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Need for foster families reaches ‘crisis’ levels With drug abuse continuing to erode family support networks, the need for loving homes is greater than ever, say officials

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CEO of the United Way of the Adirondack Region.

“It’s a crisis,” Bernardi said.

Kids are now being sent out of the Tri-County region because there are not enough families, he said.

But officials in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties want to buck the trend and keep kids here.

DRUGS DRIVING NUMBER PLATTSBURGH — Social service agencies across the TriCounty region are desperately searching for foster families to take in the influx of children entering the system.

In 2012, an average of 113 children were receiving services The need has reached a critical state, said John Bernardi, each month in Franklin County alone.

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RAY BROOK — Legal arguments contending the fate of Class II Community Connector snowmobile trails will go to trial on March 1.

In a 27-page decision issued last week, Judge Gerald Connolly at Albany Supreme Court denied motions for summary judgment to both Protect the Adirondacks, as Kim plaintiff, and to the state Department of Dedam Writer Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency.

The case could have broad ramifications for the construction of snowmobile connector trails on state land, including those on and near the recently acquired Boreas Ponds Tracts in southern Essex County.

Protect sued over three years ago to stop construction on the 12.8-mile Seventh Mountain Trail in Moose River Plains Wild Forest, a central connecting snowmobile route designed by the DEC. The environmental group contends the cutting of so many

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Protect the Adirondacks has burden to prove trails constitute improper use of state Forest Preserve lands

The number leapt to 146 by 2015.

The uptick is due to a constellation of factors. Unemployment and loss of income is one. But echoing national trends, substance abuse continues to be a leading culprit in family breakdowns, leading to abuse, neglect and abandonment.

“I hate to be simplistic, but the drug epidemic is what’s driving that number,” said Jeremiah Pond, a children’s services supervisor for the Franklin County Department of Social Services.

In Clinton County, 50 to 60 percent of children entering the system can be attributed to drug abuse.

The fight over a proposed network of snowmobile trails on state Forest Preserve land is headed to court March 1. The case could have broad ramifications on proposed snowmobile networks across the Adirondack Park, including those in southern Essex County.

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trees — some 31,000 trees across a 9 to 12 foot wide swath — create networks that are more akin to roads, and will fundamentally alter the character of the Adirondack Park.

Connolly said the plaintiff will “bear the burden of demonstrating that construction of the Class II trails ... constitutes improper use of the forest preserve impairing such ‘wild forest lands’ to an unconstitutional extent.”

DEC included statements from foresters asserting that the Class II trails are similar to foot trails, and further, that a “clear goal” in these inter-community trails was to “close snowmobile trails that penetrate to the more interior portions of the Wild Forest.”

Class II Connectors run in part along roadways in an effort to minimize forest fragmentation. >> See SNOWMOBILE | pg. 15

Following contentious public hearing process, Adirondack Park stakeholders discuss what’s next

By Pete DeMola

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SCHROON LAKE — The state flubbed the classification process for Boreas Ponds.

That was the consensus by a panel of stakeholders following a forum on Adirondack land use issues in Schroon Lake last week.

“I think the process has been flawed, not just for me, but for a lot of stakeholders,” said Willie Janeway, executive director of the Adirondack Council. “Moving forward, how do we reform the process and make it work better?”

Janeway, among other panelists, said the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) erred on a number of fronts during their facilitation of the public hearing process over the former Finch Pruyn timberlands, held last fall across the state. >> See FORUM | pg. 4

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County appeals state supreme court election ballot ruling

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County will appeal a ruling

by State Supreme Court Justice Martin Auffredou last month that ordered the county to release electronic ballot scans and cast vote records from a recent local election.

While not named as plaintiffs, the Essex County Board of Supervisors voted to continue to fund and support the appeals process following a 90-minute executive session and a volley of lawmaker discussion on Monday.

The chief reason to appeal, said county attorney Dan Manning, is not to block transparency, but rather to safeguard the privacy of voting.

A rural county like Essex may see just a handful of voters cast their ballots on third-party lines for primary races, Manning said, and making that information readily available to the public may be problematic.

“That does interfere with a person’s right to have anonymity in their vote,” Manning said.

The attorney also cited safeguarding the finality of elections for the decision.

Auffredou’s ruling, Manning added, would mean anyone could request the ballots — not just the plaintiffs.

“There’s no question some of our constituents would be placed in a position of others knowing how they voted,” said Roby Politi (I-North Elba), who supported the appeal.

The decision to appeal puts an automatic stay on delivering the ballots in question to the plaintiffs.

The case lies at the confluence of state election and Freedom of Information Law. Following the 2015 general election, Essex County Dem-

ocratic Party Chair Bethany Kosmider, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, requested access to the voting records with a FOIL request.

Manning and former Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Ferebee said a FOIL was insufficient, and Kosmider instead needed a court order to gain access to the ballots, citing Election Law S-3222, which determines only a judge or legislative investigatory commission can release copies of those records.

The results of that election had already been finalized, said the officials, who denied her request.

Had Kosmider received a court order, the litigation could have been prevented, Ferebee had said.

Officials denied Kosmider’s subsequent appeal — state election law is “vague and inartful,” Manning had said, and more clarity is needed — and she filed the lawsuit last October, naming Ferebee and election commissioners Allison McGahay and Mark Whitney as defendants.

Kosmider said the lawsuit was necessary to get the court order.

“You don’t get a court order until you a file lawsuit,” she said.

But, Manning said, election law contains a number of avenues to examine ballots before the results are filed and before a court order is required.

Those options include witnessing recanvassing and certification efforts, as well as asking the board of elections to audit a small sample of the results.

Kosmider said she participated in those processes.

“I did everything by the book, everything,” she told a reporter following the vote on Monday.

THE RULING Kosmider, a former Crown Point supervisor, did not allege fraud or other malfeasance during the election, but rather said people had a right to examine ballots, and that copies of ballot images are not exempt from disclosure under the FOIL law.

In his Jan. 19 ruling, Auffredou said the ballots could be made public once they are tabulated and filed with the board of elections.

The respondents, he said, have not demonstrated the state legislature intended to provide electronic ballot images with the same “cloak of confidentiality” as paper ballots.

Once electronic images of the voted ballots are preserved,

the likelihood that the images and related data and information can be tampered with to impact the outcome of an election becomes “remote, if not non-existent,” Auffredou determined.

“As a result, in the absence of a ‘clear legislative intent to establish and preserve confidentiality of records,’ the court is constrained to conclude the electronic ballot images must be disclosed under FOIL.” The court, however, declined Kosmider’s request for the county to compensate her for legal fees, and said Manning and Ferebee had a “reasonable basis” to deny the FOIL request, citing their efforts to act in good faith to obtain clarity on the election law.

Essex County Republican Party Committee Chairman Shaun Gillilland, who also serves as vice chair of the board of supervisors, said the county has a constitutional right to appeal the decision.

“They haven’t come up with any reason before the judge as to why they want to look at these,” Gillilland said. “And we are going to go forward.”

Kosmider argues the ballots do not contain information that would identify the voter.

“I wonder how Mr. Gillilland reads private information on these?” Kosmider said. “You can’t!”

Kosmider said she has retained an attorney in appellate court, and is prepared for the appeals process.

NO STATE GUIDANCE Manning has said the county wants to err on the side of caution because current FOIL law is poorly written and contains little clarity on electronic records.

At the time the lawsuit was filed, the county’s two election commissioners had broken ranks: Whitney, who left office in December, was in favor of releasing the information; McGahay disagreed.

New York State Board of Elections commissioners are also divided.

Douglas Kellner, a Democrat, agrees with the advisory opinion by Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, that the records should be released.

But the three other commissioners disagree. >> See RULING | pg. 15

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CCE marks successes in Adirondack Harvest program

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WESTPORT — Chapters of Adirondack Harvest met last week to elect officials and discuss events and its membership drive for the upcoming year.

The Adirondack Park-wide meeting was held in Westport at Cornell Cooperative Extension offices here with regional voices weighing in via live webcast.

Chapters include the Clinton, Essex and Franklin County farmers and artisans along with a southern chapter encompassing Warren, Saratoga and Washington counties.

Formed by Cornell Cooperative Extension in 2001, Adirondack Harvest is just part of what the Cornell University farm and agricultural extension agency does, its focus centered on education and research.

CCE Manager Laurie Davis said the budget for Adirondack Harvest administration came in slightly more than $2,000 for 2016 and would likely sustain similar spending this year.

But a smart growth grant award to CCE, which was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last April for Adirondack Harvest Technology Expansion, provided $74,772 for Cornell Cooperative to use in updating the local farmers’ and producers’ consortium’s website.

The three-year grant program, Davis said, is being used to improve the website and farmers’ access and presence on the Internet.

The improvements include information about Community Supported Agriculture, wood forest products, an Essex County food guide and access to consistent branding.

“You’re all members and this is your website,” Davis said to about two dozen gathered in Westport and around the Ad-

irondack Park.

The meeting was co-chaired by the Southern Chapter chairwoman Teresa Whalen in Warren County where, she said, they are exploring placement of a food hub similar to the new hub established in Essex here last year.

In Franklin County, Richard L. Gast, a CCE program educator, said work continues on the northern portion of the Cuisine Trail, which he says has an opportunity to tie into Adirondack Harvest branding.

In Clinton County, Adirondack Harvest developed Meet Your Farmer events with immense success last year, according to CCE gardening specialist Amy Ivy, who spoke for the group.

Clinton County Adirondack Harvest has organized a Food From the Farm spring gathering for March 4 to include local chefs, farmers, and live music.

Success in Essex County counted the new Adirondack Harvest Festival which drew a large and engaged crowd last September.

Membership costs farms and producers $25 annually. Last year, Adirondack Harvest mapped 53 regional farmers mar-

Essec County officials okay nutrition building design specs State grant funds must be used by end of year

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Lawmakers have signed off on the design specs for the county’s new senior meal nutrition kitchen.

The Essex County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted to award a contract to Architectural Engineering Design Associates for $95,061 for surveying and schematic and final design specs, among other pre-construction services.

Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah) questioned the design costs for the $1.2 million building, which is slated to be constructed at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport.

“That seems like an exorbitant amount of money to build a cookie-cutter building,” said Scozzafava. “I don’t pay that much to build wastewater systems.”

County Manager Dan Palmer said the Plattsburgh-based firm delivered the most cost-effective offer out of five bidders.

One bid came in lower, but failed to deliver some items, Palmer said.

The highest bid was $109,873.

“Six percent project cost is not a lot for the engineer,” Palmer said. “I don’t think it’s out of line, I think it’s appropriate.”

The county has not yet hired an engineer for the 3,689-square-foot structure.

Palmer said the county will lose their $500,000 state grant if they don’t use the funds by December.

James Monty (R-Lewis) noted lawmakers first started examining the project nearly a year ago, and work needed to be authorized now if the county wanted to meet the timeline.

“I really think it’s critical for us to move on this,” Monty said.

Lawmakers had previously explored other ways to mitigate the mold issues at the senior meal nutrition site kitchen in Elizabethtown, including quarantining the mold through partitions and building a modular structure on the same Court Street parcel.

The county will use $500,000 from their forestry account to help fund the project.

kets and 100 farm stands throughout the region.

Local farmers, however, may be outgrowing the education and research nest at CCE now 16 years into the cooperative’s effort to develop a robust small farming economy here.

The newly formed Adirondack Farmer’s Coalition was established to work on policy issues related to the Farm Bill, according to Steven Googin, farmer and founder of the North Country Creamery.

Their efforts may seek to expand the scope of the Adirondack Harvest brand, which, under the aegis of CCE, cannot work on policy or distribution systems.

Farmers last week agreed to form a caucus to discuss ways to broaden Adirondack Harvest as an organization, which could mean pulling it away from its education and research pretext.

CCE formed Adirondack Harvest about 16 years ago as an incubator movement to attract new farmers and coordinate farm markets under unified branding in the region.

The effort has achieved steady growth since.

Chapters in western Adirondack counties of St. Lawrence, Lewis and Jefferson were made part of a combined Western Chapter last week.

Cornell Cooperative is currently looking for an agriculture resource educator, a full-time person. The post requires a Master’s Degree. As posted on the Cornell Cooperative Extension website, it would pay $47,500.

Davis said job applications are being accepted through Feb. 22 with hopes to begin interviews in March.

Above: Farmers from Essex and Clinton counties joined counterparts from around the Adirondacks for a regional meeting of Adirondack Harvest chapters last week.

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From page 1 LACK OF INVENTORY A proper inventory was not conducted of the land, said Janeway, namely when it comes to roads and the condition of preexisting infrastructure on the parcel.

The road aspect is critical because the ability of the land to withstand recreational use is the fulcrum central to the Wild Forest versus Wilderness debate.

“That detailed fact should have been there in the public record, and then have everyone look at it,” said Janeway, who has emerged as one of the APA’s fiercest critics since the process concluded last December.

Due to this dearth of information, said others, participants at the public hearings couldn’t agree on a baseline of facts and were forced to engage in education campaigns among their respective bases, which in turn led to polarization and tension.

“The paradox isn’t an either-or, it isn’t weighing one against the other,” said Hamilton County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Farber, a member of the Access the Adirondacks coalition.

The group of government officials, environmental groups and local stakeholders was convened by the Sun Community News, Adirondack Daily Enterprise and the Adirondack Explorer as a forum to discuss broader issues related to the classification without the advocacy that characterized the public hearing process.

During those hearings, stakeholders were given three-minute increments to make their case to the APA, the state agency tasked with compiling the comments before recommending a classification package.

The divisive affair was packed with theatrics and pageantry, and drew tens of thousands of written and oral comments.

Pete Nelson, co-founder of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates, said it was “empirically false” to pit sides against each other.

“We can do better,” he said. “We can do that, and that’s what we need to do.”

Jason Kemper, chair of the New York State Conservation Fund Advisory Board, said ordinarily, Finch Pruyn would have given

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a data set to the Nature Conservancy, which would have been passed to the state Department of Environmental Conservation and APA. But Kemper, who also is the director of planning in Saratoga County, said he spent a significant amount of time and money trying to personally survey the landscape, hiking the parcel and even hiring someone to map the site with a drone.

Instead of discussion, Kemper said participants wasted valuable time “just trying to show everybody what was on the ground.”

NO PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE Stakeholders also said the lack of a preferred alternative by the APA was problematic, and a consensus emerging among stakeholders suggests the ultimate classification decision may be preordained from Albany.

It’s a viewpoint given wings by comments offered by former APA Commission Richard Booth last spring when he said the evidence allowed to be presented to agency staff was “rigidly controlled” by the governor’s office.

“The process was clearly flawed,” said Peter Bauer, executive director of Protect the Adirondacks. “We don’t think it complied with state law.”

Bauer said the APA learned little from the Essex Chain of Lakes process.

“The decision was made in Albany, not in Ray Brook — and we’re seeing a replay in the Boreas Pond classification,” said Bauer, who urged the governor to use facts, science and public sentiment when making a decision — not “just muscling through with his political power.”

Janeway said the state may restore some of its credibility by allowing the public to weigh evidence prior to the decision, as well as offer several more alternatives.

“We need a new and improved and more comprehensive and holistic process,” Janeway said. “I would hope there are lessons to be learned from this.”

The APA, which declined to send a representative to the forum, did not immediately respond for comment for this article.

A spokesman for the governor’s office defended the public

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“Any of the 1,200 individuals who attended the eight public meetings, each running several hours long with hundreds of speakers, would agree that APA’s public involvement process has been extensive and inclusive of all opinions,” said Leo Rosales, the spokesman. “In fact, APA’s robust public process continues with the agency carefully reviewing each of the 11,000 comments received. There is no question that the upcoming decision on the future of Boreas Ponds will be based on public comments, science and facts and not on the falsehoods a few headline grabbers would want you to believe.”

NEEDS MORE MANAGEMENT The forum, attended by about 60 residents, was a largely civil affair with few fireworks despite the participants often being at loggerheads with one another.

Stakeholders also said overuse of recreational facilities — particularly in the High Peaks, which has been well publicized in recent months following a number of high-profile incidents — has reached critical mass and must be addressed.

A study by the Wilderness Conservation Society released last year revealed even hiking has detrimental effects on the environment.

At the same time, the state tax cap has resulted in spending at state agencies, including the DEC, kept flat despite increased visitation to the region.

Safeguards must be put in place to ensure the Boreas Ponds Tract is protected regardless of the exact classification, stakeholders said.

“There is under-management and under-stewardship,” said Roger Dziengeleski, a retired Finch Pruyn vice president and senior forester. “They’re not taking care of those trails the way they should be.”

Dziengeleski said the land flourished under Finch’s ownership because the company invested in the proper stewardship resources.

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cy, the 20,578-acre parcel hosted more trees than before Finch owned it, he said.

“It’s hard to conceive how the land could be in better shape after 100 years of industrial ownership and management, but I suppose that is the case,” Dziengeleski said.

The state needs to budget more money for stewardship, he said, and train visitors to recognize invasive species and other abnormal behavior.

“We want those users to feel like they’re owners,” he said.

Janeway said the state has dropped the ball on its responsibilities.

“It’s a shame how the state of New York has taken care of these resources,” Janeway said. “We need world-class management.”

BETTER PLANNING The stakeholders also broadly agreed that more comprehensive regional planning is needed, and use often transcends just Wilderness or Wild Forest classifications.

Janeway called for state and local agencies to conduct complex planning that pulls together all stakeholders.

“We should change how we do planning in the Adirondacks,” Janeway said. “That allows for a more comprehensive approach.”

Farber agreed: “Somehow, we have to, as the Adirondacks, get our head wrapped around how we can do this better.”

Participants also discussed the proposed Gateway to the Adirondacks project in North Hudson and ramifications of removing the dam at LaBier Flow, a sticking point during the public comment period.

Panelists generally agreed that the landscape would be altered, but were unclear as to what effect.

“Ecologically, the area would be transformed dramatically,” said Dziengeleski, predicting 100 acres of sensitive wetlands would be lost alongside brook trout populations.

Nelson said more study is needed: “From a scientific stand-

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As the state considers a classification package for Boreas Ponds, a panel of Adirondack experts discussed the broader ramifications of the debate in Schroon Lake on Thursday, Feb. 2.

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point, we don’t know.”

COMPROMISE? Despite the forward-looking tack of the panel, some advocacy did trickle into the discussion.

Wilderness advocates said wilderness is a globally declining asset and must be obtained whenever possible.

“Wilderness is something we can take advantage of,” said Nelson, citing studies of federal lands in the western U.S. that reveal environmental protection can co-exist alongside economically vibrant communities.

Dan Plumley, of Adirondack Wild, said there are plenty of opportunities in the region to experience recreation allowed on Wild Forest, and compromise must be examined in the broader

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context of how rare the opportunity presents itself to acquire such a large parcel of Wilderness.

“We have those resources in those towns right now,” Plumley said. “What we don’t have in that 30 mile radius from Boreas Ponds are hardly a handful of remote wild ponds where the silence of nature is pre-eminent.”

“The compromise is the fact we need to look at it in context.”

Bauer said compromise is keeping the Gulf Brook Road open and using it as a boundary between Wilderness and Wild Forest, which “maintains the dignity of the State Land Master Plan” while also providing recreational access.

Ron Moore, supervisor of North Hudson, said the plan supported by Access the Adirondacks is already a compromise because the alternative contains an even split of Wild Forest and Wilderness.

“I don’t really have a compromise beyond that, I’m happy to say,” Moore said.

Essex County is home to twice as much Wilderness as Wild Forest, he said.

“We want to protect the environment as much as Peter Bauer and Willie Janeway do,” Moore said. “We feel we have compromised. That’s where we’re at, and that’s where we were from the beginning.”

Nelson added: “Ron Moore is right when he says his position is not extreme.”

NEXT STEP The APA will discuss the classification package at its monthly meeting in Ray Brook this week.

On the agenda is the review of classification criteria alongside the physical and biological characteristics of the tract.

Agency staff will also review “intangible considerations and describe established facilities and structures present on the Boreas Ponds Tract as well as review retained rights and leases.”

No action will be taken at the meeting, said the APA.

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he Superbowl has truly become The Event the vast majority of us looks forward to each year as it brings the nation and even many parts of the world to a standstill.

Watching fantastic athletes compete at the highest level has been popular since ancient times, and various games have entertained us for thousands of years. Today through technology millions viewed this modern day event, and that reach means more than just big bucks.

It’s a big deal for the host city of Houston, meaning it’s a really big deal for the local economy as visitors spend on hotels, entertainment, food and drink. The average ticket price was over $6,000 and more elaborate package deals, with pre- and post-game parties, food, drinks and entertainment, can run thousands more. For bargain hunters, events at the stadium kick off a week before the game itself. You can buy tickets to Super Bowl Opening Night for as little as $20 to watch the players and coaches meet with members of the media. For $699 you could attend a fancy tailgating event with NFL players that also has an open bar, DJ and catering by celebrity chef Guy Fieri.

This condensed super event provides a platform representing more than just a game between the two playoff finalists of the NFL season and more than just an economic boost to the host city. The platform now seems to embody the American spirit and everything that our freedom represents all in one nice super charged bundle.

Capitalism, athletics, humor, entertainment, freedom, patriotism, team work, faith, politics, commitment, pride of accomplishment, support for others and a never say die attitude. It’s all on display for a few hours.

So many of these games end up being predictable blow outs and this one appeared headed in that direction at half time, but in true American spirit, the game reminded us that when things look the darkest, when all hope might be lost, there are those among us who refuse to give in to the negativity or the odds and persevere through the distractions.

Regardless of which team you hitched your wagon to at the beginning of the year or even at the beginning of the game, a competitively staged event with an ending such as this one provided, allows us all to come away >> SEE ALEXANDER | pg. 7

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Trump’s travel ban: All the wrong moves

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hile President Trump’s exCOMMENTARY ecutive order banning refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries has quickly evoked widespread opposition, outrage and challenging lawsuits here and abroad, it also fails miserably as effective foreign Why it is bad policy and domestic policy.

At the same time, it has insulted, diRobert minished and endangered the thouHarsh sands of peaceful, productive and patriColumnist otic Muslim refugees finally settled here into secure family lives away from the nightmare horrors of their former confinement in bombarded homelands and barely livable refugee camps. (Muslim-Americans living in the New York City area include 900 NYPD officers.)

Apart from the shameful inhumanity of an arrogant, bullying president and his surrounding nativist ideologues, it seems evident that informed, nuanced understanding of Muslim faith and practice is too often absent or ignored in this self-righteous circle of power.

Moreover, the call for even more rigorous vetting of refugees misses the point that the president himself would likely not be allowed to pass through even the current numerous levels of security checks due to his own complex history of legal jeopardy, his uncivil misconduct, his sword-rattling militarism and his persistent defiance of Constitutional principles in his war against even legal immigration.

Likewise, the president’s costly insistence on walling us off from one of our three most important trading partners is more costly bluster than political/economic wisdom.

Moreover, it’s hard to imagine how this strategy and the refugee ban can in any way “make America great again” while working Americans may be faced with purchasing $17,000 cars for $20,000 due to an unnecessary trade war with Mexico assessing tariffs on auto parts produced there.

Kicking refugee victims of nightmare aggression in the teeth of their desperation while forcing American citizens to pay for a Mexican wall neither they nor Congress have voted to build are policy choices as thoughtless and self-defeating as they are inhumane and mean-spirited.

We — all of us — are at our worst when we ignore, diminish and even

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destroy the lives of others who might stand in the way of our bullying the world into what we think it should be.

Instead, we are at our best when we build cooperative worlds out of empathy, concern and understanding for others unlike ourselves.

This is Sigmund Freud’s existential, persisting choice between aggression and love, as unavoidable as it is challenging in both politics and everyday life. Thus our own country where: • One in six schoolchildren go to school hungry; • One in eight children are homeless; • One in four families turn to food shelves at least once a month; • Gun violence by both citizens and police is a persistent death threat; • Meager minimum wages leave many workers trapped in poverty; and • More citizens are incarcerated than in any other country worldwide.

This country may not itself seem as welcoming as other places for refugees desperate to live through their worst of times without insults to their deeply-held religious beliefs or diminishment of their substantial professional skills and work ethics.

Clearly, charity has not begun here at home even for many of our nativeborn fellow Americans.

And so, considering all this now in biblical perspective, wouldn’t it reinforce the best instincts in our universal human nature to listen with open minds and hopeful spirits to the prophet Jeremiah comforting a refugee Israel: “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” or to more often recall Jesus’ imperative (in three of the four gospels) to “suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not?”

And then, in that welcoming embrace and looking deeply into the eyes of others’ children as cherished as our own, find the faces of all our Gods in all our faiths beckoning us not to look away in fear and hatred.

Robert Harsh is a graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary and has worked as associate editor of Christianity and Crisis magazine. In 2015, he served as a convener of three book discussion groups in the Muslim Journeys program co-sponsored by the American Library Association, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Clinton-Essex-Franklin [New York] Counties Library System.

LETTERS

LiesÊ matter

ElusiveÊ Elise

To the Editor: A campaign characterized by blatantly racist and misogynistic bluster has now metamorphosed into a presidency in which certain staffers are compelled to embrace “alternative facts” as the new norm.

Donald J. Trump has always been an egomaniacal charlatan and we have now witnessed his transformation into the paranoid provocateur-in-chief. Indeed, he has already proclaimed that his autocratic reign will consume the country’s next eight years — no need for campaign, nomination and election processes going forward.

To be succinct, the man is profoundly dangerous.

That said, it is absolutely critical that members of the Fourth Estate rein in Trump’s proclivity for rant and provocation and further, that we the people resist his unbridled lust for bullying and prevarication. Yet again, he has brazenly and falsely maligned the press for its failure to disclose recent terrorist attacks that only he is aware of. It is absolutely imperative that he be held personally accountable for these nonsensical and divisive falsehoods. Lies matter!

Jim Haig Jay

To the Editor: Representative Elise Stefanik is on the Congressional Clmate Solutions Caucus. She says that she believes that climate change is real; climate change is obvious to anyone living in Essex County, as winters are shorter and less snowy, and the three warmer seasons are all warmer and lasting longer.

But Elise does not seem to want to solve this urgent and potentially disastrous problem. Of 6 Congressional votes on climate change issues since 2015, she has voted 5 times not to mitigate climate change. She even voted last week to allow coal mining companies to dump their waste in rivers and streams. She is rated by the League Of Conservation Voters, on overall environment-related votes, as only 9 percent effective. Harm to the climate and the environment is not good for the long-term health of the economy.

Elise Stefanik claims that she is a sensitive protector of the climate and the environment. In matching her statements with her voting record, Elise is elusive.

David Thomas-Train Keene Valley

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LewisÊ isÊ notÊ aÊ usefulÊ idiot To the Editor: Dear Mr. Corrow, Unfortunately, I realize that you are probably just another guy trying to get along, not always sharp as a tack.

I want to say that only a useless idiot would refer to John Lewis, a man whose intelligence and courage far surpass yours, and mine, as a “useful idiot.”

You have illustrated, by the way, that you do not even understand what the term meant when coined by Lenin.

And, since I can’t imagine you using that language to refer to a white man or woman, yes, you are racist, and your words are hurtful and harmful, and a departure from human decency.

Don Austin Greensboro, North Carolina

JunkÊ carÊ ordinanceÊ evidenceÊ of Ê economyÕ sÊ downwardÊ slide To the Editor: So recently I have seen a clear effort in the old Valley News to sanctify the efforts led by Chris Maron to rid the countryside of older cars.

The only experience I have had with Mr. Maron was in his function on the planning board, and I think I can fairly say that he jumps to conclusions — in the planning board hearing on the subdivision of building lots in Westport, he disputed the effect of a long-ago recorded land contract giving me first rights of refusal — unsupported by the facts.

1. Westport has no working garage (McGee’s offers limited repairs, and the Hance Garage is in Essex). I have never seen any effort by the town to remedy this.

2. The price of scrap metal is very low.

3. Often it takes some time to match up vehicle A with vehicle A (such as Ford Rangers).

In all, it would seem that it’s just further evidence of the downward slide of the local economy. For example, ditching the elected assessor and going down to a single justice may yield short-term gains but in the long run represents a total erosion of sound government.

Perhaps the entire town board should resign and allow a snap election?

William Kuntz Elizabethtown

NationalismÊ aÊ double-edgedÊ sword To the Editor: (In response to “Trump, Hitler parallels ‘uncanny’” by Dr. Anthony Lawrence, Feb. 4 edition of The Sun.) His comments were quite eye-opening. Many of the similarities seem true and that alone is somewhat disturbing.

Unfortunately, as history has proven many times, people’s eyes can be open but they’re too blind to see. Here I plan to expound on one aspect of Dr. Lawrence’s letter.

Populism and nationalism are powerful political platforms. In a benevolent way, it can be extremely constructive — remember how the great number of American flags were proudly displayed nationwide after 9/11?

Remember how chants of “USA” erupted at rallies during the days that followed the devastating terrorist attack?

But looking back in history, it was indeed a malevolent and destructive force also.

Just look at pre-war Germany (1938) compared to post-war Germany (1945) — death, destruction and the discoveries of horror uncovered in the name of nationalism.

It reminds us of the motto created by Jewish groups after the horror of the Holocaust: Never again.

Just remember the mass murder on an industrial scale all began with a slogan. A seemingly innocent nationalist slogan: “Ein volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer,” or “One People, One Nation, One Leader.” This nationalist slogan sounds eerily similar to one that echoed in our ears during each 2016 campaign stop.

Remember this adage: “Be careful what you wish for!”

Kenneth J. Sausa Lake Placid

ThanksÊ forÊ DineÊ UnitedÊ supportÊ To the Editor: United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. partnered with several area restaurants from Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties to hold the “DINE UNITED” event on Jan. 26, 2017. The event was a success and helped raise funds to be distributed to 44 health and human service agencies in the tricounty area. The United Way would like to send a heartfelt thank you to the participating patrons and restaurants who joined us in this community event.

The support from the participating restaurants will touch all walks of life from southern Essex County to northern Clinton County to western Franklin County and all points in between. Again thank you for your generosity.

Kathy Snow United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. Plattsburgh

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Ô WeÊ areÊ notÊ obstructingÊ forÊ theÊ sakeÊ of Ê obstructingÕ To the Editor: (In response to “Defense versus offense” by Dan Alexander, The Valley News Sun, Jan. 28 edition.)

Lots of people during the campaign said, “Wait!” Out-of-the-box change might be good! He doesn’t really mean those awful things he says! He is a billionaire, doesn’t owe anything to anybody, how great is that? He is a successful businessman, he knows how to run things!

Some waited, only to find out that when a house is on fire, it doesn’t help much to tell the firemen: “Let’s just wait until we are sure the house will burn down.”

It is not a matter of wishing that the Trump administration will fail, it has already done so, spectacularly. In one week, this administration has not only brought despair and fear to millions of people who thought that the words on our Statue of Liberty actually meant something, but also the rest of the world into a state of utter disbelief with the incompetence of our present government.

You ask if we are at war with ourselves. No — we are at war with showmanship, incompetence, and “alternative” realities.

Burn down the government? That was the hyperbole of one speaker among millions from all over the world. No, rather, spraying the administration with huge doses of protest and defiance and court cases and lobbying and everything else we can muster. Perhaps we can save enough to rebuild something with some degree of integrity at some future date.

Mr. Alexander: we are not obstructing for the sake of obstructing. You can be assured that we would much rather work on whatever it is that brings us joy. We are obstructing and protesting because it is the right thing to do at this time. There are people, a planet, not to mention a great nation to defend. And protest we will.

Katharine Preston Essex

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inspired with the simple gift of hope.

Hope in ourselves, hope in our efforts, hope for our team next year and yes, even hope for our country to once again united behind all the common issues that bring us together. Competition and respect for each other somehow meld into a common bond that resonates in each of us I know it may sound corny to some to think of a game like the Superbowl as a metaphor for America, but this simple game reminds us of our roots. We are reminded of the hard work and sacrifices our fore fathers endured, the overwhelming odds they faced in establishing this country and the pride we still feel today for what America represents.

In this case, the Pats and even Lady Gaga proved an important point; If we are willing to work together and believe in ourselves there are no fears or obstacles that we can not overcome.

Dan Alexander may be reached at dan@suncommunitynews.com.

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he North Country SPCA would like to announce an upcoming event that is positively mystifying! Join us at the Cascade Ski Center in Lake Placid on Sunday, Feb. 26 from 4-6 p.m. for an evening of magic and bedazzlement that is sure to entertain both adults and children alike.

Gary Ferrar is an acclaimed mentalist and magician who is as comfortable headlining for multi-billion dollar companies as he is performing for a casual rooftop event. He’s performed on Fox News and America’s Got Talent, and serves as a magic consultant for national television commercials and theater productions. Whether it’s a room full of skeptics, intellectuals, or magic enthusiasts, Gary keeps his audiences enthralled! You can enjoy the show for a $20 donation (adults) or $45 for a family. Children 6-16 are $10 and under 6 are free. The cost includes a chili dinner as well as the show.

Our featured pet this week is Poukita, an absolutely adorable Chihuahua-mix who loves to be cuddled — she’s happiest being your favorite lap warmer and showing you with attention. Poukita gets along great with people of all ages, but she really would like to be queen of her domain.

She would prefer to go to a home where she doesn’t have to share the spotlight with any other furry family members — this little girl has such a terrific personality, she certainly will shine wherever she goes. If you are looking for a lap-sized dog with a super-sized heart, Poukita is the girl for you!

COMMENTARY

Online Education Can fix retention problem Satesh Bidaisee Columnist

The recent growth of online education has been astounding. Last year, 35 million people signed up for at least one online class. That’s more than double the previous year’s enrollment.

The popularity of online learning is easy to understand. Today, students have access to well over 4,000 courses in a wide array of subjects, from chemistry to philosophy to graphic design. They participate at a time and place that suits their schedule. Many courses are free.

There is, however, a serious problem currently keeping online education from reaching its full potential -- low retention rates.

About 90 percent of enrollees in “MOOCS” -- short for “Massive Open Online Courses,” which have unlimited registration and are the most popular online education product -- drop out within two weeks.

The key to solving this problem? Making MOOCs more interactive. While MOOCs can never perfectly replicate the in-person back-and-forth of traditional brick-and-mortar schools, they can capitalize on modern technologies that empower students to more intimately engage with the material, their instructors, and their peers.

It’s no surprise that so few online learners finish. Few MOOC platforms include features that allow students to collaborate or ask questions in real time. Students are often expected to just click play on a lecture video, sit back, and passively learn.

They’re stuck studying alone, with no sense of belonging to a broader community. If they find a lesson especially challenging, there’s no one to boost their morale or guide them over the hump.

It’s easy to lose motivation.

Meanwhile, interactivity is the rule at traditional schools. Students can raise their hands in class and interrupt their teachers to ask questions. They can go to a professor’s office hours for further clarification. They join study groups and mentorship programs.

And all the extracurricular activities integral to college life -- clubs and sororities and sports teams -- further strengthen students’ social networks to keep them motivated and working.

Some of the highest MOOC retention rates can be found at institutions that have invested in interactive technologies.

Harvard University, for instance, set up small virtual discussion groups supervised by a Harvard Law teaching fellow for an online course on copyright law.

Out of 500 enrollees, about half took the final exam -- a completion rate that’s well above the norm.

Online learning is transforming lives all over the world. But too many students don’t finish what they’ve started. MOOC providers need to create more engaging, interactive experiences. That’s the best way to boost completion rates -- and ensure that students take full advantage of this revolutionary new way to learn.

Satesh Bidaisee is an Associate Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies at St. George’s University, Grenada.

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From page 1 Heroin, in particular, puts a major human and financial strain on the system, said Clinton County Department of Social Services Commissioner John Redden.

Officials had just gotten a grip on curbing meth before opiates took their place.

“We never got to a stable spot before the opioids,” Redden said.

Addicts have turned to heroin as a cheap alternative to prescription medication, which has been subjected to increased safeguards in recent years, including the creation of a statewide prescription tracking database and reformulations to make abuse more difficult.

The northeast is getting hit particularly hard, Pond said, and neighboring counties are feeling the same pinch.

The state has made culling the epidemic a chief priority.

The governor last year signed a comprehensive reform package into law and aims to build on the momentum this year with proposals to increase access to recovery programs and insurance reforms, among other measures.

But the drug continues to be stubbornly entrenched.

STRUGGLING WITH NEED While kids are entering the foster care system at an increased clip — there are intakes daily, say social services officials — the number of foster homes are not keeping pace with demand.

Between 2012 and 2015, the number of foster homes in Franklin County increased from 38 to 52.

But the number can be misleading because 30 of those are those of relatives, leaving just 22 homes to accept the others.

“There’s clearly not enough to meet the demand,” Pond said.

“There is an urgent need for foster parents in the county. It’s very difficult with a community with limited resources to manage those issues.”

As of December, Essex County had 31 kids under the supervision of the department of social services, and Clinton County had 113 in foster care of May 1, 2016.

“We always struggle,” said Redden.

The reasons underpinning the shortage are similar to those that plague other programs in the region, including the dearth of emergency service technicians and home health care aides.

Many people are simply too busy to take in children. Others are certified, but many are no longer taking children into homes due to declining state reimbursement rates.

Clinton County, for instance, had just $2 million budgeted for 2016 once residential and school placements had been factored in.

Additional stressors include higher needs children coming into care, say officials. And then there are the state and federal regulations that are always hanging.

Children removed from parental custody always have somewhere to go — and placement at any home is intended to be temporary until the parent gets back on track.

But Bernardi, the United Way director, said sending kids outside of the region is not an ideal solution, and private foster homes are preferred over group homes and other institutional settings.

“When care is needed, we want to keep kids in their own communities — including schools,” Bernardi said.

(However, some may be funneled to psychiatric residential center when intense behavioral, emotional, psychological needs might be beyond the capacity of a family to meet, he said.)

ONCE THE KIDS LEAVE HOME… Once removed from parental custody, case workers immediately get to work on placing the children in a safe setting.

Whenever possible, authorities try to place children with family members.

About 40 percent of children in Franklin County are placed with a relative or with “fictive kin” — other individuals who, while unrelated by blood, are part of the family’s extended network.

Often, this translates to grandparents raising their grandchildren, Pond said.

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verwhelmed by the screen time battle? Nervous about the things to which your children have access on their devices? Or more unsettling, who has access to your children? Concerned about behavior changes after too much screen time? Unsure what to do about it?

You are not alone.

Most parents have good intentions when it comes to digital

The need for foster parents is spiking across the North Country, said local officials, who are exploring avenues to navigate a shortage they have referred to as a crisis. Pictured here: Hannah and Bradley Provost, of Plattsburgh, with their two girls, who they fostered before their eventual adoption.

The next preferred option is to place the children into a safe foster home within the community.

The ultimate goal, say adoption officials, is ultimately family reunification, and the social service agencies always work to establish a sense of permanency for the child.

But if the child was removed due to substance abuse, the road for parents to regain custody may be paved with obstacles — like relapses, for instance. Or periods of incarceration.

If the parental situation isn’t resolved by the 12 month mark, authorities must also explore if kids are going home.

And further placing a stress on agencies is when entire families enter the system, which is becoming increasingly common.

Clinton County, Redden said, often struggles with placing sibling groups — especially as they grow older, when kids become more difficult to place.

“You always try to place siblings together, and try to place them in the same school district,” Redden said. “It’s traumatic enough being removed from your parents no matter what the situation is.”

Bernardi said family disintegration isn’t limited to just families.

Loss of custody is also disruptive to school settings. And the child’s learning and development is interrupted by entering and leaving school systems, an additional layer of trauma.

LOOKING OUTWARD Counties are now enlisting outside firepower to link children with welcoming homes.

Essex County has partnered with the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, a statewide nonprofit, to provide the service.

Berkshire, which operates in every county in the state, opened an office on Water Street in Elizabethtown last month.

Essex County now refers all placement calls to the agency.

“One of the reasons we contracted with Berkshire is we couldn’t recruit and maintain the number of foster families to support the number of kids coming in,” said Sue Ann Caron, Essex County’s Department of Social Services Deputy Commissioner.

Essex County Berkshire Specialist Kathleen Schoolcraft is part of a team now aggressively recruiting local foster parents.

“We have a dire need for folks to sign up and be foster parents,” Schoolcraft said.

Fostering isn’t as simple as linking a child with a guardian and signing off: All prospective parents must undergo a comprehensive training and certification program, a 10-week process.

Berkshire is currently working with three couples and two individuals in sessions held at the Hand House in Elizabethtown.

Fostering isn’t always an easy undertaking, said Schoolcraft.

Taking in a child requires patience, dedication and sensitivity to past trauma, including abuse and neglect.

Schoolcraft, who lives in Willsboro, was inspired to enter the field after her daughter became a foster parent to several children several years ago.

Through her, Schoolcraft said she has a keen insight into the needs of the children, which in turn helps her equip parents with the tools to build strength, fulfill their own needs, and otherwise be great parents.

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devices for their children. But fast-changing technology and the social media explosion have made it challenging to know how to keep children safe and healthy while allowing them to benefit from smart phones, tablets and laptops.

As research becomes available, one thing is becoming more clear everyday: unrestricted access to digital devices is not healthy for children.

If you are trying to figure out how to lead your children in the digital age, let MacMan Ken Hughes guide you through the first steps of setting up parental controls and creating a healthy space for screen time in your household.

Ken will offer a free workshop at the center on Monday, Feb. 13, at 6:30 p.m. Bring yours and your children’s devices so you can learn hands-on how to implement safe boundaries.

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Her daughter’s 10-year-old recently got into an incident at school.

“I have a hard life,” the kid recalled, and said he wanted to keep his past trauma close.

Schoolcraft’s daughter asked the child to write a list of 10 things in his life that are now positive while also keeping an eye on the past.

“From that moment on, his behavior was stellar,” she said.

During the training process, families also build strong ties with their peers, and often develop a support network.

Training is continuous, and specialists visit foster parents every two weeks. Berkshire, who works with 536 families across the state, also helps facilitate daycare assistance, medical insurance and monthly compensation to aid with expenses.

As the children heal, so do their birth parents, who are getting help as they seek to regain custody, working with family specialists to help rectify the issues causing their child to be removed from the household.

“Their parents are offered as much help as the children,” Schoolcraft said.

Berkshire works as a team toward the ultimate goal of reunification.

The average length of stay is 13 months, and just 3 percent of youth age out of Berkshire’s foster care system when they become of age.

“The overall goal is always permanency,” Schoolcraft said.

“With that in mind, sometimes it doesn’t go that way.”

HAPPY FAMILY Permanent placement could eventually lead to formal adoption.

Hannah and Bradley Provost were having trouble conceiving.

After reading about the need for foster families, the Plattsburgh couple underwent a training course, which helped them mentally prepare for the process.

“You certainly leave the class with a much clearer idea of if you want to be a foster parent,” said Hannah.

Six months after becoming certified, the couple welcomed two little girls into their home in June 2013.

They immediately bonded with the sassy duo, who were aged 6 and 4 when the Sun spoke with Hannah in April.

“They drive us crazy just like any kid drives their parent crazy,” Hannah said.

Two years later, they formally adopted the girls.

The children are aware of their story — and they are okay with that.

Hannah, 27, admits the discussion will get more complex as time goes on.

“But they know they’re loved by a lot of people,” she said. “It’s worked out really well for us.”

Pond, the Franklin County support coordinator, said he understands the process can be intimidating for prospective parents.

Getting involved needn’t require full fostering, he said, and mentors are also needed.

Hannah noted not only married heterosexual couples need apply. Fostering is open to anybody who feels as if they have the ability to be a parent, even those past the traditional age and gay couples.

Anyone considering fostering should attend seminars.

“Talk to a social worker, and ask for referral to other parents,” Hannah said. “Keep an open mind and do some research to see if it’s right for you.”

Redden admitted fostering isn’t for everyone.

“It takes a special individual and a special family to become foster parents,” he said, “and it takes a special family to open their homes and these hearts to take in these kids.”

While the North Country has historically been light on resources, stakeholders here have forged a strong network between the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Pond said.

Those relationships are critical to survival, he said.

“We don’t have money to solve these problems,” Pond said.

“All we have is each other.”

For more info on Berkshire Farm Center and becoming a foster parent, call 1-844-281-9588 or visit berkshirefarm.org.

Topics Ken will cover include: creating a safe environment, earning screen time, age-appropriate responsibilities/ privileges, acceptable use rules, device restrictions settings, parental controls, iCloud Family Share and wifi router management.

Open pickleball for adults is offered on Mondays and Tuesdays in the ELCS Auditorium from 6 - 8 p.m. as the school schedule allows. Check the Facebook group “Social Center Pickleball & Tennis” for updates.

The Pleasant Valley Chorale rehearses Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Kye Perry offers Zumba class on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 5:15 p.m.

On Thursday, Feb. 16, the writers group meets at 1 p.m. and the American Legion meets at 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 17, is Black Light Night: teen members and their guests decorate the center to glow under black lights and Kye leads Zumba!

Teen rec hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., Friday 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday 2 p.m. until 9 p.m.

For more information, visit elizabethtownsocialcenter.org or call 873-6408.

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TROY — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) was very busy at their quarterly executive committee meeting, held Jan. 27, with their biggest decision already impacting baseball coaches throughout Section VII. The committee voted to institute a pitch count rule throughout the 11 sections that make up NYSPHSAA, which will go into effect at the start of the 2017 season.

For programs in Section VII, there is a lot of concern over the new rule, which ties days of rest to number of pitches thrown. For example, a varsity pitcher who throws 96-105 pitches (or more, if they throw their 105th pitch in the middle of an at-bat) will have to sit for days before they are allowed to pitch again.

“The safety of our student-athletes is always the number one objective and the pitch count will help protect some of our pitchers arms,” said Stephen Broadwell, Willsboro Central School superintendent and past president of NYSPHSAA. “There has been a great deal of research conducted regarding this regulation and overall the perspective is it will help protect our athletes from overuse at an early age.

“This was a National Federation rule that New York is compelled to implement. The state baseball committee spend a great deal of time creating the current rule and they will continue to study and potentially revise it in the upcoming years.”

The level of concern seems to be spread.

“Ron (Rossi) and I have always been aware of pitch counts,” Lake Placid head coach Brian Brandes said. “He keeps a counter every game and we have the iscore ap to check accuracy.

We never set strict limits, but certain benchmarks lead us to conversations between innings with pitchers. Depending on age, experience, and amount previous work (within the past few days), we usually chatted with pitchers after the 50, 75, and 90 pitches. After 90, we would plan on when to replace him. After 100 (rare cases), we had another pitcher ready.”

“We have used pitch counts at Plattsburgh High School since 2004 as a monitoring technique,” said Hornets coach Jim Manchester, who also represents Section VII baseball at the state level. “We believe that is a much more effective gauge than innings pitched and we are protective of pitchers’ arms early in the season.”

“I have been using a pitch counter now for the last eight years,” AuSable Valley coach Randy Douglas said. “I usually ask a parent or one of the substitute players to click the counter. Honestly, I do think it’s a good idea and I am all in favor of the new regulations. Over using a high school kid’s arm can be devastating to them in all their future endeavors.”

“I keep a pretty accurate pitch count on my pitchers, just for the safety of the pitchers and their arms,” said Chazy coach Brian Norcross. “I will have to wait for the season to be completed to see how I feel about the new rule. It may be a great thing, or something I would want completely revamped. I think we will be fine because I have quite a few pitchers this season.”

However, Minerva/Newcomb coach Matt Winslow, who said he has not been using pitch counts, said the rule will create several issues for his team.

“Every kid and their arms are different,” Winslow said.

“Unless I see something that lets me know a pitcher is done, I rely on the pitcher to tell me how they feel. Most of our teams only have one or two quality pitchers.”

AuSable Valley pitcher Aaron O’Neill delivers to the plate last season.

For the coming baseball season, pitchers in New York State will be on a pitch count at all levels.

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While Brandes uses pitch counts, he agreed with Winslow that each player is different.

“Our philosophy on pitchers is that they are all different,” he said. “Some shouldn’t go more than 60 - 70. Others can handle a larger load. Very few have the “rubber arms” that can throw everyday. In fact, I have had only one in the last 28 years, who won the NYS MVP in 1994.”

“We have always paid attention to the pitch count of our players,” said Ticonderoga coach Dan Dorsett. “Each season we work on strengthening our guys to be able to handle an increased pitch count, but there are numbers that each individual has that we would not exceed.”

Manchester said he can empathize with the smaller schools.

“The pitch count rule will be an issue for smaller squads,” Manchester said. “It will force teams to develop more pitchers. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to get through a season with two or three guys logging all the innings.”

“This new rule could play a problem with some smaller schools who are limited to the number of kids who can pitch,” Dorsett said. “The only changes I would recommend would be a potential increase in some of the counts already established. We will now have to attempt to develop more pitchers in the program which could take away from other player development possibly.

“Our team may have to be prepared to win games by using multiple pitchers in every game which then requires kids to move around to different defensive positions as well.”

“Absolutely, I will have to put more time in trying to de-

velop more pitchers,” Winslow said. “That takes away from everything else a coach has to prepare for in order to compete.

We will struggle with it even though I retain my pitching staff from last year.”

“I think it could pose a problem for all teams just because we have to cram so many games into such a short season,” Norcross said. “Especially this year with northern and southern schools having different spring breaks.”

“I think this will force coaches to prepare more players to pitch and force into service some who may not be ready,” Bradnes said. “Games may be longer due to increased walks and hits. It may in fact, inadvertently cancel some JV programs in small schools, or schools with many spring sport choices. If varsity teams need pitchers, they may have to take younger pitchers from the JV team.

“I will take a more hands-on approach to teaching mechanics and skill development in the younger levels,” Brandes added. “The more kids that know the mechanics, the better.”

Manchester said he is a fan of the new rule and thinks it should remain in place, as-is.

“I am good with the rule as it now stands,” he said. “I know the committee will revisit the threshold numbers after the 2017 season since this is the first year of pitch counts. This will get coaches to be conscious of leaving pitchers in the game and protecting them from overuse. It will not be an issue for PHS as we have been doing this anyway.”

As for Winslow: “Get rid of it. Most coaches use common sense with their pitchers and don’t over use them. This rule will also be hard to manage with everything else that goes on in a baseball game.”

“We as coaches all have an ace on our pitching staff that we like to count on in crucial game situations,” Douglas said.

“However, I believe that all of the coaching staffs in the CVAC and MVAC are all very cognizant as to the needs of proper rest of a young pitchers arm. The health of a high school athlete is most important to us all as coaches.”

“I believe this will create the opportunity to develop more pitchers on the baseball squad and coaches will begin working with all their players to develop pitching skills in case they are needed,” said Broadwell. “Overall, this was created for student safety.”

Coaches will have to keep a pitch track on all of their players to present prior to every game in order to ensure pitchers do not go over the allotted number of pitches without proper rest. Coaches from both teams will also have to sign the official pitch count chart, kept by the home team, following the game.

Any violation of the rule will be seen as a team using an ineligible player and the game will be forfeited. There may also be additional school or sectional penalties as well.

NYSPHSAA Pitch Counts The following is the pitch count limits for baseball pitchers at the modified, junior varsity and varsity levels, along with pitch count rules for postseason play Nights rest

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Playoffs

One

1-20

1-30

1-30

1-40

Two

21-40

31-45

31-65

41-71

Three

41-60

46-75

76-85

72-102

Four

61-75

76-85

96-105

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Boy’s basketball

Willsboro 52, Chazy 38 SARANAC LAKE — The Warriors jumoed out to a 24-2 lead in the opening eight minutes of play and cruised to a victory over the Eagles Jan. 31.

Mat Longware led the Warriors with 16 points, while Trevor Bigelow added 13, Warren Jackson 10, Jared Joslyn 8 and Cody Ahrent 5.

For the Eagles, Kyle Cahoon scored 16 points in the loss, with Alex Chapman 7, Bryan McAfee 6, McLain Dudyak 4, Bruce Panetta 3 and Bruce Juneau 2. Chazy outscored the Warriors, 36-28, over the final three quarters.

AVCS 64, Beekmantown 50 CLINTONVILLE — The Patriots outscored the Eagles, 3726, in the second half to pull away for a win Jan. 31.

Joel Martineau scored 19 points for the Patriots, while Dalton McDonald had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Parrow and Brandon Snow each scored

9 points, while Matt Pray and Mason Douglas each scored 4.

Caleb Hamilton connected on a free throw.

For the Eagles, Nick Wilson and Kenney Mabry connected on a total of seven three pointers, with Wilson scoring 18 points and Mabry 17. Cris Arzola scored 5 points and Evan Burnell added 4. Anthony Millanese, Keegan Munson and Ryan Nelson each scored 2 points.

ELCS 43. Westport 39 ELIZABETHTOWN — While the Lady Griffins played the game before, it was the Lions and Eagles breaking apart to go against each other Feb. 1.

A 16-5 run in the fourth quarter of play gave the Lions the victory over the Eagles, as Thomas Celotti led the Lions with 16 points, Sam Huttig 12, Anthony Celotti 10 and Joel Morris 5.

For the Eagles, Wyatt Gough scored 11 points with Schylar Kurth adding 10, Riley Martin 6, John Paul Looby 4 and Blake Liberi 4.

Seton Catholic 69, Keene 51

KEENE VALLEY — Seton Catholic gained the lead in a second quarter that saw the Knights outscore the Beavers, 199, as they went on to win Jan. 31.

Kevin Murray paced the Knights with 32 points as Philip Yang added 16, Tristin Turner 13, Dawson Pellerin 4, Alex Sharon 2 and Neil Yang 2.

Azriel Finsterer led a trio of Beavers in double digits with 13 points, as Damian Brown scored 12, Miles Warner 11, Josh Baldwin 8 and Antonio Finsterer 7.

ELCS 50, Johnsburg 34 ELIZABETHTOWN — A 20-6 second quarter pulled the Lions away from the Jaguars Feb. 3.

Sam Hutting led the Lions with 17 points while Anthony Celotti added 13, Noel Morris 11 and Thomas Celotti 9.

Justin Schmale was the bulk of the Jaguars offense, scoring 23 points as Dawson West added 5. >> Continued | pg. 9

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Au SABLE FORKS — The AuSable Valley varsity boy’s bowling team is continuing to build off a strong core of young bowlers as they have captured the CVAC regular season title and now seek to defend their Section VII championship at North Bowl Lanes in Plattsburgh Feb. 11.

“This season has gone even better than I had expected,” head coach Jeff Miller said. “The core group of kids who have been together have been great and the two that we called up to fill positions have bowled nicely.”

The Patriots are still youthful, graduating only two from the roster after this season with neither being on the A team.

“The B-team bowlers have also been performing well,” Miller said. “The biggest thing we need to do is become more consistent with our spares and to stop leaving empty frames on the scoreboard.”

Miller’s assessment was one shared by junior Tyler Atkins, who has paced the Patriots this season with a season high series of over 700.

“It was amazing,” Atkins said. “My coach always helps out and gives me some tips before each match starts, I guess this time they really sunk in.”

Atkins said he was not sure until the final game how close he was coming to a 700-plus series.

“The, I thought I lost it. I was very happy when the scores came up.”

For Atkins, the key for the rest of the season will be to be more aggressive in taking down those corner pins which can sometimes refuse to fall on the first ball.

“We have to hit our marks and get those 7 and 10 pins down when we have a spare situation,” Atkins said.

While the boy’s squad has been at the top of the standings for the last two seasons, Miller said the girl’s team has been working hard to join them.

“They have improved quite a bit and they will all be returning next season except one,” he said. “Right now, they are fourth in the league but I think we can move into third heading into the sectional match.”

With the competition between the two teams, Miller said the season has been a fun one.

Wrestlers set for qualifier SARANAC — It was a day of milestones at the Section VII dual championships Feb. 4 at Saranac High School, as four wrestlers picked up their 100th career win and one picked up career win number 200.

Jordan Daniels of Saranac became the fourth female in state history to earn career win 100, while Northern Adirondack’s Austin Trombley scored his 200th career win and teammates Jace Filion and Chad King also scored their 100th victories.

Also on that list, AuSable Valley’s Joe LeClair, who picked up his 100th career win in his final match of the day.

“It was a real relief to get 100 wins before sectionals so I was not thinking about two things at once,” LeClair said, adding he was able to pick up his 100th win where his wrestling career began.

“Since my first match ever was in this gym, it was definitely special to get my 100th win here.”

While LeClair was able to get to 100 with a perfect 4-0 record on the mats for the Patriots, Chance Lapier, who also went 4-0 win two pins and a tech fall, finished the day at 99 career wins, having to wait for the Section VII state qualifying tournament to get to 100.

“I’ll just keep telling him he’s the best guy around and he just has to stay tough,” LeClair said about his teammate.

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and Sydney Benton each scored 2 points.

Westport 64, Indian Lake/Long Lake 26

Boy’s bowling

WESTPORT — While leading in the first, the Eagles extended their advantage over the Orange with a 31-6 run over the middle two quarters for a victory Feb. 3.

Schylar Kurth and Riley Martin each scored 17 points in the win, while Martin added 10 rebounds. Carter Smith scored 10 points, while Blake Liberi scored 9, Will Napper 4 to go with 13 rebounds, Sam Staats 3, Hudson Stephens 2 and John Paul Looby 2.

Chander Brown led the Orange with 13 points, while Bryce Hutchins scored 5 and Andrew Brown 4.

AVCS 7, Ticonderoga 1 Au SABLE FORKS — Ryan Thomas led the Patriots with a 613 series to defeat the Sentinels in the “Revolutionary Bowl” bowl Feb. 1.

Tyler Atkins had a 603 series with a 216 high game for the team, while Ticonderoga’s Anthony Paige had the high game of the match with a 255 as part of a 607 series.

Girl’s bowling

Ticonderoga 3, AVCS 1

Willsboro 52, Schroon Lake 34 WILLSBORO — The Warriors jumped out to a 15-4 lead in the opening quarter and did not look back in defeating the Wildcats Feb. 3.

Warren Jackson led the Warriors with 15 points and 20 rebounds in the win, while Trevor Bigelow scored 14, Jesse Hearn 13, Mat Longware 4, Jared Joslyn 3 and Joseph King 2.

Branden Hall scored 13 points for the Wildcats, with Jordan DeZalia and Andrew Pelkey each scoring 10, and Cole Plumstead connecting on a free throw.

Girl’s basketball

Keene 48, Seton Catholic 43 PLATTSBURGH — The Keene girl’s basketball team built up a 40-28 lead over the first three quarters before holding on for the win against the Lady Knights Feb. 1.

Hanna Whitney led a balanced attack for the Beavers with 14 points, while Elaina and Elly Smith each scored 10, Alyssa Summo 8 and Caitlyn Lopez 6.

Gretchen Zalis led the Knights with 19 points, while Nicole Bullock added 12, Rachel Racette 6, Cailene Allen 4 and Kelsey Hulbert 2.

Griffins 47, Johnsburg 23 ELIZABETHTOWN — The Westport/ElizabethtownLewis Lady Griffins only allowed 10 points in one of the four quarters played, limiting the Lady Jaguars to 13 points over the first three quarters to score a win Feb. 1.

Ellie Storey scored 19 points while recording 13 rebounds in the win, while Chloe Mitchell and Malynda Lobdell each scored 8, Hannah Schwoebel 5, Lizzie Stephens 4, Taylor Gough 2 and Lauren Hutter 2.

Khaleah Cleveland led the Jaguars with 14 points, while Megan Bacon scored 5 and Taylor Dwyer 4.

Willsboro 56, Chazy 11

Elizabethtown-Lewis’ Kris Mazzacone boxes out against Westport’s Schylar Kurth last week as Lion Sam Huttig watches the shot.

Photo by Jill Lobdell

WILLSBORO — The Lady Warriors held a 30-2 edge at the end of the first half to earn a win against the Lady Eagles Feb. 1.

Payton Gough scored 12 points to lead a balanced offensive attack for the Warriors, as Savanna Bronson scored 10, Kaitlyn Shaw 10, Trina Bigelow 7, Sheila Wilkins 6, Kaitlin Wilkins 6, Alex Bliss 3 and Dariann Sweatt 2.

Catherine Provost and Mikayla Douglas each scored 4 points to lead the Eagles, with Olivia Rotella adding 3.

Au SABLE FORKS — Cerise Bush’s 177 high gamew paced the Sentinels, while her 496 series helped to lead the team over the Lady Patriots Feb. 1.

Avery Alkinburgh had the next highest series in the match for the Sentinels with a 486, while Brooke Santa Maria of the Patriots had the top single game of the match with a 183, part of the team-high 473 series. Katelyn Miller was one pin behind with a 472 series.

Schroon Lake 41, Willsboro 38 WILLSBORO — The Lady Wildcats rallied with a 15-8 fourth quarter to overcome the Lady Warriors Feb. 3.

Alora Bearor scored 14 points to lead the Wildcats, while Malena Gereau added 11, Corrine Pelkey 7, Grace Higgins 5 and Emily Maisonville 4.

Trina Bigelow had 14 points to lead the Warriors with Kaitlin Shaw added 8, Alex Bliss 6, Savannah Bronson 4, Payton Gough 4 and Kaitlyn Wilkins 2.

Griffins 54, Indian Lake/Long Lake 28 WESTPORT — The Lady Griffins opened on a 20-2 first quarter run in defeating the Lady Orange Feb. 3.

Ellie Storey led the Griffins with 17 points, as Hannah Schwoebel scored 9. Lizzie Stephens, Maggie Ploufe and Taylor Gough scored 6 points each, while Malynda Lobdell and Abby Mero each scored 2 points.

Lillian Dechene led the Orange with 17 points and Becca King tallied 3. Maria Black, Bryce Mitchell, Ashley Ghostlaw

Chloe Mitchell of Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport drives past Johnsburg’s Taylor Dwyer during their game last week.

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FireÊ away:Ê WillsboroÊ hostsÊ rareÊ varsityÊ shootingÊ team Team prepares for NYSPHSAA championships in March

By Keith Lobdell

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WILLSBORO — An old high school sport has made its way back into the fold at Willsboro Central School — Riflery.

This winter, the Warriors started their first season as a sanctioned member of NYSPHSAA riflery schools, bringing varsity shooting to Section VII and one of only five varsity teams in the state.

The goal: To be competitive at the NYSPHSAA state championship meet to be held Saturday, March 4, at the United State Military Academy at West Point (Army).

Members of the riflery team include Savannah Bronson, Sierra Bronson, Nate Yeager, Darrian Sweatt, Brady Sweatt, Kira Crowningshield, Maggie Frechette, Caleb King, Bailee Pulsifer, Alexus Welch and Keagan Welch.

They are coached by John Oliver and Charmaine Flynn, who are both shooters and wanted to do something to get youth more involved in the sport.

“Charmaine and I would go into school and talk about being in rifle league. They got wind of that and saw how much fun we were having,” Oliver said. “We went down to West Point last year with the permission of the board to talk with other coaches and were able to get the equipment at an affordable price from a school who is no longer participating.”

“John and I do rifling together, and we took the idea to (Stephen) Broadwell and he said, let’s make a team,” Flynn said.

Broadwell, along with being the Willsboro Superintendent, is currently serving as Past President of the NYSPHSAA, having served as president for the past two years.

“We are very excited to have instituted this new sport for our students,” Broadwell said. “We are very fortunate the Willsboro Fish and Game Club has an off-site indoor facility that allows our school to use its range. Our students have really enjoyed learning more about this sport and competing against other schools from around the State. It is a unique sport in that there is no travel involved and the schools compete against each other from their home courses.”

“It was nice to have Mr. Broadwell as part of the process because he was able to help us get all the paperwork through,” Oliver said.

Flynn said they received some extra help locally to prepare equipment and be ready for their first season.

“Special thanks to Kevin Denton owner of Denton’s Gun Repair and Sales of Lewis for cleaning and repairing our rifles for the team before we started practicing,” she said.

As far as meets, the team will meet at the Willsboro Fish and Game Club, where they will shoot in two groups. The shooters take aim at a target 10 meters away and compete in three disciplines: prone, off hand and kneeling.

The scores are then sent to other schools to determine winners and place finishers.

“The closest team to us is Massena, so it is very spread out,” Oliver said. “The first time we will really see all the other teams is when we get to West Point.”

The shooters all use air rifles, making the sport all about precision shooting, according to Oliver.

“The kids are having a ball. It is a very mental sport,” Flynn said. “The female students can compete with the male students and vice versa all on the same playing field.”

“I like that you can compete with anyone in this sport, boys or girls,” said Savannah Bronson, who joined the team with her sister so they would have something to do while each other were at basketball practice.

“With my father, I have been shooting guns my whole life and it was something to do while my sister was at practice,” she said. “It’s great because it is a 7-12 varsity sport so I get to shoot with my sister sometimes as a member of the team.”

“It is very frustrating and very relaxing all at the same time,” said Nate Yeager. “It was different and something I had never heard of before. I like shooting and thought it was interesting the school would offer something like this as a sport. It is very safe and it teaches you to focus and try to get better because there are good days and bad days.”

I wanted to learn more about shooting and try to beat my grandfather at something,” Caleb King said.

Along with the varsity program, the Fish and Game Club is helping to develop a program feel to the new sport.

“The club with Jim Hotaling has started a BB shooting program for students age 8-15,” Flynn said. “It’s great because when they get old enough, they will join the rifle team which will give us a good foundation of shooters.”

Along with a foundation of Willsboro shooters, Oliver and Flynn are working to bring more Section VII schools and others into the mix.

“At one time, there was 22 teams in the state and we are at five with us being the newest,” Oliver said. “Now that we have started, there are a couple other schools that are expressing interest. Dannemora is the closest. I think Plattsburgh is very big on their shooting club, so that would be another to look at.”

“We also have a couple of schools locally who want their kids to come and practice with us next season,” Flynn said.

“They will do that and then decide for themselves if it is something they want to pursue.”

The Warriors will continue to shoot throughout the month prior to the state championships, competing in the league tournament Feb. 10 and sectional event Feb. 14 before the state championship March 4.

Caleb King lines up a shot as a member of the Willsboro Warriors varsity riflery team. This is the first season for the Warriors in the sport, who hope they will generate more interest locally.

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Connolly also said neither party had provided factual issues to entitle summary judgment on the number of trees being cut.

“The parties ... have provided conflicting evidence with regard to a number of material facts and the inferences they wish to be drawn from such facts,” Connolly wrote, finding the arguments either “unpersuasive or unnecessary to consider.”

Protect Executive Director Peter Bauer said they believe these new trails violate the Forever Wild provision of Article 14 of the State Constitution due to the cutting of over 31,000 trees, the clearing of over 50 acres of land (for all Class II trails encompassing 36.5 miles parkwide), and the “vast changes to the terrain and forest ecology of the affected areas.”

The purpose of the trial in court, he said, will be “to develop a complete factual record where there are serious matters in dis-

Ruling

From page 2 In his decision, Auffredou concluded S-3222 remains “incohesive” and should be examined by the state legislature.

But despite the county’s pleas for the state Board of Elections to step in to offer clarity, elections officials are keeping mum.

“The state board will wait to see what the outcome of the appeal is before we take action of any kind,” said John Conklin, a spokesman for the state Board of Elections, when asked if the agency would comment on the decision and possible placement before the state legislature for clarity.

BROADER RAMIFICATIONS While Gillilland said the ruling does not change the fact that ballot requests in the future will still require a court order, county officials have said the lawsuit is connected to broader political machinations at the state level.

Ferebee said he felt Essex County was being singled out.

“I think it falls back to Board of Elections or election officials who are just testing the water to see if they can pressure a small county such as Essex County to make this move, to turn this document over, therefore setting a precedent for other counties,” Ferebee said in September.

Outside eyes are turned to Essex County, including the New York Daily News, whose editorial board has written a handful of editorials on the issue, mostly recently on Jan. 26, when they hailed Auffredou’s decision.

“While not binding throughout the state, it is the first time a court has validated that principle,” the Daily News wrote.

“Kosmider went to court. And she won.

Good for her and good for democracy.”

But the Daily News appeared to have only fleeting familiarity with the details underpinning the lawsuit.

“All was good, until, after a razor-thin election loss, Democrat Bethany Kosmider in Essex

pute over what constitutes a tree, the historic interpretation of what ‘timber’ means in the (New York State) Constitution, the ecological benefits of closing interior trails to snowmobiles, and whether the construction of Class II snowmobile trails constitutes an improper use of the Forest Preserve due to dramatic changes in terrain.”

The bench trial in Albany Supreme Court on March 1 could impact furtherance of Class II Connector trails pending construction in central Essex County state forest lands, including Essex Chain and along southern edges of the not-yet-classified Boreas Tract, among other areas.

“This decision shows the seriousness and merits of our arguments,” Bauer said of Connolly’s decision. “The court refused the state’s demand to dismiss our case.”

Preliminary injunction from the Appellate Division, Third Department, halted tree cutting on state land last fall, awaiting decision on appeal.

County asked for the images a year ago, and the GOP-run county refused.”

Kosmider was not on the ballot in 2015, and while some local races were close — including several races in the town of Essex — the editorial did not specify which of the local races were being questioned.

Kosmider said she was uncertain how the Daily News became aware of the issue.

“Press releases were sent when we got the judge’s Decision and Order,” Kosmider said in an email. “Press must have passed it around.”

LAWMAKERS REACT County officials have not offered an estimate on the legal costs. Manning is representing Ferebee, and his costs are covered as part of his regular salary.

McGahay and Whitney have obtained outside counsel, capped by lawmakers last year at $250 per hour.

Lawmakers appeared cleaved on Monday, and questioned Manning on their options and the ramifications of the lawsuit before ultimately voting to authorize the appeal, 13-5.

Gerald Morrow (D-Chesterfield), James Monty (R-Lewis), Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah), Mike Marnell (R-Schroon) and Michael “Ike” Tyler (R-Westport) all voted against the resolutions.

All of the above except Marnell voted last fall against funding the defendants’ counsel, and said failure to release the records may indicate the county is trying to hide something.

“I certainly don’t support an appeal,” Scozzafava told the Sun last week. “The record shows from day one, I said they should release these — we got a lot bigger fish to fry than dealing with these issues here.”

Morrow, the board’s ranking Democrat, said now that Kosmider has a court order, the records should be released.

“It’s ridiculous,” Morrow said. “Why appeal?

Give her the stuff. It looks you’re hiding something. It’s a waste of taxpayers money to appeal it.”

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“The (injunction) remains in place until the appeal of an earlier denial by the Supreme Court is resolved,” Bauer said.

“This ban will likely extend into the field season in the summer of 2017 or longer. These injunctions have kept over 7,500 Forest Preserve trees alive, so far.”

ON CAMPUS

Westport student named to dean’s list WILLSBORO — Ryan Davis, 2014 graduate of Westport Central School, was named to the SUNY Cortland dean’s list for the Fall 2016 semester. Davis is majoring in physical education.

Local students graduate from Paul Smith’s SARANAC LAKE — The following students graduated from Paul Smith’s College on Dec. 11, 2016: William Rock of Willsboro also graduated from Paul Smith’s College in December 2016. Rock earned a degree in culinary arts from Paul Smith’s.

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EYE ON THE ARTS

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This land is your land

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ver the years, protest songs have been rooted in a number of genres, from classical — think Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” — to folk, rock, reggae, punk and more.

Regardless of the realm from which these songs arise, they have been largely reactionary. Take “Side of the Hill” by Paul Simon for example: following the murder of the singer’s friend, Andrew Goodman, for fighting for civil rights, Simon wrote that gorgeous, tragic song.

“This Land is Your Land,” the 1945 Woody Guthrie tune that has recently reemerged, was written in response to “God Bless America” — and somewhat prophetically, originally contained the line: “There was a big wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said ‘Private Property’. But on the backside, it didn’t say nothing. This land was made for you

and me.”

Though folk reigned supreme for a number of decades, as far as topicality was concerned, rap swiftly took over in the ‘80s and ‘90s with groups like NWA. In this generation, rap is continuing to lead opposition: YG and Nipsey Hussle kicked it off with “FDT” last summer, Run the Jewels following with the passionate “Talk to Me” in the fall, rapper Killer Mike delivering the cutting line: “Went to war with the devil and shaytan / he wore a bad toupee and a spray tan.”

These songs, too, have been reactionary — though primarily against The Donald’s rhetoric, moreso than what is specifically disagreeable to them.

I would argue that it’s important to be specific with the subject matter. Instead of a song that is purely anti-Trump, it’s vital to be definite: are you against refugee exclusion? Are you for peace or Environmental protection?

Are you anti-police brutality, or systematic discrimination? Or are you simply hoping to empower voters to hold their representatives accountable?

Music has proven an irreplaceable tool for almost every social movement in recent history.

It is perhaps more important now than it has ever been for musicians to sing out. Music has the ability to break through the partisan echo chambers many of us have become encapsulated in. Where speeches and rallies fail, music has the ability to inspire and unify across party lines. And make no mistake: if the goal is to oppose Donald Trump, or one of many executive orders the lawmaker has signed since his inauguration, Republicans will need to be on board too.

Songwriters: be bold. Be passionate. And maybe the next “We Shall Overcome” will come from you. Right now, the importance of substantive music cannot be understated.

Abraham Lincoln presentation slated

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UNY Plattsburgh professor Richard Aberle will speak at the Whallonsburg Grange on Feb. 12. Aberle’s presentation, titled “Why Lincoln Matters: Rhetoric, Race and Religion in Lincoln’s Two Most Famous Speeches,” will honor Lincoln’s birthday and Presidents’ Day. Aberle will discuss the continued relevance of Abraham Lincoln as he explores rhetoric, race, and religion in our sixteenth President’s two most influential speeches, the Gettysburg Address and the second inaugural address. The professor’s presentation is slated for 3 p.m.

Admission is $5. Students attend for free. For more information, visit thegrangehall.info.

Andy Milne and Dapp Theory to perform in Jay

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ndy Milne and Dapp Theory will perform at the Upper Jay Art Center on Feb. 11. Milne formed the band as a “vehicle to tell passionate stories, promote peace and inspire collective responsibility toward uplifting the human spiritual condition,” according to a news release. Milne has been a leading voice in New York for the last two decades.

The group’s set is slated for 8 p.m. A donation of $15 per person is requested. For more information, visit upperjayartcenter.org.

Left: Woody Guthrie, photo © Robin Carson. Right: Andy Milne and Dapp Theory. Photo provided.

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TICONDEROGA - Bingo, Ticonderoga fire house, 6:45 p.m. Doors 5 p.m. Every Thursday.

ELIZABETHTOWN – Essec County 2017 WIC Schedule at the Public Health Building January 5, Feb 2 , March 2, April 6, May 4, June 8, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7 8:00 – 3:45pm.

AU SABLE FORKS - Please take note that the regular monthly meetings of the Au Sable Forks Fire District for the year 2017, will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM at the Au Sable Forks Fire Station located at 29 School Lane, Au Sable Forks, N. Y. 12912. The meetings are open to the public.

PERU - the BAC is scheduled to meet at 6:00 PM on Thursday, February 16th and Wednesday, March 15th. In addition to these informational sessions, the BAC will be invited to share their recommendations with the School Board during a public budget development workshop, tentatively set for Tuesday, March 21st. If you wish to participate in any of the meetings of the BAC, please register by calling 518-0643-6004

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Tuesday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh Noon-1pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-5610838.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS SARANAC LAKE - Chair Yoga Classes to be held at Will Rogers Amy Kohanski will hold a series of chair yoga classes at Saranac Village at Will Rogers on Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m., beginning January 5th through April 6th.

There is a $5 fee per class for nonresidents of Will Rogers. Pre-registration is not required. No experience is necessary. For more information, please call Amy Kohanski at 518-524-6888 or email her atakohanski@roadrunner.com.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AUSABLE FORKS – Essex County 2017 WIC shedule at the Amblulance Building January 4, Feb 1 , March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6, 9:30-2:30pm Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 KEESEVILLE – Essex County WIC 2017 schedule at the United Methodist Church January 26, Feb 23, March 23, April 27, May 25, June 29, July 27, August 24, September 28, October 26, November 30, December 28 9:30- 2:45pm.

Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

January 18, Feb 15, March 15, April 19 , May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, November 15, December 20 10:00-5:30pm Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 LAKE PLACID – Essex County 2017 WIC Clinic Schedule at the Thomas Shipman Youth Center January 3, Feb 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, July 5, August 1, September 5, October 3, November 7, December 5 9:30-2:30pm.

January 24, Feb 28, March 28, April 25, May 23, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24, November 28 December 19 1:30- 6pm.

Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

CADYVILLE – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Sunday 7pm8pm, Wesleyan Church, 2083 Rt. 3, Cadyville, NY. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

CHAZY – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Friday at Sacred Heart Church, 8 Hall Street, Chazy 7:30pm-8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

ELIZABETHTOWN – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Sunday at Elizabethtown Community Hospital Board Room, 75 Park St., Elizabethtown, 4pm-5pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

LAKE PLACID – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Monday at St. Agnes Church Basement, 169 Hillcrest Avenue, Lake Placid 8pm9pm. For more information call 1888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Adult Children Meeting every Monday at 7pm-8pm, United Methodist Church, 127 Beekmantown Street, Plattsbugh. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-5610838.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh 7:30pm-8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH - BREASTFEEDING - LA LECHE LEAGUE Do you have questions about breastfeeding? Do you have support you can offer to others? Do you need information about returning to work and nursing? Please join us for mother-to-mother sharing. All mothers, mothers-to-be, and children are welcome. Meetings are twice monthly: the first Monday at 7 P.M and the third Friday at 10:00 A.M at the Family Connections, 194 U.S Oval, Plattsburgh. Info: 518-643-9436.

SARNAC LAKE – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Wednesday at Baldwin House, 94 Church Street, Saranac Lake 7pm-8pm.

For more information call 1-888425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH CELEBRATE RECOVERY meetings EVERY Tuesday at 6pm to 7:30 pm at 36 Clinton St, Plattsburgh. CR is help for any hurt, problem, addiction including food, relationships, porn, lonliness, alcohol, drugs, gambling etc. More info call Dawn 518-7919278 / Jacquie 315-705-1701

WESTPORT - Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Essex County will hold a regular board meeting on Tuesday, February 21 at 6:30pm at the CCE building at 3 Sisco Street in Westport. This meeting is free and open to the public.

For more information please contact Laurie Davis, 518962-4810 x404 or email lsd22@cornell.edu.

PLATTSBURGH – ALATEEN Meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh 7:30pm8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DC UTILITY ESTIMATING, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Secty of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/09/14. Office in Essex County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3 Church Lane Au Sable Forks, NY 12912.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

VN-01/28-03/04/20176TC-142131 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF Diplomat Petroleum, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/27/17. Office location: Essex County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 09/14/07. Princ. office of LLC: 14090 Southwest Fwy., Ste. 300, Sugar Land, TX 77478.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF Diplomat Petroleum, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/27/17. Office location: Essex County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 09/14/07. Princ. office of LLC: 14090 Southwest Fwy., Ste. 300, Sugar Land, TX 77478.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, The State of TX, Corp. Section, P.O. Box 13697, Austin, TX 78711-3697. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-02/11-3/18/20176TC-143344 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (“LLC”) Essex Souvenirs,LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on December 28, 2016 for business conducted from an office located in Essex County, NY. The “SSNY” is designated as the agent of the “LLC” upon whom process against it may served. “SSNY” shall mail a copy of any process to the “LLC” at 1454 Whallons Bay Road, Essex, NY 12936.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (PLLC) Gratitude For Wellness Acupuncture, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 23, 2016 for business conducted from an office located in Essex County, NY. The SSNY is designated as the agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the PLLC at PO Box 805, Willsboro, NY 12996.

VN-01/21-02/25/20176TC-141777 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Hatch Essential Oil LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/05/2017 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY shall mail a copy of any

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Hatch Essential Oil LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/05/2017 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 1037 Point Road, Willsboro, N.Y. 12996. Purpose: To engage in any Lawful act or activity.

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KROHA PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/24/17. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 74 Theianoguen Way, Lake Placid, NY 12946. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 270 Mill Pond Dr., Lake Placid, NY 12946.

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HORROCKS FAMILY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/15/2016. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2419 Main St., Lake Placid, NY 12946, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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META MOUNTAIN, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/13/16. Office location: Essex County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Meta Mountain, LLC, PO Box 373, Jay, New York 12941.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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KROHA PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/24/17. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 74 Theianoguen Way, Lake Placid, NY 12946. Pur-

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT ESSEX COUNTY U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust, Plaintiff against Mark St. Dennis; Rebeca Turner A/K/A Rebeca Lynn Pajak A/K/A Rebe-

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT ESSEX COUNTY U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust, Plaintiff against Mark St. Dennis; Rebeca Turner A/K/A Rebeca Lynn Pajak A/K/A Rebeca L. Turner, et al Defendants Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered January 12th, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the 7559 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 on March 8th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

Premises known as 4 Osawentha Drive, Lewis, NY 12950. Sec 47.13 Block 4 Lot 10.000. All that certain Lot, Piece or Parcel of Land, (together with the buildings and improvements thereon) situate, lying and being in the Hamlet and Town of Lewis, County of Essex and State of New York Approximate Amount of Judgment is $174,033.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judg-

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT ESSEX COUNTY U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust, Plaintiff against Mark St. Dennis; Rebeca Turner A/K/A Rebeca Lynn Pajak A/K/A Rebeca L. Turner, et al Defendants Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered January 12th, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the 7559 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 on March 8th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

Premises known as 4 Osawentha Drive, Lewis, NY 12950. Sec 47.13 Block 4 Lot 10.000. All that certain Lot, Piece or Parcel of Land, (together with the buildings and improvements thereon) situate, lying and being in the Hamlet and Town of Lewis, County of Essex and State of New York Approximate Amount of Judgment is $174,033.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No CV150327.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (“LLC”) Pine Woods Developers, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on February 1, 2017 for business conducted from an office located in Essex County, NY. The “SSNY” is designated as the agent of the “LLC” upon whom process against it may be served. “SSNY” shall mail a copy of any process to the “LLC” at 1391 Route 9, Keeseville, NY 12944.

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WOLFJAW LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/19/17.

Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 72 Olympic Dr., Lake Placid, NY 12946, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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RaymondÊ K.Ê WrisleyÊ Ê (June 1, 1933 - Jan. 12, 2017)

AU SABLE FORKS — Born in Au Sable Forks, the son of Olin and Hazel (Ward) Wrisley was called home to the Lord on Jan. 12 with his family at his side.

He is survived by his wife, Ellen Carson of Lecanto Fla., a daughter, Shelly Mero of Valley Falls; a son, Kyle, his wife Lori and a grandson, Kenneth, of Whallonsburg. He is also survived by several step children, step-grandchildren and stepgreat grandchildren all of whom he loved dearly.

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He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Valerie (Pooler) Wrisley, a daughter, Mildred E; his parents, a sister, Mildred Wrisley, along with three brothers: Marvin, Charles and Donald.

Raymond was a veteran of the Korean conflict serving abroad in Saudi Arabia during his tours with the US Air Force.

He returned with his family to the Plattsburgh area where he became Chief of Security at Plattsburgh State University College, where he retired from.

After retirement he returned to the Whallonsburg area and as a self-taught carpenter built his home, did numerous remodeling projects within the community, including the Whallonsburg Community Church.

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He was a life member of the Whallonsburg Fire Company where he served as both Fire Chief and Chair of the Board of Fire Commissioners for many years and was a member of the Brotherhood of Grange in Whallonsburg.

His love of family and dedication to his community allowed him to touch many lives. His sense of humor and friendly personality made him a man who would leave a feeling of trust and friendship with you at your first meeting. Part of us went with him the day God called him home.

A Spring graveside ceremony will be held at the convenience of the family with burial in the family plot in the Deerhead-Reber Cemetery. The family requests that donations be made to the Whallonsburg Fire Company or to Citrus County Hospice of Lecanto, Fla.

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