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Organization can lead to greater savings.

New bike course opens to the public in Wilmington.

Deer season is off to a good start for hunters in the region.

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Village will borrow $12.5 million to upgrade water system

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Whiteface ski patrol earns top honors

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Village Board of Trustees is moving ahead with plans to finance upcoming upgrades to the village’s water system.

According to Village Manager Marty Murphy, the village will borrow up to $12.5 million to cover upgrades to a single-source, two-well water system the board voted to move forward with earlier in October.

The water project also includes construction of a new water storage tank, new water transmission lines, and improvements to infrastructure.

Two years ago, the village received a mandate from the state Department of Health to upgrade the village water system due to levels of haloacetic acids that exceeded the maximum contaminant level set by the state.

The mandate rescinded the village’s filtration avoidance determination.

Engineers estimate the project will cost $11.7 million. But Treasurer Paul Ellis said borrowing up to, but no more than, $12.5 million is smart, because it accounts for the entire project plus any unforeseen costs.

And that doesn’t mean the additional funds will be used.

Ellis calls the excess a “buffer.”

Murphy also headed off concerns by some trustees that change orders would be processed without board approval.

A change order consists of additional work that can be added to a contract after work has commenced.

Currently, the village is aiming to acquire $12.5 million through the state Environmental Facilities Corporation. The village has also applied for a $2 million hardship eligibility grant. If awarded, Saranac Lake would borrow $10.5 million in bonds at a zero-percent interest rate.

Peter Neefus, Eastern New York regional director for the National Ski Patrol, presents a plaque to the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol.

Neefus also presented individual awards to members of the ski patrol for their lifesaving efforts last ski season. photo courtesy of ORDA

WILMINGTON — Ski season at Whiteface Mountain is expected to begin in the next few weeks, and as the staff there gears up for their Nov. 27 opening, they’re taking the time to enjoy some recognition for their strong rescue efforts.

Snow guns are expected to begin pro-

duction on the slopes in mid-November, but in the meantime, many on the mountain are already hard at work preparing for the influx of skiers.

“There’s a lot that goes on long before we begin the snow making process,” noted Whiteface Mountain general manager Bruce McCulley.

On Oct. 20, the mountain’s ski patrol did their part getting ready by participating in their annual training, which covered lift evacuations, mountain operations, a CPR refresher and medical skill evaluations.

That same weekend, the ski patrol

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Supervisors look at suing state over negligence of Crown Point Bridge

By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com

Members from the Skating Club of Lake Placid recently competed at the North Atlantic Regional Figure Skating Championships in Hackensack, NJ. Clockwise from left: Luke West, 5th place in Intermediate Men division, 1st alternate for Junior Nationals; Elena Gonzales-Molinos; Ethan Amaral, 2nd place in Novice men division, qualified for Eastern Sectionals; Alyssa Mahatme; and Brandon Amaral (missing from photo: Sophia Newman).

ELIZABETHTOWN — Officials in Essex County are threatening New York State with a lawsuit for what they say has been poor stewardship of the Crown Point bridge.

The Essex County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Nov. 2 for a resolution “directing the Essex County Attorney to assess the feasibility of filing a class action lawsuit against the State of New York for negligence in the state’s maintenance of the Crown Point Bridge...”

Crown Point Supervisor Dale French, who proposed the resolution, said the suit should aim to recompense commuters and businesses for their additional costs and loss of patronage they have suffered as a result of the bridge closure.

“The state has not only ignored the warnings from the Essex County Board

of Supervisors by not properly maintaining the Crown Point Bridge, but failed to develop a contingency plan for bridge closure that could have been swiftly implemented,” he said.

According to French, the bridge’s closing has caused millions worth of financial loss to businesses in the region.

The call for a lawsuit echoes the tone of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who last week criticized the State Legislature for repeatedly diverting funds from the state’s Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund.

According to DiNapoli, only 35 percent of the money in the fund has gone to repair roads and bridges since 1991.

He pointed to the Crown Point Bridge as a specific example of crucial infrastructure that fell into severe disrepair as a result.

Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava said he, French and Ticonderoga Supervisor Robert Dedrick attended a meeting Oct. 30 with Vermont and New York State officials at the site of the

bridge, though none of the three had received invitations.

The prevailing plan discussed at that meeting, Scozzafava said, was to establish ferry service at ports near the bridge. Unlike ferries in Ticonderoga and Westport, the new ferry would supposedly run year-round with departures throughout the day and night.

Like other ferries, it would be subsidized by the state and free for motorists and passengers.

“We’re hopeful that this new plan is put in place,” said Scozzafava. “It wouldn’t solve all the problems, but it will certainly make life easier for the thousands of people who depend on that crossing on a daily basis.”

Dedrick expressed frustration with the state for not making an effort to include local officials in the planning process.

“They don’t even involve us at all,” he said. “They’re making decisions and we’re being left out of the loop.”

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Head-on collision claims life of PSC student

In the Military

By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com

Delahant recognized for service SYRACUSE — Staff Sergeant Nicholas Delahant from Lake Placid was among more than 600 members of the New York Air National Guard who were recognized for service overseas as part of the 174th Maintenance Squadron during a Hometown Heroes Salute Ceremony.

The program recognizes airmen who were deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (operations in Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001.

SARANAC LAKE — A two-car accident near Saranac Lake has claimed the life of a Paul Smith’s College student and injured two others.

19-year-old Vincent Monty of Plattsburgh was driving his 1994 Saturn SL eastbound on Route 3 in the town of Franklin shortly before noon Oct. 30, police say.

The vehicle collided head-on with a 2003 Ford Escape driven by Gregory Campbell, 60, of Keeseville. The collision was near the center of the road, and both vehicles came to rest in the roadway.

Abigail Pruitt, 19, of Pittsford, and a student at Paul Smith’s College, was a passenger in Monty’s vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Franklin County Coroner Ronald Keough.

An autopsy by Dr. C. Francis Varga at Adirondack Medical Center confirmed the cause of death to be multiple traumatic injuries due to a motor vehicle accident.

Saranac Lake Rescue responders transported Monty to AMC for treatment of leg, head, and chest injuries. Campbell was brought to Champlain Valley Physician’s Hospital in Plattsburgh and treated for leg injuries.

Both individuals were later transported to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. for further treatment.

The accident remains under investigation

by State Police Troop B’s Collision Reconstruction Unit. Police are asking anyone who might have information regarding the accident, or the operation of these vehicles prior to the accident, to contact their Ray Brook headquarters at 897-2000.

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, participated in an environmental roundtable and press conference at the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York on Friday, Oct. 30. Adirondack Council Executive Director Brian Houseal, Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Neil Woodworth, and Nature Conservancy Director of Federal Government Relations David Higby joined the senator. The group discussed mutual support for clean air and anti-acid rain initiatives.

Gillibrand is pictured with Caroline M. Welsh, Director of the Adirondack Museum.

Vaccination clinic draws huge crowds

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com TUPPER LAKE — Officials are calling Franklin County’s first H1N1 vaccination clinic a resounding success.

Hundreds gathered outside of the L.P. Quinn Elementary School Oct. 27 following student dismissal to get in line for a swine flu vaccination.

Tupper Lake school nurse Peggy Dechene said the clinic was originally slated to dole out 200 doses, but more vaccine became available. Although Dechene didn’t have exact numbers, she estimates that close to 500 people were vaccinated.

The clinic was scheduled to run from 3 to 5 p.m., but Dechene said she and workers from the Franklin County Public Health departments stayed well past 7 p.m.

“No one was turned away, we were able to vaccinate everyone,” she said. “We got even the last few people in line in. Some people may have left on their own because they didn’t want to wait.”

Dechene was more of bystander, as public health officials conducted the vaccinations in the school’s cafeteria.

Dechene commended the health department for being organized, stating that for her the clinic was a positive experience.

“We all feel great, because now there are almost 500 more people vaccinated that weren’t before,” she said.

A second clinic will take place Nov. 4 at the Saranac Lake High School gymnasium from 3 to 5 p.m. for children and adults ages three to 24. Individuals between three and 24 years-old have been identified as a high-risk group by the Centers for Disease Control.

Paul Smith’s College received 400 doses of the swine flu vaccine last week, and have begun distributing them to students and staff.

North Country Community College will host a clinic on Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Sparks Athletic Complex.

That clinic is being coordinated by both Franklin and Essex counties.

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Ski Patrol From page 1 formally received the prestigious award for Outstanding Large Alpine Patrol, Eastern Division, from the National Ski Patrol.

The award lists the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol among the best among 15 regions covering 183 different patrols from the entire north east. The award also earned them a unit citation.

“We are extremely proud of the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol, our volunteers and paid staff excel in their trade and show professionalism in all that they do,” said McCulley, “This recognition is well deserved and we are grateful for their contribution to Whiteface.”

Several Whiteface Mountain ski patrollers were also individually recognized for their level of excellence. Peter Neefus, the Eastern New York regional director for the National Ski Patrol, took time out to award Merit Stars to Virgie Hoyt, Gary Marchuk, Tom Everett and Katja Kellett for their lifesaving efforts on Dec. 29, 2008.

In the past two years, Whiteface patrollers have received 25 individual Merit Star Awards for lifesaving actions.

“World class events demand world class performance, so whether it’s running a toboggan down a World Cup mogul field, or responding to a twisted knee by a beginner skier, the patrol does it,” said ski patroller Joe Rine, “and does it with class.”

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Map amendments require give and take

By Jonathan Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com The size and allowable density within Adirondack towns was primarily determined in the early 1970s as part of the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency.

And as towns officials look to expand their allowable density and home-rule authority they are required to petition the APA for amendments to the zoning map – often as part of a comprehensive plan process.

But as with so many issues in the park, the give and take between local government and the APA, combined with some ingrained local fear of the agency, often dooms the project.

Dr. Richard Lamb is a professor at SUNY Plattsburgh and acts as liaison between towns seeking map amendments and hamlet expansion and the agency.

“There’s a position in the APA Act that allows local towns to submit map amendment requests to the APA to adjust the land-use categories. You have to justify them based on their criteria,” Lamb said. “So what we have done here is develop proposals that we felt were approvable and put them in front of the public. As it turns out the public doesn’t want any of them, so be it. That’s the way it goes.”

Over the past several months, the proposed map amendments of three communities have been utterly stalled after intense public outcry against

the projects.

In 2006, the town of Minerva petitioned the agency to expand its two hamlets. Town officials said that it would allow for renewed business development and the construction of affordable housing.

Minerva Supervisor Mike McSweeney said the proposal was ultimately shot down in his town.

“I think that it didn’t turn out exactly they way the people in town thought it would be,” McSweeney said. “What happens is that the APA makes you give up density to gain density. In a lot of cases you are giving up a lot more acreage then you are gaining.”

After nearly three years in development, the plan was proposed to the town’s citizens in March.

The fact that the APA proposal would have downgraded over 3,000 acres to more restrictive density designations, while 1,445 would have been upgraded roused the local public and effectively killed the project.

The lands that would have been downgraded are located well outside of the hamlets, pursuant to the APA’s mandated goal of channeling development to hamlet areas while limiting development in the wild forests.

But for property owners located outside of the hamlet, the downgrades effectively represent a devaluation of the land as it reduces the amount of individual lots that it could be subdivided into.

Similar instances where map amendments have stalled after negative local reaction have recently

occurred in Inlet and Johnsburg.

Following intense public outcry against the Johnsburg proposal, Supervisor Sterling Goodspeed has spent much of the week distancing himself and the town from the plan.

Johnsburg petitioned for the changes during the administration of former Johnsburg supervisor and current local APA Commissioner Bill Thomas.

Each proposed zoning revision was at the behest of the town.

But for Lamb, the literal give-and-take is simply how the process works and designed around the concept of limiting rural sprawl.

“Instead of just having rural sprawl all over through the mountains, which would result in a highly developed area all over the mountains, the plan was to channel growth into specific hamlet area,” Lamb said. “The whole plan was designed to promote growth into the hamlet areas.”

The town of Warrensburg is currently in the process of creating a comprehensive plan and hamlet expansion is one of the town’s top priorities.

According to Warrensburg Supervisor Kevin Geraghty, increased restrictions on outlying properties are expected.

“We’re going to reach out to them; they aren’t going to come to us. We will have to reach out and try to negotiate the best deal for our people,” Geraghty said. “What we have to avoid is undue take when we decide to do it.”

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From page 1 Scozzafava agreed, saying the local governments shared the goal of finding a solution and contributing to its implementation.

“Communication right now is crucial,” said Scozzafava. “That’s part of the reason we’re in this mess to begin with.”

North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi expressed concern that with ferry service established at Crown Point, the state may decide to forego repairing or replacing the bridge.

“One of the options still out there is to replace the bridge with a ferry,” said County DPW Supervisor Fred Buck, “so don’t think it can’t happen.”

“That’s a fight for another day if they propose that,” said Scozzafava, “but right now we need that ferry.”

Dedrick also called for immediate action. Though the proposed ferry would be an icebreaker, he said it would have to be put in service before too much ice forms on the lake.

The rest of the board agreed, voting unanimously for a resolution urging both New York and Vermont to implement the new ferry as a temporary measure.

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Organizing coupons more efficiently

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his week, I’m happy to answer another question from a reader like you who is learning to super-coupon: Q: “In reading your column, I’ve not seen how to organize my coupons. In one of your early columns, you suggested keeping the entire booklet of coupons together.

So I do. But then when I’m shopping I don’t know what I have. If we don’t clip the

By Jill Cataldo coupons out and categorize them, how do we know what we have on hand?”

A: Thankfully, using coupons is easier than it’s ever been.

Much of that is due to the method that I use, which I call a “clipless” system because you clip less! I only cut the coupons I need for each week’s trip. All of the other coupons stay in the insert, where they are easy to find when I’m planning my next shopping trip.

In the past, in order to match coupons to sales, people would cut absolutely every coupon they received in their newspaper inserts and carry them all around, usually in a big binder or box. This method, though, is the reason many people give up on using coupons. It’s incredibly time-consuming and tedious. Most of us want to save money without investing hours in cutting and sorting little pieces of paper each week.

Here’s how I organize and use my coupons. When my coupons arrive in the newspaper each week, I take all of the inserts and write the date on the front. Then, I store them in an expandable file. These are inexpensive and can be found at any department or office-supply store. I use one pocket for each month and a typical accordion file can hold six months’ worth of coupons or more.

When I’m ready to plan my shopping trips and cut the coupons I’ll need, I head to the Internet. There are many coupon Web sites that help you match coupons to sales. On my Web site, www.supercouponing.com, I’ve got a free coupon lookup utility that’s very easy to use! You type either the name of the product you’d like to find coupons for (such as “Kellogg’s”) or a general category of product (“dog food,” for example) and the coupon lookup returns a list of all of the coupons currently in your inserts along with the values, purchase requirements and expiration dates. This database also delivers information about exactly where to find your coupon. When your inserts arrive, perhaps you’ve noticed each one has a name at the top, such as Procter & Gamble or SmartSource. The database will tell you the name and date of the insert that contains the coupon you’re looking for. At that point, you simply pull that insert out of your file, cut the coupon you need and return the insert to the file for use another day.

This is a quick, easy system to use. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can plan your shopping trips with it. On an average trip, you might use 10 to 15 coupons. Wouldn’t you rather just cut those few rather than the 40 or more that arrive in the inserts each week? Using the “clipless” method, you’re only cutting what you need — and if you don’t need a coupon, you’re not spending time or energy cutting it out or carrying it around.

Coupon Queen

© CTW Features Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her Web site, www.super-couponing.com. E-mail your own couponing victories and questions to jill@ctwfeatures.com.

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Damn those Finns!

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inland is a country that is frequently chosen as the healthiest place in the world to live by a variety of organizations. They jealously protect their air and water quality. Many of their health indictors are among the best in the world. Though they have their own language, don’t worry if you travel there as over 50 percent speak English. As if those superlatives were not enough, now their children are dominating international academic performance tests.

Schooling in Finland looks very different from schooling in America. In Finland, students do not begin school until the age of seven. The average student rarely gets more than a half hour of homework. There are no honor societies, no valedictorians, no school uniforms and no special classes for the gifted. Teachers and students address each other by their first names.

While many American parents hover over their children, Finnish children are expected to be more independent. Seven year old students trudge to school in the dark, pick out their own lunch, which are free, and carry their trays to their tables. There is no internet filter at the school library.

Finnish students like rap music, spend lots of time on the internet and express their rebellion with piercings and blue hair just like their American counterparts. However, by the time these students reach ninth grade, the Finish students will be way ahead in Math, Science and Reading.

Tests that were administered to 15 year olds from 57 countries found that Finland’s combined scores for Math, Science and Reading were near the top and American students’ were far behind. Finland’s powerhouse performance has gained international attention and educational representatives from

SATURDAY November 7, 2009 50 countries have studied Finland’s educational approach.

In the classroom, teachers don’t push gifted students ahead of everyone else. Instead, students that get the subject quicker assist students that don’t get it so quickly. Finnish educators believe that helping weaker students first achieves better results. Brighter students assist average ones without

By Scot Hurlburt harming their own progress.

Finlanders are known for their love of reading. Libraries are frequently attached to shopping malls and a book bus travels to remote neighborhoods. Unlike American schools, Finnish schools are equally funded no matter where they are located. Students don’t worry about paying for college; it is free. There is competition for specialties like medical school; however, no college has an elite status like Harvard.

Finnish researchers believe that the overall health and preparation of their students before attending school is the primary reason that their students do so well. Health care and college are free and the standard of living in Finland is among the highest in the world.

Okay, I think I get it. All we have to do is provide everyone with free health care, a high standard of living and make college free to improve our school systems. That should be easy enough, don’t you think? Remember all kids count.

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Scot Hurlburt can be reached by e-mail at hurlburt@wildblue.net

Did you know you can nosh on squash leaves?

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hile at a recent conference, I was handed a set of cards recently released by Pride of New York promoting certain vegetables. The front of the cards all had a photo of a fruit or vegetable with a saying such as ‘Nosh on Squash.’ The back of each card contained information about that fruit or vegetable.

The one vegetable that caught my eye was indeed the squash. And, the interesting fact that caught my eye was not the slogan, but the fact the card claimed you can eat squash leaves.

Never doubting Pride of New York would place false information on their cards, I all the same researched this notion. And, sure enough, tender squash leaves and tendrils.

I found many ideas for stir-frying the leaves and tendrils.

Next summer, I will have to try this idea.

The idea of using the squash leaves excites me — one because I like to try new foods, but also because I like to be resourceful and use garden space wisely. Winter squash is a warm-season vegetable, which means it requires warm soils and warm days to thrive. The first frost withers the leaves and vines of this tender plant.

If you have never grown winter squash, you may find this odd since we eat the squash during the fall and winter. Unlike summer squash that we harvest young and eat before it is fully ripened, winter squash we harvest and eat

when it is fully developed and ripe. We must grow the plant all summer long before we can harvest the bounty.

In addition to having a long growing season, winter squash requires quite a bit of room. The plant is a vine that rambles quite a distance. Even the bush varieties still require quite a bit of garden space. So, in the end, you have a plant that takes a lot of growing time and space.

But, every year I still plant winter squash. It is highly nutritious, stores easily, and tastes great. Now knowing I can get an additional harvest out of this already great vegetable makes me excited for the next growing season!

Story of a non-entity

her, too. Sure, I occasionally looked back and chuckled at my youthful foible – what a rascal I’d been! – but I never gave much thought to the fact that Dr. History continued to exist outside my memory of that one moment.

Then, last week, while waiting tables during the lunch shift at a local eatery, I looked up from taking an order to see Dr. History being seated a few tables away. I maintained my outward

By Dan Leonidas cool, but my mental emergency alarm began bleating like a sheep on speed.

My God, I thought, she never forgot. She kept her rage bottled up, and now she’s finally snapped; she means to kill me.

How else to interpret Dr. History’s sudden appearance? For one, I didn’t usually work the lunch shift – I was filling in for a coworker. For two, why was Dr. History eating lunch at a restaurant in Saranac Lake, a good 75 miles from St. Lawrence, by herself? For three, what was she hiding in that rolled-up newspaper she’d pulled from her coat? A firearm? A dagger? A firearm glued to a dagger?

Dr. History was (of course) sitting in my section, and I approached her table grinning like a clown on speed. I decided I would act as if I didn’t know her – if she wanted to call me on my ancient indiscretion, I wouldn’t give her an opening. I greeted her, and she smiled and nodded, giving no indication that she recognized me. And, anti-climactically enough, the rest of our encounter proceeded just as uneventfully. Sure, I flinched when Dr. History opened her newspaper, but it turned out to be just a newspaper, not a cache of deadly weapons.

And while Dr. History’s failure to attack me was a relief, I also found it oddly disappointing. I kind of liked the idea that my behavior had slowly driven her mad, and that she’d seen fit to hunt me down and assassinate me in spectacular fashion. That Dr. History’s reappearance in my life was likely the result of pure chance only confirmed my status as a non-entity – a forgettable bit player in what Dr. History surely considered the epic movie of her own life.

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’ve decided to open this week’s column by telling a story I’ve told before – not because I’ve run out of ideas (I have at least five of those left, and so what if they’re all mediocre?), and not because the story’s especially interesting (it’s not), but because the story recently got bigger, and I want to refresh our collective memory.

During my freshman year at St. Lawrence University, in what I called “an attempt to determine my interests without letting unconscious biases influence my choices” – but what was really my distaste for making informed decisions – I registered for classes by closing my eyes, opening the course catalog at random, and pointing.

As a result, I wound up in a class called “Early East Asian Civilization.” As I said the first time I told this story, I considered “early civilization (East Asian or otherwise) a real snore fest” – so it should come as no surprise that I spent roughly every moment of class trying not to fall asleep. And, thanks to the several liters of Jolt Cola I guzzled each day, I almost always succeeded.

In fact, I can only recall failing to stay awake once – but that one failure was what we in the failure business call a “doozy.” See, the professor – who I’ll call Dr. History, not because she was a time-traveling educational superhero, but because I enjoy reducing people I regard as bit players in the epic movie of my life to single, easy-to-remember details – was looking at me when I slipped into slumber.

I realized I’d been caught during the last millisecond of consciousness, and my eyes shot open instantly. Dr. History was still looking at me, only now she was frowning. She asked if I’d fallen asleep.

I said I certainly had not. Rather, I claimed, my contacts had dried out. “I just blinked for an extra long time to moisten them,” I said, not sure if my obvious lie made sense in scientific terms, but hoping Dr. History knew as little about science as I did. She apparently did – or perhaps, regarding me as a non-entity, she just didn’t feel like pursuing the matter further – because she said “okay,” gave me a tight-lipped smile, and resumed her lecture.

Dr. History never mentioned the incident again and, as I never took another history class, I only saw her in passing a few times before I graduated. We never acknowledged each other, and I figured she’d forgotten me. I more or less forgot

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 County, 9624810; and Franklin County, 483-7403. E-mail your questions to askMG@cornell.edu.

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Last week, an inspector from the U.S. Department of Labor ’s Mine Safety and Health Administration was in Saranac Lake for a random inspection at Trudeau Sand & Gravel. When the inspector, Ron Ward, asked to see Trudeau’s screening equipment, he was told it was being rented to the village Department of Public Works.

According to Ward, Trudeau is required to contact his administration whenever equipment is leased or taken off site.

Village Manager Marty Murphy said Ward was unaware of the

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Ward gave the village’s sand pit an ID number, effectively authorizing him to perform an inspection of the pit.

Murphy said the inspection uncovered several violations that forced the village to cease work.

“The required berm around the rim of the sand pit had fallen,” he said. “We generally reestablish those earthen berms at the end of the day. But the inspector said they’re required to be in place at all times.”

In addition to the berm violation, Ward also found that village DPW workers hadn’t received MSHA safety training and were not authorized to be performing the work.

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In the mean time, the village is looking into the possibility of training its employees to mine sand at the Will Rogers site. But that may not happen until after this winter, Murphy said.

“We’re trying to get them trained,” he said. “But there’s nothing coming up in the immediate future.”

If the village can’t get its employees trained, it may have to contract with another municipality who has a MSHA trained worker.

When asked how this oversight occurred, Murphy admitted that the village has been mining sand in the same manner for years.

“I’m not sure anyone knew this agency existed,” he said. “No one was aware that we were violating anything.”

SARANAC LAKE — First Presbyterian Church will become an international bazaar of exotic sights and sounds at its 4th Annual “Give the Spirit” Fair Trade Sale from 4-7 p.m. on Nov. 6, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 7.

Church members invite the Tri-Lakes community to shop for fairly traded gifts and holiday items.

The marketplace will feature jewelry, hand-woven bags, ornaments, toys, and home accessories. The sale will also feature fairly traded coffees, teas, and chocolates from Equal Exchange and a Heifer Project living gift market. New this year will be participation by two local organizations; North Star Industries will be selling crafts and other gifts created in their workshops and members of the Saranac Lake Youth Center will be taking orders for holiday wreaths. Local artists will provide music to shop by, and homebaked treats will be sold. All proceeds from the sale benefit local and world mission.

First Presbyterian Church is located at 57 Church Street in downtown Saranac Lake. The event is free to the public, although donations to the church’s Malawi Malaria Bednet Fund will be accepted. For more information, contact the church office at 891-3401.

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“Speedy” is a comedy appropriate for all ages. The film stars Harold Lloyd, one of the great comedians of the silent film era. Lloyd plays the titular role of “Speedy,” a perpetual job-seeker who is trying to save the city’s last horse-drawn streetcar, driven by the father of Speedy’s girlfriend. Slapstick hilarity abounds as Speedy’s neighborhood gang take on a transportation company’s hired goons. The film also supplies a cameo appearance by Babe Ruth and heartfelt depiction of a 1920s New York City.

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Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7 WESTPORT — Class of 2010 play “The Champion of Paribanou,” Westport Central School, 25 Sisco St., 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7 AUSABLE FORKS — Christmas Bazaar, St. James Episcopal Church, Main Street, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Bake sale and Christmas items for sale.

SARANAC LAKE — Give the Spirit, First Presbyterian Church, 57 Church St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

WILLSBORO — Rock Talk and Walk, hike up Rattlesnake Mountain, Pok-OMacCready Outdoor Education Center, 1391 Reber Road, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 963-7967.

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PLATTSBURGH — Pet pamperingfundraiser, Canine Adventures, 6140 State Route 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Proceeds benefit Champlain Valley Search and Rescue to help pay for rescue dog Oakland’s multiple surgeries. 562-0552.

SARANAC LAKE — Bake sale to benefit Way of the Master Membership Drive, Kinney Drugs, 277 Broadway, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. kgreene1352@verizon.net.

ROUSES POINT — 13th annual St. Patrick’s Christmas Craft Show, church hall, 9 Liberty St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

WEST PLATTSBURGH — Benefit for Renee Arnold, American Legion Post 1619, 219 Rand Hill Road, 12 p.m. Event to include $1 menu, raffles, auctions, games and entertainment.

LAKE PLACID — “Sleepy Hollow,” Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr., 2-3:30 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Harvest Market, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr., 12-4 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — German supper, St. Luke’s Parish Hall, corner of Main and Church streets, 5-7 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Clarinet concert, Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 5 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Arms and Legs Auction, North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St., 6-9 p.m. 5631604.

MORRISONVILLE — Square dancing, North Country Squares Building, Clinton

County Fairgrounds, 84 Fairground Lane, 7 p.m. 561-5801.

PLATTSBURGH — “Tartuffe,” Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

WHALLONSBURG — Champlain Valley Film Society movie “Food, Inc.,” Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 8 p.m. www.cvfilms.org.

P L AT T S B U R G H — S h a m e l e s s Strangers perform, Woodstock II, 89 Margaret St., 10 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 8 ROUSES POINT — 13th annual St. Patrick’s Christmas Craft Show, church hall, 9 Liberty St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — Wing Wars II fundraiser for North Country Life Flight, Romano’s Restaurant, 11 Bloomingdale Ave. 12-4 p.m. 891-6853.

UPPER JAY — Artist reception for Jeri Wright Photography Exhibit, Wells Memorial Library, 12230 State Route 9N, 2-4 p.m. 946-2644.

PLATTSBURGH — “Tartuffe,” Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, 2 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 9 CHAZY — 2009 Fall Concert, Chazy Central Rural School, 609 Miner Farm Road, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 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.

ROUSES POINT — Rouses Point Playgroup, Champlain Children’s Learning Center, 10 Clinton St., 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

314-1191. For children ages 0-6.

BLOOMINGDALE — Save Energy, Save Dollars, Overlook Senior Housing, Main Street, 10 a.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Storytime for preschoolers, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 10:30-11 a.m.

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Thrift Shop, Deer's Head Inn, Court Street, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

ROUSES POINT — Library board meeting, Dodge Memorial Library, 144 Lake St., 7 p.m.

Gaines Marina, 141 Lake St., 6:30-9 p.m.

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Friday, Nov. 13 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.

WILLSBORO — Thanksgiving from the Hearth, 1812 Homestead, 4403 NYS Route 22, 1 p.m. 963-4071.

PLATTSBURGH — Family swim night, CVPH Wellness Center, 295 New York Road, 7-9 p.m. www.townofplattsburgh.com.

MORRISONVILLE — English country dance, Clinton County Fairgrounds, North Country Squares Building, 74 Fairgrounds Road. Beginners, 7 p.m.. Dance, 7:30-9 p.m. 563-1834.

LAKE PLACID — “Sunshine Cleaning,” Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr., 7:30-9 p.m. 523-2512.

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Film Society screening of “Speedy,” Palace Theater, 2430 Main St., 7:30 p.m.523-3456.

PLATTSBURGH — Winter Jazz Concert, E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

PERU — Beartracks performance, Peru Community Church Fellowship, 13 Elm St., 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Veterans Day) PLATTSBURGH — Veterans Day ceremony, American Legion Post 20, 162 Quarry Road, 11 a.m.

WESTPORT — Veterans’ Day ceremony, Essex County Veterans Cemetery, County Route 8, 11 a.m. 873-2138.

DANNEMORA — Story hour, Dannemora Free Library, 1168 Cook St., 11:15 a.m. Ages 3 and older.

PLATTSBURGH — Storytime, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 6:30-7:15 p.m.

SARANAC LAKE — Chess club, Lake Flour Bakery, 14 River St., 7 p.m. Open to all, experienced players preferred.

PLATTSBURGH — Completely Stranded Improv Comedy Troupe, Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 12 -Saturday, Nov. 14 WILLSBORO — Willsboro Drama Club performance of “Damn Yankees,” Willsboro Central School, 12 Farrell Lane, 7:30 p.m.

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Thursday, Nov. 12 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.

LAKE PLACID — Children’s story hour, Lake Placid Library, 2471 Main St., 10:15 a.m.

SARANAC LAKE — Children’s story hour, Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main St., 10:30 a.m. 891-4190.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Elizabethtown Thrift Shop, Deer's Head Inn, Court Street, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Journey Into Reading, Champlain Centre Mall, 60 Smithfield Blvd., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Visit www.journeyintoreading.org.

PLATTSBURGH — Taste of the North Country, SUNY Plattsburgh Field House, 167 Rugar St., 5 p.m.

ROUSES POINT — Scrapbook Class,

Saturday, Nov. 14 CHAZY — Story time, Chazy Public Library, 9633 Route 9, 10-11 a.m. 846-7676.

LAKE PLACID — Harvest Market, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr., 12-4 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Book signing by “A Year in the Country” author Samantha Rigsby, Cornerstone Bookshop, 110 Margaret St., 1-3 p.m.

ELLENBURG CENTER — Spaghetti dinner hosted by Mt. Hermon Chapter 653 Order of Eastern Star, 11 Brandy Road, 47 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Second Saturday

Cinema, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Center, 4 Palmer St., 6 p.m. www.uuaplattsburgh.com or 561-6920 for title.

ROUSES POINT — Annual turkey raffle, American Legion Post 912, 29 Pratt St., 7 p.m.

KEENE VALLEY — One-woman show “Belle of Amherst,” Keene Central School, 33 Market St., 7 p.m.

CHAMPLAIN — Northern Lights Square Dance Club dance, Northeastern Clinton Central Middle School cafeteria, 103 State Route 276, 7:30-10 p.m. Caller Bob LaBounty. 298-4599.

MOOERS — Annual Turkey Night, St. Joseph’s Church, 73 Maple St., 7:30 p.m.

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LAKE PLACID — Soul Steps, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr., 8-9:30 p.m.

P L AT T S B U R G H — S h a m e l e s s Strangers, Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Margaret St., 9 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15 WILLSBORO — Thanksgiving from the Hearth, 1812 Homestead, 4403 State Route 22, 1 p.m. Reservations required.

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WILLSBORO — Willsboro Drama Club performance of “Damn Yankees,” Willsboro Central School, 12 Farrell Lane, 2 p.m.

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CHAZY — Benefit concert for Chazy Public Library with After Five Brass Group and Adrian Carr, Chazy Central Rural School, 609 Miner Farm Rd. 3 p.m.

CHAMPLAIN — The Nutcracker performance, NCCS Auditorium, 103 Route 276, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 17 ROUSES POINT — Rouses Point Playgroup, Champlain Children’s Learning Center, 10 Clinton St., 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

314-1191. For children ages 0-6.

PLATTSBURGH — Storytime for preschoolers, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 10:30-11 a.m.

UPPER JAY — Writer’s Collective meeting, Wells Memorial Library, 12230 State Route 9N, 7 p.m. All writing genres welcome. 946-2644.

Community store closing in on fundraising goal

By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — A recent surge in fundraising has a local effort to open a community-owned retail store tantalizingly close to its goal.

Last week, the Interim Board for the Saranac Lake Community Store announced it’s surpassed the $400,000 mark for total shares. The group needs $500,000.

Melinda Little is president of the board.

She said Oct. 27 that the group currently has $400,500 in hand and needs $95,500 more by the offering deadline of Dec. 17.

Little said volunteers aren’t concerned about raising the remaining funds.

“Over the last five weeks, we’ve brought in close to $40,000,” she said. “The momentum has been reinvigorated. That seems to be continuing, and meanwhile, behind the

scenes, we’re trying to figure out the next steps in terms of other sources we can tap into.”

According to Little, the Community Store can apply for an extension to the share offering if it can’t reach the $500,000 goal by Dec. 17. But the organization isn’t using that as an excuse to let off the gas.

“We’re going to push as hard as we can to reach the goal by that date, because we’re all anxious to get the store open,” Little said.

“Quite frankly, though, if we don’t get there, I’m sure we’ll be quite a bit further by then in any case and we’ll look to extend if we need to.”

In order to extend the share-offering deadline, the Community Store must apply for an extension with the New York State Attorney General’s office.

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For some, fundraising gets easier toward the end of a drive. Major donors often make their pledge when deadlines are looming.

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“We’re a little constricted because no one person can invest more than 10 grand in the story,” Little said.

“That’s for a good reason,” she added.

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Little adds that the economic recession severely hampered efforts to get the store up and running by this summer. Once the $500,000 goal is reached, though, organizers will move quickly to choose a location, hire staff and acquire inventory.

As far as locations go, investors hope to find a home in downtown Saranac Lake, something in the range of 5,000-square-feet.

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SATURDAY November 7, 2009

When an accident is not an accident

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Deer hunters awaiting first tracking snow

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ool weather and strong winds have recently combined to help defoliate much of the local hardwood forests. Without the camouflage offered by the typical thick, leafy cover, whitetail deer are much easier to spot.

However, whitetails will still travel primarily through the thick conifers or corridors of beech whips, which retain their leaves much longer than mature beech. Whitetails can blend into the beech whips and become essentially invisible. It’s no wonder whitetails are referred to as the 'Ghost of the Woods.'

The rut has already begun in the Northern Adirondacks and bucks are already in the process of seeking does.

Scrapes and rubs are becoming more apparent. While looking for love in all the wrong places, bucks will lose much of their natural wariness and a great deal of weight over the new few weeks.

It is the time to be in the woods as a combination of open woods and less wary, wandering bucks will certainly benefit the hunters. Throw a few inches of fresh tracking snow into the equation and it’ll be a whitetail hunter ’s nirvana.

Coyotes on the prowl?

Know as a trickster, sneak, brush wolf or coydog, coyotes are again in the news.

According to news reports, last week a pair of coyotes attacked and killed Taylor Mitchell, a young, Toronto singer and songwriter as she hiked alone along the popular Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, in northeastern Canada.

Experts expressed shock over the incident, which most claim was completely out of character for a species renowned for its shy, elusive manner.

Although there have been reports over the years of coyotes attacking pets and livestock, and even a small child, it is extremely rare for them to attack and kill an adult.

“To me, this looks like two yearlings with very little hunting experience, very little experience with humans, probably very hungry, maybe a little bit desperate,” explained Dr. Simon Gadbois, an animal behavior specialist at Dalhousie University in Halifax “Coyotes are very discreet, very shy animals. They are also very curious.”

If Mitchell ran from the coyotes or panicked, she may have triggered a predatory response in the animals. Gadbois revealed citing reports that indicate she had bite marks over her entire body.

In the Adirondacks, it is quite common to hear coyote songs on still, dark nights. The sound of their yips, yaps and yowls still carry for miles on the evening air, just as they have since the 1920’s.

Yet, coyote attacks on humans are extremely rare.

Despite a small number of attacks on people, most of these incidents have involved small children under 5 years of age. With over 3 million children bitten by dogs every year, the likelihood of a child getting bitten by the family pet is a million times more likely than by a coyote.

Coyotes exist on a diet that includes rabbits, birds, mice, chipmunks, grasshoppers or other small animals they can overpower. They also eat a lot of berries, which in late summer can constitute about half of their diet.

While many sportsmen believe that coyotes have decimated the Adirondack deer herd, the vast majority of their deer take consists of fawns.

Although coyotes can easily take down adult deer.

“They’re about twice the size of the western variety, weighing around 40 pounds,” according to Gary Foster, a wildlife biologist at DEC Region 5. “They may not kill a lot of deer that way, but they can stress the herd and run them out of the area. We don’t see a lot of the damage coyotes do during the season.”

But, DEC readily acknowledges the impact that coyotes can have. According to Foster, “They’re extremely wary creatures. It takes a good trapper to take coyotes consistently.”

Hunting regulations for coyote have been loosened in recent years as trapping has not proven to be the most effective method of controlling the coyote population.

“We had a number of attacks on pets this past spring and summer. Coyotes are very adaptive creatures. We had some real problems with them this year in Saratoga and Fulton County and in the western park of the state.”

“Rabbit hunters have reported losing beagles to coyotes and domestic dogs have been attacked as well. We try to reduce their numbers by hunting,” explained Foster, “which is why we have such a long season. It goes from Oct. 1 until March 28.”

Indeed, the rather relaxed hunting regulations for coyotes permit night hunting, with the aid of lights or lightgathering scopes. Furthermore, hunters are permitted to use electronic calls and even mechanical decoys while hunting coyote. Regulations even permit dogs to be used in the pursuit of coyotes.

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook.

Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net

GREAT START TO THE 2009 SEASON

e are only a few weeks into the fall hunting season and already we’ve seen two careless acts by hunters — one in Vermont and another in New York.

The first took place Oct. 22 when a man mistook another for a deer and fired at him with his Connecticut Valley Arms muzzleloader.

The bullet tore through the man’s abdomen and, at last report, he was listed in critical condition.

The second took place Oct. 25 and involved a turkey hunter in Vermont who mistook a man sitting in a camouflage chair for a Tom, shooting him in the head and torso.

His condition, too, is critical.

Having been shot myself in the throat during a deer drive in 1993 by a man who mistook me for a deer, I speak from experience when I say, please, please identify your target.

There is a certain amount of risk associated with hunting. Uncertain things can and do happen — like a man firing at a deer and hitting a target beyond he never knew was there. But, mistaking a human being for a game animal or bird is unconscionable.

You cannot take back the bullet after you pull the trigger. I know — I live with the repercussions every day of my life, as does the man who made that near deadly decision 16 years ago. So, please think before you act.

Here is the information regarding the two shootings: In New York: On Oct. 22 at approximately 7:41 a.m., State Police in Canton were called with a report of a hunting accident off Dayton Road in the town of Potsdam.

Investigation revealed Ricky A. Brunelle, 43, Ellenburg Depot, was hunting on property he leases off South Canton Road in the town of Potsdam.

Brunelle and his hunting partner split up and began hunting at approximately 7 Ricky A. Brunelle a.m. Brunelle stated he later observed what he thought was a deer and fired one shot from his Connecticut Valley Arms, .50 caliber muzzleloader rifle.

He heard someone shout from the direction he had fired and he found Bernard H. Sharlow, 39, Norwood, had been struck in the abdomen by the shot he had fired. Sharlow was accompanied by another hunter. The hunters carried Sharlow to the road and he was transported to Canton/Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam by EMS. The New York State Police Troop B Forensic Identification Unit responded to assist with processing the scene. St Lawrence County District Attorney Nicole Duve was advised. Brunelle was charged with second-degree assault and arraigned in the Town of Potsdam Court before Town Justice Sam Charleson. He was released under the supervision of the St. Lawrence County Probation Department.

Further investigation into the incident is ongoing.

In Vermont: On Oct. 25, at approximately 8:18 a.m., State Police and State Game Wardens responded to Sand Hill Road in Bradford to a 911 call that a turkey hunter had been shot.

Upon arrival, troopers, game wardens and Upper Valley rescue found the victim, Ryan Terrill, 22, Bradford, suffering from gunshot wounds due to shotgun bird shot. Terrill was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center where he is being treated for his injuries.

The shooter was found to be Richard Sylvester, 49, Topsham.

Initial investigation showed the scene was a cornfield bordered by a wood line located off Sand Hill Road. Terrill was sitting in a camouflage chair just inside the wood line. He was wearing full camouflage clothing. Sylvester was walking from the roadway along the edge of the wood line when he shot at what he thought was a turkey, striking Terrill. They were not hunting together.

Terrill was struck on his left side torso and head region.

Sylvester attempted to render aid to Terrill; he then left to a nearby residence to call 911. He then returned to the scene.

State game wardens are reconstructing the scene. There will be a joint investigation with the wardens and State Police detectives. The case will be reviewed with the Orange County state’s attorney upon completion.

Friday, Oct. 30 proved to be a lucky day for David Smith, and his son-in-law Hugh Goff, who each filled their 2009 buck tag.

Smith connected on a gorgeous 10-pointer, while Goff connected on a nice six-pointer. A third member of the crew, Jeff Cross shot a five-pointer Nov. 1. Pictured above are, left to right, Eugene Smith, David Smith, Ben Goff standing with his father Hugh’s deer and Jeff Cross.

John Gereau is managing editor of Denton Publications and an avid outdoorsman. To comment on this article or other issues of interest to sportsmen, check out Gereau’s Blog at www.denpubs.com.

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HORSES/ACCESS. 8YR OLD Quarterhorse Gelding sweetheart needs home fast english/western ridden call Sarah (518) 570-2999

JEWELRY 14CT GOLD Necklace,Diamond Letters (Christina) New Never Warn $200. 518-2602039

LOST & FOUND LOST CAT, Jerico, gray/blue neutered male, 15-20 lbs, , last seen ,on Elk Inn Rd , Port Henry, reward, call 518-585-7766 LOST JERICO, gray/blue neutered male, 1520 lbs, , last seen ,on Elk Inn Rd , Port Henry, reward, call 518-585-7766

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200 LP records. Country, big band, etc. $100 for all. 802-453-3882.

200 LTN Albums, assorted country ballads, Big Band Era, etc. $100 for all, 518-453-3882 CLARINET, VIOLIN, FLUTE, TRUMPET, Amplifier, Fender Guitar $75 each. Upright Bass, Cello, Saxophone, French Horn, Drums, $189 each. Others 4-sale 1-516-3777907 PIANO ROLAND Digital, hardly used, like new with bench $475. 518-494-2444

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY Body Building weight set work out bench & accessories.

Call 518-361-2930 SEARS ELLIPTICAL machine $100 OBO. 518-532-9687

SPORTING GOODS ROSSIGNAL R60 snowboard with Mission bindings, mens size 9. Burton step in. $400/OBO. 802-775-0732.

PERSONALS

SKIS. VOLKL Vectris V31, length 177, M8.1 Marker bindings. Excellent cond. $175.

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MATURE LADY from Long Island looking to make friends for card, conversations, meals & picnics. 518-643-8130 Peru area.

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PETS & SUPPLIES $150.00 AKC Beagle puppies, 12 weeks, Branko blood line, Father is International field champion. Vet checked & shots. Call Amanda 518-293-8857 or 518-578-7324.

AKC BEAUTIFUL Golden Retriever Puppies-Perfect Christmas Gift! Ready to go 12/15/09. $550.00 Deposit Required Now. Call Evenings Please 293-7761 (518) 2937761

**FREE GOLD Guide! Gold-Up Over 300% Since 2001. Call MERIT FINANCIAL Today!

24 Years of Competitive Prices. Call 1-888720-6007 MUSIC COLLECTOR wants to buy old record collections, all speeds, Also sheet music.

Call 518-846-6784. jgill@westelcom.com WANTED: AVON Cape Cod Red Dishes.

Dinner plates, cups & saucers. Must be reasonable priced. 518-293-1415

WANTED TO BUY WANTED TO Buy: Wild Ginseng Roots, Top Cash Paid for Quality Roots. Serving the Ginseng Hunters since 1936. Cash Paid, Fair Dealing. Dave Hicks- 518-632-5422

DOG HOUSE for up to 17” Dog, sleeping box partitioned from entrance. Removable roof, fully insulated. $50. 518-492-7160

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UPK Teacher Aide Needed, following the regular school calendar, at Saranac Lake Children’s Corner working with preschool age children in a kindergarten-readiness program. 8:45-11:45 daily, with some additional training hours required. $7.25/hr. High school diploma or equivalent needed.

Previous experience working with children helpful. NYS Teacher Assistant certification preferred. Send resume and cover letter to:

Program Director The Adirondack Arc Children’s Corner, 12 Mohawk Street, Tupper Lake, NY 12986 EOE

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PURE BRED German Shepard puppies, shots, dewormed. $125 518-483-0122

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BEAUTIFUL,MOVE in,spotless, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, all appl., new roof, new hot water tank, shed, Rugar Prk. asking $25,000 (518) 2367654

BRAND NEW titanium chimney liner 35 x 7 for wood burning 499.00 (518) 546-9859 BRASS FIREPLACE doors with wood grate & screens excellent condition $300.00 (518) 298-8009

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FOR RENT Crown Point, New York 3 bedroom trailer, private back lot, $600/mo., references, deposit & last month required. 518597-3935

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Owners: List with us for only $275 per year. Visit on-line or call 518-891-9919 HOMES FROM $199/MO! 1-4 Bedrooms avail from $199/mo! For listings call 800-4013750.

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REAL ESTATE WANTED I BUY LAND FOR CASH! 518-2228971

REAL PROPERTY FOR SALE NYS: OUR BEST LAND BARGAINS FOR HUNTERS Wholesale, discounted properties. 5-350 acre tracts. Free land catalog.

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NYS LAND - FALL SALE ADKs/CRANBERRY LAKE: 96ac. $1000/ac. FLORENCE: 5ac. walk to Stateland $12,900. ADKs: 22ac.

Small Lake - $39,900. OSCEOLA: Tug Hill 24ac. Borders State & Trout Stream $39,900. HAPPY VALLEY STATE FOREST: 13ac. - $25,900. Our best land for sportsmen & woman. Free closing costs, easy financing.

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RENTALS CROWN POINT 2 bedroom House, stove, refrigerator, W/D included, references , security & last month rent required, $525/mo., 518-597-3935.

ROOMMATE WANTED: Looking for working male or college student to share fully furnished home, farm like setting, low rent. 518834-6045

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AUTO ACCESSORIES 4 COOPER Weather Master steel belted radios 15”; 4 Cooper Weather snow groove 16”; 2 Good Year Wrangler 16”. $20 each.

518-963-4603 4- BRIDGESTONE Blizzak snow tires. 21560-R16, used 2000 miles, Paid $500, sell for $300. 518-643-9273 BRAND NEW P215/65R16 All Season Radials for Hyundai Tucson. (4) $150. 518891-3592 SNOW TIRES- 4 Firestone Winterforce 225/60R17, used only 1 Winter, like new $200. 518-572-2028 TIRES- 4 245-75R16 Dunlop GrandTrek AT20 $100 for set. Used for 5000 miles.

(518) 643-2164 YOKOHAMA ICEGUARD tires 195/60 R15 88Q Used only 1 season $400. (518) 5436132

AUTO WANTED *DONATE YOUR CAR!! FREE Vacation +$200 Gas card +$1000 Gift Card. 24/7 PickUp, Tax Deduction. HELP CHILDREN AT RISK. Se Habla Espanol *1-877-829-9633* AAAA ** DONATION Donate your Car Boat or Real Estate. IRS Tax Deductible. Free Pick-up/Tow. Any Model/Condition. Help Under Privileged Children. Outreach Center.

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1998 GRAND AM. Well maintained.

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2000 JEEP Wrangler 4 liter Sport, hard & soft tops, Dark Blue, 33,000 miles, excellent condition. $9,000. 518-962-2344 93 SUBARU Loyal, great Winter car, some rust, $500 OBO. 518-846-3038 leave message. 518-846-3038

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WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI,1970-1980, Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, S2-350, S3-400. CASH PAID. 1-800-7721142. 1-310-721-0726.

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1988 DRESSER 510B wheel loader, 2yd. bucket, good tires, $12,500. 518-569-0778

CARS FOR SALE

DUAL AUGER tailgate sander. Asking $750/OBO. Call Trevor at 802-885-8732.

REC VEHICLES SALES/RENTALS POP-UP Camper(1985)needs TLC 300.00 OBO 518-585-7084

SNOWMOBILE FOR SALE 1970 RUPP Snow Sport 340 Sprint, good shape, seats ripped, $350.00. 518-942-5278 1989 SKI-Doo Safari 346 runs great, elec. start, new battery, good condition, no papers, $475.00 OBO. 518-858-7930 2008 SKI-Doo MXZ 550 fan, only 229 miles, very good condition, includes cover & extra belts, $4200. 518-359-8234.

DONATE YOUR CAR HELP CHILDREN WITH CAMP AND EDUCATION. Quickest Towing. Non-Runners/Title Problems OK. Free Vacation/Cruise Voucher. Special Kids Fund 1-866-448-3865 DONATE YOUR CARÖTo The Cancer Fund of America. Help Those Suffering With Cancer Today. Free Towing and Tax deductible. 1-800-835-9372 www.cfoa.org DONATE YOUR VEHICLE UNITED BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION. Free Mammogram www.ubcf.info RECEIVE $1000 GROCERY COUPON 1-888-4685964

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AUTO DONATIONS

1999 FORD Ranger, extended cab, 2wd, 6cyl., auto, 107,000 miles, runs + looks good.

Well maintained. $3,500. 518-891-2978

The Classified Superstore 1-800-989-4237

2005 DOGE Grand Caravan, 107K, good condition. Power windows/locks. Second set of rims w/snow tires. $5,900. 802-875-1700.

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2 positions open. (518) 962-8808

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Access more info concerning this job posting at www.afcp.org Call us at 1-800-989-4237

ASSEMBLE MAGNETS & CRAFTS FROM HOME! Year-round Work! Excellent Pay! No Experience! Top US Company! Glue Gun, Painting, Jewelry & More! TOLL FREE 1866-844-5091, code 5 **Not available MD**

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LOCAL TYPISTS needed immediately. $400+ PT - $800+FT weekly. Flexible schedules, work from home, training provided 1800-757-2304

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HELP WANTED/LOCAL ELIZABETHTOWN-LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL is seeking long term Substitute for Elementary Special Education Teacher, certified in Elementary Special Education to start immediately. Interested persons submit a letter, resume, and credentials to: Gail S. Else, Supt., Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School, PO Box 158, Elizabethtown, NY 12932.

Deadline 11/13/09 EOE.

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HELP WANTED. CARING INDIVIDUAL to help care for elderly post stroke victim.

Plattsburgh area. Approx. 8-10 hours per week. References required. 518-563-8360.

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THE CHAMPLAIN Valley Educational Services Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington Board of Cooperative Educational Services Announces A Vacancy For the Position Of: Tobacco Training Specialist Full Time-12 Month Position Qualifications: NYS Teacher Certification (Health Education Preferred) Valid NYS Drivers License Salary: Per Contract Location: Instructional Services Center/Plattsburgh Salary: Per Contract Effective Date: 12-10-2009 Applications By: 11-13-09 Send Application (obtained from Personnel Office or from Website: CVES.org), Certification, Resume, Letter Of Intent, and 3 letters of Recommendations to: Rachel M. Rissetto Champlain Valley Educational Services PO Box 455 Plattsburgh, NY 12901-0455 518-561-0100 Ext. 216 THE CLINTON, Essex, Warren, Washington BOCES Is Currently Accepting Applications For The Following Anticipated Part-Time Position: Teaching Assistant Part-Time 50% 10 Months Qualifications: NYS Teaching Assistant Certification Location: Mineville Applications By: 11/20/09 Salary: Per Contract Start: 12-10-09 Interested Candidates Should Forward: Application (obtained from Personnel Office or From Website: CVES.org), Letter Of Intent, Resume, Certification, And 3 Letters of Recommendation to: Rachel Rissetto CVES PO Box 455 Plattsburgh, NY 12901-0455 (518) 561-0100 Ext. 216 BOCES Is An EO/AAE

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‘09 Jeep Liberty Sport 4x4

‘05 Saturn VUE Stk. #CP190A, FWD, 5 Speed, Fully Loaded, 89K Mi. Excellent Condition!

$

* per mo

155

$

8,280 or

Great MPG!

Stk. #AP1191, Auto, Air, Pwr. Windows/Locks, 17K Mi.

5,450 or

$

* per mo

169

$

16,980 or

‘04 Chevy 1500 LS 4x4

$

* per mo

292

Stk. #CN9A, Leather, 5 Speed, LOW MILES! SPORTY!

$

15,980 or

Great MPG!

13,880

$

* per mo

279

Stk. #CN36, Fully Loaded, Great Shape!

* per mo

244

or

$

‘02 Nissan Sentra GXE

Stk. #CM233B, Extended Cab, Fully Loaded, New Tires, 88K Mi. $

mos

‘06 Pontiac Solstice Conv.

Stk. #CP195, Leather, Heated Seats, XM Radio, Moonroof, OnStar, 38K Mi.

Stk. #CN20B, Leaher, Heated Seats, 100K Mi. Fully Loaded!

* for 75

326

19,780 or

‘01 Buick LeSabre Custom ‘06 Chevy Trailblazer LT 4x4

Great $ Shape

$

$

$

5,650

•• CHECK-UP ••

3Oil Change 3Check Belts 3Check Wipers 3Check All Fluids 3Fill Washer Fluid

$

$

* per mo

141

or

95*

32

* Exclude Diesel.

For an Appointment Call Ann Whitney, Service Manager Today at 873-6389

View our entire inventory and specials at

www.adirondackauto.com

518-873-6386 Route 9, Elizabethtown, NY

‘09 Dodge Journey FWD Stk. #AP1208, Fully Loaded, Satellite Radio, 3rd Seat

$

18,980 or

$

* per mo

324

‘04 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab Low Miles!

Stk. #CM229B, 4x4, 4.7L V8, SLT Pkg., Fully Loaded, 36K Miles

Dealer #3160005

‘07 Ford Focus SE 4 Door Very Clean!

$

www.adirondackauto.com

‘05 Dodge Stratus SXT

Stk. #AP1206, Auto, Air, Cruise, Pwr. Windows & Locks, 42K Mi.

11,280 or

$

* per mo

211

‘04 Dodge Stratus SXT Great Shape!

Stk. #CM208A, Fully Loaded!

VERY CLEAN & LOW MILES!

$

* per mo

8,880 or 166

$

‘07 Jeep Sahara Unlimited Stk. #AK17A, Auto, Air, Cruise, Pwr. Windows, 28K Mi. SOFT TOP! LOW MILES!

Stk. #CM184B, V6, Fully Loaded!

Low Price!

per

$

mos * per mo

14,880 or 262

$

$

* for 36

4,465 or 111

$

Tax, title, fees & registration extra.

mos

$

* per mo

25,980 or 434

$

58552