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State, county agencies meet to discuss possible regulation of Medicaid taxi industry
agencies last week to discuss alleged crimes swirling around the Medicaid taxi industry left one of the county’s top bosses in disbelief: The allegations, said Essex County Board of Supervisors Vice By Pete DeMola Chair Randy Preston, were shocking: pete@suncommunitynews.com Among the reports trickling into the department of social services: •ID thieves are billing �phantom trips� back to the state for ELIZABETHTOWN — A meeting with state and county
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Disgraced Westport teacher arrested on new charges
John “Jack” Thompson accused of witness tampering, falsely reporting an incident
Public invited to join Wadhams resident Don Taylor as he celebrates his 105th birthday on Saturday WADHAMS — Don Taylor leaned back in his armchair and recalled his recipe for tasty salt pork. Fatten the pig with a mixture of cornmeal and hot water. Then examine its side — “That’s where the plump pork comes Pete from” — before butchering, carving it up DeMola Writer and smoking the animal. Taylor advises smoking meat all day before lining the bottom of a barrel with a half-inch of salt. After cutting the meat into bricks, alternate placement between layers of salt and meat, using boards to separate them. Cover with water and wait. The meat will eventually grow hard. When it does, slice a piece off. Fill a frying pan with about an inch of water and let it come to a good boil. Roll the pork in flour and drop it in. That’s how his mother used to do it, Taylor recalled. Taylor sat in the front room of the farmhouse where he has lived since birth. Outside, a warm wind blew through the willows and maple
compensation. •Vehicles are allegedly involved in drug running, ferrying passengers and narcotics from downstate locales back to the North Country. •Some drivers are rumored to be manipulating passengers into paying for their dinners, with some even using the industry,
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Wadhams resident Don Taylor turns 105 on April 30. The public is invited to join him at an open house at his house on Taylor Road from 1 to 3 p.m. Photo by Pete DeMola
trees and up the dirt road that bears his name. Taylor turns 105 on Saturday. How does he feel? “Pretty good, I think,” he said. “I don’t feel anything different than six months ago — I got my rings, I work out every day.” Taylor does 50 curls at a stretch — sometimes 100, he said, if he’s sitting in his chair. He patted his dog, Bucky, as his woodstove crackled. Like folks still do, Taylor made his living off the land. A group of 12 cows would provide the milk that he sold to a local dairy, Anson’s, which closed sometime in the early >> DON TAYLOR | pg. 9
RAY BROOK — John “Jack” Thompson, the former Westport Central teacher who pled guilty last month to secretly filming students at his Willsboro home, was arrested last week on two new charges. Thompson, 51, was arrested by state police on Thursday and charged with tampering with a witness, fourth degree, and falsely reporting an incident, third degree, both misdemeanors. On April 14, state police received a “cybertip” alleging a 20-year-old male had pictures and videos on his cell phone of his underage girlfriend engaged in sexually explicit acts. “Subsequent to an investigation, all allegations were deemed false,” a state police spokesman told the Sun. Thompson was arrested at his Willsboro home. As troopers were transporting Thompson to the Essex County Jail, he provided “oral admissions” on his own accord >> See JACK THOMPSON | pg. 7
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Warren County may mimic local rail-bike excursions By Thom Randall thom@suncommunitynews.com
SARANAC LAKE — Bikes may soon be traveling along stretches of the Saratoga-North Creek Railway —without first ripping up the rails to create a bike trail as some Warren County citizens have suggested. A plan to provide rail-bike excursions along the railroad from Stony Creek to Thurman and from North Creek to Moose Pond in Newcomb was presented March 28 to county supervisors. The guided excursions would involve 15 pedal-powered recumbent four-wheeled vehicles riding atop the rails, according to Kevin Harte of Renegade Rail Riders, the new enterprise sponsoring the trips. The trips from Stony Creek to Thurman would be conducted between Stony Creek Ranch (formerly 1,000 Acres Ranch Resort) and Thurman Station — as soon as this spring. The low-slung rail-bikes are powered by either two riders on the tandem model or four riders on the quad version, Harte said, and the cost to ride would be about $25 per person. Harte and another principal of Renegade were briefly employees of Rail Explorers USA of Saranac Lake, where in 2015 this latter firm introduced the rail-bike trips along the Adirondack Rail Line. Harte predicted that the rail-bike excursions would bring 11,000 people into the area, boosting tourism — as well as creating 14 jobs. He said that his estimates are based on the remarkable success of the Rail Explorers’ operation, which ran at 90 percent capacity — although Harte’s 11,000 rider count for the proposed Warren County enterprise is based on only 50 percent capacity. Contacted Marcy 29, Alex Catchpoole with Rail Explorers said Saranac Lake operation, which ran four trips per day accommodating 160 bikers total, was working at capacity nearly every day last summer. He added that his enterprise planned to double the number of rail-bikes available this year. The two enterprises are competitors. Renegade’s initial plans call for bikers to board a rail-riding passenger bus at Stony Creek Ranch which would take them to Thurman, where their 90-minute rail-bike trip would begin. From there, the riders would pedal their rail-bikes 4.3 miles back to Stony Creek. He said the trips would be scheduled between the Saratoga-North Creek Railway’s daily runs — one before the northbound train moves over the tracks at 10 a.m. and one or more excursions in the afternoon before the southbound train chugs past. Jim Prybylski, manager of Stony Creek Ranch, said that with the prevailing global competition in tourism, his ranch and other area resorts had to offer new activities, or tourists
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would go elsewhere. “People from the metropolitan areas now want to be active, and this will allow them to explore the Adirondacks at its best,” he said. Justin Gonyo said the North Creek-based excursion would likely take longer to develop, as various issues need to be resolved. He added that he has met with federal railway administrators, and compliance details are being “fleshed out.” He added that the rail-bike excursions would boost the economies of Stony Creek, Thurman and North Creek. “The rail-bikes will provide a unique attraction for the area — this would be only the second operation of its type in the U.S.,” he said. “It could be a key economic driver for the areas it would operate in, providing foot traffic, stimulating business and creating new jobs.” Glens Falls Ward 3 Supervisor Claudia Brayer said she supported the concept, but questioned whether Renegade Rail Riders should be contracting with the county rather than the Saratoga-North Creek Railway, as Warren County owns the railroad and leases the operation to SNCR. “This idea is really cool,” Braymer said. Queensbury Supervisor-at-large Doug Beaty questioned whether the county ought to charge Renegade Rail Riders a franchise fee or take a share of their profits for use of the tracks. Another county supervisor questioned whether the rail-
bike trips would be safe, suggesting the county might incur a liability problem if an accident occurred. Harte and Gonyo said that liability insurance was now in force. Harte noted that Rail Explorers had operated all last year without any safety issues or injuries. Harte also said that riders would be strapped in place, and excursions would have one guide leading in front of the 15 vehicles, and one guide trailing the riders. Hart said the trips would be “leisurely rides,” with the rail-bikes traveling between 5 and 15 miles per hour. Harte said the excursions were family-friendly, and provided an activity for all ages, ability levels, and accommodated people with physical challenges. The county supervisors serving on the Public Works Committee conceptually endorsed the rail-bike trips subject to resolving potential legal issues and negotiating the appropriate contracts. The proposal is subject to a vote by the full board of supervisors. Pictured above: Two rail-bike riders travel past Turtle Pond on an excursion last summer provided by Rail Explorers along the Adirondack Rail Line near Saranac Lake. Rail Explorers’ bike-rail enterprise had a banner year, sparking a proposed similar operation sponsored by another enterprise, Renegade Rail Riders, over stretches of the Warren County railroad to begin this June. Photo provided by Rail Explorers, Saranac Lake
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Campaign launched for upcoming loon center Upstart needs $35,000 for interactive exhibits SARANAC LAKE — A pair of organizations seeking to bring a loon center to downtown Saranac Lake need your help. Biodiversity Research Institute’s (BRI’s) Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation and Leading E.D.G.E’s Adirondack Community-based Trails and Lodging System have announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to raise $35,000 in startup support for a new Adirondack Loon and Trails Center opening in early July in Saranac Lake. The center will house an innovative environmental information center and a unique gift shop offering items related to the organizations’ missions and highlighting the work of local Adirondack artisans. The Adirondack Loon and Trails Center will be a vital hub for: • Serving as the Adirondack Park’s primary resource for loon conservation, science, and outreach; • Informing Adirondack residents and visitors about the natural and cultural resources of the Park;
• Sharing information about an exciting new Adirondack ecotourism initiative to establish a hut-to-hut trail and paddle network linking communities throughout the Park. “The dynamic new facility will enable us to do much more for Adirondack loon conservation by increasing opportunities to share our research, knowledge of loon ecology, and love of loons with Adirondack residents and visitors throughout the year,” states Dr. Nina Schoch, Coordinator of BRI’s Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation. BRI’s Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation and LE-ACTLS are collaborating with Tousley Properties, LLC to help renovate and increase the energy efficiency of the historic Tousley Storage Building at 47 Main Street in Saranac Lake, a distinctive structure with a rich history in the community. The crowdfunding campaign, conducted on CrowdRise, will raise much-needed funding for interactive and innovative exhibits in the Center’s environmental education space; equipment and furniture for staff offices; and displays and inventory to launch the gift shop. For more information, visit crowdrise. com.
ADK Health goes green with crutch recycling program Program seeks used crutches to benefit others SARANAC LAKE — Do you know someone who has crutches they no longer need just taking up space in their closet? Adirondack Health now offers a crutch recycling program, one of the first of its kind in the country. With patients and the environment in mind, this program was designed to save money as well as space in the closet and the landfill. Crutches are used for an average of eight weeks. New crutches are provided for patients each time they need them and as part of many procedures. They are not charged to the person or their insurance, costing Adirondack Health over $20,000 annually. While it is possible to turn a profit from someone’s own used crutches, the resale rate of crutches at yard sales has been found to be less than two percent. There is also a huge environmental impact associated with the distribution of crutches. Many crutches are made of aluminum and can take at least 1,000 years to decompose. Adirondack Health’s crutch recycling program strives to save both money and the environment by asking patients to return their crutches when they are no longer needed. The crutches will be inspected to ensure they are safe for reuse. Then they will be cleaned in accordance with the New York State Health Department and Center for Disease Control guidelines. Padding will be replaced if needed and the crutches will be returned to circulation, keeping them in the hands of patients and out of landfills. This program is completely voluntary, but every participant
makes a difference. Return used crutches to the Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine departments in Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and Tupper Lake or the Information Desk at Adiron-
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Jerry Stewart, Rehabilitation Technician, and Patti Hammond, Chief Operating Officer, stand with Patti’s donated crutches. Patti was one of the first volunteers to offer her crutches for the recycling program.
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Residents invited to participate in virtual focus group Community asked to participate in promoting Tupper Lake TUPPER LAKE — The Village and Town of Tupper Lake invite residents to participate in a virtual focus group as part of the ongoing comprehensive branding study process for the community. The brand study is being facilitated by the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, the destination marketing organization responsible for promoting Tupper Lake as a travel destination, and funded through a grant from the Adirondack Foundation’s Tupper Lake Fund. The virtual focus group is the next step in gathering feedback after an initial process that included the distribution of a survey to residents as well as visitors, via a combination of postcards and an online form. “We want to ensure that as many residents as possible are
able to contribute to this process, and the virtual focus group should make it easier for people to participate,” said ROOST CEO James McKenna. “It’s a simple questionnaire, and we hope to collect the impressions of folks of all ages with the virtual focus group mechanism. We hope this format will reach those who would not traditionally attend a public meeting.” More community input means organizers of the research will get a better idea of how Tupper Lake is perceived both by those who live there and potential visitors. “From the results of this input combined with that of past visitors and potential visitors, we will be able to identify the attributes that separate Tupper Lake from other Adirondack destinations,” said McKenna. “This will provide the necessary data to develop a look and targeted positioning and messaging with the goal to increase the year-round tourism economy for the benefit of residents.” Adworkshop, a full-service ad agency in Lake Placid, will then take that information to create a uniform brand for
Tupper Lake, which will help build it into a premier vacation destination in the future. “Based on data and research from the comprehensive brand study along with the vision shared by Tupper Lake’s stakeholders and residents, Adworkshop will develop a brand identity consisting of a logo, colors, and fonts that speaks to the experience and characteristics that make Tupper Lake a unique and compelling travel destination,” said Adworkshop Director of Creative & Brand Strategy Tait Wardlaw. A public meeting and work session on the results of the study so far will be held sometime in May. A virtual focus group feedback form will be available online at tupperlake.com/feedback and at several locations in Tupper Lake, and input will be collected through Monday, May 2. Residents who prefer to fill out a paper version of the virtual focus group form can pick one up at the Tupper Lake Town Hall, the Village of Tupper Lake, or the Tupper Lake Information.
Civil rights leader, youth advocate to be recognized by John Brown Lives! Danny Glover, Alice Green and the late Brother Yusuf Abdul-Wasi Burgess receive first Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award LAKE PLACID — Actor and activist Danny Glover, Albany civil rights leader Alice Green and youth advocate Brother Yusuf Abdul-Wasi Burgess will be the first recipients of the Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award, to be awarded at the John Brown Day 2016 celebration Saturday, May 7, at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site, at 1 p.m. The annual event, which is organized by Westport-based human rights and freedom education project John Brown Lives! The public is welcome. “Each of these individuals has had a profound and lasting impact on the world around them,” said Martha Swan, executive director of John Brown Lives! “John Brown’s life was marked by action – it was at the core of his efforts to end slavery and bring about racial justice. Danny Glover, Alice Green and Brother Yusuf have been just as tireless in their own efforts to promote and achieve lasting change, and we are so proud to recognize
them with this award.” The Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award honors women and men whose work invokes the passion and conviction of the 19th-century abolitionist who dedicated his life to the cause of liberation. The award celebrates leaders and innovators in civil and human rights whose courage, creativity, and commitment are models for others to follow. “I’m truly honored to be among the first recipients of this award,” said Glover. “The spirit of John Brown is the spirit of resistance. The spirit of struggle. When we confront institutional racism and economic injustice in our country and around the world today, figures such as John Brown exemplify the kinds of proactive citizens we all need to be.” The award will be presented posthumously to Brother Yusuf Abdul-Wasi Burgess, an activist and youth leader who was committed to introducing youth from the Albany area to the Adirondacks. “Brother Yu,” as he was known, launched the Youth Ed-Venture and Nature Network to connect students to the Black history of the Adirondacks and to nature, where he led them on hikes, paddling trips, archaeological digs, climate change conferences, and other
adventures. A John Brown Lives! board member, he died in 2014 at 64. John Brown Day will also feature a performance by Magpie, a folk duo comprised of Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner, and a talk by Reuben Jackson, host of Vermont Public Radio’s Friday Night Jazz. John Brown Day is held annually to mark
the birthday of Brown, who was born May 9, 1800. He is best known for the raid he led on the U.S. Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Va., in which he and his followers tried to confiscate weapons from the armory and use them in an effort to liberate slaves from the South. Brown, who was executed for treason, is buried at the farm alongside several followers who also fought in the raid.
ADK Singers to perform SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Singers will present their annual spring concert series Saturday, April 30, in the Holy Name Church, Tupper Lake, at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. Suggested donation for the concert is $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 523-2238 or 891-5008 for information.
Golf tourney to benefit ELCS senior WILLSBORO — The Bud Conklin Memorial Scholarship will be holding a golf outing Saturday, May 14, at the Willsboro Golf Course, with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. This is a best ball format. The cost is $65 per golfer which includes golf, food drinks and prizes. The fundraiser is to support a scholarship for a deserving senior at Elizabethtown Lewis Central School. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For registration, sponsorship or any questions, call Lynn at 389-5897. Make checks payable to Conklin Scholarship, C/O Lynn Misiti Po Box 503, Greenville, NY 12083.
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ast week’s column where I suggested that Sanders and Trump might continue their fights to reform the political process by running together on an independent ticket, should their highly popular campaigns be shutdown by the two parties, has received a fair amount of commentary this week. It seems the column struck a nerve on both sides of the aisle. My concern here goes well beyond their candidacies and any speculation about their future. I did not begin writing this weekly column because I am highly opinionated and needed an outlet for my thoughts, although some of our readers believe that to be the case. I began writing because I saw too many people, even within our staff, who wanted to draft opinion pieces anonymously and be shielded from public response and personal attacks. While I’m not a talented writer like our Pete DeMola, I try to lead by example, and this column was the end result. The anonymous approach may be popular on the internet, but it doesn’t help to foster a respectful dialogue over issues of great importance. In that environment people seem more compelled to respond with insults and derogatory comments versus facts and sound arguments to support their position. A democracy such as ours can’t properly function in that manner. We must retain the ability to be open minded toward all issues and not be bullied or influenced by threats of violence when our opinions differ. What concerns me most in our political process today is we’ve lost touch with the ability to debate the issues without trying to degrade, insult or threaten the person who wishes to stand up and share their opposing thoughts. I’m a big boy and have been in the public eye from many years, as such, I’m thick skinned enough to understand both the low blows and the high praise while not taking any of it too seriously. The goal here is to stimulate open discussion but in doing so we also see and hear far too many who are intimidated and afraid to speak up because of the threatening nature of our disagreements these days. We are a community, a country and a world with many differing beliefs. We all need to accept and respect our differences while trying to live our short lives here on this planet. If we can not do so the future will indeed be a rocky one as each group tries to impose it’s will on those not willing to push back with ideas and solutions. Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News.
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asteful government spending, for many, is an abstract concept: Perhaps it’s a figure of speech that folks toss around. A buzzword in newspaper columns, an image from a fading political campaign — even a dog whistle depending on where you stand on the political spectrum. But here in the North Country, visible reminders of a government run amok cruise our streets daily. Medicaid taxis. Essex County spent $2.5 million last year paying for medical transportation for Medicaid recipients — All 378 of them. Now this would be ludicrous enough if these were all legitimate trips by patients in need of medical treatment. After all, for $6,613 per person, you could buy them each a very nice used car for that amount. But we’re doubtful considering the horror stories we’ve been hearing since a heroic Essex County whistleblower blew the roof off this crooked scam last summer — It’s pretty ingenious: Incorporate a cab company. Link up to the state’s registry. Drive people to wherever they want to go. Then stick state and federal taxpayers with the bill. Do it again and again until you turn a tidy profit. Boom, you’re on cruise control. Just don’t get caught. New York State caps county Medicaid costs at $6.9 million annually. As such, local governments generally incorporate that number into their spending plans, thank the heavens that it’s not higher and go on with their daily business. That means attention isn’t really focused on this industry until one of the operators raises eyebrows with their misbehavior. Like getting into a fender bender. Or violating privacy procedures. Or, in the case of one Broome County operator, bombing around in an unlicensed vehicle while allegedly defrauding the government of $80,000 within two years. More are inevitably out there, haunting the streets. No checks, no balances. But the state doesn’t seem to be putting the brakes on this mutant industry, which has mushroomed overnight. In July 2012, the state health department shifted the responsibility from counties to provide Medicaid transportation to a private company based in Syracuse. Doing so, they said, would save the state money as it continues to embark on Medicaid reforms. But figures are scant because the health department isn’t talking. While oversight mechanisms are said to exist, the health department isn’t dishing on those, either. This opacity has even been noted by the state comptroller’s office, who said in a report last year that an unfortunate “side effect” of the state’s move to managed care has been reduced transparency with regard to the use of Medicaid dollars.
Even county officials are skeptical that complaints are being reviewed in an expedient manner. Now that local officials are getting wise to the issue, discussions about possible regulations have begun to percolate to the surface. It’s a noble cause. But is the solution of big government more government? We’re skeptical. To us, this unfairly penalizes law-abiding citizens at the expense of the fraudulent few. It really is a microcosm of the bigger problems in our country. Not only is the state’s Medicaid transport industry warped, but so is the overall entitlement system. Barron’s recently likened the relationship states have with the federal government’s Medicaid program as a “three-card monte,” a cozy relationship that relies on an incestuous cycle to keep the dollars flowing — even more so now that the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. We agree. But we also acknowledge that health care is an enormously complex issue that can’t be summarized in soundbites. And because Medicaid plays such a large role in our state’s overall health care system, we understand efforts to limit spending could lead to the costs being shifted into the public sector. As such, we agree with the comptroller that the state health department should continue to be transparent on each major step in this major overall. Because right now, this waste is enough to give anyone a heart attack. The good news is, beep beep, folks — a free ride to the hospital is just a phone call away. The Sun Community News Editorial Board is comprised of Dan Alexander, John Gereau, Pete DeMola and Keith Lobdell. We value your opinion and want to hear from you. Drop us a line on our new Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or email us at johng@suncommunitynews.com.
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ecently a letter was published expressing a viewpoint of dissatisfaction with two school districts which are purposefully sharing athletics programs in order to provide opportunities for students. The letter cites a �short-term addition of good players’ as a major emphasis for the sharing of sports between two schools. Additionally the individual accuses students, parents, alumni and community members of being �brainwashed’ into the belief that sharing educational programs and services, such as sports, is bad. The intention of this joint endeavor couldn’t be further away from what Mr. Mazzotte claims in his letter. The primary reason for the merging of athletics programs (on an asneeded basis) between Elizabethtown-Lewis CSD and Westport CSD is for student-athletes to have an opportunity to play sports. A school district’s ability to provide a well-rounded experience for students, including arts and athletics, has been challenged by fiscal shortfalls and declining enrollment. Particularly in smaller districts the enrollment decline has been sharp and so has the decline, in some cases, in participation. It would be very simple for a Board of Education to say, “There’s not enough students to field a team, so we don’t play.” That’s the case in some places, but neither school board here supports that approach, which could be damaging to students. While one school within the partnership may have less interested participants than the other, the reverse happens a year after. In 2014 one school had �lower’ numbers of interested participants, and in 2015 the opposite was the case - yet in the spirit of partnership there’s no scoreboard for which school contributes more athletes to the team. For the long-term sustainability of both schools we’re more concerned about all, not some. We have the ability to look beyond school district boundaries - which are nothing more than lines drawn for taxation - and view all students as our shared responsibility. Shared athletics teams have many benefits beyond simply being able to field a team. Student athletes experience an increase in social interaction beyond the circle of peers at their school each day. Our small communities become larger communities when student-athletes interact with others outside of their daily norms. Experiencing new viewpoints, exchanging
ideas, promoting sportsmanship and forging new friendships have been positive consequences of our ELW Griffins athletics programming. In small rural areas with limited diversity, our student-athletes are expanding themselves socially and emotionally. The decision to share sports teams is not a decision made in the best interest of adults. It’s made in the best interests of our students. Quite often adults are caught in the comfort of complacency, routine and convenience, so facing change then becomes difficult. Sharing of athletics teams requires open communication, patience, commitment to fine detail and dedication to listening. The majority of parents from both schools have been supportive of this endeavor, and have provided both schools feedback on how to improve our concept. We have listened, considered the feedback and made various changes, most notably - holding home athletics contests in both communities to ensure the maintenance of identify for both sponsoring schools. Students have already merged; they did so a long time ago, and they have left behind them the mindset that a color, animal or mascot defines their identity. In the case where adults fail to recognize that - you’ve already fallen behind. A school’s identity is not necessarily forged by colors or by a mascot. Symbolic use of an animal matched with a specific set of colors doesn’t �make’ a school culture. Certainly the school’s mascot and colors serve as a point of reference, an icon, a symbol, and it’s fun to rally behind a common goal using a mascot to identify ourselves. The true creation of school’s identity is forged in relationships between students, staff and families. Identity comes from how we treat each other as professionals, cemented by cultural norms of communication, mutual understanding, and a common vision for a better product that will serve students. Identity comes from the decisions we make, the motivation for those decisions, and how we prioritize our time and resources to support providing kids a well-rounded education. Simply stated, our identity as schools is defined by how we treat students, how we serve the community, and how we work with cooperation, mutual respect, and civility with each other to accomplish the mission. There’s nothing �brainwashing’ about that intention. The rising tide lifts all boats. Scott J. Osborne is the Superintendent of Schools at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School District. Effective July 1, 2016 Osborne will also serve concurrently as the Superintendent of the Westport Central School District.
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To the Editor: On Thursday, Creative Healing Connections raised over $6,000 to provide support for local women living with cancer and other chronic diseases, caregivers and women veterans. We would like to thank the following who helped make our 2016 Mad Hatter’s Ball so successful: Heidi Roland and Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid, where the event was held; the 2016 Mad Hatter: Gun Rand, the band “Take Note,” the catererMountain Lake Academy, Mike Raymaley’s donation of the wine, Julie Robard for joyfully serving the wine. Thank you to the Lake Placid area vendors including: Antediluvian Antiques, Adk. Decorative Arts & Crafts, Adk. Massage, Asgaard Farm, Ausable Club, Baxter Mountain Cavern, Blue Moon Grill, Bluseed Studio, Edward Bourter, Brill Design, Wanda Burch, Candyman, Champlain Bank, Community Store, Cornell, Courtyard Marriott, Down Hill Grill, Meryl Dawes, Helen Demong, Fiddlehead Bistro, Tim Fortune, Garden Center (Ray Brook), Larry Gibbons, Gordon Oil, Hannaford, Kelly Hass, High Peaks Resort, Susan Hockert, HomEnergy Services Inc., Hungry Trout, Hyde Oil, Juniper Hill Farm, Dr. Jonathan Krant for his gift of fine wines, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid Spirits, Lakeview Deli, Little Supermarket, Melinda Little, Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, Moontree Designs, Mr. Mike’s Pizza, Kathy Newell, Burdette Park, Pendragon Theater, Erin Perkins, Martin Perkins Design, Michelle Preston, Ruthie’s Run, Saratoga Olive Oil Co., Stagecoach Inn, Sue’s Studio, The Market, A Touch of Glass, The Wild Center, The Wilderness Restaurant, Uihlein Foundation, US Ski Team, Where’d you get that Hat, Whiteface Club and Resort, Whiteface Lodge, Wiawaka Center for Women, Naj Wikoff, Wilkommen Hof, Fran Yardley, Yoga in the Adirondacks, and other friends of CHC who donated auction items. Most importantly, we thank the 132 people who came out this year and made this evening so special while supporting an amazing cause! Thanks, too, to all volunteers that made this event happen. Carolyn Bischoff, Executive Director
To the Editor: Advocates of crude oil transport by train should do research before they shoot the North Country in the foot! 1. Crude oil in itself is not explosive and trains are not using oil tanker cars from the Civil War period. 2. Oil transport by rail is more efficient than by truck and is as safe as air travel. 3. The oil train disaster in Quebec was caused by a runaway and on impact of that mass, anything will explode. 4. If we stop transport by rail, what will it do to the cost of heating oil and gasoline. 5. We pay the government $0.45 cents per gallon for gas and $0.63.4 cents per gallon on fuel oil. What are they doing for rail safety? The Lake Champlain environment is endangered from an number of agents, sewage, leaching salt from roads, chemicals from plants, fertilizer or pesticides and yes, even pollution from gasoline outboard motors, like those used in the Bass Tournament listed as an asset to the region. I suggest the activists reevaluate the rail transport ban and look to the elected officials, so quick to jump on the bandwagon. Their job is to protect and serve the community. Michael Calitri Peru
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in relation to calling in the tip and not believing it would affect any testimony in regards to his ongoing case, state police said. “Thompson also provided admissions that he wanted to do it before he went to jail,” state police said. The former social studies teacher was first arrested in April 2015 and charged with 22 felony counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree. The case was midway through jury selection last month for a trial when Thompson abruptly accepted a plea deal after the prosecution presented the defense with what they said was “overwhelming” evidence. That evidence contained videos illustrating “explicit content” and “sexual situations,” prosecutors said. Thompson pled guilty to four felony counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree. He has remained free on bail for the past year. Following his most recent arrest, the former teacher was arraigned at
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Little Bits Rounds and echo songs Gordie Little
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ow, Row, Row your boat gently down the stream.” How long has it been since you sang that out loud? It’s called a “round.” It shouldn’t be confused with another one you might recall: “Bill Grogan’s Goat.” That one is an “echo” song. There is a difference. Rounds are part of our fabric since early childhood. Another that comes to mind is “Are You Sleeping Brother John.” I learned most of my favorite rounds and echo songs at campfires--Boy Scouts, Sunday School picnics, family gatherings and other such events. Some of you are already knitting your brows and asking somebody across the table if they remember “Bill Grogan’s Goat.” Gosh, I hope I’m not the only one. “Bill Grogan’s goat, was feeling fine, Ate three red shirts from off the line. Bill took a stick, gave him a whack, and tied him to the railroad track.” I inserted the commas to indicate where the echo comes in. I have no clue as to why I woke up this morning with the goat song rattling around in my meager mind. At breakfast, I began to intone it while Kaye’s response confirms my gathering senility. “Have you never heard that?” Her answer was simply, “No. Why would you ask me that at 7 o’clock in the morning?” I thought everybody knew the goat song. I guess I was wrong. Of course, I was off and running; gathering dozens of pages of research on echo songs and specifically on this one. “Why do you waste so much ink?” she asks. OCD is my excuse. I’m driven, pure and simple. I traced the goat echo song far back into the 19th century with origins probably in England. I prefer to believe it was first sung in Ireland. There are myriad variations and endless verses. The name of the goat owner ranges from Grogan to Hogan; Tyram to Hatch; O’Grady to Rosenthal; Mike Riley to William Tell to Billy Hall and on and on. The fact remains that the goat was always feeling fine. The shirts were always red. The goat was always whacked or beaten and was always tied to the railroad track. He was in pain at seeing the oncoming train, and coughed up the shirts. That flagged the train and I guess he lived to eat more shirts around yet another camp fire. Just be grateful that such choral conundrums don’t assail you in the middle of the night. If you led a sheltered childhood without stories and songs around the camp fire at Scout camp or your grandfather’s back yard, I’ll continue trying to tell you about mine. Another of my favorite echo songs is “Down By the Bay.” Years ago, I wrote a true story about Bill Hogan’s ghost here in Morrisonville. I’ll wager he never even owned a goat, let alone three red shirts. Columnist Gordie Little may be reached at gordie@suncommunitynews.com.
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which is largely unregulated, to bypass ignition interlock devices installed on their private vehicles. “If only 10 percent of what they said was true, it’s staggering,” said Preston. Every agency present at last week’s meeting — Preston listed a half-dozen, including the state police and the district attorney’s office — had a horror story, Preston said. “It was an unbelievable, eye-opening experience,” he said. “It blew me away with how much corruption is happening in the system.” The meeting, held April 20 in Elizabethtown, follows revelations that the Medicaid transport business is rife with waste since the state took over operations from counties in July 2012, funneling all calls to Medical Answering Services, a Syracuse-based dispatch center. Medicaid taxi costs in Essex County increased 535 percent since 2012, when the figure clocked in at $393,059. The number jumped to $800,000 in 2013 before eventually rising to $2.5 million last year, when Essex County taxpayers chipped in an average of $208,068 per month — for 378 people. The state caps the county share of Medicaid costs at $6.9 million annually. Last month, lawmakers questioned if the sizzling biz should be regulated. At the time, county officials said they were unsure if
they had the wherewithal to regulate private enterprise. Preston doubled-down on calls to do so on Monday. “Even though I am extremely fiscally conservative, the state police asked for a local law regulating taxis,” he said. According to Preston, the state police said they would enforce a law as part of their ongoing investigations if the county drafted a policy. The town of Ticonderoga drafted an ordinance last spring. The law calls for operators to apply for a two-year permit. In doing so, the applicant will have to list their criminal history, submit to a drug test, provide a driver’s abstract, log all trips, refrain from “cruising” and inspect their vehicles regularly, among other measures. Violators would be subject to a ban and revocation of their license. The law seems to have worked, say county officials. “Once Ticonderoga adopted their local law, they moved north,” Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah) said of the cab companies. “That’s why you need a uniform county law.” Scozzafava said he has spoken with non-Medicaid taxi operators who are considering getting out of the business. Adirondack Taxi owner Cy Labatore told lawmakers last month he was concerned that possible regulatory efforts would cast a shadow over law-abiding companies. “I feel there’s been unfair judgements made against taxi services,” Labatore said.
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1970s. Taylor’s father ran a small blacksmith shop on the 220 acre parcel. Milling apples for cider also provided a steady income. The family used a handmade wooden apple press in the barn, a series of four buildings that dates back to March 22, 1863. Both still exist. Apples came from all over — Au Sable Forks, Cadyville, Morrisonville, Keeseville… even as far south as Ticonderoga, Taylor recalled. One autumn brought a bumper crop of 15,000 gallons, kept in aluminum barrels and beer jugs. The land kept him busy. After chores, Taylor would work on town roads and aid his neighbors with threshing — “Bees, they’d call them,” said his neighbor, Gary Anson — and play horseshoes, a lifelong hobby introduced to him by a visit from a pair of lightning rod salesman in 1926. Trophies from years of competitions lined the wall of his home. Taylor also played a mean fiddle at the Wadhams Grange, which he joined in 1924 as a teenager.
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Labatore said since his business doesn’t facilitate Medicaid transport, which is taxpayer-funded, Adirondack Taxi shouldn’t be subject to possible new regulations. “I felt there were a lot of privacy issues and business issues that would be infringed on,” he said. A follow-up meeting with state and county agencies has been scheduled for sometime in June, Preston said. In the meantime, county officials will continue to explore the feasibility of drafting local legislation. Perhaps as a nod to the urgency of the situation, Preston said four of the 10 staffers at the New York State Medicaid Inspector General’s office attended last week’s meeting. Essex County Manager Dan Palmer said perhaps the waste can be used as a cautionary tale of what happens when the state takes over local programs. “The assumption that when you remove something from the local level, it’s going to be done better, is not always the case,” Palmer said. Essex County Transportation Director Nancy Dougal spent years studying the issue before bombarding the state with Freedom of Information Law requests seeking exact financial numbers. Dougal said she was pleased that state officials were beginning to take notice. “I always felt like I was alone talking about this,” Dougal said on Monday. “They’re getting the message now that there’s really something wrong.”
The fraternal organization held dances every two weeks. His mom — a Daniels girl from up the road — kept the books. One dance, Taylor recalled, saw 219 tickets sold. “It used to be quite a busy place,” Taylor said of Wadhams, the country crossroads that once counted a handful of shops, a sawmill, a post office and a grist mill. Taylor attended a one-room schoolhouse which still stands today, right near where the Adirondack Northway cuts through the farmland. It was a Monday in November when Taylor heard the bells ring. The Taylors didn’t have a phone. His mother sent him over to see what all the fuss was about. World War II had ended. He was 7. Taylor, an only child, comes from strong stock. His mother died on her 95th birthday, and his father passed away in 1952 at the age of 77. A cousin lived to be 97. School was fun and he had lots of friends. Taylor fondly recalled schoolboy pranks, like when he and a pal lit off a stick of dynamite. He chuckled. “He’s still pretty sharp,” Anson said.
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SARANAC LAKE - As part of the Saranac Village at Will Rogers Road to Retirement Series, on Wednesday, May 4th at 2:00 p.m., at Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Photographer John Eldridge will talk about the art of photography and how to improve your skills. This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Debbie Kanze at 518-891-7117 or visit www.saranacvillage.com.
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WESTPORT - Roast Beef Dinner, Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St., Westport, NY. Serving starts 4:30PM with take-outs available. $10.00 Adults, $5.00 Children 12 & under, Preschool free. Donations of non-perishable food items for the Westport Food Pantry are appreciated.
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PLATTSBURGH - twice-monthly Public Science Forums on interesting topics in science and the social sciences at The Champlain Wine Company, 30 City Hall Place, Plattsburgh NY 12901. First and third Mondays of each month at 5:30 pm. Beginning Monday Feb. 1st. Local Scientists and Social Scientists present provocative public forums free to the public. For more information, please call 518564-0064.
PLATTSBURGH - BREASTFEEDING - LA LECHE LEAGUE Do you have questions about breastfeeding? Do you have support you can offer to others? Do you need information about returning to work and nursing? Please join us for mother-to-mother sharing. All mothers, mothers-to-be, and children are welcome. Meetings are twice monthly: the first Monday at 7 P.M and the third Friday at 10:00 A.M at the Family Connections, 194 U.S Oval, Plattsburgh. Info: 518-643-9436.
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PERU - Roger's House Thrift Store, 3034 Main St., will be having a bag sale on Thur. evening (4/28) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm and Fri. (4/29) and Sat. (4/30) from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Customers may fill a bag provided for $5.00. Merchandise will include household items, toys, books, tools, etc. For further information, please contact Jean Ryan at 518-6439386 or at jtr45@charter.net PERU - St. Vincent's Thrift Store, 3028 Main St., will be having its annual spring sale on Thur evening (4/28) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm and on Fri (4/29) and Sat. (4/30) from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Customers can fill a large bag of gently used clothing, footwear, etc., for $6.00. For further information, please contact Jean Ryan at 518-6439386 or at jtr45@charter.net
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LAST WEEK: The Lady Blue Bombers only dropped one singles match in defeating the Plattsburgh High Lady Hornets April 21. LAST WEEK: Victoria O’Leary scored a 6-4, 4-1 win in the top singles spot, while No. 3 singles competitor Brenna Garrett scored a 6-3, 7-5 win. In doubles, the team of Sophie Morelli and Jasmine Phillip scored a 6-0, 6-4 win, while Laurel Miller and Rhiannon Pattersen rallied after dropping the first set to score a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 win. NEXT WEEK: The Blue Bombers will host Beekmantown Monday, May 2, after returning from break. The 3:30 p.m. meet is the only scheduled match of the week for the team.
LAST WEEK: The Lady Blue Bombers scored wins in three of the five field events, but were unable to overcome a 30-point gap against Peru April 21. Esther Munoz scored two of the Bombers five wins in the event, earning the top of the podium in the long jump (14’-2.5”) and discus (67’-5.5”). Teammate Lauren Rossi helped the Bombers sweep the throwing events with a shot put win of 27’-2”. On the track, Gabby Armstrong won the 400 in a time of 1:04.8, while Marli Damp’s time of 12:14 was tops in the 3,000. NEXT WEEK: The Blue Bombers will run in three meets after returning from break, starting with a home meet against AuSable Valley Tuesday, May 3 (4:30 p.m.). That will be followed by road meets in Saranac Lake Thursday, May 5, and Beekmantown Friday, May 6 (both 4:30 p.m. starts).
Golf LAST WEEK: It was all about low scores on the Port Henry links April 20, as the Blue Bombers claimed four matches to score a 4-2 win over the Moriah Vikings. Bjorn Kroes shot the low round for the Bombers with a 36 in scoring a two-stroke win at No. 1 singles. Drew Maiorca scored a seven stroke win after posting a 38, while Kevin Gessler also shot 38 in an eight-stroke victory and Lars Kroes shot a 43 in a fivestroke win. NEXT WEEK: A trio of meets await the Blue Bombers after spring break, starting with a pair of home matches against Beekmantown (Monday, May 2) and Seton Catholic (Wednesday, May 4). The team will then travel just up the road to Saranac Lake Thursday, May 5. All matches are scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.
Boys tennis LAST WEEK: It was a tough day for the Blue Bombers April 21, as the team was unable to score a match victory against the Plattsburgh High Hornets. The closest match of the meet saw John Seemueller drop a 1-6, 3-6 in No. 3 singles. NEXT WEEK: The Blue Bombers will host Beekmantown Monday, May 2, after returning from break. The 3:30 p.m. meet is the only scheduled match of the week for the team.
Softball LAST WEEK: Against Saranac April 21, the Lady Bombers gave up three runs in the first and five runs in the seventh, falling to the Lady Chiefs, 11-5. Mia Kennedy had a home run in the loss, while Elaina Smith went the distance in the circle. On April 19, the Bombers were held to just five hits as they dropped a 14-1 contest against the Plattsburgh High Lady Hornets. Mia Kennedy pitched a complete game in the circle for the Blue Bombers. NEXT WEEK: After coming off spring break, the Lady Blue Bombers get back into the swing of things as they will host the Ti-
Lake Placid’s Kamm Cassidy conderoga Sentinels at Keene Central School Monday, May 2 (4:30 p.m.). That will be followed by a home game under the lights (6:30 p.m.) against Northeastern Clinton Wednesday, May 4 and a road trip to Bolton to face the Bolton/Schroon Lake combined team Friday, May 6 (4:30 p.m.). The Bombers will then host a tournament Saturday, May 7, starting at noon.
Boys track and field LAST WEEK: The Bombers dropped a 32-point meet against Peru April 21, but re-
mained competitive with wins as the quartet of Henry McGrew, Forrest Ledger, Trent White and Stuart Baird won the 3,200 relay in a time of 9:16. Baird also scored wins in the 400 (55.6) and high jump (5’-4”), while Ledger won the 800 in 2:13 and White scored a win in the long jump with a distance of 19’-6.5”. NEXT WEEK: The Blue Bombers will run in three meets after returning from break, starting with a home meet against AuSable Valley Tuesday, May 3 (4:30 p.m.). That will be followed by road meets in Saranac Lake Thursday, May 5, and Beekmantown Friday, May 6 (both 4:30 p.m. starts).
Baseball LAST WEEK: The Blue Bombers were unable to keep up with a hot start from the Saranac Lake Red Storm, falling 11-4 April 19. Noah Mohr had a trio of hits for the Bombers, including a triple, while Chris Williams added two hits with a double mixed in. Mohr and Dalton Jacques saw time on the mound. NEXT WEEK: A pair of games welcome the Blue Bombers back from vacation as the team will host Moriah Tuesday, May 3, before traveling to Northeastern Clinton Thursday, May 5. Both games are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.
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TrackÊ teamsÊ earnÊ winsÊ againstÊ Emus,Ê baseballÊ beatsÊ LP Boys track and field LAST WEEK: The Red Storm scored wins in 14 of 17 events to score a 60-point win over the EKMW Emus April 21. The Storm swept the relay events, with the team of Logan Purner, Adam Hesseltine, Silas Swanson and Phillip Buck running the 3,200 relay in 10:01; Ethan Wood, Devin Kidd, Jake Spardaro and Easton Moore running the 400 relay in 47.9 seconds; and the quartet of Wood, Charlie Segard, Purner and Tyler Martin running the 1,600 relay in 3:56. Spadaro also won three field meets in the high jump , long jump (16’-7.5”) and triple jump (35’-1”). Teammate David Sullivan swept the throwing events with a 41’-3” shot put and 118’-3” discus. On the track, Bryce Hartman scored wins in the distance events of 800 (2:09), 1,600 (4:48) and 3,200 (10:58), while Wood won the 100 (12.0) and Moore the 200 (25.0). NEXT WEEK: The Red Storm will have home cooking all week as the team will host a pair of meets coming off spring break, one against Beekmantown Tuesday, May 3, and the other against Lake Placid Thursday, May
5. Both meets are scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start.
Girls track and field LAST WEEK: The Lady Red Storm scored wins in almost each discipline against the EKMW Lady Emus April 21, only falling short in the throwing events. It was a sweep in the relays as the team of Chloe Peer, Sierra O’Mahoney, Ellen Goralski and Eliza Cowan winning the 3,200 in 12:08.6; the quartet of Jada Meadows, Kate Stevens, Randi Rondeau and Alexa Clark winning the 400 relay in 53.5; and the team of Steavens, Rondeau, Meadows and Brittany Shumway winning the 1,600 relay in 4:35. Meadows also claimed wins in the sprints, with a time of 13.3 in the 100 and 28.0 in the 200. Stevens added a win in the 400 with a time of 1:05.6, while Shumway won the 800 in 2:36.6and Clark won the long jump with a distance of 13’-5.5”. Maddie Grimone scored wins in the 1,500 (5:43.3) and 400 hurdles (1:16.9). Jaclyn Latourelle scored win in the 100 hurdles (16.8)
and triple jump (28’-3”). NEXT WEEK: The Red Storm will have home cooking all week as the team will host a pair of meets coming off spring break, one against Beekmantown Tuesday, May 3, and the other against Lake Placid Thursday, May 5. Both meets are scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start.
Baseball LAST WEEK: Joe Viscardo may not have kept the Lake Placid Blue Bombers out of the hit column, but he did keep the off the scoreboard, allowing only one run after the third inning in a 11-4 win April 19. Derek Strack had a pair of doubles in the win, while Casey Sturgeon added a double of his own to the offense. NEXT WEEK: The Red Storm will start the post-break portion of the schedule with a game at Peru Tuesday, July 3, followed by a home game against AuSable Valley Thursday, May 5, with both games starting at 4:30 p.m. The team will then host a 3 p.m. start against Plattsburgh High School Saturday, May 7.
Softball NEXT WEEK: The Lady Red Storm ended the first half of the season on a bye and will pick up the rest of their schedule with three post-break games, starting with a home game against Peru Tuesday, May 3, before traveling to AuSable Valley Wednesday May 4. The team will finish the week with a home game against Plattsburgh High Friday, May 6. All three games are scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start.
Lacrosse NEXT WEEK: The boys varsity team will play a pair of games to start the month of May, hosting Salmon River at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, before traveling to Postdam for a 4:30 p.m. start Wednesday, May 4. Meanwhile, the girls will play a trio of games, with home games against Massena (Tuedday, May 3, TBA) and Ogdensburg (Thursday, May 5, 4:30 p.m.) followed a a trip to Salmon River (Friday, May 6, 4:30 p.m.).
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GRANTEE PMG New Jersey II LLC David Gabrault and Nicole Annis Lanny and Judy Relation Walter and Deena Claffey Arthur Lasalle Roman Catholic Comm. of St. Alexanders Kelly Brisson All Action Painting LLC MJRP Properties LLC Andrew and Jenny Gladwin James and Margaret Robare Marvin Morrow John and Angela Benway Heart of Gold Street LTD William and Mary Armsden Jamie and Colleen Flynn Todd and Mark Seeberger David Beggs Camelia Seymour Kyle Kasper Steven Provost Larry and Michael Rabideau Penny and Aaron Dinco Steven Blaise Dawn Mckinney Dawn Mckinney Leander and Joyce Perrotte Demers Properties LLC Tracy Downey Cathy Parent Steven and Erin Peters Shana Darrah Samuel Seney Daniel and Tammy Manor Poonham Singh Graham Niles and Jamie Silver Sammie Edwards Alexander and Jennifer Babbie Edward Champagne Denis Richard David and Loukas Dubrey Ashley Jennette Albert and Mary Kemp Jeffrey Norton Darcy Rennie Andrew Branham John Martineau III WJP Properties LLC Linda Turner Robert and Amy King
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GRANTOR Michael and Mary Busko John and Andrea Corbett Robert and Carol Hickey William Gibbs Frederick Pereau Allen Heyd Kasey Cheney Nancy Durocher Richard OÕ Connor & Kathleen Friedman Andrew and Julia Kivistik Maxwell and Susan Eaton Bradford and Katie Clark Andrew and Michelle St. Louis Douglas and Ellen Feick Suzanne Brais et al Bharat Magu David and Elizabeth Muffoletto Joseph Cioce and Peggy Valenti Samuel and Denise Hendren Thomas and Marna Whittington James Carr Bank of America NA Dakota Benway Mattig Inc North Country Development Group LLC David and Margie Philo Roy and Leeanne Whitford Kim Marsha Margaret Bavaro Thomas Boothby and Anne Trout William and Ellen Hubbard John Griesen and Monica Moore Pine Lodge LLC Carl and Evelyne Tropper Mary Glazer and Mark Moss Mark and Lori Maxon Luke and Jean Bernhardt Thaddeaus and Patricia Lewis John and Lorna Horsman
GRANTEE LOCATION Christopher and Meghan Cook North Elba Mark and Susan Holzer Wilmington Melissa Benardot North Elba Eric Robinson Ticonderoga Benjamin Tromblee Moriah Paul and Cheryl Berthiaume Jay Ashley Cheney Moriah Bassett Mountain Recreation Center Inc Jay Lisa Delsignore et al North Elba Christopher Brockmeyer Keene Jeffrey and Frances Goldstone Moriah Rory Lustberg and Catherine Bemis North Elba Laszlo and Anita Vasko North Elba Evan and Elizabeth Jalazo Ticonderoga Alexander Niefer North Elba Jason Keech Westport Darren Adams Ticonderoga David and Jennifer Thomas North Elba Mark and Briana Bowden North Elba Baldface Mountain Preserve LLC Chesterfield Mark and Susan Holzer Wilmington Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Westport Eddy Foundation Essex North Country Development Group LLC Chesterfield Allen and Debra Tetreault Chesterfield Mark and Michelle Haslam North Elba Steven Cobb Ticonderoga William and Jennifer Giddings Chesterfield Bryan Whalen and John Amini Wilmington Whiteface Holidays LLC Wilmington Richard and Jennifer Ashley Moriah Paul and Gail Lautenschuetz North Elba 80 Glen Street LLC North Elba Christopher Stall and Shannon St. Louis Jay Jeremy Gijanto Ticonderoga Mark and Carolyn Andrews North Elba Anna Murzhenko and Gregory Sautner North Elba Charli Lewis Elizabethtown Christopher and Mary Rother North Elba
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LEGALS AU SABLE RIVER LODGE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/15/2016. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Law Office Steven Kaiser, 134 Hawthorne Ave., Floral Park, NY 11001. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. VN-03/26-04/30/20166TC-112780 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ESSEX EDITIONS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/29/16. Office location: Essex County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. VN-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116473 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAGDI LAKE DRIVE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/24/16. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LLC: 821 Mirror Lake Dr., Lake Placid, NY 12946. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Paolo Magro, 12 David Dr., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Purpose: Any lawful activity. VN-04/09-05/14/20166TC-114152 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAGRO FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/16. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LP: 18 David Dr., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 4/11/2046.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAGRO FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/16. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LP: 18 David Dr., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 4/11/2046. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the addr. of its princ. office. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity. VN-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116530 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAGRO MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/15/16. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LLC: 18 David Dr., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. VN-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116474 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Assessor of the Town of Elizabethtown, County of Essex, has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year and that a copy has been left with Town Clerk at Town Hall, where it may be seen and examined by any interested person until the fourth Tuesday in May (or other applicable date). The Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll as follows: 1st day May 11, 2016 Hourse 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm 2nd day May 16, 2016 Hours 4pm-8pm 3rd day May 18, 2016 Hours 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm 4th day May 21, 2016 Hours 9am-1pm The Board of Assessment Review will meet on May 25, 2016 between the hours of 5pm and 9pm at the Town Hall in said town, to hear and examine all complaints in relation to as-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Assessor of the Town of Elizabethtown, County of Essex, has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year and that a copy has been left with Town Clerk at Town Hall, where it may be seen and examined by any interested person until the fourth Tuesday in May (or other applicable date). The Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll as follows: 1st day May 11, 2016 Hourse 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm 2nd day May 16, 2016 Hours 4pm-8pm 3rd day May 18, 2016 Hours 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm 4th day May 21, 2016 Hours 9am-1pm The Board of Assessment Review will meet on May 25, 2016 between the hours of 5pm and 9pm at the Town Hall in said town, to hear and examine all complaints in relation to assessments, on the written application of any person believing him/herself to be aggrieved. A publication on contesting your assessment in New York State is available at www.tax.ny.gov. Dated this 1st day of May 2016. David R. Wainwright Sole Assessor VN-04/30/2016-1TC116480 NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL (Pursuant to section 506 of the Real Property Tax Law) Town of Keene Notice is here by given that the assessor of the Town of Keene, County of Essex, has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for 2016 and that a copy has been left at the Keene Town Hall, where it may be seen and examined by any interested person, Monday-Friday 9:00-2:00 until Thursday June 2nd 2016. The assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll on May 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th 10:00-3:00 and May 19th 6-8 and May 14th 1-4. The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Thursday June 2nd between the hours of 24 & 6-8 by appointment at the Town of Keene Community Center, Keene NY to hear and examine complaints. \Dated this 29th day of April, 2016 Sole Assessor Town of Keene VN-04/30/2016-1TC116476 NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL (Pursuant to section 506 of the Real Property Tax Law) Town of Lewis Notice is here by given that the assessor of the Town of Lewis, County of Essex, has completed the Tentative Assess-
NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL (Pursuant to section 506 of the Real Property Tax Law) Town of Lewis Notice is here by given that the assessor of the Town of Lewis, County of Essex, has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for 2016 and that a copy has been left at the Lewis Town Hall, where it may be seen and examined by any interested person, Monday-Friday 9:00-2:00 until Tuesday June 7th 2016. The assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll on May 3rd 10th, 17th, 10:00-3:00 and May 31st 6-8 and May 14th 9-12. The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Tuesday June 7th between the hours of 2-4 & 6-8 by appointment at the Lewis Town Hall, Lewis NY to hear and examine complaints. Dated this 29th day of April, 2016 Sole Assessor Town of Lewis VN-04/30/2016-1TC116478 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PLACID BOAT RENTALS, LLC a domestic limited liability company. Art. of Org. filed with Sec'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/16. Office location: Essex County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such process served upon it to Placid Boat Rentals, LLC, 204 Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid, NY 12946. Purpose of LLC: To engage in any lawful activity. VN-03/26-04/30/20166TC-112431 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Solitude Catering LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 26, 2016 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: Forever Native, 3320
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Solitude Catering LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 26, 2016 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: Forever Native, 3320 Knight Station Rd., Lakeland, FL 33810. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. VN-04/02-05/07/20166TC-113537 WESTPORT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION NOTICE TO: The last known owner or owners of the following burial lots in the Hillside Cemetery, Main St., Westport, NY 12993: Almira N.Greeley, David Clark, Mack, Gibbs, Barber, Holcom, McIntire, Angiers, Reynolds, Bennett, Rogers, Hinkley, Braman, Pierce, Smith, Frisbie, Eastman, Henry, Mitchell, Neddie, Price, Russell, Mother, Ingalls, Bernesand, and Howard; PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that (1) the monuments or markers located at said burial lots are so badly out of repair or dilapidated as to create a dangerous condition, (2) the persons to whom this notice is addressed must repair or remove said monument or marker within 60 days of the date of the third publication of this notice, (3) if the persons to whom this notice is addressed fail to repair or remove said monument or marker within the 60 day time period, the Westport Cemetery Association may remove or repair said monument or marker without further notice to the persons to whom this notice is addressed, (4) Westport Cemetery Association must be notified and give permission for any removal or repair done to said monument or maker and (5) notice must be given to the Westport Cemetery Association as to the time of such removal or repair in order to allow a member of the Westport Cemetery Association to supervise such removal or repair. Westport Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 535, Westport, NY 12993 Juanita Napper, President 518-962-8975 or 518-569-7116.
thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District. 2. To elect one member of the Board for a five Published by Denton Inc. (5) yearPublications, term commencing July 1, 2016 and expiring on June 30, 2021 to succeed Tom Kohler whose term expires on WESTPORT CENTRAL June 30, 2016. And, 3. SCHOOL DISTRICT Town of Westport, To authorize the purCounty of Essex, New chase of one sixty-five (65) passenger bus and WESTPORT CEMETERY York Notice of Annual Meet- the expenditure of a ASSOCIATION NOTICE TO: The last ing, Election and Budget gross sum not to exceed one hundred nine thouknown owner or owners Vote of the following burial Public Budget Hearing sand dollars ($109,000) lots in the Hillside Ceme- Tuesday, May 10, 2016 and the use of the sum at 6:00 p.m. Annual tery, Main St., Westport, of one hundred nine NY 12993: Almira N.- Meeting, Election & thousand dollars Greeley, David Clark, Budget Vote Tuesday, ($109,000) from the Bus Mack, Gibbs, Barber, May 17, 2016 12:00 Reserve Fund to pay for Holcom, McIntire, Ang- noon 9:00 p.m. the bus in full. iers, Reynolds, Bennett, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- AND FURTHER NOTICE Rogers, Hinkley, Bra- EN, that a public hearing IS HEREBY GIVEN, that man, Pierce, Smith, Fris- of the qualified voters of a copy of the statement bie, Eastman, Henry, the Westport Central of the amount of money Mitchell, Neddie, Price, School District, Essex which will be required to Russell, Mother, Ingalls, County, Westport, New fund the School Districts York, will be held in the budget for 2016-2017, Bernesand, and Howard; Westport Central School PLEASE TAKE NOTICE exclusive of public Library in said District that (1) the monuments monies, and all other reor markers located at on Tuesday, May 10, quired documentation 2016 at 6:00 p.m. pre- may be obtained by any said burial lots are so badly out of repair or di- vailing time, for the pre- resident of the District lapidated as to create a sentation of the budget. during business hours, dangerous condition, (2) The budget will be avail- beginning Friday, April the persons to whom able for review begin- 29, 2016 at the Westning on Friday, April 29, port Central School Disthis notice is addressed 2016 at the Westport trict Office. must repair or remove said monument or mark- Central School District AND FURTHER NOTICE Office during business IS HEREBY GIVEN, that er within 60 days of the date of the third publica- hours. petitions nominating tion of this notice, (3) if NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- candidates for the office the persons to whom EN, that the annual of member of the Board meeting of the qualified this notice is addressed of Education shall be fail to repair or remove voters of the Westport filed with the Clerk of said monument or mark- Central School District said School District at of the Town of West- her office in the Wester within the 60 day time port, Essex County, New port Central School, not period, the Westport York, will be held in the later than Monday, April Cemetery Association may remove or repair lobby outside the Bulles 18, 2016, between 8:00 said monument or mark- Auditorium at the West- a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Each petition shall be diport Central School er without further notice building in said District rected to the Clerk of the to the persons to whom on Tuesday, May 17, District and shall be this notice is addressed, 2016 between the hours (4) Westport Cemetery signed by at least twenAssociation must be no- of 12:00 noon and 9:00 ty-five (25) voters of the OR OTHER TALCUM time, POWDER LINKED p.m. prevailing (or District tified and give permisandTOshall state sion for any removal or until all who are in atten- the residence of each repair done to said mon- dance at the time have signer. Long-term of baby/talcum powder linked to ovarian at which time the is ument or maker and (5)use voted), AND FURTHER NOTICE cancer. If you or a loved one suffered from ovarian cancer polls willBaby be open to Shower notice mustafter be given IS HEREBY GIVEN, or that usingto Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Powder, to Shower vote, by ballot, uponbe theentitled the Westport Cemetery the qualified voters of other talcum powder, you may to substantial following 1. To Associationcompensation. as to the the School District Call us atitems: 1-800-THE-EAGLE now. No fees shall or costs untiloryouradopt case the is settled or won. We lawvote onlyat annual budget time of such removal be practice entitled to in Arizona, lawyers the Schoolwith District for throughout repair in order to allow abutofassociate said annual the voteU.S. and OSBORNE the fiscal year &2016member of the WestportGOLDBERG election. A qualified vots ay a and to authorize er is one who is (1) Cemetery Association915 W.toCamelback2017 Rd. 1-800-THE-EAGLE Phoenix, AZ 85013 7 Dek the (1-800-843-3245) requisite portion supervise such removal citizen of the en United e www.1800theeagle.com Op a W (2) 90996 thereof to be raised by States of America, or repair. Westport Cemetery As- taxation on the taxable eighteen years of age or property of the District. older, and (3) a resident sociation, P.O. Box 535, 2. To elect one member Westport, NY 12993 within the School DisJuanita Napper, Presi- of the Board for a five trict for a period of thirty dent 518-962-8975 or (5) year term commenc- (30) days next preceding ing July 1, 2016 and ex- the annual vote and 518-569-7116. piring on June 30, 2021 election. The School VN-04/16-04/30/2016to succeed Tom Kohler District may require all 3TC-114783 whose term expires on persons offering to vote June 30, 2016. And, 3. at the budget vote and WESTPORT CENTRAL To authorize the pur- election to provide one SCHOOL DISTRICT form of proof of residenTown of Westport, chase of one sixty-five County of Essex, New (65) passenger bus and cy pursuant to Educathe expenditure of a tion Law 8018-c. Such York form may include a Notice of Annual Meet- gross sum not to exceed ing, Election and Budget one hundred nine thou- drivers license, a nonsand dollars ($109,000) driver identification card, Vote and the use of the sum a utility bill, or a voter Public Budget Hearing of one hundred nine registration card. Upon Tuesday, May 10, 2016 thousand dollars offer of proof of residenat 6:00 p.m. Annual cy, the School District Meeting, Election & ($109,000) from the Bus may also require all perBudget Vote Tuesday, Reserve Fund to pay for sons offering to vote to May 17, 2016 12:00 the bus in full. AND FURTHER NOTICE provide their signature, noon 9:00 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- IS HEREBY GIVEN, that printed name and address. EN, that a public hearing a copy of the statement AND FURTHER NOTICE of the qualified voters of of the amount of money IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Westport Central which will be required to qualified voters may apSchool District, Essex fund the School Districts ply for absentee ballots County, Westport, New budget for 2016-2017, of public at the District Clerks ofYork, will be held in the exclusive monies, and all other refice and that a list of Westport Central School quired documentation persons to whom absenLibrary in said District tee ballots have been ison Tuesday, May 10, may be obtained by any sued will be available for 2016 at 6:00 p.m. pre- resident of the District vailing time, for the pre- during business hours, inspection in the District sentation of the budget. beginning Friday, April Clerks office during each of the five days prior to The budget will be avail- 29, 2016 at the Westable for review begin- port Central School Dis- the day of the election, during regular business ning on Friday, April 29, trict Office. hours, except Saturday 2016 at the Westport AND FURTHER NOTICE Central School District IS HEREBY GIVEN, that and Sunday. nominating School District: WestOffice during business petitions port Central candidates for the office hours. Town of Westport, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- of member of the Board County of Essex, New of Education shall be EN, that the annual York filed with the Clerk of meeting of the qualified Jana said School District at District Clerk: voters of the Westport Central School District her office in the West- Atwell of the Town of West- port Central School, not Dated: March 29, 2016 port, Essex County, New later than Monday, April VN-04/09,04/23,04/30, 05/07/2016-4TC-114148 York, will be held in the 18, 2016, between 8:00 lobby outside the Bulles a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Auditorium at the West- Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the port Central School building in said District District and shall be on Tuesday, May 17, signed by at least twenty-five (25) voters of the 2016 between the hours District and shall state of 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, (or the residence of each until all who are in atten- signer. dance at the time have AND FURTHER NOTICE voted), at which time the IS HEREBY GIVEN, that polls will be open to the qualified voters of the School District shall vote, by ballot, upon the be entitled to vote at following items: 1. To said annual vote and adopt the annual budget of the School District for election. A qualified votthe fiscal year 2016- er is one who is (1) a 2017 and to authorize citizen of the United States of America, (2) the requisite portion thereof to be raised by eighteen years of age or taxation on the taxable older, and (3) a resident property of the District. within the School District for a period of thirty 2. To elect one member (30) days next preceding of the Board for a five (5) year term commenc- the annual vote and The School ing July 1, 2016 and ex- election.
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