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By John Grybos jgrybos@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — The Johnsburg School Board covered a lot of ground in their first of two budget workshops Jan. 23, which focused on staffing and benefits. Those budget items make up about $6.5 million of the slightly less than $10 million school budget. “That's what we do,” said Superintendent Mike Markwica. “That's what our school's made up of.” Working with the students is the primary goal of any school, so department heads advocated their budget lines in the hopes that they wouldn't see any more cuts to their departments. “Everyone's hope was that they won't lose more in their department,” said Markwica. The 2010-2011 budget was $10,062,415, and the 2011-2012 budget dropped to $9,856,704. “They're doing more with less, but the less is affecting students,” said Markwica. Principal Nadine Kearney told the board that numbers have gone up for academic intervention services sought by the Committee on Special Education, which requests one-on-one attention for students. Since 2009, the faculty has laid off or not replaced a special education teacher, a home and career teacher, two elementary teachers, a part-time art teacher and two teacher's aides.
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Steve Cannan fishes during the Jan. 21 Central Adirondack Ice Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Indian Lake/Blue Mountain Fish & Game Club. Bruce Lewis reported that there was perfect weather and good ice. In all, 172 people participated in the tournament, with a total fish weight of 259 pounds. The largest northern pike was 8 pounds, 4 ounces, caught by Marie Brown. And the largest perch was 1 pound, caught by Marc Linaris. Photo by Mary Cannan
McKibben happy about rejected pipeline By John Grybos jgrybos@denpubs.com WASHINGTON — The 1,711-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline, protested by longtime Johnsburg resident and current Middlebury college scholar-in-
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andy@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — Adirondack Park Agency (APA) Commissioner Bill Thomas, of Johnsburg, voted “yes” Jan. 20 to help approve the controversial Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake.
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“This brings the opportunity of economic development to Tupper Lake,” Thomas said. “People have lost a lot of sleep over this,” said DEC designee Judy Drabicki. “I’ve agonized over this decision,” said Commissioner Art Lussi, of Lake Placid. “It’s hard because you have to take sides … I think this plan is very thoughtfully done.”
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The vote was 10-1. Before the 11 board members cast their votes — in alphabetical order — they explained why they voted yes or no. Almost all agreed that the review process, which took almost eight years, needed improvement. But that didn’t stop most from approving the resort planned around the Big Tupper Ski Area on Mount Morris.
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