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away from a public hearing, the date of which will be determined next week if the full board signs off on the proposal.

If so, lawmakers would then have another month to flesh out the ordinance based on discussion generated at that hearing.

By Pete DeMola Lawmakers continued to have reservations over the current pete@suncommunitynews.com draft.

Ron Moore (R-North Hudson) called the proposal “seriELIZABETHTOWN — Animal rights advocates scored a ously flawed.” victory on Monday when the Essex County Board of Supervi“At this point, I don’t think I can support this,” Moore said, sors Ways and Means Committee approved the introduction of a local dog tethering law. >> See TETHERING LAW | pg. 10 The greenlight puts the proposed legislation just one vote

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SCHROON — Solomon Northup’s memoir “12 Years A Slave” was written in 1893. But his ancestors find lessons in revisiting the tale today.

A group of Solomon’s descendants recently traveled from their homes to Fort Edwards, then to Schroon and on to AuSable Chasm to visit the North Star MuseKim um.

Dedam Their sojourn chronicled Solomon NorWriter thup Day, the third Saturday in July, a time that marks the approximate day his autobiographical story was published over a century ago.

At the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum on Main Street in Schroon, the wall along one room pulls facets of Solomon’s experience into modern focus.

Photographs, music, a ship’s manifest that names its human cargo, a pin-marked map are made multi-dimensional with the artifacts of slavery: chains, cotton plants, a mannequin wearing a cotton-picker’s clothes and a slave’s tag dangling around its neck.

Solomon’s great-great granddaughter Irene Northrup-Za-

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Laura Dewey describes her work in researching and sewing the clothes typically worn by slaves who worked on cotton plantations.

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hos made what was a two-day pilgrimage for Solomon Northup Day this year and stopped here.

“The violin above the mannequin in Schroon was a pivoting artifact in the life of Solomon,” she said of what is reflected in the museum’s telling of her family’s story.

“It not only was an instrument that he was adept with, but one which was ‘instrumental’ in plotting his life with twelve years of slavery,” Zahos said.

Solomon was “inveigled,” Schroon exhibit curator Laura Dewey explained.

“He was tricked into thinking he could play fiddle for a traveling show and was taken, instead, into the deep south to

ELIZABETHTOWN — Sun Community News in Elizabethtown has added veteran reporters Lohr McKinstry and Kim Dedam to its talented team of journalists.

The locally-owned company has also hired news clerk and arts columnist Elizabeth Izzo; named Keith Lobdell sports editor and designated Pete DeMola assistant managing editor.

The announcements help solidify the newspaper group as the region’s number one source of superbly written community news.

Sun Community News Managing Editor John Gereau said he is excited to welcome the new additions to his editorial team.

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The show will feature over 20 songs from the past 15 shows at BRTF. Most of the actors have participated in the program since they were small children and are now in high school.

The review’s director and choreographer is Jacqueline Robertin. The music director and costumer is Kimberly Hughes.

The cast includes Charlotte Davis, Mike Dedam, Katelynn Haynes, Lawrence Lobdell, Malynda Lobdell, Maggie Ploufe, Hannah Schwoebel, Annette Stephens, Hudson Stephens, Lizzie Stephens, McKenzie Stephens, Helena Ware, Caroline Wilkins and Griffin Wilkins.

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Community Cares Project underway WESTPORT — Local businesses have donated over $2,500 to Westport Federated Church’s Community Cares Project.

A concert to raise travel assistance funds for cancer patients was held July 24, bringing the total up to $4,000. A pancake breakfast held earlier this month raised $461 for the food shelf. A second breakfast will be held Aug. 20 to provide school supplies for Westport Central parents.

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Essex County Fair announces schedule

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WESTPORT — It’s late-July, and the Essex County Fair is primed for takeoff.

Organizers are pumped about this year’s installment, scheduled for Aug. 10 to 14 at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport.

The 168th installment will see organizers continuing to refine the event schedule and add new attractions.

Exhibitions this year include Hansen’s Spectacular Acrobatic Sensations Show, the Indian River Lumberjack Show and the Greased Pole Competition.

Gearheads will get their fix with the ever-popular demolition derby and truck and tractor pulls, while food lovers with a competitive streak can look forward to the milk drinking and pudding eating contests.

S&S Carnivals will return for a second year following positive feedback, joining a new concessions manager. “[The fair] went very smooth last year, and we’re hoping this year will be even smoother,” said Essex County Agricultural Society Treasurer Bridget Brown.

Agriculture, too, will play a role, with 4-H exhibitions and blue ribbon-winning veggies displayed in Floral Hall.

Folks are still welcome to register.

While the industry is changing, said Ernie LaPine, agriculture and farming still has a future at the annual event.

Dairy once reigned supreme in the county, and the cattle contests reflected that.

But their numbers have diminished over the years in favor of specialized farmers with vineyards, orchards and hops.

They, too, have a future here.

“These are the things that can be capitalized on for an agricultural fair,” LaPine said.

LaPine’s involvement in the fair started in 1968, when George

Vanderhoof, who passed away this month, taught him the ins and outs of ticket taking.

From there, LaPine progressed to administrative work.

“Now I just run my mouth,” he cracked.

Following its genesis in the 1840s, the fair was jointly operated

by Clinton and Essex counties and held on the Port Kent Road on a rolling stretch of farmland. A separation, and a brief move to Elizabethtown, followed. The operation ultimately relocated to Westport in 1865 in an effort to boost visitation from across Lake Champlain.

The next quarter-century saw the Essex County Agricultural Society purchasing the parcels of land that make up the current location.

People, indeed, came across the lake, and brought their livestock with them, which they transported across the lake by boat, LaPine said.

The fair was a premier social occasion with a uniform to match: Women in dresses, men in ties. Even in the 1940s, people were dressed in their suits and their dresses, LaPine said.

Demonstrations have always remained popular over the years — like blacksmithing, butter-churning and ice cream-making — owing to a continued desire for folks to remain tethered to their roots, he said.

And since its inception, the fair has always been a boon for local businesses.

“It brings money into the area, that’s what it does,” LaPine said.

Nothing packed in the crowds more than marquee country music singers like Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, both of whom appeared in 1968. Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell and Tanya Tucker also made appearances.

“Reg Muro was fantastic at bringing in entertainment that was upcoming,” LaPine recalled.

Doing so is seldom possible now owing to skyrocketing budgets, he said.

The Essex County Fair Association did well with the slim bud-

get they had, he said.

Among LaPine’s fondest memories is working on the grounds with his pals, including Lyn Lobdell, who passed away earlier this year.

“I’ve got some really fond memories of working with Lyn,” LaPine said.

LaPine said he also enjoyed meeting carnival workers.

“Once they got to know you, they would do anything in the world for you, they really would.”

Brown said the agricultural society is appreciative of the Essex County Board of Supervisors for their support over the years, which helps keep their budget affordable.

Hopefully they can push attendance past 10,000 this year, up from about 6,000 last year.

Organizers will also beef up their fundraising efforts throughout the year with an expanded off-season event schedule.

And for the first time in a decade, the fair might receive state funding.

Last week, the governor’s office announced a new grant program that would award county fairs up to $200,000 from a $5 million pot.

Funding will help offset the cost of improvement and renovation projects, including new construction, at eligible county fairs, making it the first time in nearly a decade the state has included the item in their annual spending plan.

Brown said the ag society had lobbied for that money earlier this year in Albany.

A similar grant package allowed them to build the Sugar House about a decade ago.

“We will definitely be looking into how to get some of this money for the county,” Brown said.

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Derrick hits Stefanik on trade policy Trans-Pacific Partnership takes center stage in congressional race

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PLATTSBURGH — The Trans-Pacific Partnership has emerged as a central issue in New York’s 21st Congressional District.

The opening salvo was fired last week by Mike Derrick, who is challenging Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) for the seat, with the rollout of the first campaign ad of the 2016 cycle.

In the 30-second spot, Derrick said he agrees with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in opposing the proposed trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations.

“I don’t support Trump, but he’s right that we need to stop the job-killing TPP deal, and take on both parties in Washington,” Derrick said.

Derrick, a Democrat, criticized Stefanik for what he said was her support of the agreement, calling it an “unfair trade deal similar to NAFTA that will ship jobs overseas and hurt this region’s families who desperately need more economic opportunity and growth.”

The Stefanik camp called the ad “false” and an attempt to deceive voters about the freshman lawmaker’s record.

“Elise Stefanik has never supported TPP, and the news citations used to support Mike Derrick’s blatantly false claim are about TPA, not TPP,” said campaign spokesman Lenny Alcivar in an email. “Either Mike Derrick doesn’t know the difference between TPP and TPA, or he knowingly misrepresented her position because he has no new ideas of his own.”

The Derrick camp shot back: “Why would she vote to fast track its approval if she doesn’t support it?”

In a third news release, Derrick suggested Stefanik was beholden to her campaign donors. The lawmaker, he claimed, received $50,000 from “pro-TPP special interests that spent over $168 million on total lobbying in 2014 alone.”

Derrick also touted an endorsement from the United Steelworkers, who said the candidate reached out when Alcoa threatened to cut 600 jobs in Massena last year.

“Mike called and asked what he could do to help,” said Region 4 Representative Rick Sauer. “We did not hear from our Congressperson.”

DEFINITIONS

TPA is short for “trade promotion authority,” commonly referred to as “fast track.”

That legislation gives the administration the authority to negotiate trade deals based on a predetermined set of objectives and priorities. Once negotiated, Congress must vote up or down on whether to ratify it, without amendments — nor can the deals be filibustered.

Without the TPA, the U.S. would not be able to negotiate any trade deals at all — it is not TPP specific — since no trading partner would ever agree to a deal that is subject to change.

In a vote cleaved largely along partisan lines, Stefanik voted for the TPA last June.

The lawmaker has stopped short of saying she supports the TPP, which remains subject to congressional approval.

“Last month, I had the opportunity to sit down with our trade ambassador who is negotiating these trade agreements on behalf of the U.S., and I raised concerns from our dairy farmers, from our manufacturers in this district,” Stefanik told the Glens Falls Post-Star last week.

Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello also jumped into the debate, calling the TPP an “evil bill” that would “plunge the world deeper into economic slavery.”

“I’m against any trade deal that is global in nature that was negotiated in secret, which the TPP was,” Funiciello said.

The TPA, he added, is “totally unconstitutional.”

Funiciello also said the agreement would threaten American sovereignty, citing Monsanto Canada Inc v. Schmeiser, the Canadian Supreme Court case that saw the agriculture giant successfully sue a Canadian canola farmer for patent violations.

The candidate, who owns a bakery in Glens Falls, said free trade agreements have led to human rights violations in developing countries, including allegations of abuses at Nike’s factories in Malaysia.

“If that’s free trade, I don’t want any of it at all,” Funiciello said.

A BIG DEAL The agreement reached by trade ministers last fall would set new trade terms among the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations, representing roughly 40 percent of global G.D.P. and one-third of world trade.

If passed, the largest regional trade agreement in U.S. history would gradually open markets and eliminate tariffs among those nations.

President Barack Obama has made ratification of the TPP one of the touchstones of his presidency, and a central part of his administration’s strategic pivot to Asia.

The agreement, he said, will serve as a critical counterweight to China’s growing interest in the region.

“As we speak, China is negotiating a trade deal that would carve up some of the fastest-growing markets in the world at our expense, putting American jobs, businesses and goods at risk,” Obama wrote in a Washington Post op-ed May 2.

Failure of the TPP would lead to decreased American competitiveness, said Obama, who also tied its passage to national security.

Additional statutes would address labor, environmental and intellectual property standards.

The pact has been divisive, creating faultlines that transcend party affiliation.

Supporters, including business and manufacturing groups, say it will make it easier for American companies to sell their products abroad, phasing out the tariffs and other barriers they argue puts them at an unfair disadvantage.

Opponents, including the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, says the bill bends too much to business interests and will encourage the further export of manufacturing jobs to developing counties.

Doing so would limit competition and drive up prices, including for pharmaceuticals, which would fall under U.S. patent protection standards.

A dispute mechanism allowing multinational corporations to challenge regulations and court rulings before special tribunals also faces stiff resistance.

2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Discussion on the pact bled into the presidential campaign over the weekend, and is likely to dominate economic discussions in this fall’s general election.

Trump has made the issue a centerpiece of his campaign, likening trade deals to what he has called a “rape of our country” and promising to slap high tariffs on China if he is elected.

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, supported the bill as secretary of state, but has reversed course (and was hammered repeatedly for it by her primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders). >> See TPP | pg. 17

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Keene Valley resident given military send-off Smith Brett Lawrence remembered with full military honors

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KEENE VALLEY — Long, slow notes from two trumpets wound strains of Echo Taps through the deep valleys here.

Their sad refrain measured sorrow against the bright promise of a hot July morning.

Keene native son, Smith Brett Lawrence, a devoted husband, father and U.S. Marine veteran, was laid to rest last Saturday with full military honors. The ceremonial tribute brought Lawrence, who fought in Vietnam, to his final place of rest.

Marines in sharp-pressed dress uniform stood straight and rigid on the gentle hills at Norton Cemetery. With minute precision, they unfurled then refolded the American standard, each step marking one crisp turn of red, white and blue.

And with few soft-spoken words, the Marine detail’s commander conferred the flag to Mary Lawrence, Brett’s bride of 43 years. She held the tight triangle of blue stars close and leaned forward to listen to his words, flanked

by the Lawrence children, Bronson and Molly; his sisters, and large extended family, close friends and neighbors.

Airy notes of a bagpipe sifted through the prayers, as the chaplain read, “another Legionnaire has been called to the High Command.”

The solemn stillness broke only with the loud report gun shots, a final salute repeated off the guide’s beloved Adirondack peaks.

At 20-something, Olivia Gossett, of Keene Valley, had already experienced many years of Brett’s wise words.

“My favorite was when he would look at the mountains and say ‘You know, there were times when I knew I was the only man on that mountain,’” she reminisced, leaving the graveside ceremony.

“He loved the Brothers,” her fiancée Jordan Cooper said, referring to the Three Brothers, the steep ledges around of Big Slide Mountain.

As the burial ceremony ended, family, friends, military comrades and neighbors wound their way slowly toward Keene Valley, where at noon, a memorial service filled the auditorium at Keene Central School to overflow capacity.

Smith Brett Lawrence, known locally as “Brett,” served a tour of duty with the Marines in Vietnam and was part of an attack

squadron that fought in the Tet Offensive. He earned a Good Conduct medal and was made sergeant before completing five years of service to his country.

Returning home, he began working as an Adirondack Guide for the Adirondack Mountain Reserve and was also a bobsled driver for tourists at the bob run in Lake Placid.

A member of the American Legion Marcy Post 1312, he carried the American Flag with the color guard at Memorial Day ceremonies.

Marcy Post Commander Tom Both said Brett was proud of his service, proud of his community and proud of his country.

“This was the first Memorial Day ceremony in a long time that he hadn’t carried the American flag,” Both said.

But his presence was felt just the same.

“Brett was always outspoken,” Both said. “There was never any doubt about U.S. Marines fold a ceremonial flag at the graveside service for Brett Lawrence Smith in Keene. A Marine detail comhow he felt about anything. He was a held mander presented the folded standard to Brett’s wife, Mary. great cook, too.”

Photo by Kim Dedam Smith Brett Lawrence was 70 years House, delivering holiday cheer and ho-hoold when he died on June 30 at The University of Vermont Medical Center in hos through his signature long, white beard.

Burlington.

Earlier this year, Keene Central School He will be remembered by many genera- presented Brett with the Honor Society’s Distions as Santa Claus, having visited nearby tinction Award for his “outstanding contribuhospitals, schools and the Neighborhood tions” to his town, state and to the nation.

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recall many years ago as a young boy questioning my father as he watched the political conventions on TV. He explained the importance of the conventions and the position planks drafted by the parties. I clearly recall him telling me: “Even if you are unsure of the candidate’s capabilities, you can be assured of their actions based on the party platform.”

He went on to explain that the convention provided party representatives the opportunity to position the party with a balanced plan for the country that affected all levels of government.

Over the years that lesson has provided a basis for trust in our government as a whole, but as time has marched on neither party seems to have a very balanced approach, instead giving way to the more extreme opinions within their respective parties. Those opinions in many ways are driven by special interests and special interest is driven by MONEY. It seems clear the most significant common denominator between the two parties is the influence of money and the special interest that money represents. So much we see unfolding with the primaries and now the conventions is driven by greed and power.

Last week the Republicans put on their show in Cleveland. Thankfully it was not marred by any shootings or out of control protests. We can only hope for the same this week in Philadelphia.

While it is only Sunday night we are hearing word that DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schults is due to resign her position as a result of leaked documents by Wikileaks implicating her in a scandal that tipped the primary scales in favor of Mrs. Clinton over Bernie Sanders. It remains to be seen what other fireworks will have taken place by the time you read this, but the fact that WassermanSchultz is now being named the honorary chair of the Clinton campaign’s 50-state program, likely won’t sit well with some party faithful.

The bottom line remains, MONEY is the single largest and most significant factor in American politics today. Both sides cater to those who have it and with MONEY you can influence the outcome of any election and ultimately the direction of the “people’s” government.

Sadly, my father’s good advice years ago about importance of the party planks we now know, no longer carries much weight. Planks are only formulated to enhance party unity since they are nonbiding on the ultimate white house survivor. Thus it seems this will be the year of two wild card candidates and Lord only knows who we can really trust or put another way, who do we trust the least.

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Sanders supporters are right: The system is stacked

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n email leak has added a gigantic blast of fresh oxygen to the whole Bernie-was-shafted argument.

The rumors started as a whisper shortly after Sen. Bernie Sanders mounted his resurgent bid against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination: The system is rigged. The Democratic National Committee has their thumb on the scale for Clinton.

As the primary season progressed, the claims grew to a roar.

At times, it become difficult to filter out the noise.

Some claims were outlandish, like attempting to portray state voter registration laws as examples of voter suppression.

Others appeared probable, like accusations that the notoriously-autocratic DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz deliberately scheduled debates at weird times as a calculated measure to depress viewership — especially when compared to the freewheeling Republican primary season that began and ended as a circus sideshow.

Still others could simply be written off as sour grapes, like the last-gasp complaint as the campaign ran out of gas that saw superfans engage in all sorts of mathematical contortions to argue why superdelegates should throw their lot in with Sanders despite lagging behind Clinton by about 3 million votes.

But the DNC email leak, boy, this is something.

WikiLeaks published a trove of nearly 20,000 emails last week.

While none of the emails are very salacious — the worst reveals high-level staffers discussing how to weaken the Brooklyn-born gadfly with southern voters by questioning his religion — the leak did confirm what many supporters had believed all along, that the DNC was actively working to undermine the irascible Vermont senator.

The leak splattered a massive egg at the party’s face days before the convention. The four-day event in Philly was supposed to be Hillary’s moment in the sun and an antidote to the dark brand of fatalistic nihilism spouted at the GOP’s convention in Cleveland last week.

Despite Wasserman Schultz’s resignation, the leak cast a black cloud over the party’s ability to bring the disaffected left flank into the party’s embrace.

This is all important because the DNC is ostensibly supposed to be neutral during the primary process.

Now, a caveat — We understand political parties are essentially private organizations. And since the DNC is made up of long-term establishment types, they will natu-

rally gravitate towards Clinton, the establishment candidate, and not the rumpled socialist insurgent seeking to crash the party.

That just makes sense.

But it does give credence that the primary system was pre-ordained.

Compare this to the Republicans.

Their primary process will go down in history as being the one of the most public destructions of a political philosophy in modern-day history.

The establishment watched helplessly at a dumpster fire that scorched everything in its path, leaving Trump to rebuild the party in his bronzed image.

Of course, Trump gleefully seized on the leaks in an attempt to bring Sanders voters over to his camp: “Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie Sanders,” Trump tweeted on Saturday. “Mock his heritage and much more. On-line from Wikileakes [sic], really vicious. RIGGED.” And you know what?

Trump is (mostly) right.

While we’re not going to call it rigged, the system was heavily stacked against Sanders, and his supporters have every reason to be furious.

Despite disagreeing with the senator on most of the issues, we respect him for his ethics and principles.

Sanders, of course, endorsed Clinton. And the DNC gave lip service to including some of his ideas in the party platform, including breaking up Wall Street financial institutions, expanding Social Security and rebuilding crumbling infrastructure.

He even put a dent in the superdelegate system.

To steal another phrase from another disaffected candidate — the fact that we’re siding with Ted Cruz is a testament to how warped this election cycle has been — Sanders supporters should vote their conscience this November.

We’ve said before that idealism doesn’t translate to much if it isn’t accompanied by action. Instead of whipping themselves into a virulent frenzy — including protests, which we think are meaningless — Sanders supporters should channel the outrage into a measured form of action and be the change they so long to see in the long run... even if means exploring a third route.

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We would like to thank everyone who purchased dinner and tickets, all those who created beautiful baskets, the bakers of the cookies and brownies, the kitchen workers and servers, the clean-up committee, those who brought refreshments, to Chuck who drove to Whitehall on our behalf, and to the following local businesses who generously donated to our event:

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We’d also like to say a big thank you to the Knights of Columbus Organization and its members.

Congratulations to all the basket winners and the winner of the 50/50 raffle.

Joanne Podress Jackie Baker Tootie Mends Moriah

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ThankÊ you,Ê despiteÊ SummerFestÊ hiccupsÊ To the editor: Thank you for the article about all the things that were going to happen at SummerFest on July 9 and for the photo of Daryl, the balloon man. Daryl came rain or shine and made balloon sculptures all afternoon.

The fireworks were cancelled in the evening and we are planning another evening’s entrainment leading up to the fireworks. We will keep you posted when the details are finalized.

The weather was threatening and it did rain on and off that day. We had a very light turn out, but those who came enjoyed themselves.

We had enough food vendors show up that people had a choice of foods for lunch and snacks. The stilt walker/circus arts performer/comedian was very entertaining. He put on a big show for a small crowd. The vendors we talked to said that they would be back next year because even though the crowd was light.

They said, “If you can pull this many in the rain, we know it is a success if the weather cooperates.”

The children’s entertainment went on without the bouncy houses. Everyone who showed up found interesting things to see, do and purchase.

Joyce Houck Chestertown

RelayÊ forÊ LifeÊ canÊ makeÊ aÊ difference To the editor: It all started as one man walking around a track in Tacoma, Washington in 1985. Now it has transformed into the world’s largest and most impactful fundraising event to end cancer.

I’m talking about the Relay for Life, which unites participants to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all.

We can make a difference right here through our local American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Crown Point, set for Aug. 20 at 12 p.m. to midnight.

I would love to see people from every part of our community get involved.

Dollars raised help the American Cancer Society saves lives by funding ground-breaking cancer research, providing free information and critical services to people with cancer, and helping people take steps to reduce their risk for cancer by detecting it early when it’s the easiest to treat.

The Society’s efforts have contributed to a 22 percent decline in cancerrelated death rates in the U.S. since 1991. Thanks in part to our progress, 14.5 million Americans who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it are alive today.

If you have been touched by cancer, I encourage you to call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 for services and support!

Now is the time for individuals, families, clubs, faith-based organizations and businesses to make an impact in the fight to end cancer. Join me at our Relay for Life event!

Visit relayforlife.org/crownpointny or call 441-1818 for more information.

Joan Sterling, Latham

ThankÊ you,Ê InternationalÊ Paper,Ê forÊ LiteracyÊ VolunteersÊ grant To the editor: Literacy Volunteers of Essex and Franklin Counties would like to thank the International Paper Foundation for its generous grant of $2,200. Funding from this grant will help defer the cost of publishing Literacy Volunteers’ North Country Literacy News, our annual report, and new program brochures.

These materials increase community awareness by highlighting the success of our students, tutors and education programs in the North Country.

They are also successful in recruiting new students, tutors and donors.

Support from International Paper Foundation is vital not only to the publication of these materials, but to the success of Literacy Volunteers as an organization. A special thanks to staff members Donna Wadsworth and Jane Kuhl of the Ticonderoga Mill for their advocacy and support.

For more information about the good work of Literary Volunteers of Essex and Franklin counties, or how you can help build stronger communities through literacy, please call us at 302-6338.

Marie Despres Port Henry

Police officers are people, too To the Editor: In the wake of recent shootings of police, I want say that lives do matter – color, creed, age or sex has no bearing, all lives matter, even “blue” lives.

Police are taught to be leery in encounters. Now that the police have become targets for deranged individuals, we are forced to be even more cautious. If you have an encounter with a police officer, remain calm, do as asked and tell the officer what you are doing.

We are people too: We have wives, husbands, children, even grandchildren who wait for our return every day. We do what we do out of a desire to

make our neighborhoods better and safer.

We are not infallible, even police make mistakes.

Do not judge us all for the actions of a few bad officers or the bad act of a good officer who reacts too quickly or who suffers from years of accumulated stress. That officer has seen victims of abuse, rape, violence, has consoled the survivors of accidents, has watched the life drain out of victims and then puts on the uniform to do it again tomorrow.

Our decisions sometimes have to be made in a fraction of a second and then are judged in hindsight for what we should have known or done.

We are blessed to live in an area where most officers know the public they serve and most of the public know a lot of the officers as well. Our children go to school with yours, we shop in the same stores, eat in the same restaurants, watch the same movies and attend the same churches.

Please do not take offense if we treat you differently when on duty: it is what we have to do in today’s turbulent society to see our family and friends at the end of the day.

Richard Cutting, Essex County Sheriff

CarÊ safetyÊ seatÊ inspectionÊ wentÊ off Ê withoutÊ aÊ hitch To the Editor: The child safety seat event scheduled for Saturday, July 9, at the Beekmantown Volunteer Fire Department went off without a hitch in spite of the rainy weather that day.

The volunteer firemen were kind enough to move their two trucks and ambulance outside so we could have the use of the bays to do our inspections undercover from the rain.

The department’s Auxiliary did a great job providing us with refreshments and a tasty lunch.

Much thanks to all the members of that agency.

Five car seat techs, including myself, resulted in 27 seats inspected from a total of 16 cars. Only four seats correctly installed were found. The 23 seats incorrectly installed were either too loosely secured, inadequate for the child’s height and weight, or expired. Fourteen seats replaced those that were inadequate or unsafe.

A big thank you goes to the techs for volunteering their time to make this a successful event.

As a reminder, the next seat check event is set for Saturday, July 30, at the Plattsburgh Farmer’s Market in the City Parking Lot on Durkee Street, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This has in the past proved to have a good turnout from the public.

William Bush, Traffic Safety Specialist Traffic Safety Unit Clinton County Sheriff �s Office Plattsburgh

TheÊ endÊ of Ê ourÊ Republic?Ê GiveÊ meÊ aÊ break To the editor: Our Republic has been through a number of crises over the last 240 years — including a civil war — and yet, here we are: still intact, still vibrant, and still great, notwithstanding one presidential candidate’s xenophobic rhetoric to the contrary.

So, I’m confused by Ken Fenimore’s speculation on the end of our Republic (Valley News Sun, July 23). What I find most confusing about his remarks is that they cast the entire potential for the wrecking of our Republic in only one direction. Without arguing the facts about his case against President Obama and Secretary Clinton, it’s clear to me that he provides no balanced discussion on any possible adverse input from the other half of our bi-partisan Republic.

To help re-balance the discussion, I point out that a former administration — from the other half, just prior to the current administration — acted recklessly on questionable evidence (one might even say lies) to rush our Republic to war at the cost of thousands of American and tens of thousands of foreign lives, billions upon billions of dollars, the destabilization of the entire Middle East and a stain on our proud standing in world opinion, all of which we are still paying for.

This when Barack Obama was a largely unrecognized junior senator from Illinois (who, by the way, voted against going into Iraq), and Hillary Clinton was merely an ex-First Lady and junior senator from New York (who, by the way, voted to invade Iraq). No, if anything, if our Republic is experiencing any crisis there’s plenty of blame to go around.

I want to assure you, Mr. Fenimore, you can sleep at night because, despite the occasional mistakes and ineffectiveness of our leaders, after all, they are only human, and in the end, the Republic is resilient, strong and is built on a foundation of strong and resilient principles and ideals.

However, what it will take for our Republic to continue on this successful journey is not the spewing of thinly veiled bigoted screeds (and not so thinly veiled bigoted screeds: think Sen. Joseph McCarthy, think Berlin 1933) but a thoughtful, balanced, fair-minded, rational discussion of what is hurting and what is helping our Republic.

Borrowing from some of Mr. Fenimore’s own thinking, given the nature of human beings this will be difficult. However, difficult as it may be, it is the responsible thing to do, the only thing to do.

We should expect such thoughtful, rational discussion from each other, and we most certainly require it of those who find themselves in positions of leadership, be they in Washington, D.C, or Elizabethtown, NY. Then things just may begin to happen that will “lead to peace and love.”

Bob Segall Upper Jay

Surging Health costs New York’s health insurance costs skyrocket Bill Hammond Columnist

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ew York emerged as the second-costliest state for employersponsored health insurance after its premiums rose at more than three times the national rate in 2015, according to just-released federal data.

The average single-coverage premium in New York last year was $6,801, second only to Alaska, with its small, thinly spread population, at $7,807, according to survey figures from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The U.S. average was $5,963.

While nationwide single premiums grew by a modest 2.2 percent for the year, New York’s jumped by 7.8 percent.

The average family premium in New York was $19,630, compared to a national average of $17,322, the data show.

Premiums have long been high in New York, but the problem shows signs of getting worse. The affordability gap between New York’s single coverage prices and the national norm surged to 14 percent in 2015, the highest in at least two decades.

The Empire State’s No. 2 ranking is up from 10th in 2010 and 18th in 2003.

The trend comes in spite of aggressive price regulation by the state Department of Financial Services, under a so-called prior approval law that was reinstated in 2010. In each year since, regulators have cut nearly every rate increase requested by health plans, sometimes by more than half. Among the companies affected was Health Republic Insurance of New York, a startup that was sustaining heavy losses. Its rate request for 2016 was trimmed just weeks before it was declared insolvent and shut down by the state.

Industry officials charge that the department’s decisions have been driven more by a political desire to suppress consumer costs than good actuarial practice.

Politico reported this week that most New York health plans, like many nationwide, are losing money on the individual and small group policies sold through Obamacare exchanges, a trend that the news site called a “structural threat” to the national health reform law.

State regulators face a dilemma: If they approve steep rate hikes requested by insurers, coverage will become even less affordable for small businesses and individuals shopping on the ACA exchanges (especially for those whose incomes are too high to qualify for ACA tax credits).

But if regulators continue suppressing premiums, plans could choose to walk away from New York’s small business and individual markets, reducing choice for consumers and potentially pushing more people back into the ranks of the uninsured.

Bill Hammond is the Director of Health Policy at The Empire Center. Reach him at info@empirecenter.org

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EYE ON THE ARTS

Be the change

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arack Obama, born this week in 1961, once said that change would not come if we waited for some other person or some other time. He said that “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” We are the change that we seek. He was speaking broadly, but this sentiment is perfect for use in everyday life. Dissatisfaction in one’s community can be improved by involvement in the community. You make your community better, more dynamic, by being a part of it. It’s also possible that involvement in your community could even have something of a domino effect. It could, incredibly, end up changing your life. As always, I have a few suggestions: On July 30, Winnipeg-based folk duo TWIN will perform at the ROTA Studio and Gallery in Plattsburgh. TWIN is currently touring the United States supporting the release of Mooneyesun, the band’s second full length album. Doors for the ROTA concert will open at 7 p.m., the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on a $3-10 sliding scale. Attendees are encouraged to pay what they can afford. For more information, find the ROTA Studio and Gallery on Facebook at facebook.com/rotagallery.

Graham Hawthorne and the High Standards Orchestra will perform at the Upper Jay Art Center on July 30. Graham Hawthorne is one of the most highly regarded drummers and percussionists in New York City. As a top call studio musician, he has played on hundreds of records, music soundtracks and jingles. Hawthorne has worked with some of the biggest names in music - Paul Simon, Beyonce and Harry Belefonte, to name a few. The concert will last from 8-11 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased at the door. For more information, visit upperjayartcenter.org or call 946-8315.

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts will host a performance by magician “Gary the Great” on Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m. As a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Gary has served as a “magic consultant” for national television commercials and New York theater companies. In addition to performing, Gary also teaches private lessons, teaches on about.com, and is the director of summer magic programs at SUNY Old Westbury, SUNY Purchase and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Tickets to the show are free for children. For more information, call 523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org.

The 37th Annual Downtown Essex Day is scheduled for Aug. 6 from 10-4 p.m. Downtown Essex Day is a town-wide event focused on exhibiting local talent and products. Vendor tables will line Main Street offering a variety of items, including jewelry, crafts, art, farm goods and more.

For more information, call 963-7494 or contact thecupolahouse@gmail.com.

Glens Falls’ Crandall Park will host Schoolapalooza: A Back to School Extravaganza on Aug. 2 from 5-8 p.m. This community event is free, no preregistration is required. Children will receive a free backpack, school supplies and free haircuts and clothing. There will also be a sports equipment and book exchange. There will be face painting, horseback riding, a bounce house and free popcorn and cotton candy. For more information, visit convergeyouth.net.

East Branch Friends of the Arts will present a concert by students and faculty from the Keene Valley Guitarist-Composer Workshop on Aug. 7 at the Keene Valley Congregational Church.

Under the direction of Matthew Dunne and James Piorkowski, the weeklong workshop consists of daily classes focused on helping students find and refine their voice as composers and skill as performers of their own music. Tickets are free, though a $10 donation is requested. For more

‘Mihali and Friends’ will perform at the 2016 Backwoods Pondfest in the pre-fest show Aug. 4.

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The world premiere of Evan Mack’s “Roscoe,” an opera based on the novel by William Kennedy, will open on Aug. 3 at the Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake. “Roscoe” follows an aging politician working in the Capitol District. It is believed to have been written about Daniel Patrick O’Connell and his 56 year tenure as the leader of the Democratic Party of Albany. Performances of this new opera are scheduled for Aug. 3, 4 and 6 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 5 at 2 p.m.

The Twin Pond Campsite in Peru will host the 10th annual Backwoods Pondfest on Aug. 5-6.

This year the Backwoods Pondfest will feature a number of local acts: Lucid, Gang of Thieves, Capital Zen, Jiggawaltz, and more. The nationally-renowned group Melvin Seals and JGB will headline. Tickets range from $78-108. For a full lineup and schedule, visit pondfest.com.

A new exhibit, “The Dark Show,” will open at the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh on Aug. 5. The exhibit is the result of a partnership of three artists: Dan de Moura, Jim Newman and Louise Patinelli. Using “dark” as a common theme, each artist used their unique style and vision to create diverse works. For more information on the exhibit, call the Strand at 563-1604 or visit strandcenter.org.

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts will present a free performance of the Shakespeare classic “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Mount Sabattis Pavilion in Long Lake on July 31. The Adirondack Lake Center’s rendition will be a revised 40-minute version of the Shakespeare comedy, told from a 1950s setting. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair. The performance is scheduled for 7 p.m. For more information, visit adirondackarts.org, or call 352-7715.

Elizabeth Izzo is the arts and entertainment columnist for Sun Community News. Reach her at Elizabeth@suncommunitynews.com.

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work the fields.”

It was a time, Dewey said, when slave owners could no longer steal and sell people from other continents, and plantations were desperate to make slaves from free people.

Solomon was born here in what is now Minerva, then part of the Town of Schroon, Dewey explained.

In tracing their chapter of Solomon’s legacy, Schroon historians point to his birthplace and his father Mintus Northup’s occupation as farmer in this region.

The Schroon history center display drew strong feelings from Solomon’s great-great granddaughter.

“As one of the oldest members of Solomon’s descendants, I am very humbled by the attention to detail offered at the exhibits that we have been able to see this year, which trace the life story, as well as the unique interaction that Solomon influenced at each one,” Northrup-Zahos said.

“The display at the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum was a labor of love and dedication. To be met with a mannequin likeness of Solomon Northup was somewhat awe-inspiring, if not heart rendering,” Northrup-Zahos said.

“To see the garments that were similar to what he wore while cotton-picking along with his gunny sack filled with balls of cotton

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citing a rule banning dog enclosures under 150 square feet and requiring canines to be brought in between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Those concerns have been echoed at town board meetings, said advocates, including Bonnie MacLeod, an animal cruelty task force member who helped draft the legislation.

“We are listening to the concerns you have voiced, you have heard, that I have heard in town board meetings so far, and we’re being responsive to those,” MacLeod said.

MacLeod and North Country SPCA Ex-

Descendents of Solomon Northup gathered together at the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum, from left Shawn Cooper, Maria Zahos, Rebecca Bicksler, Wanda Cooper, Adrian Cooper, Shirley Howell (Irene’s sister, in front), and Melissa Howell.

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brought his toil more clearly evident.”

At the North Star Underground Railroad Museum in AuSable Chasm, co-founder Don Papson, past president of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, detailed the Northup heritage, which also wrought a spelling change to “Northrup.”

“Irene Northrup-Zahos is a great-great granddaughter of Solomon and Ann Northup. Her great-grandfather was their son, Alonzo. When Alonzo enlisted in the Civil War, the spelling of his surname was changed: the letter ‘r’ was added — that is why Irene is a Northrup,” Papson said.

The visit in July included several genera-

tions.

“Irene daughters, Maria Zahos and Rebecca Bicksler traveled with her to all three events,” Papson said.

The theme of the sojourn on Solomon Northup Day this year was Recovering Our Past.

And Northrup-Zahos says the voices from her ancestors have much to teach.

Throughout the museum in Schroon, she said, you could feel, if not hear, the voices from 150 to 200 years ago “...whispering and urging all to take advantage of a life that has passed and of the importance that it holds with each of us today.

ecutive Director Jessica Hartley have spent the past several weeks briefing town boards across the county on the proposed law, which includes about a dozen measures to curb what they say is an inhumane practice that leads to animal cruelty and public safety issues.

The upcoming public hearing and input from town board meetings will allow lawmakers and task force members to amend the proposed legislation.

James Monty (R-Lewis) said a presentation in his town generated some good ideas.

“Let more people hear it and understand it,” Monty said.

The law can be amended after the public hearing, and would have to wind its way through the month-long parliamentary pro-

cedure with each successive revision, including additional public hearings.

Ways and Means Vice Chair Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah) floated the idea of informational meetings as a way to garner input without sacrificing time.

“I don’t want to end up with 3 or 4 public hearings on this,” Scozzafava said.

Hartley said public reaction has been “overwhelmingly supportive” since the pro-

“We have our triumphs and our frailties, yet we become stronger in recognizing our long and turbulent past. We must tell our stories to our children and to our children’s children. We must not forget.”

It was very special for Solomon’s ancestors to visit near where he was born in Schroon and to spend time in Clinton County where he had worked rafting dock sticks for George Washington Allen of Peru, Papson said.

Northup also lectured in Clinton County after he regained his freedom.

Papson credited the Schroon history museum for its bold reflection of the Northup story.

“Laura and Wayne Dewey and the other members of the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society are masters at recovering the past. Their museum is a gem. They really know how to find a story and illustrate it so it captures the eye and the heart,” he said.

Solomon Northup’s autobiographical work even in the late 19th century garnered attention and helped inspire the Abolitionist movement, Dewey said.

It was retold as a motion picture in 2013 and won numerous film awards, including three Oscars.

MUSEUM HOURS: The Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum is open from 1 to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. 1144 Route 9 in Schroon Lake. posed law was introduced earlier this month.

The executive director acknowledged some items remained tricky, including Moore’s concerns about enclosures.

“These are also concerns we’re hearing from community members as well,” Hartley said.

“The goal is to be as transparent as possible about it.”

The full board meets on Monday, Aug. 1.

Youth Commission to host free soccer clinic WESTPORT — The Youth Commission will sponsor a free soccer clinic from Aug. 8-12 for girls entering grades 8-12. Players must live in Westport or attend Westport Central School. This free clinic will be held from 6:15-7:45 p.m. at Westport Central School. Experienced coach Kirk Ware will lead the class. Attendees are encouraged to bring water, shin guards and cleats. For more information, contact Kirk Ware at tkware3@gmail.com.

Book & Blanket Players to perform ‘1776’ KEENE — The Book & Blanket Players will perform “1776,” a musical inspired by the Tony Award-Winning production “Hamilton,” at Keene Central School on Aug. 6. In keeping with the spirit of “Hamilton,” “1776” breaks gender boundaries. The musical features a female John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Rutledge, and other historic characters, many of whom are also played by males. The show is appropriate for all ages and admission is free. The event is sponsored by East Branch Friends of the Arts and grants from the Stewart’s Foundation and the Pumpkin Hill Foundation.

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“The Trinity In Nature,” by Bruce Mitchell.

Bishop blesses St. Elizabeth’s mural Bishop Terry LaValley presides over Mass to dedicate Cantin Family Memorial at St. Elizabeth’s Church

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Sometimes God works in mysterious ways, said the St. Elizabeth’s congregation members who recently oversaw the installation of a new mural at the Elizabethtown parish.

George Cantin converted to Catholicism as a boy in the 1940s. His decision came, in part, from the beatific mural painted over the altar at St. Elizabeth’s.

Over time, it faded away, and was eventually painted over sometime in the 1970s.

Cantin is a man of deep faith — he serves as the music director at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Plattsburgh — and also a man with deep reverence for his family, including the departed Abigail, George Washington, Sadie and George.

And so the idea of resurrecting the mural was born.

A friend encouraged Cantin to reach out to Bruce Mitchell, a local artist known for his Adirondack landscape paintings.

Cantin did.

“You know, I don’t paint figures too well,” Cantin recalled Mitchell as saying.

Mitchell showed Cantin a landscape, a sunny stretch between Westport and Essex populated by birch trees.

Cantin loved it.

Mitchell went to work expanding the concept for the proposed mural, incorporating the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, or the concept of God being represented in the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

The original idea was to put the 9-by-8 foot canvas, deemed “The Trinity In Nature,” in place of the original painting.

Despite careful planning, it didn’t fit, nor could the golden dove hanging over the altar be repositioned.

Difficulties also rose with lighting.

“The Holy Spirit didn’t want it up there,” Cantin recalled at the dedication Mass. “It didn’t go, and we couldn’t put it up there.”

A wall in the back beckoned.

The painting fit perfectly.

“It wasn’t my plan, it wasn’t Bruce’s plan.

Whose plan was it? It had to be the Holy Spirit… the Holy Spirit wanted it back there, and there it is,” Cantin said.

The congregation, who packed the pews at the tiny Tudor-style church on a broiling mid-summer evening, murmured.

Diocese of Ogdensburg Bishop Terry LaValley presided over the liturgy.

In his homily, LaValley shared an anecdote that he said related to the themes portrayed in the painting — relationships and connectedness, between people, but also nature.

Diocese of Ogdensburg Bishop Terry LaValley presided over a Mass at St. Elizabeth’s in Elizabethtown July 21 for the dedication of the Cantin Family Memorial.

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LaValley was engaged in a lunchtime jog — “It’s the penance for all the ice cream I eat!” — when he encountered a garden hose snaking from a second-floor window, down to the porch and onto the street.

“You’ll never guess what happened,” said the woman holding the hose. “The waterbed on the second floor sprung a leak and it’s almost up to my knees.”

LaValley kept running. The thought didn’t strike him for another few blocks: You didn’t even ask if you could help her.

The bishop wasn’t sure if he should attribute his oversight to the lack of oxygen in his brain, or compassion in his heart.

“It never struck me to ask her,” he said. “As the chief shepherd of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, I didn’t do so hot.”

The room laughed.

We’re all victims of that neglect sometimes, he said. But it’s during those moments, often chalked up as distractions or interruptions, that we meet “another face of Christ.”

It’s important to not let these great moments escape us, he said, a concept that also applies to the appreciation and respect for nature.

“Too often the way we treat the environment is the way we treat one another,” LaValley said, quoting Pope Francis.

LaValley asked the congregation to reflect on John of the Cross, the 16th century Spanish mystic who was able to write beautifully on nature despite being locked up in a tiny cell, and later tortured, for his reform work.

Through this, he came to know God. Following his homily, LaValley led the procession to the painting, which he blessed with a prayer and a sprinkling of holy water from a flail.

And then it was illuminated in light.

On the cover: Corrine Blanchard enjoys a moment.

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“Never before have we been better positioned to offer our readers all the news of importance they need in their daily lives,” Gereau said.

Dan Alexander, publisher of Sun Community News, said he is committed to investing in quality staff at a time when corporately-owned daily newspapers are slashing staff, providing less content and forcing unpaid furloughs on employees.

Alexander referred to these big corporations as “carpetbaggers” who shuttle money out of the region to line the pockets of investors.

“These people are not committed to serve the community only to pad their own bottom line,” Alexander said. “As these organizations cut staff and reduce services they also send the message that newspapers no longer have a place in the community.

“Companies like ours continue to disprove that belief,” Alexander said. “Newspapers that do not shrink when the going gets tough will stand the test of time, provided the community continues to support our efforts.”

Hired or promoted at Sun Community News were:

McKinstry Lohr McKinstry recently left the daily Plattsburgh Press-Republican after a 28 year career as the paper’s Southern Essex Bureau writer.

He was previously managing editor of the daily Malone Telegram, as well as editor of the weekly Hamilton County News and the now-defunct Ticonderoga Sentinel.

A native of Pennsylvania, McKinstry came to the North Country in 1981 to work for the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

He won numerous awards while at the Press-Republican, including Associated Press Photo of the Month in 2011 for a photos of an SUV tottering on the brink of a bridge washed out by Tropical Storm Irene.

McKinstry will cover Ticonderoga and the rest of southern Essex County for the Sun, and was already a familiar fixture at events and meetings.

He can be reached at: lohr@suncommunitynews.com.

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Dedam Kim Dedam, of Elizabethtown, began writing for Denton Publications in 2000 when she edited and compiled the former Tri-Lakes Free Trader.

In 2006, she was hired to cover the Lake Placid Bureau for the daily Press-Republican. After 10 years as staff reporter with the regional daily, she has rejoined the team at Sun Community News as a feature writer and photographer.

Kim has four children, two cats and two pugs. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College with a major in both English and Philosophy. Her favorite ski mountain is Whiteface and her favorite walking trails are on Blueberry, in Elizabethtown, not too far from her home.

She can be reached at: kim@suncommunitynews.com

DeMola Following his graduation from Syracuse University in 2005, Pete DeMola moved to China, where he spent five years living in Beijing writing for state-run media outlets and new media start-ups. Stints in Guilin, Hong Kong and South Korea followed.

His writings on music, pop culture and current affairs from across East Asia have appeared in numerous publications while some of his creative campaigns, including the one that brought Record Store Day to Mainland China in April 2013, received substantial media attention.

DeMola joined Sun Community News in December 2013.

In April 2016, DeMola was named 2015 Writer of the Year by the New York Press Association.

He can be reached at: pete@suncommunitynews.com

Izzo Elizabeth Izzo, 20, is a rock journalistturned-arts columnist from Plattsburgh.

Izzo began her career as a music critic for Gaslight Records at the age of 16. After freelancing for a few years, she founded Torrent Magazine, a music quarterly based out of Burlington, Vt. In December of last year she was hired

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as the writer of “From Sunrise to Sundown,” a weekly arts and entertainment column for Sun Community News.

Besides continuing her arts column in The Sun, Izzo was recently promoted to news clerk.

She can be reached at: elizabeth@suncommunitynews.com

Lobdell While spending the last 16 years as a news and sports reporter/editor with The Sun and Whitehall Times, Keith Lobdell has been covering Section VII and Section II sports full-time since 2000 and started his sportswriting career as a stringer for The Sun in 1997.

In between, he served as the baseball beat writer and sports editor of the College Times at Utah Valley University and editor of the Magna Times/West Valley News.

During his two years there, the College Times sports page earned a second place award at a national college journalism convention.

He also earned third place NYPA honors for best sports coverage and sports feature.

Along with covering games, he has also been a coach for numerous youth teams, including those his children have been apart of, as well as a modified baseball, soccer and basketball coach, junior varsity basketball coach and varsity assistant baseball and soccer coach.

He can be reached at: keith@suncommunitynews.com

Elizabethtown Fish & Game to host outdoor music fest ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown Fish & Game Club will host a live music festival Aug. 5-6. Activities will include camping, nightly bonfires, fishing, tubing in the Boquet River and more.

StoneRose, with Dan Sadowski, will perform on Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Green Beans with Joe and Vinny Ferris will perform at 2 p.m. on Aug. 6, followed by Mark Piper and Just Us with Joe Holland at 4 p.m. Admission is $5 per person.

For more information, or to reserve a campsite in advance, call Angie Wallace at 873-3277.

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‘Pokemon Go’ app breathes new life into downtown scene Elizabeth Izzo

And Plattsburgh isn’t the only city in the region where the game is popular.

This past weekend, Lake George’s Six Flags celebrated a “Pokemon Go Weekend.” The Great Escape theme park advertised a number of player-friendly features: four gyms, over 40 different Pokestops scattered across the park, half-price entry for Pokemon Go players, and a special tent setup offering inside tips on “lure drops.”

A park rep said that the event was “a huge hit” and Pokemonrelated activities will continue throughout the summer.

In Glens Falls, Crandall Library staff have begun dropping “lure modules,” a device that heightens the chance of a player catching Pokemon, to entice players to visit.

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PLATTSBURGH — It’s official: the new Pokemon Go craze making headlines across the country has landed in Plattsburgh, and it’s changing how locals experience the city.

The app, released on July 6, is encouraging players to walk through the downtown area in search of digital creatures called “Pokemon.”

Following the recent influx of foot traffic downtown, local businesses are beginning to embrace the craze.

Joey Trombley, a downtown hair salon owner, is spearheading the effort to accommodate players.

“I’ve gotten a few new customers from it,” said Trombley who owns Studio Avant Garde on Broad Street.

Trombley is offering 10 percent off of all services to players on Team Valor, one of the game’s three color-coordinated teams.

This means that players who choose that team over the two others, Team Mystic and Team Instinct, will receive a discount on haircuts, manicures and more.

By joining teams, players are able to connect with one another and compete in “gym battles” similar to turf wars.

Players take pride in claiming gyms for their teams.

The game, while addicting, drains cell phone batteries at a much higher rate than other apps. For that reason, Trombley said that Studio Avant Garde will also offer players the opportunity to be able to stop in and charge their cellphones.

James Porter, an independent tattoo artist working out of In Living Color, is also hoping to connect with local Pokemon Go players.

By using Facebook to post in regional fan groups, Porter has put out a call to all players, who he encouraged to stop in with screenshots of their highest ranking Pokemon.

Those with the most powerful he has seen will net the visitor a discounted tattoo of their favorite monster.

“I’ve gotten a lot of responses,” Porter said in a phone interview. “No one has committed yet, but there is a lot of interest.”

City exploration Apart from offering players a higher chance at catching the creatures, the game also offers city explorers other incentives.

The app uses GPS tracking technology to register when a player has reached a certain checkpoint, or “Pokestop,” and rewards the player with free in-game items.

The more populated areas are the best to play in, wrote Gabrielle Waters on a local Facebook fan group that boasts nearly 300 members. “Unfortunately, I can’t play at home or in the wilderness because there are never any Pokemon nearby.”

Pokestops are commonly local landmarks or state buildings, Plattsburgh resident Arthur Drury told the Sun. “And the items you receive give you the ability to catch more Pokemon, or give restoration to your weakened Pokemon after battling.”

Possible dangers A baby sits beside the Pokemon character “Drowzee” in Plattsburgh.

The Pokemon Go app uses augmented reality technology to show its digital characters in real-life, real-time scenarios.

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The MacDonough Monument, for instance, has renewed interest for players as a popular Pokestop.

Because the game uses GPS and Google Maps technology to generate a true-to-life map for players to traipse through, players say that the gameplay has proven to be educational.

“Through playing Pokemon Go, I’ve learned the names of the monuments in town and how many of them there are,” said Cory Cereske, of Plattsburgh. “I’ve discovered a few things I hadn’t realized existed or knew the importance of due to exploration — like the mosaic wall outside of the DMV building.”

Trombley said the game is simply giving locals a reason to “enjoy what’s here.”

“Our rural and suburban areas need to come into the city to hit the Pokestops to re-up on their free items,” he said. “I think the game is going to pull in a lot more people from our local community outside the city than anywhere else.”

Players say that the most noticeable change following the release of this app, however, has been a social change.

“I definitely feel a greater sense of community since playing Pokemon Go,” Drury said.

Before the release, Drury said he would walk past people without any acknowledgment, “other than maybe a head nod or a small smile.”

“Now when I see someone with their face in the screen, I feel inclined to let them know of my findings or vice-versa. I never would have imagined so many friendly faces in our area up until now.”

Cereske agrees. It’s impossible to play the game and not find somebody willing to talk and socialize with, he said, because players instantly have something in common.

“It destroys that awkward barrier common to interacting with others,” he said. “Then there’s just passerby interested in what it’s about and what’s going on. They’re interested in what’s got people crowding the sometimes-barren streets of downtown, so they will stop and talk to you about the game.”

Despite the positivity surrounding the game, which is now the biggest mobile game in U.S. history with just under 21 million active users, Pokemon Go has presented a vexxing set of problems: According to USA Today, there have been multiple reports of trespassing, stabbings, shootings and motor accidents resulting from players’ distraction.

Both the AAA and the state Department of Motor Vehicles have issued warnings advising players not to play while driving.

But those problems appear to have eluded Clinton County.

“We have not received any complaints or responded to any incidents,” said the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Department in an email, nor has the department issued any new policies in response to the craze.

Many players in Plattsburgh said they have taken personal responsibility for keeping gameplay as unobtrusive as possible for non-players.

“There’s no reason we all can’t play with both respect and safety,” Cereske says. “It’s our jobs to regulate our own behaviors and be respectful. People unable to do that and hurt themselves or find themselves on the wrong side of the law must deal with the consequences.”

SUNY Plattsburgh, too, reported no issues as a result of players and operations have not changed at all, a spokesman told the Sun. In recent weeks, the campus has become another hotspot for Pokemon players. Due to the high volume of art installations and landmarks on campus, there are multiple Pokestops within walking distance of each other, making it ideal for players looking for free items.

It seems, for now, that the app is here to stay.

Pokemon Go offers a robust brew of nostalgia, community and exploration, say players, and many have already begun to incorporate the walk through downtown Plattsburgh into their daily lives.

“I’ve always loved the franchise,” Cereske said.

“Whether it’s the show, the movies, the games or trading cards with my brothers and friends, I’ve always enjoyed them. The Pokemon franchise has and will always hold a dear place in my memories.”

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State launches ‘Operation Clear Passage’ on Lake Champlain Three-day training activity featured 17 state, local and federal agencies

By Pete DeMola

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WESTPORT — Did you see any unusual activity on Lake Champlain last weekend?

If so, no need to be alarmed — it was part of a three-day long training exercise between state, local and federal agencies.

The state announced Friday the start of “Operation Clear Passage,” a three-day, multi-agency Homeland Security exercise and water quality/navigational-boating enforcement event on Lake Champlain.

According to the governor’s office, the maritime and land

based training involved More than 17 vessels and more than 75 personnel from 17 federal, state and international agencies conducting law enforcement, Homeland Security and environmental monitoring operations.

The goals of the operation, led by the state Department of Conservation, ranged from improving counter-terrorism capabilities, protecting the lake against crude oil spills and invasive species and gathering info on human smuggling tactics and trends.

“Lake Champlain is an international gateway that is integral to daily life in the North Country and it’s critical we are fully prepared to handle any crisis that threatens it,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release. “Organization and coordination are key in any emergency response and this first-ever exercise will help ensure that New York and is ready to deal with anything that threatens our health, environment, or national security on the lake.”

Lake Champlain is a critical international maritime point

of entry into both the U.S. and Canada and is a priority for homeland security officials, according to the news release.

As a rail transportation corridor, nearly 20 percent of all Bakken crude oil passes through the lake’s watershed, posing a significant environmental risk to a water supply that provides a drinking water source for over 200,000 residents and visitors.

The operation was an extension of Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Order 125 to improve safety procedures and emergency response preparedness related to shipment of crude oil in the state, including the development of comprehensive geographic response plans that guide spill response efforts.

Other participating agencies included the New York State Police, the New York State Park Police, the New York State Naval Militia, the New York State Intelligence Center, the New York 2nd Civil Support Team and the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Office.

Plattsburgh woman arrested for charity theft at Clinton County Fair Carla Pellerin, 35, charged in connection with Relay for Life theft MORRISONVILLE — A local woman has been arrested for pilfering from a charitable organization.

Carla Pellerin, 35, was working at the Relay for Life booth at the Clinton County Fair last week when at the end of her shift on Thursday, she stuck her hand into the donation jar and absconded into the crowd with a fistful

of cash.

Staffers reported it to the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Department substation, who launched an investigation.

Pellerin returned to the fair two days later… and was promptly arrested by Clinton County Sheriff ’s deputies on July 23.

Following her arrest, deputies also found Pellerin to be in possession of prescription meds.

The exact amount of cash is undetermined, police said.

For 25 years, the Fisher House program has provided a “home away from home” for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. The homes provide temporary free lodging so families can be close to their loved ones during a medical crisis, allowing them to focus on wh what’s important – the healing process.

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The Plattsburgh resident was charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh degree, both misdemeanors.

Pellerin was arraigned at the Town of

Plattsburgh Court and remanded to the Clinton County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1,000 cash bail and $2,000 secured bond.

Pellerin made bail and is scheduled to reappear on a later date to face the allegations.

Willsboro Folkcraft Fair to showcase handcrafted goods WILLSBORO – The 34th Annual Willsboro Folkcraft Fair, sponsored by the Paine Memorial Free Library, will be held July 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the soccer field on Point Road.

Crafts to be featured will include jewelry, knitting, painting, photography, pottery, quilting, stained glass, weaving, woodworking, basket weaving and more. For information, call 963-4478.

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he Wyant Band and the Adirondack Shakespeare Company grace the stage this week in our Summer Performing Arts Festival.

Oldies but goodies by the locally favorite Wyant Band will fill the Center lawn on Tuesday, Aug. 2.

Picking up dinner from the Bronx Bistro food truck in the Center parking lot and settling into a lawn chair for live music is fast becoming a popular way to spend a Tuesday evening. Come join the crowd!

On Wednesday, Aug. 3, The Adirondack Shakespeare Company presents Hiawatha, their original production for children.

“ADK Shakes” hires professional, classicallytrained actors and is dedicated to producing

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quality theatre, unburdened by spectacle and technology, focusing on what matters most: the play. The whole family will enjoy this professional performance.

All shows begin at 6:30. Bring your lawn chair! Rain or shine: performances will be on the lawn, but moved indoors if necessary. There is no charge for admission; donations are appreciated. More details and the full schedule are available on our website and facebook page.

The Elizabethtown-Westport Garden Club will meet at the Center on Thursday, Aug. 4, to carpool to Joy Walking Gardens. Please contact Kathy Linker at 873-6493 for more information.

All are welcome to join in.

On Thursday, Aug. 4, Ellen DuBois offers yoga at 4:15 p.m.

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

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

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he North Country North Country SPCA is in need of SPCA canned cat food donations for our furry Kathy Wilcox > Columnist rollerprincessfrog@yahoo.com feline friends. We are currently very low on canned food, and will accept donations large or small. Any brand will do.

If you would like to arrange a collection in your community to help out and need ideas, please contact our shelter staff, who would be happy to share with you some of the creative fundraisers organized in the past. We appreciate any help you can provide!

Our featured pet this week is Tae, a gorgeous Tabby domestic shorthair-mix, who is one of the many mother cats who tend to come to us each spring. She has now raised all of her kittens and she’s ready to find a family of her own. Tae has a sweet purr-sonality, the most unusual amber eyes we have ever seen, and plenty of youthful energy of her own. She is only approximately two years old.

Tae is such an easygoing young lady; we believe she would fit in well to almost any home. If you are looking for a cat who has matured beyond the curtain-climbing, toe-chasing stage but still has a little playfulness and mischief to offer, please consider adopting Tae. You won’t be disappointed.

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TPP

From page 4 Their running mates, too, are fluid on their respective stances.

Republican Gov. Mike Pence, of Indiana, has historically been a vocal supporter of the TPP and free trade agreements, which puts him in direct odds with the nominee.

Across the aisle, Sen. Tim Kaine was one of 13 Democratic senators who voted for the TPA last year.

While the lawmaker has never explicitly said he supports the proposal, Kaine has often championed free trade issues, including NAFTA. But after being tapped by Clinton last week, he now says he can’t support the agreement in its current form, according to the Washington Post.

‘FAULTY RHETORIC’ Local officials have largely stayed out of the fray. The Plattsburgh City Council briefly discussed the issue in March when a local resident asked them to consider a symbolic resolution against the agreement.

A SUNY Plattsburgh-sponsored community forum held around the same time revealed most attendees didn’t know enough about the issue to form an opinion.

The exact details of the bill have yet to emerge, said Dimitar D. Gueorguiev, an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.

As such, it’s too early to know how the deal would affect the local upstate region, specifically.

“In the grand scheme of things, it probably won’t mean that much,” Gueorguiev told the Sun. “These arguments that the agreement will uniformly hurt American workers are untrue.”

Rust belt economies across the northeast and midwest have been hollowed out since the 1980s and have largely run its course, he said.

But attributing those changes in economic fortune solely to free trade is missing the bigger picture.

The most competitive industries tend to benefit from free trade, he said.

While America’s labor-intensive industries are not as competitive, new industries have popped up that wouldn’t have come into fruition without free trade, including many smalland medium-sized enterprises.

And due to the complex nature of the TPP, most of what gets discussed publicly tends to be misinformation, said Gueorguiev, speaking generally without regard to a specific political race.

Americans should instead be upset why they are being deprived of policies that have frozen them out of opportunities to benefit from free trade, including underfunded and economically segregated education policies.

Much of the rhetoric on China is also becoming increasingly faulty, Gueorguiev said.

Some, including Trump and China critics, say that country benefits through currency manipulation — and many believe it true. But as the past year has illustrated, China has been trying to prop up their currency because the markets have been pulling it down, he said.

“While New York residents have plenty to be disappointed about, when it comes to matters of national trade policy, we all need to be mindful of the long-term picture,” Gueorguiev said.

China will most likely be a bigger market for American producers, than other way around in the not-too-distant future, he said.

“The rhetoric doesn’t fit the facts at all.”

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