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North Country meets NYC Students get crash course in nature

Veteran’s Highway in line for overhaul

By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com

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Kevin Tapia and Gildania Perez, 10th-graders at the Life Sciences Secondary School in Manhattan, listen to Linda Gillilland (not pictured) discuss agricultural issues on Friday, April 25 at the Ben Wever Farm in Willsboro. The tour was part of a program sponsored by the Essex-based non-profit College For Every Student to facilitate educational opportunities to promote secondary education to underserved students.

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School budgets finalized, enter public comment phase tive fi gures for the 2014-15 fi scal year.

HereÕ s what you need to know about the schools in your neighborhood.

By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com

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ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ After an uncertain winter that saw school districts around the North Country lobbying the state for a reinstatement of the fi nancial aid they say is crucial to the operation of their schools, some of the uncertainty has cleared following a partial reinstatement and administrators have arrived at tenta-

der the cap, which is 2.15 percent.

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Cuts: The district will not replace the 5.6 positions retiring out through attrition.

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Superintendent Paul Savage says: Ò We feel that we have worked hard to put a budget together under the cap that still provides services for the children. It took a real team effort to create a budget in

Proposed budget: The school has arrived at a proposed budget of $30,285,087, a 2.05 percent increase over last year due to fi xed costs and state mandates, said Superintendent Paul Savage. The proposed tax levy increase of 2.12 percent falls un-

WILLSBORO — Deandre Richardson paused, squinted at the horse, looked at the brush before turning his attention to the stable attendant: Ò Is there supposed to be this much hair? This is a lot of hair.”

Richardson, 16, had just had his fi rst experience with a horse and he thought it was neat. Ò I like this farm a lot, especially because I get to experience animals hands on.”

He found himself in the stable at the Ben Wever Farm on Friday, April 25 with his classmates from the Life Sciences Secondary School in Manhattan, an environment in which some North Country domestic creatures are as exotic as, say, the hiss of subway doors to kids from Willsboro.

The diversifi ed livestock farm is whatÕ s billed as a conception-to-consumer facility

by Linda Gillilland, the farmÕ s co-owner and FridayÕ s erstwhile tour guide. Ò ItÕ s the whole great circle of life.”

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Reverend Francis J. Flynn performs the Washing of the Feet on Thursday, April 17 at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Elizabethtown. The practice is a deep-rooted tradition associated with the Last Supper when Jesus Christ reportedly washed the feet of his 12 apostles.

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Whiteface Veteran’s Highway rehabilitation to begin

By Jon Hochschartner jon@denpubs.com

WILMINGTON — The Whiteface Mountain Veteran’s Memorial Highway will be getting a makeover. Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the awarding of a contract to reconstruct and rehabilitate the highway, also known as NYS Route 431 in Wilmington.

The road has deteriorated so much itÕ s a potential danger to drivers, according to Wilmington Supervisor Randy Preston.

“I think it was to the point that it was questionable in my mind if it should be open to the public,” Preston said.

Russell Huta, a project manager for Rifenburg Construction Inc., the company tasked with rehabilitation, said on April 28 that work should begin in the next week or two.

He said road work would impact drivers “very minimally,” with one or two flagging operations and lanes closed only for short sections. The company’s contract allows work to be completed before the end of 2015, according to Huta, though he anticipated the project would be finished earlier than that.

Rifenburg Construction Inc. of Albany submitted the winning Best Value proposal, which determines the winning bid by weighing cost against additional factors that include ability to accelerate the project schedule and past state experience with the company. Rifenburg ConstructionÕ s bid had the lowest proposed cost at just less than $11.2 million. State funding is coming from NY Works, CuomoÕ s signature infrastructure program that has been rebuilding roads, bridges, and parks across the state.

Cuomo said the Whiteface Mountain Veteran’s Memorial Highway was an important asset for the area. Ò But for too long Albany ignored the fact that this highway had fallen into disrepair,” the governor said. “By awarding this contract just six months after our administration committed to funding the necessary repairs, we are moving quickly to restore one of New York’s most scenic roadways and helping to draw more tourists to experience the best of the Adirondacks.”

Assembly Member Dan Stec said he was pleased with the pace of the undertaking so far.

“This project is wonderful for Whiteface, both as a tourist attraction and a valuable piece of Adirondack history,” Stec said.

The highway improvement project will involve the full, eight-mile length of Whiteface Mountain Veteran’s Memorial Highway from Route 86 to the top of the mountain. Opened in 1935, the highway attracts more than 28,000 vehicles per year, as well as numerous cyclists and hikers. The highway itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The project will involve reconstruction and rehabilitation of the driving surface to make for a smoother ride. Culverts will be repaired or replaced to improve drainage. The project will also involve the restoration of many of the highwayÕ s historic elements put into place under the roadÕ s original design, such as restoring the 10-foot wide travel lanes, and 2-foot paved shoulders, as well as fixing rock walls and resetting the quarry stone barrier stones along the road. Work will also include improving the septic system that services the castle at the summit, and replacing the water line that supplies water to that building.

Pleasant Valley Chorale to present concerts

ESSEX — The Pleasant Valley Chorale will present its spring program, “The Memory of All That – the Music of Gershwin” in two concerts: Friday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Essex Community Church and again on Sunday, May 11 at 3 p.m. at the United Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.

May 11th is Mother’s Day; this is a program that your mom will definitely enjoy – so take her to a concert! The program features wonderful jazz arrangements of music by composer George Gershwin, including choral highlights from the Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess.

The chorale, sponsored by the Elizabethtown Social Center, is a community ensemble of 40 members, directed by Susan Hughes and accompanied by Mary Lu Kirsty. Admission to the concerts is free, with a good-will donation accepted at the door.

For more information, contact the Elizabethtown Social Center at 873-6408.

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Helen DeChant • 873-9279 / time4hfd@yahoo.com

rout Season is open; the fish are stocked; spring has arrived! A little slow, but all is good!

We have a new addition in our area. The new Lewis Library is hosting their grand opening on Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. until noon. Enjoy some refreshments, while exploring their selection of books, magazines, movies and open up your free membership. The library is located in the Lewis Town Hall, their regular hours will be Thursdays 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 12 noon.

The “Grand Inn to Inn Hike” sponsored and organized by Champlain Area Trails, CATS, along with area businesses is Saturday, May 3, beginning with a special hikerÕ s breakfast at 7:30 a.m in the Westport Hotel for those interested. Registration is at 8 a.m., check-in for all, including anyone who preregistered online, is at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $5 each, $10 for a family or group. At 9 a.m. the hike to the Essex Inn begins with a focus on nature and kidÕ s activities for the first hour. Anyone finishing the hike earns a free cocktail at the Inn. The fun continues with a Block Party in the Essex Inn court-

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he Anderson Falls Heritage Society is having an opening reception/program for their new exhibit on Keeseville artist Emmett Pine on Saturday May 3 in the society’s building on 96 Clinton Street in Keeseville.

The building will open at 6 p.m. with the program starting at 7 p.m. The exhibit occupies a large room in the society with many pieces of his work as well as memorabilia from his business, Pine Grocery, that used to be open on 35 Pleasant Street for many years. It is a very impressive exhibit and worth the trip to see it. The exhibit will run until September 15. Regular hours for the museum are Tuesdays from 9 a.m. until noon and Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

The Woodmen of the World Chapter 462 have selected Honor Flight Director and founder Danny Kaifetz as the North Country Outstanding Citizen of the Year for 2014. Kaifetz will be honored and given a plaque at the annual awards ceremony at the Rainbow Banquet Hall in Altona on Friday May2nd. A well-earned honor, my congratulations to Mr. Kaifetz for all

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awns and fields are turning green; birds are nesting and in a sure sign of spring; the Belden Noble Memorial Library has switched to their summer schedule.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, they’re open from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, it’s 1 to 6 p.m., Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This coming Tuesday, May 6, rain gardens will be the subject of a class at the Whallonsburg Grange. Rain gardens are shallow basins or depressions in your yard planted most commonly with native species. They are designed to capture rain water from roofs, drives, and parking lots and prevent runoff that might carry pollutants to rivers and lakes. Amanda Cording, a researcher at the University of Vermont, will discuss soils, plants and siting. The class begins at 7 p.m. and a $5 donation is suggested.

Even though spring has arrived in the Champlain Valley, this morning the Jay Range and the high peaks to our west are heavily blanketed with snow. This time of year, I try to stay off the

yard featuring the Wadhams Waddler Band, with an opportunity for a chair message or a yoga class from the Lake Champlain Yoga and Wellness Center. The block party isn’t just for the hikers, so join everyone from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. For more information or to preregister call 962-2287 or visit the website at www.champlainareatrails.com.

Sunday, May 4, the Kiwanis are hosting their annual delicious “Kiwanis Breakfast!” Join them at the Deer’s Head Inn from 9 a.m. until noon. Choose pancakes or scrambled eggs, served by your favorite Kiwanian. The cost is by donation, proceeds benefiting the Elizabethtown Food Shelf. They will also have two beautifully filled farm baskets as a fun raffle for some lucky winners.

Unfortunately, the Elizabethtown Thrift Shop will be closed on Monday, May 5, due to the Deer’s Head Inn having new windows installed, but they will be right back to their regular hours on Tuesday morning.

There is a rabies clinic at the Elizabethown Fire Hall on Tuesday, May 6, from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. for your family’s pet dog, cat or ferret.

Kyle Page • kmpage1217@charter.net his hard work on behalf of the veterans of our community. The first Honor flight of this year is coming up quickly on Saturday, May 17.

Champlain Area Trails is teaming up with the Essex Inn, Westport Hotel & Tavern and other local businesses to host the North Country’s first “inn-to-inn” hike on Saturday, May 3. There is a registration fee of $5 per person or $10 per family for the hike. The block party is free. To preregister or find more information go to the CATS website www.ChamplainAreaTrails.com or call 962-2287.

IÕ m very happy to report that the beautiful osprey that makes a nest on top of the utility pole up on exit 34 of the Northway is back.

I have failed to mention that Mac’s Ice Cream near exit 34 is also open again for the season serving delicious food and ice cream to our community.

Visit my website at www.kylempage.wordpress.com for more details as well as links to my column here and other writings I have.

Have a great week.

Rob Ivy • robhivy@gmail.com CATS trails while they are muddy, and instead hike on a dirt road that goes from Lewis over the mountains to the town of Jay. To get there, take County Road 12, Jersey Street west across Route 9 in Lewis and up the hill straight past the turn off to the NYCO mine. After crossing a new bridge, take a right and park in a turn out.

There is no traffic, and the only sounds you hear are the wind in the trees and falling water.

This Saturday afternoon, downtown Essex will come alive with a block party at the Essex Inn. It’s scheduled to go from 5 -to 8 p.m. and will feature one of the better local string bands, the Wadhams Waddlers. There’s no admission charge and the party is open to everyone.

Coming up on May 17, Sharon Katz and the Peace Train will give a concert at the Whallonsburg Grange. From South Africa, they play a fusion of jazz, folk and rock and are known for putting on an energetic, ecstatic performance with dancers, harmonies and, gasp! electric instruments. This is not going to sound like old timey bluegrass.

Trashy Art Day slated in Willsboro WILLSBORO – The Boquet River Association is celebrating NYS Water Week (May 4-10) with the Boquet River Association’s (BRASS) annual Watershed Clean-up/Trashy Art Day. It’s set for Sunday, May 4 at 9 a.m. at the Willsboro Visitor Center at 3743 Main St. BRASS will provide garbage bags, gloves and locations to clean. Volunteers will team up and clean up then meet back at the visitor center at 10:30 a.m. for the fun part, creating sculptures out of unique pieces of trash. The completed Trashy Art Sculptures, each given an imaginative name by their creators, will be evaluated for their artistic presentation. There will be prizes. For more information, contact BRASS board member Kathy Linker at 873-6493.

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Kathy L. Wilcox • 873-5000

t’s spring at the North Country SPCA, and it’s raining...puppies! Sweet canine Kim, who recently came in from a highkill shelter in North Carolina, had five healthy puppies last week who will soon be needing forever homes. We expect that more puppies - and kittens - will be on the way. If you are considering adding a bouncy fur baby to your family, check out the Petfinder link on our website, http://www.ncspca.org, or stop by our stateof-the-art facility in Elizabethtown to see our many adoptable animals. No matter what age, size, or personality of pet you may be seeking, chances are you will find your purr-fect match just waiting to meet you!

Our featured pet this week is Diamond, a Domestic Shorthair-mix with a pretty tortoiseshell coat and a sassy personality. This little jewel of a cat came in as a stray and was initially very timid - however, within a day she was strutting her stuff and commanding attention. Diamond is very playful and we think she quite young - probably just under a year. She has a gorgeous soft coat with beautiful splashes of orange throughout her little body. Diamond is

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hat a delightful day it was for me to spend some time at the new Senior Community in the downtown area. I have come to know so many wonderful people there each week. They now have around 44 residents living there and each week I discover more interesting things about living there. This week I learned that some were going to see a movie in Plattsburgh. It is also delightful to see that they keep a fresh flower on the tables in the dining room each week, and often see other fresth flowers around the building.

We are just finishing up the Lent/Easter season and the beginning of spring, which brings back some parallels to life as we go through this season. We mourn with the recent families that have lost loved ones to death recently, such as the families of Marcia Morse, and Nick Hathaway.

The only joy we have for them now is in our memories. Then we have the joy of new life as it is popping up outside in nature. Each year we get the thrill of seeing those nice yellow daffodills on the Essex Road.

The biggest joy comes with the joy of a new child being born. This joy came to Robert &and Erica Cain upon the birth of their son Jason Robert Cain on March 18, who now joins his sisters to make a happy family.

Activities are starting to pick up around town with the issuing of rows of garden plots in the new Florence Hathaway garden on the Es-

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hereÕ s still time to sign up for the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) Grand Inn-toInn Hike from the Westport Hotel to the Essex Inn this Saturday, May 3. Go to the CATS website at champlainareatrails.com, where you can also find two printable maps of the route.

ThereÕ s a topographical map drawn to scale by Matt Foley, as well as a fanciful and informative map by author and illustrator Steven Kellogg of Essex.

But you don’t need to sign up — you can just show up at the Westport Hotel and join the fun.

Or you can also join the hike from any of the four “Oases” along the way. Each Oasis is a rest stop with refreshments and port-a-potties, as well as a stop for the Poke-O-MacCready shuttle vans that will be plying the route.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Westport Hotel, where you can have breakfast at a special hiker’s price and purchase a box lunch from Ernie’s Market, which you can arrange to pick up later at an Oasis of your choosing. The Oases divide the 14-mile hike into five sections of a few miles each. The route goes from the West-

Diamond one of the many great felines we have here at the shelter. Please stop by and meet these wonderful cats. We dare you not to walk out with one - or two!

Janice Allen • 963-8912 • allens@willex.com sex Road. The Visitor’s Center and the Museum are preparing their places for the summer tourist season. We are still in need of some persons to volunteer to help us keep these places open and running as many days as possible. One only has to be willing to donate a three-hour shift and have someone there when people want to stop in. One learns the job as you spend time in these places, so lets make this Ò Willsboro Strong” and offer some time to these great treasures. Give me a call if interested and I can fill you in on more details.

Only two months left for school events and summer will then be upon us, so watch for some of the end of the year events that will be coming up.

I want to remind you that the Willsboro Methodist church will be holding a public supper on Wedensday, May 7, serving chicken and biscuits. They will begin to serve at 4:30 p.m.

The cost is $9 for adults and $5 for children.

Both eat in and take out meals are available.

Call 963 8912 for take out orders up to the day before the supper.

Happy Birthday to Mark Bonfey (who slipped off my page for March 9), John Bergen May 2, Adam Robare May 4, Larry Page May 5, Kyle Jacques, Britton May 7, Alexis McVicker May 8, Tina Dombrowski May 9, Cindy Lacy May 9, Shelley Wing May 9, Kenneth Feeley May 9, Blanch Bruno May 10, Courthey Blanchard May 10 and Mark Knickerbocker May 10.

Colin Wells • WestportNYNews@gmail.com port Hotel down School Street and up Route 22 to Sherman Road (Oasis 1; 3.5 miles) and then along Merriam Forge Road, crossing 22 to Ferris Lane (Oasis 2; 1.8 miles) and the Bobcat Trail.

After crossing Walker Road on the Bobcat Trail hikers can choose between bearing right for the Beaver Flow Trail and Oasis 3 at Black Kettle Farm (2.7 miles) or bearing left on the Homestead Trail, which turns into the Rocky Ledges Trail and comes out at Boquet (Oasis 4; 5 miles from Oasis 2 to Oasis 4). From Boquet hikers will follow Route 22 into Essex and the Essex Inn (2.9 miles).

Participants can reserve a table for dinner (accent on locally grown food) at either the Westport Hotel or the Essex Inn, where the Block Party from 5 to 8 p.m. includes a free cocktail for hikers who complete the course, live music by the Wadhams Waddlers, and restorative yoga from Lake Champlain Yoga and Wellness.

In addition to the CATS website, there’s a helpful write-up at the Essex blog, essexonlakechamplain.com.

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New DPW chief, alcohol move forward at county

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ A rare sense of curiosity hung in the air at the Government Center on Monday, April 28 when a tanned board of supervisors gathered to review the past monthÕ s resolutions.

Last week, the public safety committee opted to move forward with a proposal to allow the Essex County Fair to serve alcohol, a request that had been stymied in the past.

On Monday, a television producer from Vermont was there, as was District Attorney Kristy Sprague, Sheriff Richard Cutting and the usual gaggle of ousted officials keeping a watchful eye on their successors.

But the meeting fizzled out when lawmakers disappeared behind closed doors to discuss personnel matters.

In the galley, Cutting told reporters he was open to the idea of allowing microbreweries and vineyards to sling their wares at the fair, which is scheduled for August, but wanted all the facts before taking a position.

“I’m open to economic opportunities,” he said. “There are a lot of microbreweries in Essex County. I certainly wouldn’t want to see a ‘beer tent’ that would basically operate like any other bar.”

He said his department would “play it by ear” in deciding how to staff the fair in the event the board votes at their full board meeting on Tuesday, May 6 to breathe oxygen into what advocates hope will save the ailing annual event.

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Before the meeting, he’d penned a list of questions for supervisors.

“Whose responsibility is it when it comes to licensing?” he wrote. “What will the county’s legal liabilities be? Which types of advertising will be permissible?”

Westport Supervisor Dan Connell told supervisors that the fair, which is located in his town and is governed by a board, will apply for the necessary permits. The county would then sign off on them after a full understanding of what would be permissible, the nuts and bolts of which have not yet been publicly discussed.

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Thirty minutes later, supervisors emerged from their conclave and announced Christopher Garrow as their pick to replace outgoing Department of Public Works Superintendent Anthony LaVigne, who will retire later this month.

“I’ll be privileged to work with the supervisors,” Garrow told the Valley News. “I had thoughts about taking the job when it was first brought to my attention and was interested.”

Garrow has spent the past decade working for the town of Jay in the same capacity.

Jay Supervisor and Chairman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors Randall Douglas called Garrow a “good friend and a hell of a worker.” Ò HeÕ s been with us through nine states of emergencies, three federal declarations, infrastructure projects, sewer, parks,”

Douglas said. “It’s really the town’s loss and the county’s gain.”

Despite an earlier attempt in which he publicly floated a candidate from within his department as a replacement, LaVigne said Garrow was the best candidate out of the 19 other applicants.

“It’s been fun,” said LaVigne, who has been taken to task by supervisors this year over various infrastructure projects and their drifting costs, most recently the refurbishment of the county garage in Lewis, a lingering question mark that is unlikely to be resolved by the time he officially steps down later this month.

At last weekÕ s meeting, the subcommittee harangued LaVigne for nearly an hour on a flotilla of questions that were only tangentially-related to his request for the authorization required to start the project.

Not satisfied, they eventually voted to throw out the previous bid for $100,000 from county-budgeted funds and start the process from scratch.

The materials were purchased last year and are awaiting to be installed. It’s unclear how long it will take the board to facilitate the new bidding process, decide on a new bidder and complete the job.

“I’ve enjoyed my work,” LaVigne said.

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ou may have seen yellow signs dotting the landscape. Those are auction notices for the abandoned houses and empty lots seized by Essex County for failure to pay taxes.

By the time you read this, the county will have had a tax auction on April 30, the first since 2008, in an attempt to put these properties back into private hands.

Officials are optimistic that the 130-someodd properties and parcels will be placed back on the tax rolls, thus generating much-needed income for cash-strapped municipalities and relieving towns of the liabilities and stigmas that are associated with these painful reminders of rural blight.

We hope the properties sell, preferably to young people, business owners and other forward-looking folks who will be net assets to these communities, from Moriah to Wilmington. The county is ailing on just about every metric Ñ its problems are well-documented and we neednÕ t revisit them here Ñ and most of these towns desperately need the income to sustain even the most basic services.

But while we’d love to join in on the optimism, weÕ re alarmed at what we perceive to be a lack of contingency planning for what happens if these parcels, which range from the downright dreadful to the merely rustic on the march towards rehabilitation, fail to find buyers.

Local officials just don’t have a Plan B. Moreover, they assume that in the event these properties are sold and placed back on the tax rolls, which are already stagnant as a result of the state-mandated cap, then weÕ ll all live happily ever after and we can turn our attention to other things.

We don’t feel that way.

In the event that the bottom drops out of this auction, and we have good reason to be feeling pessimistic after the steady drumbeat of rotten news all winter, it’s worth exploring additional options to ensure public discussion continues after the auctioneer’s gavel rises and falls.

Look outward. Know what an EB-5 is? We do. It’s a federal immigration program that fast tracks the visa process for foreign investors in regional centers that are designated by the feds as areas to promote rural economic growth. Among other criteria, applicants must pledge to invest at least $1 million in something called “targeted employment areas.” Those are defined as rural areas experiencing unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average rate, among other factors. Guess what the

North Country has? Clean air, open land and a targeted employment area. Guess what Mainland China doesn’t have? None of the above.

Eighty percent of these EB-5 visas are awarded to Chinese nationals seeking investment opportunities in more favorable climes. This might be worth exploring for something as large as, say, the former Frontier Town lot in North Hudson thatÕ s been moldering into the ground for the better part of two decades, the neglect of which is a slap in the face to American ingenuity.

Build on trends. The farm-to-fork movement that emphasizes regionally-grown products to promote health and sustainability is a growing trend that reflects America’s desire for food products that arenÕ t manufactured in industrial complexes off the New Jersey Turnpike. Essex County is in a prime position to take advantage of this new phase in public consciousness with pockets of rich farmland and access to shipping routes that can zip fresh products, from veggies to syrup to microbrews, to eager regional buyers. A dependence on tourism shouldn’t be the region’s permanent Hail Mary pass when it comes to economic development and it might not be a bad idea to look past the short term gain of putting some of these mid-sized houses back on the tax rolls — or selling off empty parcels for residential development Ñ in favor of a longer agricultural game with these trends in mind.

Repurpose. We havenÕ t studied the dynamics of each structure in the auction and are unfamiliar with the status of each building. For those that are sturdy and sound and not teeming with nefarious Mad Max-type characters that would necessitate hitting the auto-destruct button, the county would do well to immediately put some of them to use, if not only temporarily and in trial programs. Zoning is a crapshoot in the North Country and it doesnÕ t seem entirely unfeasible that with the right amount of tax breaks, grant searching and community incentives, some of these properties Ñ or even empty parcels Ñ can be repurposed for shortterm uses that can benefit the community, from teen recreational centers to wi-fi hotspots for seasonal residents, as officials map out a longterm roadmap for the future.

If Act I for these structures was their birth, and Act II was their prolonged period of decline and neglect, we hope that Act III will be by characterized by lawmakers working together, political differences aside, to ensure each vacant lot and empty structure won’t equate to missed possibilities, but rather untapped opportunities. Ñ Denton Publications Editorial Board

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The dreaded error in print

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istakes are a part of We wouldnÕ t have it any other life. They happen, way. Our editorial staff and all sometimes right in the members of our team take front of our eyes. Other times, great pride in the work that words cross your lips before they perform. When an error your ears have a chance to play occurs, it’s not just shrugged them back for your brain to filoff. Efforts are made to correct ter the impact they might have the process that facilitated the on others. Other times, they are mistake. just part of being human. Tired, IÕ ve been involved with not paying attention, focused print publications for nearly Dan Alexander on something else or perhaps 40 years. This involvement has Thoughts from just ignorance, they do happen, included daily newspapers, inBehind the Pressline not intentionally, but nonethecluding Sunday papers, weekly less they do occur. None of us newspapers, shopping guides, are perfect, not even the two former popes magazines, newsletters and flyers. I’ve witwho were declared saints last week by the nessed some excellent newspaper editors Catholic Church. make some pretty dumb mistakes not just in Errors and mistakes come in many forms. articles but also in front page headlines.

Last weekÕ s editorial on fracking contained a ItÕ s easy to wish they never happened and number of typos. The most glaring was the while we certainly donÕ t condone errors, we use of the word “antidotes” instead of “anec- recognize that despite our best efforts, they dote” and “antidotally” instead of ‘“anecdot- do and will occur regardless of how many ally.” We’ve heard from a number of readers proofreaders check over the copy. Sooner or regarding the misuse of the words and we aplater, something slips past and once itÕ s in preciate the fact that our readers have called print the only recourse is to take ownership us on the carpet over it. of it and seek solutions to avoid a similar reErrors such as these occur when there is a occurrence in the future. rush to complete a task on deadline and inMy own writing can be atrocious. A perfect sufficient time and staff to perform the propcommand of the English language is certainly er proofing procedures to ensure accuracy. not my strong suit and something I will likely It should not have happened, but the fact struggle with my entire life. My high school remains that it did. The end result was a English teacher warned me not spend so strong opinion piece on fracking was diminmuch time on sports and more time cracking ished due to grammatical errors and incorrect the books. usage of words. Those errors became a disMistakes are a part of life. We learn from traction overshadowing the message. them, we grow from them and we do our best I wish we had a larger budget for staffing, to never be defeated by an honest mistake. but with no paid circulation revenue coming We will address the causes behind these erin, most free papers opt to run press releases rors and do our best to improve the process or canned copy. We believe in providing lo- that allowed these errors to get into print, cally written, community news and opinions. diluting the effectiveness of the desired mesWe spend a significant portion of the revenue sage. we collect from selling advertising to round To err is human, to forgive is divine. We out our publications with local news that ask your forgiveness and we will do our very might not be available from any other source. best to make certain such mistakes do not reMany times, our staff is stretched thin coveroccur in future editions of your community ing events, working on tight deadlines and newspaper. We also encourage you to keep proofing each other’s copy just before the paus on our toes and let us know when we fall per is placed on the press. short of your expectations.

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May 3, 2014

Sidewalk woes

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To the Valley News: I enjoy walking around the hamlet of Elizabethtown. I walk nearly every day and see many others walking as well. Unfortunately some of the sidewalks are a mess.

Court and River streets are in good shape as a result of the DOT and water projects from four years ago. But some other hamlet sidewalks, such as upper Water Street and Park Street, are in very bad shape.

No sidewalk repair had been done in the past two years by the previous administration. The situation was made worse when the previous town supervisor took $17,000 out of the sidewalk district fund balance in order to reduce the overall 2014 tax levy, which is comprised of many funds. This occurred last November and leaves only a $2,000 fund balance for sidewalk repair.

Complicating this were the last minute pay raises given only to select town employees. The complication being that fund balance from those affected funds could have been used to protect the sidewalk district money. Raising taxes by 1.5 percent would have also protected the sidewalk money. The issue of only select people getting pay raises, plus money taken from one town offi cial and given to another, both immediately following an election, begs different questions.

The new supervisor and board are now in the diffi cult position of having almost no money with which to make the badly needed sidewalk repairs and will probably have to borrow to do so.

Ken Fenimore, Elizabethtown

Fracking solution simple To the Valley News: With regard to the Valley News Editorial (April 26 issue), the solution to the fracking issue seems to me to be very simple. Forget a yes/no option at the State Level. Forget a yes/no option at the County level.

Forget a yes/no option at the municipal level. Let each landowner enter into a contract with his/her Fracking Company of choice and let free enterprise take its course.

But, require an ironclad provision in every contract that holds the Fracking Company accountable for any contamination of soil, groundwater, well water, neighboring property soil and water, municipal water supplies, reduction of property values, loss of farm or business income, etc. resulting from the fracking process. If there is a guarantee that no harm will come to the property owners in the vicinity of the fracking (size of vicinity to be determined and accepted by all concerned), or, in the event of harm, that suitable restitution and remediation will be made by the Fracking Company, then everybody wins. (Suitable restitution of course must include the provision of suffi cient potable water to meet all harmed partiesÕ needs until proper remediation of the natural supply has been achieved.)

The Fracking Company will be extra careful to ensure that no mistakes are made, because of the inevitable cost to them. The property owners will be protected and so will receive the fi nancial benefi ts involved with leasing the fracking rights to the Fracking Company. The people who want fracking on their land can have it, and the people who donÕ t want fracking on their land donÕ t have to have it, also knowing that they are protected by a proximity clause in their neighbor’s contract.

On a fi nal note, I must take you to task on your use of the word “antidote” in your Valley News Editorial. The word you should have used is “anecdote”. An antidote is a drug administered to counteract the harmful effects of another drug. An anecdote is a tale told, the truth of which may or may not be reliable.

Don Mauer Piercefield, NY

Surprised by editorial To the Valley News: I was surprised that in the midst of a generally good editorial a suggestion for improving education was by breaking unions. The growth of the middle class followed the growth of unions during the 20th century, as has the decline of the middle class followed the ongoing efforts to bust unions. The only people/institutions that truly benefi t by the destruction of unions are corporations, their highly overpaid chief executives, and shareholders. The lack of unions has allowed corporations like Walmart get away with paying their employees so little they are eligible for food stamps. Has there been corruption in unions? Sure just as there has been corruption and greed on Wall Street that lead to economic collapse we have been suffering through. The solution isn’t eliminating unions any more than it is eliminating corporations. It’s in reform, transparency, good governance and so on. The reality is we all benefi t from collective bargaining. That said, too often the collective bargaining is just focused on renumeration and not enough on improving the product, in this case, how we educate our children. We need the collective voice in our planning to set goals and measure outcomes – outcomes that are more than just how one does on a test as we need to enhance our kids’ creativity, moral judgement, sense of responsibility, and ability to be a good citizen along with their skills in reading, writing, math, science, and athletics.

Naj Wikoff Keene Valley

Correction An article published on page 5 in the April 19 edition of the Valley News regarding the Housing Assistance Program of Essex County contained an error. Qualifi ed fi rst time homebuyers should have a steady income for at least 2 years, not 20 years as was stated in the article.

News Briefs Hall of Fame Committee seeking nominations Pianist Jessica Roemischer in benefit concert LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Hall of Fame Committee is seeking suggestions from residents of the Olympic region regarding possible nominations for 2014. Deadline for submittal will be Monday, June 2. The annual induction banquet will be held in the fall.

The Lake Placid Hall of Fame began in 1983 and has inducted over 100 individuals, as well as the members of the 1948 U.S. Olympic fourman bobsled team and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Plaques commemorating each member are on display in the Olympic CenterÕ s Hall of Fame, located in the Conference Center at Lake Placid.

In addition to their sports accomplishments, athletes must also have made meaningful contributions to society, improving the quality of life or the fellowship of man in the Olympic region – defi ned as Essex, Clinton and Franklin counties in New York State.

To be considered for membership, individuals should be past or current residents of the Olympic region or have some signifi cant connection to the area. All nominees must have made signifi cant sports, cultural or civic contributions to the region, or their endeavors must have enhanced the historical heritage of the area.

The selection committee currently maintains a list of candidates who have been nominated in previous years. Nominations can only be considered if they are accompanied by a list of accomplishments relative to the purpose of the Hall of Fame. Nominations may be sent to: Lake Placid Hall of Fame Committee, c/o Alison Haas, 2634 Main Street, Lake Placid, NY 12946. The entire history of the inductees to the Lake Placid Hall of Fame can also be found at http://www.orda.org/newsite/about/hof_selection.php.

Spring concert scheduled TUPPER LAKE — Celebrate the arrival of spring with the Adirondack Singers at their annual spring concert. They will perform two concerts, the fi rst on Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. at Holy Name Church in Tupper Lake, the second on Sunday, May 4, 2 p.m. at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. Musical Director, Karen Butters was inspired when she put together this springÕ s program of popular favorites, dubbed Rock, Roll and Remember. You’ll recognize many of the tunes both new and old.

You’re sure to enjoy hits from such well-known groups as The Beatles and The Associations, show tunes from Godspell to Fiddler on the Roof, and movie soundtracks ranging from To Sir with Love, Oh Brother Where Art Though and Mamma Mia! This is just a hint of what you can expect. With many more favorites on tap, you’ll be singing along and tapping your toes. In addition to the annual concerts, the Adirondack Singers are active in the Tri-Lakes community, performing at many other venues including Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Uihlein Mercy Center and the Saranac Lake Berkeley Green. The Adirondack Singers is a local community choir with members from the Tri-Lakes and surrounding areas. Suggested donation for the concert is $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 523-2238 or 891-5008 for more information. The Adirondack Singers would like to thank media sponsor, North Country Public Radio for their support.

SCHROON LAKE – Enjoy an evening of live music with concert pianist, Jessica Roemischer, at the Seagle Colony, 999 Charley Hill Road in Schroon Lake on June 1. The concert begins at 2:30 p.m. with a reception afterward. Proceeds benefi t High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care.

The concert is $25, $15/seniors and $30/family. Please RSVP by May 21 to Ingrid at iroemischer@hphpc.org, 518-942-6513, or HPHPC/Concert PO Box 192, Port Henry NY 12974.

In her multidimensional performance, Roemischer will bring to life four centuries of music, including selections from two newly-released piano CDs, “In Duet with God” and “Light Born of Light.” Roemischer’s performances are unique concert events. While playing, she’ll share inspiring stories with the audience and reads excerpts from her book, In Duet with God: The Story of a Lifelong Friendship. In addition, Roemischer will invite a volunteer to improvise with her at the keyboard — experience not necessary! As an audience member — either child or adult Ñ you will help create spontaneous and beautiful music, the barrier between performer and audience dissolves. Roemischer’s performances are a memorable experience of inspired music, spontaneous humor, and love. Adults and kids always welcome.

Concert attendees may speak with her directly during the reception.

Dessert and refreshments will be served. Please visit www.pianobeautiful.com for more on Jessica’s background and experience.

United Way golf tourney planned LAKE PLACID — The United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. will have their 14th Annual Olympian Celebrity Golf Classic on Thursday, June 19, 2014. This year the tournament will be held at the Lake Placid Club Mountain Course in Lake Placid.

This unique event randomly pairs an Olympic athlete or other celebrity with a registered three person team. The cost is $500.00 per team which includes greens fees, cart, free raffl e gifts, and Barbeque dinner.

All proceeds from the golf tournament will go to support the United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. which serves Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties.

Registration for a team and sponsorship forms are available at The United Way offi ce, 45 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh, on the United Way web-site www.unitedwayadk.org, under the special events tab, or call 518-563-0028 to have one mailed or for more information.

On Campus Kaleigh Haleen Ratliff, daughter of Jim and Kari Ratliff of Westport, NY, has been accepted to The Goerge Washington University Graduate Program in Washington, D.C. where she will be studying Museum Studies with a concentration in Collections Management.

Kaleigh is a 2009 graduate of Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School.

She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in History and Government and a minor in Public History from Daemen College in Amherst, NY.

Powdered alcohol yet another bad idea

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he companies expecting to release powdered alcohol or “Palcohol” as it is being called on the market were disappointed as federal offi cials have temporarily halted its entrance into the marketplace. Palcohol manufacturers say that it is a matter of an incorrect label which will be quickly remedied.

The use of powdered alcohol presents a number of serious potential dangers to young people.

Young people are the targets of alcohol advertisers and those

By Scot Hurlburt advertisers are very good at what they do. Advertisers have been most successful at associating “good times” with the use of alcohol. The commercials suggest that by drinking a certain brand of alcohol you will attract an attractive mate, have many friends and in some instances hit upon that transformative feeling that so many young people are in pursuit of as they strive to be viewed as an adult.

I can only imagine the commercials for Palcohol, perhaps friends at a party all bring a packet of alcohol and mix drinks together as a show of group solidarity all the while looking oh so cool. Or perhaps a talking animal, kids view this presentation as magical, an animal of some sort sneezes the powder into drinks and says, it is so easy even I can do it.”

According to industry sources, Palcohol will be available in many common forms such as, Margarita, Lemon Drop, Mojito, Cosmopolitan with others planned. Palcohol is meant to be mixed with water to produce a drink. Palcohol is made by allowing alcohol to absorb into a powdered carbohydrate. While it is not recommended, there will be those that will snort the powder in an effort to alter the intended experience. Powdered alcohol opens the door to many different abuse potentials.

It would be possible to load up someoneÕ s drink with many packets of alcohol without their knowledge if it was your intent to get them quickly intoxicated. In addition, some people are on medications that make alcohol deadly for them or those that have serious health issues that prohibit alcohol or those that are actually allergic to alcohol or are recovering alcohol users. All of these non-alcohol users would have no awareness that alcohol was around them.

Powdered alcohol will make it much more diffi cult for school and college offi cials to keep young people safe from the dangers of alcohol. The risk of alcohol poisoning would also be greater as putting too many packets of Palcohol in a party where a mixed alcohol punch is being made as it would be more diffi cult to calculate how much is too much. The concept of powdered alcohol is not new and a number of patents have been fi led over the years in the production of powdered alcohol.

In 1970, General Mills produced an alcohol powder for a brief period of time. Because there are so many different kinds of alcohol, I have been wondering why anyone would want a product called powdered alcohol. Maybe powdered alcohol will be aimed at space travelers where space and weight are very important.

Astronauts can simply load up on powdered alcohol before being launched into space without any heavy alcohol bottles.

Another possibility would be to put the alcohol powder into a paper straw like they used to do with sweet candy powder. It would also be good for someone taking a long bicycle trip where only one hand would be available to drink alcohol and the risk of spilling alcohol would be great. I admit that these applications are unlikely. I suspect that the biggest user of this product will be someone who is looking to conceal their alcohol use. I also suspect that this will in all likelihood be a young person.

Powdered alcohol will certainly become a favorite of young people who need to consume alcohol without being detected and they need to consume alcohol as quickly as possible so that they will not be detected while using alcohol. It is a rare parent who would allow their teenage son or daughter to sit around the house with friends getting drunk.

If Palcohol makes it to the market, it will be much easier for young people to use alcohol right under the noses of adults who are trying to keep them safe. Remember, all kids count.

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May 3, 2014

GOP hopeful Matt Doheny hopes third time is the charm

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com FORT EDWARD — Matt Doheny wants you to know that he’s the only candidate running to replace outgoing FORT EDWARD — Matt Doheny wants you to know that he’s the only candidate running to replace outgoing Congressman Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) who is truly from the North Country and has the experience necessary to address the 21st District’s needs.

In a phone interview with the Valley News, the last in our series of open-ended interviews designed for the candidates to introduce their policies to our readers, Doheny discussed what has to offer voters across this sweeping district.

“I KNOW THESE PEOPLE” The race marks the Watertown-based investment bankerÕ s third attempt at capturing the seat after narrowly losing twice to Owens, who was first elected in 2009 after a bitter race that attracted national attention and acted as a bellweather for the then-burgeoning Tea Party movement.

“We fought two close races and came up very short each time,” said Doheny. “After Congressman Owens announced his retirement, we experienced an outpouring of support across all corners of the district and that really encouraged me to run again.”

Speaking excitedly after a day spent campaigning in Washington County, Doheny recalled a conversation he had with a small business owner who he said was in trouble: Ò He had a situation back on the farm dealing with immigration and labor,” said Doheny. “I aim to help him, and people like him, on the ground to make life better.”

“I know these people, I’m from the district,” he said.

OVERREGULATED In whatÕ s become a common mantra for the two remaining Republican candidates in the race, Doheny said small businesses are strangled in a thicket of regulation by a sprawling patchwork of regulatory agencies that operate without oversight from elected representatives.

“They need authority and real oversight,” he said, citing the regulations that farmers face as an example: “There’s the EPA, [the Occupational Safety and Health Administration] OSHA and all the issues and regulations that come to fore, like dust regulations, labor regulations, rules on spilled milk Ñ these all have a negative impact on the industry, from the dairy farms here in Washington County to the apple orchards in Essex.”

TARGETED INDUSTRIES The candidate, who lives in Watertown and has a 10-monthold son named Declan, said policies should be tailored around the districtÕ s diversed sub-economies, from PlattsburghÕ s relationship with Canada, the military base in Fort Drum and the lakefront spread in Tupper Lake. Ò There are vital differences between small businesses, agricul-

ture, tourism, light manufacturing and infrastructural projects,” he said. “We need specific points of focus in creating an environment to protect these economies.”

Doheny said he has the intricate of knowledge of each of these towns and how they operate as well as experience turning around troubled companies from his business background, attributes he said the other candidates don’t have.

“I have been to all 194 towns and cities in the district, have met with untold people from all sectors, and understand what drives the economy,” he said, ticking off an encyclopedic list of towns, their leaders and the small, often overlooked, differences in nomenclature.

“This gives me a clear advantage and clear point advantage. I grew up here, live here, and am going to make sure we have the most robust economy we can.”

HEALTH CARE Doheny said if elected, he aims to “roll back” the Affordable Care Act. “However well-intentioned, it’s not working,” he said. “We continue to see negative impacts on folks in our district Ñ it will truly hurt families and small businesses.”

He criticized the Independent Payment Advisory Board tasked with addressing and overseeing savings in Medicare as an unelected body that has the Ò authority to ration care and costs” much to the public’s chagrin.

In addition, he said, the ACA will hurt rural hospitalsÕ efforts at recruiting doctors and will force them to seek more lucrative jobs elsewhere.

Doheny also cited the 2.3 percent tax on medical device manufacturers enacted as part of the provision as something that is “really, truly hurting these companies,” including those based in Glens Falls.

IMMIGRATION Asked about his thoughts on immigration policy, the candidate cited a recent ceremony he attended in Washington County that saw the swearing in of 50 new American citizens.

“It was a very touching, moving experience,” he said, citing participants from Poland, Indonesia, the Ivory Coast, Brazil and elsewhere. Ò America is a leading country in the world and this really reaffirms your faith,” he said. “While we have challenges, we’re still the leading light.”

While he didn’t touch upon specific policies for job creation in the discussion, something that has bewitched the other candidates in this interview series, Doheny said he will continue to roll out “key elements” over the next seven months during the countdown to the general election this fall.

The candidate will face fellow Republican hopeful Elise Stefanik, the Albany-born, Willsboro-based businesswoman who served in a variety of roles in the Bush Administration, in the GOP primary on June 24.

Since both candidates have been endorsed by third parties — Doheny by the Independence Party, Stefanik by the Conserva-

tive Party Ñ the two have indicated they will remain in the race despite who emerges victorious from the primary.

WAR LOOMS Doheny’s long-awaited interview with the Valley News comes as part of an aggressive campaign push in the run-up to the Republican primary.

On Thursday, April 24, the candidate bashed Democratic frontrunner Aaron Woolf, the grocery store owner and small business owner from Elizabethtown, with a tongue-in-cheek list of tips for touring the North Country and on Friday, he released his first radio ad blasting “DC insiders,” an alluded slight against Stefanik, whose campaign challenged Doheny’s efforts to net the Independence and Conservative Party lines last week.

In a written statement, Stefanik campaign attorney James Walsh accused the Doheny campaign of “inflating numbers” and skirting legal procedures in order to gain ballot access.

“When you run for Congress, seeking to make law, the first step in the process is to follow the law,” said Walsh. “The Doheny campaign is not unfamiliar with the petition process and our belief is that in the rush to inflate numbers and gain access to the Independence and Conservative lines, the Doheny campaign played political Ñ and potentially fraudulent Ñ games with this important process.”

The campaign alledged “flawed submissions” of Conservative Party signatures to the ballot and provided the Valley News scans of signatures that they perceived as questionable.

“The snow is finally gone but we still have time for reindeer games,” responded the Doheny campaign, also in a written statement. Ò The only fraudulent games played with this important process were by the Stefanik campaign when they knowingly signed the cover sheet of Independence petitions legally attesting that she submitted the required number of signatures to qualify for the ballot.”

Each candidate needs to submit a designated amount of signatures from voters registered in those parties to receive ballot access. Although they are comparatively small and often overlooked, they play an important role in fundraising, shaping policy, offering visibility and creating a network of support for candidates during fluid primary races.

And capping the end of a fast-moving political week that saw Congressman Owens officially endorse Woolf in a swing through the region and petition challenges that may bounce Democratic hopeful Steven Burke and perennial Green Party candidate Donald Hassig out of the race before their respective primaries on June 24 (those respective stories will appear in our online version) — Doheny announced on Friday that he agreed to participate in a pair of GOP debates: May 27 and June 12, both to be hosted by television networks and their affiliates in Watertown. Ò Our campaign is focused on talking to the voters about the issues that are affecting them in their day to day lives,” he said in the statement. “These debates are a great way for voters to hear directly from the candidates.”

May 3, 2014

Social Center news 35th Annual Charles Pratt Memorial Race

It is the 35th Anniversary of the Route 9/Charles Pratt Memorial Road Race in the Elizabethtown Social Center’s 75th year. It’s a celebration! The Center is celebrating with a Throwback Race on May 10, reliving the fi rst “Route 9 Road Road Race” in 1979. Registration is only $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. That’s right – $2. Just like in ‘79! Age brackets will mirror the fi rst race, with awards for fi rst and second in each category as well as the Overall Fastest Time, and Youngest and Oldest Runners. There will be light refreshments after the race. Runners should pre-register by April 25 if they would like to buy a special Throwback t-shirt. The course consists of a 4.4 mile run, beginning in Lewis and ending in front of the Social Center in Elizabethtown. Registration is at the Center from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. with a 10 a.m. start.

Information and registration forms are available at elizabethtownsocialcenter.org, and at the Center. Contact 873-6408 or info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.org for more information.

Beginners Mahjong Group The Elizabethtown Social Center is pleased to begin a Mahjong for Beginners group on Fridays from noon until 3, beginning May 23. Mahjong is a fun game many people have enjoyed while vacationing or enjoying winter in the south.

To play Mahjong, four players collect combinations of beautiful Chinese tiles. Playing with hands of thirteen tiles, players must make a complete hand of fourteen tiles consisting of either: four combinations of three (Chow or Pung) or four (Kong) tiles and a pair of identical tiles. When a player successfully completes a hand, they call out “Mahjong!” Beginners are welcome. Experienced Mahjong players will teach and assist anyone interested in learning this fun, addicting game. Please contact the Social Center for more information at 873-6408 or info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.org.

Writers Group Continues Due to popular demand, the Elizabethtown Social Center will continue the Writers Group coordinated by local author Sandra Weber. The group will be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays in April, May and June at 1 p.m. Do not be shy-- the group is open to all skill levels, ages, and interests.

Join the group at noon with a brown bag lunch.

Group members will offer supportive and constructive criticism to each other’s writing efforts and exchange information about writing, publishing, and writer events in the area.

The group is open to a wide variety of genre, including short story, novel chapters, poetry, essays, nonfi ction book chapters, newsletters, newspaper/magazine articles, and children’s stories---or, simply recording your memories for your family.

The main requirement in the group is that members have a desire to support writers and the creative process. Writing or sharing writing with the group is not required, just an enjoyment of learning about writing and offering encouragement to writers. For those who are (or want to be) writers, it is an opportunity to get feedback, meet other writers, improve your skills, and learn more about publishing.

Coordinator Sandra Weber is an independent scholar with a focus on Adirondack Mountain region and women’s history.

She has published nine books, including Adirondack Roots: Stories of Hiking, History and Women; Breaking Trail: Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks with co-author, Peggy Lynn; and The Finest Square Mile: Mount Jo and Heart Lake.

She has also penned four children’s books and numerous magazine articles.

For more information about the group, please contact the Social Center at 873-6408 or info@elizabethtownsocialcenter. org.

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Muslim Journeys Series scheduled at the Keene Valley Library KEENE VALLEY — The Keene Valley Library will host a series of four monthly discussions of memoirs and novels, each involving a different Islamic culture in the Middle East. The discussions will be held at the library in Keene Valley from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on four successive Thursdays: May 15, June 12, July 10, and Aug. 7. Robert Harsh, who has previously introduced and coordinated this series of readings locally in Ray Brook, will lead the discussions along with Keene Valley Librarian Karen Glass.

The Muslim Journeys series is sponsored in libraries nationwide by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the

American Library Association in cooperation with the local Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library system. The 25 books in the series have been chosen by scholars and experts and grouped in five topical strands: American Stories; Connected Histories; Literary Reflections; Pathways of Faith; and the series offered in Keene Valley, Points of View.

The Points of View readings have been selected by National Public Radio Correspondent Deborah Amos and include the novels Persepolis and In the Country of Men along with the memoirs House of Stone and Dreams of Trespass. Copies of each

book will be distributed free to participants and copies of books in various other strands will be available at the library along with related reference works.

Those interested in the discussions can contact Librarian Karen Glass at the Keene Valley Library at 576-4335 or by e-mail at kvla.library@gmail.com. The discussions are free-of-charge and open to all interested readers. Additional information on the Muslim Journeys program and the Points of View series is available from the library or on-line at bridgingcultures.neh.gov/ muslim journeys.

WHALLONSBURG — On Tuesday, May 6, at 7 a.m., just in time for spring planting, the Whallonsburg Grange is hosting a workshop on “Creating a Rain Garden.” A rain garden is like a bowl or basin in your yard that captures rainwater and allows it to soak into the soil instead of draining into local watersheds.

The workshop will include a brief introduction to water quality in the Lake Champlain Basin, followed by a visual tour of innovative solutions to stormwater pollution; a step-by-step guide to building your own rain garden; and a discussion of soil types and plant selection. $5 donation suggested.

SARANAC LAKE — The film “Inequality for All: A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class” will be shown on May 7 at 7 p.m. in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main Street, Saranac Lake. The film debuts Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the economy. This event is sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee.

WESTPORT — A roast beef dinner will be held Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St. (Stone Church), in Westport. Serving starts 4:30 p.m. with take-outs available. The cost is $9 for adults, $4 for children 12 and under. Donations of non-perishable food accepted for the Westport Food Pantry.

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October 10, 1918-April 27, 2014 Helen M. Richards, 95, of Richards and his wife Sarah Wadhams road in Elizabethof Jamaica Plain, MA., Jessica town, passed away Sunday Richards of Milton, MA., April 27, 2014 at the Essex Kate Inie-Richards of Center in Elizabethtown. She Phoenixville, PA., Claire was born in Elizabethtown Inie-Richards of Cardiff, on October 10, 1918 to the Wales, and one great grandlate Harry and Alice son Ezra Sherman-Richards, a niece Janet Cross and her (Dougan) MacDougal. husband Steve of ElizabethHelen graduated from Plattstown and their families. She burgh Normal School in is predeceased by her hus1938. She was a teacher in band Howard G. Richards, a the Elizabethtown School brother and sister in law AlDistrict for a number of lister and Edna MacDougal years. Helen and her late and a sister Arline MacDouhusband Howard G. gal.

Richards owned and operatCalling hours will be Sunday ed the Richards Insurance May 4, 2013 from 2:00 to 4:00 Agency in Elizabethtown for many years. She was an ac- at W.M. Marvins Funeral Home in Elizabethtown. The tive member of United Order of the Eastern Star will Church of Christ, a member have a prayer service at 3:30. of the Order of the Eastern A funeral service will be held Star, Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth- Monday May 5, 2013 at 10:00 from United Church of town-Westport Garden Club, Christ in Elizabethtown.

Essex County Insurance Burial will follow in the Womens Club and volunRiverside Cemetery in Elizateered for a number of combethtown. munity organizations.

In lieu of flowers, donation Helen is survived by two in Helens memory may be sons; Harry Richards and his made to the United Church wife Danuta of Lee New of Christ in Elizabethtown.

Hampshire, David Richards To offer online condolences and his wife Ruth Inie of please visit www.wmmarPhoenixville, PA., four vins.com grandchildren; Christopher

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Farm Tour

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During the two-hour tour, Gillilland gave the kids a crash course in five general areas of husbandry Ñ horses, ducks and chickens, sheep, dogs and cows Ñ that kept the crew captivated and engaged.

“Kids generally know when they’re expected to ask questions,” said program director Michelle Bialeck. “But these kids are genuinely excited and interested.”

Among their inquiries: “Why are eggs all different colors and sizes?”

Answer: Eggs vary by breed, said Gillilland.

“Who knows what a farrier is?”

That’s a professional tasked with equine foot care. Ò Why are the lambs running around in a circle,” asked another, referring to the maelstrom

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It’s an evolutionary thing, said Gillilland.

They’re waiting for the weakest to fall.

“Do these guys ever go inside?” asked another, referring to the pair of ivory-colored canines, a pair of non-lethal livestock guardian dogs who were keeping a watchful eye on their charges.

They don’t, said Gillilland. They’re main objective is to protect their flock.

She opened the gate, brought a terrifiedlooking kid into the pen and they immediately turned docile, like oversized white puffballs. Ò They will do anything they can to protect the sheep but they’re still human friendly,” said Gillilland. “When you’re on this side of the fence, they’re completely pleasant.”

“I WANT TO BE A VET” Not all factoids were sunny.

As a cluster of brown cows blankly stared at

the group, all of whom were constantly snapping photos and posting them on Instagram, Gillilland concluded a short lecture on ruminants by telling the wide-eyed bunch that the creatures were going to end up in a chest freezer, ground up and sold for $5 per proud to local carnivores.

“It’s not all big brown eyes and sunshine,” said Gillilland. “We are a working farm that provides meat.” Ò Education is one thing people canÕ t take away from you,” she later said. “Nothing is a waste — it’s just how you tie it up in a nice neat package. One day, you’ll wake up and know what you want to do.”

“I want to be a vet,” said Richardson while cradling Pansy, a tame lamb that followed the group around. “I’ve always loved animals.”

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The Willsboro contingent headed to New York on Sunday.

On their itinerary: The obligatory Today Show stop, a visit to the Life Sciences Academy, an NYU tour and a workshop at the infamous Apollo Theater in Harlem.

“I’m very interested in NYU,” said Mikaela Salem, a tenth-grader at Willsboro. “I really liked the combination of academics and the arts.” Ò It has really been great, seeing how other people live, seeing so many people in one school,” said John Oliver after visiting Life Sciences Academy on Monday, April 28.

“I’d love for my track to be the East River.”

Library opens in Lewis town hall

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com LEWIS — On Saturday, May 3, the residents of this small community will have a place to escape into the pages of a wellthumbed book with the launch of the town’s first library.

The library’s planning board set up the first bookend last year, said co-founder Kathy Linker, when they convinced the town board to allocate some space in the town hall.

After that, it was just a matter of collecting books. Ò WeÕ re hoping itÕ ll be a place for people to come and learn about different things,” said Linker. “We don’t have a place in Lewis where people can come hang out and do stuff.”

The town had been served by a bookmobile until funds dried up in 2011 and the service was shelved. It was there where the townÕ s literati would gather each month to talk shop, an antidote to the lack of biblio-friendly venues in the community.

Linker envisions the other bookend will eventually fall into place when they expand into their own structure.

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old microwave cart to haul kids books around) and getting accredited by the state and later, the Clinton Essex Franklin Library System, as a bona fide library that will allow them to dial into the online lending system and apply for state grants.

But before that, the library has to prove that itÕ s actually working.

The newly-minted library has more than 1,000 items on hand — books, movies, magazines and movies — about half of which have been registered into their digital network.

The four-member board is continuing to solicit materials for donation.

Those wishing to drop off their haul Ñ no romance novels, please, urges Linker Ñ can do so by contacting the town hall and requesting to be included on their list. The library will then select books appropriate for their needs, mostly non-fiction and children’s books.

May 3, 2014

Stories by Karen Glass at Upper Jay Wells Memorial Library UPPER JAY — “Women in the Wilderness” - Stories by Karen Glass will take place at Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay on Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m. This program celebrates our April-May Art Exhibit: A Collection of Women Fly Fishing Prints from the Early 1900s. Tea and cupcakes will be served. For more information, call 946-2644 or email wellslib@primelink1.net.

Birding ramble on tap LEWIS — Join the Boquet River Association (BRASS) for a birding ramble on Saturday, May 10. The family-friendly hike, along a seasonal road that borders the North Branch, is free and open to the public. Meet at Vaughan’s Corner Store in Lewis by 9 a.m. with binoculars, camera, comfortable shoes and water. Contact is Becky Bosely at 873-6879.

Contact is not necessary to pre-register.

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these tough times that meets the needs of our stakeholders and we hope weÕ ve done that and the community will offer their support.”

Date: Public heads to the voting booth on Tuesday, May 20 from 12 to 9 p.m.

Board: Incumbent James E. Martineau Jr. is running unopposed for reelection.

ELIZABETHTOWN Proposed budget: The district, which landed a Best High Schools Silver designation for 2014 from US News & World Report last week, has arrived at a budget of $7,930,000, up 3.21 percent from last year.

Cuts: Three positions, a teacher aide, teaching assistant and special education teacher, will be eliminated.

Superintendent Scott Osborne says: Ò The community has been wonderful in supporting us in the past and with this budget, we want to ensure that they get a return on that. Given the tough decisions our board and community have had to make over the last four-to-five years to keep a balanced budget, earning [the Silver designation] also reinforces how we prioritize teaching and learning and keep the focus on those things year to year.”

Date: Public meeting slated for Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. with a vote on Tuesday, May 20.

Board: The retirements of Alan Jones and Karen Hooper leave two vacancies open.

KEENE Proposed budget: $5,738,557, a 3.13 percent increase over last

year and the estimated 1.97 percent increase in the levy has them under the cap. According to a report provided by the district, areas of substantial growth are pension costs and increased number of students seeking to attend CV-TEC, with unspecified Common Core changes adding additional costs to the curriculum.

Cuts: None.

Superintendent Cynthia Ford-Johnston says: Ò For one more year, the district has been able to maintain staffing and quality opportunities for students while holding the levy at the level required not to exceed the property tax cap. The challenges of curricular changes, accountability, ever-changing technology needs, increased employment cost and routine maintenance have been met this year through this spending plan. On behalf of the students, staff and the board, I thank all voters for expressing their opinions and being involved in the institution we love and respect.”

Date: Public hearing on Monday, May 12, 7 p.m., with voters sounding off on Tuesday, May 20.

Board: Joseph Pete Wilson and Cheryl Quinn are running to replace two retirees.

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been very difficult and this is no different than any year because the state is carrying less of the load, which is shifting burden to local taxpayers but at the same time, trying to tell us how much we can spend. We’re lucky this year we didn’t have to do that.

I don’t see us being in better shape next year unless elected officials to more to fully reinstitute the gap.”

Board: Incumbent Sue Russell is running unopposed.

Congrats: The district also landed a Best High Schools Silver designation for 2014 from US News & World Report, clocking in at 86th in the state, 1,086th in the nation.

Date: Public hearing is set for Thursday, May 8 with a vote on Tuesday, May 20.

WILLSBORO Proposed budget: The numbers needed to run the district have clocked in at $8,225,769, up 3.17 percent over last year. The increase is chalked up to raising cost of special education and additional students expected to attend the CV-Tech program, said superintendent Stephen Broadwell. The district, like the others, has remained within the tax.

Cuts: None.

Proposed budget: Clocks in at $5,760,000, projecting spending up 4.6 percent from last year, an increase mostly attributed to six additional enrollments in the CV-TEC program. With a projected 1.51 percent increase in the tax levy, the district, like the others, is under the cap.

Cuts: No academic programs are destined for the chopping block and the budget actually reinstates two items that were snipped last year: the talent show and the senior play. Two positions are opening up next year — a technology teacher and library aide — and will be replaced.

Superintendent Stephen Broadwell says: Ò WeÕ re going to continue to try to balance the needs of the school district as well as taxpayers. This budget maintains all our programs and current staffing levels.”

Board: Four candidates are running to fill the board’s two vacancies. They include Lisa Cumm, Jennifer Jacques, Herb Longware and John “Jack” Thompson.

Date: Public hearing is slated for Tuesday, May 13, 6 p.m. with a vote on Tuesday, May 20.

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ELCS jazz band sounds off on the power of music

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ The weekend started on a sunny note for Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School staffers with a breakfast performance by the school’s jazz ensemble on Friday, April 23.

Coming after weeks of budget-related uncertainty that threatened to derail academic programs Ñ like art and music, for instance Ñ the laidback session, which included cuts from the Beatles, Ozzy Osbourne and Benny Goodman, acted as a subtle reminder of the power that art and music programs have in nurturing young talent.

Kerry Mero, music teacher

Megan Rushby, 17, senior

Ò WeÕ re all like one big family and this is the thing I’m going to miss the most after I graduate.”

Geeg Dedam, 18, senior

“Music is an escape from the school day.

I’m doing something I truly love. I can do it inside of the school day and outside.”

Kyra Schafer, 17, junior

“Music can affect the way people feel and their emotions, something so different than science or math.”

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“It’s very relaxing and a nice break from school. No matter how my day is going, I can relax with the music.”

Ò This breakfast is one way to celebrate our heritage as part of Jazz Appreciation Month.

We’re one of the few schools that have a jazz band that meets during the day. Jazz is a very independent genre. You might be the only one playing that particular part. It’s really helps develop a high level of musicianship.”

nstead of wasting time waiting for the ponds to open up; I decided to travel home to Elizabethtown for the weekend to visit a few of the old fi shing holes from my younger

days.

Although I tend to spend a majority of my time fi shing the ponds; I’ve always been a river walker. I enjoy the fl ows more than fl at waters, as the scent of a stream is ever changing and it is addictive.

On the ponds, you can pretty much see it all from one location. The waters are fl at or choppy, or somewhere in between; but there is no much variation.

Sure, there are fl uctuations in foliage, down trees, steep banks and other natural factors that give different ponds their character; but for the most part, a pond is a pond, what you see is what you get.

But on the river, and especially on the small streams, the scene is always in motion, ever fl owing, and wandering along. There is life everywhere, in the trees on the riverbanks, in the air, and under the river rocks where the crayfi sh hide. And it seems you

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can never capture it all, just a glimpse and it’s gone.

In the dark, hemlock forested reaches of the rivers, the waters take on an ominous odor that scents the air, and the land. It is a primordial scent that always transports me back to my younger days.

The waters, darkened by the shade, provide safe safe sanitary for the trout, even in mid stream. Their quick darting movements are diffi cult to decipher, unless a shaft of sun captures their shadow.

Often they would hide, invisible among the long logs, the tangled roots and the rubble of the riverbank. I tried to entice them to venture forth and sip a dry fl y from the surface, but the brookies were skittish, and the waters were cold.

These waters were the playgrounds of my youth, they were the only waters within walking or biking distance of town.

So too, were the surrounding hills, Little Buck, Wood Hill, Raven, and Cobble Hill. I’ve climbed them all numerous times, and I still can’t get enough.

And as I stared at them from the valley fl oor, I couldn’t resist the urge to visit them again. Since the trout weren’t cooperating; I decided to take some time away from the grind in order to tackle a few of the smaller hills, and to let the trout settle a bit.

I had come home to chase some trout, and in the process, to recover some of the excitement of of my youth. I climbed the

The tiny village of Elizabethtown always appears much larger when viewed from above.

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hills again, and I looked down on my old small town.

I hiked the ridges, and visited our old campsites. I climbed the cliffs and discovered a few more mountaintop antennas.

(It’s always surprising to see just how far some folks will go to get television reception, not to mention the cost of stringing half a mile of antenna wire up the side of a cliff.)

Elizabethtown has remained pretty much the same as it was in my youth, just like many of the small, non-touristy Adirondack towns. It really hasn’t changed much over the years.

There are a few more buildings, fewer families, and a surprising number of new homes situated on the hillsides surrounding the Pleasant Valley.

The mountains haven’t moved much. Giant of the Valley still looms to the south west, and Hurricane still sports itÕ s Fire tower, as proud as ever.

I walk the sidewalks and still know most of the folks I meet; even though I’ve been gone and many years removed.

One evening, I ran into a former classmate at the local Grand Union. We hadn’t seen each other for many years, and he reminded me this year would be our 40th class reunion. “Forty years?”, I asked incredulously. “Are you sure?”

I started running the numbers through my mind, and sure enough, he was right! “Damn,” I mumbled under my breath, “So many trout, and so little time left.”

I thought about his remark as I waked back to the house. It was a very diffi cult pill to swallow.

“Another place, another town,” I muttered to no one in particular. “Now’s not the time to dwell on such matters. There are still trout to be found, and plenty of ground I need to pound. I need not worry about it at all right now.”

The following morning I caught my fi rst brook trout of the new season. It fell for a dry fl y that I had skittered under an overhanging stream bank, in my old back yard. I was not surprised in the least.

The little brook has always produced trout, even though it winds it’s way right through the middle of town. It is rarely fi shed, and often overlooked by anglers seeking bigger waters and larger fi sh I was just as excited at the age of 58, as I was at the age of 8 and an hour later I still had a silly smirk on my face.

Any fi sh taken on the fl y is a trophy, and if you want more, sometimes it pays to wish for a little less. And while I may never be able to truly go home again, it sure is nice to shed the restrictions of age, and walk in the footprints of my youth every once in a while.

Next year, I’ll be back. Though I’ll be another year older, I’ll fi sh as if I’m still nine years old and I’ll drift a fl y right by that overhung bank again! I can wait.

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

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SARANAC LAKE — Singer/songwriters Dan Berggren and Alex Smith to perform tonight at BluSeed Studios, 7:30pm, $15/$12 (non-members, members). 24 Cedar Street. Call 518-891-3799 or contact admin@bluseedstudios.org for more info.

SARANAC LAKE — An opening reception for “Escapes,” an exhibit of pastel paintings by Linda Sweeney, will be held at the Adirondack Artists Guild: 5pm, 52 Main Street. Runs through June 3, includes refreshments.

TICONDEROGA — Ongoing weekly work readiness credential course for residents to earn the National Work Readiness and National Retail Federation Customer Service Credential runs until May 9, with a hiring seminar scheduled for May 12.

Individuals seeking employment opportunities will receive instruction in communication skills, courtesy and awareness of customer needs, workplace reading and math, resume writing, online job applications, interview skills and more: North Country Community College, Ticonderoga Campus: 9am-2:30pm. For more info, call 561-0430 ext 3088.

Saturday, May 3

KEESEVILLE — Grand opening for “Emmett Pine: A Painted Past,” a celebration of the artist’s life, art and history. Attendees are encouraged to share their memories, photos, memorabilia and any Pine paintings they have. All items will be documented for the Emmett Pine catalog. Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum, 96 Clinton Street, 6pm. Runs ‘til September 15.

PLATTSBURGH — This month’s First Weekend’s guest bartender event is slated for Chefy’s Bar and Grill. Includes performances by Jay Lesage and Haley McGivney alongside an art show by local artist Donna Austin. 5-8pm, 124 Margaret Street.

PLATTSBURGH — ROTA keeps the music going with Cave Needles, Judee Mango and Jesus and the Psychonauts: 7pm, ROTA Gallery and Studios, 50 Margaret Street, Call 518-314-9872 for more info.

TUPPER LAKE — Adirondack Singers to perform a variety of songs from their repertoire, from rock to show tunes, at the Holy Name Church: 7pm, $5/$3 (adults/ seniors).

Sunday, May 4

ELIZABETHTOWN — Kiwanis club to host pancake breakfast to raise money for the Elizabethtown Food Shelf: 9am-noon, the Deer’s Head. Includes gift basket raffle. Admission: sliding scale.

PLATTSBURGH — First Weekends continues at City Hall Place with a series of family-friendly events, including activities facilitated by the Champlain Valley Transportation Museum and Kids Station and Plattsburgh’s police and fire departments; adults are free to showcase their green thumbs at a garden workshop sponsored by Grow Buddies Organic Gardening Supplies, Cornell Cooperative Extension Master gardeners and Plattsburgh Community Gardens. For the full spate of events, visit them on Facebook or at firstweekends.com.

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Singers to perform at St. Bernard’s Church: 7pm, $5/$3 (adults/seniors).

UPPER JAY — Wells Memorial Library to host “Women in the Wilderness” Stories

by Karen Glass” in celebration of their spring exhibition of fly fishing prints from the early-1900s: 2pm, 12230 New York State Route 9N. Call 946-2644, or email them at wellslib@primelink1.net, for more info.

Monday, May 5

LAKE PLACID — Launch of a weekly life drawing open studio for beginner to advanced artists. Organizers invite participants to work in any media to draw live models in an environment where it is possible to share and critique with other participants or keep your work private, whichever you prefer. Runs every Monday until May 19. LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, 6-8:30pm, $70. Call 523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org for reservations.

WADHAMS — Wadhams Riverside Cemetery Association to host annual meeting: Wadhams Church Hall, 7pm. All members are encouraged to attend.

Tuesday, May 6

LAKE PLACID — Bookstore Plus! to discuss Catherine McKenzie’s Hidden with the author via Skype at the book club’s monthly meeting: 7pm. 2491 Main Street.

Call 523-2950 for more info.

UPPER JAY — Wells Memorial Library to host Cinco de Mayo with stories from Lora Goulet: 12230 New York State Route 9N. Call 946-2644, or email them at wellslib@primelink1.net, for more info.

WHALLONSBURG — PhD candidate Amanda Cording to host a workshop designed to teach gardeners how to create a rain garden, a bowl or basin in your yard that captures rainwater and allows it to soak into the soil instead of draining into local watersheds. Also includes a brief introduction to water quality in the Lake Champlain Basin followed by a visual tour of innovative solutions to stormwater pollution; a step-by-step guide to building your own rain garden; and a discussion of soil types and plant selection: Whallonsburg Grange, 7pm, $5, 1610 Route 22.

Wednesday, May 7

PLATTSBURGH — Weekly Open Mic Night at the Monopole, 5pm, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

SARANAC LAKE — Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee to host screening of “Inequality for All.” The documentary is said to be a “passionate argument on behalf of the middle class as Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the economy.” 7pm, Cantwell Room, Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main Street.

WILMINGTON — Wilmington Historical Society to hold its regular monthly meeting. Today’s topic: “The History of Whiteface Highway.” Refreshments are provided by the Country Bear Bakery and the public is invited to attend. For more info, contact Karen Peters at 518-420-8370: 7pm, Wilmington Community Center.

Thursday, May 8

CHAZY — Heritage Matters discussion series resumes with Christopher Wolff, an Assistant Professor at Plattsburgh State University, focusing on current research conducted by archaeologists and their students at Plattsburgh State University and its potential to understand the history and prehistory of the North Country, focusing on research at a local prehistoric Native American site near Peru: 7pm, Alice T. Miner Museum. Call 846-7336 for more info.

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ACCESSORIES (2) TRAILERS (OPEN) - both excellent condition; 2010 Triton 20' Aluminum - max wgt. 7500 lbs. Asking $4900 and 1989 Bison 31' overal Gooseneck, Asking $2900. 518-546-3568.

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Day Date 5/13/2014 terms! Call 888-701-7509 371-1136shall mail a copy of any 14130 0051 The budget will be avail- Each petition shall be diMay 8th process to the LLC at PO Hours ballot is to be acquired Thursday, 10amPLEASE TAKE NOTICE able for review begin- rected to the Clerk of the in person. The Clerk 10:00 - 3:00 & 6:00- Box 177, Jay, NY 12941.

12pm/7pm-9pm LEGALS that the Town of Essex Purpose: To engage in 2nd Day Date 5/15/14 ning on Thursday, May District and shall be may accept absentee 8:00 NOTICE OF FORMATION Hours 9am-11am/7pm- Planning Board will hold 1, 2014 at the Westport signed by at least twenany lawful act or activity. ballots until 5 PM only, Saturday, May 10th a Public Hearing on the OF 278 FRATERNALAND May 20,2014.

9pm Central School during 12:00 - 4:00 VN-3/29-5/3/2014-6TCty-five (25) voters of the rd application of James and business hours.

LLC 3 Day Date 5/17/14 NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, Thursday, May 22nd District and shall state 41843 Wallace Schmitt, Tax Arts. of Org. filed with NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- the residence of each Hours 9am-1pm that the petitions nomi- 10:00 - 3:00 NOTICE OF FORMATION th Map #40.73-3-7.000, for EN, that the annual Secy. of State of NY nating the candidates for The Board of Assess- OF LIMITED LIABILITY 4 Day Date 5/20/14 signer.

(SSNY) on 03/26/14. Of- the office of the Board of ment Review will meet COMPANY (LLC) AND FURTHER NOTICE Hours 10am- exterior house renova- meeting of the qualified tion at 39 Beggs Point fice location: Essex on Thursday, June 5th, Name: Hance Heating & 12pm/2pm-4pm voters of the Westport IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Education must be filed County. SSNY designat- with the Clerk of the Dis- 2014 between the hours Central School District the qualified voters of Plumbing LLC Articles of The Board of Assess- Street, Essex, NY 12936, ed as agent of LLC upon of the Town of West- the School District shall ment Review will meet on May 15, 2014 at 7:00 trict not later than April of 6:00-8:00pm by ap- Organization filed with whom process against it 15, 2014. pointment, at the Keene port, Essex County, New be entitled to vote at Petition the Secretary of State of on May 27, 2014 be- p.m. at the Essex Town may be served. SSNY forms are available at Community Center in New York (SSNY) on tween the hours of Hall, 2313 Main Street, York, will be held in the said annual vote and shall mail process to the office of the Superin- said town, to hear and lobby outside the Bulles election. A qualified vot3/12/2014 Office Loca- 2:00pm and 4:00pm, Essex, NY 12936.

The LLC, 80 Smugglers and 7:00pm and com- Catherine DeWolff, Plan- Auditorium at the West- er is one who is (1) a examine all complaints tendent. The following tion: Essex County. The Loop, Jeffersonville, VT vacancies are to be filled in relation to assess- SSNY is designated as plaints in relation to as- ning Board Secretary port Central School citizen of the United 05464. Purpose: Any sessments, on the writ- VN-5/3/2014-1TC-45249 building in said District States of America, (2) on the Board of Educa- ments, on a written ap- agent of the LLC upon lawful activity. on Tuesday, May 20, eighteen years of age or plication of any person tion: whom process against it ten application of any NOTICE OF FORMATION VN-4/12-5/17/2014person believing 2014 between the hours EXPIRED TERM - incum- believing him/herself to may be served. "United older, and (3) a resident OF STRADA 86, LLC 6TC-43517 him/herself to be agof 12:00 noon and 9:00 Please bent, Teresa Cheetham- be aggrieved. within the School DisStates Corporation Arts. of Org. filed with p.m. prevailing time, (or trict for a period of thirty submit the application grieved. A publication on Palen - term expires on Agents, INC" shall mail a the Sect'y of State of NY ADK AFFORDABLE and 3 copies, one for contesting your assess6/30/17. until all who are in atten- (30) days next preceding to (SSNY) on 4/14/2014.

PROPERTIES, LLC Arti- EXPIRED TERM - incum- each Board of Assess- copy of any process th dance at the time have the annual vote and ment in New York State the LLC at: 7014 13 AvOffice location, County cles of Org. filed NY Sec. bent, David Craig - term voted), at which time the election. is available at The School ment member. A publi- enue Brooklyn, NY of Essex.

SSNY has of State (SSNY) expires on 6/30/17. polls will be open to District may require all www.tax.ny.gov. cation on how to file for 11228.

Purpose: To been designated as vote, by ballot, upon the st 4/17/2014. Office in Es- The petitions must be a review of your assesspersons offering to vote engage in any lawful act Dated this 1 day of agent of the LLC upon sex Co. SSNY design. directed to the Clerk of ment is available from May, 2014 following items: 1. To at the budget vote and or activity. whom process against it adopt the annual budget Agent of LLC upon David H. Sayre the Office of Assessment VN-4/5-5/10/2014-6TCelection to provide one the District, Cynthia may beserved. SSNY of the School District for form of proof of residenwhom process may be Dianne B. Lansing or www.orps.s- 42635 Summo, must be signed shall mail process to: served. SSNY shall mail by at least twenty-five Patricia Gardner the fiscal year 2014- cy pursuant to Educatate.ny.us.

Dzemal Cecunjanin, 131 copy of process to The 2015 and to authorize tion Law 8018-c. Such (25) qualified voters of Dated this 1st Day of LAKE FLOWER LAND- Assessor (s) Bloomingdale Ave., the requisite portion LLC PO Box 247 341 US the district, and must May, 2014 ING, LLC Articles of Org. VN-5/3/2014-1TC-45561 form may include a Saranac Lake, NY thereof to be raised by drivers license, a nonRoute 9 Schroon Lake, state the name and resi- Donna J. Bramer filed NY Sec. of State 12983.

Purpose: any New York 12870. Pur- dence of the candidate.

(SSNY) 3/17/2014.

OfNOTICE OF COMPLESole Assessor taxation on the taxable driver identification card, pose: Any lawful activity. fice in Essex Co. SSNY TION OF TENTATIVE AS- lawful act. property of the District. a utility bill, or a voter

BY ORDER OF THE Town of Keene VN-5/3-6/7/2014-6TCVN-5/3-6/7/2014-6TCdesig. agent of LLC SESSMENT ROLL VN-5/3/2014-1TC-43621 2. To elect one member registration card. Upon BOARD OF EDUCATION 45531 45873 upon whom process Notice is hereby given of the Board for a five offer of proof of residenCynthia Summo, Clerk of may be served. SSNY that the Assessor for the the District NOTICE OF NEW YORK (5) year term commenc- cy, the School District ANNUAL SCHOOL DIS- Dated: March 5, 2014 shall mail copy of pro- Town of Lewis, County DOMESTIC LIMITED LI- ing July 1, 2014 and ex- may also require all perPUBLIC NOTICE TRICT PUBLIC HEARING cess to 421 Lake Flower of Essex, has completed VNsons offering to vote to ABILITY CORPORATION piring on June 30, 2019 Essex County Fair Hous- Ave., Saranac Lake, NY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- 3/22,4/5,4/19,5/3/2014the Tentative Assess- formation on February 6, to succeed Suzanne provide their signature, ing EN, that the Public Hear- 4TC-40947 12983, which is also the ment Roll for the current 2014. Teallholm, LLC Russell whose term ex- printed name and adNotice if hereby given ing (takes the place of principal business loca- year and a copy has dress. was formed and filed Ar- pires on June 30, 2014. that Essex County is the Annual Meeting) of NOTICE OF FORMATION tion. Purpose: Any law- been left at the Town And, 3. To authorize the AND FURTHER NOTICE ticles of Organization the Keene Central OF LIMITED LIABILITY committed to furthering ful purpose.

Hall, where it may seen with the New York Sec- purchase of one sixty- IS HEREBY GIVEN, that fair housing.

School District, Essex VN-4/5-5/10/2014-6TCCOMPANY. NAME: BAC and examined by any in- retary of State and des- five passenger bus and qualified voters may apThe Federal Fair Housing County, New York will WINE COMPANY LLC. 42650 terested person, Monday the expenditure of a ply for absentee ballots ignates the Secretary as Law, as well as the Laws be held for the inhabi- Articles of Organization - Friday 10:00 - 3:00 un- agent for the LLC upon gross sum not to exceed at the District Clerks oftants qualified to vote at were filed with the Sec- of new York State, pro- NOTICE OF FORMATION til June 3rd 2014. whom process against it one hundred five thou- fice and that a list of OF LIMITED LIABILITY hibits discrimination in such meeting in said retary of State of New The Assessor will be in may be served. sand six hundred eighty- persons to whom absenThe the sale, rental, financ- COMPANY (LLC) Name: district at the school in York (SSNY) on attendance with the Ten- company's mailing ad- five dollars ($105,685) tee ballots have been isMain 2310, LLC Articles ing, and brokerage of Keene Valley on Mon- 03/12/14. Office locatative Assessment Roll dress is 1069 Stow- and the use of the sum sued will be available for housing based on race, of Organization filed with day, May 12, 2014 tion: Essex County. as follows: ersville Road, Westport, of one hundred five inspection in the District the Secretary of State of creed, color, gender, naat 7 PM for the purpose SSNY has been desigTuesday, May 6th 10:00 Clerks office during each New York 12993 in Es- thousand six hundred tional origin, familial sta- New York (SSNY) on of presenting a budget nated as agent of the - 3:00 dollars of the five days prior to sex County, New York. eighty-five 6/12/2013 Office Locatus, or handicap. for the school year LLC upon whom proSaturday, May 10th the day of the election, The Company is to en- ($105,685) from the Bus Essex County pursuant tion: Essex County. The 2014 - 2015. Voting for cess against it may be 9:00-11:00 gage in any lawful pur- Reserve Fund to pay for during regular business SSNY is designated as to the local fair housing said budget, and two(2) served. SSNY shall mail Tuesday, May 13th, the bus in full. hours, except Saturday pose. strategy has appointed a agent of the LLC upon school board member, a copy of process to the AND FURTHER NOTICE and Sunday.

VN-3/29-5/3/2014-6TCwhom process against it 10:00-3:00 will be held on Tuesday, LLC, 96 Newman Street, fair housing officer who Tuesday, May 20nd, IS HEREBY GIVEN, that School District: West42208 may be reached at: Es- may be served. SSNY May 20,2014 between Lake Placid, New York 10:00-3:00 & 6:00-8:00 a copy of the statement port Central sex County Planning Of- shall mail a copy of any the hours of 12 noon Central of the amount of money 12946. Purpose: For any The Board of Assess- Westport Town of Westport, fice Department of Plan- process to the LLC at: and 8:00 PM. School District lawful purpose. ment Review will meet which will be required to County of Essex, New ning, Elizabethtown, NY PO Box 245, Essex, NY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- VN-5/3-6/7/2014-6TCTown of Westport, York 12936. Purpose: To en- on Tuesday June 3st, County of Essex, New fund the School Districts 12932 EN, that copies of the 45217 budget for 2014-2015, District Clerk: Jana gage in any lawful act or 2014 between the hours (518) 873-3687 York proposed budget includof 2:00-4:00 and 6:00exclusive of public Atwell Notice of Annual MeetNOTICE OF COMPLE- The United States De- activity. ing an estimate of the 8:00 by appointment, at monies, and all other re- Dated: March 25, 2014 VN-4/26-5/31/2014amount of money which TION OF TENTATIVE AS- partment of Housing and the Lewis Town Hall in ing, Budget Vote and quired documentation VNUrban Development Toll 6TC-44906 Election will be required for SESSMENT ROLL said town, to hear and may be obtained by any 4/5,4/19,5/3,5/17/2014Public Budget Hearing school purposes, exclu- Notice is hereby given Free Fair Housing Hot- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- examine all complaints resident of the District 4TC-42974 line number is: 1-800- EN that the Assessor (s) Thursday, May 8, 2014 sive of public monies, that the Assessor for the in relation to assessduring business hours, 669-9777 or 1-800-927- of the Town of Essex, at 5:30 p.m.

Annual may be obtained during Town of Keene, County ments, on a written apbeginning Thursday, 9275 (TDD for the hear- County of Essex, has Meeting, Election & May 1, 2014 at the the seven(7) days imme- of Essex, has completed plication of any person ing impaired) diately preceding the An- the Tentative Assesscompleted the Tentative believing him/herself to Budget Vote Tuesday, Westport Central May 20, 2014 12:00 nual Meeting/Vote ex- ment Roll for the current VN,TT-5/3/2014-1TCAssessment Roll for the be aggrieved.

Please School.

45868 TO MAKE noon 9:00 p.m. cept Saturdays, Sun- year and a copy has current year and that a submit the application AND FURTHER NOTICE been left at the Town NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- IS HEREBY GIVEN, that days, or Holidays, at the copy has been left with and 4 copies for each Hall, where it may be EN, that a public hearing Keene Central School Town Clerk at Essex Board of Assessment petitions nominating Town Hall, where it may NOTICE OF FORMATION seen and examined by from 9AM to 3PM. Review member. A pub- of the qualified voters of candidates for the office the Westport Central of member of the Board be seen and examined NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- any interested person, OF FORBIDDEN FOREST lication on how to file LLC. Art. Of Org. filed by any interested person EN, that applications for Monday - Friday from for a review of your as- School District, Essex of Education shall be Place a County, Westport, New filed with the Clerk of with Sec. Of State absentee ballots can be 9:00 - 2:00 until June until the fourth Tuesday sessment is available classified (SSNY) 2/4/14 Office lo- in May (or other date, if from the Office of As- York, will be held in the said School District at obtained and must be 5th, 2014. ad! submitted to the Clerk of The Assessor will be in cation: Essex County. applicable). sessment or www.orp- Westport Central School her office in the WestIt’s easy and cafeteria in said District port Central School, not the District, Cynthia attendance with the Ten- SSNY is designated as The Assessor (s) will be s.state.ny.us. will make Summo, no later than in attendance with the tative Assessment Roll agent of LLC upon Dated this 1st Day of on Thursday, May 8, later than Monday, April you money!

2014 at 5:30 p.m. pre- 21, 2014, between 8:00 May 5, 2014 if ballot is whom process against it Tentative as follows: Assessment May, 2014 vailing time, for the pre- a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to be mailed OR no later Thursday, May 1st may be served. SSNY Roll as follows: Donna J. Bramer sentation of the budget. Each petition shall be dithan May 12, 2014 if 10:00 - 3:00 shall mail a copy of any 1st Day Date 5/13/2014 Sole Assessor ballot is to be acquired Thursday, May 8th process to the LLC at PO Hours 10am- VN-5/3/2014-1TC-44909 The budget will be avail- rected to the Clerk of the in person. The Clerk 10:00 - 3:00 & 6:00- Box 177, Jay, NY 12941.

12pm/7pm-9pm able for review begin- District and shall be may accept absentee 8:00 Purpose: To engage in 2nd Day Date 5/15/14 ning on Thursday, May signed by at least twenballots until 5 PM only, Saturday, May 10th any lawful act or activity.

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