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Anger, grief follows Whispering Maples abandonment The abandonment of a pair of mausoleums in Clinton County has families searching for answers

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — It was a storybook romance.

Doris Mary Richards gazed across the dance floor at Wilfred Gonyea.

“I’m going to marry that boy,” Richards said.

She did.

The couple got hitched at St. Joseph’s Church in Mooers in July 1945.

The American dream followed.

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Wilfred took on a number of blue collar jobs to support his growing family — mechanic, tractor-trailer driver, mine worker. The Redford native also joined a number of civic organizations, including the Knights of Columbus, the Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club and the Peru Rod and Gun Club.

Doris found joy in homemaking and raising their six children.

Both were devout Catholics and deeply respected in the community. And like other sensible Americans, the couple made funeral arrangements long before they eventually passed away.

Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens seemed like a good bet.

The nonprofit, which was incorporated in 1980, had been advertising crypt space in a pair of new mausoleums in Platts-

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Mooers residents speak out about water and sewer

Dancing

Feasibility study to identify and fix poor water, failing sewer systems receives mixed reviews due to probable high costs

Mother-son dance to take place Friday, May 13 at American Legion Montgomery Post 912 ROUSES POINT — Nicely dressed with flowers in hand, Kael Ryan-Gadway asked his special lady to accompany him for a night on the town.

The 4-year-old’s mother, Molly Ryan, graciously accepted his invitation to the Teah first annual mother-son dance last year.

Dowling Writer “It provided a special opportunity for me and my little guy,” she said. “It was a great night.”

This year’s installment will take place Friday, May 13 at the American Legion Montgomery Post 912 in Rouses Point at 5:30 p.m.

Ryan, who’s also president of the Champlain-Rouses Point Rotary, decided to start this event last year after seeing the success of the father-daughter dances.

The mothers were the catalyst, Ryan said.

About 100 mothers and sons attended last year’s event.

Ryan hopes to see more this year.

Besides dancing, dinner will be served, specifically ziti with

The state declared the Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens facilities abandoned in 2015.

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The second annual mother-son dance will take place Friday, May 13 at the American Legion Montgomery Post 912 in Rouses Point.

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or without meat, rolls, salad, dessert and plain noodles for the picky eaters.

Ryan said there will be giveaways and a free photo booth for capturing the evening.

One lucky young man will be escorted to the dance by firetruck if he buys a ticket on or before May 6 and wins the drawing.

This year’s proceeds will go into the Champlain-Rouses Point Rotary’s general fund to support youth programs, such as their literacy program, which supports kids within the districts of Northeastern Clinton Central School and Chazy >>See Mother-son Dance | pg. 13

MOOERS — The town hosted an informational meeting April 27 to inform the public on the current status of the water and sewer project.

Currently, a study, which began last summer, is being conducted through Bernier, Carr and Associates to see what’s feasible for the town in terms of a main water and sewer system.

The company plans on evaluating and documenting water and sewer issues in Mooers, such as failing septic systems and contaminated wells.

The study focuses primarily properties within the old village boundaries, where the buildings are closer together.

CONCERNS WITH COST Once in-field investigations are completed, the firm will list the costs of the water and sewer systems in the report. >> See Feasibility Study | pg. 13

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burgh and Ellenburg.

Unlike traditional mausoleums designed for individual families, the Whispering Maples properties were grandiose affairs. The facilities featured manicured lawns, chandeliers and benches where people could sit indoors and pay homage to their loved ones, who were entombed in above-ground crypts behind ornate marble facades.

Doris was afraid of water and didn’t want to be cremated. The mausoleum also seemed like a safe choice, Wilfred thought, because it could provide a place for their children to gather to pay their respects.

Furthermore, making arrangements beforehand would spare the kids from funeral costs.

Wilfred was sold.

He purchased a tandem plot where he and Doris would be interred for eternity, head-to-head right on the ground floor.

“When one died, one could talk to the other in a comfortable environment,” said Theresa Goodman, the couple’s daughter.

Doris passed away in November 2007. Wilfred visited her weekly. As his health began to falter, the trips became less regular.

But he still ventured out with the help of his daughter, who recalled bundling him up as protection against the elements.

“He did that every chance he got,” Goodman said. “He wanted to be with her.”

SHOCK Four months ago, Doris and Wilfred were reunited.

They join about 600 other North Country residents currently entombed in the Plattsburgh mausoleum, located on a stretch of wetlands along Tom Miller Road as it winds west away from the city.

Survivors and local officials are outraged and shocked at how the pair of facilities have been allowed to deteriorate since their construction in the early 1980s.

A shabby-looking facade in Plattsburgh gives way to a damp, musty interior. Electric lights hum overhead, many of which are burned out. Wires hang from the ceiling.

A stained glass window in the columbarium — where funeral urns are stored — is shattered and streaked with cobwebs.

The departed keep watch from a bulletin board adorned with photos: A woman on a boat. Smiling couples sitting at kitchen ta-

Surviving family members of those interred at Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens facilities in Plattsburgh and Ellenburg Depot are shocked at the deterioration of the buildings.

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bles. Glamor portraits. A man proudly beaming from a new lawnmower; all of them, snapshots of a particular time and place now fading into the landscape.

The back of the building remains incomplete. Crumbling concrete walls, spiked with exposed rebar, are laid bare to the elements, while a patchwork of plywood, once intended to be temporary placeholders, have now become permanent, warped and weather-beaten with age.

In Ellenburg, located 27 miles to the northwest, the carpet was soaked from a leaking roof as stale air lingered within.

While state engineers have determined the buildings are structurally sound, they have been allowed to deteriorate for years.

More than 100 people attended a standing-room only meeting last week designed to provide answers to long-simmering questions.

The room crackled with tension.

Funds from the sale of each plot, including niches for cremated remains, were supposed to be reserved for a permanent maintenance fund, which has long-since been drained and declared insolvent by the state.

What happened?

ABANDONED Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens was founded and incorporated as a nonprofit in 1980 by a local businessman named Peter Drown.

Drown eventually founded a constellation of funeral homes across the North Country that went through a series of own-

ers, including national mega-chain Service Corporation International, who sold them in 2008.

But Whispering Maples remained controlled by the family.

Drown passed away in 2000 (he is interred at the Ellenburg site alongside several other family members). The most recent incarnation of the board of directors consisted of three people — Brenda Drown, Patricia Black and Sharon Vann — with Drown, who was married to Peter’s late son, Stephen, also serving as the president.

In February 2015, upon reports that the facilities, including a crematory in Ellenburg, were being neglected, the New York State Division of Cemeteries ordered Drown and Vann be removed from the board.

The facilities were declared abandoned and placed into a receivership.

Interment at Whispering Maples was not cheap.

Crypts ranged from $5,930 to $12,030 depending on their location.

By the time the state stepped in, 78 percent of the spaces in Plattsburgh had been sold; 66 percent in Ellenburg.

But the proceeds appear to have vanished.

In June 2015, the state determined Whispering Maples had failed to set aside adequate funds to cover the costs of preneed sales of crypt markers and sales of rights of interment.

The numbers were damning: Total liabilities clocked in at $330,800.

The state determined Whispering Maples’ financial assets, including the permanent maintenance fund, pre-need trusts and general fund totaled $296,974.63.

“Much of these funds are restricted, but even if they were unrestricted, they are inadequate to cover the cost of the preneed liabilities,” read the report.

Part of each crypt and niche sale was supposed to go to the maintenance fund.

But the report determined not only was it underfunded, but the nonprofit failed to repay loans they were permitted to withdraw from the fund in 1992.

The nonprofit also failed to make regular deposits even as proceeds from internment space and mausoleum usage continued to pour in.

As of June 2015, the outstanding balance for the permanent maintenance fund was $212,399.

UP IN SMOKE Authorities are baffled.

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er, is trying to piece together the past 35 years, meeting with employees and examining what survives of the record books.

“The financial picture is not incredibly clear,” Goedert said at last week’s meeting.

A fire at the Whispering Maples records office in Ellenburg, which incinerated decades of files, has further obscured the issue, Goedert said.

The room groaned.

“How convenient,” a woman scoffed.

At present, no arrests have been made.

Financial investigations are ongoing, said David Fleming, a cemetery consultant brought in to aid the towns of Plattsburgh and Ellenburg.

“If the money is not there, it is up to the communities to decide how to pursue those funds,” Fleming said.

The future of the facilities, which are still fully operational and are continuing to accept interments, are cloaked in uncertainty as the two towns grapple with a process that will almost undoubtedly lead to their takeover of the facilities.

Fleming called the situation “extremely complicated.”

Mausoleum abandonment is nearly without precedent in the state. Officials could only recall one such similar scenario, a similar case in Ogdensburg last year.

Not only are standalone mausoleums rare — only one other such facility exists in the state — but in this case, the assets will have to be split between the two municipalities.

New York State Division of Cemeteries Investigator Leonard Breen said while his office typically conducts cemetery audits every 3 to 5 years, the agency seldom has the resources to conduct deep forensic audits.

“There’s so many cemeteries in the state, by the time you do the audit, it would take a few years to do the audit again,” Breen said.

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sociation meetings where clients can review financial records.

That never happened at Whispering Maples, said attendees.

“We’ve never heard of a meeting, ever,” Goodman said.

The room agreed.

Plattsburgh Supervisor Michael Cashman said he will advocate for a full audit and will pursue action to see if the nonprofit, which is still listed as active by the department of state, misappropriated resources.

“We need to dig deeper and past those two years,” Cashman said, referring to the time period immediately preceding the abandonment.

‘A GOOD START’ The first priority, Cashman said, is to shore up the buildings, which were constructed using what Fleming referred to as “low-grade materials.”

The facility in Ellenburg needs a new roof; Plattsburgh, wall repairs (The crematorium in Ellenburg is said to be running efficiently).

A full report by a structural engineer is scheduled to be completed within the next two weeks.

While officials declined to cite exact repair costs, last year’s report pegged repairs at the Ellenburg facility at $99,619.26 and Plattsburgh, $46,849.58.

The repairs, said Fleming, will be designed as long-term solutions. After that, he said, little maintenance will be required for their upkeep.

State officials have already secured $300,000 from the state’s executive budget for the first round of repairs. Additional funds may be made available through the department of state, but the application process is expected to take at least a year.

Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (R-Peru) said she hoped the money would be a recurring item in the state budget.

“I see the $300,000 as the first installment,” Duprey said.

“It’s certainly going to be a good start.”

Goedert’s receivership, which is designed to give the Pictured left: Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens borrowed against permanent maintenance funds to make improvements to the facilities that failed to materialize.

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towns a window to “clearly” and “effectively” design a plan to take over the facilities, is slated to end on June 5.

According to state law, abandoned cemeteries fall under the jurisdiction of municipalities.

But officials from both towns indicated they felt uncomfortable with the pending responsibilities — including the operation of a crematory — that put them firmly in uncharted waters, especially under the state-mandated tax cap.

“I don’t necessarily want to sell the open crypts,” said Cashman. “And my rationale is the state of New York hasn’t been right by us. The rules have changed in the past five years.”

Fleming noted towns need to strike a balance between fiscal responsibility and the emotional needs of surviving family members.

But transferring the facilities to another private cemetery group isn’t immediately an option, he said, because the law contains safeguards to prevents the collapse of two nonprofits by taking one under disrepair and “placing it around the neck of another.”

Funeral homes are also prohibited from operating crematories under state law.

Under the receivership, business is operating as usual, said Goedert, and funeral directors are honoring pre-sale arrangements.

Goedert, who serves as the cemetery superintendent for the town of Queensbury, said those agreements would continue once ownership is transferred to the towns.

“The towns will fulfill all the contracts,” Goedert said.

Plattsburgh and Ellenburg will also have to determine if they will sell the remaining crypts and operate the crematory, which can act as a possible revenue source, said state senator Betty Little (R-Queensbury).

“The operation in Queensbury works well,” Little said.

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nicipal agreement.

NO ACCOUNTABILITY For the living family members, open questions, including what they perceived as lax code enforcement structures that allowed the buildings to deteriorate, remain.

Many disagreed with the state’s contention that most of the damage at the mausoleums had been incurred between 2012 and 2015.

Complaints had been voiced to Whispering Maples for years about the poor conditions of the facilities, said meeting attendees.

“There’s no wall on the back of the building,” Goodman asked. “How was that allowed to happen? Where does the responsibility lie there?”

Lyn Corron said she called Brenda Drown, the board president, numerous times to complain about the burnt-out lights and musty conditions.

She even offered to clean: “It didn’t happen,” Corron said. “I begged her.”

Others had concerns about the removal of personal items, mementos and flowers from the facility without notice.

Following her mother’s internment eight years ago, Goodman said she regularly called the Ellenburg office and left voicemails to complain about the conditions, including a soggy carpet stemming from spring flooding.

A Whispering Maples representative told Goodman the foundation had cracked and promised they would make repairs.

The nonprofit even purchased new carpet, which remained rolled up on the floor unused long before the facility was abandoned, Goodman said.

Officials admitted oversight was lacking.

“The oversight no doubt was an issue,” said Cashman.

“I’m not going to place blame on anyone, but the system broke,” Fleming said.

Little said she would explore possible legislation to prevent a repeat of the situation in the future.

“We are going to correct that,” said Little. “We don’t have all the answers, but we do have the means to make amends for what happened here.”

Moving forward, the towns said they would work to create a notification process to keep survivors updated on future progress — which is critical, say family members, because they do not own the plots — as well as creating a new “friends and family”-type support group.

Some remains have been already been exhumed and reinterred elsewhere at the request of surviving family members, said Trevor Rabideau, of R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.

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“What do we do if we need to take them out of there?” asked Goodman. “We’re not people of means.”

Corron’s husband pre-paid for his plot. Total costs came to $15,000.

Upon revelations of the misuse of funds, Corron asked a funeral director about exhumation and cremation costs.

Estimates clocked in at $1,900.

“If I knew yesterday what I know today, my husband never would have been put in there,” Corron recalled saying to the funeral director.

State law permits the sale of crypts on the open market, but only after they are first offered back to cemetery in writing.

Elected officials said the grief hits close to home.

Ellenburg Supervisor Jason Dezan said his parents and brothers are interred in his town’s facility, while Cashman is continuing to grieve the recent loss of his stepfather to brain cancer.

“My heart absolutely breaks for you folks,” said Cashman. “It’s absolutely disrespectful what has occurred.”

Goodman said the state needs to assume all costs because of their lack of oversight.

“We have great respect for our family, living and dead,” Goodman said. “It’s heartbreaking because you’re defending people who are deceased.”

It’s been four months since Wilfred passed away and Goodman is finally done settling his estate, including closing out accounts and settling debts.

“I haven’t even grieved yet,” Goodman said.

Sharon Vann, Patricia Black and Brenda Drown did not return phone calls seeking comment for this story.

Concerned family members attended an informational session at the Plattsburgh Town Hall on April 27.

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Conservation Conversations Rich Redman

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Flyfishing events upcoming

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pring is here, even though winter still says otherwise with some snow scattered around the area. Fly fishing/trout season opened April 1st and the water whippers will soon be out trying for some brookies, browns or rainbows. This spring we have some excellent trout and fishing promotion programs coming our way, a fly fishers dream come true. So here you go, Enjoy!

2 Fly Challenge Ausable River Wilmington NY

On May 20 and 21, the 2 fly Challenge will once again be held on the Ausable River. The challenge starts at noon on Friday where anglers check in and receive their fishing packet.

On Friday night a reception is held at the Whiteface Ski Lodge where there will be a fly rod casting competition, fly tying demos along with live music. On Saturday, you check in once again, and fish the day away. That evening a banquet is held for competitors along with a fly fishing presentation.

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There will be fly tying and fly fishing equipment and memorabilia raffles, and prizes. The cost is $80.00 which includes some great chow, a sweet 2 Fly Shirt, a beautiful fly fishing adult beverage drink glass and other goodies. Contact 518946-2255or 946-3474 for more information and to sign up.

USA FLY FISHING NATIONALS June 1st - 4th, 2016. Lake Placid, NY

The nation’s best fly anglers will be returning to Lake Placid, Wilmington, Saranac Lake, Redford and Malone, NY June 1st - 4th, 2016 for the U.S. National Fly Fishing Championships. We are looking for volunteers to assist anglers over the 3 day catch and release competition. No experience is needed! Each volunteer’s role will be recording the size and species of every fish caught but sharing some local “intel” never hurts either. Anglers will be on the Ausable, Saranac and Salmon Rivers while wading, and Mirror Lake and Lake Colby from boats.

Sessions will run 9 am - noon and 3 - 6 pm Thursday - Friday June 3rd and 4th. One session will take place 9 am - noon on Saturday, June 4 followed by the closing ceremony that night from 6 - 10 pm. Lunches are provided each day.

Volunteers may help for 1, 2, 3, 4 or all 5 sessions as their schedule permits. As a volunteer you will receive an event Hat, T-Shirt and Pin along with a chance to win some of the amazing gear from our supporters like Sage, Umpqua and RIO. In addition, volunteers are invited to the awards ceremony and dinner Saturday evening to culminate the great event.

Help out, learn from the best and walk away with more information, new techniques and skills! No experience required other than the love of the outdoors.

For more information on the event and volunteer opportunities please visit http://www.usffc2016.com Hendrickson Hatch Catch and Release Fishing Tournament Malone NY On Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5, the Salmon River will be hopping with fly fishermen.

There is a $50 door pre-registration fee for this, or $60 fee at the North Country Community College door. Fishing will be between the Chasm Falls Dam and State Route 37 in Westville NY. On Saturday there will be a reception at Donovan’s restaurant, and on Sunday after the close of the tournament there will be a barbeque at Donovan’s.

Awards and prizes will be given out for this tournament.

For more information google, www.hendricksonhatch.org

For 25 years, the Fisher House program has provided a “home away from home” for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. The homes provide temporary free lodging so families can be close to their loved ones during a medical crisis, allowing them to focus on wh what’s important – the healing process.

PaperChain and this Publication are Proud Supporters of the Fisher House

With your help, we will continue to meet the needs of our military community today, and long into the future.

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Rich Redman is a retired District Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and an avid outdoorsman. His column will appear regularly. He may be reached at rangeric@nycap.rr.com.

TU to host Bruce Handley BAMBOO? Bamboos are a sub-family of flowering perennial plants in the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos also make great fishing rods! We are privileged to have one of the North Country’s experts on bamboo rods in our midst.

That’s the one and only Bruce Handley, who has consented to present his expertise to us as he talks about bamboo rods, old and new, obscure and famous. Bruce will be sharing his knowledge at the May meeting of Lake Champlain Trout Unlimited, at 7 pm on May 10 at the Clinton County Fairgrounds Conservation Building. Got an old bamboo rod in the closet?

Bring it and find out if you‘ve hit the jackpot- or not! Our meetings are always free and open to all, so we look forward to seeing you there.

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Accolades continue

pril has been a good month for our family-owned publishing firm.

Following up on our Editor Pete DeMola being named Writer of the Year by the New York Press Association to begin the month, we closed out the month with two additional key staff members being selected as Industry Rising Stars.

Ashley Charron and Ciara Thompson have been selected by the Association of Free Community Papers to each receive three annual scholarships to attend the association’s Leadership Institute, the first of which took place last week in San Diego, Ca. Ashley and Ciara have demonstrated that they posses strong leadership and customer support skills earning them the right to advance those skills to earn an associate advertising degree.

In addition to the many training classes taking place in San Diego, AFCP also presented its annual industry performance awards allowing publications such as ours, to see how we measure up against the best community newspapers in the country.

We were honored to take home an armful of awards, including: First place awards : Best Web Site Best Online Presentation of News Best Original Writing News Article Best Special Project – Section VII Football Best Self Promotion-Web Site Second place awards: Best Online Digital Edition Best Original Writing Opinion Best B&W Ad Design more than 12” Best Special - Cancer Awareness Presentation Third place awards: Best Web Site Innovation Process Color Sports Photo Best Original Writing News Feature Best Ad Series Most Improved Publication Honorable mention: Rate Card These awards and the recognition of our staff serve one very important purpose and that is to ensure we are on the right track in meeting the needs of the community with our weekly publications.

We may come from a small rural area but it’s nice to know we measure up very well when compared to much larger publication companies with greater resources.

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Shared superintendent a wise decision

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pair of neighboring Essex County school districts made a bold move when they announced last year that they would share a superintendent.

The arrangement between Elizabethtown-Lewis Central and Westport Central takes effect on July 1.

It’s a wise decision that’s long overdue.

After all, the districts have much in common.

Both face declining enrollment and similar tax rates.

Both already share a number of programs and services, including a boys soccer team that made it to the state finals last year.

And both, like all public school districts across the state, are facing a financial landscape where austerity is the new normal.

While districts across the North Country breathed a sigh of relief last month when Albany announced it would end the Gap Elimination Adjustment within a year, administrators were quick to point out that problems remain in how state education aid is allocated.

We’ll never be flush with cash.

Districts across the state are adopting their budgets this month.

For the most part, the narratives are similar: Scrimp here, cut there. Account for mandated costs over there. And hope disaster doesn’t strike.

The best case scenario is that no one gets a pink slip.

Buckle up and hold on.

Considering this perilous landscape, the districts who preemptively opt to pool their resources are embarking down a very wise path.

Other districts should take a page from the ELCS-Westport Central playbook, like Newcomb and Long Lake, for instance. Or Minerva and Johnsburg — or even Crown Point and Ticonderoga.

Many permutations will do.

Why shouldn’t they?

Since 2000, public school enrollment in the Adirondack Park has declined by 25 percent. The numbers have now bottomed out at a steady annual decline of 2.5 percent.

Elizabethtown-Lewis Central alone has lost 35 percent of its student body since 2003.

The clock is ticking.

Barring the steady import of exchange students, a policy some schools have adopted as a stop-gap measure, enrollment trends likely won’t see a reversal.

As such, it’s very difficult to envision any type of scenario where situations will improve without drastic changes that come directly from districts themselves at the ground floor.

While money is always a factor — it’s tough to examine the whopping salary and benefits packages for some of the superintendents in these tiny districts — the benefits go far beyond cost-savings.

As Westport and Elizabethtown-Lewis Central have already correctly pointed out, sharing wherever possible will allow them to position themselves better in the event of future unknowns.

There is no silver bullet to ward off the wolves at the door and turning a blind eye toward consolidation would be naïve.

Districts must do whatever it takes to ensure students receive a top-notch education, even if it means making tough decisions that challenge the very identity of their communities.

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.

LETTERS

DrillingÊ deeperÊ onÊ MedicaidÊ taxiÊ issue To the Editor: I appreciate the headline coverage you recently gave to the issue of rogue Medicaid taxis. I would like to drill a little deeper to provide some more information that your readers may find useful.

The recent meeting referred to in Pete DeMola’s article was initiated and coordinated by myself and other staff at the Essex County Department of Social Services after compiling disparate allegations from clients, staff, relatives and other departments.

As Mr. DeMola’s article correctly points out, coordination of Medicaid Transportation was taken away from all counties by the NYS Department of Health about four years ago. Fortunately, ECDSS still retains two drivers who provide safe, timely medical transportation for some of our more vulnerable residents.

But since the DOH took over the bulk of transportation coordination, the Medicaid taxi business has exploded across the state.

The real and alleged allegations we are seeing now is the result of good intentions gone awry: the state intended to save tax dollars by contracting with one transportation company (MAS) to coordinate Medicaid transportation statewide. Instead, in prioritizing the use of taxis for medical appointments, the program created a demand for more and more expensive taxis.

In the process, it has been alleged that some less-scrupulous companies, with questionable driver hiring practices, have undercut legitimate local taxi companies and created fear amongst the elderly and medically frail.

Ironically, Medicaid transportation costs around the state have also skyrocketed, while at the same time, the much more affordable public transportation has lost Medicaid ridership.

As mentioned, ECDSS — though no longer with any official responsibility or authority regarding coordination of Medicaid transportation — compiled a long list of allegations and observations, and shared them in a meeting with MAS and DOH. MAS rightfully reinforced the importance of people using their taxi complaint process, and DOH shared this list of allegations with the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).

To our pleasant surprise, OMIG contacted DSS and asked if we would coordinate a meeting with Essex County law enforcement agencies to discuss what could be done.

The result was the meeting referred to in the article, held here at DSS, and attended by representatives of county administration, the Board of Supervisors, New York State Police, Essex County DA, Essex County Sheriff ’s Office, DSS, Probation, EC Public Transportation, the Ticonderoga Police Department, DOH and four investigators from OMIG. The conversation was clarifying, productive and action-oriented. And yes, OMIG and DOH will be meeting with all of us again in a few weeks to check on mutual progress.

We are confident that, collectively, we can improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of Medicaid taxi service here in Essex County.

John P. O�Neill, MPA, Commissioner Essex County Department of Social Services

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ResponseÊ toÊ Mr.Ê OsborneÕ sÊ guestÊ viewpoint To the Editor: Thank you to Mr. Osborne for taking precious time and thought to write the “Guest Viewpoint” regarding shared athletic programs between schools.

“In unity comes strength” and last fall the Griffin soccer team was able to bring Elizabethtown-Lewis and Westport to the NY state finals. Many parents and relatives drove all the way to Middletown in support to watch a game elegantly played, with great footwork and passing. It was a proud moment for all.

Simone Stephens Westport

AÊ poemÊ forÊ Passover:Ê JimÕ sÊ FreedomÊ SederÊ To the editor: My friend, Jim, thinking I wasn’t busy, asked me to write a poem about freedom.

Does he think I know something about freedom?

Oh, no, everybody will light a candle and speak of freedom or, I guess, those not free who should be.

And who will be there with Jim, celebrating his Seder dinner but many Palestinians, a few Israelis, a few other Jews, an Irish yank, me, Jean PanetR and a few others.

Oh, that’s great. I have to tell Palestinians and Jews, who have fought for it their whole life and lives, about freedom.

Well, there’s a job for you!

Well, first of all, freedom is free and can’t be bought. No sooner are these words out of my mouth than I disagree. For resources and their lack of availability, have kept many more than one from becoming more free.

Try again.

Freedom is first and foremost in and of the mind. But there are free minds locked up in prison. Are they still free?

I will continue past this evening to try to define, with more time, what I think about freedom and about being free.

But tonight I will leave you somewhere between Einstein, who said a life must be lived for others, and Shakespeare, who said to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

With freedom, or at least an important ingredient therein, lying somewhere between the two.

And I will return to next year’s Seder, as I will forever, where Palestinians, Israelis and other Jews and others, are celebrating one another together.

James F. Olwell, Montreal, Quebec

WeÕ reÊ strikingÊ toÊ keepÊ whatÕ sÊ leftÊ of Ê theÊ middleÊ class!

To the Editor: We at CWA and IEBW are on strike against Verizon.

Not for big raises. We are fighting to keep our jobs and jobs for the next generation.

You see, Verizon is a mega-corporation that made $5.5 billion net in the fourth quarter of 2015, and $1.8 billion net in each of the first three months of 2016.

A company that pays the top four executives over $40 million a year and the CEO over $18 million and is wanting to cut, outsource and off-shore our jobs. In 2000, there were 85,000 unionized Verizon workers on strike and now there are 39,000.

Do the math. This is a company that is not hurting in any way shape or form. The landline side is 29 percent of their income.

We are the network that connects the cell towers and many other cell phone companies towers. Verizon also refuses to build FIOS inclusively. In America, our broadband speeds ranks 19th in the world.

We (CWA and IEBW) are not only fighting for our jobs, but we want to build a better internet, phone and cable TV product for all of us.

Verizon has and wants to continue to put us on the road. Many of us have spent six or more months a year in NYC building FIOS; away from our families and homes three weeks at a time. This is not for storm damage, like the 1998 Ice Storm. Now they want us to relocate for two months at a time without seeing our families. Much of this work is without over time.

They (Verizon) want to gut our job security and offshore every job they can! They want to outsource our jobs to contractors that have no connection or pride for our home towns.

Yes, we make good money. I agree.

Yes, we have good benefits. They were all fought for! The company did not give them freely.

We at CWA and IBEW were there in the 1998 Ice Storm and every storm before and after.

We are there in the middle of the night in all weather helping our brothers at the power company.

We climb poles. We set poles in 13,000 volts. We work jobs that destroy our backs, shoulders and knees. Seldom does one retire from this work without being half crippled in one way or another. It is not a job for everyone or the weak at heart.

This is my third strike. While on strike, we go without pay and after 15 days, we lose our health insurance. We can’t collect unemployment for sev-

en weeks. Some members in the past have lost homes and our marriages are put to the test.

My children have done without when our union has had to call a strike.

We are not only striking for our jobs, but for what is left of the middle class!

John Briaddy Chief Union Steward, Verizon Lineman Saranac Lake

GovernmentÊ agenciesÊ areÊ failingÊ toÊ protectÊ LakeÊ Champlain To the Editor: I thought I would share this editorial viewpoint that was published in the Plattsburgh Press Republican April 19, 2016.

I have now spent over one year attempting to find an agency or individual that would step up to the plate and address the issues I have been raising over marina operations just on two bays of Lake Champlain.

I have not been disappointed in the continual “agency shuffle” and “activity without achievement” so well displayed by each of the players. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gives permission to place floating tire breakwaters in Lake Champlain and then never inspects or requires compliance with the requirements they place on marinas do such.

The U.S. Coast Guard does nothing to enforce marking and lighting tire breakwaters or to control the tires that break loose and clog international waterways as a floating hazard.

The issue of loose tire pollution that should be controlled by The U.S. Coast Guard and New York State DEC remains completely off their radar in spite of my repeated e-mails to both agencies.

Tires lie on the bottom of the bays four to six feet thick, the shores are littered with tires, and loose tires float into the international waterways and over to the shore of Vermont all the time.

The Town of Chazy cannot even enforce zoning laws concerning littering with tires on the shores of tax payers property within the town.

Obviously “agency shuffle” is a very effective tool for avoiding responsibility and action as required by any agency charged with that duty.

The environmental hazards allowed to go unchecked in the two bays in question are an inexcusable disgrace and a glaring example of the failure of government and government agencies to carry out their charged responsibility. If nothing is getting done to correct the issues at hand, why is taxpayer money being wasted to fund agencies and officials that do nothing?

Let’s try something new this year and get someone to actually carry out the duties they are paid to accomplish and then clean up this Wild West situation on just two bays on Lake Champlain. If your agencies cannot do this, how is the Lake Champlain ecosystem to be preserved?

I would like to thank The Plattsburgh Press Republican and Editor Lois Clermont for shedding light on this problem. That is a positive step in the right direction. How about one of the agencies or individuals addressed in this email actually trying to do something positive for Earth Day? That would be a great gift to the folks trying to enjoy the lake that your inaction is destroying.

Thomas Dragoon West Chazy

TrumpÊ viewpointÊ mereÊ propaganda To the Editor: Neither naïve nor gullible am I when it comes to the guest editorial “A true view of Donald Trump”. Its theme is the exoneration of Trump’s behavior. Of particular concern for me was the statement “Businesses go bankrupt all the time . . .” as an exoneration for Trump’s business failures. To me that is like saying: “people steal all the time, so it’s OK.” TWA (1992), United Airlines (2002), AIG (2008), Lehman Brothers (2008), GM (2009) and Sears (2016?), are exemplified as bankruptcies. Natural disasters like the Indian Ocean Phuket tsunami (2004), Katrina (2005) and Sandy (2012) are presented as possible causes for those bankruptcies.

None of the corporations cited failed because of those natural disasters.

It is well documented that each of them failed because of poor leadership by the President, CEO, COO, CFO (as appropriate) and their respective boards. They failed due to poor judgment, greed, and/or shady practices.

Bankruptcy by very large corporations (AIG was said to be “too big to be allowed to fail”) has repercussions that dwarf personal and small business bankruptcies. Contractors, employees/retirees, suppliers, taxers (schools, municipalities, etc.) will get pennies on the dollar, if they are lucky. Investors–stock holders–get nothing; bond holders may get a little.

But the corporate officers still have their fancy houses, cars, etc. They do not go bankrupt. Contractors and suppliers may be forced to lay off employees or file for bankruptcy. As always, you and I pay the debt one way or another.

Have a retirement plan like an IRA or 401(k)? Retirement plan fund managers like to invest in large corporations. When a large corporation goes bankrupt, the retirement plan suffers a loss which reduces payments to retirees and future retirees.

We are still recovering from the 2008 bust.

Currently, we are in debt up to my great grandchildren. Imagine a U.S. President that perceives bankruptcy as no big deal? Congress continues to raise the debt limit. Who holds our debt? At the end of 2014, China held over one trillion dollars of our debt, more than any other nation. Japan was a close second. Oil explorers were a distant third place with Caribbean Banks fourth. Some day those loans will be called.

What then?

Were I to classify this guest editorial, it would in the category of something “...political propagandists want naïve people to believe...”

Gordon Howard Keeseville

COMMENTARY

Little Bits All about May Gordie Little

Columnist

“Mother, May I?” Who remembers that game? I always lost when “mother” sent me backwards or sideways and I wasn’t clever enough to outsmart her.

But I did manage to hold my own in “Kick the Can,” “Red light, Green Light,” “Red Rover” and especially “Spin the Bottle.” Sadly, we don’t see neighborhood children playing many games outside these days.

It’s May. When I was a youngster growing up along the Grasse River, we never went inside at this time of year. Games were on the nearby school grounds in our tiny Massena Center community.

“One Old cat” was another favorite you might recall. I asked Kaye for her childhood game memories and she has many, including skipping rope and hop scotch on the sidewalk.

Marbles? Sure, but I never won. A neighbor, Jean Lacombe, always cleaned out all my mason jars. She was a sure shot and the bane of my mother who greeted me and my empty containers with, “You did it again. You let a girl beat you.” Yes, I did, and I’ve acknowledged their superiority ever since.

My late friend, Jack Glasgow, called it “mud season,” but this past winter was fairly snowless and spring rains were late in arriving, so there was less mud than usual.

May 1 has had great significance for civilizations far back into antiquity. If I mention “May Day,” most of you know what I mean. It’s always signified a spring festival of one kind or another.

I love horses and people who revere them. I once wrote a delightful ghost story about an artist named Bianca who lived in a haunted housed on Macomb Street in Plattsburgh. She draws and paints horses. On May 1, she wished me a “Happy Beltane.” If that word is strange to you, check it out as you celebrate this transition between winter and summer and hope for a bountiful growing season this year.

Beltane has always had a connection with fires; thus, “Fires of Bel.” He was a Celtic deity and huge bonfires were often lit to symbolically cleanse the area and make way for new growth. Before and on May 1 this year, I heard our Morrisonville fire siren ring numerous times for grass fires and intentional fires—some set maliciously by those who never heard of Beltane.

If you have Scottish heritage, you might already know of the modern version of the Gaelic Beltane festival in that country.

The fires are still lit, of course, but my favorite part is the home decorations involving beautiful May flowers. Of course, the feast is also an important feature of Beltane.

Celebrations all but disappeared in Ireland and Scotland for many years, but, since the late ‘80s, they have been revived in a big way. I love the mystical and sometimes paranormal beginnings of such celebrations and how they can still wield power for us today.

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

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MAY PLEASANT VALLEY 08 Sun. CHORALE@ UCC CHURCH, ELIZABETHTOWN.

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The community gathers together to celebrate all survivors of cancer, remember those who are lost and fight back until a cure is found. Check out our Facebook page at Plattsburgh Relay For Life. Post photos of your purple selves to enter a contest and win a prize at #MayDay2016.

For more information contact Joan Sterling at 518-441-1818 or by email: joan.sterling@cancer.org.

Enjoy some delightful songs in this salute to the music of Cole Porter. Good will donations accepted!

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RELAY GARAGE MAY SALE@ 21 Sat. OUR LADY OF VICTORY GYM, PLATTSBURGH. Saturday: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Relay teams will be participating to earn funds for their teams for the Relay For Life.

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MAY MICHAEL BLAINE, 13 MASTER STAGE Fri. HYPNOTIST@ WILLSBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

Friday: 7:00 pm

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14 Sat.

Saturday: 7:45 am

Michael Blaine, Master Stage Hypnotist, brings his family friendly act to Willsboro.

Tickets $8 in advance or $10 at the door.

See any 9th grader for tickets.

Details: Pam Drollette 518-570-9073 or 518-572-6829.

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Saturday: 6:00 pm This 5k and 10k run is in honor of James D. Wilson. Registration begins at 7:45 am.

Children’s Race begins at 9 am, 5k/10k races begin at 10 am. Awards and raffles will be at 11:30 am. $18 per person.

Proceeds benefit the James Wilson Memorial Scholarship. For details call 518-846-7121 x115.

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MAY MICHIGANS FOR MISSION 15 @HARKNESS Sun. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HALL, PERU.

Academy Award winners & nominees; Best Animated & Live Action shorts. The 10 short films represent the cream of the crop from around the world. Vote for your favorite!

6:00 pm - Animated Short films 7:30 pm - Snacks & Drinks included w/ ticket. $10 adult, $3 under 18.

8:00 pm - Live Action short films Details: 518-963-4170 or www.cvfilms.org 86494

Sunday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Michigan, chips, pickle, drink and dessert for $5; add another Michigan for only $2.00 Takeouts Available, Live Music Proceeds will support Mission activities of the Harkness Church For more information call 518-643-8659 or 518-834-7577.

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MAY PANCAKE PARTY FOR 22 Sun. JESSICA BERTRAND @CHAZY AMERICAN LEGION POST 769.

Sunday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

MAY PLEASANT VALLEY 07 Sat. CHORALE@ ESSEX COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Saturday: 7:00 pm

Come enjoy breakfast and raffles to help a very special classmate! Jessica is fighting a rare auto immune disease that has left her in and out of the hospital since graduation. We want to boost her morale and help with medical expenses. $5 per person, under age 5 free.

For details contact Kathryn Brown at 518-846-7135 x107.

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Plattsburgh showcase to screen local films

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — Like anywhere else in America, Plattsburgh is a small city looking for its identity, says a local filmmaker and professor.

For the past three years, the Lake Champlain International Film Festival has pushed the city toward fulfilling that discovery, says Michael Devine, an associate professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Last year’s installment drew 1,000 community members to a diverse spread of films with an emphasis on the local — like “Arts in Exile: Tibetan Treasures in Small Town America,” the Mountain Lakes PBS documentary on the Lake City’s connection to Tibetan culture.

Or “Burgh,” the art film made by Levine and his wife, Julia, that encourages viewers to explore the idea of a “burgh,” which Levine defines as “a community people need to discover in a new and fresh way.”

“In discovering where are, you can discover who you are,” Devine said.

This Friday, festival organizers will offer a sneak peek of films from this year’s installment at the Strand Theatre.

The six flicks include student productions (Lydia Bakowski’s “Son of a Man”), a glimpse at the local food movement (“Grass Farm Chicken,” which lifts the veil on Reber Rock

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She is a black and tan yorkshire terrier and dachshund mix, who arrived April 18. She weighs 9 pounds is 5 years old.

Doxie is a gorgeous little princess who is looking for her new person. She is around five years old and is used to being on a lap literally all the time. She loves to be held, to go for short walks, to go for rides and to be with her people. Doxie was re-homed when her human passed away and her mom just didn’t have time to spend with her. Unfortunately, that home didn’t work out and Doxie found her way to Elmore

Farm) and offerings by seasoned vets like Aaron Woolf, the filmmaker who took a run for Congress in 2014.

Woolf, an Elizabethtown resident, will be screening excerpts from a pair of upcoming documentaries, including “To Be a Miss,” which reveals the seedier side of Venezuela’s beauty pageant industry.

Pageants are pervasive in the country, said Woolf. While nearly every school and town has one, the South American nation only has a handful of shelters for victims of domestic violence. “[The industry] is focused on a very superficial view of who women are and their role in society,” Woolf said.

The film, said the director, explores a theme he frequently visited in his congressional campaign: What happens to individual lives in the wake of government policies?

Woolf said Friday’s showcase is critical in keeping local folks enthusiastic about the region’s burgeoning film industry and growing the community.

The “Go Digital or Go Dark” campaign, which sought to aid Adirondack movie theatres in making the costly switch to digital equipment; the Strand’s restoration, SUNY Plattsburgh’s film program and festivals like these are all part of this expanding community, Woolf said.

Technology that flattens the playing field, including the iPhone, are also chief drivers, Woolf said.

It’s a tool that is also indispensable to students.

As part of Devine’s coursework, the professor is sending kids out to explore the city and come up with solutions for problems they encounter.

Sustainability is a key element, he said.

“The power of that idea is actually connecting the college to the city and saying ‘We help build that relationship,’” Devine said.

Bakowski’s aforementioned “Son of a Man” is a study on how children interact with the environment, the director said.

The graduating senior said she’s “super-excited” that the city is offering opportunities for people to come together over their shared interest in film.

“It was really community-building to know all these people are pursing the same passion,” she said.

Does film help her see the city in a different light?

Absolutely, she said.

“It definitely made it feel a lot bigger than I originally thought,” Bakowski said.

Plattsburgh is a happening place, Devine said, citing the college’s “intellectual firepower,” the arts scene and grassroots civic planning initiatives.

“The best days are really ahead of it,” Devine said.

Lake Champlain International Film Festival Local Film Showcase: Friday, May 6 at the Strand Theatre, Plattsburgh.

Doors at 6:30 p.m. $5 admission; free for students.

SPCA for vetting and to find a loving home where she will get the attention she needs. Doxie is now current on vaccinations, is spayed, has tested negative for heart worm, anaplasmosis and ehrlichia but has tested positive for lyme. She is now on doxycycline and is showing no symptoms of the disease. Doxie is a sweet heart who would love to adore, and be adored by, her human. Come in and meet this adorable little girl! Doxie is doing much better being kennelled as she gains more and more confidence.

very secure around a group of felines. With some TLC and patience Selena has learned that when she sees people she gets plenty of petting and treats! Selena is now current on vaccinations, has tested negative for FeLV/FIV and is now spayed.

Selena will do well in a home where she can share her space with another cat. She enjoys people, but she needs to get to know people before she really opens up. Come in and meet this loving cat who deserves a chance in a loving home.

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

She is a black domestic long hair kitty who arrived April 9.

She weighs 6 pounds and is 8 months old.

Selena is a sweet cat who is looking for her forever home.

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Grand Knight Thomas McDonald, of Knights of Columbus Council 2301 of Au Sable Forks, presents a check for $200 to Jack Thomas in recognition of Jack’s achievement and sportsmanship in the recently completed Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship competition.

By Keith Lobdell

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Lexie Denis, a sixth grader at Saranac Middle School, was the 11-year old girls state champion at the New York State Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition April 10. She made all five of her tiebreaker free throws to win the event.

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Au SABLE FORKS/SARANAC — A pair of local youth basketball stars made their mark on the New York State Knights of Columbus Free Throw competition earlier April 10.

Lexie Denis, 11, a sixth grader at Saranac Middle School, won the girls 11-year old division at the competition, held in West Point.

In the championship round, Denis made 19 of 25 free throws, good enough to force a tie with Emma Kimmel of Long Island.

In the tiebreaker round, Lexie was Steph Curry-cool under the pressure, going perfect from the charity stripe in hitting all five of her foul shots to claim the state title.

Denis won three events to make it to states, starting with the Local Knights of Columbus No. 6607 competition before advancing through the district and regional rounds.

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Denis hails from a hoops background as her father, Brent, coaches the Saranac varsity boy’s basketball team.

Along with Denis, Jack Thomas, 9, of Jay finished third in the nine-year old boys division at West Point, making 20 of 25 free throw attempts.

Thomas’ big moment came in the regional round of competition, where he not only won his age division but posted the highest score of the day by connecting on 22 of the 25 attempts in Syracuse. He also advanced through the regional competition, held in Massena.

Thomas is the son of Mike and Monica Thomas, and hopes to attend basketball camp this summer to continue to practice the sport.

The Knights of Columbus free throw competition was formed in 1972, with over 120,000 competitors and 3,600 local competitions last year, open to boys and girls between the ages of nine and 14.

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CLINTONVILLE — AuSable Valley Central School will be hosting a graduate showcase/ career fair at the high school Friday, May 13, from noon until 2:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. AuSable Valley students, grades 6-12, will be attending.

The AVCS showcase is a career fair that will be hosted entirely by AVCS alumni. Graduates dating back to 1970 are willing to share their expertise and work experiences with students and community members.

For more information, contact Connie Favreau at favreau.connie@avcsk12.org.

2016 participants include Adirondack Family Foot Care; AFLAC, AuSable Valley Central School; Clinton County Sheriff ’s Department; Durocher Kia; EF Language Centers; Eggleford Brothers Ford; Essex County District Attorney’s Office; Facebook; Fuller Excavating; Graymont Materials; Harmony Golf Club; IEC Holden Inc.; Loremans’; Meadowbrook Nursing Home; Moore Recycling; MPH/Upstate Medical; New York State Police; Peru Elementary School; Peru Federal Credit Union; Pfizer, Inc.; Rulfs Orchard; Russell & McCormick; Santa’s Workshop; Saranac Elementary School; Saranac Power Partners; L.P, Schluter Systems; University of Vermont Health Network - CVPH; Whitson & Rogers and WPTZ News Channel 5.

PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Public Library will be hosting the program “Ground Up: growing vegetables and flowers in the North Country” with Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Jolene M. Wallace, Thursday, May 26, at 6 p.m. Wallace will be speaking and answering questions about gardening. This is a free event.

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Elementary students to paint downtown mural

“Woods and Wild Things” to feature Clinton County student’s artwork

By Teah Dowling

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PLATTSBURGH — Want to find where the wild things are?

A new children’s mural called “Woods and Wild Things” will be featured outside the Corner-Stone Bookshop in downtown Plattsburgh.

The mural, which will face Trinity Park, will feature Adirondack scenery and critters created by elementary students from schools across Clinton County.

“We want to make Plattsburgh fun for children,” said Julia Devine, who is overseeing the project. “They’re part of the community too.”

The group behind the mural, Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project, reached out to SUNY Plattsburgh art professors Norman and Tory Taber, who helped create a Beekmantown Elementary mural in June 2008.

“They inspired me,” Devine said.

To complete the mural, the Tabers plan on working with other area artists, Clinton County students and the art organization.

Devine and Amy Guglielmo founded the movement to create an art environment and improve livability, with the ultimate goal of making Plattsburgh an art tourist attraction.

“We can make our own culture,” Devine said. “Public art can help do that.”

The organization’s first mural was of the Battle of Plattsburgh on the side of the 30 City Visitors Center, followed by the Mountain Lake Mandala.

Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project started a student poster contest for all Clinton County elementary students to create their favorite Adirondack animals for the children’s mural.

Winners of the contest will be able to help paint their creations in the mural.

The painting is set to begin sometime in June. The mural will be revealed during the fourth of July festivities.

Students will also showcase their winning art pieces at 30 City Visitors Center in the art show June 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The total project cost of the mural is $5,000. So far, the Clinton County Legislature has given $2,500 toward the proj-

ect. Over $1,000 was awarded through the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts. The rest of the funds, Devine said, have been coming through various donations.

“Everyone’s given a lot of love for this project,” she said.

“We’re really excited to see the finished product.”

Posters are due May 15. Only 2-D materials are allowed,

such as colored pencils, crayons, markers, paint and oil pastel.

Name, grade and school must be written on the back of the 11” X 17” poster. Art pieces can be dropped off at the 30 City Visitors Center or Corner-Stone Bookshop.

For more information, find Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project on Facebook.

The new children’s mural called “Woods and Wild Things,” which will be featured on the Corner-Stone Bookshop, draws inspiration from Beekmantown Elementary’s mural called “On the Edge.”

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Feasibility Study

what’s best for the town and its residents.

“I’m looking at the future,” he said. “Our town is dying and we need to revive it.”

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“I already know it will be expensive,” said Mooers resident Bruce Samuel during the meeting.

The representatives stated the average cost in New York State of both water and sewer is $1,700 per household.

If the cost grows to great to incorporate both, Supervisor Jeff Menard said the town will put in a new sewer system first.

One factor in determining the exact cost of incorporating both would be the number of participants.

The more households, Menard said, the cheaper the cost.

Initially, the town applied for a grant that covered the entire expense of $30,000 for the feasibility study. However, due to having too many residents, they were rejected. The grant called for up to 2,000 residents, but Mooers has a little over 3,500.

The new grant covers 75 percent of the study, leaving the town to pay $6,000.

However, the board members are reluctant to pay for something that the public may not want, judging from the anemic survey results.

NEEDED PUBLIC SUPPORT Menard said town participation is key for this study.

So far, he said, not much interest has been shown.

The town sent out 300 surveys to its residents. They got about 70 back.

Representative Corey Reed said out of the 70 surveys, 56 came back as no with only 21 saying yes.

Resident Koreena VanNortwick was one of the few to vote yes to implement the project.

Right now, the VanNortwick family spends $100-$200 a month on their water filtration system and bottled water.

Even with the filtration system, their water is still undrinkable.

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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS CHAZY - Saturday May 14 - STORY TIME at the Chazy Public Library 10:00 for children age 3 to 8. Call 846-7676 for more information or to register.

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FUTURE TOWN DEVELOPMENT

Matt Cooper (left) and Corey Reed (right) of Bernier, Carr and Associates met with town of Mooers residents in regards to the water and sewer feasibility study currently being conducted.

Photo by Teah Dowling

Residents Tracy and Eric Myers said although they currently see no issues with their water and sewer systems, they’re not against supporting the project.

Myers asked the representatives if approved, would he have to hook up to the main water system.

Based on the findings, Representative Matt Cooper said the town would have to create a water use ordinance for the water district. If their household falls within those boundaries, they wouldn’t have to connect to the system, but they would have to pay a fee.

Properties outside the boundary lines would be exempt.

Resident Debbie Mousso brought up a concern not in regards to her own property falling within the old village lines, but the board’s properties.

Only one member of the board lives within the old village limits: Councilman Donald Perras.

Although Perras said his system works well, it’s growing in age along with his house, which was built in 1969.

The cost is a concern for Perras. However, he believes it’s

Menard believes that with the incorporation of these new systems, it will bring in more people and businesses to the town.

“The houses are deteriorating and falling down because no one is buying them,” he said. Town officials believe the lack of water and sewer is one of the main causes.

The municipality is hopeful that with the incorporation of this system, homeowners and business owners already in the town will stay and future ones will move in.

Upon completion of the feasibility study, another public meeting will be hosted by Bernier, Carr and Associates to show their findings.

An exact date for that meeting has not yet been finalized.

For more information or updates, visit www.mooersny. com.

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Central Rural School.

Ryan said at the last event the rotary raised approximately $1,000. She hopes to raise more this year.

Tickets cost $20 per adult and $10 per child in advance and an extra $5 at the door.

For more information, contact the Champlain-Rouses Point Rotary at 518-297-6932.

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SARANAC - Chair Yoga Classes to be held at Will Rogers. Amy Kohanski will hold a series of chair yoga classes at Saranac Village at Will Rogers on Thursdays from 3:30 4:30 p.m., beginning January 14th through June 23rd. Pre-registration is not required. No experience is necessary. For more information, please call Amy Kohanski at 518-524-6888 or email her at akohanski@roadrunner.com.

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

CHAZY – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Friday at Sacred Heart Church, 8 Hall Street, Chazy 7:30pm-8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

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LAKE PLACID – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Thomas Shipman Youth Center December 1, January 5, Feb 2, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6 , 9:30 am - 2:15 PM November 24, December 22, January 26, Feb 23, March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25, November 22, December 27 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beedman Street, Plattsburgh 7:30pm-8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH – ALATEEN Meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beedman Street, Plattsburgh 7:30pm8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

AUSABLE FORKS – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Ambulance Building-Ausable Forks December 2, January 6, Feb, 3, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7, at 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 CHAMPLAIN - Knitting Group, Mondays at 10 am, Champlain Meeting House.

Children's Story Hour, 1st Friday of each month, Champlain Meeting House.

ELIZABETHTOWN - Al-Anon Family Group, family, friends of problem drinkers. Elizabethtown Community Hospital Board Room. 4 to 5 p.m. Anonymous, confidential, free. Details: 518-962-2351, 518873-2652. Every Sunday.

ELIZABETHTOWN – 2015-2016 WIC Schedule at the Public Health Building December 3, January 7, Feb 4, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, December 1, 8:00 - 3:30 PM November 19, December 17, January 21, Feb 18, March 16, April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17, December 15, 11:30 am - 6:30 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

DINNERS & SUCH ELIZABETHTOWN – The Elizabethtown Fire District will hold a Mother's Day Breakfast on May 8th 7am11am at the Fire Station. Mothers eat Free. $5 for everyone else. For more info call 518-873-9124.

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.

LECTURES & SEMINARS 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.

ELIZABETHTOWN - May10. Pleasant Valley Quilters' meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Elizabethtown Community Hospital conference room, Park Street, Elizabethtown. Contact janiceorlowski@gmail.com for details.

ELIZABETHTOWN – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Sunday at Elizabethtown Community Hospital Board Room, 75 Park St., Elizabethtown, 4pm-5pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

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

LAKE PLACID – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Monday at St. Agnes Church Basement, 169 Hillcrest Avenue, Lake Placid 8pm9pm. For more information call 1888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

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.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Adult Children Meeting every Monday at 7pm-8pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-5610838.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Sunday 7pm8pm. For more information call 1888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Tuesday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh Noon-1pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-5610838.

SARNAC LAKE – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Wednesday at Baldwin House, 94 Church Street, Saranac Lake 7pm-8pm.

For more information call 1-888425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

WESTPORT - The Westport Central School District Board of Education will hold a Public Budget Hearing beginning at 6:00 PM followed by its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 in the Library. Community members and interested others are welcome to attend.

VENDORS FOOD AND CRAFT/FLEA MARKET VENDORS WANTED for a two day set-up Memorial Day Weekend at Veterans Park, Crown Point, NY. Call 518-216-4024.

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LEGALS 125 LLC ARTICLES OF ORG. FILED NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/14/2016.

Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 1544, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 133 Sharron Ave., Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

NC-04/16-05/21/20166TC-114382 5 TRADE, 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 April 13, 2016.

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 #P.O. Box 1902, Plattsburgh, NY 12901#.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116499

LOCATION Ellenburg Plattsburgh Ausable Schuyler Falls Black Brook Beekmantown Champlain Beekmantown Ausable Mooers Clinton Beekmantown Saranac Plattsburgh Ellenburg Saranac Beekmantown Mooers

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5 TRADE, 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 April 13, 2016.

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 #P.O. Box 1902, Plattsburgh, NY 12901#.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116499 Cabrini Services, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/11/16. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Colleen Mccormick, 913 River Rd, Peru, NY 12972. Purpose: General.

NC-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116497 DJD REAL ESTATE PARTNERS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/22/2016.

Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8 Lakeview Dr., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-04/09-05/14/20166TC-114139

DJD REAL ESTATE PARTNERS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/22/2016.

Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8 Lakeview Dr., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-04/09-05/14/20166TC-114139

ELEMENT COMPOSITES AND MACHINE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/4/2016. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 5 Heritage Dr., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-04/09-05/14/20166TC-114138

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Global Sanitation, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/30/16 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 the LLC at: 5094 State Route 11, Ellenburg Depot, NY 12935. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-05/07-06/11/20166TC-117259 Hidden Bridge Farm, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 3/25/16. Office: Clinton County. SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 683 State Route 22B Peru NY 12972. Purpose: any lawful NC-04/23-05/28/20166TC-115606

JOSHUA THEWS LOGGING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/02/2016. Office loc: Clinton County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3455 State Route 9, Peru, NY 12972.

Reg Agent: Joshua A Thew, 3455 State Route 9, Peru, NY 12972. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NC-04/23-05/28/20166TC-115200 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF North Country Gentle Acupuncture, PLLC NOTICE OF FORMATION of North Country Gentle Acupuncture, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 19, 2016. Office location: Clinton County.

SSNY designated as Agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mary Bardis LAc., 74 Margaret St, Plattsburgh, New York 12901, Purpose/character of PLLC: Licensed Acupuncture Services.

NC-04/02-05/07/20166TC-112930

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF North Country Gentle Acupuncture, PLLC NOTICE OF FORMATION of North Country Gentle Acupuncture, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 19, 2016. Office location: Clinton County.

SSNY designated as Agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mary Bardis LAc., 74 Margaret St, Plattsburgh, New York 12901, Purpose/character of PLLC: Licensed Acupuncture Services.

NC-04/02-05/07/20166TC-112930 Plattsburgh Self Storage LLC. Filed with SSNY on 3/18/16. Office: Clinton County.

SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 788 Route 3 Plattsburgh NY 12901.

Purpose: any lawful NC-04/23-05/28/20166TC-115607 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Racers Choice LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 22, 2016 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 the LLC at: 675 Rt 3 Suite 105 Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116494

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Racers Choice LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 22, 2016 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 the LLC at: 675 Rt 3 Suite 105 Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116494

Schluter Systems L.P., Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with SSNY on 05/02/1994. Office Location: Clinton County, SSNY designated as agent of L.P. upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O The L.P., 194 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Purpose: to engage in import, export, distribute and sell products, tools and equipment and any lawful act.

NC-04/02-05/07/20166TC-113533

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (“LLC”) Studio 136 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on March, 21st 2016 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 the LLC at: 136 Cornelia Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116386

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