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North Country nets $61 million Award to fund infrastructure projects

North Country Veterans Association nets $100K state grant Funds will allow nonprofit to move forward on planned expansion project

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — A large state windfall means a local veterans organization can get started on the second phase of their planned expansion project.

The North Country Veterans Association received a $100,000 grant last week from the state’s regional economic development council program.

The funds will be used to expand and renovate their existing building on Town Line Road.

Renovations will add offices, a food shelf storage room, computer server space and a curation area for historical arti-

facts, including what officials estimate is the largest collection of military war books north of Albany.

For Secretary Ken Hynes, the welcome news is a long time coming.

“We’re totally stoked. We’re very proud and glad the regional economic council saw merit in our project,” Hynes said.

The organization comes from humble origins, having started out of a van in 1978 with the mission of serving veterans in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties.

Following its incorporation in 1983, public and private donations allowed the organization to purchase about 9 acres on which the nonprofit constructed a 1,500-square-foot building.

Chief among their mission statement is to inform vets on Agent Orange, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, traumatic

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fifth mural

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Organization to collaborate with local students to create new piece of artwork at Plattsburgh Public Library

PLATTSBURGH — As part of their ongoing quest to make Plattsburgh an arts destination, Outside Art will team up with the Plattsburgh Public Library next year to create their fifth public mural.

This time, the mural will be interactive.

Elizabeth The library and Outside Art will partIzzo Writer ner with “Adirondack P-TECH, the physics department from the college and a lot of robotics teams” to realize their vision, library director Anne de la Chappelle told the city council on Thursday.

According to Julia Devine, of Outside Art, the mural will be designed by Sue Burdick-Young, involve “hundreds of community members,” and be inspired by “Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt” by local author Kate Messner.

The mural will also incorporate 3D printed marble raindrops powered by solar energy that will “circulate the perimeter of the mural, representing the rain cycle,” according to Devine.

Adirondack P-TECH and other student groups will collaborate to “figure out” the interactive portion, primarily “how to get marbles from eight feet in the air to sprinkle down the wall and look like rain,” Chappelle said.

The North Country Veterans Association has received a $100,000 grant from the state’s regional economic development council program. The funds will aid in a planned expansion project.

CFES in Essex hosted a well attended conference, looking to improve mentoring, internships for local students

By Kim Dedam

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The Plattsburgh Public Library will be the site of the city’s fifth mural.

Photo by Elizabeth Izzo

This would likely coincide with the library’s ongoing plans to plant more flowers on the exterior of the building, creating a kid-friendly corner garden space, according to Chappelle. “The plan was that that green space would tie in with the mural.”

In October, Outside Art completed a months-long collaboration with the North Country Food Co-Op to create a mural featuring the work of local artist Gharan Burton.

The Co-op mural was the newest in a series of works the group has helped create, including the Mountain Lake Mandala and Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration on City Hall Place, and the “Woods and Wild Things” mural on Court Street.

According to Outside Art, the new mural will be unveiled in July of next year.

PLATTSBURGH — Discussion of college and career readiness brought businesses, colleges and high school teachers together under one roof last week.

College For Every Student hosted an all-day brainstorming session they titled “Building College and Career Connections for Rural Students.”

The conference drew 12 North Country schools, eight colleges and four corporate employers to CFES conference facilities on Main Street.

For Sue LaPierre, a teacher at Plattsburgh High School, the message from businesses and college recruiters was very similar.

“I’ve always been a proponent of a four-year degree,” she told the Sun. “But I’m finding that there is a great need for two-year programs that prepare students to be ready to work.”

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Champlain Centre workers sound off on holiday rush Working extra hours, emotional shoppers challenge employees Christmas spirit

By Teah Dowling

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PLATTSBURGH — The phrase “tis the season to be jolly” is something holiday workers strive for, but can often be tough to execute during the intense holiday shopping season.

Champlain Centre staffers are in the midst of the annual flurry.

The season starts around Thanksgiving and ends toward New Years, leaving mall workers in a environment filled with Christmas music, potential gifts and eager shoppers.

According to a recent Gallup poll, people are expected to spend on average $752 on Christmas gifts this year — making the mall a busy place.

Champlain Centre General Manager Alan Fortin said he can’t give out exact numbers on foot traffic — those numbers are crunched by the specific stores.

But he does know that business has been booming.

“We see the crowds and it’s the busiest time of year for us, for sure,” he said. “We’re pretty pleased with our turnout this year.”

More shoppers means more employees, said Champlain Centre Marketing Director Emily Moosmann.

“We’re always looking for new talent,” she said. “Both on a year-round basis and seasonal.”

Spencer’s Manager Debra Conti said she tries her best to keep the Christmas spirit alive in all of her workers during this hectic time.

CUSTOMER’S MOOD The 26-year-old full-time employee from Plattsburgh deals with a wide variety of shoppers on a daily basis: some nice and others naughty.

Persistent happy customer service and a constant smile, she said, are a few tactics she uses when dealing with an emotional customer.

“During the holiday season, some people are grumpy,” she said. “But you can turn their attitudes around.”

One time, Conti dealt with a hostile shopper who didn’t respond to a friendly greeting.

By using her methods, the employee was able to talk to the customer and assist them with their Christmas shopping.

Despite having to refold a countless number of shirts, Conti said she loves working during Christmas time.

Her favorite part is helping people pick out their gifts.

“I love it,” she said. “You can help people pick out something personal to them.”

Hallmark staff member Amanda May said she enjoys the same thing, especially listening to the customer’s backstory on why they’re purchasing a certain gift.

However, working during this time does get to her sometimes.

“Some days, it can get a

little hectic,” she said. “Other days, it can get extremely busy.”

EXTRA HOURS Usually, May works 10 to 15 hours a week, since she’s a college student at the CVPH School of Radiologic Technology.

Now, May tacks on about 20 additional hours.

Since Thanksgiving, Champlain Centre has extended its hours.

The mall added about two hours to weekdays and Saturdays.

Four hours were tacked onto Sundays except for Christmas, in which the mall is closed.

The mall is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. May is required to work on Christmas Eve, but she said that she’s happy to Christmas at home with her family near Albany.

THE INEVITABLE Hickory Farm kiosk worker Tedi Politano has been handing out free samples of meats and cheeses for the past six holiday seasons.

The 24-year-old from Plattsburgh does this on the side part-time along with her year-round teaching position at BOCES. Politano said she’s confident she will return to work a seventh shopping season at the mall.

“Working during the Christmas season doesn’t bother me,” she said. “Everyone does it and there’s no avoiding it.”

Staff member Amanda May has worked at Hallmark for two years. This year will be her last time working during the holiday season since Hallmark will be closing late next month.

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North Country nets $61m in state economic funds

Award to fund infrastructure protects, startup businesses across seven-county region

By Pete DeMola

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ALBANY — The North Country landed $61.4 million in state economic development funds on Thursday.

The Regional Economic Development Council funds, announced at the annual awards ceremony in Albany, will be used to bankroll 77 projects across the region.

Key Clinton County projects include building improvements to the North Country Veterans Association, production line expansions at SSF Production, renovation work at the proposed Keeseville Waterfront Park and funds to modernize elevators at the Plattsburgh Housing Authority.

The windfall is part of $750 million made available from the state-sponsored initiative designed to offer a communitydriven approach to stimulate economic growth.

Since 2011, the North Country REDC has netted a total of $484 million.

‘SERIES OF FIRECRACKERS’ While the North Country REDC, one of 10 councils in the state, didn’t land the “top performer” designation that would have netted an additional $25 million, the pot will allow them to chip away at what the council flagged as a “communityminded” approach toward economic development.

“We once again were right up there with several of the metro regions, earning valuable support for dozens of mostly small but important projects,” said Garry Douglas, Co-Chair of the North Country REDC. The North Country is huge, dispersed and economically diverse, with no metropolitan center, he said.

“Instead of big bangs, we promised a continuing series of firecrackers,” said Douglas. “It’s not about the size of projects, but about projects that are further building blocks.”

The North Country REDC specifically sought $25 million for 27 priority projects.

According to a report submitted to the state in October, the plan will leverage $77.6 million in private and other funding for total project expenses of more than $102.6 million.

Collectively, the 2016 plan will support the creation of 213 new jobs, 439 indirect jobs and the retention of 393 existing jobs, according to the report.

WHAT GOT FUNDED A number of tourism-related projects also received funding.

Municipalities also received millions for clean water infrastructure projects, including projects in Crown Point, Saranac Lake, Elizabethtown, St. Armand, Moriah, North Elba, Westport and Wilmington — making the announcement an early Christmas present for local officials.

“As a whole, Essex County got a lot of projects funded, and we’re very grateful for that,” said Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Preston.

Nearly $1.5 million was also allocated in additional downtown resiliency projects in Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties.

2015 UPDATE The region landed $84.1 million last year, and the funds

were heavy on infrastructure development.

Big winners in Clinton County included the Plattsburgh Airport and Belcam, the Rouses Point bath and body products manufacturer who landed $130,000 capital improvements to expand their product line.

The North Country Food Co-op scored big, securing $217,000 for renovations.

And the City of Plattsburgh received $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funds, the program designed to transform upstate city centers.

Of the 14 priority projects, 11 are on schedule, the North Country REDC reported.

Zooming out to the five-year period, 37 percent of the projects have been completed, and 51 percent are on track to be completed on deadline.

Just 5 percent were dropped due to declined funding.

On job creation, 2,185 jobs have been created over five years, with an additional 4,259 retained.

Douglas noted the past year has seen a $125 million state appropriation for the Norsk Titanium project, plus several new manufacturing operations drawn from Quebec with assistance from other state programs.

DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE The Downtown Revitalization Initiative, which gave Plattsburgh a $10 million check last December, is on track, city officials reported.

Planning officials met last week at City Hall, and a community input meeting was held last weekend at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Officials are also circulating a survey designed to glean public opinion as the city begins to prioritize projects to invest and leverage the DRI resources.

Plattsburgh Community Development Director Paul DeDominicas said the city is at the midway point in the process.

“There’s been a lot of good work done on assets and things we need to have in place in order to be successful,” DeDominicas said. “I think we’re on track.”

CRITICISMS Cuomo has lauded the program as an engine to place control back in the hands of local stakeholders, particularly those upstate, who he said have been traditionally ignored by the legislature.

The “ground-up” approach replaces a “one-size fits all” approach, he said.

“So it was hard for upstate members to get the kind of attention upstate needed, and we changed that,” Cuomo said on Thursday.

“As long as I am governor of the state of New York, I will not sign a budget that does not help upstate New York.”

But the program has been criticized by fiscally conservative groups, including the Empire Center, the government watchdog who has shrugged the awards off as government subsidies.

The group also questioned the program as the state

heads toward fiscal uncertainty next year.

“The $750 million being handed out for #SubsidyDay is more than the $689 million budget gap NYS faces next year,” the Empire Center wrote Thursday on Twitter.

Total state tax receipts for the year ending next March 31, said the Empire Center, are now projected to hit $74.46 billion, which is $739 million below the estimate in the first quarter update released in July, according to the the mid-year financial report released last month by the state comptroller’s office.

That report revealed state tax collections dropped $764.1 million over last year, or 1.8 percent, largely due to lagging personal income tax receipts.

The group also argues the return on the REDC program is questionable when it comes to job creation.

“Whether they involve financing an enormous, complex $750 million manufacturing plant — or, on the other hand, distributing five- and six-figure grants to countless craft breweries, farm distilleries and ice cream shops and other trendy micro-enterprises across the state — government economic development programs are no substitute for a better business climate,” testified E.J. McMahon at the state Assembly Economic Development Oversight Hearing in August.

“Unfortunately, more often than not, economic development programs actually serve to distract attention from the state’s failure to improve that climate,” McMahon said.

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Northeastern Clinton Central School honor roll

High Honor Roll

Grade 12: Owen Babbie, Sydney Barriere, Colby Boire, Natalie Boulerice, Austin Burke, Kayla Carder, Matthew Carter, Hayley Castine, Destiny Cronkrite, Nicholas Duffy, Ashley Duprey, Jenna Dutil, Parker Favreau, Brianna Forkey, Kyle Fuller, Austin Gaudette, Casey Gonyo, Sierra Gonyo, Harleigh Green, Dylan Grenon, Bobby Jones Jr., Santanna Jones, Brady Juneau, Nicole Khater, Daulton LaFlesh, Nicole Lamberton, Kelsey LaPoint, Courtney Laventure, Debra LeBlanc, Hunter Leduc, Julia Letourneau, Caitlyn Lintner, Jacob Mossey, Angelo Muccio, Andrew Nolette, Lillian Oliver, Luis Oquendo, Jason Parent, Jessica Pelkey, Makayla Pelkey, Jeanna Poff, Tessa Poissant, Chrysa Rabideau, Jacqueline Rasco, Jazmine Reynolds, Sophia Rible, Ryan Roberts, Teagan Ross, Abbie Sample, Paige Sicard, Samantha Stokes, Andrew Tomah, Lauren White.

Grade 11: Anthony Barcomb, Cody Bessette, Gina Bogdasarov, Kaitlyn Bruce, Nathan Catanzarita, Susan Clarke, Gregory Delisle, Perry Delong, Victoria Dragon, Ryley Duffy, Noah Dupee, Adam Gallucci, Travis Gamache, Bryanna Garrand, Sean Gohrt, Lauren Green, Liam Hilferty, Devon Kellogg, Bailey LaBombard, Arleigh LaFountain, Graelin Larche, Saya McDonald, Justin Pennington, Rylee Pinsonneault, Danielle Rabideau, Elizabeth Roberts, Natalie Rowe, Katelyn Southwick, Emily Stiles, Merisa Taitt, Skylynn Thompson, Joshua Vancour, Tristen Wallace.

Grade 10: Erin Bleau, EmilyBoire, Courtney Bosley, Dillon Charbonneau, Simon Davison, Samantha Disco, Ian Ducharme, Gabrielle Dumas, Gabriel Durant, Emily Ebersol, Maria Foley, Scott Gohrt, Olivia Gonyo, Alicia Goodrow, Faith Guerin, Brian Harwell, Morgan Hathaway, Hannah Hemingway, Caitlin Houghton, Sydney Hunter, Daniel Jennette, Olivia Kulevich, Kaleb LaBarge, Abigail LaPier, Allison LaPoint, Brayden LaValley, Connor Letourneau, Paige Letourneau, Meara McManus, Ashley Monette, Jace O’Connor, Ian O’Donnell, Hannah Parsons, Braydon Racine, Madison Savage, Donald Seymour, Jacob Steinfeld, Leona Turner, Angela Wayman, Morgan Woods.

Grade 9: Cassandra Ashline, Savannah Austin, Alise Babbie, Keaton Badger, Mikaela Carey, Donevin Edwards, Ariadna Foshag, Chylyn Gelineault, Brady Gladd, Alexander Gomez, Cody Gooley, Emma Gooley, Logan Gooley, Sarah Grenon, Hope Jolicoeur, Brinley LaFountain, Maggie LaFountain, Gillian Laurin, Aidan LaValley, Casey Lepone, Benjamin Lloyd, Ashley Martin, Kya McComb, Michael Pennington, Marlyna Rabideau, Gage Root, Jack Sample, Kayce Steele, Amy Visconti, Miriam Wachtoumi.

Kobe LaRoche, Tara Lashway, Christopher Lepone, Jazmine Lushia, Alexis Martin Aislyn McDonough, Karen Murray, Holdan Nieves, Tabitha Parent, Austin Rabideau, Troy Rivers, Nicholas Rowe, Emily Royea, Devyn Sample, Grace Sorrell, Brooke Ziemba.

Grade 10: Blake Babbie, Heather Chateauneuf, Grace Dumas, Kelsey Gilmore, Rolland Guay, Jessica Hamilton, Abigayle Hanfield, Chloe Hansen, Sage Hogle, Matthew Jolicoeur, Anthony LaBombard, Emily Lord, Samantha Mosier, Cody Ouimette, Aislynn Pelkey, Sabrina Phair, Katera Poupore, Parker Wrye.

Grade 9: Seth Albertus, Matthew Barto, Gabrielle Bechard, Kirsten Bedard-Kemp, Bradley Cushing, Ethan Dumas, Abigail Favro, Nolan Gonyo, Carter Gooley, Allison Gregoire, Dylan Guay, Jakob Herring, Emily Jarvis, Emily Lahar, Brady Lucas, Jake Manor, Alexa Mercaldi, Isaac Meseck, Zachary Miller, Kodi Pugh, Chase Rabideau, Aidan Roberts, Adisyn Sample, Avery Sample, Gabriel Sisco, Olivia Sorrell, Austin Sterling, Mason Supernaw, Spencer Trudo, Tabitha Wall, Jacob Zurlo.

Honor Roll Grade 12: Andrew Arless, Ryan Bassett, Dustin Cardin, Devin Carter, Ezra Clark Hayley Disco, Darren Dumas, Nicholas Furlong, Garry Guay, Patrick LaBarge, Emily LaBombard, Taylor LaBombard, Ashley Lockerby, Malaynah McChesney, Tyler McLeod, Thomas Nunez, Robert Parent, Katrina Poissant, Gavin Racine, David Sebert, Valerie Simmons, Nicholas Waters.

Grade 11: Skyler Bechard, Justus Brassard, Cameron Bushey, Jeremy Cyr, Giles Duprey, Katarina Emerich, Easton Francis, Hannah Gordon, Ian Gordon, Brooke Hebert, Haleigh Hicks, Meghan Hilferty, Rylee Hollister, Brandon LaPoint,

Cougar Chorale concert slated CHAMPLAIN — The Northeastern Clinton Middle School Chorus and High School Cougar Chorale Chorus will host a holiday concert Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m. All students are asked to arrive by 6 p.m. For more information, call 298-8242.

Dragoon’s to host Christmas extravaganza MOOERS — Santa will make an appearance at Dragoon’s Farm Equipment on Dec. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also on tap is a hay ride and raffle for a “super stocking.” For more information, call 236-7110.

Last Resort to host adults ‘ugly sweater’ party ROUSES POINT — The Last Resort will host an ugly sweater Christmas party on Dec. 17 at 9 p.m. There will be prizes, “spiked” eggnog, drinking games and more. For more information, call 297-3044.

Plain Jane to perform at VFW, Dec. 17 ELLENBURG — Plain Jane will perform at the Northern Lights VFW Post 8793 on Dec. 17 at 9 p.m. For more information, call 594-7052.

• Worship in The norThern Tier •

ALTONA Holy Angels Church - Main Street, Altona. Mass - 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday ALBURGH VT Union Bible Church - 102 S. Main St., Alburgh, VT. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study and Bible Club for Kids at 7:00 p.m.

Pastor John Kehoe, 802-796-3055.

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 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 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 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.

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 CHAZY Chazy Presbyterian Church - 620 Miner Farm Rd., Chazy. 846-7349 Worship and Sunday School will begin at 11 a.m.

Email: chazypres@westelcom.com Sacred Heart Church - Box 549, Chazy 12921. (518) 846-7650. Sunday Mass (Ant) 6 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.

DANNEMORA Dannemore United Methodist Church - 86 Clark Street, PO Box 488, Dannemora, NY. Pastors Wendy and Gary Rhodehamel. Phone: 518-8919287. 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: 518-8919287 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 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.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Maple Street, Mooers. 236-7142.

Anticipated Saturday Mass, 4 p.m.

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.

SCIOTA 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 United Methodist Church - Sunday service 9 a.m. Route 19, Sciota.

St. Louis of France Catholic Church - Route 22, Sciota. Mass 4 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday WEST CHAZY 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.

West Chazy Community Church Pastor Marty Martin. 17 East Church St. Fiske Road, West Chazy, NY. Ph. 493-4585. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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Election, holidays bring women’s health into spotlight Reproductive issues are focus of discussion across North Country

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PLATTSBURGH — Women’s health care issues are on the forefront as the holiday season and presidential election converge.

A local pro-life initiative, 40 Days for Life, has commenced its annual holiday event in downtown Plattsburgh, designed to raise awareness of pro-life issues.

The group, which falls under the broader Pro-Life Action League, held an event outside of Planned Parenthood of the North Country on Brinkerhoff Street last weekend, and another is slated for Saturday.

Several pro-life advocates gathered around an empty manger to sing carols and sip hot chocolate.

“Empty Manger Caroling” is designed to “bring the joy and hope of Christmas to these places of misery and despair,” said Nancy Belzile, the organization’s regional coordinator.

Children have been saved from abortion, Belzile said, when their mothers heard the carols and reconsidered their decision in light of the Christmas story.

The empty manger used at the events, she said, is a dual symbol.

“Like the empty manger lovingly placed in every Christmas crèche in anticipation of celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ, it represents the joy that ought to accompany the birth of every child,” Belzile said.

All participants are welcome at this Saturday’s event.

While the Pro-Life Action League is nonpartisan, Belzile said she was heartened by the election of Donald J. Trump last month, whose presidency may portend a rollback of funding for Planned Parenthood.

“I think with a Trump presidency, it’s a positive movement in reestablishing the rights of American citizens,” Belzile said. “These babies are American citizens in the womb.”

Belzile said women often feel as if abortion is their only choice, and she agrees with Trump that the organization should be defunded.

“Their sole means of support financially is through abortion,” she said. “That’s where they’re making their money.”

Trump, a Republican, also promised to repeal sections of the Affordable Care Act, which provides coverage for birth control.

“Time will tell what happens in the future,” Belzile said.

The next event is slated for Dec. 17 in Plattsburgh.

“Those promoting the culture of life are welcome to join us,” Belzile said.

‘STEADFAST’ Planned Parenthood said they’re taking a wait-and-see approach to Trump’s presidency.

Following last month’s election, Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York (PPANY) said they remain “steadfast in their commitment to ensuring New Yorkers have access to the reproductive health care and rights we have relied on for decades.”

“It’s really unknown,” said Tess Barker, who serves as CEO for Planned Parenthood of the North Country. “We know it’s not going to be an incredibly friendly administration, but we don’t want to jump the gun. We will keep doing what we’re doing.”

Trump has said he believes Roe v. Wade should be overturned, and federal funding curbed.

But the bulk of the organization’s funding for their Plattsburgh and Watertown clinics come from the state of New York, Barker said.

The organization serves 10,000 patients in the North Country, Barker said, including providing services for men and the uninsured.

“That’s what the concern is for us.”

Joan Malin, PPANY board chair, said the group expects a productive 2017 legislative session.

“Our leaders need to come together to advance and protect access to reproductive and sexual health in the face of uncertainty that the elections have brought,” Malin said in a statement.

“New York must continue to be a beacon on issues that affect our health, our families and our future.”

Vice President-elect Mike Pence is a strong pro-life advocate, and as governor of Indiana, shepherded in some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.

Like other clinics, North Country Planned Parenthood said they have seen an uptick in donations in Pence’s name since the election on Nov. 8 — including a man who wanted a notification to be directly sent to the vice president-elect.

According to Gallup, 29 percent of Americans say abortion should be legal in all circumstances; 50 percent believe it should be legal only under certain circumstances, and 19 percent believe the practice should be illegal.

“Regardless of Mr. Pence’s stance on this, we know the American public is behind us in what we do,” Barker said. “This mission will move on.”

TRI-LAKES EFFORTS The election has also spurred other movements across the region, including a series of meetings coordinated by the Saranac Lake-based community action group Now What?

Emily Martz, co-founder, said women’s health issues are among the concerns raised by community members since the election.

The group acts as a conduit between residents and existing groups seeking change across a variety of fronts, including climate change and veterans issues.

Planned Parenthood serves a valuable role in the region, Martz said, not only when it comes to promoting public health, but also educational efforts.

A public meeting between residents, Now What? and Planned Parenthood is scheduled for Wednesday in Saranac Lake, after this edition went to print.

“We’re committed to being that educating and coordinating group in the region,” Martz said.

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Respect & understanding

rom New York to California, Iowa to Louisiana, and Georgia earlier this week highprofile shootings this year have robbed Americans of men and women that have sworn to protect their communities.

What seems like daily news reports of officers being shot and ambushed must never become just another daily occurrence and something that we hear so often we become immune to the shock of it.

Those who choose to commit acts have no respect for themselves, our laws and certainly no respect for life itself.

We must get to the root of the issues that cause these frequent events and seek solutions for the good of all.

Fear, as we all know, is a powerful motivator, and for those who feel oppressed perhaps this seems like a way of getting attention or even a noble act, but nothing could be farther from the truth.

Fear works on both sides of these issues to create doubt, anxiety and only serves to make matters far worse.

The world is dangerous enough but these senseless attacks here in this country seem to be more than random or isolated displays of brutality now affecting not only law enforcement officers, but EMTs, firefighters and other public servants, who fearlessly answer the call to duty each day.

Nations understand strategic, conventional warfare when a nation is in fact at war.

This is not a war and can not be waged with physical weapons but with ideological ones.

Think about the simple fact that law enforcement personnel and for that matter anyone associated with public service answering a routine call, going about their normal daily activity or just sitting in a parked car could become a target anywhere in the nation, for no other reason than what the perpetrator believes they represent.

More deaths will certainly not bring this to an end, so until we come together out of respect and understanding, these events will continue to occur and the more that do occur will only serve to encourage others to do the same while placing even our best trained public servants in a position of over reacting. The cycle needs to be broken.

The taking of life is never the answer to anything. Violence only brings about more violence and those who encourage, condone or support it in any way must be made to realize the error of their ways.

As we enter the holiday season and bring this year to an end, we can only hope and pray that understanding, respect and a new appreciation for common decency and moral acceptance begins to infect the hearts and minds of us all as we seek peace and brotherly love for all God’s people.

Dan Alexander may be reached at dan@suncommunitynews.com.

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he government of the United States heard the concerns of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, seeking help to protect their source of clean water and sacred burial sites. The Army Corps of Engineers delayed a permit to construct the oil pipeline under the Missouri River, granting a reprieve.

Environmental justice Standing Rock is what environmental justice looks like.

First, this action begins to help to ameliorate Columnist centuries of injustice to Indian peoples.

Over the past 500 years, indigenous people who lived close to the lands we call America, had many of their deep connections to the earth severed by colonization and broken promises. Again and again they lost land and control, but they did not forget. Deep in their spiritual bones, the connections remained.

We may never know why this particular witness evoked a rallying cry, just as we did not know exactly why it did when Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of the bus. But Standing Rock was an event that was waiting to happen. Blessedly, it was Indian youth who provided much of the catalyst and organization, always listening to the deep wisdom of their elders. This will give new pride to their discouraged and embattled lives.

Secondly, support for the actions of the Standing Rock Sioux remains stunningly widespread.

We see fleeting glimpses on TV, Facebook, or online news websites: encampments of tepees, trailers and tents, now covered with snow. People are bundled and swathed against the cold, yet hands sometimes stay exposed as they beat the drums. There are thousands of local water protectors, joined by representatives of over 200 other tribes in the United States, indigenous people from other places across the globe and many non-native peoples. The tipping point may have been the recent arrival of the hundreds of veterans who vowed to protect the protectors – an unarmed cavalry of non-violent resisters, arriving

COMMENTARY

Consider Standing Rock

LETTERS

Electoral college ‘not a formality’

To the Editor: Many writers have noted that the electoral college has recently functioned as a formality. But the founding fathers did not intend it as a formality, and treating it as such now puts our country at grave risk.

As Alexander Hamilton wrote, the electoral college is meant to preserve “the sense of the people” while also ensuring that a president is chosen by the individuals “most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice.” Electors from each state were charged with protecting us by ensuring “that the office of president will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”

The original electoral process worked — and then the political parties intervened. In the present electoral college, electors either cannot or will not make independent judgments of the candidates’ qualifications.

Instead, they will “rubber stamp” their party’s candidate. As a result, in the current election we have a person who stands ready to receive the electoral majority, despite having none of the “requisite qualifications” for the presidency. Indeed, based on his rhetoric and behavior, he appears unqualified for any leadership position. The other candidate has decades of relevant experience and an enormous advantage in the popular vote — yet she is declared the loser. This is a violation of basic democratic precepts, to say nothing of common sense.

If the point of the electoral college is to preserve “the sense of the people,” then it should not confer our presidency on one who:

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on the scene on the side of the Indians. Food, wood, housing supplies, fuel, prayers, and money from all over the world flow into the camps in support. Everyone is housed. There is free health care and food, schools for the kids.

Thirdly, the protectors rely on prayer and non-violence.

No guns are allowed in the camps. Around the sacred fire in the middle of the largest camp, drums beat and songs call up spiritual strength from deep in the genetic make-up of the Sioux and other tribes. This time, the prayers are for strength to NOT take up arms and fight, but to simply stand firm and protect. People from many faiths stand alongside.

Transfer Energy Partners, a big, powerful corporation, backed by many banks worldwide, were “defended” at first by a private security firm that produced scenes reminiscent of Birmingham in 1963 for us, and then by a team of heavily militarized law enforcement, using rubber bullets, tear gas and water hoses in freezing temperatures. They were met with determined songs, drums, and chants. There were some skirmishes. Some of the protectors were arrested. But the non-violent direct resistance held.

No one knows for sure what legal strategies the pipeline proponents may take to reverse the decision by the Army Corps of Engineers, nor what the new administration in Washington will do. Lawyers for the tribe are already working hard to make the case for continued protection of the water source.

The water protectors at Standing Rock reflect millions of people across the globe who are beginning to say “no!” – the earth is more important than profit. We will not let corporations and politicians in their pay have the last say over something we need and cherish.

Fossil fuels have given us much, but at great expense to the land, waters and air. Reconsideration is due – there are now alternatives.

Indigenous peoples have provided an inspirational moment, leading us back to a more sane and compassionate relationship with the earth, and have done so exhibiting a loving and respectful manner of protest. Standing Rock can become a crucial turning point, the beginning of collective action where we say “yes” to citizens of flesh and blood, fresh water, clean air, healthy land, renewable energy, and communities that take care of one another. There is more to do, but for now, environmental justice has been served.

I hope that the drums beat in celebration for a deeply shared spiritual awakening for all of us.

Lost the popular election by more than 2.5 million votes; Condemned many US citizens as rapists, murderers, and thieves; Consistently lied to the American public during the election; Called his political opponents liars and other derogatory names; Claimed that millions of voters voted illegally without any verifiable documentation; Claiming, during the election, that the process was “fixed,” despite denials from bipartisan electoral officials; Hinted that there would be a “revolution” if he lost the election; Bragged about sexually violating the personal rights of women; Stated that he witnessed thousands of Muslims cheering in NJ when the World Trade Center Towers collapsed – even though police have insisted that it did not happen; Demonstrated a lack of knowledge of foreign and domestic US policy; Denigrated individual military heroes and their families; Claimed, with no evidence, that our military — the very best in the world — is a “mess;” Established a phony university to make money while purposely defrauding its students; Repeatedly refused to pay the owners of small businesses what he owns them; Bragged about making money while going bankrupt, even as many shareholders lost money as a result; Threatened his political opponent with prosecution if he were elected; Refused to provide his income tax information, after saying he would do so after the election;

18. Stated that the Russian dictator who has supported the killing of thousands of innocents in Syria is a leader superior to our president; 19. Stated that he favors physical torture of our suspected enemies.

Like many others, I was dismayed to see President Obama accept the Republican nominee as president, stating that “the people have spoken.” In fact, when the final popular voting results were reported, it became obvious that the people had spoken — but no one was listening.

If all of the states had taken the route of Maine and Nebraska, which allocate electoral votes by the actual voting data, we would have a truly democratic process; the people’s voice would be fairly represented. In contrast, the states that allocate electoral votes under the “winner take all” principle expressly ignore the votes of significant parts of their electorate. The equal power of the vote is meant to be ingrained in all of us. This principle is borne out in elections for local representatives, state officials, school budgets, boards of education, organizational officers — in almost every part of our social fabric, it seems, except for the election of the president of the United States.

During the drafting of the 12th amendment, Madison warned against giving power to “a group of citizens who have a common interest in some proposal that would either violate the rights of other citizens or would harm the nation as a whole.” If the electoral college accepts a person with demonstrably inadequate qualifications, those fears will have materialized. On Dec. 19, the electors will cast their votes to determine who leads our nation. If they do not accept their constitutional responsibility, to ensure “that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications,” then they have made a mockery of the founders’ intent.

Edward Welch Johnsburg

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ConsiderÊ increasedÊ donationsÊ toÊ UnitedÊ Way To the Editor: The 2017 United Way of the Adirondack Region campaign has launched with an ambitious goal of $725,000.

Are you noticing that more people in our area are in need of the assistance offered by the 43 partner agencies; assistance such as the mental health services offered by BHSN or end of life services supplied by Hospice?

I, too, have noticed these changes in our society and I have come to know that I am able to help so many through my contribution.

Today, I am writing to ask current or past givers to consider an increase in the amount donated to our local United Way of the Adirondack Region. I know this can be difficult but any amount that you are able to increase will be used to help the lives of the nearly 80,000 neighbors, friends, and family who have been helped by a United Way agency this past year.

For this reason, I have increased my donation this year.

Won’t you please join me? A dollar or more added to your current gift each week will make a huge impact. It will also bring you closer to becoming a leadership giver. The leadership program starts at $500, just $10 per week.

The video this year is just great!

If you have not had a chance to view it, here’s a link: unitedwayadk.org/campaign2012vid.html.

Words cannot adequately express the gratitude. Thank you for considering this increase.

Gayle Alexander Elizabethtown

Proud of Sentinels To the Editor: No other team, high school or otherwise, has won eight of their 10 games on the road. This team had one home game win.

Think about it: Has anyone else even won eight of 10 games on the road?

Cambridge. Wow, what a team. Well coached and highly disciplined. “No huddle offense,” “hard to stop,” no one did!

But with six minutes to play, it was 35-28. One break was all we needed.

They got it, and took advantage as good teams will. But it started 21-0. After that, we came roaring back and out-scored them 28-14.

I might add that no one scored more points on them than we did. Not even the state’s number one team. They got 21, but it took two overtimes.

There was no shame in losing to this team. I must say that I lost a little respect for their coaching staff when they scored two meaningless touchdowns at the end instead of taking a knee.

I guess that is what state ranking is all about.

I learned something by watching our boys and their opponents, and that is multiple offenses and defenses are the name of the game today. I was very proud of this team and am looking forward to next. Remember, failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Good job coaches and staff, you make it all possible.

Marty Andersen Ticonderoga

Non-profits ‘important’ to stateÊ economy,Ê reportÊ says To the Editor: The nonprofit sector is vital to the economic health of our communities. A 2013 report, conducted by Adirondack Foundation and the Adirondack Nonprofit Network, showed that just 36 local non-profits generated a $422 million annual economic impact to the region.

On Dec. 7, 2016, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released his “Profile of Nonprofit Organizations,” which reinforces the research we conducted three years ago.

His findings show: • New York non-profits account for nearly 1.3 million jobs • Those same non-profits total more than 18 percent of private employment • Wages paid by non-profits total nearly $62 billion DiNapoli noted that “non-profits in New York state provide vital support to people who need a helping hand, a voice or services,” and “are making a difference in driving jobs and economic growth in our state.”

While some non-profits rely on state and federal funding to carry out their missions, many of these organizations rely on private contributions. As you consider giving during the holiday season, remember that your gifts aren’t just helping people in need, the environment, or local arts and culture — they’re also making a direct impact on your local economy, driving job growth and in turn supporting local businesses.

We hope the comptroller’s report, and others like it, will

ensure that the nonprofit sector continues to have a seat at the table during discussions about regional economic development and other pressing community issues.

To learn more about the comptroller’s report and the economic impact of non-profits, visit adirondackfoundation.org.

Cali Brooks President & CEO, Adirondack Foundation Lake Placid

‘Stupidity abounds’ in presidential election discussion To the Editor: This is my first letter to a news publication since I retired from teaching, over 35 years ago.

Mr. Guido’s letter so delighted this elderly lady (96 in March), that I had to let him, and your paper, know it.

I have made copies to send to all my family thoughout the country, so they can also appreciate it.

Stupidity abounds, but more intelligence, hopefully, will now come forth.

Ed: This is in response to “Trump supporters ‘getting exactly what they wanted’” by Gary Philip Guido in the Dec. 3 edition of the Sun.) Stevie Capozio Wilmington

Willsboro critic should ‘get the facts right’ about WCS To the Editor: Just a response to a letter written about Willsboro Central School.

No school is perfect, but before you slam someone or something get the facts right.

Willsboro did look into merging with Elizabethtown and Westport, but since our taxes would increase, Willsboro decided to stay as we are. Had you made a board meeting or attended the public forum you would know this.

My three children graduated from Willsboro, attended college and received degrees. One is the Clinton County director of the YAP program, one works for Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor, and the third got a full scholarship to law school. So for you to indirectly say Willsboro does not produce knowledgeable people, think again!

As for teachers pushing medication, really — last I knew, only doctors were allowed to prescribe medication and only the school nurse is allowed to administer the medication. Not sure what world you live in.

Kitchen help: think again. I not only worked in the kitchen at Willsboro Central for many years, I also have worked at the Old Dock. I do know for a fact that two full time employees and one part time could not run the Old Docks kitchen, but they feed all the children at Willsboro breakfast and lunch.

So if you are so unhappy with the school, then take your children elsewhere, and good luck finding perfection.

Kristina Coonrod Willsboro

Early ELCS-WCS merger numbersÊ donÕ tÊ seemÊ toÊ translate to cost savings To the Editor: Thank you for your informative articles in the potential ELCS-WCS merger in the Dec. 10 edition of the Sun. As I read through both articles (“Reviewing potential ELCSWCS merger” and “ELCS, WCS proceed with merger study”

by Kim Dedam) certain questions or concerns emerged for me.

The reason for the merger, “a shared outcome looks first to sustain and then improve options for students in this small, rural setting,” and reference to “the full ELCS/Westport pre-merger feasibility study.”

Quite frankly, I did not know, or at least I was unaware, that students that graduate from WCS, at least receive less than an adequate education that would avail any student the opportunity to move on, either to immediate employment or to further education of their choice.

Having attended WCS graduations, there is firsthand evidence that students have not denied pursuing their dreams through a lack of academic preparedness.

On the second point, a feasibility study indicates to me the cost savings concerns by a merge (or not).

According to one article, “Actual numbers crunched in the story show the current combined (ELCS plus Westport) levy of $7,088,201 would dip to $6,869,141 with incentive aid.”

Now that caught my attention, in that the total savings for both schools, with incentives, is $219,060 or $109,530, for each school.

Keep in mind “incentives” and just how long they would last. There were no figures as to the impact on the budget, in dollar terms without incentives.

Then think about the proposal to use both schools for kindergarten through fifth grade local populations; sixth through eighth grade middle school in Westport and high school in ELCS. With all current activities, parents have to deal with shuffling around schedules so that theirs can participate in say, seasonal sports. I would not like to be in the position of further juggling schedules between two locations (with a child in middle school, another in high school).

If this merger is purely a result on pressure from the State of New York, quite frankly, the numbers do not add up to any significant cost savings, in my opinion. In fact, when all incentives disappear, my bed is that this would be a far more costly move not only to the taxpayers, but to parents.

As for quality education, some sort of improvement that would benefit a student in the long term?

An objective measurement of the current two schools, their graduates as compared to those in larger mega-schools could go a long way to answer that question.

For my part, much more thought needs to be put into this.

Honestly, a costly study will simply could the issue when we have preliminary figures, that in my opinion failed to support the go-ahead with the study. (Not considered: for all the studies on mergers, would nobody like to see what those studies projected as compared to actual cost savings on the last five or so mergers?)

Susan Sherman Westport

Schroon Lake Lions Club offers free eye screenings

WCS, ELCS merger will only prolong death spiral

To the Editor: The Schroon Lake Lions Club has been offering free eye screenings for pre-K and kindergarten children in local elementary schools for the past several years.

The program is called “LION S.E.E. (Screening Eyes Early)” and is in partnership with KIDSIGHT USA. So far this year, the club has screened 112 students, with approximately 10 percent needing additional follow-up.

Our goal is to reach out to parents, schools and caregivers emphasizing the importance of early identification of potential vision problems and refer those that need further evaluation to an eye care professional.

Our state of the art equipment can screen for six different risk factors that may lead to amblyopia and hopefully be corrected through early detection.

The procedure is simple and non-intrusive. No equipment touches the child. According to educational experts, 80 percent of learning is visual. So if a child can’t see well, they can’t learn well. Yet most young children don’t get their vision screened until they have problems learning or paying attention in school.

By then, it may already be too late.

Unless vision problems are detected early, they risk becoming permanent by age seven. With this in mind, we will continue to reach out to schools and other organizations in order to screen as many young children as possible.

To the Editor: In regards to the merger discussions between WCS and ELCS, we are looking at a solution to treat the symptom of the disease.

The disease will not go away no matter how many mergers or bags of money from Albany you throw at the symptoms.

A WCS/ELCS merger will only prolong the death spiral, and accelerate it for the community that doesn’t host the new school.

To cure the disease, we must look at removing the restrictions we have placed on job creating development in the Adirondacks.

Number one would be to make an industry/business friendly environment so job creators want to come here.

Next would be to revamp environmental/zoning/land use laws that allow for many more small subdivisions so the influx of new families to fill jobs can build their homes.

Lastly would be for all the money the state keeps throwing around for studies, etc., to be funneled into infrastructure improvement, as in expanding sewer and water districts, cutting in new road, creating the infrastructure we need to allow this growth.

Then and only then will the disease be cured and your schools will see the enrollment growth and lowering of property taxes necessary to allow our communities to stay intact!

Dennis DAmico Schroon Lake

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CFES Summit << Continued from | p. 1

ing are not different, LaPierre summed as the group got down to defining “readiness.”

Business leaders see internships or “externships” and mentoring as a fundamental piece of the long-term readiness solution.

For Dr. John Fortune, of Willsboro, the key word is commitment, a sense of dedication that students entering the medical profession foster early in school.

To achieve that, Fortune outlined the Three E’s: Excite, Engage and Experience.

Excitement about a career can come, he said, from media and exposure to the intense environment that many medical personnel work in.

Engagement, he said, connects young people to real experience.

“We have to be out there as mentors to tell students how gratifying this career is going to be.”

And with Exposure, he said, young candidates exploring futures in medicine would gain hands-on experience.

For Mimi Lane, president of General Composites, a manufacturing company based in Willsboro, giving students a chance to gain hands-on experience is only hindered by lack of school programs that connect to business.

Half of their company’s product line is focused on making component parts for the bio-medical industry, Lane said.

“We’re a very hands-on operation.”

Internships and mentoring are initiatives Lane said General Composites is ready and willing to explore.

“How can we raise awareness to teach that manufacturing is actually a really cool place to work?”

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One solution being put in place now is at the newly founded Clinton Community College Institute for Advanced Manufacturing.

Kris Renadette, a mechanical engineer from Morrisonville, is coordinating the program, which broke ground at a new 30,000-square-foot facility this year with plans to open in Fall 2017.

He said there are 60 different manufacturing companies tucked away and busy in Essex, Franklin and Clinton counties.

“One of the best things you can do is provide exposure either through internships or by mentoring,” he said.

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing is creating what Renadette calls a “Mobile Fab Lab” that will visit various schools and community events to foster that important connection with students.

Renadette encouraged school representatives to position scholars “to be able to take advantage of the industry and colleges here today.”

A similar focus on connecting college programs to careers is ongoing at North Country Community College campuses in Ticonderoga, Saranac Lake and Malone, according to Sarah Maroun, a professor at NCCC. She described two new programs, one in Environmental Studies and another in Child and Family Services that deliver specific educational components for career goals.

“We try to work with students when they first come in and set them up with a faculty advisor and ask ‘what are your goals?’” Maroun explained.

A new staff position at NCCC oversees “Career Readiness,” she said.

The college has extended the counseling service to high school students as well.

Teacher Sue LaPierre, left, from Plattsburgh High School, worked in a rountable session with her colleague and Sarah Maroun, a professor at North Country Community College, right.

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Maroun cited their College Bridge program as a successful way for students to obtain college credits while still in high school and gain exposure to the college environment.

The program is also working to allow high school students to take some college courses on NCCC campuses.

Resilience, grit and prepping students for adversity are some of the finer points that mark “college and career readiness,” the group conferred before moving to break-out sessions.

“How do you position your school community to embrace what these colleges are trying to do?” CFES facilitator Leroy Nesbitt asked.

For CFES founder, CEO and President Rick Dalton, the goal for “readiness” encompasses both college and career preparation.

And their firm is working to untangle confusing sets of definition.

“Today, our standard is both college and career ready. We believe that the two are complementary and that you truly can’t be one without the other,” he said in an address.

“High paying jobs in the 21st Century require college — certificates, associate, bachelor’s, graduate and professional degrees.

“Looking ahead, we know that two-thirds of the future jobs will require college. And the majority of the high-paying jobs will be in STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics),” he said.

“So today you don’t just need a college degree (or certificate), you need to know where the jobs are and also where they are likely to be in the future.”

In addition to its work connecting schools with college and career exploration, CFES has also established the Brilliant Career Lab with General Electric.

“It is an interactive website where students can explore innovative digital industrial jobs of the future. The Brilliant Career Lab is available not just to CFES Scholars but to any student seeking an edge on the future, focuses on enhancing access to skills training in STEM.” College and career readiness, Dalton says, blends a strong academic foundation with essential skills and pathways to a career.

“There’s much more out there than a traditional four-year college with dorms and quads. Students can go to community college. They can take courses part-time while working and living at home. They can even take a blend of online and classroom courses. Once they understand that, we explore how to access those opportunities, including, of course, how to pay for college.”

Mentoring, Dalton says, ties it together.

Already, CFES has 25,000 students throughout the country active in mentoring programs The conference held here last week looks to expand options for students in this region.

CFES is working steadily on a formal white paper they plan to release next May encompassing a body of research that will provide a global definition for “college and career readiness.”

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brain injuries, educational entitlements and additional support groups and counseling services.

The NCVA also provide support for Gold Star Mothers.

Former Rep. John McHugh helped lock in a $250,000 federal grant in 2009 that allowed a build-out of additional 4,000-square-feet, the first phase of the project.

A decade later, this recent announcement, which the regional council flagged as a top project, marks the second expansion, which will add 1,300 of space to the complex.

The total price tag clocks in at $337,000.

The wish list at any organization, Hynes said, is to set goals, find funding streams and patch them together to grow.

“We will work with other public and private partners to raise the approximate $250,000,” Hynes said.

The NVCA has also set up a crowdfunding page on GoFundMe. “We’re really, really elated,” Hynes said. “Our membership has been calling and emailing. They said, ‘You said it might happen, and it did.’”

For more info, find them on Facebook.

The Regional Economic Development Council Awards, now in its sixth year, has delivered $484 million to the North County since 2011.

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Northern ADK students win Stefanik app challenge BCS appoints new principal Sarah Paquette named Beekmantown Elementary principal BEEKMANTOWN — The Beekmantown Central School District and the Board of Education announced the appointment of Sarah Paquette as the new Beekmantown Elementary School Principal on Monday.

Paquette was the overwhelming choice for each stakeholder group she interviewed with during the multi-step hiring process, said a spokesperson for the board. Paquette was unanimously appointed as elementary principal at the last board meeting.

Paquette has an extensive elementary teaching background, including 13 years at three grade levels serving students at Chazy CSD and Northern Adirondack CSD. “The district is certain that Principal Paquette would not only be a strong instructional leader, but will dedicate time and effort to maintain Beekmantown’s impressive growth,” said Beekmantown Superintendent Daniel Mannix. “We are excited for our students and families to have Principal Paquette lead the BES.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro), co-chair of the Congressional STEAM Caucus, announced that Abi Gustafson and Andrew Messeck of Northern Adirondack Central School have been named the winners for the 2016 NY21 Congressional App Challenge.

“I am excited to announce that Abi and Andrew’s winning entry will be showcased at the U.S. Capitol for visitors from around the world to see,” said Stefanik. “The North Country is home to many gifted students and I thank all who participated in this year’s Congressional App Challenge.”

Abi and Andrew designed, created, and showcased an app called “Train Rain”— an interactive children’s game that parents and educators can use to help teach children colors.

Their app will be featured on the Congressional App Challenge website, and be displayed in the U.S. Capitol building where it will be seen by visitors from around the world.

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Chazy Central School Honor Roll High Honors Grade 12: Jessica Barcomb, Edward Bocker, Kade Collins, Cameron Doran, Delaney Garrant, Kailey Garrant, Cole Harvey, Steffaney Jabaut, Ryan Kelsh, Megan Knight, Kelsey O’Connor, Bailey Pepper, Brittany Rock, Megan Rock, Ariane Roy, Keeley Sample-Filimon, Gage Whalen-Ducatte, Gabrielle Wynne.

Grade 11: Claire Benoit, Edward Clausen III, Lindsey Gilmore, Abigale Gonyo, Bryan McAfee, Ely Moak, Conner Morse, Audrey Roy, Nathan Trombly.

Grade 10: Kendra Becker, Josiah Bouchard, Justin Collins, Aidan Huchro, Bruce Juneau III, Aiyana LaMoy, Benjamin Norcross, Jordan Ratelle, Amelia Stevens.

Grade 9: Roxanne Auger-Thompson, Elijah Barry, Gabriel Huchro, Nathan Pilon, Erin Recor.

Grade 8: Jose de Ondarza, Patrick Dwyer, Callie-Ann Harvey, Willow Herz, Celine Juneau, Annika Lizardi, Connor McCarthy, Emma Smith.

Grade 7: Aengus Andrew, Kaelen Billow, Maggie Blair, Brianna Bocker, Amelia Chaffin, Jenna Collins, Shay Collins, Benjamin de Ondarza, Dale Gonyo Jr., Madysen Guay, Abigail Huchro, Alain Juneau, Jeremy Juneau, Camille Leclerc, Hadley Lucas, Joshua Pilon, Cael Ross, Zane Stevens.

Honors Grade 12: Adam Archuleta, Max Barnaby, Dartanion Bechard, Sara Bulriss, Terrance Doran, Mikayla Douglas, Savanah Hart, Lilly Hayes, Paetyn Hilborne, Cassandra Jock, Derek Jock, Conner LaPierre, Jordan LaPointe, Taylor Laurin, Emily Moore, Riley Roberts, Hunter Thomas, Kelsie Wells.

Grade 11: Hunter Bechard, Kaitlyn Bocker, Kyle Cahoon, Allyson Duprey, Sadie Garceau, Mackenzie Guay, Brenden Hosler, Andrick Hunyor, Eric Lussier-Deso, Joshua McCauley, Emily Pilon, Natalie Pombrio, Liam Roberts, Austin Therrian, Olivia Thibault, Julia West, Lydia West.

Grade 10: Jonathan Aborn, Kyra Becker, Alexander Chapman, Catherine Christiansen-Provost, McClain Dudyak, Scott Guay Jr., Brian Hemingway, Preston Laurin, Lynn Lussier-Deso, Victoria Miller, Brice Panetta, Matthew Parent, Jack Pelton.

Grade 9: Seamus Andrew, Dalton Bechard, Cadin Bedard, Jesse Blais, Kagan Clukey, Maura Garrant, Heaven Giddings, Emmy Moak, Cale Norcross, Karrisa Poupore, Josiah Roberts, Olivia Rotella, Jana Schraders Grade 8: Amber Anderson, Makenna Bell, Kendra Bushey, Mackenzie Chapman, Benjamin Dickerson, Colby Drake, Emily DuFour-Woznicki, Riley Hansen, Macy Hosler, Brianne Knight, Catherine Langlois, Olivia McLennan, Pier Morin, Jocelynne Vesneske.

Grade 7: Kayden Bannister, Kira Blais, Trinity Deso, Piper LaPier, Nickolas Rodolakis, Dayton Rovers, Dallas Santor, Jayden Theoret, Trent Trahan II, William Upton, Harry West.

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Sarah Burliss • Chazy Eagles How did you get started playing?

I used to play hockey. I started to play basketball. I didn’t like the cold so I decided to do an inside sport instead.What makes you successful?

TeamworkWhat

is the one moment you feel you will always remember?

Seventh grade modified year, Lydia West was dribbling down an open lane and she completely fell on her face. That was pretty funny.

What are your goals for this season?

Improve the shots and our defence

What do you think your coaches would say about you?

I’m an amazing player and I work hard.

Chazy’s Mikayla Douglas drives to the basket against EL/W’s Taylor Gough in the MVAC opener for both schools Dec. 6. The Griffins scored a 70-21 win with Olivia Rotella leading the Eagles with 7 points. See photos from this game at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

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The 2016 Champlain Valley Athletic Conference volleyball all star team First Team

Allyssa Rock Beekmantown

Gabrielle Rowell Beekmantown

2nd Team All-State

Coach

MVP

Brent Banker, NCCS

Taylor Higgins, Peru

Second team 3rd Team All-State

Abby Bone Beekmantown

Olivia Bousquet Peru

Jenny Cibula Peru

Kyleigh Melhorn Valerie Simmons Elizabeth Trudeau PHS NCCS Saranac

Honorable Mention: Karissa Stevens — AVCS Graci Daby — Lk. Placid Liz Herkalo — Plattsburgh High

Brooke Bjelko Beekmantown

Victoria O’Leary Lake Placid

Sydney Burdo PHS

Natalie Boluerice NCCS

3rd Team All-State Nicole Khater NCCS

Olivia Atkinson Saranac Lk.

Maddy Tyler Peru

MorganÊ FarmerÊ Saranac Lk.

Jazlyne Pratt — Northern Adk. Jacqueline Rasco — NCCS Rebecca Holzer — Saranac Kaitlyn Smith — Saranac Lake

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Boreas Ponds Classification

What Access the Adirondacks had to say A

ccess the Adirondacks is a coalition of local government officials, sportsmen and business owners who are lobbying for broader access.

The background: Access the Adirondacks is a newcomer. Formed this past summer, the group is calling for Alternative 1, which they believe could allow the widest possible use of the land, which the state purchased for $14.5 million.

Sportsmen, the elderly and the disabled are key constituency groups that the state must accommodate, says Access. The first, in particular, are aging: the average age of sportsmen across the state is between 46 and 48, according to Jason Kemper, chairman of the New York State Conservation Fund Advisory Board.

Kemper said sportsmen are playing a larger role in this debate than in the past because they feel as if they have been historically shut out of the process.

Access likened the new lands as a destination for working class people, a “poor man’s opportunity” where visitors do not have to be members of the exclusive clubs that border the parcel in order to enjoy the landscape.

The group sees their plan, a 50-50 split, as a compromise solution.

“It’s not a huge intrusion into the core of the Wilderness, and I think that dialogue has been lost,” said Roger Dziengeleski, a retired vice president and senior forester at Finch Pruyn, the prior owners of the parcel.

Economic development: The sporting community pumps money into the local economy through trips and the purchase of sporting license and permits, Kemper said.

In 2011, hunters and anglers spent $4.9 billion, according to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. Snowmobilers, in particular, are heavy spenders, providing nearly $868 million in economic activity annually, according to the New York State Snowmobile Association.

While enticing, Access says recreation is just one plank to bolstering the year-round economy, and every little bit helps.

Increased visitation will ideally lead to a growth in businesses and service providers in their communities, a growth that will attract newcomers and lead to a sustainable economy, which would also bolster the local school districts.

Earlier this year, the Adirondack Council, a member of BeWildNY, commissioned a study from a Clarkson University professor that revealed property values increase in proximity to Wilderness.

That study has become a chief economic argument in their pursuit of more protected lands. But Access disputes those findings.

“We’re not convinced of the correlation,” said Bill Farber, chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors.

All restrictive zoning makes homes more valuable regardless of a state or residential classification, he said.

Traditional indicators of economic health — including unemployment, incomes, sales tax revenues and hotel occupancy rates — also need to be taken into account while measuring the fiscal health of a community, he said.

Due to the robust market for second homes, housing affordability is perhaps a greater issue that imperils the local economy, Farber said.

“I reject the idea that home values are a good economic indicator,” Farber said. “Simply driving up home values is not the savior of the community.”

Advocates of an expanded Wilderness area have used that study to argue that a Wilderness classification will create an bustling economic zone in North Hudson and Newcomb not dissimilar to that in Keene Valley.

But Access says Keene benefits from tourists driving through it to access Lake Placid — not its proximity to Wilderness.

As such, Minerva, Newcomb and North Hudson will likely not be automatically transformed into a Lake Placid or Saranac Lake under a Wilderness designation.

“There just isn’t commonality,” Farber said.

Intact communities, said Dziengeleski, rely on a diverse spread of residents, including doctors, lawyers, teachers, and that any sustainable economy requires complexity and diversity.

Attracting as many user groups as possible to the parcel would stimulate local business more than narrowing it to a single group, he said.

“It just seems very simplistic to say we go to a single driver,” said Dziengeleski. “It has to be a more diverse picture than just Wilderness use to drive a recreational economy.”

Misconceptions: The APA has hosted eight public hearings across the state. The final was held in Albany on Dec. 7.

Each has drawn hundreds of participants, and dozens of public comments, including many from young people calling for a full Wilderness plan that is not espoused by BeWildNY (and is not among the four APA-profered alternatives).

Farber said he was “disheartened” on the misconceptions leveled by many of these speakers as to what Access wants.

Their wish list does not include float planes, ATVs, party barges and unfettered access to the parcels.

The group, however, is requesting snowmobile use to be permitted from the so-called Four Corners, around the perimeter of Boreas Ponds to White Lily Pond and along Gulf Brook Road, the main point of entry.

Roger Dziengeleski Access is also calling for electric motor use on Boreas Ponds.

The impact of those devices on other users and especially the environment, they say, is overexaggerated.

Farber said it is “hard to logically reconcile” how motors will affect hikers: If folks cannot hear log trucks and skidders through the dense forest canopy, then how would mountain biking in the summer or snowmobiling in the winter impact that experience? Or the electric motors that emit neither emissions nor noise.

Access said they categorically denied the use of the DEC’s CP-3 policy as a gateway to broader ATV usage.

“That is absolutely not the case,” Farber said. “Nobody is looking at this as a means to open this up further than CP-3. Nobody is using this as a way to get ATV use in there — that’s not going to serve anybody well.”

The goal of that policy is simply to try to put disabled guests close enough to the access points at possible.

“I understand what revs the base, and gets people energized, but it’s a distraction from the issues,” Farber said. “It’s a fool’s errand.”

Kemper added: “I personally find it really egregious we’re leading people, those wearing the green shirts, to those conclusions.”

The misinformation, he said, had to have come from somewhere. If it was the education system, then that system has failed.

The conversation has been twisted, says the group, to insinuate Access wants to degrade the parcel, and they are not also environmentalists. But these misconceptions are damaging, and unfair to the next generation of Adirondack stakeholders.

“Lines drawn in the sand are not good for any group trying to do work in the Adirondacks,” Kemper said.

“I think a lot of testimony is that idealism,” Farber said. “The question is: How do you apply that kind of idealism to communities in the Adirondack Park?”

Access also said they were bothered at what they referred to as the “villainization” of local governments.

As elected officials, and as members of broader regional municipal organizations like the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages, they are bringing to the public sessions the will of their constituencies, not misconstruing facts to appeal to donors, they said.

On the classification process: Access is displeased with several aspects of the broader classification process.

A Wilderness designation would take most of the consideration for recreational options out of hands of the DEC, who create the Unit Management Plan (UMP), or where the state really drills down to determine appropriate use, like mountain biking and snowmobiling.

Access would prefer a UMP process that will allow the agency to consider more uses than those currently allowed in Wilderness.

When it comes to metrics like water quality and wetlands, the difference between the two ecosystems (Wild Forest and Wilderness) is virtually no different, and thus the land is not endangered any differently, Access said.

The coalition also believes a Wilderness designation by itself doesn’t necessarily mean ample resource protection, land stewardship and proper management, citing overuse by hikers in the High Peaks, including herd paths, trampled ecosystems and other damaging practices.

The parcels, they added, will not retain the same habitat as before regardless of how they are classified.

In addition, Wilderness classification tends to eliminate further discussion of many of these management issues.

The weakness in the State Land Master Plan (SLMP), Farber concluded, it that it contains two categories in which to shoehorn everything. The constitutional language, he said, wasn’t developed with some of these ideas in mind, but rather watershed and clearcutting.

The SLMP is clear about land and capacity to sustain use. If it is trammeled, it has capacity, Farber said, which underpins another argument — the current state of the land.

Kemper said he was disappointed that APA-provided maps did not reveal the pre-existing infrastructure on the parcel, including a network of roads — nor did officials mention them in their introductory comments until the sixth public hearing.

As such, Kemper feels as if the process was inherently biased from the beginning.

Pro-access advocates, he said, had to spend their allotted three minutes at the public hearings just to present a base-level understanding of the facts, which included presentations of the maps Ac-

Bill Farber & Jason Kemper cess created themselves this past fall.

“Put the facts out there,” Kemper said, “and see where it ends up.”

Dziengeleski said the Boreas and MacIntyre tracts should have peeled away from discussion of the other parcels under discussion.

“With 99 parcels, it’s tough when Boreas is sucking the air out of the room,” he said.

On the divisiveness: It’s been said much of the sharp discussion that has characterized discourse in the Adirondack Park has mellowed in recent years. But Access says the misleading rhetoric acts as somewhat of a reversal to that, and is harming future discourse.

The group said one of the reasons elbows have been sharpened isn’t necessarily due to a broader existential debate on environmental politics, but rather that green advocacy groups have historically relied on large-scale land use acquisitions for their fundraising and membership recruitment drives.

But now that the final jewel has been acquired, said Dziengeleski, more issues need to be created to support their agenda.

“It makes good fundraising flyers,” Dziengeleski said.

While the rhetoric can be effective, you don’t need to put out an extreme perspective to be true to your base, he said.

“It’s turned political,” Kemper said. “We’re not talking about classification facts.”

As sportsmen and local government officials, they have no base beyond their members and constituents, which is largely baked in — nor do they have an advocacy organization to maintain.

But, Kemper said, Access has nowhere near the financial resources as environmental groups, who have said they will spend “whatever it takes,” and have enlisted celebrity spokespeople, to ensure the victory in their final quest for more Wilderness.

Access has spent $5,000, which they have scraped together from town boards.

That influx of outside funds pressures lobbying groups to produce results, Kemper said.

Imagine what can be done to combat trail overuse and the harmful effects on vegetation if those resources were redeployed, Kemper said.

The coalition largely hailed ADA and DEC staffs for their work.

But by their very nature, the ADA public hearing process is flawed, they said.

Asking people to comment often devolves into campaign-style arguments where you’re simply trying to win people to your side — not discussing the facts, Farber said.

As such, the rhetoric increases and attendees seldom reach common ground.

“But that’s not what sells,” Farber said. “So those conversations never happen.”

“People making a flawed argument doesn’t make a flawed argument right.”

Next week: Our Editorial Board takes a stand on the issue Advent, Christmas events on tap on Peru Community Church PERU — The Peru Community Church will host a variety of advent and Christmas events and services this year.

The 4-week advent season sermon themes selected

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Christmas Eve services on Saturday, Dec. 24 are at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the sanctuary.

On Christmas Sunday, Dec. 25, one service will be held in the Chapel at 10:30 a.m., followed by fellowship/coffee hour.

On New Year’s Day, Sunday Jan. 1, 2017, one service will be at 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary.

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Boreas Ponds Classification

What BeWildNY had to say B

eWildNY is a coalition of environmental organizations led by the Adirondack Council and the Adirondack Mountain Club.

The background: The coalition supports none of the four Adirondack Park Agencyoffered alternatives, believing all to be flawed because they adequately fail to protect Boreas Ponds, leaving them vulnerable to motorized uses and invasive species.

Their plan, introduced this past spring, calls for Wilderness expanded south to include the ponds and the sensitive wetlands surrounding them. This will act as somewhat of a buffer zone to protect what ecologists say is an astonishing array of wildlife located on the parcel.

BeWildNY sees their plan as a compromise solution that has something for all stakeholders.

While the exact path hasn’t yet been determined, snowmobiling will be permitted at the southern end of the tract, an olive branch to an activity that sportsmen groups, businesses and local government officials believe will stimulate the local economy, which remains sluggish.

Their big tent approach is based on one main underlying premise: “How can we balance these things while being true to the State Land Master Plan (SLMP), and making sure the most sensitive areas are protected?” said Willie Janeway, executive director of the Adirondack Council. “Where can we accommodate other interests even if they don’t endorse our plan in the end?”

Aside from minor details, most of the debate is over the last mile of Gulf Brook Road, he said.

On motorized use: BeWildNY wants to prohibit electric motors on Boreas Ponds, not only because they believe they would be injurious to the waters, but also due to broader ramifications.

A Wilderness designation is critical for the area surrounding the ponds, says BeWildNY, because the classification is the only way to definitively prohibit motorized activities from ever taking place in the future.

Uses permitted by the state Department of Conservation on Wild Forest may drift over time, they argue.

“Another DEC commissioner can add motorboats to Boreas Ponds, and it would not be difficult,” said Neil Woodworth, executive director of the Adirondack Mountain Club.

Nothing in the SLMP would prevent the next commissioner from changing those uses, he said, and the APA doesn’t have the tools that would be necessary to remedy those mistakes.

Furthermore, he said, classifications do not have sub-categories.

If electric motors are allowed, perhaps a small outboard motor could be next, for instance, leading to a slippery slope.

As such, classification must be wielded as a “blunt tool.”

“What’s the point of a Boreas Ponds Wilderness if the center is not motor-free?” Janeway said.

For the APA to not classify those internal tracts as Wilderness, and to not look at the ecology first, would be an “abdication” of their responsibility, he said.

BeWildNY and Access the Adirondacks, a pro-access group, have sparred over the use of the DEC’s CP-3 permitting system.

Access says they simply want to accommodate disabled guests, but BeWildNY says that opens the door to future ATV use.

In fact, that’s already trying to be done elsewhere, Woodworth said.

The DEC’s draft of the Grass River Unit Management Plan, for instance, may open up sections of the St. Lawrence County tract to ATV usage, a development BeWildNY finds worrisome.

On access for the disabled: BeWildNY agrees with Access that the tract must be made available for use by the disabled, but disagrees on the best way to accommodate the user group.

The coalition is calling for a gently sloped path around LaBier Flow accessing the ponds using a stone dust component, which makes an easy stable surface — more so than gravel roads.

A number of potential sites for portage trails are also being explored, and will be hashed out in the UMP, they argue.

The group says one of the biggest misconceptions is that they’re anti-access, which they find offensive.

“We believe there are ways to get people physical access and not open it up to 19 million people at the same time,” said John Sheehan, a BeWildNY spokesman.

On practicality: BeWildNY says they are mindful of alleviating the overuse which has jeopardized some of the High Peaks’ most popular destinations.

That mindfulness, and sense of history, factors into their proposal for Boreas Ponds, leveraging what works based on past experience and what doesn’t.

BeWildNY is also mindful of what uses their members will find enjoyable.

For instance, the coalition does not support biking around the ponds because they believe there are places to do that — like in Wilmington, for instance, or Ragged Mountain.

Their proposed parking lot is just up from LaBier Flow, about 1.2 miles from the ponds, which would offer a balance between access and protective safeguards, they said.

Parking spaces would be limited to 15 to 20 cars, with perhaps more allocated by a permitting process.

“We call that the Lake Lila factor,” said Woodworth. “That 1-mile buffer is enough to protect the resources.”

The ponds themselves are never going to be a camping destination because the shores are too wet, said Woodworth. But the prop-

erty is great for canoeing, which would allow for new access points around the High Peaks.

A number of campsites on Casey Brook could make it a perfect backpacking trail, he said.

Keeping the road closed for seven miles is not a reasonable proposal, agrees the coalition. But a mile is pretty doable, which is also a distance that is accommodating for guides.

BeWildNY’s preferred snowmobiling route will lock into the Newcomb and North Hudson connector trail.

Their proposal for a connector trail is one that will not get caught up in the courts, Woodworth said.

Furthermore, the DEC-approved route is problematic, said Woodworth, because it does not have the full support of key landowners.

Economic development: BeWildNY says Wilderness acts as a draw for outdoor enthusiasts, citing Keene as a successful example of an economy that caterers to outdoor adventurers.

A similar scenario is possible in North Hudson and Newcomb, they said.

While the exact recipe for economic success has historically been tricky, local merchants need to create businesses that hikers wish to frequent by providing goods and services appealing to them, said Woodworth.

Those that find that magic sweet spot tend to build up a customer base, he added, citing a boat manufacturer in Olmstedville who is clearing $1 million annually and employs six people.

BeWildNY said it is a misconception that hiking does not generate economic activity for local communities.

“It’s a shibboleth that hikers don’t spend money,” Woodworth said.

The Adirondack Mountain Club’s facilities are located either in Wilderness, or adjacent to Wilderness, and hikers are a fairly affluent group, he said.

“We make quite a bit of money catering to that business,” Woodworth said.

Data, he said, doesn’t show a Wild Forest designation helps small businesses economically.

Furthermore, Woodworth said, it’s difficult for businesses to discern how much of their visitation comes from hikers who do not always identify themselves as such.

But data does support more and more visitors are coming to the Adirondacks to hike, and less are coming to snowmobile and visit Olympic venues, he said.

BeWildNY said there needs to be better regional management of tourism assets: Perhaps more signage could generate economic activity in the region, for instance.

The coalition floated additional ideas, like a parking facility and a town-state partnership that would provide a shuttle service from Exit 29 to the parcels.

Part of the problem facing the Five Towns, Woodworth said, is that they’re not receiving the same level of support from the state’s marketing platforms, including I LOVE NY, as Lake Placid does.

The Adirondack Park also needs a long-term financing system that will give start-up businesses more readily access to capital, Woodworth said, like a revolving loan fund.

Banks, for instance, might be loath to lend a startup bed and breakfast in Newcomb funds, Woodworth said.

“It’s really access to capital.”

Post-classification, the group will continue to challenge the stereotype of hikers as “granola-eating folks who gas up fuel-efficient cars and don’t leave anything behind.”

“We really are going to challenge supervisors to get beyond the fallacy that hikers and paddlers don’t spend money,” Woodworth said.

The group also argued that snowmobiling isn’t a panacea for the economy, citing climate change.

On the classification process: This is one area in which both Access and BeWildNY agree the process is flawed.

“This was probably the worst way to do the process,” Woodworth said. “This whole process was rushed for some reason.”

Woodworth noted the parting comments by former APA commissioner Richard Booth last spring, who called the SLMP process regarding major amendments “badly broken” and that the governor “rigidly controlled” what analysis the agency staff was allowed to prepare and present to the agency.

As such, full discussion was stymied.

Woodworth also noted the comments by Chad Dawson, the newest commissioner, who said there was a poverty of appropriate proposals. The agency also failed to chose a preferred alternative.

But the APA had already voted on the public hearing schedule, resulting in what Woodworth said were a number of procedural errors from which the agency could not recover.

“I don’t think they expected thousands of people to come out to this thing,” Woodworth said.

Like Access, BeWildNY says the lack of official data, including maps, poses a vexing predicament because there is not a universallysupported baseline of facts.

“When you saw the four alternatives come out, they didn’t have scientific substantiation; no roadmaps, they didn’t have the wetlands accurately — and they didn’t explain the differences,” Woodworth said.

Woodworth added: “This process did not have the document and cost-benefits of alternatives. That just wasn’t provided, and in a way, the various advocates and viewpoints had to come up with their own.”

All sides must be aware of what they’re refuting, said Janeway, who

called the process “botched.”

The APA, he said, did not “take a more fully inclusive science-based full range of alternatives to this.”

And that has led to a sense of distrust that has pervaded the process, and has awoken Neil Woodworth young enviros calling for a more restrictive classification, Janeway said, which then created a pushback from snowmobilers.

The state, said Janeway, has the opportunity to put this back in the bottle by providing another set of alternatives — at least seven.

“I think a lot of the acrimony would have been abrogated,” Woodworth said.

On existing infrastructure: BeWildNY disagrees with Access on the status of existing infrastructure.

Some roads are no longer there, or have deteriorated, making them unfeasible for the bicycle use on the tracts Access is proposing.

Others haven’t been used for 20 years, especially those further back on the parcel.

The group says at least half of these are “phantom roads” and is pushing to create better, more accurate data.

“I think there’s a growing agreement that there isn’t good data on the property,” Janeway said.

But even that discussion is a red herring, says the coalition.

Just 5 percent of the Adirondack Park is old growth forest, or 300,000 acres of a total of 6 million.

“If existing roads prevented Wilderness classification, we would not have had half of the Wilderness we have today,” Woodworth said.

Wanakena, for instance, used to be a railroad lumber town, and the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area in Long Lake was once heavily logged and contained a vast network of roads.

“It’s amazing how quickly nature has taken those roads,” Woodworth said.

On the divisiveness: Janeway said the eight public hearings, which concluded last week in Albany, demonstrated that many people love the Adirondacks.

“And I think those are things worth celebrating,” he said. “I don’t see that degenerating if we should have an Adirondack Park in 100 years.”

But, he admitted, signs have arisen that the new culture of cooperation has been slipping: The divisions are still there; they’re just sharpened, and over a smaller area, he said.

The discussion over motorized use, said Janeway, is appearing to wake up an element of the environmental community to BeWildNY’s left.

“I think we’re at risk, but we’re going to get through it,” Janeway said.

But there are also more tasks ahead.

After Jan. 1, the Adirondack Council will start to work with local leaders on the second passage of a state constitutional amendment that will allow local governments to coordinate public infrastructure projects on state land while also being protective of Article 14.

“We have different positions. We try to keep those viewpoints respectful,” Janeway said, citing additional work on the Common Ground Alliance and other regional issues.

“This has tended to polarize some, but if you look at the BeWildNY proposal, it really is a compromise between the two perspectives,” Woodworth said.

The groups also plan on working with the DEC to address the overuse issue, and new waves of users are also placing a strain on Forest Rangers, who continue to be underfunded. Many of these users have little outdoor experience and are vastly unprepared — like those in sandals and shorts.

On claims of drumming up donor base: Access criticized BeWildNY for using the issue to drum up their donor base, and suggested the coalition was misrepresenting their positions.

BeWildNY brushed off the criticisms.

The campaign, said the coalition, is funded by major donors who feel as if they have a chance to influence a discussion that will ultimately see the governor approve a decision that accurately reflects public sentiment.

“They tend to be folks who helped the Nature Conservancy buy the property, and they don’t want to see this lost,” Woodworth said.

It wasn’t until the APA introduced their alternatives in October did the groundswell came out, BeWildNY said.

What really captured the attention of his donors, Woodworth said, was the opportunity to combat invasive species.

“We are mounting a campaign to fight the Hemlock Woolly Delga before it gets to the Adirondacks,” he said, noting 1 in 7 trees in Adirondacks is a Hemlock, and thus susceptible.

Donating to that cause, he said, makes people feel as if they can combat a real, tangible threat.

“Finally, we can fight back.” Woodworth said.

Furthermore, compromise solutions like their Boreas Ponds proposal are traditionally not the best for drumming up their base, he noted.

If the Adirondack Council wanted to galvanize their base, they would highlight the aforementioned draft Grass River UMP, Janeway said.

“Nothing incites a donor base more than ATVs,” Woodworth said.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BRIAN DENO TRUCKING, LLC (PURSUANT TO SECTION 203 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Articles of Organization of BRIAN DENO TRUCKING, LLC (the Company) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on October 17, 2016.

The Company is being formed for any lawful business purpose and shall have all the powers set forth in Section 202 (a) - 202(q) of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. The office of the Company is to be located in the County of Clinton, State of New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as the agent of the Company upon who process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon such Secretary of State is: 667 O'Neil Road, West

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State Limited Liability Corporation. The date of filing of the articles of organization with the Department of State is November 03, 2016, which is the intended date of formation. The office of the LLC is located in Clinton County, NY. The street address of the principal business location is 578 U.S. Route 2, Alburgh, VT 05440. The New York State Secretary of State is the designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her/him is: PO Box 161, Rouses Point, NY 12979. The LLC shall have no registered agent. The LLC shall have no specified date of dissolution. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC shall be any lawful purpose.

NC-12/03-01/07/20166TC-137546

Electric Beach Tanning Boutique, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/23/2016. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 31

Electric Beach Tanning Boutique, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/23/2016. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 31 Plattsburgh Plaza, Plattsburgh NY 12901, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-12/17-01/21/20176TC-138775

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: Luck of the Irish, LLC; Date of filing: 11/4/16; Office of the LLC: Clinton Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 12 Chamberlain Road, Peru, New York, 12972; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.

NC-11/26-12/31/20166TC-136661

MLN TOX PATH, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/15/2016. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to P.O. Box 593, 185 Sheldon Lane, Chazy, NY 12921, the street address is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NC-11/26-12/31/166TC-136802

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Limited Liability Company ("LLC") Most Lake Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on November 14, 2016 for business conducted from an office located in Clinton County, NY. The "SSNY" is designated as the agent of the "LLC" upon whom process against it may be served.

"SSNY" shall mail a copy of any process to the "LLC" at 13 Genesee Lane, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

NC-11/26-12/31/166TC-136756

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Limited Liability Company ("LLC") Most Lake Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on November 14, 2016 for business conducted from an office located in Clinton County, NY. The "SSNY" is designated as the agent of the "LLC" upon whom process against it may be served.

"SSNY" shall mail a copy of any process to the "LLC" at 13 Genesee Lane, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

NC-11/26-12/31/166TC-136756

PARKER FAMILY MAPLE HOLDING COMPANY, 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 November 22, 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 1043 Slosson Road, West Chazy, NY 12992.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-12/17-01/21/20176TC-138858

PARKER FAMILY MAPLE FARM, 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 November 30, 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 1043 Slosson Road, West Chazy, NY 12992.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NC-12/17-01/21/20176TC-138858 NOTICE OF FORMATION of PREMIER VAPORS, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Secty of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/08/16. Office in Clinton County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 Cogan Ave Ste 102 Plattsburgh, NY

NOTICE OF FORMATION of PREMIER VAPORS, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Secty of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/08/16. Office in Clinton County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 Cogan Ave Ste 102 Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Purpose: Any lawful purpose NC-11/26-12/31/166TC-136962 Zafer International Holding LLC. Auth. Filed w/SSNY on 9/20/16. Office: Clinton Co. Formed in DE on 5/24/16. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 800 Westchester Ave, Rye Brook, NY 10573.

DE address: 3500 S. Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901. Filed w/DE Sec. of State: 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful.

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