 74, has a long relationship with the site, which abuts his land to the west. The federal government even asked for an easement to gain access to the driveway that leads into the facility, which is set back from the road and restricted from public access.

Residents say they’re not necessarily opposed to the plan — removing the toxic elements may end up being a good thing, some pointed out — but were rather concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding the project.

Wimett’s daughter, Tina Bigelow, said the paucity of information is part of a troubling pattern that has always existed when dealing with the silo site.

Results from the water samples taken from the site in March indicated they did not exceed groundwater standards for any contaminants, said the DEC. But Bigelow said while she did not have any definitive proof, she couldn’t help but wonder if the site had negatively affected her health over the years.

“Every single one of us girls has had thyroid issues,” said Bigelow, a cancer survivor, citing a list of family members.

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Many other residents in this tightly-knit community echoed similar sentiments, that folks just seemed to get sicker here.

Bigelow and her husband had a spring dug after building their home. Not long after, their second son was born.

The boy was sickly, suffering from fistulas and nausea. The Bigelows ran tests. When the results came back, they learned the water was loaded with bacteria and chloroform.

“The longer it was boiled, the browner it got,” Bigelow said.

Dye dropped into toilet tanks and sewers revealed those sources were not poisoning the spring, recalled her brother, Tom Wimett.

When the family broached the subject of the silo as a possible source of the contamination with officials from the state health department, they had an about-face.

“We’re done with the investigation,” Bigelow recalled the officials as saying.

They also advised them to obtain legal counsel.

The family left it alone. For years, they hauled water before grant funds allowed the town to conduct new drilling projects.

Since word started trickling out about the new buyers, Tom, who resides on Hale Hill Road, said he has noticed increased activity on the sparsely-populated street — like convoys of trucks moving covered loads in the middle of the night.

“Something’s fishy,” he said. “They’re messing with Pandora’s box once they start pumping that water out.”

NAGGING DOUBTS The water is currently safe to drink.

Due to the depth of the silo and the fact that it is built in watertight bedrock, it is currently not impacting groundwater and the drinking water taken from nearby residential wells, said Winchell.

Following the spill earlier this spring, a test well was installed on-site.

The applicant, said Winchell, plans on running a closed loop test of the system in which no water will be released before the permit is issued. Monitoring of these results will determine the effectiveness of the system.

“DEC is confident that the project will protect the water quality of nearby residential drinking wells,” said Winchell.

Canavan said while he suspects DUE will legally do everything right, he questioned their commitment to the environment.

He has visited the property in the past and said the proposed containment area appears to be undersized.

What would happen if it contaminated the surrounding area? he asked. Who would be liable? What about possible damage to Church Brook and the surrounding wetlands?

“It’s been proven time and time again that corporations and big government get it wrong environmentally on a heartbreaking, regular basis,” wrote Canavan in a letter to the DEC. Peden, the silo expert, said he was surprised that testing didn’t reveal the presence of trichloroethylene, or TCEs, byproducts from degreasing agents.

“It’s a very common contaminant found on Atlas sites,” said Peden, who lives in one. “It’s a nasty substance.”

The volatile organic chemical is a colorless or blue liquid with a chloroform-like odor.

According to the EPA, those who drink water containing the substance in excess of the maximum contaminant level for many years could experience problems with their liver and may have an increased risk of getting cancer.

Peden said he didn’t want to raise alarm bells. But the US Corp of Engineers, he said, should be tasked with cleanup and remediation as part of their Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program.

“The state should not have to do those types of measures,” said Peden.

Local officials visited the restricted site in mid-October.

While they didn’t notice any activity, it doesn’t necessarily mean that something did not happen in the interim period, said Blades.

Prompted by audience members, Blades admitted the town was continuing to scramble for answers: Who will notify residents in the event of a spill? Who will be responsible for taking samples and testing the water?

“We’ll continue to try to make sure that what’s happening is legitimate,” said the supervisor, who is retiring at the end of December. “We will continue to monitor what goes on there as a town — it is our responsibility.”

Supervisor-elect James Monty said the town will send a formal letter to the new owners asking them to detail their plans for the site.

“It’d be nice to know what their plan is,” said Monty. “No one really formally knows.”

On a golden autumn afternoon, John Wimett motioned through the trees— stately firs, spruce and pines — up toward the site.

The sun glinted through the forest.

He used to watch tests in the early 1960s. The doors would open and the rocket would rise each morning at 5 a.m.

“It looked like a silver bullet,” Wimett recalled. “Now we don’t know what’s going on up there.”

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MIGHTY MATTHEW’S BEGINNING Matthew was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease complex I and III CIPO (chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction) at 3 and half years old in January 2008.

Matthew’s intestines and stomach don’t work properly. He currently has a feeding tube in stomach in which he receives his nutrition.

Because of his illnesses, Matthew visits Boston every three months in two different hospitals and sees 10 to 12 different doctors.

Although Matthew’s road has been tough, he fought, and is still fighting, through it alongside Terry, his mother, Lisa, and older brothers Bradley (19) and Steven (17).

He also got through it with the help of his superhero persona that began when he was 5 years old as a handmade Halloween costume.

“He came up with the name,” Terry said, “and it stuck with him.”

PLATTSBURGH’S OWN SUPERHERO Over the course of his diagnosis, Matthew has not only become a fan to residents of Plattsburgh, but the North Country.

In the summer of 2012, Matthew received keys to the City of Plattsburgh. He also joined SUNY Plattsburgh’s baseball team in November 2014.

In Lewis, Matthew took on the role of an Essex County Sheriff ’s deputy on a mission to track down two notorious lollipop bandits in town.

Terry stated that the family tries their best to get Matthew out and about in the community to raise awareness for his condition.

In return, the community has come together a number of times to raise money and support Plattsburgh’s local hero — something he truly appreciates.

“It’s amazing how people are helping me so much just because I’m in the hospital,” Mighty Matthew said. “I just want to say thank you so much for all of it.”

To learn more about Mighty Matthew, his and his family’s journey, visit caringbridge.org/ visit/matthewcech/journal/index/74/0/desc or his Facebook page “Mighty Matthew.”

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Here is Bahati, an adoptable cat from Elmore SPCA...

She is a domestic short hair, brown tiger, who arrived Oct. 29. Upon arrival, she weighed about six pounds and is around 1-years-old.

Bahati is an independent cat who is looking for her forever home. She was surrendered to Elmore SPCA when her human became ill and could no longer take care of her. She is used to a quiet home where she can laze the day away on a window sill or on the back of the couch. Bahati enjoys perching up high and is content watching everything around her. She is a gorgeous little cat who doesn’t like to play with toys or to make much of a fuss. If you are looking for a quiet companion who is very loving but is also okay to be solitary this could be your girl! Don’t get us wrong...Bahati loves to engage with her people...she just doesn’t need constant attention. Bahati lived successfully with other cats, kids and dogs in her previous home. She is now current on vaccinations, has tested negative for FeLV/FIV, is spayed and has been cleared by our vet for placement. Come in and meet this sweet and quiet cat who would love to find a loving and safe home soon.

Here is Ginger, an adoptable dog from Elmore SPCA...

She is an American staffordshire terrier/boxer mix, fawn & white, who arrived Nov. 7. Upon arrival, she weighed around 50 pounds and is around 4-years-old.

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Ginger is a smart, loving, energetic, engaging dog that was found tied to a tree in front of the shelter one nippy November morning. The poor thing was so afraid she didn’t know what to do. She kept trying to shy away from anyone trying to touch her and would growl. After about an hour she started mellowing out and we were able to approach her and give her some kind attention. We quickly saw that the cord around her neck was very tight and she was in pain whenever she moved.

It seemed that as her body warmed up so did her heart. She is a VERY happy and energetic dog that learns so very quickly!

She is amazingly smart and loves to please her people. She very good with most dogs, cats and kids. Please consider giving this wonderful dog a loving home! Ginger Snap is now current on vaccinations, has tested negative for erlichia, lyme, anaplasmosis and heart worm, is spayed and is ready to meet her new family.

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LOW TAX-LEVY The town sustains a low tax levy thanks largely to funding the town gets for hosting the Clinton County Landfill on Sand Road.

The town has been receiving payments since the county entered an agreement with Casella Waste Systems in 1996 to operate the landfill.

Because of this, the town receives approximately $287,000 per year.

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WOODBURY — In Nov. 21’s Sun, listing the competitors and their times in the State Championship race, Rachael Woodruff, on the undefeated Saranac Girls Cross Country team, was omitted from the listing. She medaled at that race, finishing in 19th place in the Class C race with a time of 20:14 seconds.

Margaret Champagne, of Seton Catholic (#21) and Woodruff (#33) were the only two female runners from Section 7 to compete in the Federation Cross Country Championships Saturday, Nov. 21. Champagne finished 84th with a time of 20:09.5 and Woodruff finished 87th with a time of 20:10.7 ( 1.2 seconds apart).

The town has 27 employees, about half of whom are part time or seasonal.

All employees will be getting 3 percent raises in 2016.

Salaries for 2016 include $17,500 for the supervisor, $6,385 for the four town council members, $12,644 each for the two town justices, $27,300 for the town clerk/tax collector and $65,792 for the highway superintendent.

Sorrell said there’s no changes in health insurance or retirement.

“I feel good about this year’s budget,” Sorrell said. “We’re at a good standing point.”

To learn more about the budget that was adopted on Nov. 5, visit www.schuylerfallsny.com.

Vets to light community tree

Singer Tim “Hellhound” McCormick from the rock band Northbound Hellbound performed live at the ROTA Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 21.

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CADYVILLE — The Cadyville Community Tree Lighting will take place Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Cadyville Fire Station, from 5 to 7 p.m. This year, in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, they would like to invite World War II Veterans to be honorary guests and light the 2015 Community Christmas Tree.

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By Keith Lobdell

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PERU — The talent of many local students were on display Saturday, Nov. 21, as youth who excel in the field of music were recognized as members of the Zone 6 Area All State concerts.

Area All State brings together the top musicians and vocalists from North Country schools for a two-day festival, where students rehearse new pieces with their selected conductors on the Friday before the concerts, followed with more practice and the performances.

This year, the concerts were held at Peru Central School.

Westport student Lucy Misarski was selected to attend the Zone 5 Area All State concert, which was held at Indian River Central School.

Students selected to attend the Area 6 concerts included:

ner-Puschak (PHS), Matt Keating (Saranac Lake), Niamh Creedon-Carey (PHS), Marc Malseptic (Plattsburgh MS), Antonio Villani (Saranac Lake), Keegan Bulluck (Saranac), Michael Nystoriak (Saranac), Olivia Leavine (Plattsburgh), Eli Moore (Saranac), Clarissa Chambers (Beekmantown), Lorenzo Villani (Saranac Lake), Amy Darst (Peru).

Jazz Band Justina Hewitt, Taylor Hesseltine, Silas Swanson (Saranac Lake), Jamie Cox (Ticonderoga), Maria Rothaupt, Donnie Nadon (Saranac Lake), Liam Chaskey (Plattsburgh), Tim Ryan (Ticonderoga), Sawyer Chase (Saranac Lake), Eusung Choe (Plattsburgh), Colvin Chapman (Ticonderoga), Natalie Orman (Saranac Lake), Andrew Vanier (Beekmantown), Eric Potthast (AuSable Valley), Jacob Sandvig (Chateaugay), Samuel Perkins (Plattsburgh), Ethan Magram (Beekmentown), Michael Sandvig (Chateaugay).

Concert band Christina Fray (Saranac), Emily Sipley (Peru), Emily Lombard (Peru), Ashley Chris (Lake Placid), Sarah Edwards (AuSable Valley), Mya DeLong (Ticonderoga), Omni Bazan (Ticonderoga), Maria Vincelette (Peru), Zoya Qudsi (PHS), Lizzie Trudeau (Saranac), Hannah Gochenaur (Saranac Lake), Victoria Bruno (Saranac), Zoe Taber (Beekmantown), Eshna Prajapiti (Saranac Lake), Rachel Barnes (Beekmantown), Megan Frederick (Beekmantown), Tara Allen (Beekmantown), Ella LaMora, Jared Banker (Peru), Casandra Kellaway (Saranac), Jacob Andre (Peru), Liz Loso (Saranac Lake), Elliot Hurwitz (Beekmantown), Chloe Hurteau (Lake Placid), Tyler Andre (Peru), Melissa Garvey (Saranac), Lincoln Sydnor (Beekmantown), Andrew Woodruff (Saranac), Steven Miner (Saranac), Joel Cook (Ticonderoga), Connor Bashaw (Peru), Steffany Jabaut (Chazy), Riley O’Hara (Ticonderoga), Rachel Lake (Saranac), Witter Swanson (Saranac Lake), Brian DeWalt (Keene), Rachael Woodruff (Saranac), Aymee-Lynne Fisk (Saranac Lake), Erica Swarsky (Saranac Lake), Saidi St. Andrews (Ticonderoga), Will Gray (Saranac Lake), Erik Woodruff (Saranac), Lydia Aierle (Saranac), Gareth Mansfield (Plattsburgh), Finn Gard-

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Annachristi Cordes (Tupper Lake), Caitlyn Cliche (Saranac), Liza Amirault (Keene), Brianna Drake (AuSable Valley), Emma Caton (Saranac), Jessica Dandrow (Plattsburgh), Kimberly Collins (Saranac Lake), Samantha Barney (Lake Placid) Elsa Evans-Kummer (Saranac Lake) Noah Cordes (Tupper Lake), Cole Denton (Beekmantown), Caitlyn Fortune (Tupper Lake), Brenna Fuller (Beekmantown), Pacey Couture (Saranac Lake), Claire Deshaies (Plattsburgh), Megan LeClair (AuSable Valley), Kaitlin Lawless (Saranac Lake), Nicholas Fitzgerald (Ticonderoga), Audrey Draper (Lake Placid), Rebecca Manning (Ticonderoga), Julia DeTar, Madelyn Mader (Saranac Lake), Michael Guymp (AuSable Valley), Latalya Duell (AuSable Valley), Xenia Matthews (Plattsburgh), Emma Disogra (Elizabethtown-Lewis), Casey O’Connor (Tupper Lake), David Mihill (Lake Placid), Laura Farrell (Saranac), Autumn Flora (Ticonderoga), Ian Urquhart (Saranac Lake), Elizabeth Leclerc (AuSable Valley), Sophie Morelli (Lake Placid), Katelin Guerin (Northern Adirondack), Teresa Smith (Lake Placid), Matthew Varden (Tupper Lake), Elodie Linck, Savannah Nixon, Louisa Hameline, Abigail Wolff (Saranac Lake), Nha-Thi Luu (Plattsburgh), Lillian O’Connor (Saranac Lake), Terrah Jabaut (Chazy), Kaylee McLean (Saranac Lake), Faith Rand (Lake Placid), Hannah McNally (Chazy), Clara Meyer (AuSable Valley), Lucy McSweeney (Plattsburgh), Grace Redmond (Northern Adirondack), Krisandra Munson (AuSable Valley), Laurel Miller, Olivia Sawyer (Lake Placid), Victoria Payette, Eve Seals (AuSable Valley), Casey Raymond (Ticonderoga), Sydney Pelton (Chazy), Willa Shakeshaft (Ticonderoga), Alivia Sapone (Saranac Lake), Alyssa Waters (Beekmantown), Cheyanne Tuthill (Ticonderoga), Gabrielle Wells (Tupper Lake), Ethan Blanchette (Ticonderoga), Dorran Boucher (Tupper Lake), Caleb Barton (Plattsburgh), Elijah Bushey (AuSable Valley), Michael Cross (Saranac Lake), Connor Celeste, Louis Catania (Saranac Lake), Jeremy Davies (Plattsburgh), Ross Coughlin (Peru), Connor Douglass (Peru), Kevin Garcia (Saranac Lake), Antonio Matos (Lake Placid), Elliot Gosrich (Plattsburgh), Cooper Holmes (Lake Placid), Christian Murguia, Bennett Martino (Saranac Lake), Chad Hassinger (Plattsburgh), John Matthews (Plattsburgh), Jesse

LaPlante (Saranac Lake), Michael Miller, Austin Larabie (Saranac Lake), Brady Terry (Peru), Dermott Morgan Jr. (Saranac Lake), James Matthews (Peru), William Waldy (Lake Placid), Alexander Wilson (AuSable Valley), Michael Monroe (Saranac Lake), Coby Schaefer (Elizabethtown-Lewis).

Alternates: Lucas Smith (Saranac), Trinity Paquin (Saranac), Maria Gates (Keene), Mistre Newton (Saranac Lake), Alexandra LaTorra (Plattsburgh), Antonio Finsterer (Keene).

Women’s Chorus Camryn Lincoln, Erin Butler, Kassie LaHart (AuSable Valley), Brooke Bjelko, Dorothy Deno, Julia Mull, Kiersten Harvey, Kitara Myatt, Montana Sorrell, Skylar Curtis, Franchesca Julian (Beekmantown), Emmalee Turner, Shannon Canavan (Elizabethtown-Lewis), Elaina Smith, Maeve Brammer (Keene), Emma Bishop, Lily Flanigan (Lake Placid), Nathalie Jubert (Northeastern Clinton), Izabelle Almodovar (Northern Adirondack), Erin Sears, Miranda Smith, Sophia Defayette, Stephanie Pietz (Peru), Amelia Arguelles, Angelica Sanchez, Casey Gardner, Claire Keever, Elisa Megarr, Haley WrightMcGivney, Katherine Carron, Niki Rodgers (Plattsburgh), Alyssa Viveiros, Grace Thew, Kendra Primo, Alissa Aquila (Saranac), Abigail Hunt, Alexa Clark, Ayla Buerkett, Brooke Tuttle, Caitrin Bodmer, Faith Rothaupt, Hannah Gochenaur, Jada Meadows, Karina Williams, Kayleigh Merrill, Lauren Roberts, Lexi Valentin, Logan Hochwald, Maeve Peer, Mary Keating, Morgan Paul, Natalie Dewey, Sarah Dalton (Saranac Lake), Susan Ward (Ticonderoga), Brionna Staves, Kendall Davison, Saide Johnson (Tupper Lake), Malynda Lobdell (Westport)

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KEESEVILLE – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the United Methodist Church November 25, December 30, January 13, Feb 25, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28,August 25, September 22, October 27, November 23, December 22, 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

CHAZY – Chazy Public Library Meetings: January 20, 2016, February 24,2016, March 30, 2016, April 27, 2016. Organizational Meeting May 18, 2016.

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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS LAKE PLACID – Monthly Saturday Play for Pre-K thru Grade 5 kids & families at the Lake Placid Public Library 10am to 11am. Indoor games, activities and children's classic books. For more info 518523-3200.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AUSABLE FORKS – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Ambulance Building-Ausable Forks December 2, January 6, Feb, 3, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7, at 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 ELIZABETHTOWN - Al-Anon Family Group, family, friends of problem drinkers. Elizabethtown Community Hospital Board Room. 4 to 5 p.m. Anonymous, confidential, free. Details: 518-962-2351, 518873-2652. Every Sunday.

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ELIZABETHTOWN – Elizabethtown Thrift Shop will have it's Monthly Meeting Second Monday of Every Month at 7pm @ The Episcopal Parish Hall.

WESTPORT-The Boy Scouts will be meeting from 7:30 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at the WADA Building For more info: troop8063@gmail.com, Jill Lobdell 962-4664 or Larry Carroll 569-5431.

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LOCATION Ellenburg Altona Ellenburg Peru Saranac Town of Plattsburgh Mooers Beekmantown Ausable Champlain Saranac Beekmantown Dannemora Schuyler Falls City of Plattsburgh Plattsburgh Peru Schuyler Falls Beekmantown Beekmantown Schuyler Falls Saranac Champlain

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Erika Dobler Michael and Kristin Eidens Jay and Morgan Hole Jerilyn Wright Anthony and Lynn Nania Thomas Nason and Jennifer Martin Essex County and Hidden Pines LLC Frank Sears Essex County and Parry Griffith Nicholas Daigle Essex County and johnston Violet Constance Anzovino and Bruce Koch Essex County and Dennis Babin Robert Harper Essex County and Constantine Iliev Robert Harper Essex County & Nicholas & Jessica Denton Gregory Dennin Essex County & James & Carol Wharton Duane Dickerson Essex County and Stanley Karwowski Douglas Smith Essex County & James & Carol Wharton Duane Dickerson Essex County and Carl Mazarian Craig Sherman Essex County and McCooey Property Theodore and Kathleen Taylor Paul Schoenig et al Bernard and Sharon Austin Kenneth Buckley Jon Cooke James and Dominick Datri Andrew Baker and Chassidy Goyette Philomine Ezzo Mary Jean Waldron Norman and Pamela Fields Nicholas Popp Gerard Power Keith and Tammy Bigelow Chester and Sharon Pulsifer Michael Manor Paul and Valerie Coolidge Jean Philippe Christopher and Cathy Towsend Brian Swenson Nordic Moon Enterprises LLC Lake Placid Properties LLC Martin and Pauline Gyves George and Linda Leming Marsha Kameron Daniel and Lauri Auer Moongate Limited Partnership Corp Rabideau Corp Rabideau Vickie Brown Bonnieview Ridge LLC Richard and Kelly Whitney Richard and Valerie Shaut Scott and Roxanne Stowell Richard Harker Shawn and Miranda Holman Richard Edelman James Decostello Pamela Scavera and Christine Raffo Stephen and Deirdre Schrader

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