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Outdoors
APA relents on its guardrail mandate as they disintegrate.
Both sides praise the appointment of Terry Martino as APA chief.
Look to the higher elevation ponds for mid summer brook trout.
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M inerva D ay parade set to go
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assures a crowd in Clifton Park that the national economy is poised to rebound. Biden is flanked by area Democratic officials Larry Bulman (left) and Bill Montfort (right).
Biden tells area citizens stimulus will take time
Local G.O.P. criticizes ‘pork’ spending By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
CLIFTON PARK — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden touted his administration’s economic stimulus plan June 9 during a speech he gave at This story was first posted Shenendehowa High School — and area Deonline July 10 on mocrats basked in the www.northcreeknewsenspotlight in the event, the first visit by a U.S. vice terprise.com president to New York’s Capital Region in a decade. In his speech, Biden said the Saratoga-Glens Falls region exemplified the prosperity that lies ahead, jump-started by the federal Recovery Act. Countering recent criticism that the Obama administration hadn’t taken enough action to spur the economy, Biden said the stimulus plan, with $16 billion committed to New York State, was already yielding benefits. “People are putting shovels in the ground, jackhammers in old concrete and putting new steel on bridges,” he said, referring to 300 infrastructure projects in the state, including transportation construction. He said that New York State had been affected the worst by the “Great Recession” as he called it — so New York was getting the most help, and would gain the most from the Recovery Act. “Six months ago, the market was in freefall. Our banking system was on the verge of collapse — job losses were staggering, there were foreclosures on every block — We inherited the largest economic crisis since the 19030s,” Biden said, stressing that the economy recovery would take time. “I guarantee you we will come out of this,” Biden said to the crowd. “I guarantee you it's going to get better and you
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The Minerva Youth Program float gets set to join the parade - the float includes current staff, kids, and four previous directors of the program: Tom Sullivan, Margo Bartolomeo, Dave Carver, and Diana Mason help celebrate the Program's 60th anniversary. By Mike Corey denpubs@denpubs.com MINERVA — The annual Minerva Day event is here! The date is July 5 and the fun and excitement will have no bounds. A big part of the day is the amazing hometown parade, which is set to start at 5 p.m., beginning at Sporty’s Iron Duke Saloon on Route 28N and ending at Donnelly Beach at around 5:45. Line up for the parade will start at 4 p.m. The year of 2009 is one of anniversaries, which will be
numerous, and represented by various parade floats. There will also be a few new float entries this year. For instance, the Minerva Sleeping Giants are celebrating their 40 anniversary, the Minerva Historical Society’s Museum in Olmstedville is celebrating its 30th year, and the Adirondack Tri-County Nursing Home has a significant anniversary AND is having a new float in the parade. The Minerva Service Organization is now 10 years old this year, and this organization will have a float. The oldest anniversary
See MINERVA DAY, page 4
In Indian Lake
Fishing derby continues to grow By Mike Brooks denpubs@denpubs.com INDIAN LAKE — For the tenth consecutive year the Indian Lake/Blue Mountain Fish and Game Association sponsored a kids fishing derby at Byron Park on Adirondack Lake. From that initial derby which attracted five young anglers, the derby has grown in popularity each year with a total of 217 kids wetting a line on July 4 at this year ’s affair. It wasn’t a good day for fish as a total of 534 of them were caught, ranging from a 5 lb. 1oz. large mouth bass to multiple one ounce sunnies. Most of the fish were returned safely to the lake. The day began like most days in recent weeks, cool, a little moisture in the air, the threat of rain and the promise of sun. Registration began at 8 a.m. and it wasn’t long before the fishermen began bringing fish to the weigh station to have their catches weighed and recorded. It came to pass that the first 13 children who registered caught 120 fish between them while the last 13 caught only one. Joshua Polgrean, 8, LaGrangeville, NY won the first prize for catching the most fish from shore (55). Indian Lake youngster Kyle Douglas, 12, caught the largest fish in two categories, the 5-pound largemouth bass mentioned above and a 3-pound 15-ounce northern pike. Other first place winners were Kacy Williams, 11, from N. Syracuse, NY who brought in the largest bullhead; Shane Monahan, 13, won with the largest perch. Eight-year-old Bryce Touhey from Clay, NY landed the smallmouth bass category while
See DERBY, page 7
Desiree Prosser, age 5, of Warrensburg, smiles for the camera during the Indian Lake/Blue Mountain Fish and Game Association kids fishing derby at Byron Park. Photo by Lillian Reyer