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LIVENING SUNDAYS

PLATTSBURGH

By Teah Dowling

Walk or run for scholarship and remembrance

teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Destination Downtown will take place May 17 from noon to 4 p.m. for residents and visitors to enjoy downtown businesses on a Sunday.

The Plattsburgh Downtown Association (PDA), with suggestion from board member and Warren Tire Owner Jennifer Boyer, created this firsttime event in order to get residents, visitors and businesses out of their homes and into the downtown area.

Colin Read, co-president of PDA and owner of the Champlain Wine Company, restored PDA about two years ago. Ò We try to act as a voice CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Destination Downtown will take place May 17 from noon to 4 p.m. featuring over 20 different downtown businesses.

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City weighs future of Crete Civic Center

By Teah Dowling

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teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Leaks in the roof of the 41-year-old Crete Civic Center have officials debating the future of the facility.

Two large spots in the lobby area have been seen gushing water, which are severe enough to cause water flow on the floor when it rains.

The lobby portion of the roof is expected to be patched up for about $5,000. Mayor James Calnon said that recently a hole above the indoor soccer field was repaired to keep the field dry for about $8,000.

A detailed inspection of the roof showed that it should be replaced within the next two to three years, costing around $800,000 to $1 million. The city’s contemplating all its options.

“This is an extremely important part of the city,” Calnon said.

“It’s really a valuable resource, so we want to be really careful that we consider everything and don’t rush into making huge changes.”

THE OPTIONS

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The city is looking on whether to repair the roof, demolish it The Crete Civic Center’s roof leaks have city officials looking into what to do with the building in the future.

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Remembering James Dean Wilson through a walk and run Strides for James raises funds for CCC scholarship fund

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com CHAZY — Strides for James, a 5k/10k fun run to support the James Dean Wilson Scholarship Fund, will take place Saturday, May 9 at the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy.

“It’s a great family-event we’re trying to create for a dependable, loyal and hardworking person,” said Jennie Cody, Wilson’s sister. “He was such a great person.”

The event will start off with a Children’s Fun Run at 9 a.m., Walkers 1 Mile (stroller friendly) at 9:25 a.m., Walkers 5k (stroller friendly) at 9:55 a.m. and the 5k/10k at 10 a.m.

Packet pick-up will be Friday, May 8 at the Joseph C. Burke Education Research Center from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and one hour prior to one’s desired race the day of the event.

Online registration ends May 2. Race check-in from online registration and day-of-race registration goes on from 7:45 to 9 a.m.

All proceeds from the race will go directly to the scholarship fund at Clinton Community College (CCC), hoping to double

Plattsburgh Housing Outlet announces home building seminar

PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh Housing Outlet, Inc. has developed a home building workshop to educate the community.

Plattsburgh Housing Outlet will host a Home Building Seminar on Thursday, May 7 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Dino’s Pizza, 795 Route 3, (next to Wilson Appliance) in Plattsburgh.

The seminar will offer guidance on topics such as: lender requirements, manufactured

Richard Tarabula received the 2014 James Dean Wilson Scholarship award from the Wilson family.

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numbers in involvement, money for the scholarship and awareness from last year’s race.

This annual event, created by the James Dean Wilson Scholarship Committee, keeps the goal of continuing the scholarship fund to remember Wilson.

Wilson went to CCC and got an associate’s degree in indus-

and modular homes, advice on finding and developing a building site, and time frames for home building.

Experts from all areas of construction will give an overview of the process and participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the second hour.

Dinner will be served during the event and there is no cost or obligation for this service.

Participants must RSVP ahead of time, as space is limited and we have been at room capacity the last several times the workshop was

James Dean Wilson

trial technology. He was a passionate runner and outdoorsman who died in June 2012 in a motorcycle accident at the age of 26.

“He was the type of person who would just walk into a room and his smile lit up the entire room,” Cody said. “He would do anything for everyone; he put other people first and you would never hear him complain.”

On May 11, 2013, the committee held its first annual race at Point Au Rouche State Park, where over 250 people attended. It raised over $5,000 and met the initial fundraising goal of $10,000 to establish the

scholarship endowment.

To learn more about the scholarship, the race or registration fees, visit the website stridesforjames.org/register “It’s for a great cause and it’s a lot of fun,” said Rachel Dutil, public relations and marketing coordinator at Miner Institute.

“It’s a great opportunity to come out and enjoy what’s hopefully going to be, finally, spring weather.”

offered. Adults only please. Anyone interested in attending may call 800-794-6250 or email michelle@plattsburghhousing.com with their name, phone number, and number in their party.

Participants will receive a free “how-to” packet, a free copy of their credit report and a discount coupon for attending the seminar.

They will leave with the information they will need to make an informed decision about new construction and home ownership. One lucky participant will win $3,500 off their building

project.

Plattsburgh Housing Outlet has been providing North Country Families with quality, affordable homes since 1991. They were named Retailer of the Year by the Manufactured Housing Institute for the Northeast/ Mid-atlantic region in 2003 and 2013, one of four companies in the nation.

For more information, contact LaBounty at 563-6250, ext. 21.

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Area libraries unveil digital magazine viewing service Flipster

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Patrons of 30 public libraries throughout the North Country can now access almost 40 magazines digitally through Flipster with their borrower’s card.

Member local libraries of the Clinton Essex Franklin Library System (CEFLS) recently unveiled Flipster, a next generation digital magazine service.

“We thought that this would be a very popular new addition,” said Betsy Brooks, automation librarian for CEFLS. “We’re providing these because we’re always trying to keep up with what people are reading and how people are accessing.”

Trying to keep up with popular technologies such as eBooks,

smartphones and tablets, this service allows readers to browse the latest issues of print and high quality digital versions of popular magazines, including Fine Gardening, Forbes and more.

Patrons will have the option of accessing the content at their library or remotely by their library card barcode number.

With this, users can browse magazines by category and/or search specific periodicals on an online newsstand that provides a carousel of recent and previous issues. They can also download magazines to an iPad or iPad Mini via a native app for offline reading. All that’s needed, besides a library card barcode number, is either internet connection or WiFi. The table of contents contains links that allow readers to quickly go to articles of interest as “hotlinks” within magazines, which open separate tabs when clicked. It also provides an op-

tion to zoom and out for better readability.

Besides Flipster, the libraries have also implemented eBooks and downloadable audio books. Currently, they’re experimenting with downloadable video.

“We’ve been adding a lot of different formats to try to keep up with the times,” Brooks said. “We provide a way for people to read more digitally without them spending a fortune with a free service from their library.”

Library cards are free to all residents of an area. Local libraries include Champlain Memorial Library, Chazy Public Library, Dodge Library in West Chazy, Dodge Memorial Library in Rouses Point, Mooers Free Library, Peru Free Library and Plattsburgh Public Library. For a full list, visit http://www.cefls.org/ library_list.htm.

Autism Speaks U, PSU women’s soccer to put on 5K Color Run

By Melanie Rivera

denpubs@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Running or walking down along a river and being splashed in blue paint is how some Plattsburgh residents will be spending their morning Saturday, May 2.

The 5K Color Run event will be taking place at Plattsburgh State University and is hosted by volunteers of Autism Speaks U and the women’s soccer team.

Registration for the event will begin at 10 a.m. while the colorful race will begin an hour later at Memorial Field. The race will take place throughout the campus and along the Saranac Trail, said Breanna Syslo, Plattsburgh State’s Autism Speak U chapter president.

Runners will be “watered down” with different shades of blue paint, the color Autism Speaks identifies with, shot out at them from different locations throughout the trail. There will be about 15 buckets on site just to add the colors to.

Syslo recommends participants wear white and added that the paint is washable and non-toxic. The chapter will also be selling white shirts at the event for $10. The shirts that will be sold are first come, first serve, Syslo said.

Plattsburgh State’s Autism Speaks U chapter is new to campus, having one year of recognition. Prior to becoming president of the local chapter, Syslo said she was very dedicated to it.

“Because I’m an Elementary Education and Special Education major, autism is a great part of my future profession,” Syslo said.

“I find a love for students just because the recognition is not out there so my mission for the club is to gain awareness.”

The idea to host a color run had already began to form before getting chapter recognition.

“Autism Speaks puts on Walk Now for Autism, but unfortunately the nearest run near Plattsburgh is two hours to three

hours away,” Syslo said. “They had suggested we start our own walk/run.”

Syslo then found out Marist College, which is near her hometown, did a color run for Autism Speaks.

“Because who doesn’t like it,” Syslo said. “I brought it to my club. I said, ‘Hey, guys want to try it?’ and they said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it,’ so we got the ball moving and that’s where we are today.”

Sixty percent of the proceeds will go to Autism Speaks U and the remainder will go to the women’s soccer team.

“We’re always trying to look for different charity events to do for our program just to help out other foundations,” said Frantzy Noze, assistant coach of the women’s soccer team. “Then come to find out, Autism Speaks was trying to host one [color run] too on the same date.”

“Breanna was kind enough to have us be part of it with them, so it was a good thing to join forces together because all the girls really enjoy it.”

The team will be in attendance. Many of the girls are running in it. Those who aren’t participating, such as those who are injured, will help out setting up tables, throwing color dye at people and providing water to people who need it.

“I think our girls are definitely looking forward to this event,” Noze said. “It’s not just a color-run for us. It’s also a part of something big that we always try to look for.”

Trying to reach out to the community and others on campus, Noze said they’ve been trying to send out emails to staff on campus. Additionally, Noze works at Community Bank, so he asked the manager to send out a message to the bank employees to see if they’d like to participate or attend.

“By next year, I think it will be more of a thing people will know of,” Noze said, adding that they’d love to make it an annual thing.

People may purchase tickets at the Angell College Center in-

formation desk or online at tickets.plattsburgh.edu. The prices are $5 for students, $7 for faculty and staff and $10 for general public. The event will have music and food.

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Build it, and they will come

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his past March, town officials in Lake George awarded a construction bid for a skateboard park first proposed seven years ago.

About a month later, in Saranac Lake, an 11year push for a skate park in the village reached the $300,000-plus fundraising mark necessary to start pouring the concrete.

We have this to say – finally.

And other municipalities should follow suit in a timely manner.

Underserved If a kid wants to play basketball, it’s easy.

Schools, parks, even the hoop in the driveway.

Soccer goals, baseball diamonds, football fields – traditional team sports are about as accessible as can be. All it takes is a pair of shoes and a ball.

Teens on wooden decks with four wheels, meanwhile, have been left rallying behind the “skateboarding is not a crime,” cry for years, dodging authorities as they participate in what was, if not still is, looked upon as a counterculture sport.

They’re right. Skateboarding isn’t a crime.

But property destruction, trespassing, or in some places, riding on streets, is. A town without a skatepark becomes a skatepark. It’s what has put the sport in contention with police and municipalities for decades.

Some places adapted and built parks, providing skateboarders with the same opportunities as any other sport-seeking youth. Studies have pointed toward correlations between public skateparks and a reduction of crime and complaints. Skateboarders seek rails, ledges, stairs, banks, a variety of rideable features, and one would be hard pressed to find a skater who wouldn’t choose a professionally designed park over potholed streets traveled by cars and pedestrians.

With the rise of skateparks has also come a decline in risk. Virtually all skateboard fatalities have happened away from parks, most involving automobiles. Just this April, a 13-year-old skateboarder was airlifted to Syracuse in critical condition after a collision with a truck in Watertown. It’s not the first incident of its kind in the area, nor will it be the last if skateboarders’ only option is to take to the streets.

And then there’s this: perhaps the most basic but important part of the equation – most skateboarders are kids who chose the sport as a way to get outside and be active, a way to spend time with friends or challenge themselves.

Maybe they dream of being great at it. Maybe some will be. But they’ll all enjoy it.

But only if given the chance.

Locals stepping up Through the microscope of the park projects

in Lake George and Saranac Lake, the work undertaken by youth and adults, from the lobbying to fundraising, is commendable. Nearly a third of the price tag for Saranac Lake’s concrete park came from village in-kind funds, supporting the replacement of a skatepark that was the basketball equivalent of a dirt court with a bottomless milk crate for a hoop. Even the skaters in that town raised $60,000 themselves.

For the skateboarders who helped make the projects come to fruition, it’s been a lesson in patience and perseverance. For the non-skateboarders, the support was a selfless act in recognition that the sport need not be a crime.

But what took so long? Skateboarding – as well as action sport cousins like rollerblading and BMX biking – made a meteoric rise in the late 1990s. From the X Games to Tony Hawk’s video game franchise, it went from fringe to mainstream.

Skateboarding may have cooled some in the last decade – the amount of time its taken to get some local parks funded and OK’d – but it still boasts nearly 10 million participants nationwide as an established sport.

Build it and they will come These parks will draw local skaters and tourists alike. They may not generate millions in revenue, but a vacation-planning family may take note of a place where a son or daughter can skate. Meanwhile, our area youth will be drawn to a place where they can skate in relative safety. It may be dangerous, but no more so than virtually any other school-sanctioned team sport.

Skateboarders in Saranac Lake and Lake George, as well as our communities that already have parks, won’t have to slink around town while dodging cars and potentially damaging property. This will help erode a longstanding misconception that has likely contributed toward communities’ hesitance to fund parks in the first place – that skateboarders are delinquents.

What if baseball players were forced to find a parking lot in which to swing a bat? Surely the broken windows and dented cars that would result would taint the viewing of them.

No, skateboarders aren’t misfits, nor should they be treated as such. In an era of hours of screen time and youth obesity, we need to embrace recreational opportunities whether they involve a ball or a board. The cost of a lowmaintenance park is a small price to pay when the outcome local kids that are happily active and engaged. Ñ Denton Publications Editorial Board, Dan Alexander, Keith Lobdell and John Gereau

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Print medium is not dead or dying

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e’ve been hearing investors saw the opportunity the trash talk for to reduce major overhead costs years now. You further, by eliminating printing poor folks in the newspaper press operations, production business. The Internet is eatpersonnel, real estate and distriing your lunch. Just wait ‘til bution avenues by simply putGoogle or Facebook take all ting news on the Internet and your business away. Look at all letting non-journalists blog to the big dailies that are strugtheir hearts content behind masgling, won’t be long and no sive paywalls.

Dan Alexander newspapers will exist.

Much to their surprise, as Thoughts from All of it, nothing but purreaders balked at the digital poseful misdirection, to supoptions, it became even more Behind the Pressline plant an idea that couldn’t be important to stress a “digital further from the truth. first” concept, the convenience The simple fact is, print works. Newspapers, of digital, and force communities to conform especially ones that don’t drink the “we’re to their wishes. It was thought to be an easy dying Kool-aid,” or those who have another lure as the world appeared enamored with agenda in mind are doing very well, despite a these new devises. Unfortunately, many of less than ideal economy. Simply put, there has those leading the digital newspaper charge been a great deal of spin and misleading inmisjudged the acceptance of readers to give formation that causes people to reach this conup their printed newspapers, but with the die clusion and some events may seem to support cast, there was no going back. Editorial staffs the concept, which only serves to advance the had been downsized and publication quality wrong conclusion. had deteriorated, forcing even further cutLet’s take a moment to debunk a few nobacks in content and services. Death of that tions. The Internet has an unlimited amount specific product had become a self-inflicted of information on it. The more it grows, the destiny. more difficult it becomes to be noticed in any Many retail establishments, like Sear’s, effective way. Today we are a society on infor- Ward’s and Penney’s, who once produced mation overload. For all the access to informaoversized, fat catalogs that consumers loved tion it provides, the Internet also drastically to pour through, fell victim to tough times reduces the amount of time we have. All too as they, too, thought digital was the answer. often, time is focused on very specific subjects But after five years out of print, J.C. Penney’s about which we are most passionate. revived the printed catalog this March. The Some people I know may spend much of company learned an important lesson. Shoptheir free time on Facebook, sharing ideas and pers had been going to the Internet after havpictures with preselected friends and family, ing seen an item in the catalog. It turned out, their primary passion, becoming almost an online was simply the place to order the item, obsession. The last thing they want to see or not a replacement for showcasing the product. read when Facebooking is anything that disThose who believe in print and remain true tracts or pops up not on topic. to their purpose for using it, be it a newspaper For many years newspaper organizations or advertising promotion, recognize the supeenjoyed a certain control over their commu- rior product it still is and the important role nities when it came to being a dominant meit plays as a communication tool. Yes, the India force. Nearly every home and business ternet and social media each provide an addireceived a copy and everyone understood it tional platform when deployed in a marketing was the central information gathering point. or distribution mix. But when you abandon About 30 years ago, corporate America realyour primary mission to serve your customer, ized the dominant control these news organiall in the name of increasing profits, you can zations had over their communities and newsdestroy the very product and customer relapapers became to some something they were tionships your business was built around. In never intended to be: An Instrument of Wealth short, putting corporate interests above cusCreation. tomer’s interests is a recipe for disaster that The increasing demand for wealth was put has caused the death of those who narrowat odds with providing the community a sumindedly didn’t see the forest for the trees.

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Ball a success

Letter to the Editor Lake Placid and Bakers Mills.

To the Burgh: Thanks to all who made the 2015 MadHatter’s Ball such a success!

We would like to thank the following who helped make our 2015 MadHatter’s Ball so successful; Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid, where the event was held; the 2015 MadHatter, Marjorie Swift and her amazing “bug hats”; the band “Take Note,” the caterer - Mountain Lake Academy, Julie Robard’s donation of the wine, and Lake Placid area vendors including: Adirondack Decorations Arts and Crafts, Adirondack Massage, Asgaard Farm, Baxter Mountain Cavern, Bluseed Studio, Gail Brill, Wanda Burch, Candyman, Champlain Bank, Cornell, Courtyard Marriott, Down Hill Grill, Helen Demong, Gordon Oil, Karen Glass, Hannaford, High Peaks Resort, Susan Hockert, HomEnergy Services Inc., Hyde Oil, Dr. Jonathan Krant for his gift of fine wines, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Little Supermarket, Milano North Restaurant, Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, NBT Bank, Noonmark Diner, Burdette Parks, Pendragon Theater, Erin Perkins, Martin Perkins Design, Price Chopper, Ruthie’s Run, Saratoga Olive Oil Co., The Market, The Normandie Resort on Lake Champlain, A Touch of Glass, The Wild Center, The Wilderness Restaurant, Uihlein Foundation, US Luge Association, Where’d you get that Hat, Whiteface Club and Resort, Whiteface Lodge, Whiteface Mountain KOA, Wiawaka Center for Women, Naj Wikoff, Wilkommen Hof, and other friends of CHC who donated auction items. Most importantly we thank seventy-nine 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.

Creative Healing Connection’s mission uses creative experiences and the Adirondack outdoors, to support healing and growth for those women in need, in the Adirondack Mountain region and beyond. Your generous support aides our workshops for caregivers, women with cancer and chronic illness, and women veterans.

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Common Core a bad idea

To the North Countryman: You began your editorial concerning Common Core with “Everyone’s frustrated.”

So it’s logical to surmise that if everyone is frustrated then all of us can’t be wrong. When something comes along in the education that irritates teachers, parents and students, then you have the perfect hornet’s nest of activity. When these same groups are left out of the discussion, you best expect some push-back.

Your editorial board claims, too, that education has “turned into a political game.” Well, who turned it into political issue? The politicians, of course, and they have partnered with liberal corporate leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates and Pearson Publishing. So it goes beyond politics with partisan think tanks and liberal non-educators spreading their tentacles far and wide. Local and state authority are minimized when this happens.

The U.S. put a man on the moon and back to earth with math from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. What was wrong with that kind of math curriculum? Nothing as far as I can tell. Today’s students can hardly add or subtract things in their heads without a calculator. I’m guessing the use of calculators is when all of our troubles started. And now they have to decipher squares, cubes, lines, and dots to figure out simple mathematical problems. This is academic stupidity!

Listen, a bad idea is a bad idea. Common Core needs to be replaced with common sense; and what worked 70 years ago still works today. We need to go back to a time where schools taught the basics, taught discipline, and taught real critical thinking. Why try to re-invent the wheel to make 1+1 equal 2.4? It won’t work and it’s clearly evident that everyone is frustrated because it’s not of their own doing.

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Kent-Delord House Museum Opens May 1

PLATTSBURGH — The Kent-Delord House Museum, a historic landmark in Plattsburgh, is set to open its doors on Friday, May 1, for the 2015 season.

Inside the home are new displays and exhibits that tell the story of three generations of the Delord Family and Plattsburgh.

In the exhibit room are two walls dedicated to the story of Plattsburgh Academy, the community’s first school. Frances Henrietta Delord, the only child of Betsey and Henry Delord, attended this institution during the 1820s and her composition book will be on display The other exhibit is dedicated to the Reverend Frank Hall’s month long pilgrimages to the Adirondacks during the 1880s and 90s. Most of the time fellow ministers accompanied Hall on what was termed “Woodland Tramps.”

The Blue Parlor has undergone the greatest alteration. It is dedicated to the Webb Family, which Frances Henrietta Delord married into in 1832 when she became the wife of Henry Livingston Webb. A noted family in Connecticut, the Webbs played a role in the American Revolution. A

portion of the exhibit is dedicated to the family portraits that were bequeathed to Fannie Delord Webb Hall upon the death of her late father’s siblings. Furniture and other family heirlooms will be on display. This is a true ‘Webb-inar.’ Fannie Hall was a second cousin of William Seward Webb, the creator of Shelburne Farms in Vermont.

One other room will feature “Treasures from the attic,” a range of materials not usually on display in the museum.

The Kent-Delord House Museum was established in 1928 and is the area’s oldest and only house museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The house is open Tuesday-Friday, 11-3. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $5.00. Starting on June 6, the museum will be open Saturdays from 11-3.

For further information, contact the Kent-Delord House at 518-5611035 or check out the museum on Facebook or at www.kentdelordhouse. org.

News in Brief Amtrak Train Day announced

ROUSES POINT — The Rouses Point History and Welcome Center will be open Saturday, May 9, in commemoration of Amtrak Train Day from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

They will open for the season Friday, July 3, with their new display panels of Rouses Point on display, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. They will be open on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday each week until Saturday, Oct. 10.

They are also working on a Village of Rouses Point Walking Tour which Saturday, May 23, that will feature two tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. There is no charge for this event. The tour will begin at the Rouses Point History and Welcome Center, 68 Pratt Street, the former D&H Railroad Station. This event is being coordinated with ARCH. More information will be forthcoming.

Spring Fling Pike Derby slated

CHAZY — The Chazy Rod and Gun Club will be sponsoring their annual Spring Fling Pike Derby Saturday, May 9. There will be cash prizes (one prize per person) for the top five Northern Pike by weight. First place is $150 with the remaining cash prizes to be determined by number of entries. All NY DEC rules apply. Fish must be taken from Lake Champlain. Judge’s decisions are final. (No exceptions.)

The entry fee is $20 per person, $15 for under 16 and 65+. Register at the Weathercock Bar, Rte. 9 or Happy Pike Snack Bar, 562 Lake Shore Drive next to Monty’s Bay Marina by Friday, May 8. The derby starts at sunrise to 6 p.m.

Weigh Station is open from 2 until 6 p.m., at the Happy Pike Snack Bar with awards to follow shortly after 6 p.m. Cold drinks and food available at the Happy Pike Snack Bar. For more info, call 846-7990 or 846-3423. New members always welcome. Visit them on Facebook.

Theatre Dept to present Japanese Folktale

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PLATTSBURGH — The SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theater presents “Tale of the Bamboo Princess: A Japanese Folktale,” Thursday, April 30 through Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m., in Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building.

The Japanese folktale directed by Erika Guay, assistant professor in theater, details the life of a mysterious girl who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

Tickets are $11 general admission, $9 faculty, staff, seniors and non-SUNY Plattsburgh students, and $3 for SUNY Plattsburgh students with ID and available at the Angell College Center desk, at the door or at tickets.plattsburgh.edu.

Neptune’s Car to debut at coffeehouse

PLATTSBURGH — Neptune’s Car will be performing for the first time at Palmer Street Coffeehouse, Friday, May 1. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments are available. For more information, find them on Facebook.

Law Day Dinner to honor McDonald

TICONDEROGA — In celebration of the 56th annual Law Day, the Essex County Bar Association will hold a dinner Friday, May 1, at the Best Western.

The Essex County Bar Association will present the Liberty Bell Award to Mrs. Ann B. McDonald of Ticonderoga, in recognition of her many years of tireless leadership and volunteer work. The public is invited to attend the dinner.

Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The price is $40 per person including tax and tip. The menu choices are Roast Beef, Salmon or Chicken Piccata.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling Cherie Indelicato at 532-7167.

Raw Boogie Blues show slated

PLATTSBURGH — The Rota Gallery and Studios presents Raw Boogie Blues Show Friday, May 1, at 39 Bridge Street,at 7 p.m. The cost is a sliding scale donation from $3 to $10. The show features Russ Bailey Trio, Will Scheifley Ham Bone Brigade, and Franz Pope. For more information on this event, contact rotagallery@gmail.com or visit their Facebook event page at facebook. com/events/932694930094804.

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irst off, I must publically thank my friends (they know who they are) for dropping by with goodies while Kaye and I sniffled and coughed through our personal encounter with the horrible stomach flu that has assailed this region.

They know Kaye’s affinity for dragon flies and gifted her with a beauty. They brought me a little stuffed horse named “Little Bits,” that I will always cherish as the official mascot for these weekly dribs and drabs in the paper.

All the o t h e r cards and good wishes were appreciated more than we can say. One of my dearest friends from a ghost town called Goshen in Peru,

by Gordie Little tapped lightly on the door last week and tiptoed into our kitchen carrying a bucket. I wasn’t sure at first if he had brought us a throw-up pail to use for our tummy tumult, or had caught some fish for our frying pan.

None of the above. It was a pussy willow, complete with roots and water and ready for the planting. I was thrilled. He and I have exchanged one or more e-mails each day for years and there are few, if any, secrets that remain unshared.

Our conversations on the computer, on the telephone and at our respective kitchen tables, run the gamut of things that occupy our twisted minds. Topics range from flying C-119 cargo planes and B-52 bombers (he’s a retired U.S. Air Force pilot) to drawing cartoons, swatting mosquitoes, antique cars, history and so much more.

He lives near a river bank and so do we.

It’s only natural that our blather would get ‘round to pussy willows. Right? The words elicit so many fond childhood memories for him and for me and, hopefully, for you as well. My mother always had a pussy willow bush or tree near the house. They were the most wonderful harbingers of spring.

We loved bringing in the branches full of socalled catkins (flowers) and the lovely soft puffs that trigger our warm nostalgia.

The official name of the kind that grows in our neck of the woods is Salix discolor, in case you felt an uncontrollable need to know.

My friend says he has planted several on his property and I was hard put to tell him why I didn’t have at least one around here.

Now I do. The moment he drove out of the yard, I grabbed a beautiful antique woodenhandled shovel some anonymous person had left here, and strolled out back. I dug a nice hole by the bird bath on the river bank and unceremoniously plopped in the pussy willow, replete with roots, attached grasses and water. I’ll watch it and talk to it and nurture it. I truly believe that we can commune with nature in so many ways.

I have learned that, unless you prune them vigorously every year, pussy willows can reach 30-feet in height. I don’t suppose we want this one to block our view of the beloved Saranac River, so we’ll keep the pruning shears handy. Some gardeners even “stump” by cutting them close to the ground each year before the leaves start to appear.

Just being able to bring the branches inside will further enhance our feeling that the seasons have indeed changed, in spite of their apparent reluctance to do so this year.

How many ways have you seen pussy willows arranged and displayed? To me, they are gorgeous stuck in a cracked vase or even an old soda bottle. Some might want to weave them into a wreath or other clever design.

I have learned that pussy willow roots are amazingly prolific and tough. Experts warn against planting them any place near your water pipes or septic system in order to stave off possible encroachment. “A word to the wise,” as my mother used to say.

I asked my friend what kind of pussy willow he brought me. His answer: “You have a Chesterfield.” I’m fairly sure that is not a genus or species, but the actual place where he found it by the side of the road and dug it up for Kaye and me.

That’s what friends do, you know.

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Publicly accessible treehouse to open in honor of Max Moore The Max Moore Memorial Treehouse will include ramps for wheelchair accessibility

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denpubs@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — The Max Moore Memorial Treehouse project is breaking ground.

The project is about building a treehouse that is accessible to all on the Saranac River Trail in the honor of a young boy, Max Moore.

“This public facility will be open to everyone, regardless of

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Cockapoo, black & white, arrived April 19, 2015 at 19 lbs, eight-months-old, female.

Sassy is a sweet tempered young dog that is looking for her forever home. Sass has lived successfully with kids and dogs but hasn’t really been around cats too much. Although she is very interested in the cats she has met at Elmore SPCA she hasn’t shown any aggression.

Sassy wasn’t given a lot of leadership or attention

age or ability, thanks to a special ramp that will allow people who use wheelchairs or anyone with mobility issues the unique experience of being up in a treehouse,” said Ashley Cousens, project coordinator. “There are plenty of places that people need to go in this community that are hard for them to get to if they are in a wheelchair.”

The idea came about when Max’s mom, local pediatrician Dr. Heidi Moore, wanted to create an accessible treehouse for her son. Max passed away two years into the project, according to Gracie Lewis, president of Cardinal PR at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Cousens started funding the project right before Max passed away. The project was put on hiatus and was picked back up again in 2012. Zumbathons, 5Ks and 10k’s have been done to help raise money. These fundraisers are important not only because they bring money in to support the project, but they also

help spread awareness about it as well.

One can join the community for the groundbreaking ceremony on May 9 at 11 a.m. There will be a childrens’ fun run starting on Pine Street near the police station. The fun run was an idea that came about that would specifically interest the children, according to Lewis. There will also be speeches by the city’s mayor and Dr. Heidi Moore at the event.

“Kids will also be welcome to put their handprint on a special banner that we are creating for the grand opening event to take place later this summer,” Counsens said. “We will use the banner in a fun way to signal the official opening of the treehouse.”

“I hope that people get enjoyment and relaxation out of using this facility,” Cousens said. “I hope it brings joy to the hearts of people who could not climb a tree for themselves or who can no longer climb a tree.”

where she was living and is not quite used to being inside. Although she isn’t leash trained she is learning to walk well on leash. She is very smart and learns quickly. She isn’t destructive, but she definitely likes to be with other dogs or with her people.

Sassy enjoys playing with her toys and will need a home where she will get plenty of attention. Sassy was a bit unsure when she first arrived at Elmore SPCA, but after a few minutes she jumps up to give kisses. She bonds very quickly. Sassy is in need of a grooming session! She will require frequent grooming due to the Poodle and Cocker Spaniel breed’s tendency to have matted fur. Sassy is sweet and happy go lucky. She is good dogs and cats after she gets to know them. When Sass is afraid she tends to get a bit defensive; she will need to be introduced to four legged family members slowly.

She is now current on vaccinations and will soon be altered and available for adoption. Come in and meet this adorable puppy that would love to meet her new family soon.

city of Plattsburgh, New York.

This girl was very well loved but was re-homed recently. The new owner refused to come forward when asked and the original owners cannot take Molly back. So, Miss Molly is looking for her forever home. She will do well in most homes. She does love to pull when walked and will need to learn some leash manners.

Molly enjoys being with people and she enjoys pleasing people as well. She is a gorgeous and energetic dog that would love to have a yard to play in. She is current on vaccinations, has tested negative for Heartworm, is spayed and is ready to meet her new family! Come in and meet Molly...

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Buy one, get one free tickets at Airborne opener Saturday

Lenny’s car show set for Saturday morning; nearly 50 teams at preseason practice

PLATTSBURGH — Airborne Park Speedway is just days away from its first green flag on FedEx Ground Night, Saturday, May 2 at 6:00 p.m., and the fans will be the biggest winners. The track has created a buy-one-get-one-free ticket promotion for opening night for just $15, with kids age 12 under admitted free.

In addition, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel on Tom Miller Road in Plattsburgh will host a free car show on Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for fans to meet drivers and see the cars up close before the engines rev up for racing. Votes will be tallied for Best Appearing Car awards across all four classes of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere, with award winners to be announced at the Speedway that evening.

The opening event on Saturday night will be highlighted by a special 100-lap feature for the J&S Steel Modifieds, with green flag qualifying action beginning at 6:00 p.m. Many of the top Modified drivers were among nearly 50 total race teams at a preseason practice session on April 25, including multi-time champions Nick Heywood, Leon Gonyo, and Bucko Branham, 2014 Rookie of the Year Jayson Criss, Canadian racers Eric Lauziere and David Bourgeois, and impressive rookies Danny Sullivan and Jamy Begor.

The Key R-D Trailer Sales Renegade division is poised for one of its strongest seasons in recent memory, giving champion Robert Gordon plenty of competition. Rookie of the Year Zack Daniels was strong at the test session, as were Shawn Duquette, brothers Jon and Ryan Boutin, Jim McKiernan, cousins Dylan and Zach Rabtoy, and returning former champion Richie Turner.

The Busch Beer Mini-Modifieds will crown a new champion in 2015 and saw solid practice runs from Pete Blaney, Tim LaFountain, Dale O’Neil, sophomore Tyler Irwin, and the returning Kris Clark among others.

The Ground Round Late Models drew top runners Bobby Therrien, Josh Masterson, former Devil’s Bowl Speedway and Thunder Road champion Jamie Fisher, and Rookie of the Year Kevin Boutin among the practice participants, indicating solid talent as the division begins its second year of reintroduction at Airborne.

Airborne Park Speedway’s 62nd season of stock car racing kicks off with a free car show at Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel on Tom Miller Road in Plattsburgh, NY from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturday, May 2, followed by the opening race event at the Speedway at 6:00 p.m. Buy-one-get-one-free general admission tickets are just $15 for adults, while all kids age 12 and under will be admitted free.

Airborne is located on Broderick Road in Plattsburgh, NY, one mile south of Exit 36 on the Interstate 87 Northway. Visit www. airborneparkspeedway.com for more information, or call (518) 647-4444. Airborne Park Speedway is on Facebook at Facebook. com/AirborneParkSpeedway and on Twitter at @AirborneSpeed.

• Worship in The norThern Tier •

ALTONA Holy Angels Church - Main Street, Altona. Mass - 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday CADYVILLE St. James Church - 26 Church Rd., Cadyville. 293-7026. Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m., Sunday Masses: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m., Daily Mass Mon.-Fri. CHAMPLAIN Living Water Baptist Church - 9 Locust St., corner of Main and Locust, Champlain. Sunday School at 9 a.m.

Service at 10 a.m. Thursday Bible Study at 7 p.m. includes activities for children. Phone: 298-4358 Three Steeples United Methodist Church - 491 Route 11, Champlain.

298-8655 or 298-5522. Sunday morning worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School at same time (Sept. thru June). Steve Loan, Pastor. steeples3@primelink1.net

St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Church Street, Champlain. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. Weekday Masses: Thursday and Friday 9 a.m.

Christ & St. John’s Episcopal/ Anglican Church - 18 Butternut Street, Champlain. (518) 298-8543.

Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m. Patricia A. Beauharnois, Deacon Vicar CHAZY Sacred Heart Church - Box 549, Chazy 12921. (518) 846-7650. Sunday Mass (Ant) 6 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.

Chazy Presbyterian Church - 620 Miner Farm Rd., Chazy. 846-7349 Worship and Sunday School will begin at 11 a.m. Email: chazypres@ westelcom.com DANNEMORA Dannemore United Methodist Church - 86 Clark Street, PO Box 488,

Dannemora, NY. Pastors Wendy and Gary Rhodehamel. Phone: 518-891-9287.

Worship and Sunday School -- Sunday 11:00 a.m. tedtrevail@gmail.com ELLENBURG St. Edmund’s Roman Catholic Church - Route 11, Ellenburg. Saturday Anticipated Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

ELLENBURG CENTER United Methodist Church of Ellenburg - 5 Church St., PO 142, Ellenburg Center, NY 12934 Pastor: Gary Rhodenhamel Phone: 518-891-9287 Hours: 9am Service, Sunday Worship & Sunday School ELLENBURG DEPOT Ellenburg Depot Wesleyan Church - 2179 Plank Rd., PO Box 177 Ellenburg Depot, NY 12935. Pastor: Robert R. Phillips. Phone: 594-3902. Sunday Family Bible Hour: 9:50 a.m. Sunday

Worship Time: 10:50 a.m. Children’s Youth Ministries: Call for schedule.

MOOERS St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Maple Street, Mooers. 236-7142. Anticipated Saturday Mass, 4 p.m.

Mooers United Methodist Church 14 East St., Located adjacent to old Post Office. Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. Contemporary & traditional music, activities for children, youth and families, 236-7129, pastoral@ twcny.rr.com, www.gbgm-umc.org/ mooersumc Mooers Wesleyan Church - Maple Street, Mooers. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday Night Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Night 7 p.m. (518) 236-5330.

MOOERS FORKS St. Ann’s Catholic Church - Route 11, Mooers Forks. Mass: Sunday, 10 a.m.

Reconciliation announced special Saturday mornings 10 a.m. & by request.

PLATTSBURGH Plattsburgh United Methodist Church - 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. 563-2992. Pastor Phil Richards. Service Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Nursery available at 10 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist - 4003 Rt. 22, Plattsburgh, 561-3491 - Pastor Livergood Worship Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Pot Luck Dinner after service ROUSES POINT St. Patrick’s Catholic Church - Lake Street, Rouses Point. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.; Weekday Masses: Monday & Tuesday 9 a.m., Communion Service: Wednesday 9 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church - 52 Washington Ave., Rouses Point, New York 12979. Telephone 518-297-6529.

Telephone 518-846-7349. Sunday Service 9 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

SCIOTA St. Louis of France Catholic Church - Route 22, Sciota. Mass 4 p.m.

Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday Sciota United Methodist Church Sunday service 9 a.m. Route 19, Sciota.

WEST CHAZY West Chazy Community Church Pastor Marty Martin. 17 East Church St. Fiske Road, West Chazy, NY. Ph. 4934585. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - West Church Street, West Chazy. Saturday Vigil Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass 10 a.m. Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3-3:30 p.m.

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united under one very short vision: to try to get more people to spend more time in the downtown area,” Rose said.

Several businesses will open their doors, some that are normally closed, on Sunday to achieve two goals for PDA: build awareness for residents and visitors on what’s going on downtown and encourage more downtown businesses to consider remaining open on Sundays.

“We want people to think about shopping locally,” Boyer said.

“We feel it’s important to support the downtown location even if you’re not normally open on Sundays.”

Over 20 downtown businesses have signed up so far. PDA will accept businesses for this event up until the day before. While some businesses will open their doors for an extra day of service, others will offer a wide variety of sales, giveaways and raffles, entertainment and family-fun events.

BRIDGE STREET TRENDS Along with the North Country Food Co-op, DressCode, a consignment boutique, will take part in this event.

DressCode, if it’s a nice day, hopes to set up sidewalk sales and hand out 20 percent coupons for customers to use for a later date.

DressCode is normally open on Sundays. Julie Woodly, owner of DressCode, believes other businesses should be, too.

“It’s really a great day to bring in business because everybody’s off,” Woodly said. “People are going to be down here this summer and we look like a ghost town in the summer because nothing’s open.”

BRINKERHOFF STREET STOPS The Strand Center for the Arts, whose mission is to help spread and promote art and culture throughout the North Country, will show a free, to-be-determined movie at the Strand Theatre at 3 and 7 p.m. showings. Ò The Strand Center for the Arts, we feel, is anchored downtown and this is an amazing collaboration between downtown businesses to help attract more people to downtown,” said Joshua Kretser, director for the Strand Center for the Arts.

StoneWorks Massage & Skincare will also take part of this day along with Loreman’s Embroidery Engraving, who will have giveaways of t-shirts, hats, water bottles and a grand prize drawing of a $100 gift certificate.

BROAD STREET FUN Celebrating and appreciating its customers and residents and visitors of Plattsburgh, Warren Tire will have prize boxes and giveaways of tire sets, along with a cash machine, a DJ from 1 to 3 p.m., free lunch and kids’ games — putting on one of the biggest events for the day.

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“We want to bring some business down here,” Boyer said.

“There’s a lot of great places down here that people are missing.”

Smooth Moves will offer kids’ games, stadium cups and cotton candy on this day, which also coincides with its sixth anniversary on May 21.

Owner Joe Kovacs, who’s also part of PDA and First Weekends, said he “will support any event that happens down in Plattsburgh.”

CITY HALL PLACES The Champlain Wine Company will offer a free wine charm for shoppers during this day.

Read, who’s always open on Sundays, said a lot of his customers go in on a Sunday saying how little there is open.

“We want to show that it is a worthwhile effort to try to get more businesses open on a Sunday,” Read said. “We hope to get more traffic for them and get them more exposure.”

Cache Elegant, a clothing and accessories store right next door, will have a drawing for a $20 certificate.

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MARGARET STREET VARIETY The Corner-Stone Bookshop will offer a free Corner-Stone Bookshop print glass with each purchase of $10 or more.

Under One Roof Video Store plans to have free popcorn, free kids movie coloring sheets and a drawing for a free IntelliVision Flashback Game Console.

“It’s just a good fun way for everyone to get together and celebrate Plattsburgh,” said Becky Leonard, owner of Under One Roof Video Store. “It’s also a way to help the businesses strive.”

Other businesses on Margaret Street include Chameleon Gallery, Glens Falls National Bank & Trust, Antique & Variety Mall (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Furniture & Décor (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

FOUR MORE STREETS In regards to food, Bridge Street Auction, located on Durkee Street, will be open at 8 a.m. to serve breakfast and before an auction at 10 a.m. On Clinton Street, Peabody’s will open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Giovanni Bucci performing at 1 p.m.

On Oak Street, Plattsburgh YMCA will offer free rec swim and rock climbing from 2 to 3 p.m. as a way to give back to the community.

“We’re ingrained in this community and we just want our presence to be known,” said Mary Lou Rabideau, membership and marketing director for the Plattsburgh YMCA. “The people make the Y, and people really make a difference.”

For anyone not familiar with the area, The Greater Adirondack Ghost & Tour Company will offer walking tours of downtown Plattsburgh, showcasing all there is to see on a Sunday afternoon.

“You should support local,” Kovacs said. “You should support the businesses so they can be open on Sundays and so we can have a better downtown.”

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and build a new facility at the site or find another location in the city. Over the course of the next few months, a decision will be made on how immediate the priority is and what will be done about it.

“I’m thinking it’s going to be several years before we actually get something implemented,” Calnon said. “It’s time to bring the conversation forefront and see where it takes us.”

The mayor said a new or improved Crete Civic Center would be a project worthy of funding from the state’s Upstate Regional Economic Development program that features $1.5 billion in funding over five years. Seven regions can compete for three awards up to $500 million each in economic aid.

As for other locations, the city has seen lakefront property become available for development on both Margaret Street and Bridge Street.

The city learned that the owners of an abandoned apartment complex, formerly Lakeside Apartments at 460 Margaret St., are looking to sell the property for development. The mayor believes it’s too small for a new center, however.

The city is also considering a site off Bridge Street, which has been obtained by the city from a Syracuse developer who wanted to build a hotel there but failed. Though, there are access issues with the railroad track, as it can easily be blocked by a long train.

SIGNIFICANT HISTORY Open in 1974 by Crete brothers, Arthur and Wilfred, the Crete Civic Center was originally an ice rink that served area youth, high school, adult hockey and figure skating programs.

Running an ice rink became too expensive for the city, costing as much as $180,000 per year. By 1998-99, the city got out of the ice business when a private rink opened on Sharron Avenue near the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base.

The center laid an artificial indoor-soccer turf field on the floor in 2006. Since then, the building has been used heavily by teams (which brought in about $150,000) and other events for members of Plattsburgh.

“It’s got a lot of strength to it, but it’s starting to show its age a little bit,” Calnon said. “How you deal with it is the biggest question.”

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The Week in Sports

Track & field Boys: Saranac 122, Northeastern Clinton 10 SARANAC — Justin Liechty won the 400 meter as well as the 200, high jump, and ran in the winning 400 relay with Austin Myers, Colby Churchill and Caiden Goodman.

Goodman added individual wins in the 100 and long jump while Zach LePage also took part in three wins in the 1,600, 3,000 and the 3,200 relay with Logan Clark, John Galarneau and Carter Winters.

Saranac’s Shayne O’Niell, Griffin Williams, Mason Marton and Tyler Blair won the 1,600 relay while Mitch Fink (100 hurdles), Churchill (400 hurdles) and Kaden Cringle (800) rounded out the team’s wins.

For the Cougars, Timothy Bedard was the team’s lone individual winner, taking first in the discuss.

Girls: Saranac 101.5, Northeastern Clinton 25.5 SARANAC Ñ The Lady Chiefs kicked off their season with a comfortable win over the Lady Cougars, winning nine of 12 events for the 101.5-25.5 win on April 21.

A handful of Saranac athletes had a pair of victories. Abby Cerne won in the 3,200 individual and relay, Janyll Barber the triple jump and 100, Lexi Blockson the 400 and 1,600 relay, Elysha O’Connell the 1,500 and the 1,600 relay, Faith Haley the 800 and 1,600 relay and Desiree Dashnaw in the 200 and long jump.

Amy LoTemplio, Lydia Miner and Ellen Thew rounded out the 3,200 relay team and Rebekah Hilpl helped in the 1,600 win.

Rounding out the Chiefs winners were Sabrina Bruno (110 hurdles) and Logan Thatcher in discus.

Jessica Cartier was one of two bright spots for the Cougars in the setback. She won the 400 hurdles and the high jump. Hayley Disco gave Northeastern Clinton its other win in the shot put.

Baseball Plattsburgh 4, Northeastern Clinton 3 PLATTSBURGH — After surrendering a three run lead to the Cougars in the top of the sixth inning, the Hornets regrouped for the game-winner in the bottom of the final inning for a 4-3 win on April 22.

Alex Follmer had six strikeouts for Plattsburgh before Ryan Whalen relieved him to earn the win.

Follmer also had two hits, including a double, while Andrew Bechard had another double in the victory.

Northeastern Clinton’s Cameron Hurlburt took the loss after pitching a complete game, striking out one batter while allowing seven hits.

Saranac 21, Chazy 0 SARANAC — A steady flow of runs, 14 hits and 10 Eagles errors all combined for a 21-0 win by the Chiefs on April 23.

Logan Matthews took the pitching win while Kyle Lamora, Dalton Exford and Sean Ahern all saw time on the mound. As a team, Saranac allowed just four hits and no runs.

Chazy’s Zach Brothers took the pitching loss and had a double at the place.

Mason Utzler, Alex Zurlo, Josh Emerson, Colin Recore and Nick Mather each tallied a pair of singles for the Chiefs, who scored four runs in each of the first three winnings to jump to an early lead.

Beekmantown 12, Northeastern Clinton 8 PLATTSBURGH — The Eagles erased an early two-run hole to top the Cougars 12-8 on April 23.

The first three innings went back and forth. Beekmantown led by two after the first inning before a four-run second for Northeastern Clinton put the team up 4-2.

The Eagles, however, would regroup with four runs in both the bottom of the third and fourth.

Mickey Pepper struck out six batters on his way to the win while Alex Houghton took the loss with three strikeouts.

Pepper and Brantley Marion both tallied doubles. Beekmantown had 13 hits overall to Northeastern Clinton’s eight.

Houghton and Thomas Patrie had doubles for the Cougars.

The Vikings managed eight hits to the Bobcats’ 15 while committing seven errors.

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Northern Adirondack 1, Saranac 0 SARANAC — A Josh Juntunen sacrifice fly in the top of the seven inning gave the Bobcats a 1-0 win over the Chiefs after both pitchers did all they could for the April 24 win.

Ethan King picked up the win in a complete game for Northern Adirondack, allowing just three hits, while Saranac’s Nick Mather Struck out 13 batters while allowing four hits.

Mather also added a double at the plate for the Chiefs.

Northeastern Clinton 13, Plattsburgh 7 CHAMPLAIN — The Cougars rattled off three runs in each of the first four innings to top the Hornets 13-7 on April 23.

Northeastern Clinton’s Myranda Miller struck out six batters to collect the win despite the team being out-hit 13-11 by Plattsburgh.

Madalyn Tucker homered and doubled for the Cougars while Tiana Mangine, Katie Matott and Casey Frederick all had doubles.

Plattsburgh’s Alyssa Salls picked up a pair of doubles at the plate while Jenna Worley had three hits and Shea Frady and Lauren Stanley two.

Sydney Burdo took the pitching loss after three innings.

Northern Adirondack 16, AuSable Valley 5 AU SABLE FORKS — The Bobcats came out of the gates hot, scoring eight runs in the first two innings on their way to a 16-5 win over the Patriots.

Northern Adirondack had 19 hits overall to AuSable Valley’s eight, including doubles by Josh Juntunen, Stephen Peryea and Brandon Honan. Both Peryea and Honan had triples as well.

Ali Sikandar had four hits for the Patriots in the setback, including a double, while Kevin Strack added a pair of singles.

Juntunen picked up the pitching win for the Bobcats, striking out eight, while Trent Bordeau took the loss.

AuSable Valley 16, Northern Adirondack 0 CLINTONVILLE — The Patriots scored nine runs in the second inning and blanked the Bobcats on defense to earn the 16-0 home win on April 23.

AuSable Valley’s Madison Rondeau tallied 10 strikeouts in the win while allowing just two hits in a complete game.

Emily Peryea took the loss for Northern Adirondack, registering one strikeout while walking nine batters.

Sydney Snow belted a homer while Vanessa Garrow tripled twice for the Patriots in the win. The team connected on 17 hits overall.

Chazy 9, Westport/Elizabethtown-Lewis 8 WESTPORT — Despite being out-hit 13-5, the Eagles did just enough to top the Polar Bears 9-8 on April 27.

With the game knotted up at 8-8 heading into the seventh, Austin Gravelle scored what would be the game-winner as Chazy held the home team scoreless in the bottom of the seventh.

Ed Bocker pitched a complete game for the Eagles, striking out eight on his way to the win, and Josh Barriere connected on a triple.

Dylan Limlaw collected the loss for the Polar Bears while teammate Thomas Mero had four hits in the setback. Skylar Kurth had a double.

Saranac 13, Northern Adirondack 2 SARANAC — The Chiefs got going early and didn’t let up, beating the Bobcats 13-2 on their home field April 24.

Tori Trim struck out 13 batters for the win for Saranac while Northern Adirondack’s Emily Peryea took the loss.

Trim added a double at the plate, as did teammates Emma Webster and Skye O’Connell.

Peryea had a triple for the Bobcats, one of the team’s five hits in the setback.

Peru 8, Northeastern Clinton 2 CHAMPLAIN — Blake Altizer struck out 11 batters in six innings to help lead the Indians past the Cougars 8-2 on April 27.

Peru led by just a pair of runs heading into seventh inning before four runs in the top of the final inning gave them cushion heading into a scoreless bottom.

Altizer was strong on the other side of the ball as well, hitting a single and a triple. Pat Crowley and Dan Bridgeman added doubles in the win.

David Sousa, who took the pitching loss for Northeastern Clinton, had a double, as did Parker Favreau.

AuSable Valley 6, Northeastern Clinton 5 (9) CLINTONVILLE — It took nine innings, but the Patriots overcame lapse in defense to top the Cougars 6-5 on April 27.

AuSable Valley held a 5-2 lead heading into the top of the sixth inning when three Northeastern Clinton runs knotted the game up late.

After the seventh and eight innings went scoreless, Sydney Snow belted a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth for the win.

Madison Rondeau struck out six batters on the way to the save while Myranda Miller took the loss.

AuSable Valley’s Kendra Niemann doubled and tripled in the victory. Northeastern Clinton’s Dakota Morrison had three hits, including the game’s other home run.

Northern Adirondack 14, Moriah 2 PORT HENRY — The Bobcats jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first inning and held strong from there, topping the Vikings 14-2 on April 27.

Bailey Cross took the win on the mound with 13 strikeouts and added four runs at the place in an effective overall game.

Josh Juntunen and Brandon Honan added triples as Northern Adirondack used four more runs in the top of the fourth to pull away.

Ticonderoga 8, Northern Adirondack 1 ELLENBURG — The Sentinels Hannah Ross pitched a strong game, striking out 11 and allowing three hits in the team’s 8-1 win over the Bobcats April 27.

Ticonderoga went up 3-0 midway though the third before Northern Adirondack’s lone run cut into the lead. The visiting team, however, responded with another run in the fourth and four in the final inning.

Kristen Palandrani had a home run for the Sentinels in the win.

Chazy 13, Westport 11 WESTPORT — Trailing 7-4 after three innings, the Eagles used a big fourth to pull ahead and hold the lead for the 13-11 victory over the Polar Bears April 27.

Paige Barcomb had 10 strikeouts in the win and added a double at the plate for Chazy.

Her teammates provided plenty of hitting assistance. Gwen LaPier had a double and a home run, Taylor Lauren a triple, and Bailey pepper and Kallie McGrath both chipped in doubles.

The Eagles added to their lead with another run in the fifth and two more in the sixth, giving them breathing room when Westport had three in the bottom of the sixth before the rally fell short.

Golf Plattsburgh 5, Northeastern Clinton 1 PLATTSBURGH — The Hornets’ Jordan Guay shot a 40 to help his team past the Cougars 5-1 on April 27.

Guay defeated Matt snide by four strokes. Plattsburgh also took the No. 2-5 matches.

Matt Svarplaitis bested Cole Pinsonneault 43-46 while Jeremy Davies, JD Side and Wade Weeded won over Noah Dupee, Elijah Cameron and Ryan Savage, respectively.

Northeastern Clinton’s Ryley Duffy picked up a win in the No. 6 match, outshooting Plattsburgh’s Yasmeene Dergham 60-64.

Tennis Beekmantown 5, Northern Adirondack 0 BEEKMANTOWN — The Eagles bested the Bobcats in all five matches to collect the 5-0 tennis victory on April 27.

Anna Stitt won the No. 1 singles against Taylor Pitts 6-0, 6-1, while Mariya Kalarash took No. 2 singles over Anna Lashway 6-0, 6-0.

Lydia Kalarash wrapped up the singles sweep with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Paige Chilton.

Sierra Barrett and Courtney Guynup earned the No. 1 doubles win over Olivia Paiser and Alexis LaFave 6-0, 6-1 while Chelsea Bjelko and Rylee Fessette topped Taylair Garrand and Izabelle Almodovar 6-1, 6-1.

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hile the spring season has not yet arrived in all quarters of the region, it’s apparently on the way. Despite continuing cold weather patterns and a few, recurring snow showers, spring can be expected to make an appearance before summer arrives.

To date, the spring season has been rather slow to show, as winter’s cover has been reluctant to depart from the local ponds and lakes.

I’ve already heard the call of a loon, which is usually a harbinger of open water, but the recent call may have been just a long “brrrrrrrrr!, as the loon flew over after encountering another frozen pond.

While loons, and a host of other returning birds are still on the wing, I recently discovered evidence of a fellow spring traveler, when I nearly stepped in a pile of fresh bear poop in the back yard.

The discovery was verified by paw prints in the mud, and the black hairs of a bruin that were found on a nearby tree.

This is a time of year when bears disperse widely while seeking food, after their long, winter’s den. At the same time, bears will be staking out their territory by clawing and chewing trees in an effort to provide both visual and olfactory (scent) evidence of their presence.

As usual, there will always be a few local bears that wander off to the wrong place, as their keen sense of smell leads them to a birdfeeder or a collection of trash cans where they can find a ripe meal.

I’m old enough to recall the days when local folks would pile into the family station wagon, and drive off to the local dump to watch the bears. It was a popular means of entertainment, especially after all the local Drive In theatres closed down. Times sure have changed.

According to the DEC, black bears are curious, and opportunistic, creatures that quickly learn by association. All of these factors combine to produce frequent camper/bear interactions and problems. Bears are often attracted by enticing odors and soon they learn to overcome their natural fear of people as they attempt to obtain garbage or the camper’s food, usually after dark.

The weight of a bear tends to vary according to age, sex, health, and season, with large males tipping the scales at 600 lbs. or more; while the average bear ranges between 150-300 lbs. Females tend to be a bit smaller, but they can also reach greater weights under the right conditions.

Pre-den weights tend to be 30% higher than in spring, when black bears first emerge from their dens. The largest reported bear in New York State weighed approximately 750 lbs (live weight).

While black bears may often appear awkward and cumbersome as they plod along with their nose in the air, they are actually very fleet of foot and have been clocked at over 30 miles per hour. Despite their usual slow, methodical, pigeon-toe, gait, they can disappear in the blink of an eye. Although their eyesight is not always the best, their sense of smell is incredible.

Bear are omnivorous and eat vegetation including berries, fruits, plants and nuts which provides nearly 85 percent of their diet. They also eat fish, insects, small mammals and carrion; and their uncanny sense of smell, allows them to locate and prey on newborn whitetail fawns during the spring, and beehives during the summer months.

With an ever-expanding population, New York state is now home to an estimated population of 6000-7000 black bear; and while the Adirondacks have long been recognized for hosting the largest, bear population in the state; there are rapidly burgeoning bear populations throughout the southern tier of New York state.

According to DEC research, a bear’s weight tends to vary according to age, sex, health, and season, with large specimens exceeding 600 lbs with the average being between 150-300 lbs.

Females tend to be a bit smaller, but can also reach greater weights under the right conditions. Pre-den weights tend to be 30% higher than in spring, when black bears emerge from their dens.

According to DEC, the largest bear taken in New York State came from Franklin County in 1975. It weighed approximately 750 lbs (live weight) and stood nearly 7 feet tall.

However, the average black bear ranges from 4 -6 feet in length while walking on all fours and stands about 2-3 feet at

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the shoulder. Although the average NY state, black bear weighs between 150-300 lbs. according to DEC, there’s growing evidence of much larger specimens across the northeast, including a 776 pound black bear (live weight) that set a New Jersey state record when it was taken on Dec. 8, 2012.

The ink used to record the New Jersey State record bruin was barely dry when an 829-pound black bear (live weight) was taken the following day to break the former state record.

In recent years, there have also been some huge black bears taken in Pennsylvania including a 772 live weight specimen in 2013 and a monster, 829-pound live weight black bear thatproved to be one of the biggest black bears ever taken in North America. While the big, 772 pound bruin was not the heaviest black bear ever taken by a hunter, it had an enormous skull that scored 23 9/16 inches, and earned 50-year-old, Daniel Beavers, who killed the bear, a spot in the Boone and Crockett Club World Record book for the largest, black bear ever taken by a hunter.

Despite the impressive weight of the recent specimens, the current world record is a 733-pound black bear with a skull measuring 23 9⁄16 inches that was taken by Robert Christian of East Stroudsburg, PA in 2011.

Despite their incredible size and stature, Adirondack bears remain very wary of humans, and they try to avoid people at all costs, especially at this time of year, when bears are especially alert to outside scents in their immediate vicinity.

It is always wise to stay a long distance away from a sow with cubs, during the spring of the year. It is also wise to keep your distance from any bear moving rapidly through the forest with its nose to the ground.

Although black bears have a sharp sense of smell that that can reportedly pick up human scent from over a mile distant; they have relatively poor eyesight. As a result, it’s often easy to observe them as they go about their business, if you are downwind, and remain quiet and still.

If you do happen to encounter a bear by mistake, they will typically scoot off as fast as their four paws will take then, and when threatened, they will typically vocalize with a huffing or woofing sound, before they hustle off into the distance.

The most dangerous encounters involve surprising a sow while in the presence of her cubs, or while near a food source. In such an incidence, it is important to make noise, and back away slowly while maintaining eye contact.

In the course of my 40-plus-year career in the woods, I’ve only come across a half dozen bruins, and I was never threatened. In fact, the only bear encounters I recall hearing about in recent years include a elderly lady in Old Forge who confronted a bear in her cabin and touched off a shot, and a young lady hiking along the Northville Placid Trail, who reportedly stabbed a cub bear with a knife, after being threatened by it.

Fortunately, NYSDEC has developed a variety of Bear Management policies intended to protect both black bear populations, and human populations. With a healthy, thriving population of bears across the state, it has become more common for hikers, campers and other outdoor enthusiasts to observe bear while afield.

Backpackers and hikers in the High Peaks Wilderness must now carry food, and garbage in bear proof containers.

Homeowners have also become more aware of scavenging bears, robbing garbage or raiding bird feeders, especially during the spring.

Unfortunately, bears adapt to living around people much easier than people adapt to living around bears, and while bear/human encounters remain relatively rare; the op-

Post to serve dinner

LYON MOUNTAIN — The Lyon Mountain American Legion Post #1623 all you can eat Turkey Dinner takes place Saturday, May 2, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The menu will be a roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings plus coffee and dessert. The cost for adults is $10, children ages 6 to 12 is $5, and children ages 5 and under eat free. Takeouts are available by calling 735-4372.

Boating class slated

PLATTSBURGH — There will be an eight hour boating class Saturday May 2, at the South Plattsburgh Fire Department, Rte. 22 next to NYSEG, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Called “About Boating Safely”, the course is offered by Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-8 of Plattsburgh.

There is a charge of $30 for the study booklet, certificate and wallet card. For more information, and to register, contact Robert Shivokevich at 493-7251 or email at rshivokevich@yahoo. com “This is the perfect time to get ready for the upcoming boating season on Lake Champlain, before you want to be out there on the water” said Robert Shivokevich, Public Education Officer. “There is a lot of safety information boaters should know that can make their time on the water more enjoyable.”

In general, this information applies to all recreational watercraft, powerboats, PWCs or jet skis, sailboats, rowboats and kayaks. This course satisfies the requirements for PWC operation and has been approved by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA).

North Countryman • May 2, 2015 | 11 portunity is ever present with an estimated black bear population of five to six thousand animals in the Adirondack Region and 500-600 in the Catskill Region. The Allegany Region contains about 100- 200 bears, and the population continues to grow.

In the effort to control bear populations, State officials have expanded hunting seasons statewide, with special early bear seasons in parts of the Catskills and the western Hudson Valley. The new regs resulted in a record number of bears being taken in New York’s Southern Zone the 2014 season.

Statewide, hunters took 1,628 black bears last season, including 1,110 in the Southern Zone, which represents a13 percent increase over the previous year and well above the record total of 983 taken in 2011.

Ulster County produced the highest number of bears killed of any county in the state with a total of 192. Traditionally, the honor ‘Best Bear Country’ in NY state has been shared by the Adirondack counties of Hamilton, Essex and Franklin which have been responsible for producing the largest bears and the greatest total harvest of bears in the state.

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

While black bear are generally cautious around humans, it is not unusual to find one in the backyard or at the birdfeeder at times, and of course, at playtime.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHIC'S NORTH, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/01/15. Office location: Warren County. Princ. office of LLC: 55 Braley Hill Rd., P.O. Box 312, Bolton Landing, NY 128140312. 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.

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KATIE FOGARTY MEDIA, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/2/15. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 75 Murray Ave Port Washington, NY 11050.

Purpose: Any lawful activity NC-05/02-06/06/2015-

KATIE FOGARTY MEDIA, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/2/15. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 75 Murray Ave Port Washington, NY 11050.

Purpose: Any lawful activity NC-05/02-06/06/20156TC-80344 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KINETIC RUNNING LLC Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 02/27/15 Office Location: Clinton 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: 267 Fiske Road, West Chazy, NY 12992 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity NC-04/04-05/09/20156TC-77819 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MY CANINE COMPANION, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on March 19, 2015. Office location: Clinton County. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom the process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MY CANINE COMPANION, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on March 19, 2015. Office location: Clinton County. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom the process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 326 Downs Road, Cadyville, New York 12918. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/11-05/16/20156TC-78039 NORTHERN EFFECTS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/15/15. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 11 Maple Ridge Dr., West Chazy, NY 12992, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-04/25-05/30/20156TC-79849 ONE8EIGHT LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION of a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC): DATE OF FORMATION: The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on March 26, 2015.

ONE8EIGHT LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION of a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC): DATE OF FORMATION: The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on March 26, 2015.

NEW YORK OFFICE LOCATION: Clinton County AGENT FOR PROCESS: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 21 Lawrence Pacquette Industrial Drive, Champlain, New York 12919.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/18-05/23/20156TC-79068 NOTICE OF FORMATION NY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Padula Pharmaceutical Consulting LLC was formed on February 18, 2015 for an unlimited duration to provide regulatory compliance advice to the pharmaceutical industry. The companys office location, and address to which the Secretary of State may mail process served on it, is 42 William

GRANTOR Mussells, Mary & James Wells Fargo Bank Warren, Joseph & Colleen Sagan, William & Barbara Daley, James Crowningsheild, Bruce Mills, Albert Reap, Brian & Nicole Roe, David & Sandra Treadway Realty LLC Paye, Barbara et. al.

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GRANTOR GRANTEE Kristin Desranleau Linda Connelly Richard and Randy Trombly GirouxÕ s Poultry Farm Inc Patrick and Seana Remillard Thomas and Timothy Remillard Gerald Menard Thomas and Timothy Remillard James Myers et al Damian and Erin Lavigne Ryan Twigg Laura Moore Dean Lombard Patricia Loughan Christopher and Vicky Bish Daryl and Kandi Cahill Heritage Homes NY LLC Matthew and Lorena Burgin Emil North and Suzanne Hurst Eric McMahon Premium Lean Meats Inc General Division 54 Inc Mary West et al Zachary and Maria Latinville Raylene and Ida WoodNOTICE OF FORMATION Robert and Vicki Rabideau Richard Sluszka et al OF LIMITED LIABILITY Thomas A Brilotti Aviation UNL LLC Plattsburgh Wholesale COMPANY Mobile Homes IncPAQUETTE Shanni Hicks Steven, Sandra and Joan Perry LLC Yvonne Alterie and Sarah Noll DRIVE Donna Corodimas and Cheryl Peryea Application for Denis Authority Victoria Lundin Stacy Dominic of Paquette Drive LLC et al

NOTICE OF FORMATION NY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Padula Pharmaceutical Consulting LLC was formed on February 18, 2015 for an unlimited duration to provide regulatory compliance advice to the pharmaceutical industry. The companys office location, and address to which the Secretary of State may mail process served on it, is 42 William Street, Plattsburgh, New York 12901.

NC-03/28-05/02/20156TC-77059 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PAQUETTE DRIVE LLC Application for Authority of Paquette Drive LLC filed with the Secretary of State of New York on March 23, 2015.

Certificate of Formation of Paquette Drive LLC filed with the Delaware Secretary of State July 17, 2003.

New York office location: Clinton County The principal office of Paquette Drive LLC is: 200 Randolph Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801.

Secretary of State of New York has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The address to which the Secretary of State of New York shall mail a copy of any process

filed with the Secretary of State of New York on March 23, 2015.

Certificate of Formation of Paquette Drive LLC filed with the Delaware Secretary of State July 17, 2003.

New York office location: Clinton County The principal office of Paquette Drive LLC is: 200 Randolph Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801.

Secretary of State of New York has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The address to which the Secretary of State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon it is: 200 Randolph Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801.

The duration of existence of Paquette Drive LLC shall be perpetual.

Purpose/character of Paquette Drive LLC: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF STEVE KEMPER BUILDER, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/31/15. Office location: Clinton County. LLC formed in Pennsylvania (PA) on 12/24/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent. Address to be maintained in PA: 116 Pine St., 3rd Fl., Ste. 320, Harrisburg,

PRICE $271,500 $50,000 $1 $34,000 $1 $18,000 $1 $315,000 $45,000 $60,000 $60,000 $28,000 $5,000 $179,750 $870,000 $154,500 $1 $70,000 $1 $485,000 $1 $125,000 $164,000 $66,980

LOCATION Champlain Chazy Peru Peru Plattsburgh City of Plattsburgh City of Plattsburgh Schuyler Falls Plattsburgh Moores Town of Plattsburgh City of Plattsburgh Town of Plattsburgh Champlain Peru City of Plattsburgh Altona Mooers

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF STEVE KEMPER BUILDER, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/31/15. Office location: Clinton County. LLC formed in Pennsylvania (PA) on 12/24/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent. Address to be maintained in PA: 116 Pine St., 3rd Fl., Ste. 320, Harrisburg, PA 17101. Arts of Org. filed with the PA Dept. of State, 401 North St., Rm 206, P.O. Box 8722, Harrisburg, PA 171058721.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

NC-04/11-05/16/20156TC-78408

PRICE $77,380 $75,000 $63,000 $155,000 $49,900 $100,016 $132,000 $264,000 $279,000 $500 $375,000 $91,000 $41,500 $27,000 $125,000 $62,000 $152,000 $18,000

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TWO LOON PONDS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/13/15. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 550 Route 3, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-04/25-05/30/20156TC-79669 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY of VERMONT GREEN LINE DEVCO, LLC. Certificate of Authority.

Filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/24/2015. Off. Loc: Clinton County. SSNY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY of VERMONT GREEN LINE DEVCO, LLC. Certificate of Authority.

Filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/24/2015. Off. Loc: Clinton County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Vermont Green Line Devco, LLC., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 640, Wakefield, MA 01880. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NC-03/28-05/02/20156TC-76941

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