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County Manager VICs among Paterson’s proposed cuts Palmer responds to rumors of nepotism

By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Amid calls for better disclosure in Essex County government hiring practices, Essex County officials are going the extra mile to dispel surging rumors of nepotism.

Several county officials have drawn scrutiny following a news article earlier this month that mentioned county positions recently granted to their relatives.

Most prominent among them is County Manager Dan Palmer, who, together with his wife, Board of Supervisors Clerk Deborah Palmer, is related to at least five other county employees.

Palmer, along with many town supervisors, has been quick to dispel any implications of nepotism, repeatedly stating that he has been completely up front with the hirings of all his relatives and has not imposed undue influence over the hiring process.

“I’ve never called any department [about a hire] because I understand that when you’re in a position of influence, those single phone calls are a violation of ethics policy. People come to me and ask, ‘Can you put in a good word for me?’ and I say, ‘No, I really can’t.”

— County Manager Dan Palmer

In a Jan. 22 interview, Palmer acknowledged that many county employees are related to each other, as has been the case for many years; but he said that doesn’t mean any unethical hiring practices have occurred.

“The worst thing a department head can do is hire a bad employee,” said Palmer, noting how, after six months on the job, employees in many positions become permanent and it becomes very difficult to remove them from the position.

For that reason, Palmer explained, many department heads tend to choose someone whose family has a history of employment at the county because they see them as a safe bet.

“You know that they have a strong work ethic; they come from a family with a strong work ethic, so it’s a known quantity,” Palmer said.

One example is Brianne Weber, Deborah Palmer ’s daughter, who was hired in 2008 to work in the County Clerk’s office. The hire, which required no Civil Service test or minimum qualifications, was authorized by County Clerk Joe Provoncha, Dan Palmer ’s cousin.

“I think it had a lot to do with the fact that he knew Deb,” Palmer said, noting his wife’s long record as a hard-working, dependable county employee.

Though there may be blood ties between some county employees, Palmer said it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re breaking rules against nepotism, where officials use their power as leverage to get friends and family a job.

While many town supervisors can and do write letters of recommendation or make phone calls on behalf of friends and family who’ve applied, Palmer explained, they are not allowed to imply that they will take any reciprocal action based on the decision of whether to hire a specific person.

“I’ve never called any department [about a hire] because I understand that when you’re in

See PALMER, page 2

The Butterfly House, a seasonal exhibit, is one of the many attractions at the Paul Smiths VIC. Gov. David Paterson announced plans to close APAadministrated VIC facilities in both Paul Smiths and Newcomb as part of several spending cuts in his proposed 2010-2011 executive budget.

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — The North Country took a substantial hit Jan. 18 when Gov. David Paterson unveiled his 2010-2011 executive budget.

And while the closing of three correctional facilities is getting the most attention in upstate New York, two other popular facilities are facing closure as well.

Paterson’s budget calls for the closure of the Adirondack Park Agency’s Visitor In-

terpretive Centers in Newcomb and Paul Smiths.

An official from Paterson’s budget office said shuttering the two VICs would translate to a savings of $129,000 in the coming fiscal year. The state would save $583,000 per year starting in 2011-2012.

In a Jan. 18 interview following Patterson’s speech in Albany, APA Spokesman Keith McKeever spoke about what the cuts will mean.

“In the governor ’s budget, there is a proposal to phase out the Newcomb and Paul Smiths VICs by January 2011,” McKeever

said. “We won’t be laying off any staff this year. But they are planning to phase them out by next year.”

McKeever said due to New York’s economic state, all government agencies are being asked to sacrifice. He said agencies need to scale back services to match need, not want.

Agency officials are open to leaving the programs in place, but McKeever said they aren’t a top priority.

“The services and programs provided by the VICs are well-received in our

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Paterson to move forward with land, easement acquisitions

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — Just days after Gov. David Paterson announced he’d put a moratorium on state land acquisitions, officials of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said they’re moving forward with a trio of land deals.

The Associated Press reported that Paterson’s administration is in the process of wrapping up three different deals to buy the last two undeveloped Finger Lakes, 1,220 acres in the Catskills and conservation rights to 89,000 acres of Adirondack timberlands.

Paterson said he’ll halt several other planned purchases of wilderness and open space.

According to AP reports, Paterson plans to close on an easement on former Finch Pruyn timberlands located mainly in the central Adirondacks.

Connie Prickett spoke to WNBZ Thursday on behalf of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy.

“This has been in the works for two, twoand-half years now,” she said. “So it’s not a surprise and we have been moving forward. Every day there’s been behind-thescenes work going on with the DEC on this conservation easement. It’s great to hear that they’re committed to closing that easement with money in the current fiscal year.”

Prickett noted the state isn’t buying any land from the Nature Conservancy. Rather, the state is acquiring a conservation easement, which means it gets certain rights associated with the land.

The land in question is owned by ATP Timberland Invest, a Danish pension fund.

Once the state gets the easement, ATP maintains ownership of the land and will continue to harvest it for timber.

An agreement with the Finch Paper Mill

in Glens Falls requires ATP to continue providing timber to the mill.

Prickett noted that the state will maintain recreation rights over the land.

“There are some snowmobile rights associated with this, and other recreational rights – and recreational leasing can continue on the land as well,” she said. “There are a lot of economic benefits associated with this arrangement.”

Adirondack Local Government Review Board Executive Director Fred Monroe said local governments would prefer to see the state hang onto the money and ride out the recession.

But at the same time, Monroe said the review board is pleased that the state is only moving forward with the easement acquisition in regards to the Finch Pruyn land.

“We’re happy the state isn’t going forward with the fee acquisition,” he said.

“Otherwise, those foresting and timber jobs would be lost.”

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State looks to slash environmental funds, cap land purchases

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — As New Yorkers weigh the repercussions of Gov. David Paterson’s 2010-2011 Executive Budget, environmental officials are fuming over the massive proposed cuts to environmental and conservation programs.

The governor ’s preliminary budget calls for a two-year moratorium on new land acquisitions in the Adirondacks, as well as further cuts to the state’s Environmental Protection Fund.

Brian Houseal, executive director of the environmental advocacy group the Adirondack Council, said the cuts Paterson is proposing are – quote – “way out of proportion with cuts being made to other areas of the state budget.”

“This budget plan will cause instant and irreversible harm to the environment in general, and to the Adirondacks in particular,” Houseal said.

Adirondack Council Spokesman John Sheehan agreed.

“This is a terrible budget for the environment,” he said.

“The dedicated money set up for the environment is essentially being diverted to non-environmental purposes in a way we think is not consistent with state law.”

Houseal said that Paterson should stop lumping issues like clean water, clean air and healthy food in with “special interests.”

As for the cap on state land purchases, Adirondack Council Legislative Director Scott Lorey said he was “disappointed with the proposed moratorium.”

AMC welcomes new ER doctor SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Medical Center is pleased to welcome Anthony J. Dowidowicz, M.D., to its active Medical Staff.

Dowidowicz will be working in the Emergency Department for AMC. Most recently, he was affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. Prior to that Dowidowicz primarily worked at Dr. Anthony J. health care facilities in the metDowidowicz ropolitan New York City area.

He attended Rutgers University where he received a Bachelor of Science from the College of Engineering Applied and Electrical Engineering in 1994. He received Doctor of Medicine from Dartmouth Medical School in 1998. Dowidowicz completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital through the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dowidowicz is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and has additional training in internal medicine and radiology.

When he is not working in the ER, Dowidowicz greatly enjoys playing the piano, and also enjoys film, history and travel.

"The quality of life here is similar to Hanover N.H., where I attended Dartmouth Medical School, which is a setting I really enjoyed and had always wanted to return to," noted Dowidowicz. "I'm really happy to be joining the Medical Staff at AMC on a full-time basis."

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“We’re hopeful that working with the state Legislature we can convince them that future land acquisition purchases are important, not only to the ecology of the state but to the economic well-being of the state and the Adirondacks,” Lorey said. “So we’re confident that as this budget process moves forward, things will change with the Governor ’s proposed budget.”

Lorey said the council will testify before the Legislature during a budget hearing next week. He hopes to lay out before lawmakers the full impact of Paterson’s plan to cut $69 million from the Environmental Protection Fund.

“Last year it was at $212 million and he’s proposed even less than that,” Lorey added. “We were hoping for closer to $300 million, that’s where we thought we’d be a couple of years ago and we’re now at less than half of that. And it’s not just about land acquisitions; it’s about recycling, it’s about solid waste facilities, it’s about parks. There’s a lot of different programs out there that will be hurt by the governor ’s proposed cuts.”

Connie Prickett of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy said her group is upset with Paterson’s proposal to move away from the state’s long-term commitment to environmental protection.

As far as the budget’s impact on land acquisition, Prickett said it’s difficult to read into the future.

“We don’t know a lot of details,” she said. “But we’re certainly concerned and we think it’s really unfortunate that the percentage of the cut to the EPF is 33 percent off last year ’s budget, and yet the EPF only makes up less than one percent

Palmer From page 1 a position of influence, those single phone calls are a violation of ethics policy,” said Palmer. “People come to me and ask, ‘Can you put in a good word for me?’ and I say, ‘No, I really can’t.’”

One thing Palmer said he’d like to see change in the county’s hiring policy is how it currently allows for management staff to supervise their own relatives. Department heads can also hire relatives in their own department with notification to the personnel director and the chairman of the board.

For his part, Palmer said he has 11 staff working directly under him, and none of them are his relatives.

“Do I oversee the department heads? Sure I do,” said Palmer, “but in a county this small, it’s just not possible to say that nobody can have anyone related to them under them somewhere.”

Some have suggested the fact that Palmer serves alongside his wife is, in itself, a conflict of interest.

Palmer disagrees.

Both Palmer ’s position and that of his wife are immediately subordinate to the board of supervisors, he said; there is no interplay between the two, and therefore no possibility for impropriety.

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“I don’t oversee the Clerk of the Board and the clerk doesn't oversee me,” said Palmer. “She doesn’t answer to me and I don’t answer to her.”

Exempt positions Civil Service exams, which are administered periodically by the New York State Department of Civil Service, serve as one of the main roadblocks to favoritism in county government hiring.

Such exams require department heads to hire from among the top scorers on the written tests – normally the top three for a given position. Only when the someone in the top three turns down the job do applicants further down the list come up for consideration.

However, as Palmer explained, some county positions are exempt from Civil Service requirements and were designed to allow the appointing authority to hire whoever they want.

Examples include Patti Doyle, Deborah Palmer ’s sister-in-law, who was recently hired as confidential secretary to District Attorney Kristy Sprague. Shona Doyle, also Deborah Palmer ’s sister-in-law, was appointed in her place as deputy election commissioner, also an exempt position.

“The difficult thing about those jobs is you can have your job one day and not the next,” he said, noting that the people filling those positions often change when the head of the department changes.

“The exempt positions in public service are really employees ‘at-will,’” Palmer added. “If we want you, we want you; if we don’t, we don’t.”

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In the coming weeks, Prickett said the conservancy will work with the Friends of the Environment Coalition to assure that the land acquisition funds are restored.

The Nature Conservancy is currently holding onto 50,000plus acres of former Finch Pruyn timberland.

Not everyone is upset with Paterson’s land purchase moratorium. Fred Monroe, executive director of the Adirondack Local Government Review Board, said his group supports a moratorium on state land purchases.

“We had worked on a policy document that had proposed a three-year moratorium, and this is a two year,” he said.

“And we wanted the state to use that time to look at the entire land acquisition program and pay attention to the economic impact on communities.”

Houseal said the state EPF is supposed to contain a specific amount of money per year. That helps environmental agencies set their budgets.

Local legislators like Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward and state Sen. Betty Little have been calling for an end to state land purchases for years. exam, or job specifications.

Department heads can hire whichever applicant they feel is best qualified, though trainees must become qualified for a higher position within a year.

Erica Fuller was hired in the personnel department while Palmer was still the director there. She later became engaged to and married Patti Doyle’s son.

“When I hired her there, I hired her as a trainee,” Palmer said. “In that time, she got her GED, took a civil service test for typist, and did it in a year ’s time.”

Provisional Hires Some county jobs, especially those with low minimum qualifications, consistently garner upwards of 50 applicants, Palmer said, but some positions with specific skill sets are harder to fill.

In cases where less than three people have taken the Civil Service exam for a vacant competitive-class position, county officials are allowed to hire someone provisionally.

“Provisionals absolutely have to meet the minimum qualifications to be appointed to the position,” said Palmer, noting that provisional hires are often necessary because the next available Civil Service exam for a position may not be given for several months.

Provisional employees have to take the test when it becomes available, but can remain in the position if less than three people pass the test, even if they fail it themselves. If they fail it a second time or don’t reach the top scores, they must be removed from the position within 60 days.

Department heads often have a preference to permanently hire provisional employees, Palmer said, because those people often receive six to nine months of training before a Civil Service exam is given.

“Chances are, if they score in the top three, they’re going to remain in that position,” said Palmer.

Some have accused county officials of changing a job title to allow provisional employees who don’t score high enough to remain in their position.

Palmer denied that practice, though he did say job titles of vacant positions can

be changed, even one for which several people have applied and taken a Civil Service exam. In some cases, the title can be changed to a trainee position that requires no exam or minimum qualifications.

“It is a controversial issue,” said Palmer, “because people will take the test and they will score in the top three, and then they find out that the position has been reclassified.”

Still, he stressed that such situations rarely occur, and giving the position a different title must always be met with the approval of the personnel director.

“When I was personnel director, you better have had a valid reason for doing it,” said Palmer, noting how his successor, Monica Feeley, takes a similar approach.

Posting a list?

Some on the board of supervisors have echoed a suggestion by Essex resident Sandy Lewis to disclose related county employees on a running list.

Palmer said he would not be opposed to listing employees related to highranking county officials, but he would be worried about the impression it would give.

“My concern is if you all of a sudden put out a list saying so-and-so is related to so-and-so, the assumption is going to be that there was some favoritism that got them the job,” he said.

Palmer gave the example of Elizabethtown supervisor Noel Merrihew’s daughter, Chelsea, who scored highest on her Civil Service exam while applying to her position in the County Clerk’s office.

“Noel never called anybody,” said Palmer.

“Chelsea worked hard and got that job on her own.”

Ideally, said Palmer, people worried about the hiring of relatives would simply contact the personnel office to find out the real story.

“I wish people, if they had a question or a problem understanding something, would just call and ask,” said Palmer, noting that he and other county officials are always forthcoming about hiring practices.

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Duprey talks jobs, gay marriage and the APA

By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — With the backdrop of the proposed closure of several local state prisons and the coming election season looming, Republican Assemblywoman Janet Duprey talked jobs, gay marriage and the role of the Adirondack Park Agency last Thursday night at a town hall meeting in Saranac Lake.

About 40 local residents gathered at the Harrietstown Town Hall and last week’s release of Governor David Paterson’s proposed executive budget got top billing.

The potential loss of nearly 500 jobs in the region and the future of local job creation were the primary concerns of those in attendance.

And for Duprey, the closure of the prisons puts the future of the host communities at risk.

“These are very small communities. In Lyon Mountain, there is nothing else there,” Duprey said. “Taking 90 employees out that small communities; it’s the gas station, it’s the deli sandwiches, and it’s the things we sell in the town of Brighton.”

Like many Republicans, Duprey said she’s happy that Paterson’s budget contains a less than 1 percent spending increase, but indicated the drastic cuts to healthcare and school aid is a concern.

InBrief Artists’ Guild host Art Swap Jan. 30 SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Artists Guild will be host to an Art Swap Saturday, Jan. 30 from 12-4 p.m. at the the art gallery at 52 Main Street. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Bluseedlings Art Scholarship Program.

The Art Swap is a an opportunity follow through on resolutions to straighten out the studio. Participants can make space in their place by swapping, bartering and trading out the art materials, props, curious object'd'art, antiquities and other art miscellanea that no longer provide inspiration and are just plain gathering dust.

Hobbyists and artists can gather no-longer-used art objects or kits, gently used stuff that would appreciate a new home and art materials bought that are no longer needed.

Anyone interested in swapping, bartering, trading may bring 510 gently used items to the art gallery along with a $5 entry fee. To reserve a space call 891-2615. Light refreshments will be available.

Visitors to the gallery may purchase swap items for a donation to the Blueseedings Art Program.

All proceeds from the day will go to the Bluseedling Art Program Scholarship Fund at BluSeed Studios. Bluseedlings is a creative arts program for children. The program is designed and developed to inspire children to explore and discover art through creative projects in clay, drawing and painting. The program seeks to develop and strengthen creative skills, build self-esteem and confidence, develop a sense of individuality, encourage self-expression, and stimulate imagination in children.

Lake Placid Institute announces poetry contest LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Institute announces a call for entries for the 2010 Great Adirondack Young People’s Poetry contest, open to grades 1-12 in the Adirondack region. The deadline for entries is February 28, 2010!

Students and parents should contact their schools for information about entering the contest.

The winning poems will be published in a book called “Words From the Woods” and listed on the Institute’s website. An award ceremony at the Lake Placid Center of the Arts to honor the winning writers will take place on May 2. The Institute’s poetry contest has been held since 1998, and now has over 500 entries each year.

This year’s contest will also offer three scholarships to the 2010 Young Vermont Writers’ Conference, a spring writing workshop specifically for high school students in May on the beautiful campus of Champlain College. For dedicated young writers, it is a chance to meet others who share their passion and to study the craft with some of the area’s most celebrated authors and teachers.

This contest is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Lake Placid Education Foundation, Corning-Chisolm Foundation through Adirondack Community Trust, The Arts Council of Northern Adirondacks and Stewart’s Shops.

LPCA presents “Nobodies of Comedy” LAKE PLACID — Leave the kids with the babysitter and come on out to the Lake Placid Center for the Arts as they present the Nobodies of Comedy on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m.; a night of incredible comedy featuring Helen Hong, Nore Davis, Erick James and Ben Kronberg. Tickets are $16 and can be reserved at 523-2512. This show is geared toward adult audiences.

Pack basket workshop, movie at VIC PAUL SMITHS — On Saturday, Jan. 30, the Clear Creek Weavers will return to the Paul Smiths VIC from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to lead a pack basket workshop. The public is invited to come to the VIC and craft their personalized version of this special Adirondack product. Participants should bring a bag lunch. Pre-registration is required and the cost is $50 for a medium basket and $60 for a large basket.

Also on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m., there will be a free movie matinee in the VIC theater with the showing of “March of the Penguins.” This 2005 Academy Award-winning documentary details the unique life cycle of Antarctica’s emperor penguins and the astonishing 70 mile march back to the sea by penguin mothers to fatten themselves with fish for themselves and their young. Registration is not required for this free matinee.

The Paul Smiths VIC is located 12 miles north of Saranac Lake on Route 30. For more information on VIC programming, call 3273000 or log on to www.adkvic.org.

Local restaurant and lodge owner Ernest Hohmeyer said the current state fiscal crisis and the resulting loss of jobs in a region so dependent on municipal employment could be the wake up call the region needs.

“Different times call for new thinking,” Hohmeyer said. “The Adirondacks has primarily a second-home and service economy and we must try to market ourselves with a unified front.”

Hohmeyer said that the dozens of area-specific chambers of commerce and marketing agencies should unify their efforts and promote the park as a whole.

Duprey admitted that she sometimes gets beaten up for making a distinction between upstate and downstate, especially concerning the differing economic needs of the regions.

She said that the progress being made on the St. Lawrence Gas natural gas pipeline, which would stretch from Clinton to St. Lawrence county, as well as broadband development are essential in bringing new private investment into the North Country, particularly from Canada.

But the local economy wasn’t the only thing on residents’ minds and Duprey was asked to defend her 2009 vote to allow gay marriage and her support of Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava’s bid for the 23rd Congressional seat last fall.

Duprey said that although she initially voted against a gay marriage bill in 2007, after significant research and reflection, her opinion changed.

“I just can’t support discrimination. There are hundreds of laws that don’t grant the same rights to people with civil unions as married couples,” Duprey said. “I don’t believe that being homosexual is a choice.”

And with allegations of an environmental conspiracy, the Assemblywoman’s take on the role of the APA was another primary issue of concern.

For Duprey, the agency’s existence is still justified, although she said that it should spend less time legislating from the boardroom and more time assisting with local planning.

“I think we need to have the balance. I don’t think the people who live here would say they want a McDonald’s on every corner. I think the local people should govern what happens in their communities,” she said. “A big part of my concern with the APA is that there has been too much influence from people outside of the park. But I think we are seeing some transition back into paying more attention to us.”

Over the last week, Duprey’s comments were echoed by state Sen. Betty Little, while Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward has called for the outright abolition of the agency.

Like the rest of her peers in the state Assembly, Duprey is faced with a coming election.

Franklin County Legislator Paul Maroun has said that he is considering challenging her for the seat, questioning her socially moderate voting record.

Orchestra to perform at Wild Center

Cabin Fever Film Festival presents “High Noon”

TUPPER LAKE — The Orchestra of Northern New York will perform works by Handel, Telemann, Biber and Rameau on Saturday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m. in the glorious evening setting of The Wild Center in Tupper Lake. The Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Andrews, brings the music of the lavish courts of Baroque Europe to the Adirondacks in the concert ‘Pleasures of the Courts.’

The Orchestra of Northern New York was founded by Music Director and Conductor Kenneth Andrews. Now in its 22nd season, the orchestra’s mission is to help improve the quality of life in the North Country through live performances of orchestral music performed by superb musicians in professional settings. It is the only professional symphony orchestra from Rochester to Burlington and Syracuse to Ottawa.

The Orchestra consists of sixty professional musicians from New York State, Canada, and New England, along with several Artists Faculty and a few exceptionally-talented students by audition from The Crane School of Music. These musicians have performed with the Montreal Symphony, Toronto Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse Symphonies, and other major orchestras around the world.

Soloists for 'Pleasures of the Courts’ are Shelly Tramposh and Harold Levin, Violists; John Ellis, Trumpet; and Anna Hendrickson, Oboe.

Make an evening of it and enjoy dinner at The Wild Center before the concert. The Wild Center is offering a pre-concert buffet dinner, including a choice of two entrees, salad, sides, coffee, tea, cold beverages and dessert. The buffet dinner begins at 6pm. Tickets for the concert and buffet dinner are $40 for adults and $30 for students. Reservations for both the concert and buffet dinner must be made by Feb. 1.

Tickets for the concert only are $20 for adults, $10 for students, children under 12 are free. Tickets for the concert only are available for purchase until the day of the concert.

For tickets and dinner reservations, please contact The Orchestra of Northern NY (315) 267-3251 or The Wild Center (518) 359-7800.

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Cabin Fever Classic Film festival will present the intense morality-western "High Noon" on Monday, February 8, at 7 p.m. at the Saranac Laboratory, as part of the 2010 “Adirondack Cowboys” Saranac Lake Winter Carnival.

This is a special presentation by the Cabin Fever Classic Film Festival, which shows films from the Golden Age of Hollywood each Wednesday night in March. Sponsored by the Saranac Lake Arts Committee and the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, the series features classic American comedies and dramas made between 1930 and 1975 (in all their 16mm glory), accompanied by cartoons or comedy shorts from the same era.

Tickets for the film are $6 for general admission, $5 for seniors and students, and will be available only at the door, starting at 6:30 p.m. The Saranac Laboratory, also known as the Trudeau Laboratory, is located at 89 Church Street.

This special Carnival presentation - and the entire 2010 series, coming in March - are being sponsored by Cape Air, providers of passenger air service to and from the Adirondack Airport.

For more information on this presentation, or the 2010 Cabin Fever Classic Film Festival, starting on Wednesday, March 3, call Tim Fortune at 891-1139.

ADK presents talk on Fire Towers LAKE PLACID — Jack Freeman will present a slide-illustrated talk bringing the audience upto-date information on the status of existing Adirondack fire towers that have been restored for safe public use. Jack is the author of the popular Adirondack Mountain Club’s (ADK’s) guidebook, “Views From on High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills,” first published in 2001.

This special ADK performance will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. at the ADK High Peaks Information Center, located at Heart Lake in Lake Placid. This presentation is free and open to the public.

This presentation is part of ADK’s Saturday Evening Lecture Series, funded with support from Stewart’s Shops. The Saturday Evening Lecture Series offers presentations on natural history, backcountry recreation, Adirondack history, art, and music.

For more information about ADK programs, directions or membership, contact ADK North Country office in Lake Placid at 523-3441 or visit www.adk.org.

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Where have you Review board takes a stand on call to abolish APA gone, Joe DiMaggio?

By Fred Monroe

Executive Director Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board

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hen Paul Simon wrote his signature song for “The Graduate,” he was speaking to the loss of a more innocent and noble time in America. It has been said that Simon chose DiMaggio because of his “unpretentious, yet heroic stature.” DiMaggio, the eighth child of nine, was the son of Italian immigrants from San Francisco. By all

By Scot Hurlburt accounts DiMaggio was a great baseball player; in the class of a Derrick Jeter or Alex Rodriguez. Amidst the glamour and intense public scrutiny, DiMaggio remained a private person with the exception of his brief marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

DiMaggio had an understated grace, an air of dignity and an unquestioned fidelity to the game of baseball.

DiMaggio captured the public’s attention for his reticence and he held an incredible power in his eloquent silence.

Was he a hero? To the extent that a sports figure can be a hero, DiMaggio was. Not a womanizer or an alcoholic as Ruth and Mantle were alleged to be, DiMaggio seemed to realize how lucky he was to play a game and to get paid a lot of money for doing so. DiMaggio acknowledged that he had a responsibility to his team and to his fans.

In fairness to contemporary athletes, the media does not protect sports heroes as they once did. Babe Ruth’s off the field exploits are legendary, as are Mantle’s. The newspapermen of the day did not focus on the athlete off the field, but rather his performance on the field.

Tiger Woods has recently suffered the public pillory that Ruth and Mantle did not. His greatness as an athlete aside, Woods has been unfaithful to his wife. Many of his high dollar sponsors have dropped him from lucrative advertisement contracts. The women that came forward to “tell all” would have never succeeded in Ruth or Mantle’s day because the story would have never been printed.

From where I stand, I can appreciate an athlete’s performance and the dedication that it must have taken to perfect their ability. I don’t expect athletes to be virtuous, clearly, many are not.

Maybe we would feel better about professional athletes if we let them live their personal lives just as we do. This might put a more rational perspective on celebrities and sports stars. If they are experiencing marital discord, that is their private business. If they have a problem with drugs and alcohol that is their private challenge to resolve.

Joe DiMaggio appears to have been a rare athlete, one who performed at the highest level of his sport, acted with a modicum of humility, while largely rejecting the spotlight, living out his personal life out of the spotlight. If he was struggling with demons, he struggled in private, just as the rest of us do. Remember, all kids count.

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Gov Paterson should take the $6.2 million annual budget and put it back into the distressed state. Maybe we could then keep the two upstate prisons and same a few needed jobs.

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he Local Government Review Board does not believe that the APA should be abolished. We do believe that the APA needs to be reined in and its governing Act revised. Very clear evidence of this need is seen in recent cases where the Adirondack Park Agency threatened or attempted an enforcement action that was dropped or overturned: the Sandy Lewis farm worker housing case, the Leroy Douglas "wetlands" road case, the John Maye case about whether his house was illegally built on an existing foundation – which drew heated opposition in Lake George and other Adirondack communities and was widely reported in all Adirondack media – is more evidence of an agency overstepping its bounds. The APA is an administrative agency trying to act like a legislative body – attempting to create law and then enforce that law when it doesn't have the legal right to do so.

• We believe that the primary issue in the Adirondacks, as it has been for 20 years or more, is that so much of the state's focus has been on land acquisition that any effort to encourage and protect the economic lives of the communities has been cast aside. The recent Adirondack Park Regional Assessment project Report bore this all out: The decline in school enrollment is steeper and the median age of the population is rising more rapidly than elsewhere.

Household incomes are lower than in much of New York State. Sparse populations and regulatory practices have contributed to a lag in private sector investment in businesses, most notably in lack of broadband communication and data transfer infrastructure. The park-wide loss of private sector jobs has been somewhat offset temporarily by job increases in public health care, education and government employment. The creation of permanent jobs that pay living wages and provide benefits on which a family can depend is the most fundamental need in Adirondack communities. While jobs are needed in every community in New York State, few other communities' economic deterioration is so closely associated with the state's as the communities of the Adirondack Park.

• Local input and consent is the foundation of any successful project in the Adirondacks. Local officials are deeply knowledgeable about the needs of their towns and villages as well as how their towns and land uses fit in to the SLMP. The Agency was envisioned to work cooperatively with governments and landowners to preserve and foster vibrant hamlets as well as protect state Forest Preserve. But as recent times have shown – with three former members of the Adirondack Council on the agency's Board – the Agency seems more interested in targeting landowners than targeting problems. It is an inappropriate closeness – one that the environmental lobby would be upset about if the APA Board were made up of large developers or business people.

• Along the same lines as local input on projects, we need more local input on the APA nominees. In order to more fully include the perspectives of the full-time residents of the Adirondacks, the five local commissioners appointed by the Governor for the Adirondack Park Agency Board should be chose from a list submitted by us each time there is an opening, as was informally done under

some previous governors.

• We believe there should be opportunity for judicial review of the APA's decisions by local government - but the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board does not have standing to seek judicial review. A court decision in 1982 ruled that because the APA act didn't explicitly state that the Review Board had standing, it doesn't. The Attorney General also argued in the multi-county, multitown lawsuit against the APA, regarding the 2008 regulations, that the counties and towns lacked both capacity to sue the Agency and standing. We are seeking to change that because that means current legal decisions that directly affect the financial condition, municipal services, future growth, and programs of local governments are being made in the absence of those officials who are elected by their communities to represent the concerns of their constituents.

• We have been reviewing the Tug Hill Commission's structure and mission as one example of what we'd like to see happen at the Adirondack Park Agency – where the executive law that creates it says it is geared toward the "conservation and productive use of the natural resources of the region, strengthening the long-term economy, employment, cultural and social resources, and the general well-being of the rural communities."

• We're working with local officials and Review Board members – as well as our residents and businesses – for input on other questions or concerns they may have. In short, without reining in the Adirondack Park Agency, and creating economic opportunities, quality employment and affordable housing (among other needs) in the Adirondack Park, the economic life of the region will continue to deteriorate.

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A: There are a few reasons I have a good amount of coupons available to me when a good sale comes along. I save all of my newspaper coupon inserts in their entirety each week. Many coupons often repeat every few weeks or months, especially for common items like cereal, bread, juice and personal care products. One of the most common myths about coupons is that they all expire quickly. But the truth is that most of them have, on average, a three-month window for redemption; others may not expire for nine months or more.

When a sale comes along, I usually have multiple coupons for a single item simply because I’ve saved all of my inserts.

When the item goes on sale, I may be using coupons from several different “appearances” of that coupon in the inserts.

Some may be several weeks old while others may be months old or even older. I will save my coupon inserts until everything inside expires. Doing this, it’s possible to build what amounts to a library of coupons at our disposal. Then, when we need them, those coupons are waiting to be looked up, cut out and used.

As you mentioned, most printable Internet coupons do allow multiple prints of the same coupon. The average print limit is two per computer, but I will always try to click the “back” button in my Web browser and print again until I receive the message that the print limit for the coupon has been reached. It’s important to do this because companies do offer higher print limits at times. I can recall a major cereal manufacturer that offered $1 coupons with a print limit of 14! That was a high limit and it allowed me to really stock up on that item at a low price because I had so many coupons.

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Queensbury’s Stec has eye on Capitol Hill

By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — If the reaction is positive among upstate G.O.P. leaders, this November ’s race for New York’s 20th Congressional seat could pit neighbor against neighbor, as Republican Queensbury Supervisor Dan Stec is considering challenging Democratic incumbent Scott Murphy of Glens Falls.

Stec said this week he is conferring with his political mentors to determine whether he should run for the office.

Stec’s announcement is the first from potential challengers of Murphy, who has only held the seat since he defeated GOP Assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a special election last spring.

Stec said Jan. 22 he has begun meeting with Republican Party leaders from the 10 counties in the 20th District and that he won’t make a final decision until he has gauged their support.

And considering the traditional demographics of the district and the current mood of the American populace at large, Stec sees real potential for a fiscally conservative candidate.

“Everyone can debate how we got here — is it the current administration’s fault, or the previous administration’s fault?” Stec said. “The fact of the matter is since President Obama has been in office and Scott Murphy has been in office, we have taken on hundreds of billions of dollars — unprecedented levels of spending. And they’re now talking

APA needs major overhaul To the editor, The Adirondack Park Agency’s purpose was to limit land development. They have personally chosen to repress our people and the local economy in the park with a negative business outlook. Since the APA staff ’s jobs are publicly funded, why hasn’t the APA had positive influences, like helping local businesses create jobs or retain employees? How about trying to solve the issue of the younger generation leaving the park? We need an agency that supports the communities within the park.

The citizens have to bear the tax burden on the Forever Wild lands. Only eleven percent of these lands are critical environmental areas that really need protection. Conservation easements are the correct solution. Wood products, good jobs, and land taxes that help support our towns and state are created from working forests. The APA has helped bankrupt the state’s and our local town’s budgets. It has limited the availability of homegrown renewable energy to the residents. The big alternative to harvesting trees is overseas oil which funds terrorism and builds debt. Is this what the APA wants to support?

The APA should be working with farmers to help farms prosper and keep agricultural lands undeveloped. Instead

about increasing the Constitutional debt limit so we can borrow more, and I think people have had it on those fronts.”

In his fourth term as Queensbury Supervisor, Stec is Chairman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee.

Although he is still only mulling his candidacy, Stec is already doing his best to label Murphy as a rubber-stamp Democrat who is in lockstep with the Congressional Democratic leadership.

“Scott Murphy votes the party line and does what Nancy Pelosi tells him too,” Stec said. “He voted against health care because they had the votes and in my estimation he voted against it because they told him he could.”

But Murphy said that he voted against the House Health Care Reform plan because it would have increased the costburden on local businesses.

However, Stec said that Murphy was only allowed to do so by the Democratic leadership so that he wouldn’t torpedo his own re-election bid.

He noted that the recent upset victory of Republican Scott Brown in the race for the U.S. Senate seat — vacated by the death of Democratic luminary Ted Kennedy — signals the rejection by moderates and independents of the Democratic agenda spearheaded by President Barack Obama and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

And for Stec, the race would come down to two topics, he said.

“If I run, it will be an issues campaign and it will center on fiscal issues and health care,” Stec said. “There are other issues that I’m sure we disagree on, but the two big issues of the day right now are the level of debt and Dan Stec spending that’s going on in Washington and the direction of where health care is going.”

According to the state Office of the Comptroller, Queensbury was the largest town in the state without a town tax last year and Stec said that this is proof of his fiscally conservative values.

Just 40 years old, Stec is a former U.S. Navy Officer and has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Business Administration.

He said that he has recently met with two county party chairmen and several regionally influential Republicans and thus far has heard pledges of support from Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward and others.

Stec said that he plans on making his final decision about his potential candidacy by early spring.

At this point, he is the first Republican to announce interest in challenging Murphy for the Congressional seat.

they pick on a farmer over affordable housing for his workers. Farms require infrastructure, employees, and lots of land, all which come with enormous costs and risks.

Don’t pick on the places that grow our food.

From time to time police officers get a bad rap because it’s their job to enforce laws and to arrest criminals. To contradict this they also give back by visiting schools, fundraising for charities, and being there in times of need.

They have dedicated their life to helping others. The same is not true for the APA. Has the APA ever helped out a good local business in times of need? The economy in the park needs development and businesses to stay alive. We need an agency that creates goals that support the well being of the park and it’s people. The APA needs to take a new direction and change its policies, or be gone.

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n the last column, I discussed how to feed backyard birds during the winter months. If you really want to attract a wide variety of birds to your backyard, there are a few other components one should consider adding to the landscape.

All wildlife requires habitat — that is food, shelter, and water. Birdfeeders are a great way to add the food component. Providing wintering birds with shelter and water are not too difficult either.

The best way to provide birds with liquid water during the cold winter months is with a heated birdbath.

You can either purchase specially made heated bird baths, or you can place a wa-

ter-safe heating element in a regular birdbath. Liquid water can be scarce during our winters and as a result a heated birdbath can attract a wider variety of birds to your yard.

The other component of habitat that is vital, especially during the winte,r if shelter. You can landscape your property with a variety of trees and shrubs to provide birds with shelter.

Conifers, or evergreens, provide both warmth and wind protection during the winter months. Dense deciduous shrubs can also provide protection from the cold, wind and snow.

If you do not have a lot of shrubs and bushes on your property, you really can’t change that this winter. That

doesn’t mean you cannot provide shelter to birds this winter. Nesting boxes and birdhouses can be placed in the yard to provide birds with year-round winter roosting sites. Birds will enter the houses for warmth and wind protection, just like they would an evergreen shrub or tree.

With some care and consideration, backyard birding can be an exhilarating hobby throughout the winter, adding birdsongs and backyard visits to brighten the coldest days of the season!

Anne Lenox Barlow is the horticulture educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Clinton County. CCE offices may be reached in Clinton County at 561-7450; Essex

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Kathleen S. McPhillips is a Yoga teacher, Reiki master, and spiritual advisor who also presents meditation, midlife, aging and spirituality workshops and retreats. A breast cancer survivor, she is a retreat team member for Creative Healing Connections, an upstate New York retreat for women with cancer and chronic illnesses. She is also Volunteer Coordinator for Mercy Care of the Adirondacks.

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By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — At a recent meeting of the Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees, Mayor Craig Randall noted that Essex County pays more for road salt than any other county in New York State.

Randall said last week he

figures the cost differential has to do with the distance it needs to be transported.

“The price of road salt – and this is an assumption on my part – has a lot to do with the distance that the salt has to be trucked to its delivery point,” he said. “And if you look at Essex County in that information and you look at Franklin County, there’s a few pennies difference. As I

look at other counties, it seems pretty clear that something is driving the difference in the cost; the only thing I can figure is the price of trucking it.”

What Randall wants to know, though, is if location is the only factor in the price of salt for Essex County.

A quick run-down of contract prices for upstate New York reveals that in fiscal

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But other upstate counties pay noticeably less. In Hamilton County, the perton price is $61.65 and in Herkimer it’s just $47.80.

State Department of Transportation regional spokesman Peter Van Keuren told WNBZ that contracts are indeed based on location, but could not say why Hamilton County paid about 10 dollars less despite being just as rural.

“Pretty much, it’s all location,” Van Keuren said. “Essex County is the furthest away from salt mines and salt supplies, the places where they can get salt. It’s just a destination thing; it’s transportation costs. These are contracts that are administered by OGS, the Office of General Services, they put the contracts together and suppliers bid on them. It’s done on a county-by-county basis.”

Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties contract with Troy-based American Rock Salt Company LLC. A spokesman for the company said the only factor that figures into pricing is transportation costs.

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OnCampus SUNY Plattsburgh notes Dean’s List honors PLATTSBURGH — Several area residents have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester at SUNY Plattsburgh. They are: Conner Ferguson and Lauren Oliver, both of Vermontville; Sarah Maly, of Bloomingdale; Jason Arnold, of Lake Clear; Torunn Aberle, Lacy Brayton, Kindsley Dodson, Vera Goudi-Fogg, Maria Kryza, Tristan McDonald, Morgan Preston, and Marjorie Waterson, all of Lake Placid; Joshua Clement, Maria Leidig, Kelly Micheels, Jennifer Quinn, Kristin Tice, Meghan Trim, and Adam Trim, all of Saranac Lake; Brittany Burnham, Addie Desmarais, Olivia Dukett, Alexander Jones, and Lindsay Lavigne, all of Tupper Lake.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 semester grade point average with at least 12 credit hours. A part-time, matriculated student is also eligible for the dean's list after accruing 12 credit hours consecutively and achieving a minimum 3.5 semester grade point average. These credits may be accumulated in more than one semester.

Saranac Lake senior wins Alfred scholarship ALFRED — A Franklin County resident has been awarded a $1,000 per year "Educational Foundation Academic Distinction" scholarship to attend Alfred State College.

Courtney Sullivan of Vermontville is slated to graduate in 2010 from Saranac Lake High School and intends to enroll in the veterinary technology program.

The award, based on scholastic achievement, is from the Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc., according to Deborah Goodrich, associate vice president for enrollment management at Alfred State.

Sweet makes Tufts’ Dean’s List MEDFORD, Mass. — Tufts University recently announced the Dean's List for the Fall 2009 semester. Among these students is Kathryn Sweet of Saranac Lake, Class of 2011.

Dean's List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

Jones makes Dean’s List at Nazareth ROCHESTER — Nazareth College is proud to announce that Glynis Jones of Rainbow Lake has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2009 semester.

Jones is a junior studying Health Sciences at Nazareth.

A student's grade point average must be at least 3.5 or above, and they must complete 12 credit hours of graded work that semester in order to be included on the dean's list at Nazareth.

Delaney named to Saint Michael’s Dean’s List COLCHESTER, Vt. — Colin R. Delaney, son of Brian and Karen Delaney of Lake Placid was named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2009 semester at Saint Michael's College. Delaney is a First-Year Religious Studies major at the liberal arts, residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont. Students who complete a minimum of 12 credits and achieve a grade point average of at least 3.4 at the end of a semester are recognized for their scholarship by inclusion on the Dean's List.

Delaney graduated from National Sports Academy Lake Placid before coming to Saint Michael's.

Correction

A photograph on the front page of the Jan. 16 issue of TriLakes Today was incorrectly credited to Jeremiah S. Papinau. The photo should have been credited to Ben German.

Also, a photo of the CEFLS bookmobile on page 6 should have been credited to Julie Wever.

VICs From page 1 communities and they’re valuable programs, but they are generally accepted as not being part of the agency’s core mission,” he said. “In these very difficult times, tough choices have to be made, and regrettably the VICs are being proposed to be phased out.”

Although the savings to the state are minimal, McKeever said the savings for the APA are fairly substantial.

“It’s a significant savings in the agency’s budget,” he said.

The APA has been leasing the land surrounding the Paul Smith’s VIC and SUNY ESF for nearly two decades, McKeever said.

“It’s private land, it’s not forest preserve,” he said. “This year, in our budget, we reduced the cost of repaying the lease by giving the college back the opportunity to do some commercial logging and some educational programs on the property. There will be some opportunities in the future to use that land.”

McKeever could not say how many jobs will be affected by the closure of the two VICs.

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Contributions sought for Winter Carnival book SARANAC LAKE — Hungry Bear Publishing is seeking essays and photos from past and current residents for an upcoming book titled, “Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Memories.”

Formally announced on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 at the weekly Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee meeting, Publisher Andy Flynn said the book will be filled with people’s favorite Winter Carnival memories. In addition, it will help raise funds for the Committee.

“This will be a book by the community, for the community,” said Flynn, who will collect the submissions and be the editor of the project. “Since the Winter Carnival is the most community-oriented festival I’ve ever seen, this book must reflect the heart and soul of Saranac Lake. It needs to be written by the community.”

“Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Memories” will be a memory book, not a complete history of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, which traces its roots to a small festival in 1897 during the tuberculosis-curing days. The Pontiac Club organized and hosted the event during the early years. The Ice Palace, a long-held Winter Carnival tradition, was first built for the 1898 Carnival, when hundreds of visitors traveled to Saranac Lake for the festivities by train.

“The Committee was very excited to learn of Andy's plans,” said Jeff Dickson, Chairman of the Saranac Lake Winter Car-

nival Committee. “Winter Carnival is all about the creation of memories and everyone who has ever attended has some. Unfortunately, most of them get lost with the passage of time.

This book’s value to us as a fundraiser is wonderful, and the personal history that it will present is even more exciting.”

Residents are asked to pick one memorable moment from a past Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, good or bad, and explain why it was so memorable, including as many details about the people and the scene as possible.

“If you ever wanted to have your essay or photo published in a book, this is your chance,” Flynn said. “In return for the community’s donation of memories, we will donate 10 percent of the book’s proceeds to the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee to help ensure that this annual event stays around for a very long time.”

Cover photos for the book were provided by Mark Kurtz Photography, of Saranac Lake, the official photographer for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. One photo shows the fireworks display over the 2008 Ice Palace, and the other photo shows one of the famous Lawn Chair Ladies, Saranac Laker Sue Grimm, in action during the 2009 Gala Parade.

People may submit essays of no longer than 450 words and a maximum of two photographs. Poems and illustrations will also be accepted. The inside pages will be black and white.

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In the wake of the recent thaw and heavy rains, most area lakes are awash with several inches of water. With streams and rivers running high with the runoff, anglers should avoid traveling near inlets, outlets and other areas where current can weaken the ice.

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arlier in the week, the first major thaw of the season roared through the region, delivering wind gusts in excess of 50 mph and horizontal rains.

With up to two inches of rain reported in some areas, the storm provided a natural Zamboni that refreshed ice surfaces to a polished gleam. However, with forecasts indicating that a snowstorm was soon to follow, lakes will likely be sloppy for a while, with a slushy mix of standing water and snow.

Skiing has gone Wild In Tupper Many area residents have fond memories of learning how to ski at a local ski center. At one time, these small, community ski centers could be found in nearly every township in the Adirondacks.

At one time, the Empire State served as host to more ski centers than any other state in the nation. But, since the late 1960’s, New York state has lost an estimated 350 historic, ski centers.

The small hills provided beginners with a safe, easy and relatively inexpensive introduction to the sport. Most of the centers featured rope tows, a J-bar or a T-bar to haul prospective daredevils up the slopes. Chairlifts were primarily reserved for ski centers that were built on mountains, not hills.

The small, community ski centers were places where parents could drop off the kids, with few worries. They were considered an extension of the village, where you knew everybody and everybody knew you. Our parents seemed to like it that way.

In Lake Placid, the ski hills where local kids flocked were places like Fawn Ridge, Scotts Cobble and Mt. Whitney.

In Saranac Lake novices took to Mt. Pisgah, and fortunately, they still do. Otis Mountain was the favored hill for residents of Elizabethtown, Lewis, Westport and Moriah, while Paleface Mountain served the locals from nearby Jay, Keene, Ausable Forks and Keeseville.

The communities of Cranberry Lake, Clifton and Fine had the Clifton/ Fine Lions Club Ski Center that was located behind the Twin Lakes Hotel in Star Lake.

Long Lake retains its town ski center, as does Schroon Lake. Both communities continue to draw visitors from the nearby towns of Newcomb, Blue Mountain Lake and Raquette Lake.

Further south, Hickory Hill still handles novices from places such as Bolton Landing, Warrensburg, Schroon Lake, Minerva and beyond. After several years of inactivity, this small center has been revived this year, much to the enjoyment of the local communities.

However, the rope tows no longer have mittens frozen to them in places like the Harvey Mountain/Garnet Mountain in North River,

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Lyon Mountain Ski Hill near Dannemora, Maple Ridge in Old Forge, The Redford Tow in Saranac, Baldpate Ski Club in Crown Point or the Silver Bells Ski Hill in Wells.

Most young skiers of my generation, in the 1970’s, cut their teeth (or at least chipped a few), while practicing stem-turns and hot dogging on such smaller hills. Once we thought we were good enough, we attempted to tackle the larger mountains of Whiteface and Gore, which beckoned us with groomed trails, steep drops and even a gondola.

Located in Tupper Lake, the Big Tupper Ski Area once served as a proving ground for local kids from the surrounding communities of Piercefield, Long Lake, Cranberry Lake and beyond. However, as with most of the region’s small, community operated ski centers the chairlifts stopped running at Big Tupper over a decade ago. The lifts and groomers at Big Tupper have remained silent ever since.

Until this year!

Fortunately, for both the community and especially its youth, the lifts and rope tows at Big Tupper now run again! Through the concerted efforts of a community support group called ARISE, funding for the operation was raised through a combination of donations and fundraising events.

A brigade of dedicated local volunteers spend many hours on the hill, shoring up the equipment, grooming and painting the complex, while an all volunteer Ski Patrol took to the slopes. Volunteers and community minded citizens became the heart and soul of Big Tupper.

Now in full operation, a lift ticket at Big Tupper costs only $15 a day for adults, $9 for youth and free for children under 6 and seniors. The mountain will be in operation from Friday through Sunday for the remainder of the season, snow conditions permitting.

The mission of the Big Tupper Ski Area re-

opening project is to provide a basic, no frills, affordable ski/snowboarding experience for individuals and families. The project at Big Tupper is a locally initiated, volunteer based, not-for-profit venture.

Contact the ski center at SkiBigTupper.Org or call 518-359-3730 to check on snow conditions.

In an effort to provide an added bonus, The Wild Center in Tupper Lake recently announced that beginning Friday, Jan. 29 until Sunday, March 7, people who purchase either a ticket to The Wild Center or a day pass to ski at Big Tupper will get a pass to the other venue for free.

Both the ski mountain and the center have adult tickets priced at $15, and the free ticket can be redeemed for up to two weeks from when they are issued. You can buy a museum ticket one day, and hold off on the skiing until the next dump of snow or vice versa. Tickets are non-transferable.

The Wild Center offers Winter Wildays both Saturdays and Sundays, with a full slate of indoor and outdoor activities and presentations.

The museum website hosts an outdoor webcam that shows local snow conditions.

“The old and the new are coming together to make Tupper Lake the place to be this winter,” said Stephanie Ratcliffe, executive director of The Wild Center. “Adults who skied Big Tupper as teenagers are returning to teach their kids how to ski. They can have that cool, old-style experience at Big Tupper, and then drive 10 minutes to this cool, new-type of museum, The Wild Center. With prices like this, people can say good-bye to “staycations.”

“Big Tupper holds such fond memories for people. When many smaller ski areas have closed down, it’s heartening to see how the residents of Tupper Lake pulled together to open Big Tupper again,” said Jim LaValley of Ski Big Tupper. “For people who want the more intimate, family feeling of skiing. The Wild Center is an amazing place for young and old alike. With their calendar of Winter Wildays, there’s even more to do in Tupper Lake this winter.”

For further information on The Wild Center, please visit www.wildcenter.org or call 518359-7800 Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net

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PLATTSBURGH — Dinosaur Train activity day, Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, 12 Museum Way, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-9770.

ROUSES POINT — Open skate, Rouses Point Civic Center, Lake Street, 4-5:20 p.m. $2.

LAKE PLACID — Fire and Spice Benefit Party, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive, 7-10 p.m. Chili, s’mores, cross-country skiing. Admission $50. 523-2512 or www.lakeplacidarts.org.

PLATTSBURGH — Open Family Swim, Wellness Center at PARC, 295 New York Road, 7-9 p.m. $2. 562-6860.

JAY — Peter Griggs performance, Amos and Julia Ward Theatre, corner of routes 9N and 86. 7 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Odus Budd performs, Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

PLATTSBURGH — Eat, Sleep, Funk Jazz Band performs, Irises Café and Wine Bar, 20 City Hall Place, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30 ESSEX — Waffle Breakfast fundraiser, Essex Community Church, 2036 Main St., 711 a.m. Adults $10, under 5 free. 962-2688.

TUPPER LAKE — Nature in Winter photography workshop with Adirondack photographer Carl Heilman, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration required. 359-7800.

ESSEX — Introduction to Massage workshop, Black Kettle Farm, corner of Cook and Leaning Road, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. or 1-4 p.m. $35 participation fee. 963-8142.

WILLSBORO — Snow festival, Pok-OMacCready Outdoor Education Center, 1391 Reber Road, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $10. 963-7967.

PLATTSBURGH — Rotary Winter Carnival, May Currier Park, Tom Miller Road, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $2 to benefit HEAP Fuel Assistance Program.

SARANAC LAKE — Art Swap, Adirondack Artists Guild, 52 Main St., 12-4 p.m. $5 entry fee. 891-2615.

PLATTSBURGH — “Meet the Cardinals Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams,” SUNY Plattsburgh Memorial Hall Gym,

Rugar Street. Women’s game 2 p.m. Men’s game 4 p.m. 565-4750.

CHAZY — “William H. Miner: The Man and the Myth” book signing with Dr. Joseph Burke, The Station Cafe, 23 Old Station Dr., 2-4 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Cooking demonstration and tasting with Annette Nielsen, Northwoods Inn, 2520 Main St., 2-4 p.m.

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WILLSBORO — “The Messages of Meditation: an Introduction to Self,” Paine Memorial Free Library, 2 Gilliland Lane, 5:30-7 p.m. 963-4478.

CHAZY — The Gibson Brothers perform, Chazy Central Rural School, 609 Miner Farm Road. Doors open 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. Benefits Family Promise of Clinton County. 562-0710.

KEENE VALLEY — Keene Central School Forensics Team presents “Our Town,” Keene Central School, 33 Market St., 7 p.m. Tickets $6 for adults or $3 for students. 576-4555.

PLATTSBURGH — 12th annual Snowball, Elks Lodge 621, 56 Cumberland Ave. Cocktails 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:45 p.m., dancing 7-11 p.m. Reservations due Jan. 15. 563-6180.

PAUL SMITHS — Viewing of “March of the Penguins,” Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center, 8023 State Route 30, 12:30 p.m. Donations suggested. 327-3000.

WEST PLATTSBURGH — Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament to benefit Hannah’s Hope Fund, American Legion Post 1619, 219 Rand Hill Road. Doors open 4 p.m., buffet 4:15 p.m. Prizes awarded. 563-6944.

PLATTSBURGH — Full Moon Half Marathon fun run/walk, Geoffrey’s Pub and Restaurant, 5453 Peru St., 6:30 p.m.

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PLATTSBURGH — Showing and discussion of “Schindler’s List,” State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St., 7 p.m. Yokum Lecture Hall, Room 200.

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MORRISONVILLE — North Country Squares Dance Club meets, Clinton County Fairgrounds, 84 Fairgrounds Road, 7 p.m. Caller Bob Labounty; cuer Mo Wall.

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WESTPORT — Guitarist Peter Griggs, Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main

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WHALLONSBURG — Champlain Valley Film Society showing of “Moon,” Whallonsburg Grange Hall, State Route 22, 7:30 p.m. $5 per person, $2 for 18 and under.

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Mountain Club presentation “Rocks and Minerals of the Adirondacks, ADK Heart Lake Property, Adirondack Loj Road, 8 p.m. 523-3441.

PLATTSBURGH — Jeff Rendinaro and Eric O’Hara perform, Irises Café and Wine Bar, 20 City Hall Place, 8 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Zero Tolerance performs, Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 10 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — High Peaks Band performs, Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

Sunday, Jan. 31 PLATTSBURGH — Free bowling for Plattsburgh town residents, North Bowl Lanes, 28 North Bowl Lane, 8:30 a.m. Preregistration required. 562-6860.

ALTONA — Bridal Expo 2010, Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall, 47 Woods Falls Road, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. 562-5810.

TUPPER LAKE — Family Art and Nature Day, The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, 1 p.m. Program discussing causes of winter. 359-7800.

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Wind Ensemble performs, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive, 1:30-3 p.m.

Admission $10. 523-2512 or www.lakeplacidarts.org.

KEENE VALLEY — “500 Years of Music for Guitar” with guitarist Peter Griggs, Keene Valley Congregational Church, 1791 State Route 73, 4 p.m. Suggested donation $10, students free.

CHAZY — Open skate, Scotts’ Memorial Rink, 52 MacAdam Road, 5-6:20 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Banff Mountain Film Fest, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive, 7:30-10 p.m. Admission $21. 523-2512 or www.lakeplacidarts.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 2 Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library Bookmobile stops: Lake Clear Post Office, 6373 Route 30, 11-11:45 a.m.; park across from Corner Cafe, Gabriels, 12:45-1:15 p.m.;

across from town hall, Bloomingdale, 1:30-2 p.m.; Vermontville Post Office, 6 Cold Brooke Road, 2:15-2:45 p.m.; Church of the Assumption, 78 Clinton St., Redford, 3:30-4 p.m.

UPPER JAY — Story time, Wells Memorial Library, 12230 State Route 9N, 3:30-4 p.m. 946-2644.

WILLSBORO — Cabin Fever Lecture Series with Andy Buchanan, Pok-OMacCready Outdoor Education Center, 1391 Reber Road, 7 p.m. 963-7967

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library Bookmobile stops: Champlain Children’s Learning Center, 10 Clinton St., Rouses Point, 12:30-1 p.m.; Northern Senior Housing, corner of Route 9 and Route 11, 1:15-1:45 p.m.; Champlain Headstart, Three Steeples Church, Route 11, 1:502:20 p.m.; Twin Oaks Senior Housing, Altona, 3:10-3:40 p.m.; D & D Grocery, Sciota, 3:50-4:30 p.m.

CHAMPLAIN — All-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner, Northeastern Clinton Central Middle School cafeteria, 103 Route 276, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Benefits chorus. $10. Take out available.

PLATTSBURGH — Readers Theatre, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St., 6:30 p.m. Alumni Room and Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center. Various plays read aloud.

564-3095.

PLATTSBURGH — PureBlue performs, Irises Café and Wine Bar, 20 City Hall Place, 8-11 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Adirondack Jazz Orchestra performs, Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 8-10 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 4 Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library Bookmobile stops: Beekmantown Senior Housing, 80 O’Neil Road, 1:30-2 p.m.; 39 Hobbs Road, Plattsburgh, 2:15-2:45 p.m.; Champlain Park, end of Oswego Lane, 3:15-4 p.m.

WESTPORT — Story hour, Westport Library, 6 Harris Lane, 10 a.m. 962-8219.

LAKE PLACID — Story hour, Lake Placid Public Library, 2471 Main St., 10:15 a.m. 523-3200.

SARANAC LAKE — Story hour,

Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main St., 10:30 a.m. 891-4190.

PLATTSBURGH — Journey Into Reading, Champlain Centre Mall, 60 Smithfield Blvd., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Reading for children up to age 16 with free book provided. Hosted at center court. www.journeyintoreading.org.

PLATTSBURGH — Music in Our Schools Concert, Bailey Avenue Elementary, 50 Bailey Ave., 6 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Downtown Motif performs, Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

Friday, Feb. 5 SARANAC LAKE — Book signing by Kathleen S. McPhillips, Adirondack Artists Guild, 52 Main St., 5-7 p.m. 891-2615.

ALTONA — Helping Hearts for Christopher Benefit, Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall, 47 Woods Falls Road, 6 p.m. Advance tickets: 569-4514, 643-2261 or 5612000, ext. 7760.

PLATTSBURGH — Open Family Swim, Wellness Center at PARC, 295 New York Road, 7-9 p.m. $2. 562-6860.

PLATTSBURGH — Zip City performs, Irises Café and Wine Bar, 20 City Hall Place, 9 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Glass Onion performs, Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 10 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Shameless Strangers performs, Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

Saturday, Feb. 6 WILLSBORO — Families on skis, PokO-MacCready Outdoor Education Center, 1391 Reber Road, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 6 and older. $8. 963-7967.

CHAZY — Story time for children ages 3-8, Chazy Public Library, 9633 State Route 3, 10-11 a.m. 846-7676 to register.

PLATTSBURGH — Order of the Eastern Star Valentine Craft Show, American Legion Post 20, 162 Quarry Road, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Crafts, baske sale, basket raffles. Lunch for $3.75. 492-2012.

CHAZY — Story hour featuring Carol Ladd, Chazy Public Library, 9633 State Route 9, 10 a.m.

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