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Willsboro formally launched their 250th anniversary celebrations on June 8 with a Founders Day parade at Willsboro Central. Students from pre-K through the sixth grade donned costumes depicting a different era of the town’s history and marched around the gymnasium.

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KITERS GONNA KITE: Kite enthusiasts from across the region will gather in Keene Valley on Sunday, June 21 for the Eighth Annual Kitefest.

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MARCY FIELD — This flat expanse hemmed in by mountains acts as somewhat of a pause button between these two alpine hamlets, offering a sense of tranquility before nature swallows visitors back into the earthy embrace of the High Peaks.

Next weekend, organizers will hit play and the field will come alive, if only for a five-hour stretch on a Sunday morning, as kiters from across the region gather to surround themselves in effervescent whorls of color.

The Kite Fest, which is now in its eighth year, stemmed from a desire to provide some family-oriented events for the community, explained Leslie Shipps of the East Branch Friends of the Arts, the festival’s organizer.

Kites have artistic flair and serve as a way to bring generations together, she said.

The inaugural installment saw tots from the elementary school fly the kites they assembled from kits in class, while large numbers of pre-schoolers constructed makeshift vessels out of string and paper plates.

Each year brings something new, like when organizers purchased 10 large hexagonal blank kites and gave them to local artists to paint — or when quilters were given a crash course on how to make and fly banners.

DANNEMORA — The community remained tense and under tight guard on Tuesday as the search for the pair of escaped murderers entered its fourth day.

While officials said the convicts who escaped the Clinton Correctional Facility, Richard Matt and David Sweat, may have already fled the country, roads surrounding the village, which is about 25 miles from the Canadian border, remained under guard, with police presence bumped up since the inmates were reported missing from their cells during a head count early Saturday.

Saranac and Beekmantown Central were under tight security and residents appeared to be rattled.

Christopher Rasco lives on Bouck Street, just a click away from the manhole from which the killers emerged following their escape.

Racso thinks the men remain close.

“I don’t believe they have gone far,” he said.

Racso says he feels violated by the sustained police presence and the continued lockdown on the street.

“It’s an emotional intrusion on my family because they are scared and nervous,” he said.

Kristen Parker lives in Cadyville, about four miles from the prison.

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Wadhams resident prepares exhibit with Adk Council LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Council and renowned artist Kevin Raines will hold an opening night celebration on Friday, June 19 to kick off a month-long exhibit of Raines’s Adirondack paintings at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

The party is free of charge and open to the public. The celebration will run from 5 to 7 p.m.

The exhibit is titled Share the Experience: Adventures in the Adirondacks and features 78 of Raines’s stirring paintings and drawings of Adirondack nature scenes and people enjoying the outdoor life in all seasons.

The LPCA show is just the first stop in the 2015 tour.

“We are thrilled that Kevin Raines is lending us his awe-inspiring talents to celebrate the water, wilderness and people of the Adirondack Park,” said Adirondack Council Executive Di-

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rector William C. Janeway. “His paintings depict the places and the people that make this park a national treasure. Many of the scenes portray the importance of the Adirondack Council’s conservation efforts: from the stark, bare rock of alpine mountain summits to wild rivers to the glow of sunset on the lakes of the St. Regis Canoe Area. His work calls you forth into the wild.”

“The LPCA is delighted to partner with the Adirondack Council to present the work of Kevin Raines,” said James Lemons, Executive Director of the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Kevin’s ability to highlight the beauty of our natural environment goes hand-in-hand with the Council’s work to secure the long-term future of that same landscape. We are honored to be able to share the beauty of the Adirondacks with our patrons.”

Raines lives in the Essex County hamlet of Wadhams, not far from the Adirondack Council’s headquarters in neighboring Elizabethtown.

“What I express through my paintings echoes the sentiments of the Adirondack Council and its work to protect this amazing park,” said Kevin Raines. “I want to put conservation into a contemporary context and celebrate the wild experience that we are all hoping to protect for the future.”

Janeway noted that Adirondack artists have always played an important role in conservation by bringing a small piece of the Adirondack experience to other parts of the state and the world.

Raines’s work follows the path of great American landscape painters who inspired Adirondack conservation, such as Winslow Homer, Thomas Cole or Frederic Church, but is uniquely his own style, he said.

“Some of his work shows scientists engaged in field studies, photographers capturing wildlife images, guides plying the park’s rivers, kayakers plunging over waterfalls,” Janeway explained. “All of it shows a great appreciation for the natural wonders and people who make the Adirondack Park unique and special. His work communicates the importance of Adirondack conservation and the integral role of the human experience in protecting the environmental, cultural and historic assets of the Park.”

Among his subjects are Boreas Ponds, which is due to be purchased by the state this year and added to the “forever wild” Adirondack Forest Preserve; John Dillon Park, a wild-but-wheelchair-accessible, public camping area created by International Paper; and the Bob Marshall Wild Lands Complex, which the Council has proposed as a means to expand and link seven existing wilderness areas to 25 small communities in the western Adirondacks.

The Raines show will continue at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts through July 12, when it will move to The View in Old Forge (July 24 opening reception through Oct. 11).

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As Cuomo pushes for tax cap renewal, local leaders offer mixed verdict

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pete@denpubs.com ALBANY — As the state legislature preps for the summer recess bell on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing lawmakers to renew the legislation that has become a keystone of his tenure: The property tax cap that requires municipalities to keep spending increases at or below 2 percent in order for taxpayers to receive a rebate check.

It’s a measure that’s been successful in curbing mutant property tax growth across the state, he said.

A report released by his office last week said the cap, which was first implemented in 2011 and is scheduled to expire this year, has slowed the rate of property tax growth by 58 percent in the North Country.

While the report pegged cumulative savings for Essex County taxpayers at $401 over three years, the statewide average is $800.

In theory, curbing growth seems like a good thing, say local lawmakers.

But you can only cut so much.

“It’s a great initiative,” said Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Ferebee, “but being small municipalities, we’ve already been downsizing for years.”

Next year, the second phase of the legislation is scheduled to be rolled out, a property tax cap freeze credit program that will require municipalities to demonstrate savings of at least 1 percent per year through shared service agreements for their constituents to be eligible for a check.

Efficiency plans were due on June 1.

Ferebee said last year’s rebate check amounted to very little.

“What is the benefit?” he said. “I think it should be looked at not to penalize towns that have already reduced before plan was even initiated — it should not be part of the rebate program.”

It’s a common refrain, that remote North Country governments have led the charge in sharing services with their neighbors well before the state started the push to eliminate what they refer to as “arcane, duplicative and complicated local government structures.”

Measures taken before 2012 won’t count, a sticking point with local lawmakers.

Keene had a zero percent increase in their levy last year, said Ferebee. To reduce expenditures by one percent, the town will either have to re-

duce services or come up with extra revenue.

Ferebee said town officials are unsure of how they’re going to meet that requirement.

The town already shares a transfer station, highway equipment and a code enforcement officer with Jay, and is exploring additional options with Wilmington.

By law, town clerks and other elected positions are off the table. And the town, noted Ferebee, is already at bare bones with their highway department.

“If the state has more ideas for how to share, we wish someone would let us know,” he said.

“I’d be very open to any suggestions that they have.”

Wilmington Supervisor Randy Preston expressed similar sentiments.

While he fully supports the cap, he said there’s nothing left to cut, including staff: The town’s already done away with an employee and shares another with Jay. The only downside of the policy, said the deficit hawk, is that the town has been tightening right along and hasn’t any gotten credit for it.

Shaun Gillilland called the cap a doubleedged sword.

As a property owner, the Willsboro super said he certainly doesn’t want to see eternal raises, the escalation of which drives elderly residents from the community to states with more favorite tax rates.

The real elephant in the living room, he said, is unfunded mandates.

The state has given municipalities no assistance with health insurance costs, which constitutes his town’s largest budget line and is a cost that increases 12 percent per year.

At the county level, the largest expense is Medicaid costs, a measure that was partially responsible for last year’s 7.5 percent hike, an increase that blew out the cap.

“It’s a ticking time bomb,” said Gillilland.

“The governor is squeezing towns down to nothing.”

Cuomo has called the cap a success.

“The tax cap has succeeded in taming out-ofcontrol property tax increases throughout this state and it must be extended to ensure property taxpayers continue to be protected from the crushing burden of skyrocketing tax increases,” Cuomo said.

Is it?

“Yes, it’s a success,” said Gillilland. “But it’s kind of like saying, ‘I’m on a diet and I’ll starve

myself to death.’”

Tom Scozzafava, the Moriah supervisor, said it depends on what the definition of success is.

“Does success mean cutting back on the roads you pave? Or the sidewalks you put in? Or when an employee retires, do you not replace them?” he asked.

Scozzafava said his town seldom raised taxes over two percent in the past.

While he agrees the taxpayers need relief, there are better ways to give it to them.

Fundamental real property tax reform is needed to change which services are funded by property taxes, he said, citing fire districts and highway fees as two examples.

The state should make it easier for municipalities to consolidate districts, he said.

In Moriah, for instance, it would make sense to have one district-wide fire district.

Doing so would reduce costs.

But the town doesn’t have the power to force their hand, he said.

“If districts don’t want to come to the table, it’s not going to solve anything,” said Scozzafava. “The two percent cap has put us on the right track to be more conscious, but it is not the solution to our problems.”

North Country reps in Albany said they supported the legislation’s renewal, but with cave-

ats.

Assemblyman Dan Stec said taxpayers like it.

But he had two points of frustration: the lack of meaningful mandate relief and the fact that the legislation exempts New York City.

“That frustrates me,” he said. “Half of the legislature represents municipalities that are exempt. These legislators are very quick to offer new mandates, but are slow to remove them.”

Assemblywoman Janet Duprey, too, said she supports the extension.

“Extending the cap would give taxpayers peace of mind knowing their taxes will not unreasonably spike,” she said in an email.

However, when the legislature first adopted the cap, the governor promised mandate relief that remains elusive, she said.

“We have yet to see meaningful mandate relief for schools or local governments,” said Duprey.

“While I am in favor of an extension, I do not support making the tax cap permanent until we provide more mandate relief.”

Senator Betty Little also plans on supporting the renewal, said a spokesman, and will continue to push for a circuit-breaker tax relief program and advocating for legislation to reduce unfunded mandates.

It’s widely expected the measure will pass.

The Ausable Fork Fire Department’s annual chicken barbeque on Saturday, May 17 was a sold out success, reported the depar tment.

They’re pictured here in action at last year’s event.

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Quiet strength ...

Willsboro couple moves hand-in-hand into the unknown

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pete@denpubs.com WILLSBORO — In many respects, Stephen John Smith and Mary Mead Gibbs are like any other couple.

They wake up and put the coffee on, its scent percolating through their handsome brick house.

The room fills with peals of laughter as rain patters on the windowpanes and cars hiss by the window.

They love each other very much.

And several times per week, Stephen assists Mary into a whizbang of a wheelchair and drives her to the Fitzpatrick Cancer Center in Plattsburgh for treatment.

Mary’s stage four cancer metastasized and spread from her breasts to her bones, including her spine, rendering her immobile for the past four years, leaving the acupuncturist and therapist unable to even sit up for more than three minutes at a time.

Each medication has its own side effect, it’s an endless cycle, one often accompanied by horrific pain.

But she’s still here, chuckling with Stephen.

“It’s been an interesting existence to just lie in this room for four years and not lose your mind,” said Mary. “I think I’ve been pretty good at maintaining my sanity.”

It’s hard, she said.

The illness struck just a month after the couple purchased their home, marking the end of what had previously been a gypsy-like existence.

Grand plans were made, said Stephen, who until recently, worked as a librarian.

He’s now his wife’s full-time caregiver.

“We can laugh about it now, but if you step back out of it a little bit, I can’t imagine anything worse happening to my wife — it’s just horrific,” he said.

Treatment is expensive, and Mary often says she’s more worried about the costs than the cancer itself.

Stephen, a traditionally trained artist who uses the techniques of the old masters, has been working on launching a home business to pro-

Mary Margaret Gibbs and Stephen John Smith haven’t let cancer dampen their spirits. Despite a six-year battle with stage four breast cancer that has since metastasized, the couple’s home is filled with laughter and they continue to enrich the lives all with whom they come into contact. Now, they need help with their medical bills.

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vide an income stream.

He taught himself coding from scratch.

“Can you think of a more romantic relationship than falling asleep with a manual?” he joked.

The couple is buoyed by the support from friends everywhere, drawing inspiration from cards, well wishers and hospital staff, all of whom Stephen wouldn’t mind adopting.

Martha Gallagher met Mary 20 years ago at a karate lesson in Westport.

They bonded quickly and over the years, Mary treated some of the issues that arose with Margaret’s hands.

“She’s helped people all over the area with her healing,” said Martha.

Life happened and the pair lost contact.

Martha, a professional musician who performs as the Adirondack Harper, was unaware of Mary’s condition until Stephen sent her a letter.

“I just stood in my hallway and cried,” she recalled.

Now the pair have been making up for lost time.

“We hang out for hours and it’s amazing the amount of life that happens in this one

room with laughing and crying and sometimes swearing and silly stories and sharing ideas,” said Martha.

Martha set up a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to assist the couple with their medical costs.

She’ll host a benefit at the Whallonsburg Grange this weekend.

On deck is a semi-improvisational piece that was inspired by Mary’s request to Martha while she was working in Florida this past winter.

Martha has a small harp that she wears like a guitar.

She took it down to the seaside during a sunrise that recalled a Disney flick, replete with foam-specked waves and frolicking dolphins.

“I just took all the images and the sensory things that were happening — the smells, the sights, the sounds — and I put it in with music,” said Martha. “It’s part storytelling, and part music, because she asked me to bring back some beach back for her.”

The concert is intended to be a celebration, she said.

When hospitalized for three months, half of Mary’s doctors said she wouldn’t live for six months following her release.

One even recommended hospice.

But Mary defied the odds and now she’s in a position where the cancer has been slowed down to such a degree that the oncologists are focusing on improving her quality of life.

“I don’t look like I’m near death, do I?” she chuckled.

Each treatment comes with baggage, many with unpleasant side effects, like muscle spasms.

“She’s just like a delicate little flower,” said Stephen.

He sees Mary repeatedly drawing on her resources accrued as an acupuncturist and therapist.

“She seems to have reinvented herself over and over again no matter what they’ve thrown at her,” he said.

Reframing is key, said the couple.

They constantly do so to stay positive.

Does Mary consider herself a fighter?

She paused.

A strong will is certainly needed, she said.

“But for me personally, I don’t connect with ‘fighter’ so much as just really trying to be in the moment and just live life in as positive a way as I can — I need to bring my body back into balance and heal.”

Stephen said being despondent and spiraling out of control is certainly an option, but wouldn’t be productive.

No matter what happens, he said, there’s something deep inside that you can draw on that gives you energy, strength and determination — Mary’s quiet strength.

“The fear and terror will come up, and then this other thing will come out. She’s reached deep inside, and without that reframing — without that continual faith in something beyond, we wouldn’t be where we are now… we would have given up. We would have gone the hospice way, we would have believed the naysayers who said she can’t live more than six months.”

Martha Gallagher will perform on Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Whallonsburg Grange. To learn more about Mary and Stephen, visit gofundme.com/plshelpmyfriends.

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Bluegrass outfit to pluck for bell tower fund

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Westport Federated Church is hoping to raise $30,000 to restore their bell tower, which was originally constructed in the 1830s. Acclaimed bluegrass outfit the Larry Stephenson Band will perform on Saturday, June 27 in a benefit concert to support the project.

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WESTPORT — It’s the first sight as you rocket down Route 9 and glide into the hamlet — The stately, imposing bell tower of the Westport Federated Church.

It’s now in need of a facelift, mostly scraping and painting — perhaps even restorative work once the massive hand-hewn oak beams are examined.

The paint job will clock in at around $24,000, while unknowns may push costs up to $30,000, which is roughly what it cost to build the regal-looking structure back in 1837.

It’s part of ongoing work to keep the building in good shape, explained church officials, including partial window replacements, weather stripping and the installation of a new boiler last fall.

The most recent restorative work on the bell tower was in 2007.

“There are times when you just can’t let things go any longer,” said Pastor Tom Smith.

The bell tower is a well-recognized landmark with significant history, he said.

To help raise funds, Westport Federated has rolled out the big guns — The Larry Stephenson Band, a popular draw on the country’s bluegrass circuit, will perform a benefit gig later this month.

All proceeds from the Nashville-based outfit’s appearance will

go toward the restoration fund.

The hookup came from a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous, explained Smith.

Like other churches, Westport Federated faces declining enrollment, which means less resources.

Total membership is about 150, with about 60 packing the pews each weekend for either the Methodist or Baptist service.

“We’re doing our best to keep the ministries alive,” Smith said.

“Communities need churches to hold the fabric together.”

Church Council Chairman Dennis Mullen nodded.

“It’s the center of the community.”

Larry Stephenson Band at the Westport Federated Church: Saturday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Soil, Water to celebrate 50 years

WESTPORT — Celebrate 50 years of service with the Essex County Soil and Water Conservation District Thursday, June 18, in Floral Hall at the Essex County Fairgrounds, at 6 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres will be available. RSVP at 962-8225.

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our job is not to be polite, your job is to be predictable.

This could refer to many things, but for this week, we are focusing that quote to the “job” of driving.

Yes, driving is a job. You are responsible for others when you are on the road, and they, in turn, are responsible for you. The payment from this job comes in a very simple form, that you, your car or anyone else sharing the road does not get hurt.

With any job, there are a list of rules and guidelines you have to adhere to. In driving, there are rules and guidelines very familiar to the anxious, acne-dotted face of a teenager preparing for first the written then driver’s test needed to receive the freedom and excitement which comes with a driver’s license.

However, at the moment that business-card sized piece of plastic with a driver’s name and picture exchanges hands, it seems this knowledge flies out the window faster than a cigarette butt from the vehicle in front of you.

As our staff covers the events and news of this area, they are on the road a lot and see examples of both good and bad driving. Here are some common occurrences they have seen which are in need of correction.

Perhaps the biggest problem facing drivers today is distracted driving. Your job on the road is to focus on the road, not on your text messages, Instagram selfies or dinner plans over the phone. That can all be taken care of before or after you get into your vehicle.

Studies have shown the average time to look at a text, email or phone pad is five seconds. That can be a lot of distance based on how fast you are going. Even if there are no cars around you to worry about, there may be hidden driveways or pedestrians in blind spots, and, here in the Adirondacks, there is a good chance some kind of four-legged creature is going to literally cross your path without regard for your right-of-way. While driving, a mobile phone cannot: rest on the driver’s leg, between the shoulder and ear, or on any other part of the driver’s body; be used for text messaging, video messaging, emailing or similar, or; be held in the driver’s hand other than to pass it to a passenger.

Drivers can only use a hand-held mobile phone if their vehicle is parked in an authorised parking spot. They cannot use a hand-held mobile phone while stopped at traffic lights.

Put the phones away, it can wait.

Another common issue we see on the roads are those who either fail to signal or do not realize their signal has remained on after making a turn. Signaling your intentions is a huge responsibility of the job for anyone who drives a vehicle, yet many times people will break suddenly, leaving the drivers both in front and behind to wonder what your intentions are. A wrong guess can lead to a serious accident, especially on rural roads where speeds are higher than in urban areas.

In New York State, the law requires you to signal a turn or lane change with your turn lights or hand signals at least 100 feet (30 meters) ahead. A good safety tip is, when possible, signal your intention to turn before you begin to brake to make the turn.

Even if you know exactly where you are going, it’s a good assumption no one else on the road does, so make sure you signal your intentions. It’s just the flick of a wrist.

It’s also just a quick glance at your dashboard to realize your turn signal is still on.

This can have similar consequences, as drivers will have to slow down or change course in anticipation of a turn that is never coming.

When it comes to right-of-way, too often we see drivers who, while their intentions are somewhat noble, sacrifice the rules of the road for courtesy. An example of this would be having a vehicle stopped at a stop sign, while the approaching vehicle with the right-ofway stops short and offers to let the stopped driver into the flow of traffic.

Courteous, yes. But definitely dangerous for all other drivers on the road.

This is a very dangerous move, as drivers from all sides are not prepared for someone who is going to stop when there is no stop required. They are also not going to yield the right-of-way for the car which now thinks it can merge without consequence.

So, please, help everyone stay safe on the road by doing your job this summer. Ñ Denton Publications Editorial Board, Dan Alexander, Keith Lobdell and John Gereau

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The dawn of a new era

Customers and readers recognize ’ve been concerned about the the name of the community newsstate of the American Newspaper they receive and they know paper Industry for many the name Denton Publications, but years. The loss of local ownership, exactly which papers are part of the the reluctance to make needed Denpubs family can be confusing. changes and holding on too long to The Denpubs name was created to what worked in the past, and pershorten our email and web address haps greatest of all failures, to not but additionally served as our logo. recognize print is still the most efI must confess that last sentence fective method of communication is not completely accurate. Truth be within the community structure.

Dan Alexander told in the early 1990s our employThat last fact is never emphasized Thoughts from ees wanted to get me a Christmas enough in the press coverage of the Behind the Pressline gift and thought a personalized newspaper industry’s dealing with license plate would be special. new media.

Denton Publications would not fit on a traditional Yes, times are changing and newspapers, like everything else, must change with the times if plate. Thus DENPUBS was born.

We frequently hear things like I didn’t know that they are to remain relevant, useful and most of all was one of your publications or I didn’t know you profitable. Our community newspapers would not had a publication in that area. We get complaints have survived this long had the Denton and Alexthat people could not find their ad or story in the ander families not been willing to break with the paper, only to learn, after probing, they called one old ways and try something new. Only through of our competitors by mistake, thinking it was our the shared services, provided by a group of compublication. We have a significant presence in the munity papers, have we been able to keep publocal newspaper publishing field, but we are not lishing these small rural publications. the only company serving this vast market. We get Mike Connery gave birth to a new type of newscalls for the Press Republican, the Pennysaver, the paper in Ticonderoga in the late 1970’s called the Times of Ti. Much to everyone’s surprise it was a Champlain Weekly, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Adirondack Life and many more. Bits and free newspaper but struggled financially going up pieces of all those names have similarities with against the long standing Ticonderoga Sentinel.

Mike sold the paper to Denton Publications and some of our names like the Adirondack Journal or the News-Enterprise. As such we understand the over the years the free distribution formula emconfusion that can take place. ployed by the Times of Ti became the foundation We’ve been reluctant to address this issue out for the success of all of our community newspapers, which now serve over 52,000 homes in the of great respect for the historic importance of our publication names, the many people who staffed North Country region. these publications over the years as well as the Sadly, the Sentinel did not survive. For a newsformer owners who stewarded these community paper to survive it must provide valuable inforinstitutions through their history. Like all things mation of interest to the readers, have a strong that must evolve over time, we too must address and reliable distribution system, be easily recognized and supported by the business community this issue and we think we’ve come up with the solution that will bring about a bright, new brand, as a viable way for them to reach their customers. while retaining our historical posture.

The Sentinel, while being a well established instiIn the very near future we’ll start rolling out tution, was unable to overcome the value of the Times of Ti’s free saturation distribution, to every the importance of what’s in a name and we’ll be home, versus the traditional paid model. As such looking for your support of this new image for our company and the many community publications they faded into the history books. and services we provide, throughout the region.

We’ve recognized for some time a flaw in our We hope this new branding, and the image it restructure that we now think is the appropriate time to correct. I mentioned earlier that the key flects, meets with your approval. We also hope it to our survival was the coming together to share sends a positive imagine and projects the growing our resources like staff, technology and our print- opportunity this region represents. ing operations to serve the needs of the regional market. Unfortunately, we operate under as many Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton as 15 different names depending where you live.

Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com.

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Letters to the Editor

Thanks to those who made golf tourney a great success To the Editor: The second annual Lake Placid Lodge #834 of Free and Accepted Masons Golf Tournament was held on June 6 at the Craig Wood Golf Course. It was a great success in our efforts to raise money for the scholarship fund and other local charitable endeavors.

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support: American Legion Post #504, Ausable Forks, Bear Right LLC, Keene Valley, Fred and Debbie Betters, Lake Placid, C. Holzer General Contracting, Ausable Forks, Caffe’ Rustica, Lake Placid, Campfire Carpentry & Cabinets, Bloomingdale, Cascade Electric, Lake Placid, Desperados Restaurant, Lake Placid, Gordon W. Pratt Insurance, Lake Placid, Great Adirondack Steak and Seafood Co., Lake Placid, Lamb Lumber, Lake Placid, Out on a Limb Tree Service, Lake Placid, Peter Torrance Construction, Lake Placid, Saranac Inn Golf Course, Torrance Construction, Lake Placid and Unique Restaurant Products, Schuyler Falls.

A special thanks to Jeff Estes, PGA Professional and his staff at Craig Wood Golf Course.

We look forward to the third annual tournament and hope that more will come out and support our efforts.

John D. Odell, Golf Tournament Committee

Sweet Adelines welcome new chorus To the Editor: Champlain Valley Chorus of Sweet Adelines would like to thank the fourteen women who joined with us on Wednesday, June 3, for the first night of our six-week summer SINGsation workshop. How fortunate we are to have so many enthusiastic and talented musicians to join with us in our summer adventure. The ladies are quick learners and soon were singing the songs that we are preparing for our end-ofthe-workshop concert at the Mayor’s Cup Celebration on July 11 at 11 a.m., in Trinity Park.

The door is open and any women who like to sing are invited to join us on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m., at Pine Harbour Assisted Living center from June 10 through July 8.

More information is available on our website champlainvalleychorus.org.

In harmony, Carole Harsh and Gayle Schreiber Champlain Valley Chorus Of Sweet Adelines

E-cigarettes are a threat to children To the Editor: Are e-cigarettes safe?

While the answer to that question remains unclear, one thing is certain: E-cigarettes pose a serious threat to our children.

Findings from the CDC’s 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey revealed that use of e-cigarettes (vaping) is becoming increasingly popular among youth. As a matter of fact, students are vaping more often than smoking cigarettes these days.

Almost four percent of middle school students and 13.4 percent of high school students reported vaping in the 2014 survey. That is compared to 2.5 percent of middle school and 9.2 percent of high school students who reported smoking cigarettes.

Why is this problematic?

To name a few reasons, e-cigarettes are not regulated by the FDA, nor have they been fully studied, so vapers don’t know how much nicotine or what other chemicals they are inhaling.

Second, e-liquid contains liquid nicotine which is at least as addictive and harmful to adolescent brain development as the nicotine smoked in a cigarette.

Finally, liquid nicotine is extremely toxic if swallowed or absorbed by skin. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, just a teaspoon of liquid nicotine can kill a small child, and it has.

New York State has already taken steps to protect our youth from ecigarettes and liquid nicotine by making it illegal to sell these products to persons under 18. It also requires liquid nicotine containers to have childproof lids.

As a community, though, we need to do more.

We need to engage our youth to help them understand how e-cigarettes are just a continuation of tobacco company efforts to hook yet another (their) generation on nicotine. We also need to remain diligent about eliminating youth access and exposure to tobacco products and marketing.

Help protect our children by calling Tobacco-Free CFE (Clinton, Franklin, Essex) at (518) 310-3723.

Ann Morgan, Project Coordinator Health Systems for a Tobacco Free NY North Country Healthy Heart Network Saranac Lake

All welcome to Cycle Adks event To the Editor: Tuesday, June 9, will mark 75 days until Cycle Adirondacks, Wildlife Conservation Society’s new road-cycling tour of the Park and the surrounding region.

The Aug. 22-29 event will bring hundreds of people to our special corner of the world. To date, guests have registered from nearly 30 states and Canada, many of whom are saying it will be their first visit to the region.

The cycling, and the memories it will provide our guests, will be amazing; we know that. But it’s the connections with people in our host communities that will be the most memorable. These are the memories that will bring our guests back.

A reminder that our free nightly entertainment and our beer and wine garden are open to the public. We really want you to come out on Saturday Aug. 22 and Saturday Aug. 29 – enjoy the festivities, meet our riders and event volunteers, and share a great time with them.

We’re fortunate to have six incredible host communities, including Saranac Lake, which is our start and finish site for this inaugural event.

And within Saranac Lake we have four outstanding hosts.

The Cycle Adirondacks camp will be based on the practice fields of Petrova Elementary School; long-term guest parking will be at the Civic Center; our free evening entertainment on both Saturdays is slated for Riverside Park; and the tour will conclude at North Country Community College.

Without the wholehearted support of the Saranac Lake Central School District, the Town of Harrietstown, the Village of Saranac Lake and the fine folks at NCCC, none of this would be possible.

Thank you.

We’ve also received valuable assistance from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Adirondack Park Agency, Department of Transportation, State Police, Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce and so many others.

Registration is still open for our 3-day, 4-day and full-week route options, and anyone – including non-cyclists – can come along as part of our Travel Companions program or be an event volunteer.

Learn more at cycleadirondacks.com.

We’re looking forward to helping make Saranac Lake the Cycling Capital of the Adirondacks. Thanks for all your support!

Zoe Smith, Wildlife Conservation Society, Cycle Adirondacks Director Jim Moore, Cycle Adirondacks Event Director Doug Haney, Cycle Adirondacks Event Manager Matt VanSlyke, Cycle Adirondacks Event Manager

Obama directs agencies to serve antibiotic-free meat and poultry To the Editor: Last Tuesday, President Obama directed federal agencies to serve antibiotic-free meat and poultry in government cafeterias. The FDA will require animal procedures to obtain authorization from a licensed veterinarian to use drugs to treat a specific disease, rather than just to promote rapid growth, as is current practice. As much as 80 percent of all U.S. antibiotics are used in animal agriculture (1).

The moves come amid growing concern about the link between routing antibiotic use in animal agriculture and human infections by bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics because of their excessive use the CDC estimates that antibiotic resistance causes two million illnesses per year in the U.S. and 23,000 deaths. It also adds $20 billion per year in health care costs and $35 billion in lost productivity (2). And we thought that animal products were just linked to heart disease, cancer, and stroke while government agencies reduce antibiotics in animal products, the rest of us can do better immediately with wholesome vegetables, fruits, legumes, grains and a rich variety of plant-based meats, cheeses, milks, and ice creams available in supermarket. These foods contain all the nutrients we require, without the deadly pathogens, antibiotics, carcinogens, cholesterol, and saturated fats.

1. washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/06/02/ white-house-opens-superbug-summit-with-executive-order-to-federalcafeterias-prioritize-chicken-meat-raised-with-responsible-antibioticuse/ 2.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/drug-resistantbacteria-pose-potential-catastrophe-cdc-warns/2013/09/16/4cd2d4821ed6-11e3-b7d1-7153ad47b549_story.html Able Jorgenson Ticonderoga

A response To the Editor: Reader John Sharkey recently took exception to a letter to the editor I previously wrote criticizing publisher Dan Alexander for misstating historical facts by asserting that the founding fathers’ vision for our country stressed the importance of it being a “nation under God.” I won’t indulge Mr. Sharkey in meaningless back-and-forth argument over the issue, but will simply point out that fortunately he is no more entitled to come up with his own facts (let alone to rewrite our Constitution) than is Mr. Alexander. Interested readers should look at the source material for themselves and see just who is bungling what here.

Because “what’s wrong with America today” is a common theme of Mr. Alexander’s and a common interest of my own, though, I would like to take just a moment to address a couple of other things Mr. Sharkey said as I believe they exemplify a major problem currently entrenched in our society. I’m talking about the mindset so common among people today that “if you’re not with us, you’re against us!”

Redefining America as a Christian nation is a cause du jour among many on the far right of the political spectrum, so per the aforementioned mindset, anyone who speaks out against this cause must of course be a politically polar opposite. Hence in Mr. Sharkey’s view I wasn’t simply correcting the facts, but was instead “espous[ing]” a “liberal ideology.” And just to drive home how terrible being a dreaded liberal would make me, for good measure he closed his letter with a sidelong swipe at my patriotism.

In truth, if holding to historical/legal fact and the secular governance protected thereby amounts to any kind of ideology it would be that of constitutionalism, not liberalism. But in truth, too, any person of reasonable intellect and good intention is likely to have a mix of beliefs, some progressive, some conservative, some libertarian, some environmental, etc. Many beliefs could also be attributed to more than one ideology.

For the record, I strive to be one such person and accordingly prefer to remain free of any pure ideology and independent of any political party (not to mention any party’s extreme factions) – not that I think those who align themselves with one or another of these deserve demonization for doing so (perhaps excepting those extreme factions).

I realize this simple fact won’t stop Mr. Sharkey or anyone else who is committed to the “us versus them” mentality from assigning me to some foolish enemy camp and trying to do battle with me for saying something that’s contrary to their beliefs, but maybe they’ll ultimately gain a better understanding of the reality of life if more of us stand up and say “I’m neither for nor against you, I’m for all of us, in my own way!”

I think it’s worth a try, anyway.

Gerald Binczik Silver Bay

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Tying your shoe laces

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ave you ever heard the phrase, “I’m all in but my shoe laces?” A Malone friend posted comments on a social media site recently. She said they had come home and she was very tired after the trip, thus the shoe laces line. I told her I loved it, but it was unfamiliar to me.

Just when you think you know such things because you’ve lived in rural areas for many years, such colorful phrases pop up. I ran into another room and asked Kaye if it was familiar to her.

It was. “What would you say

by Gordie Little if you were exhausted like that?” she queried. The first thing that came to mind was, “I’m too pooped to pop” or “I’m just plain dog tired.”

How do these things get started anyway?

Somebody had to be first. It was either in conversation or in print. Often the origin is lost in the mists of time. Others with much more time and energy have searched such things and have written serious books and articles on the topic.

What I do here each week is mostly just for fun as I try to get conversations started around your kitchen table.

I’ve always been interested in studying the English language and the history of words. That’s the definition of etymology. To learn word roots and how those words have changed throughout the years is a great pastime. I especially like to learn how colloquial words and phrases from this area got their start. I know you’ve all said “jeezum crow” at one time or another and I have a good friend who makes a living by putting those words on his homemade products. We’ve also spent a lot of time trying to find out how our iconic food delight called michigans got started.

Sometimes, it’s fairly easy to trace the origin of words and phrases. The Internet and digital age have facilitated that effort tremendously. I’ve written often about “brass monkeys,” “breaking the ice,” “over the top,” “keeping your eye on the ball” and others. Some go all the way to the Holy Bible and many were coined by Shakespeare himself. Others were no doubt borne straight out of small talk by farmers such as “making hay while the sun shines.”

Although not familiar to me, the one about the shoe laces is perfect. When you hear it, you know instantly what it means. Last weekend, Kaye and I drove up to the wonderful, old Petrova School in Saranac Lake. It was charming because Kaye graduated on that stage when it was a high school way back when. Also, because one of our 37 great grandchildren was performing there with other youngsters who charmed their parents and friends.

Little dancer Lydia’s big brother Logan walked in and out with us. I noticed that both of his laces were not only untied, but were strung out behind him as he walked. He was oblivious and, amazingly, didn’t trip or stumble even once. I had a flashback to age five and heard my mother’s voice in my head saying, “Tie those laces or you’ll trip and fall.” Later, I saw that Logan’s laces were tied securely in beautiful ‘rabbit ear” loops. I didn’t ask who did it. Maybe my mother’s voice was loud enough for him to hear it as well.

Do they still teach lace tying in kindergarten?

When our kids were small, they brought home writing assignments challenging them to describe on paper the precise steps for tying their shoe laces. Guess who helped them with that project and made himself crazy in the process?

My mother has long since crossed the river Jordan and is blissfully residing on the other side; but Kaye is my conscience and often reminds me to tie my shoe laces and keep my zipper zipped.

She has saved me from public embarrassment so many times. How I love that woman.

My advice to you: listen to your mother and your wife. Keep your eye on the ball, tie your shoe laces, keep your powder dry and don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes.

Little Bits

Columnist Gordie Little is a weekly contributor to Denton Publications. He may be reached at gordie@denpubs.com.

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Local scout gains wings, talons

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com WESTPORT — The room darkened and flickered back to life as the candles were lit, one by one.

Each represented a different personality trait of a good Boy Scout, who in this case, was Briar James Christian, the Westport teenager who was about to receive the organization’s highest honor, the Eagle.

A scout is trustworthy, said Larry Carroll, the scoutmaster, listing the attributes.

In the back of the chambers, the basement of the Westport Federated Church, a scout elaborated as Carroll went down the line: “A scout is helpful,” said Carroll.

“He fulfills duties to family by helping at home,” recited the scout.

Loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.

The room brightened in wick-sized increments.

“We’ve gathered here tonight to mark the end of a long journey,” said Carroll.

Christian joined the troop seven years ago.

Carroll had him as a wee lad, marking the first time in 27 years that the leader presided over the entry and graduation for the same scout.

Since then, from Tenderfoot to Eagle, Christian has proven himself to be an exemplary young man, said Carroll, racking up community service hours and merit badges, 23 in all, everything from computer science to fishing.

Two more are needed before he gets his Eagle Palms, another high honor.

Christian always volunteered first for campout chores, said Carroll, and never complained about cold while camping in subzero temperatures, driving rains or gale force winds.

“Remember Ticonderoga?” he asked.

Inclement weather wreaked havoc on illprepared troops during a camping trip, just one of the 39 nights Christian spent under the stars with the organization.

“But not our troop, said Carroll. “We were prepared — the other troop had their tents end up in the cornfields.”

For his community service project, Christian constructed the ticket booth at the Essex County Fairgrounds, a project that took dozens of hours.

He also convinced his mother, Shannon Christian, to go on the troop’s annual deep sea fishing trip.

“I know she didn’t feel well at sea, but it’s that type of parental involvement that gets sons to Eagle,” said Carroll. “Your parents have undoubtedly been your primary source of help and strength. No one will ever know the num-

FIELD TRIP! ElizabethtownLewis Central fourth graders met with Senator Betty Little on the Million Dollar staircase in the State Capitol Building on Tuesday, June 2. While in Albany, the students put their knowledge of state government, a significant part of their curriculum, to use. They were accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. Sally Wachowski, and several parent chaperones.

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PROUD PARENTS: Jim and Shannon Christian look on as their son, Briar, is awarded his Eagle Scout sash from Boy Scouts of America Troop 63 Scout Master Larry Carroll.

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ber of acts of self sacrifice from your mother.”

Later, the freshly-minted Eagle pinned medals on both Mom and Dad. “Tell me if this hurts,” joked Christian.

The scout said the road to Eagledom was paved with many obstacles.

“I learned how to better myself and push myself to be better,” he said, “and how to take

initiative and do the job right — I’m just so honored I made the highest rank in Boy Scouts.”

Once he got his lapel pin, it was official.

The room applauded; his parents beamed and the half-dozen-or-so scouts were given their next task: Pulling out tables for the upcoming feast.

Ward Lumber to host free chicken harvest seminar JAY — Ward Lumber is hosting a chicken harvest seminar for anyone who is interested in harvesting meat birds.

The Chicken Harvest Seminar will be held on Saturday, June 27 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Topics will include learning how to prepare before harvest day, handling to minimize stress, humane bleeding, scalding, plucking and packaging.

The cost is $50, and attendees will take home the chicken that they process at the seminar. The prerequisite is being a Ward Lumber feed customer in Clinton, Essex or Franklin county.

Jay Ward, President of Ward Lumber, has raised various types of livestock on and off since age 8. He is currently raising chickens (meat and replacement pullets), swine and alpacas.

Ward has trained with skilled poultry processors and many chicken farmers sharing the best practices and techniques for chicken harvesting. He assembled and field tested a suite of portable poultry processing equipment to enable farmers to more easily harvest their own chicken on their farms.

Attendees will be using the poultry processing equipment available at Ward Lumber in Jay. The seminar will be held at Ward Lumber, 697 Glen Road, Jay, NY. Space is limited to 12 people.

Registration deadline is Friday, June 19 (seminar date is Saturday, June 27). To register, go to wardlumber.com or call Kim Coolidge at 946-2110, extension 120.

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CVSC turns two with open house, presentations WILLSBORO — The Champlain Valley Senior Community, the North Country’s only enhanced assisted living and dementia care facility, will celebrate its second birthday with an open house and community-wide celebration on June 12th from 2-6 p.m.

This free public event will feature educational presentations on dementia, Alzheimer’s and aging issues, and tours of the community, BBQ and live music.

The Champlain Valley Senior Community is partnering with the SUNY Center for Neurobehavioral Health for this event, which will feature Dr. Durant, Clinical Neuropsychologist, as the keynote speaker. Case managers, social workers, and other related industry professionals are encouraged to attend any or all of the presentations.

The itinerary for the event is as follows:

Kite Fest

From page 1 Kite Fest has come to attract out-of-town enthusiasts, including folks from the American Kitefliers Association and the New York Kite Enthusiasts.

Tom Shanken, 58, said his love for kites has only intensified over the years.

“It’s been a lifelong passion,” he said. “I love flight in general, whether rockets or insects.”

The hobby has led him to explore a number of diverse fields, including art, creative writing and science.

Building and studying their history can apply to anything, he said.

“It can take you in so many directions, and for me, it has.”

Shanken is actually the lead researcher on the world’s oldest kite, a Dutch item dating back to 1773.

Any tips for newcomers?

Marcy Field can be tough, he said. It’s surrounded by mountains and, of course, the sport is always weather dependent.

But the lighter the kite, the better, he said, citing modern units with carbon and fiberglass spars.

Be wary of heavy kites, like the Fokker Triplane.

“It looks absolutely wonderful,” he said of the model based on a WWI fighter plane, “but it weighs a ton and won’t fly.”

Flying is more physically demanding than it looks, said Shipps, like the bol races that sees kids forming teams to run with large, billowing sheets of fabric.

“It’s surprisingly difficult to run with half-sphere of air behind you,” said Shipps.

The sport, said Shanken, citing huge festivals that draw hundreds in Europe and elsewhere, has so much untapped potential in the United States.

“It’s color and motion, a synergy of a lot of things coming together.”

Shanken said he enjoys dashing the pre-conceived notion of putting a diamond-shaped thing into the air and simply staring at it.

Nothing beats taking newcomers out and flying a big one.

The typical reaction?

“You didn’t tell me this was what you’re going to do!” he said.

The Eighth Annual Kite Fest: Sunday, June 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments will be available from Rivermede Farm, with entertainment provided by Fritz Sabbow. Kites will also be available to purchase, with proceeds benefitting Keene Central’s junior class. For more information, find East Branch Friends of the Arts on Facebook.

Dementia Overview, by Dr. Durant: 2-2:45 p.m.

Learn about the different types of dementia and the symptomology associated with each type.

Professional Q & A with Dr. Durant: 3-3:45 p.m.

Professionals have the opportunity to drop in and consult one on one with Dr. Durant on difficult cases.

Maintaining Independence Through Adaptive Equipment, by Yvonne Lott and Jessica Mathews: 3-3:45 p.m.

Learn about all of the adaptive equipment and devices available to assist seniors with limited mobility in maintaining more independence and enjoy a higher quality of life.

Why Do People With Dementia Do That?, Dr. Durant: 4- 4:45 p.m.

How to interpret dementia behavior as communication, while developing a better understanding of environmental triggers, and responding compassionately.

Breakout sessions include: The Experience of Aging, by Valarie Drown: 2-2:45 p.m./3-3:45 p.m./4-4:45 p.m.

In these interactive workshops get a sense of what it truly feels like, sounds like, and looks like through the eyes of a senior citizen grappling with sensory losses.

Other festivities include: Network and explore resource tables, listen to live music, and enjoy dinner at our outdoor BBQ picnic from 5 to 6 p.m. and throughout the afternoon.

All presentations will be held in the CVSC Dining Room. Additionally, an Open House is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10 and Wednesday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For information on the Champlain Valley Senior Community and the anniversary celebration, call 518-817-9108 and ask for Juliette.

BRTF announces auditions for summer season

Summer sculpture entries needed

WESTPORT — Boquet River Theatre Festival will be holding auditions for the summer season as follows: Junior Program auditions (actors ages 8-13) for Little Mermaid Jr are Saturday June 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Westport Federated Church. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes you can dance in. The program will run July 27- Aug. 12, with performances Aug. 14-16.

Senior program auditions (actors ages 13 and up) for the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are Saturday June 13 from 2-4 pm at the Westport Federated Church in Westport. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes you can dance in. Come prepared to sing a Broadway song either a capella or bring karaoke accompaniment. Rehearsals will run July 20-Aug. 5, with performances Aug. 7-9. Questions? Contact Gigi at mason.ginene@avcsk12.org.

John Fountain Road to close

JAY — Be advised that it has become necessary to close the John Fountain Road to any thru traffic. Traffic for the next six weeks will be limited to residents and emergency services vehicles only. This closure is a result of ongoing construction to replace the box culvert. They apologize for the inconvenience this closure may cause. If anyone has any questions call Town of Jay DPW Director Robbie Lincoln at 225-4599 or Town of Jay Supervisor Archie Depo at 647-2204.

WILLSBORO — In conjunction with the Willsboro 250th anniversary, there will be a summer sculpture show Friday, Aug. 7 through Friday, Sept. 4. The exhibit will be a juried show with awards of $100 for best in show and $50 for best student work.

All artists are welcome to enter. The art will be exhibited at the Lake Champlain Senior Residence. There will be an opening reception Friday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m.

All entries must be delivered to the residence Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Entries are to be labeled with name, title and medium. The public is invited to view the art each day until 7 p.m. For further information, contact Cory Gilllland at 963-4677, c.gillilland@gmail. com or victoria@champlainassistedliving.com.

Kearns to begin Hatha Yoga Classes

AuSABLE FORKS — Instructor Stefanie Kearns is launching a series of Hatha Yoga Classes Tuesdays June 9 through July 21 at Cloudsplitter Studio, Tahawus Center, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Bring a mat if possible, and a beach towel. Call 524-4660, or email stefkearns@gmail.com for more information.

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Who has been incarcerated at Dannemora?

DANNEMORA — While Richard Matt and David Sweat may now be the most infamous prisoners (formerly) of the Clinton Correctional Facility, the list of “guests” here reads like a who’swho of violent criminals, along with several famous inmates who have spent time in “New York Siberia.”

Robert Garrow

Perhaps the biggest manhunt prior to the search for Matt and Sweat was focused on the capture of prison escapee Robert Garrow, who had a pair of stays in the facility. The first, from 1961 until 1963 for rape before being transferred Auburn. After murdering four people in July 1973 and sparking the largest manhunt in state history at the time, Garrow was sent back to Clinton from 1974 until 1977, when he was sent back to Auburn before going to the Fishkill Correctional Facility, which he escaped from in 1978. After another manhunt and capture, Garrow was killed in another escape attempt Sept.

11, 1978.

Manhunt

From page 1 convicts have fled the area.

“I think they had enough time to get away to escape to somewhere different,” said Parker. “I don’t think that they would be hiding out here.”

Parker said she and her family felt safe.

“We actually have police vans and cars that have been by our home,” she said. I believe they’re doing a great job.”

Authorities are continuing to investigate some 300 leads, state police said on Monday.

It remains an open question of how the inmates obtained the tools; if they had help and when, in fact, they performed the sophisticated work.

Hundreds of corrections and law enforcement officers continue to comb through the region, conducting grid searches in the heavily wooded area, and additional investigative services are being applied statewide and nationally.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said that the inmates could now be

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Charles “Lucky” Luciano

Tupac Shakur

Joel Rifkin

Russell Tyrone Jones (O.D.B.)

Perhaps the second most infamous mobster of the “golden age” of organized crime behind Al Capone, Luciano was an inmate who served 10 years for running a prostitution ring before being deported to Italy after World War II.

Known as “Joel the Ripper,” Rifkin went on a five-year killing spree murdering 17 women. In 2011, former Denton Publications editor Jeremiah Papineau interviewed Rifkin.

I went through several security checkpoints and answered numerous questions before getting anywhere close to Rifkin. The experience of walking into a maximum security prison was surreal and one I was definitely glad I was doing on my own free will.

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It’s also looking increasingly likely that it could be an inside job, said the governor.

“I think they had help,” said Cuomo in an appearance on the Today Show. “I don’t believe they could have acquired the equipment that they needed to do this without help.”

Cuomo said the investigators have divided the prison employees into three groups: guards, civilian employees and private contractors.

“I’d be shocked if a correction guard was involved in this,” said Cuomo. “But they definitely had help, otherwise they couldn’t have done this on their own.”

Cuomo said the complex operation, which has drawn comparisons to the Shawshank Redemption, must have taken days.

After constructing makeshift dummies, the pair cut through the steel wall at the back of their cells, scaled a catwalk, broke through a brick wall and into a steam pipe, where they snaked their way to freedom, exiting through a manhole cover.

“It really could have been a movie script, and if you saw it as a movie script, it would have been unbelievable, frankly, what

The Grammy-award winning rapper and movie star served nine months on a sexual abuse conviction which was later overturned. Shakur was gunned down in September of 1996 in Las Vegas after attending a Mike Tyson fight in what was classified as gang violence.

The Ol’ Dirty Bastard, as he was known as during his time as a member of the rap group Wu Tang Clan, was in Dannemora for 17 months after being convicted of criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Others include:

Richard Bilello

Member of the Lucchese crime family.

Robert Chambers

The “preppy murderer” served at Clinton Correctional for the manslaughter conviction of Jennifer Levin.

Jeffrey Conroy

Convicted in 2010 of a hate-crime murder of Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, the first person to be convicted of a hate crime for a death in Suffolk County.

Julio Gonzalez

Convicted of the 1990 Happy Land Fire in the Bronx which killed 87 people.

they accomplished,” said Cuomo.

It’s been revealed that the two men, both of whom have long track records of violent behavior, Acting Corrections Commissioner Anthony Annucci has said that all internal tools have been accounted for.

Citing a high-level source, the New York Post reported on Monday that a female prison worker was being interrogated as a possible accomplice. As of Tuesday morning, June 9, no charges have been brought against the woman.

Authorites confirmed on Tuesday that a woman who worked in the prison’s tailor shop was being interviewed by authorities.

Cuomo said the top priority remains capturing the convicted killers. The state has offered a $100,000 reward for their capture.

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A steady stream of well-wishers have stopped by the garage at the corner of River and Court streets to check in since a vehicle spontaneously ignited in a service bay shortly after Rich closed up shop on Tuesday evening.

“It’s a great community and a nice outpouring of concern,” said Rich.

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Rich praised them for their expediency and professionalism.

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While Tuesday’s scene saw voluminous black clouds billowRich speculated the vehicle’s ride over on the tow truck caused ing from the top of the service bay, damage is primarily limited a shortage under the dash. to smoke and water damage, said Rich, with no impact to the On Thursday morning, despite the boarded-up bays, broken building’s structure. glass and yellow tape roped around the gas pumps, several drivAll electronic equipment will have to be replaced. ers zipped into the parking lot looking for a fill-up.

Rich is working with insurance companies to get the station up Rich offered a smile and apologized. and running as soon as possible, preferably within one month.

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NYSPHSAA Playoffs

Section VII teams shut out in bids for baseball, softball states Softball

Averill Park 21, Peru 0 MALTA — Averill Park showed just why it’s the No. 1 Class A in the state with a 21-0 subregional win over Peru on June 4.

After a scoreless opening inning, the Warriors scored eight runs in the top of the second and never looked back, sending runners home in four of the five innings to follow.

The Indians’ Brittany Miner managed the team’s lone hit of the game, a single, while the Warriors had 20.

Kelly Neenan suffered the loss in the circle for Peru while Jade Ramos also saw time pitching.

Neenan tossed a strikeout in the setback.

The Lady Indians wrapped up their season with an 8-7 mark overall.

Fort Ann 15, Lake Placid 2 SOUTH GLENS FALLS — The No. 4 Cardinals were too much for the Blue Bombers to handle as the two-time reigning Class D champs won 15-2 on June 5.

Fort Ann got rolling early on, scoring eight runs in the top of the first inning and pushing the lead to 14 after three.

Lake Placid’s two runs came in the bottom of the sixth with the game largely out of reach.

Gillian McLean had a double for the Section VII champs while Taylor Maiorca had a two RBI single in the setback.

Fort Ann, with 20 hits in the victory, got a big hitting performance from Allison Vrooman, who was a home run shy of a cycle. Molly Bailey collected the win with seven strikeouts while Lake Placid’s Carissa Kennedy took the loss in a complete game effort.

Hoosic Valley 10, Ticonderoga 1 PLATTSBURGH — The Lady Sentinels were handed their first loss of the season on June 6, falling 10-1 to the sixth-ranked Indians in the NYSPHSAA Class C regional.

Hoosic Valley put No. 4 Ticonderoga, which came into the game with a 16-0 record, on the ropes early with three runs in the top of the opening inning.

The Section VII champs scored in the second inning, but the 3-1 hole would only get deeper as the Indians scored seven more times over the

final three innings of the game.

Camille Coyne was the difference maker for Hoosic Valley, striking out 13 batters on her way to the win in the circle. Ti’s standout pitcher Hannah Ross suffered the loss, allowing six hit.

Five Sentinels errors compounded the deficit.

Carly Campney, Brittany Bruce and Haleigh Wright accounted for the Sentinels’ three singles.

Danielle Stannard went 2-for-3 for the Indians, adding two RBI to help her team reach the state semifinals.

Ichabod Crane 1, Saranac 0 MALTA — The Lady Chiefs’ season ended just one run away from a trip to the Class B semifinals as they fell to the Riders 1-0 on June 6.

Ichabod Crane, ranked sixth in the state amongst Class B teams, scored what would ultimately be the game-winner over No. 14 Saranac in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Riders pitcher Calista Phippen struck out 11 batters while allowing the Chiefs just a pair of hits. Roma Mazzariello had the game’s lone RBI. Tori Trim capped off her Saranac pitching career with five strikeouts, no walks and just one earned run. Sydney Adolfo and Carissa Pellerin accounted for the team’s two hits.

The Chiefs’ spring campaign came to a finish with a 19-5 mark while all but two starters — Trim and Summer Gillespie — have yet to enter their senior year.

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Peru 7, Franklin Academy 1 PLATTSBURGH — The Indians got started early, plating a runner in the bottom of the first on their way to a 7-1 win against the Huskies in the Class A sub-regionals on June 5.

Franklin Academy got within a run in the top of the fourth, but Peru responded with two of their own before scoring another three in the bottom of the sixth on the way to the win.

Blake Altizer pitched a complete seven innings, striking out nine batters while allowing just three hits and one run.

Tristan Archambault and Andy Kneussle both had one RBI on a pair of hits, with Archambault connecting on the game’s lone double.

Dan Bridgeman rounded out the team’s five

hits with a single while Camden Rock and Cody Cunningham each had an RBI. Huskies pitcher Jared Moody, relieved in the sixth, suffered the loss on the mound.

With the win, Peru moves on to NYSPHSAA regionals where they’ll face Section II Class A champ Queensbury.

Fort Ann 17, Lake Placid 2 SARANAC — While solid hitting carried the Blue Bombers to a Class D title and state playoffs, it was the undefeated and No. 2 Cardinals that fared better with the bat on June 5.

Behind a 10-hit performance, Fort Ann scored runs in all but one inning on its way to a 17-2 win over Lake Placid.

Most of the damage came from the Cardinals’ Garrett Bailey, who completed the cycle on his way to nine RBI for the 19-0 Section II squad.

After allowing three runs in the top of the first, the Blue Bombers answered with one in the bottom of the frame before the game got away.

Evan Damp had a double for Lake Placid while Connor Preston and Alex Brandes both scored runs on a wild pitch and interference.

Four different Blue Bomber pitchers — Chris Williams, Noah Mohr, Ryan Damp and Kamm Cassidy — saw time on the mound.

Fort Ann continued to flex its muscles the following day, knocking off No. 1 Heuvelton for a trip to the state semifinals.

Lake Placid, which played a bulk of its season facing teams from three larger classes, capped off the year with 10 wins.

Norwood-Norfolk 4, Northern Adirondack 3 CANTON — The Bobcats, no stranger to close games, came out on the wrong end of a closelyfought, extra-inning playoff tilt against the Flyers on June 5.

Section X’s Norwood-Norfolk struck first, but Northern Adirondack scored the game’s next three runs to take a lead into the sixth.

Two runs by the Flyers knotted the game up at 3-3 before a final run in bottom of the eight sealed the Class C sub-regional.

NAC had 10 hits in the game, all singles, with Kody Smith sending one runners home.

Tristen St. Andrews had a double and three RBI for the Flyers, including the game-winning

sacrifice fly. Ethan King took the loss on the mound while Norwood-Norfolk’s Peter Jarvis, who took over in the fifth, pitched his team to the win.

Ogdensburg Free Academy 9, Plattsburgh 5 CANTON — After a sub-regional bye, the Hornets’ season ended just one game shy of a trip to the state semifinals as the Blue Devils won 9-5 on June 6.

No. 9 Ogdensburg Free Academy did most of its damage in the bottom of the fourth inning as it pushed a one-run lead to nine.

Plattsburgh, however, didn’t back down. The eighth-ranked squad answered with five runs in the top of the fifth to get back into the ballgame, but it would be the last time in the game that a runner from either team would cross home.

Alex Follmer had two of the Hornets’ four hits while Andrew Bechard had a double and drove in three runners. Ryan Whalen added another RBI. Gerritt Rietsema had four strikeouts in the setback while Whalen added two more after relieving him in the fourth.

The Blue Devils’ Kinnon LaRose had 11 strikeouts on his way to picking up the win. Dakota Brady had three RBI on a pair of hits.

Plattsburgh, a week-and-a-half removed from its Section VII Class B title win, wrapped up the season 17-6.

Queensbury 6, Peru 0 PLATTSBURGH — The Indians’ season came to an end just a game shy of the final four as the Spartans pulled away late for the 6-0 NYSPHSAA regional win at Chip Cummings Field on June 6.

While Peru ace Andy Kneussle was among the section’s best this spring, it was No. 4 Queensbury’s Kyle Chambers who kept his opponent hitless and headed to the state semifinals.

Chambers fanned 12 batters in the win while Kneussle struck out four. It pitchers’ battle for over half the game — Queensbury only had two hits and two runs through four innings — but the Section II champ had four runs over the final two innings as Peru committed five errors.

Brett Rodriguez did most of the Spartans’ damage at the plate, going 4-for-4 with an RBI triple.

Peru finished the season 16-5.

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andrew@denpubs.com BEEKMANTOWN — While most of the topseeded athletes fared well in the Section VII track and field state qualifiers in Beekmantown June 5, the rainy afternoon provided some upset excitement, too.

And perhaps the biggest one came right away.

Unseeded in the boys 4x800 relay, Peru’s Jared Banker, Tom Mathews, Ethan Feazelle and Isaiah Maddix came from behind on the final leg of the race to punch their ticket to Albany.

Just six days prior, the Indians’ 3,200 meter squad — with two different runners — took seventh in the event. But not this time. Maddix, running as the anchor, overtook a Hornets runner and stayed just ahead, edging out a win by eight tenths of a second.

“I told myself before the race, ‘If we’re behind, I’m going to sprint as fast as I can,’” Maddix said. “I saw my team screaming at me, I knew I’m already halfway through, I’m in pain, I’m going for it. I still can’t believe it.”

When the girls took to the track for the same race, the only element lacking was a photo finish. In sectionals, the Lady Chiefs were edged by the Blue Bombers, who came into qualifiers with the No. 1 seed. But the runners out of Saranac had a trick up the sleeve.

“We had a secret weapon, which was Janyll Barber, that we weren’t going to use until today,” said Faith Haley after the race.

Whether it was the secret weapon or a trip to states at stake, plenty changed in the six days since the last go at it. Haley, Barber, Amy LoTemplio and Lexi Blockson shaved over 20 seconds off the previous week’s result, good for a new Saranac school record.

“It feels amazing,” said Barber, who also qualified for states in the triple jump. “It’s exciting.”

Haley agreed.

“It’s definitely one of the best things I’ve ever done,” she added. “I’m going to remember it forever.”

After amassing a sizeable lead over the first three legs, it was up to Blockson to close the

At left, EKMW’s Jon Gay powers his way down the stretch of his state-qualifying 1,600 meter run win. He set a personal-record time of 4:22.9, a mark he hopes to lower when running side-by-side with the state’s best in Albany. Pictured at right is Saranac’s Lexi Blockson taking the baton for the final 800 meters of the team’s 4x800 meter relay. She, Faith Haley, Amy LoTemplio and Janyll Barber set a school record in the event.

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race out. Despite ultimately winning by 14.1 seconds, the anchor felt the pressure.

“I was definitely stressed out at the beginning of the race,” Blockson said, adding that when she heard they were closing in on the record she knew she had to push it. “It felt amazing. It was really emotional.”

LoTemplio, also a two-event qualifier with a win in the 3,000 meter run, added that she’s excited to be going to Albany with a group of “awesome teammates.”

But not every event came with an element of surprise. Twelve top-seeded competitors won in girls competition and 10 more in boys. One of them, EKMW’s Jon Gay, was virtually a shoein for the 1,600 after a season full of substantial victories.

He finished the mile run in 4:22.90, good for a personal record and 25.7 seconds faster than runner-up Henry McGrew of Lake Placid.

Though the Westport junior was hoping for

4:19, a mark that may be more likely to achieve at states where he’ll run amongst, not well ahead of, the competition.

“I wish there was a little more competition just to push me along, but that’ll come at states,” Gay said after the race. “It’s difficult at times because I’m basically all by myself at practice.”

The fastest Division II 1,600 meter run time this season was achieved just a day prior, a 4:10.51 by Greenwich’s Jeremy Spiezio at the Section II state qualifier. For the Emu runner, states will provide an entirely different type of race.

“I think at first it’s going to get me a little out of rhythm, but by the 800 I’ll be nice and fluid,” Gay said. “I think it’ll be good, it’ll push me along, it will just be a little different at the very beginning.”

The Beekmantown girls, meanwhile, built on their recent Section VII title win by sending

seven athletes to states to compete in nine different events.

Elisabeth Plympton and Kallie Villemaire were three-time qualifiers for the Lady Eagles.

Plympton won the 100 meter dash and long jump, Villemaire the 200 and 400 meter dashes, and both took part in the 4x100 relay victory.

Lindsey Gonyea and Kirsten Villemaire, who also qualified in the 800, were the other two members of the relay team. Octavia Pizarro (100 meter hurdles), Grace Kelly (high jump) and Jerika LaValley (shot put) rounded out the long list of Beekmantown winners.

Saranac had two more qualifiers in Elysha O’Connell (1,500) and Logan Thatcher (discus).

The Lady Indians’ 4x400 relay team of Taylor Canet, Rebecca Romonowicz, Abby Adams and Rachel Sheldrick used a razor-thin .1 second margin to clinch their victory while Northeastern Clinton’s Jessica Cartier was best by 3.1 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Ticonderoga’s Lillith Ida victored in the pentathlon while Seton Catholic’s Sofia DeJordy got the nod in the 2,000 meter steeplechase.

In boys competition, Saranac and Ticonderoga dominated the field, combining for wins in 12 different events.

The Chiefs’ Justin Liechty did so individually in the 400 while also running in both the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Caiden Goodman did the same, with his individual win coming in the 100. Rounding out the 4x100 was Hunter Church and Austin Myers; in the 4x400, Myrers and Colby Churchill.

Colby Russell swept the throwing events for Saranac while Zach LePage qualified through the 3,000 steeplechase.

Ticonderoga’s Shawn Silliman won both hurdles events while Marcus Moser (200), Kody Parrott (800) and Collin Bresett (high jump) rounded out the team’s winners.

The final four wins of the meet all went the way of Plattsburgh. Damian Bruce went to the air for two of them, winning the long and triple jumps, while Jeriqho Gadway won the 3,200 and Jacob Rohrig the pentathlon.

The NYSPHSAA championships, broken into two divisions for small and large schools, will take place June 12-13 at the University of Albany. A full schedule of events, as well as the option to purchase tickets online, is available at www.nysphsaa.org/sports/spring/track.aspx A year ago, two Section VII athletes — Ticonderoga’s Jay Hebert and EKMW’s Halie Snyder — were named state champions in the 110 hurdles and 400, respectively, with Hebert adding a Federation title as well.

Lady Chiefs handle the Blue Devils in Class B sub-regional Saranac 9, OFA 0

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andrew@denpubs.com POTSDAM — Tori Trim struck out 11 batters and the Lady Chiefs made quick work of the Franklin Academy Blue Devils, advancing in the Class B state playoffs by way of a 9-0 win on June 4 at SUNY Potsdam.

Saranac’s defense was strong from the get-go, forcing five outs and two strikeouts before an Ogdensburg batter was able to get on base. On the offensive side, meanwhile, it only took until the bottom of the second for the Section VII champs to get on the board.

Kaitlyn Guynup got on base on a bunt, stole second, and after two strikeouts Samantha LaFountain singled into right field to send Guynup home.

It was all Chiefs from there.

“We came in knowing that we really had to play as hard as we could and that it wasn’t going to be easy,” said Guynup, who got on base again in the fifth and reached home for the team’s sixth run of the game. “We just happened to find some errors and run the bases as well as we could. We were definitely on our A-game today.”

A big difference in the game, one both Guynup and head coach Sam Campbell spoke of, was the team’s baserunning. Saranac runners advanced bases 14 times on steals and a handful of wild pitches.

“Baserunning was a big key because we hit the ball but didn’t hit it like we’re capable,” Campbell said. “When you’re not hitting you’ve got to create something and the kids ran well. When we did pressure them, they made a mistake, as most teams will.”

While the Chiefs runners made work of the bases, Trim was just as efficient in the circle. In the top of the fourth, a walk followed by a double left Ogdensburg runners on second and third with no outs.

Trim struck out the next two batters and the final scoring attempt was thwarted on a groundout. Two innings later, the Blue Devils threatened again, this time putting runners on first and second with one out. Two strikeouts later and Ogdensburg was still off the board.

“Huge, huge,” said Campbell of Trim’s pitching with runners on. “Any ball that’s put in to play advances a runner, that’s most of the time an automatic two runs. When you can strike those next two people out and force the last batter to get the base hit, you’re back in the driver’s seat again.

“And when you get out of that inning, our mentality, our thought process, our confidence goes up, and theirs goes down.”

Trim allowed just a pair of hits and as many walks in the vic-

Saranac’s speed around the bases was key in the 9-0 win against Ogdensburg Free Academy. Summer Gillespie went 3-for-4 at the plate, and between steals and wild pitches, she advanced base four times in the victory.

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tory. Saranac batters, meanwhile, fared better against Ogdensburg’s Jennie Dalton with 10 hits and another two connections that sent runners home on errors.

Summer Gillespie was 3-for-4 while Sydney Adolfo sent three runners home from the plate in the victory. Emma Webster had a two RBI single, Skye O’Connell had a hit and an RBI, and LaFountain finished 2-for-3 with a run-driving single.

Two more runs came on Ogdensburg errors.

Dalton finished the game with four strikeouts for the Blue Devils while Jillian Lincoln doubled and Alicia Shaver added a single. Only two batters finished the game without at least one

strikeout against Trim.

“Tori is definitely a big contribution to this team and we’ll definitely miss her next year,” Guynup said of the senior pitcher.

“But we’ll take as much advantage of her now as we can. We just always have each other to back each other up.”

After the game, Campbell addressed the team with a clear message — that the going is only to get tougher.

“You’ve got to respect everybody at this point. If we do what we’re capable of I think we’ll be in the ballgame,” Campbell said.

He paused, and with a smile added, “Happy to be down there playing.”

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Ausable’s Two Fly Challenge “You’ve got to bring the 2 lines through the loop twice, then spit on it and draw the lines tight”, I said as we sat in room 19 of the Mountain Brook Motel in Wilmington NY”. “The spit acts like a lubricant and keeps the line from getting hot and weak”.

It was the first fly fishing lesson the three guys from Gowanda in Western NY ever had, and they were picking it up quick.

By Rich Redman Learning to tie and use home grown leaders was just part of the informal lesson that evening. Nymph and streamer fishing were covered extensively that evening over cocktails, fish tales and laughter!

Steve and Wally were going to fish the Two Fly Challenge along with my brother Dave and I, and we wanted to be ready.

Fly fishing is not all about catching fish, but hey, ya gotta be ready and try anyway! Spending time with some buds and renewing friendships is important. Stream therapy is always a plus!

Running into friends like Herb and Jodi who come down from Potsdam to fish is always a joy, Herb and Jodi lost their granddaughter in the car crash in Ray Brook last year so they are reevaluating life. Taking time to live is important! They chose to fly fish once again in Wilmington this year.

The 2 Fly Challenge is a 2 day fly fishing for trout event where you are limited to a choice of 2 flies for each day of the event. If you lose the flies, the fish you catch after that, don’t count towards the total. You partner up with a friend, and are on the honor system, where you fish the stretch between the ski jumps in Placid and the dam in Wilmington. Anglers get to fish quiet waters, runs, pools and pockets waters.

Prizes were given for the largest fish, and the total length of an individual’s catch.

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Valley News - Champlain Valley Edition • June 13, 2015 | 17 lied pleasure. Not bad for a rookie. Wally and Dave each picked up 3 browns over the day and a half event and I was lucky with 4 fish, including a nice 15 inch rainbow.

We celebrated with a fine meal at the Wilderness Inn, once again supporting our local economy.

The Two Fly Challenge brings in over 50 fishermen for the weekend, many coming from as far away as Connecticut, New Jersey, and western NY. This event is a great economic boost for our local motels and eateries.

The West Branch of the Ausable is a great river, but Hurricane Irene kicked some stream bank butt, and the damage is sending tons of sand into the river, clogging up gravel spawning areas, widening the river and flattening channels where trout once lived. The lower sections of the river have great holding areas and flush out sediments, but the river road section is in need of some bio-engineering.

I am planning on having a low key, low cost bio-engineering class this fall to work directly with fly fishermen to show them how some simple cuttings and plantings can help stabilize stream banks. As fishermen we do our share of damage when we climb up and down banks and walk along shorelines.

It’s time we pay our dues, set down the rods for a couple of hours and do some stream bank repair work, then we can get back to some fall fly fishing!

Search of Fly Waters, Wiley’s Flies, Ruger Gun Company, etc.

There were bucket raffles for fly fishing paraphernalia, along with raffle tickets sold for the chance to win a float tube donated by the Hungry Trout Shop.

There were many more sponsors involved, but way too many to mention.

Thank You to ALL of those sponsors for donating to this great event.

A special thank you goes to Michelle Preston and Tom Conway, for their organizational and promotional skills, keeping this yearly event strong.

All of the proceeds will be spent locally to purchase and stock Rich Redman is a retired District Conservationist for the USDA Nattrout from the Essex County Fish hatchery in Crown Point NY, ural Resources Conservation Service and an avid outdoorsman. His colonce again, supporting local efforts. umn will appear regularly. He may be reached at rangeric@nycap.rr.com.

The Two Fly Challenge is set in early spring to help support the local economy before the summer season. Recreational communities like Wilmington rely on fly fishermen, hikers, bird watchers, leaf peepers, and skiers. Clean, cold stable rivers, green farm fields, and a variety of forests, with fish and wildlife habitat are all the draws, to create “tourist habitat”.

We don’t have a GM car plant or a US Steel Mill for folks to work in, so we must manage our natural resources with a sound conservation ethic.

Now back to the story! After checking out a few river runs and pools, our group came to a spot where the guys could get some on-stream fly casting experience.

After a few dozen snags, and line tangles along with the line slapping and flopping on the waters, things started to come together. Casting a fly rod is a skill that requires fluid motions, and patience, but once Pictured are Dave, Stevie, and Wally from the Buffalo area, fishing the Two Fly Challenge in you get it, you got it!

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Steve took his first Brown Trout on a Photo by Rich Redman nymph, a beauty; 18 inches of yellow bel-

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WILLSBORO — Champlain Valley Senior Community opening celebration. 10 Gilliland Ln. PLATTSBURGH — North Country Regional Autism Spectrum Disorders Program, Instructional Supports, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders Conference, Lisa S. Cushing. Plattsburgh State University. 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Registration: fs30.formsite.com/ katechilton/form14/index.html?1430485347907.

PLATTSBURGH — Volunteer North Country Ballet Ensemble. E. Glenn Glitz Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. $10, seniors $5, under 12 free. Details: north-country-balletensemble.org.

WILLSBORO — Champlain Valley Senior Community birthday party. 2 until 6 p.m.

Details: 817-9108.

Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13

PLATTSBURGH — Relay for Life. Clinton County Fairgrounds. Registration 3 p.m. Eat Dessert First celebration 4 p.m. Opening ceremonies 7 p.m. Survivor Walk follows. Details: relayforlife.org/plattsburghny, 1-800-227-2345, 534-1963.

Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 14

WESTPORT — Dr. Thomas Tanneberger Golf Tournament. Westport Country Club. Details: tanneberger.org, 962-8211 Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 9624470.

Saturday, June 13

LAKE PLACID — Spring Carnival and Bazaar. Lake Placid Elementary School, 318 Old Military Rd. 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Details: facebook.com/events/788392971267893/.

WILMINGTON — Holy Hikes - Adirondacks Canoe, Kayak for Christ event. Wilmington Beach (Lake Everest). Registration required. Details: Kathleen, Jim Blaisel 9462622, kblaisel987@gmail.com.

MOOERS — Mooers Republican registration day. Details: 236-5537.

CHAMPLAIN — Northern Lights Square Dance Club, “Pie Night“ Dance. NCCS, 103 Rte 276. 7:30 to 10 p.m. Details; 236-6919, 450-247-2521.

ELIZABETHTOWN — ADK History Museum Antique and Classic Car Show. 10 a.m. Details: echs@adkhistorycenter.org, 873-6466.

WHALLONSBURG — Pennies from Heaven, Martha Gallagher. Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 1610 NYS Rte 22. 7:30 p.m. Details: 963-4170, thegrangehall.info, gofundme.com/plshelpmyfriends.

LAKE PLACID — Volunteer North Country Ballet Ensemble. Lake Placid Center for the Arts. 7:30 p.m. $10, seniors $5, under 12 free. Details: north-country-balletensemble.org.

LAKE PLACID — Second Saturday Storytime. The Bookstore Plus. 10 a.m. Details: thebookstoreplus.com, 523-2950.

Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14

MOOERS — 21st annual Mooers Town Wide Yard Sale. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Town maps available Mooers Fire Dept. Saturday, June 13. Details: 236-7246.

Sunday, June 14

LAKE PLACID — 2015 Lake Placid Marathon, Lake Placid Half marathon. Main St. 8 a.m. Close 2 p.m. Half $100, full $110, race day. Full 18+, half all ages.

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — June Jubilee Fundraising brunch. The Hedges. Noon.

Adults $25, under 12 $12 . Details: adirondackarts.org AuSABLE FORKS — Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir concert. St. James Episcopal Church, Rte 9N, Main Street. 10 a.m. Details: facebook.com/St.JamesAuSableForks, plattsburghstategospelchoir.org.

WHALLONSBURG — Volunteer North Country Ballet Ensemble. Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 1610 NYS Rte 22. 2 p.m. $10, seniors $5, under 12 free. Details: 963-4170, thegrangehall.info, north-country-balletensemble.org.

PLATTSBURGH — Town of Plattsburgh Parks & Recreation Department Baseball, Softball Olympics. Everest Rabideau Park. Noon until 3 p.m. Free. Details: 407-7152.

Monday, June 15

UPPER JAY — Quilters’ Gathering. Wells Memorial Library, 12230 NYS Rte 9N. 4:30 p.m. Details: 946-2644

Tuesday, June 16

WHALLONSBURG — “The Life and Times of Inez Milholland”, Linda Lumsden.

Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 1610 NYS Rte 22. 7:30 p.m.$5, students free. Details: 9634170, admin@thegrangehall.info.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Diabetes health fair. Elizabethtown Community Hospital. 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Details: White-Ferris 873-9005.

SARANAC — ‘Senior Dance’. Saranac Town Hall. 7 to 9 p.m. Admission nonperishable food item. Details: Gale 293-7056.

SARANAC — ‘Senior Dance’. Saranac Town Hall. 7 to 9 p.m. Admission nonperishable food item. Details: Gale 293-7056.

Wednesday, June 17

PLATTSBURGH — Fun Run/Walk series. Cadyville Recreation Park. Every Wednesday through Aug. 5. 6 p.m. Ages 4 to 14. Details: 293-8540, 562-6860, townofplattsburghrecreation.com.

Thursday, June 18

ELIZABETHTOWN — Professional Development Video Conference “Looking at your Child Care Program through a Different Lens”. ACAP office, 7572 Court St. Suite 2. 6:45 to 9 p.m. Details: kathyb@acapinc.org, 873-3207 ext. 236.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County WIC. Public Health Building. 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Details: 873-3560, 569-3296.

WESTPORT — Chicken, Biscuit Dinner. Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St. (Stone Church). Serving 4:30 p.m. Takeouts available. Nonperishable donations appreciated.

WESTPORT — Essex County Soil and Water Conservation District 50 years celebration. Floral Hall, Essex County Fairgrounds. 6 p.m. RSVP 962-8225.

WESTPORT — Elizabethtown-Westport Garden Club Luncheon, Fashion Show.

Westport Hotel and Tavern. Social 11:30 a.m. Lunch noon. $22. Details: 962-8348.

LAKE PLACID — “The Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department, 110 years of Service and Dedication” reception, fundraiser exhibit. 5 to 7 p.m. $20 donation. Details: 5233830, thehistorymuseum@verizon.net, lakeplacidhistory.com.

Thursday, June 18 through Sunday, June 21

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Blues, Heritage Festival. Lake Placid area. Sunday “A Tribute to the Class of 1915”. Tickets: LPCA Box Office, lakeplacidarts.org, Hotel North Woods.

Details: lpbluesfest.com, Hotel North Woods 523-1818.

Friday, June 19

WILMINGTON — Book signing, Niki Kourofsky. “Adirondack Outlaws: Bad Boys and Lawless Ladies”. Wilmington Community Center,. 7 p.m. Free, open to public. Details: 4208370, whs12997@hotmail.com.

Thursday, June 19 through Thursday, Sept. 17

SARANAC LAKE — 16th annual Saranac Lake’s Third Thursday Art Walks.

Throughout village. 5 to 7:30 p.m. Details: 637-2745.

Saturday, June 20

WARRENSBURG — Bass Season Begins. Through Monday, Nov. 30. Details: 8971200, dec.ny.gov/outdoor/38365.html.

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — Not Too Far From Home Stand Up Comedy Tour, Aaron David Ward. Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts. 7 p.m. $15 advance, $20 door.

Details: thenottoofarfromhomecomedytour.com, adirondackarts.org.

PLATTSBURGH — Clinton County Sheriff ’s Office Child Passenger Safety Seat Check. AAA Northway Office, 20 Booth Dr. 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Details: 565-4397, carrierem@co.clinton.ny.us, 563-3830 ext. 3504, jburdick@northway.aaa.com.

RAY BROOK — Larry Stringer Golf Tournament. Saranac Lake Country Club. Tee time 10:08 a.m. (firm). Awards, Chris, Missy Blanchard’s pig roast. Waterhole, Main St. Saranac Lake. $10 pp. Details: 891-3330.

SARANAC LAKE — Celtic Music Night. First Presbyterian Church. 7 p.m. Performers: Shamim Allen and Friends, John Radigan, Community Ceilidh. Free. Details: 891-3401.

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alling all landowners! Join experts to learn how to manage troublesome invasive plants on your property, including swallow-wort, Japanese knotweed, garlic mustard, purple loosestrife and many more!

This session on Wednesday, June 15 at 10 a.m., is free and sponsored by the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP). RSVPs are requested by June 15; walk-ins are welcome!

To RSVP, call or leave a message for Zachary Simek at (518) 576-2082, ext. 131, or email zachary.simek@tnc.org.

Who remembers summer lawn concerts at the Center during the Bob and Carole Harsh days? ELCS and Social Center alum Matt McCabe jammed with friends at those concerts and has continued to be a local favorite musician.

This summer, Matt will kick off our Tuesday night performances on June 30! Bring your lawn chairs at 6:30 p.m. and start your summer right. The concert will be moved indoors if weather is uncooperative.

The full schedule of our free performances is available at the Center, on our website and on our facebook page.

Mahjong players will begin meeting to play again on Fridays at 1:00 p.m. Contact the Social Center if you are interested.

There is still time and room to grow your own produce in the Community Garden behind the Hale House. Contact Jared at EtownGarden@gmail.com for more information.

June 14 – 20: Monday: Healthier Today - at ELCS, Support Group at 4:30 p.m. and Group Workout at 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Third Age Adult Day Center, 10 a.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; YogaFit with Ellen DuBois, 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday: Invasive Plant Management Training, 10 a.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.

Thursday: YogaFit with Ellen DuBois, 9:30 a.m.; Teen Rec hours, 3 - 6 p.m.; Zumba with Karin DeMuro, 5:30 p.m.

Friday: Teen rec hours, 3 – 9 p.m.

Saturday: Teen rec hours, 2 – 9 p.m.

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

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CVSC to host birthday party

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WILLSBORO — The Champlain Valley Senior Community’s birthday party will be held Friday, June 12, from 2 until 6 p.m. There will be specialists on hand to talk to people about the aging population and people with dementia. There will be live music and an outdoor barbecue picnic. For more information call Juliette at 817-9108.

CVSC announces June activities

WILLSBORO — The Champlain Valley Senior Community’s Second annual Anniversary Celebration will be Friday, June 12, from 2 until 6 p.m. and Monday, June 22, at 7 p.m., with the Cumberland Barbershop Chorus set to perform. There will be Music Mondays with live music. The Flashback Band will be June 8; Lou Allen June 15, and Ed Schenk June 29. There will be Tuesday’s Cocktails and Tales with Kate every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. There will be Garden Days Tuesday’s at 11 a.m. There will be Fun Fridays at 2 p.m. The Library Jam Band will perform Friday, June 19 and The Lonesome Travelers Friday, June 26.

North Country Ballet to visit Grange

WHALLONSBURG — The North Country Ballet Ensemble will be performing Sunday, June 14, at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall at 2 p.m. The ballet presents Steppin’ Out, Terpsie Toon, Indigo and Awapuhi, an excerpt from spice suite with Rebecca Kelly, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major with Terpsie Toon and Peter and the Wolf Excerpts with Michaela Boschetto. The tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for seniors and children under 12 and students are free. For more information call 963-4170 or visit thegrangehall.info, north-country-ballet-ensemble.org.

ELIZABETHTOWN — A diabetes health fair will take place Tuesday, June 16, at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, from 4 to 6 p.m. This free event is open to the public and includes speakers, cholesterol and A1C (glucose level) testing, body mass index assessment, and blood pressure check. For more info, call Mary White-Ferris at 873-9005.

Child care program to be held

ELIZABETHTOWN — A Professional Development Video Conference features “Looking at your Child Care Program through a Different Lens,” Thursday, June 18, at the ACAP office from 6:45 to 9 p.m. OCFS training topic areas 5 and 8 will be covered. Contact Kathy B. at kathyb@acapinc.org or 873-3207 ext. 236 to register.

Luncheon, fashion show slated

WESTPORT — The Elizabethtown-Westport Garden Club will have their 28th annual Luncheon and Fashion Show Thursday, June 18, at the Westport Hotel and Tavern. This year’s theme is titled “Spring for Fashion”. Come for social time at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at noon. Tickets are $22 each, with reservations required by calling 962-8348. Tickets can be purchased at the Bessboro Shop.

Grange to host Inez Milholland presentation

WHALLONSBURG — The Whallonsburg Grange Hall, together with Adirondack Architectural Heritage, will present “The Life and Times of Inez Milholland” with speaker Linda Lumsden Tuesday, June 16, at 1610 NYS Rte 22, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 and students are free. For info call 963-4170 or admin@thegrangehall.info.

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he North Country SPCA would like to announce our 2015 Paws Cause event at the Keene Valley Country Club, across from the Ausable Inn, on Sunday, July 5 from 6-9 p.m.

Paws Cause has become a wonderful tradition which includes an elegant buffet dinner, wine and beer, a silent auction and terrific live music that is sure to create the perfect evening of relaxation and fun, well helping to support our Floyd furry friends.

The cost to attend is $75 per person at the door. If you would like more information, or to RSVP (by July 1 please) contact Elizabeth Davidson Derr at Derrdogs@ gmail.com.

Our featured pet this week is Floyd, an adorable young Staffordshire Terrier-mix who is around nine weeks old and will positively melt your heart with his sweet, floppy-eared face and puppy antics!

Floyd just can’t understand what the “Pit Bull” fuss is all about. It seems he never got the memo that he is supposed to be scary and tough! Floyd is the perfect example of what his breed can be in a loving environment. This little guy gets along wonderfully with other dogs as well as people of all ages. He has the cutest face with big intelligent eyes, and it’s impossible not to smile at those comical, speckled ears! If you are looking to add a little puppy love to your home, there’s no better time to stop by the NCSPCA and meet Floyd - you’ll be glad you did!

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Schroon

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Chesterfield

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Keene

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LEGALS NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 68 Hand Avenue LLC filed articles of organization with SOS of NY on 6/3/2015. Principal office is in Essex County, New York. The SOS of NY is designated as agent for service of process against the LLC to Keith A. Morgan, 222 Laurel Lane, Haverford, PA 19041. The LLC's purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.

VN-06/13-07/18/20156TC-84993 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 8 Church Lane LLC filed articles of organization with SOS of NY on 5/26/2015. Principal office is in Essex County, New York. The SOS of NY is designated as agent for service of pro-

5/26/2015. Principal office is in Essex County, New York. The SOS of NY is designated as agent for service of process against the LLC, and SOS shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the LLC to 2351 County Route 10, Wadhams, NY 12993. The LLCs purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.

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ALTERNATIVE ADAPTIVE RE-USE WADA Building, Westport, Engineering Proposals invited July 10, 2015 Bill Kuntz 2 Addison St. Elizabethtown, NY 129932 VN-05/30/2015-4TC83215

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LOCATION Champlain City of Plattsburgh Peru Plattsburgh Schuyler Falls Saranac Dannemora Peru Peru City of Plattsburgh Mooers

PRICE $150,000 $130,000 $75,000 $169,000 $90,000 $16,500 $243,500 $214,900 $128,750 $185,000 $120,000

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: DERECK CROWNINGSHIELD CONTRACTRACTING LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/01/2014 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: 1215 Sunset Dr., Willsboro, NY 12996. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

VN-05/16-06/20/20156TC-82205 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC): FITZGERALD ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with SSNY on 04/02/2015. New York Office Location: Essex

LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with SSNY on 04/02/2015. New York Office Location: Essex County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon who process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: Fitzgerald Environmental Associates LLC., 18 Severance Green, Suite 203, Colchester, VT 05446.

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LLC. MOBILE HOME avg. over 10 acres from Articles of Tracts Organization $12,900 Waterfront, streams, filed with the Secretary NOTICE OF FORMATION Let’s Go Garage & Yard FOR SALE 14x80 3 bedroom, 2 views, farmhouses!

New York OF LIMITED LIABILITY of State of ponds, Sale-ing Thru(LLC) The Classified Superstore bath completely redone mobile (“SSNY”) on AprilTerms 9, avail!

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OF SunRay Group ing Proption filed with the Secre- cated in Essex County, tary of State of New NY. The “SSNY” is des- erties, LLC filed with the York (SSNY) on ignated as the agent of Secy. of State of NY 05/07/2015 Office Loca- the “LLC” upon whom (SSNY) on 5/6/15. Ofprocess against it may fice loc.: Essex County. tion: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as be served “SSNY” shall SSNY is designated as mail a copy of any pro- agent of the LLC upon agent of the LLC upon whom process against it cess to the “LLC” at whom process against it WILDERNESSCAPES may be served. SSNY 1399 Route 9, Kee- may be served. The ad- PROPERTIES LLC, a dodress SSNY shall mail mestic LLC, filed with shall mail a copy of any seville, NY 12944. copy of process to is the SSNY on 10/27/14. process to the LLC at: VN-06/13-07/18/20158120 Brookside Rd., Office location: Essex CT Corporation System, 6TC-85065 County. SSNY is desigElkins Park, PA 19027.

111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NOTICE OF FORMATION Purpose: Any lawful ac- nated as agent upon NY 10011. Purpose: To OF Otis Mountain Media whom process against engage in any lawful act LLC, Art. of Org. filed tivity. the LLC may be served.

VN-05/30-07/04/2015or activity. with Secy of State SSNY shall mail process VN-05/23-06/27/2015(SSNY) on 4/28/15. Of- 6TC-82976 to Johnathan A. Esper, 6TC-82799 fice location: Essex 1235 Haselton Rd., County. SSNY designatWilmington, NY 12997. ed as agent of LLC upon General purpose.

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