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Essex County board chairman leaving Keene Supervisor William Ferebee will soon accept a state position

By Lohr McKinstry

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KEENE – He’s been Keene town supervisor since 2005 and chairman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors since 2015, so the news that William Ferebee is resigning next month to accept a state position was a surprise to many.

Ferebee, a Republican, said he couldn’t say much about his new job, because the state wants to make the announcement,

Grave concerns

but he plans to resign effective Nov. 28, and will start the new post Nov. 30 with training in Albany.

A special Keene Town Council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21 for him to file an official resignation with the Keene town clerk.

Deputy Supervisor/Councilman Paul Martin will fill in until the council appoints a new supervisor, who will serve out the remaining year of Ferebee’s term, until Dec. 31, 2017.

Ferebee said he will not recommend a successor, but prefers to remain neutral. Ferebee said he will work with his replacement, and help that person as much as the restrictions of his new job allow.

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Hallowed ground at Riverside Cemetery brought historians together to learn about conservation, repair restoration

ELIZABETHTOWN — Hallowed ground, where mortal remains find a final place for rest, makes its own slow path to ruination.

Tombstones placed a hundred years or more ago become grizzled with lichen and Kim moss.

Dedam They break sometimes in places where Writer decorative lines or carefully hand-cut edges carved honor for a love and life lost.

Deep words and etched tributes sometimes leave old marble or slate or granite weak.

And seasons in a hundred years can heave the ground beneath.

At Riverside Cemetery, these grave concerns came to light for historians around Essex County.

Cemetery preservation, conservation and restoration involve special lessons.

And as neon bright leaves fell in a billowing wind Joe Ferrannini spent hours showing how to carefully remove, clean, straighten and reset old stones.

At the County Board of Supervisors, Vice Chair Randy Preston (I-Wilmington) will become chairman until the January 2017 reorganizational meeting, when the post is up for election.

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With hunting season now underway, Venison Donation Coalition aims to stamp out hunger through donated harvests

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Joe Ferrannini, of Grave Stone Matters, repaired a broken grave marker at Riverside Cemetery, showing how to use a special expoxy to put the pieces back together.

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The daylong training was planned by the Essex County Historical Society, said Trustee Maggie Bartley.

“Every year, right after Columbus Day, we host a historian’s workshop. Each year we have a different workshop.”

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ELIZABETHTOWN — With the cool crisp weather comes hunting season, the hallowed ritual across the state that carries sacred traditions.

A statewide nonprofit hopes hunters will add another: The donation of some of their harvests to local food banks.

Since 1999, the Venison Donation Coalition (VDC) has distributed more than 4 million servings of venison to food pantries across the state — or about 36 tons per year.

GRASSROOTS EFFORT The people-powered effort initially sprouted from sportsmen who wanted to give back to their community, explained >> See VENISON | pg. 12

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Elizabethtown Aubuchon hires furry feline friends Inseparable cats, still shy, adopted from North Country SPCA

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Customers at Aubuchon Hardware can be forgiven if they think they have mistakenly heard the tinkle of a bell, or seen a phantom paw darting out from a stack of merchandise.

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you.

Yes, the hardware store is home to two new employees: Meet Oscar and Muggs — if you can find them.

The two felines have been elusive since management adopted the pair from the North Country SPCA on Oct. 4.

The brothers came as a package deal.

“We were only going to take one, but we weren’t going to split them,” said Tom Sloan, who works at the Court Street location.

Aubuchon Hardware, based in Massachusetts, has been increasingly using felines for pest control, said Boo Duso, store manager.

Here in Elizabethtown, squirrels have cracked a sweet nut: They have learned how to chew through the rubber weatherstripping that has granted them access to the vast reserves of birdseed inside.

Enter the feline brothers, enlisted to put the kibosh to the nocturnal thieves.

The pair are still adjusting, and are seldom seen.

On a recent visit, Oscar glowered underneath a workbench; Muggs was nowhere to be found.

The gray, green-eyed tabby is so elusive, in fact, staffers have taken to monitoring security footage at night to ensure he hasn’t escaped.

Catnip also acts an incentive.

“We searched high and low all day,” Sloan said.

The pair were among the longest residents at the animal shelter, arriving in December 2014.

Catch ‘em if you can: Aubuchon Hardware in Elizabethtown is home to a pair of new cats, which the store adopted earlier this month from the North Country SPCA. Photo by Pete DeMola

“They were best buddies here,” said NCSPCA Executive Director Jessica Hartley. “We would catch them snuggling together all the time and they really got along well.”

A post-shelter adjustment process is natural, said the director, and depends on the personality of each animal.

“It’s going to be harder on cats, especially those in one particular environment for a long time, to adjust to another environment,” Hartley said.

Considering the vast size of the hardware store, Hartley suspects their adjustment process will be at the longer end of the spectrum.

But, she said, customers should eventually expect Oscar and Muggs to greet them at the entrance soon enough.

Aside from the glints of movement, the only outward signs of the brothers — for now — is the toy mouse and water dish at the back of the store (near the pet supplies, of course).

Theirs will be a great life, with lots of space to roam around and opportunities to hang out with the public, Hartley said.

Cats can be a great asset for business, she said.

“We’re certainly open to placing cats in other local stores and businesses.”

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Norsk Titanium gets official welcome party New manufacturing company to bring in new technology, hundreds of jobs to North Country

By Teah Dowling

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PLATTSBURGH — On Monday, over 200 community leaders crammed into the West Side Ballroom to formerly welcome Norsk Titanium to the North Country.

Norsk, who announced their arrival in July, is a high-tech factory that turns titanium wire into airplane parts using an innovative 3D process in 20 plasma deposition machines.

“The time has come for titanium,” Norsk Titanium President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Boley said during the luncheon. “And it’s making its mark in Plattsburgh.”

Earlier this month, 25 people were hired and one machine was installed in the new 67,500 square-foot building located in the old Clinton County Airport at 44 Martina Circle.

The plant is set to be fully operational and staffed by late 2017 with 20 plus machines and approximately 400 new jobs.

Once completed, the new Norsk Titanium Plattsburgh Demonstration & Qualification Center will contain a production line that will turn wire into aerospace parts 100 times faster than other 3D printing manufacturers, said Boley. “We can produce parts in an hour that takes weeks for others.”

The first 20 machines are expected to produce 400 metric tons on titanium components annually. Norsk anticipates doubling those amounts to 40 machines and 800 metric tons of parts.

The state budget funded half of the $250 million project through last year’s executive budget. The remaining funds were allocated through several smaller investors.

“This is the right place and the right time for Norsk to come the North Country,” said Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (RPeru). “The state and Norsk both made the right decision.”

Boley said this Plattsburgh site will be the world’s first industrial-scale aerospace additive manufacturing facility.

“This is game-changing technology and a big opportunity for the Plattsburgh region,” he said. “And this is going to continue to evolve over the next 25 to 30 years.”

For the past few months, Clinton County and town of Plattsburgh officials have worked on an infrastructure evaluation for the former airport, identifying what’s necessary to achieve future development.

With the recruitment of Norsk Titanium, town and county officials are looking forward to what the future holds.

Supervisor Michael Cashman said there are other prospects, which he chose not to disclose at this time, citing ongoing negotiations.

“Exciting things are happening,” he said. “We are very hopeful to see even more growth in the future.”

Pictured above: Mayor James Calnon, Clinton County Legislature Chairman Harry McManus and Supervisor Michael Cashman presented Norsk Titanium President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Boley with a picture of the vista where the new Norsk Titanium Plattsburgh Demonstration & Qualification Center is located at the old Clinton County Airport.

Pictured at right: “The time has come for titanium and it’s making its mark in Plattsburgh.” — Norsk Titanium President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Boley.

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Candidates spar in final NY21 debate Final showdown sees candidates offer sharp contrasts as they try to close the deal just two weeks before election day

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — Two weeks before voters head to the polls, the candidates for New York’s 21st Congressional District debated for the third and final time in Plattsburgh on Monday.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) is facing a challenge from Mike Derrick, a Democrat, and Matt Funiciello, the Green Party candidate.

In a debate sponsored by Mountain Lake PBS, which aired across the 12-county district, the candidates sought to define themselves and offer contrasts in what may be the final time for voters.

The terrain covered largely familiar territory: Each candidate discussed trade, student loan relief, health care, economic and environmental policies, as well as the role of money in politics and their thoughts on the presidential election.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES On climate change, Derrick criticized Stefanik for her environmental voting record — the lawmaker has a 9 percent score by the League of Conservation Voters, Derrick noted — and said if elected, he would pur-

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sue a national energy policy that would wean the country off fossil fuels in favor of green power.

“How she has voted, and what she says are entirely different,” Derrick said.

Stefanik, first elected in 2014, has brushed off the criticisms as a “scorecard from Washington, D.C.” and said the district needs to focus on a balanced approach to environmental issues while also being mindful of economic growth.

The lawmaker said she supports solar and wind energy tax credits to bolster renewable energy sources.

“We need to pursue policies that will not raise our energy prices, which are costly, particularly for our seniors in this district,” Stefanik said.

“We need to find a balanced approach to tackle our long-term environmental issues while protecting our domestic economy.”

Asked to justify her vote last year to reject EPA carbon limits for power plants, which has frequently been levied against the lawmaker who represents the Adirondack Park, Stefanik said it was a matter of enforcement.

“I have concerns with the lack of enforcement with other developing countries around the world,” Stefanik said, citing China and India. “We need to ensure that they’re also pursuing environmentally-friendly policies.”

Funiciello called for a Green New Deal, which would employ 20 million people in a Works Progress Administration-type program to rebuild national infrastructure and a fossil fuel-free energy network.

“Every single bill passed by Congress should, from here on in, have a climate change contingent in it where we’re trying to reduce carbon PPMs,” Funiciello said.

STUDENT DEBT AND DAIRY To alleviate student debt, Stefanik cited legislation she has proposed that would offer employers the opportunity to pay into 401k-type programs.

Derrick, the only educator in the race, said he was in favor of free tuition for community colleges and state schools, and Funiciello called for the government to purchase student debt through quantitative easing.

On falling dairy prices, which has seen milk prices decline as much as 40 percent over two years across the district, Funiciello tripled down on his claim that animal emissions are a chief cause of methane gas emissions that have led to global warming, citing a 2006 United Nations Report.

“Support small, support organic and support as much plant-based as possible, and we wouldn’t have these problems with the dairy industry per se,” Funiciello said, later adding that he was in favor of eliminating the

dairy compact in the Farm Bill which controls milk prices.

Stefanik said she was in favor of reopening the Margin Protection Program in the next Farm Bill, but also increasing export to Canada.

And Derrick said the compact should be tailored to support not just large dairy farms, but also smaller ones.

LIVING WAGE The candidates also drew sharp contrasts on a living wage.

Funiciello traded broadsides with Derrick on the minimum wage, which he said should be $15 per hour — not the $10.10 that the Democratic Party has endorsed as part of their platform.

“If you are going to get us a living wage, Mr. Derrick, what you are going to need to do is not be a Democrat, and you’re accustomed to that because you have been a Republican for much of your life,” said Funiciello, referring to Derrick’s 2015 change in voter registration.

“Why will you not support $15 an hour, and why won’t your national party?”

Derrick said he was in favor of a staggered plan like the one that took effect across New York earlier this year, which would annually increase the wage to $15 in New York City, and $12.50 upstate before the policy would be analyzed to measure its effects.

“It must be done, but it must be done in a way which doesn’t crush our small family farms and our small businesses across the North Country,” Derrick said.

Stefanik said the minimum wage is a good starting point, but must be paired with investments in workforce development and job training and tax code reform.

The candidates also briefly sounded off on the decriminalization of marijuana, gun control, hydrofracking, body cameras for police officers and national missile defense.

FINAL REMARKS In his closing statements, Derrick said the public isn’t ready to swallow Funiciello’s policy proposals.

“A vote for Matt is an essence a vote for Elise,” said Derrick, who insinuated Stefanik would be at the bequest of hedge fund manager Paul Singer and House Speaker Paul Ryan.

“As I said earlier, $500,000 came into this race last week,” Derrick said.

“That does not come without strings attached.” (By law, super PACs are prohibited from coordinating with political campaigns.)

Funiciello lashed both candidates.

“They are both creatures of Wall Street,” he said. “What you are going to get from them, we already know: It’s 50 years of war and inequality.

They’re not going to fix any of the problems we have until we change the conversation in Washington, D.C. and that’s why you’re going to send me there on Nov. 8.”

Stefanik didn’t take the bait: “Instead of attacking, I want to thank both of my fellow candidates,” Stefanik said.

In the last two years, the lawmaker said she has worked “incredibly hard” to keep her campaign promises, citing her work ethic, transparency and accessibility.

“I’ve focused like a laser on job creation and economic development.”

Voters head to the polls on Nov. 8.

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WORSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY AU SABLE FORKS Holy Name Catholic Church - 14203 Rt. 9N, Au Sable Forks, 647-8225, Rev. Kris Lauzon, Pastor; Deacon John J. Ryan; Mass: Sunday 9:30 a.m. Confessions: Sunday 9-9:15 a.m.

St. James’ Church - Episcopal (Anglican Catholic). Rev. Ana RiveraGeorgescu, Priest; Rev. Patti Johnson, Deacon. Holy Eucharist Sundays at 10 a.m. Phone: (518) 534-2540 or (518) 593-1838.

United Methodist Church - Main Street. 647-8147. Sunday 11 a.m. Worship Service. Email: afumc1@frontiernet.net BLACK BROOK St. Matthew’s Catholic Church - 781 Silver Lake Rd., Black Brook, Rev. Kris Lauzon, Pastor; Deacon John J. Ryan; Closed.

BLOOMINGDALE Pilgrim Holiness Church - 14 Oregon Plains Rd., 891-3178, Rev. Daniel Shumway - Sunday: Morning Worship 11a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Evening Service 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday: Prayer Service 7 p.m.

CLINTONVILLE United Methodist - Rt. 9N. 834-5083. Sunday, 11 a.m. Worship Service. Pastor Rev. Joyce Bruce.

ELIZABETHTOWN Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) - 10 Williams Street Elizabethtown, NY 12932. (518)873-2509 goodshepherdetown@gmail. com, Sunday Holy Communion: 8 & 10:15am; Healing Prayer Service: Every Wed 4:30pm; Men’s Group: Every Friday 7:30am-8:45am Rev. David Sullivan. All are Welcome.

LIFE Church Elizabethtown - A holistic biblical approach where healthy relationships and community come before religious ideals.

Connect to Jesus and others, Engage your local community, Involve yourself in ministry. LIFE Church service Sunday 10:30 am. LIFE Groups (see webpage for local groups) . YouthLIFE 6th-12th Monday 3:00 pm. AO Cafe open Wednesday-Sunday 8am-12am. www.adklife. church - 209 Water Street Elizabethtown - lifechurchetown@gmail. com - (518)-412-2305 St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church - Court Street. 873-6760. Father Francis Flynn, Mass Schedule: Saturday 4:30 p.m., Weekdays: Consult Bulletin. Thursday 10:15 a.m. Horace Nye Home. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.

Website: wewe4.org Email: rccowe@gmail.com United Church of Christ (Congregational) - Court Street. 873-6822.

Rev. Frederick C. Shaw. Worship Service: Sun. 11 a.m.; Sunday School ages 4 - grade 6. Nursery service Email: FShaw@westelcom.com ESSEX Essex Community United Methodist Church - Corner of Rt. 22 and Main St. 963-7766. Rev. John E. Hunn., Sunday Worship - 10:15 AM, Sunday School - 10:15 AM. web page: www.unyumc.org/churches/detail/375 Foothills Baptist Church at Boquet - 2172, NY Rt. 22 in Essex.

Formerly Church of the Nazarene. Wednesday Night Service at 6 p.m.

Worship services are Sunday 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.

Family Christian movies on the second Sunday of each month at 6:30 p.m., and Hymn sing on the 4th Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. Email: foothillsbapt@netzero.net

St. John’s Episcopal Church - Church Street. 963-7775. Holy Communion and Church School, Sunday 10 a.m., Community Potluck Supper, Tuesday 6 p.m. Old Testament Bible Study, Wednesdays 10 a.m., Rev. Rick Dennis. Email: stjohnsessexny@gmail.com St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Rt. 22. 963-4524. Closed for the Winter.

HARKNESS Harkness United Methodist Church - Corner Harkness & Hollock Hill Rds., Harkness, NY. 834-7577. Rev. Edith Poland. Worship 9:30 a.m. ediepoland@aol.com JAY First Baptist Church of Jay - Rev. Joyce Bruce, Pastor. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

KEENE Keene Valley Congregational Church - Main Street. 576-4711.

Sunday Worship Services 10 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m. Choir Wednesday evening 7 p.m. and Sunday 9:15 a.m.

St. Brendan’s Catholic Church - Mass Saturday at 4 p.m. & Sunday at 11:15 a.m. from first Sunday in July to Labor Day. Saturday at 4 p.m. the rest of the year. Pastor: Rev. John R. Yonkovig; Pastor. Rectory Phone 523-2200. Email: stagnesch@roadrunner.com St. Hubert’s All Souls Episcopal Church - Sunday Holy Eucharist 9 a.m. (on some Sundays, Morning Prayer), July 3 through September 4.

Varying roster of priests celebrate communion each week.

KEESEVILLE Front Street Fellowship - Front Street Fellowship - 1724 Front Street, Keeseville, 645-4673. Pastors Rick & Kathy Santor. Sunday: Worship Service 10 a.m. Tuesday: Ladies Coffee 9:30 a.m. Wednesday: Prayer Fellowship 6 p.m. Website: www.frontstreetfellowship.org Email: kathy@frontstreetfellowship.org

Immaculate Conception Church - Rt. 9, Keeseville, 834-7100.

Rev. Kris Lauzon, Pastor; Deacon John Lucero; Mass: Sunday 11:15 a.m.

Confessions: Sunday after Mass.

Independent Baptist Church - Rte. 22 & Interstate 87, P.O. Box 506, Keeseville, NY. 834-9620. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7 p.m.; Youth Group Sunday 6 p.m. Website: ibck.org Email: oneillr@ibck.org Keeseville United Methodist Church - Front Street, Keeseville.

834-7577. Rev. Edith Poland. Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. 834-7577. Email: ediepoland@aol.com St. John the Baptist Catholic Church - Rt. 22, Keeseville, 834-7100.

Rev. Kris Lauzon, Pastor; Deacon John Lucero; Mass: Saturday 4:30 p.m. Confessions: Saturday 3:45-4:15 p.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Clinton Street, Keeseville. 563-6836.

Sunday Service 9 a.m. Rev. Blair Biddle.

The Good Shepherd Church of the Nazarene - 124 Hill Street, Keeseville, NY. 834-9408. Pastor Richard Reese. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday Prayer Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

LEWIS First Congregational Church - Lewis, 873-6822. Rev. Frederick C. Shaw. Sunday Services 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Email: Fshaw@westelcom.com www.firstcongregationalchurchoflewis.com MIDDLEBURY Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Middlebury Ward) Sacrament Worship Service: Sunday 9:00am. Meetinghouse-133 Valley View, Middlebury, VT 05753.

REBER Reber Methodist Church - Reber Rd., Reber. 11 a.m. Sunday mornings. Pastor Ric Feeney.

United Methodist Church - Valley Road. 963-7924. Rev. Chilton McPheeters. Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Church School 11 a.m.

PORT HENRY Lake Champlain Bible Fellowship - 6 Church St., Port Henry, NY. Pastor D. Mitchell Mullenax, 518-546-4200. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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St. Philip Neri Catholic Church - 6603 Main St., Father Francis Flynn, Pastor. Residence, 873-6760. Mass schedule: Sun., 8:30 a.m.

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Stec, Barkenhagen debate Assemblyman, challenger discuss issues in first and only televised debate for Assembly District 114

By Pete DeMola

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — State Assemblyman Dan Stec and his Green Party opponent, Robin Barkenhagen, discussed public campaign financing, the state’s heroin epidemic and other issues in the first and only televised debate for Assembly District 114 last week.

Barkenhagen said he is in favor of public financing of elections, arguing it is necessary to level the playing field for thirdparty candidates.

A system like that in Maine, which allows candidates to access a matching funding system with enough $5 donations, would also allow more discussion of the issues, Barkenhagen said.

Barkenhagen, a Glens Falls businessman, said public financing would also cut down on corruption and also called for public airtime for ballot-qualified candidates.

“I think ultimately having publicly-funded elections would save the taxpayers of New York State money,” he said.

Stec disagrees: New York City’s matching system, he said, hasn’t cured the city of corruption and ethical problems. He also said the system makes it easier for “straw candidates” to create races.

“It’s not necessarily a panacea to solve the problems,” Stec said.

The statewide cost could also be in the hundreds of millions, he said.

Stec, a Republican, also said the petition process requires

candidates to collect signatures proportional to the number of enrolled voters in each party.

Public financing wouldn’t be fair to candidates who have larger numbers of dedication and support, he said.

“Should a party that has 300 members be given the same level playing field status as a party that has 30,000 members?” he said.

Stec, first elected in 2012, also criticized Barkenhagen for asking taxpayers to foot the bill when he hedged on asking his own friends and family members for campaign contributions.

No one likes raising money, Stec said. But if you cannot ask friends and family members for donations, how can you stand up on the floor of the Assembly and challenge the speaker?

“This is a leadership question as well,” Stec said.

Barkenhagen said, “Asking for money for me is a totally different thing than asking for support on issues.”

“I didn’t go to that list and I didn’t follow through on it,” Barkenhagen admitted. “Ultimately, I didn’t pull the trigger and that is my fault, and I will get better at that in the future.”

But Barkenhagen said it’s easier for major party candidates to raise money, and the costs in Maine clocked in at about $3 million per year.

According to the Post Star, Barkenhagen has raised $350 during the campaign to Stec’s $42,000.

MAILERS Barkenhagen criticized the five taxpayer-funded mailings he has received from Stec’s office.

“That’s excessive to me,” he said.

Stec should have stopped once he announced his campaign, Barkenhagen said.

“Once I was on the ballot, absolutely they should stop coming.”

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The assemblyman said there is a 60-day blackout period for legislative mail before elections.

Stec also said the mailers help inform his constituents, and are not political in nature. The final mailer, sent in early-September regarding heroin, led to a family member calling his office for help, the lawmaker recalled.

“My staff got on it. They worked their tail off, and within less than a week, they were able to find a bed for this young guy and get him help,” Stec said.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA The two also offered contrasting opinions on drug legalization at the debate, which was hosted Thursday, Oct. 20 and sponsored by LOOK TV. Stec asked Barkenhagen to clarify where he stands on decriminalization, citing a recent Facebook post by the candidate.

While Stec voted for the Compassionate Care Act that legalized medical marijuana in the state under controlled conditions, he said he is against drug legalization, noting marijuana is still a Class 1 substance at the federal level.

A series of panels held across the state by Assembly Republicans also showed support for continuing the status quo, he said.

“I’d rather be conservative and cautious on this issue,” Stec said.

Barkenhagen said drug addiction needed to be treated as a public health issue, not just as a criminal one.

“When people are addicted to a drug, they need help — they don’t need to be sitting in a county jail,” Barkenhagen said.

Assembly District 114 encompasses all of Essex and Warren counties, and portions of Washington and Saratoga.

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n last week’s column I wrote about the influence money is having on the national media. A new report, focused solely on the newspaper industry, has just been released by the UNC School of Media and Journalism’s Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media titled “The Rise of a New Media Baron and the Emerging Threat of News Deserts” The report details what we’ve seen happening here for some time, that being the primary mission of the new newspaper owner is to solely make money for their investors and shareholders without great concern for community or staff. The report explores the possibility that many communities may soon lose their primary source of local news, leaving behind vast news deserts across entire regions of the country.

Here is the lead paragraph for the report which says it all; Over the past decade, a new media baron has emerged in the United States. Private equity funds, hedge funds and other newly formed investment partnerships have swooped in to buy — and actively manage — newspapers all over the country. These new owners are very different from the newspaper publishers that preceded them. For the most part they lack journalism experience or the sense of civic mission traditionally embraced by publishers and editors. Newspapers represent only a fraction of their vast business portfolios — ranging from golf courses to sub-prime lenders — worth hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars. Their mission is to make money for their investors, so they operate with a short-term, earnings-first focus and are prepared to get rid of any holdings — including newspapers — that fail to produce what they judge to be an adequate profit.

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North Country needs a mid-sized music venue

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or those about to rock, we… have nowhere to go.

Despite the region slowly shaking off layers of rust, we still lack a midsized live music venue and performance space.

Having a few solid venues in the region would benefit local performers and help attract outside artists, creating an artistic hub in the process.

The North Country is undergoing a revival of sorts.

It seems like not a week goes by where there isn’t some type of conference, summit, business announcement, gathering or impromptu panel discussion designed to float trial balloons on how to shape our new economy and harness the vitality crackling underfoot.

Farming, brewing, tourism, graphic design, advanced manufacturing — a dizzying blend of the above now seems possible.

Part of this is due to reignited wells of civic engagement: Folks are flocking here, many with fresh new ideas.

Another can be attributed to renewed state investment.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has often said his administration has been focused on upstate like a “laser beam.”

Say what you will about the effectiveness of his economic development programs — some of them, like Start-Up New York, have proven to be duds — but it’s tough to dispute that the region hasn’t been showered with this much attention since, well, ever.

All of this being said, we can’t but help feel that the region needs a few good mid-sized music venues — say, one in Glens Falls and another in Plattsburgh.

Both places have fostered some neat events recently.

In Plattsburgh, ROTA is now holding concerts on a regular basis, bringing in rock bands from across the country to their small space on Bridge Street. The venue has also become a nexus for homegrown and regional talent.

On the visual end of the spectrum, a recent convention, Plattsnerd, drew 700 attendees earlier this month, demonstrating an appetite for all things gamingcentric.

And a constellation of young promoters are organizing one-off shows and exhibits in basements, bars and other out-of-the-way places.

The same is happening in Glens Falls, home to a colorful spectrum of bars, boutiques, restaurants and other hotspots — including Heady Productions, which is the city’s equivalent of ROTA. This all appears to indicate several broader trends:

The first, quite simply, is that there is a demand for these events, and we don’t exist in a pop cultural vacuum despite our remote location.

Another are the satellite businesses that have popped up in the region to support these growing interests.

And the last is the existing spaces may not be the best fit to host these events: The comic book convention was held at the American Legion in Plattsburgh, for instance.

That means this gaggle of geeks was too small for the Crete Center, but too large to fit existing venues — including the constellation of bars and clubs dotted around the city — or too off-brand for others, including the Strand, which appears to be targeted to a different clientele.

The same would likely be the case in Glens Falls, where the Civic Center struggles to pair events with the right-sized crowds.

The two cities received $10 million each as part of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the state’s attempt to kickstart urban economic development. Maybe some of these economic development funds can be used to facilitate a happy medium. With matching private investment, we think a mid-sized venue would be a tremendous asset to the region.

We think there’s a critical mass for live music here.

Promising ingredients include a proximity to both Burlington and Albany, a robust college population and a growing population of young professionals who are moving into both cities, many of whom play a central role in downtown revitalization efforts.

Up north, there are also existing events like Otis Mountain and Backwoods Pondfest, two annual summertime festivals that draw thousands, providing that if you have music, folks will travel. And in the south, the region has been going gangbusters with all manner of outdoor events in recent years.

And the economic weathervane is pointed in our favor, with a broadening relationship with Canada and more high tech industry players moving in — including developments at Norsk Titanium.

A decent live music venue is a critical component to the region’s upward trajectory. Hopefully we’ll see these concepts become a part of the broader conversation.

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Conflict with Russia ‘ought to be basedÊ onÊ solidÊ evidenceÕÊ To the Editor: Hillary Clinton’s pompous declaration that “17 (sic) intelligence agencies have confirmed that Russia is behind the email hacks” ironically demonstrates our disturbing tolerance for anti-intellectualism.

It’s remarkable that a future president is excused for recklessly provoking a nuclear-armed adversary. A conflict with Russia, especially when we are fighting in several countries already, ought to be based on solid evidence.

Clinton was referring to a press release by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), stating the release of hacked emails “are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts.”

No further evidence is presented and there’s no indication that all 16 US

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intelligence agencies independently reached the same conclusion.

Her reference to the DNI is an appeal to authority, a tactic used when facts alone cannot support the argument. The DNI’s argument is also fallacious: “Consistent with” isn’t proof because there’s a risk of spurious correlation. Eating dinner is consistent with your methods and motivations but that doesn’t prove that I’m you.

One properly documented analysis would suffice. But there isn’t one so Clinton tries to convince us by fallaciously referring to many intelligence agencies. That’s compelling, but it’s illogical.

Lacking hard evidence, the ad hominem attack on Russia was irresponsible and dangerous. That tactical risk was accepted because the hacked emails document signature Clinton deficiencies. Normally those would be sufficient to doom a candidate. Tragically, her opponent is even worse.

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ImportantÊ yourÊ voiceÊ beÊ heardÊ onÊ county Office for Aging merger To the Editor: On Monday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m., a public hearing will be held in the Essex County Board of Supervisors Chambers regarding the merger of the Essex County Office for the Aging and Essex County Public Health Departments.

This proposal will impact elders and those who care for them. It is important that your voice be heard.

The advisory council to the OFA believes that the loss of departmental representation will have a negative impact to concerns of elders in the county. With the projected rise in the numbers of elderly to 30 percent of the population by 2030, it is important to give programs and issues impacting the elderly singular attention. Elders need a seat at the table and a clear voice to the supervisors.

The Advisory Council is asking that the acting director be appointed Director to the Office for Aging as a separate department with departmental representation with no impact to the 2017 budget. Your support at the hearing is important.

Elizabeth Phelps Buysse Chairman, Essex County OFA Advisory Board Elizabethtown

Jensen commentary ‘blatant attack onÊ ClintonÕ To the Editor: I will try to say no more than merited by Rick Jensen’s guest commentary.

It’s just that his blatant attack on Clinton and “the media” that “colludes” with her, camouflaged as the work of a professional, really annoys me.

First of all, when was it that Wikileaks became proof of anything, as in “Wikileaks proves that?”

Secondly, I would want to look at the actual text of the emails, thank you, rather than take Jensen’s word that “this email reveals....”

And Jensen’s “this is the dark hole of soul-sucking depravity that is the root cause of American distrust of the national media” is language hardly merited, given the lack of factual substance in Jensen’s piece.

I don’t doubt that there are shenanigans going on, but that’s true in all corridors of our society.

Finally, as I have been saying, Jensen’s piece certainly does not provide a model that I would aspire to, in reporting political goings on of public interest.

Don Austin Elizabethtown

Rep. Stefanik, Derrick need to addressÊ U.S.Ê fundingÊ of Ê Israel To the Editor: It would be interesting to see what would happen if congressional candidate Mike Derrick, as a combat veteran in the Middle East, would propose that the $39 billion recently committed to the State of Israel by the U.S. Congress for weapons be withdrawn and directed toward the repair of infrastructure and facilities in those states of the United States of America recently ravaged by Hurricane Matthew.

As a taxpayer, regarding any question about the proper use of taxpayer dollars, I would rather see U.S. railroads and bridges repaired and reservoirs cleansed than see U.S. funds wasted on murderous weaponry and dubious schemes by an artificial entity which would prolong endless conflict and cost millions of lives.

I do not see how supporting a statelet that sees the USA as a bottomless money pit and a potential source of cannon fodder can possibly contribute to the conditions needed for our maintaining a viable state here at home.

The USA in particular and the world at large would have a brighter future if Israel could be obliged to use its own energy and talents to develop civilized relationships with its neighbors without reference to Bronze Age fairy tales.

It would be very interesting to hear what Mike and Rep. Elise Stefanik (RWillsboro) might have to say about this proposal.

Jim Bullard Westport

SupportiveÊ of Ê proposedÊ EssexÊ CountyÊ tetheringÊ law To the Editor: I recently read the “Essex County Needs a Tethering Law” letter in your latest edition and was relieved to know that finally laws are being created to help protect the animals in our community.

I applaud the group of individuals who are behind this mission and support their efforts in this worthy cause. Honestly, it’s about time.

We live in a world where humanity has become more aware of the sensitivity of animals and the value they bring to all our lives. “They are our equals in their capacity to suffer,” to quote the president of the Humane Society of America.

Put yourself in their paws and feel what it’s like to be chained to a pole all day long in black fly season or in the middle of winter.

Feel what it’s like to have turned your water bowl over on a hot summer day or have a coyote zeroing in on you with no place to go.

I’m not sure why there would be any hesitation in passing such a law. However challenging it may be it’s the right thing to do.

Annoel Krider Elizabethtown

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Gail Seamen ‘cares not for residents’ To the Editor: In response to a recent letter, the writer says “Gail Seaman proves loyal to Thurman.”

I disagree, and I believe many will agree, her appointment and the events surrounding this action has raised numerous questions.

An appointed board member is only loyal to the supervisor, and her supporters, for putting them in that position. Ms. Seaman, as we have seen recently, cares not for the residents that she is supposed to be representing, but aligns she herself with the supervisor and her special interests group.

Ms. Seaman suggested once that “the highway supervisor send only half of his crew each time they go out plowing or sanding to save money.”

I asked Mr. Wood the next day “if this would in fact save anything.” His answer was “it would likely cost the same amount.” I already knew the answer.

Perhaps I am wrong, maybe in nursing the staffing can be cut in half and the same work can be completed.

Another time, Ms. Seaman was making and seconding motions when the board wanted to approve the purchase of a used truck and a body for another truck. By Ms. Seaman’s comments, it was clear to me and others she did not know the difference.

Lacking for two-plus board meetings was a representative from the highway department. This alone should have stopped the process until someone could be present to answer questions concerning these purchases.

Ms. Seaman has joined with Ms. Wood, supervisor, to verbally attack councilmen Mike Eddy. This is not the behavior I want to see from our board members.

I can only hope the residents of Thurman remember come election day how loyal this board member is to the residents she represents, because if you are part of the majority it is not you!

Keith L. Parent Sr. Thurman

Changes made to Lawson, Allen scholarshipÊ amidÊ residentÊ concerns To the Editor: The brief and correct announcement in the Oct. 15 edition of Sun Community News that the Lawson and Clint Allen Leadership and Academic Scholarship offered through the Essex Community Fund would expand to include residents and graduating seniors from the towns of Essex and Willsboro and who attended Willsboro Central School (WSC) provoked a concerned reaction.

Several individuals pointed out that those eligibility requirements would preclude Essex and Willsboro students who attend other schools than WCS. After a thoughtful discussion, the committee that manages the scholarship decided to remove the requirement of graduating from WSC, making the scholarship available to all high school seniors with a residence in Essex or Willsboro.

The Allen Scholarship awards one scholarship each year and will track students through either a four or two year institution or a trade school. It expects to provide a $5,000 scholarship for the academic year of 2017-18 and continue at that level as long as a recipient makes steady progress toward a degree or completing a trade certificate. Lawson and Clint Allen expect scholarship recipients “to pay it forward” though a lifetime of contributions to their communities and the nation.

The Essex Community Fund in the last decade has assisted Essex groups and other organizations that support Essex residents with grants that have totaled more than $150,000. Those interested in applying for a grant or the Allen Scholarship may contact the Essex Community Fund at P.O. Box 101, Essex, New York 12936.

H. Nicholas Muller III Secretary Essex Community Fund

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than 9,500 local newspapers. Here are some of the findings: Since 2004, more than a third of the country’s newspapers have changed ownership, some sold two or more times.

The largest newspaper companies are larger than ever, and still growing. Some of the largest chains have been assembled by investment fund managers, with newspapers representing only a fraction of their vast business portfolios.

The largest investment groups tend to employ a standard formula in managing their newspapers – aggressive cost cutting paired with financial restructuring.

Most newspapers owned and operated by investment groups are located in economically struggling small and mid-sized communities where the newspaper is the primary source of local news.

Newspapers must adapt to the digital age to remain viable community builders. This will require a significant investment by newspaper owners and a long-term commitment to struggling communities, not a short-term earnings focus.

Without significant fresh investments by the new owners, the bond between newspapers and their communities will erode, with numerous small cities and towns facing the real threat of becoming a news desert.

Visit newspaperownership.com for more information and to view the entire report or a summary.

Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News. He may be reached at dan@suncommunitynews.com

cOMMENTARy

Wrong on Ethanol Trump, Clinton agree Jeff Stier Columnist

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illary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t agree on much -- except the Renewable Fuel Standard. Too bad they’re both wrong.

The policy requires America’s gasoline supply be mixed with renewable fuels like corn-based ethanol. Both nominees cite ethanol as key to breaking U.S. dependence on foreign oil and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

America’s domestic energy boom has laid that first argument to rest. For the environment, the RFS does more to harm than good. Instead of aligning themselves on the wrong side of this issue, both candidates should commit to ending the RFS as quickly as possible.

America’s peculiar relationship with ethanol began in the 1970s.

Back then, the nation relied on foreign countries for much of its gasoline -- a situation that undermined U.S. security and drove up fuel prices.

Congress sought to address this problem by encouraging the transition to renewable fuels. It didn’t hurt that the policy carried considerable political benefits, enjoying support from both environmentalists and corn-growers.

The RFS’s 2005 implementation capped this decades-long effort to boost ethanol by requiring U.S. transportation fuel to contain a certain volume of renewable material -- ethanol chief among them.

But what seemed like a sensible policy in the 1970s is now utterly absurd. Indeed, the United States is no longer dependent on volatile foreign regimes for its oil.

Since 2008, American oil production has grown by 90 percent — a surge that makes America the biggest global petroleum producer. For the first time, America has larger oil reserves than any other country, making it unlikely that we will run out anytime soon.

The environmentalist case for the RFS has fared no better. Ethanol was supposed to be a greener alternative to fossil fuels. But, by artificially inflating the demand for corn, the RFS has dramatically increased the amount of farmland for corn production. Some 7.3 million acres of natural habitat were destroyed after the policy took effect, according to University of Wisconsin researchers.

Motorists also suffer. Corn-based ethanol contains a third less energy than gasoline, reducing the number of miles a driver can travel on a full tank. In New England alone, ethanol mandates cost motorists an additional $6.29 billion between 2005 and 2014.

Even our cars are poorly served.

Increasingly stringent Environmental Protection Agency blending requirements have made motor fuel unsuitable for many cars. For nine out of ten of today’s vehicle engines, filling up on high-ethanol fuel could result in serious damage.

That both Trump and Clinton are continuing the RFS charade doesn’t bode well for the future. The ethanol mandate is a clear example of a policy with no real benefits and serious, measurable costs. Anyone seeking to lead this country shouldn’t be afraid to say so.

Jeff Stier is a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C., and heads its Risk Analysis Division.

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n the past, Halloween was considered a part of the three day Allhallowtide celebration, a period between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2 when Christians would visit graveyards and cemeteries, light candles on the graves of the dead, and in some cases, abstain from eating meat, according to Wikipedia.

Halloween wasn’t always celebrated as we celebrate it now, but that doesn’t necessarily make our personal traditions invalid.

Check out some of the Halloween events slated around the region this week: The annual “Boo 2 You” Halloween festival will return to downtown Glens Falls on Oct. 29. The event will feature trick-or-treating on Glen Street, spooky dancers, a costume parade, pony rides, a screening of “Hocus Pocus” and more. Admission is free. This fest is slated to last from 2-4 p.m. For more information, call 761-3864.

The Country Dreams Farm in Plattsburgh will open a haunted Halloween corn maze on Oct. 28. Organizers say that attendees should “bring a flashlight and prepare to be scared!”

Tickets are $8 per person. For more information, call 561-8941.

The North Country Community College campus in Ticonderoga will host a “Haunted Hallway” event on Oct. 28-29. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5. For more information, call 585-4454.

The NCCC’s event is in conjunction with Ticonderoga’s “HalloweenFest Weekend” event from Oct. 28-31. The fest has a sprawling list of events from a Maze by Moonlight at Fort Ticonderoga on Oct. 28 to the town’s official trick or treating event on Oct. 31 on Montcalm street. For more information, visit timainstreet.org.

A haunted farm tour is slated for Oct. 28-19 at Nettle Meadows in Thurman. Organizers say that Nettle Meadow has a history of hauntings that “get extra creepy” around Halloween.

After the tour, attendees can enjoy a Creepy Craft Station for kids, coffee, hot cider, cookies and caramel apples. Tickets are $5 per person. All proceeds will benefit the animal sanctuary at Nettle Meadow Farm. For more information, visit nettlemeadow.com.

Plattsburgh’s historic Monopole Bar will host Revibe on Oct. 29. The show, titled “Spookreepy Halloween Mystery,” will showcase “spoo-kreepy songs, spoo-kreepy stories and spookreepy brews,” organizers say. The concert is free. For more information, call 563-2222.

Fort William Henry in Lake George will host a “ghost tour” on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Organizers encourage everyone to attend to hear stories that have been handed down over generations, as well as the “personal experience of those leading the tour.” Tickets are $16.95 for adults, $7.95 for children. Reservations are encouraged. For more information, call 964-6649.

The SUNY Plattsburgh Zombie Defense League will host the 8th annual Plattsburgh Zombie Walk in downtown Plattsburgh. The walk begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Durkee Street Farmer’s Market building, where attendees will depart for a walk around downtown Plattsburgh. The walk will end at City Hall, where there will be a “Zombie Prom.” Zombie attire is not mandatory but highly recommended. For more information, visit facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghZombieDefenseLeague.

Lake George’s Great Escape theme park will host their annual Fright Fest event until Oct. 30.

The days are split in two with “Thrills by Day” until 4 p.m., and “Frights by Night” after 5 p.m.

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“Thrills by Day” features costume contests, scream contests and a trick or treat trail. “Fright by Night” boasts three “scare zones,” where ticket holders will see “more ghouls than ever before,” along with a haunted maze, haunted house and more. For more information, visit sixflags.com/greatescape.

Over 33 local businesses in downtown Plattsburgh will participate in a trick-or-treat style event on Oct. 29 from 2-4 p.m. Among those participating are Center Stage Dance, who will hand out candy and perform a Halloween Dance Show at Trinity Park, Under One Roof Video Store, who will hand out candy and offer a free video or game rental for kids in costume; Grizzle’s Gifts and Swap will hand out candy and provide free face painting for kids, and more. Organizers say that participating businesses will have black and orange balloons outside of their door.

The Warrensburg Historical Society will hold this year’s Graveyard Walks at the Warrensburg Cemetery on Oct. 21 and 28 at 7 p.m. Characters expected to surface at the cemetery this year are local heroes Ray and Eldon Haskell, who both lost their lives in WWII, Vera Brown, John Taylor and Emily Martin. Tickets for either walk are $8 for adults and $5 for students. On Sunday, Oct. 30 a full “Dinner With The Dead” will be served at Merrill Magee Inn for $35.56 per seat.

Space is limited. For more information about the event, contact Mikelean at 623-2856.

Plattsburgh’s “Trick-or-Treat on Safety Street” will return to the Crete Civic Center on Oct. 28 from 6-8 p.m. Organizers say that the event gives kids the opportunity to “travel from house to house and father goodies without the worries of cars, strangers or tainted candy.”

The 11th Annual Haunted Barn event will return to the Little Theater on the Farm in Fort Edward on Oct. 28. The theme this year is phobias, and facing your fears. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children. For more information, call 932-6985.

Black Cat Attack, the Anti-Queens and Call Shotgun will perform at the ROTA Studio and Gallery in Plattsburgh on Oct. 31. Black Cat Attack are a horror punk group based in Ontario.

The Anti-Queens are a Toronto-based grunge punk troupe. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on a $3-10 sliding scale; attendees are encouraged to pay what they can afford. For more information, visit facebook.com/rotagallery. www.suncommunitynews.com/A&Efor the latest events

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Ferrannini owns Grave Stone Matters, a conservation and repair company, based in Hoosick Falls.

He encouraged historians and cemetery caretakers to establish a plan first: To identify and prioritize problems in the graveyard. And then, he said, approach repair in phases.

“Any good plan addresses the future maintenance and oversight of the cemetery,” he said.

Some cemeteries are private, like Riverside, but many old graveyards in Essex County are maintained by the towns or by state officials if family plots have melded into the Adirondack Forest preserve.

Surveys of the entire cemetery and individual markers are important records to keep, Ferrannini says.

Graveyard registries are often best kept these days, he says, with photographs, stored both in digital and in printed format.

“Before and after photos can document the work performed on the cemetery as a whole and on individual markers and monuments.”

Cleaning gravestones, he admitted, is sometimes a source of controversy and concern.

He recommends removing compacted moss and dry lichen with a soft brush, testing a small area first, then using water to wash a stone, working from the bottom up. Pitting and spalling on a stone means it could be too delicate for heavy cleaning.

Toothbrushes, Q-tips and craft sticks can help clear dirt and grime from detailed edges in the stone and its engraved surface.

If water doesn’t work, the grave conservator uses D/2 biological solution, a cleaning agent that does not damage old stone.

At Riverside, he showed how to carefully remove a slender marble stone and once cleaned, put it back upright.

The antique white marble marker he reset last week was among the David Judd family plot dated to 1869, almost 150 years ago.

A hush came over the group even on a bright autumn day as he carefully removed the earth around the marker.

“Don’t dig far,” Ferrannini cautioned.

With attention to detail, Ferrannini indicated how the stone had been set so many years ago, placed away and ahead of the casket six feet below.

Indentation in the ground around a grave is often where an old wooden casket has crumbled beneath.

Another ten inches of the marble stone was sunk under the ground and roots had pushed it asunder.

Ferrannini showed how strings from weed whackers can, over years, leave their own marks at the base of a grave.

After cleaning the rootridden surface, he gently reset the stone.

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people to lift a heavy marker, he said.

And larger monuments, shoved askew on granite bases by freezing and thawing ice, can require more extensive engineering.

Grave stones can weigh hundreds of pounds, he said.

The largest he’s seen was about 60-feet-tall.

Other stones made in early times were placed with sophisticated mortise and tenon joints, others pinned or held together with iron pegs or lead.

At another edge of Riverside, a marble stone from 1857 had fallen flat, sheared nearly straight off its base.

Ferrannini used a strong epoxy to repair the broken marker, taking special care to match the sheared pieces.

On a child’s stone, where the markers tell a tale of immense loss one summer years ago, the gravestone was built of interlocking parts that has come undone.

The grave keeper drilled rotted iron pins from the stone’s mortise and rebuilt the pin lock, setting it upright.

Water, weather, wind and time are chief instigators of cemetery destruction, he said.

Historians from Clinton County attended the session along with conservators from around this county.

The project and workshop at the Adirondack History Center was co-sponsored this year by the Wilmington Historical Society, said museum spokeswoman Whitney Jackson.

Ferrannini can be reached online at gravestonematters.com or by phone: 518-424-9562.

Gravestone repair craftsman Joe Ferrannini removed a crooked marble stone from the Judd plot, and showed county historians how to properly and carefully reset it to an upright position.

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BINGO

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

LECTURES & SEMINARS

PUBLIC MEETINGS

PUBLIC MEETINGS

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

KEESEVILLE – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the United Methodist Church November 25, December 30, January 13, Feb 25, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28,August 25, September 22, October 27, November 23, December 22, 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

PLATTSBURGH - twice-monthly Public Science Forums on interesting topics in science and the social sciences at The Champlain Wine Company, 30 City Hall Place, Plattsburgh NY 12901. First and third Mondays of each month at 5:30 pm. Beginning Monday Feb. 1st. Local Scientists and Social Scientists present provocative public forums free to the public. For more information, please call 518564-0064.

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

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

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AUSABLE FORKS – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Ambulance Building-Ausable Forks December 2, January 6, Feb, 3, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7, at 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 ELIZABETHTOWN – 2015-2016 WIC Schedule at the Public Health Building December 3, January 7, Feb 4, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, December 1, 8:00 - 3:30 PM November 19, December 17, January 21, Feb 18, March 16, April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17, December 15, 11:30 am - 6:30 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

LAKE PLACID – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Thomas Shipman Youth Center December 1, January 5, Feb 2, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6 , 9:30 am - 2:15 PM November 24, December 22, January 26, Feb 23, March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25, November 22, December 27 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 DINNERS & SUCH WESTPORT - Roast Beef Dinner, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 (election night) at the Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St., Westport, NY. Serving starts 4:30pm with take-outs available. $10.00 Adults, $5.00 Children 12 & under, Preschool free. Donations of nonperishable food for the Westport Food Pantry are appreciated.

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

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

ELIZABETHTOWN - November 8.

Pleasant Valley Quilters meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the University of Vermont Health Network - Elizabethtown Community Hospital Conference Room, 75 Park Street, Elizabethtown. Please contact janiceorlowski@gmail.com for details.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WESTPORT- Westport, NY Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Essex County will hold its Annual Meeting on Friday, November 18 and the public is invited to attend.

Social hour and meal prepared by Northern Feast Catering beginning at 6:00pm followed by the general meeting, reports and elections at 7:00pm.

Friends of Extension awards and a slide show of the years accomplishments conclude the evening. For more information or to RSVP please contact Laurie Davis, 518-962-4810 x404 or email lsd22@cornell.edu.

SPECIAL EVENTS PLATTSBURGH – The VFW 1466 Spellman RD. holds Special Events in their hall, they can do Weddings, Holiday Parties, Meetings as little as $225. Up to 160+ people.

Call 518-563-1466 to reserve the hall.

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Venison

From page 1 Greg Fuerst, a state coordinator with the organization.

In the late-1990s, the state Department of Conservation sponsored a series of meetings asking sportsmen and hunters for input on programming.

Hunters were already keen on donating portions of their harvests, and wanted a vehicle to donate venison — a highly nutritious and lean source of protein— but hoped someone could lend a hand with the processing fees.

The DEC provided seed money in 1999, which the VDC matched.

That arrangement has become a sturdy blueprint, and the program is now sustained through annual fundraising and donation efforts.

All donations are tax-deductible, and every dollar that is donated to the VDC is used towards processing the venison, with no administrative fees.

Ninety-four DEC-approved processors are located across the state.

Hunters are encouraged to donate a (properly dressed, legally tagged) deer, or even a few pounds, to a participating processor, who is funded through the coalition. The frozen packages are then sent to regional food banks to be included in the stream that feeds local food shelves.

“It really runs smoothly every year,” Fuerst said.

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A HALF-MILLION HUNTERS A recent study revealed 50 percent of the processed meat comes from upstate and western New York; 35 percent from Long Island, and 15 percent from the Lower and Western Hudson region.

The high number in Suffolk and Westchester counties are because those areas are archery-only with unlimited tags, Fuerst said.

If hunters across the state utilize each licensing program, the result could be 8 or 9 deer each season.

Even a portion of that could make a big difference for those who are hungry.

“It goes a long way,” Fuerst said.

Processors are always wanted, especially here in the North Country.

Essex, Clinton and Washington counties boast one each, but there are none in Hamilton, Warren and Franklin counties.

The state is home to 500,000 deer hunters.

Imagine if each hunter donates just $1, says the organization.

Fuerst recently fielded a phone call from a man who is teaching his daughter the values of giving and charity.

He is also teaching her how to hunt.

The gentleman heard about the donation program and told

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Fuerst his goal was to tag a deer with his daughter, donate it to the coalition and track its progress through the system so they could go to the local food pantry and see it handed out.

“That was pretty touching,” Fuerst said. “Over 17 years, there’s a lot of good stories out there.”

Financial donations to the Venison Donation Coalition can be made through your town clerk’s office or anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold. All donations through D.E.C.A.L.S. are deposited directly into the Venison Donation Fund. Donations can also be accepted through venisondonation.org. Checks are also accepted and can be made payable to: Venison Donation Coalition, Inc., 3 East Pulteney Sq., Bath, NY 14810. For more information, call 1-866-862-3337.

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Ferebee

From page 1 Randy Douglas, a Democrat, resigned to accept an appointment from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the State Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.

Ferebee told the Sun it was a tough decision, but he’s moving forward and will still live in Keene.

“I will drastically miss it,” he said of being supervisor. “The town is my home. We put a lot of time and effort into the position. We’ve accomplished a lot.”

They’ve done little things and big things to help the town, he said.

“There was water infrastructure, Water District 2 in Keene Valley, and we got the footbridge at Hulls Falls Road and grist mill replaced by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), and Hulls Falls Road back to two lanes. We’ve had a lot of input getting that moved forward.”

Hulls Falls Road was damaged during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.

“We got them to replace the Marcy Field weir that was declined at first; FEMA initially said no,” Ferebee said. “We maintained all the services our folks are accustomed to, and kept our budget intact.”

Using storm recovery funds. the old wood and concrete weir, damaged by Tropical Storm Irene was removed and replaced with a natural rock weir and vane. A weir is a structure designed to modify the flow of water, and is smaller and less complex than a dam.

Keene is getting its share of new businesses post-Irene, thanks to things like broadband internet.

“Keene is gradually coming back to life,” he said. “A number of new businesses opened on Route 73, and our traffic count has increased 23 percent in the last four years. More people are coming here, businesses are cropping up and surviving.”

The town hall and Community Center also saw renovation and expansion.

“We added a new courtroom with a state court grant, and we got $100,000 (grant) for 2017 to put an addition on our Community Center, which will help the preschool,” he said.

Ferebee said he’ll miss his fellow town employees and officials.

“I’ll miss the folks I worked with, miss my constituents,” he said. “I’ve worked with a good group. I’ve had the ability to listen to them, which was a major help.”

He said he’ll also miss the Monday meetings of the County Board of Supervisors, where he got to interact with his colleagues from the other 17 towns.

“I’m going to miss those guys,” he lamented. “We’ve had a lot of fun and done a lot.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF

‘The Cat in Societal Evolution’ lecture slated for Nov. 2 WADHAMS — The Wadhams Free Library will host a presentation by Albert Haberle on “The Cat in Societal Evolution” on Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

The illustrated talk will focus on the “long intertwined history of cats and people, beginning with cats’ roles as mousers on ships during the time of the Phoenicians,” organizers say.

For more information, call 962-8717 or visit wadhamsfreelibrary.org.

Free veterans appreciation dinner on tap WILLSBORO — Veterans of Willsboro and Essex are invited to Willsboro Central School for their 12th Annual Veteran’s Day Appreciation Program and Dinner on Friday, Nov. 11 at 4:30 p.m.

To reserve a seat for this free dinner, call Vicki Dickerson (963-4459), Bridget Brown (645-1226), or Bobbi Paye (5725025) by Nov. 4.

Free farm kitchen workshop slated JAY — Ward Lumber will host a free “Season Traditional Farm Kitchen Workshop” at their Jay store location on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m.

“Get back to basics with this hands on demonstration that will highlight classic cooking practices such as rendering lard, parting out a chicken and making chicken bone stock,” said organizers. To register, go to wardlumber.com or call Kim at 946-2110, ext. 120.

Free Hep-C testing offered Nov. 4-5 MORRISONVILLE — Hepatitis C testing will be free for all veterans on Nov. 4-5 at American Legion Post 1619. For more information, call 834-9901.

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Business Beat: Mary’s Consignment Boutique New consignment shop opens in Willsboro WILLSBORO — The front half of the U.S. Post Office building in Willsboro, once known as the Law Offices of Manning & Scaglione, now has a new purpose.

The rooms are now filled with new and “gently used” items that have been carefully selected to meet the high standards of Mary’s Consignment Boutique.

Mary’s Consignment Boutique, run by Diane Bouchard, opened earlier this year and offers an inviting atmosphere where items are tastefully displayed.

Shoppers can leisurely browse the many rooms of merchandise and leave with their treasures without breaking the bank.

Consignors can schedule an appointment to bring in their items for review to be sold where they can earn 50 to 65 percent of the selling price (depending on the item).

For more information, visit ladymarysconsignmentboutique.com.

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Emily McCormick of AuSable Valley scored wins in the 400 free relay, 200 free and 500 free against Moriah Oct. 22. The Patriots senior will now prepare to earn another trip to the NYSPHSAA championship meet at the Section VII meet Saturday, Nov. 4.

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Patriot swimmers prepare for sectionals

By Keith Lobdell

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CLINTONVILLE — The 2016 girl’s swimming season wrapped up its dual meet portion of the year Tuesday, Oct. 18, with Plattsburgh High and AuSable Valley earning home pool wins.

The Hornets finished the year with a 6-0 record, followed by Peru at 4-2, AVCS at 2-4 and Moriah at 0-6.

On Oct. 22, The Hornets scored a 105-65 win over the Peru Indians.

The PHS team of Madeline Dame, Brooke Kelley, Avery Kuhn and Andie Abdallah scored a win in the 200 medley relay.

The Peru team of Giulia Mulligan, Emily McLane,Olivia Barnett and Madeline Lemza finished second.

The Hornets swept the relay events, with the quartet of Kelley, Miller, Kuhn and Davey

winning the 200 free relay. The team of Kuhn, Miller, Dame and Abdallah then won the 400 free relay to end the evening.

Abdallah then scored a win in the 200 free with a time of 2:16.36, followed by Peru’s Barnett and Dame of PHS. Kelley and Alison Silver then took the top two spots in the 200 IM, with Peru’s Mulligan in third.

Lemza scored the first Peru win of the night in the 50 free, touching the wall in 26.93 seconds, followed by Barrett Miller and Jenna Burdo of PHS. The Hornets returned to the top of the podium when Kuhn won the 100 fly in 1:06.12, beating out teammate Davey and Barnett of Peru.

Miller scored the win in the 100 free for PHS, followed by Indians’ teammates McLane and Kaytlin Durgan, while Abdallah scored the win in the 500 free for PHS in 6:18.67, ahead of teammate Mia Biondillo and Peru’s Mikaela Raymond.

Lemza scored her second win of the night

for the Indians in the 100 back with a time of 1:10.22. Dame of PHS and Alexis Hutchins of Peru followed.

In the final individual event, Kelley scored the win for the Hornets with a 1:07.08 time in the 100 breaststroke, while Davey was second and McLane was third.

In Clintonville, the Patriots scored a 12436 win over the Lady Vikings.

The Patriots swept through the relay events, with the team of Danielle Dubay, Riley Stone, Allison McCormick and Lillian Wilson winning the 200 medley; Erin Butler, Olivia Colozza, Megan LeClair and Stone winning the 200 free relay; and the quartet of Payton Gough, Allison McCormick, Madison Bedard and Emily McCormick winning the 400 free relay.

The McCormick sisters and Butler scored two individual wins each. Emily scored wins in the 200 free (followed by Bedard, LeClair and Moriah’s Lilian Williams) and 500 free

(followed by Bedard, Haylee Vanderpool and Moriah’s Jaiden Varmette).

Allison scored wins in the 50 free (followed

by Dubay and Moriah’s Sarah Drake) and 100 fly (followed by Williams of Moriah and Colozza of AVCS). Meanwhile, Butler tallied first place finishes in the 200 I.M. (followed

by Bedard and LeClair) and 100 breaststrone (followed by Stone, Wilson and Moriah’s Varmette).

Dubay scored the win in the 100 back, with LaPlant and Moriah’s Lizzie VonDwingelo filling the podium, while Stone won the 100 free with LeClair, LaPlant and Moriah’s Emma Collard behind.

The last two events of the 2016 Section VII girl’s swimming season take place over the next two weeks, with the annual Relay Carnival set for Friday, Oct. 28, at AuSable Valley, which will also be the site for the Section VII championships and state qualifiers, which will take place Saturday, Nov. 5.

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Upsets abound!

Leaderboards

(State ranking indicated at left of team’s name)

Keene girls, AVCS football ousted

Boys Soccer Team

NSL - Div. I Overall League

Pts

x-7. Peru

12-3-0

11-1-0

36

PHS

11-5-0

9-3-0

33

NCCS

10-4-0

7-4-0

30

Beekmantown

8-7-1

6-6-0

25

Saranac Lake

5-10-0

4-7-0

15

Saranac

5-10-0

3-9-0

15

AuSable Valley

6

Team

2-13-0 2-10-0 NSL - Div. II Overall League

x-3. Chazy

17-0-1

9-0-1

52

15. NAC

11-3-2

7-3-0

35

6. Lake Placid

9-4-0

7-3-0

27

EL/W Griffins

6-9-2

2-6-2

20

Seton Catholic

3-8-0

2-8-0

9

Willsboro

13

Team

5-11-1 1-8-1 NSL - Div. III Overall League

x-Keene

14-4-0

11-1-0

42

Minerva/Newcomb 9-4-1

8-1-1

28

Crown Point

8-5-0

8-3-0

24

Schroon Lake

3-7-2

3-6-2

11

Johnsburg

4-9-0

4-6-0

12

Wells

1-8-1

1-8-1

4

Indian Lk/Long Lk

0-10-0

0-10-0

0

Pts

Pts

Girls Soccer Team

NSL - Div. I Overall League

3. Seton Catholic 2. AuSable Valley

2 0

Nate Boule made a play to give the Knights both of their goals as the third seed scored an upset win over the second seed Patriots Oct. 19.

Boule scored the opening goal of the game unassisted in the 14th minute, while assisting Tobiah Osborne on the second in the 48th.

Sawson Pellerin made four saves in the shutout win, while Patriot’s keeper Ryan Thomas made seven saves.

Class C Girls - semifinals 1. Northern Adirondack 4. AuSable Valley

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Avery Lambert and Makenna Magee scored first half goals as the Northern Adirondack Lady Bobcats (13-2-2) advanced to the Class C finals with a win over the Lady Patriots (3-110) Oct. 20.

Lambert scored her goal in the fifth minute of play, taking a lead pass from Emily Peryea and winning a one-on-one with Patriot goalie Camryn Lincoln.

Magee also scored on an assist from Peryea, taking a pass down the right side of the field to inside the six yard area before scoring an upper-90 goal in the 27th minute. It was her 22nd goal of the season.

Paige Chilton made 12 saves to preserve the win as Kourtney Keenan cut the Bobcats lead in half off an assist from Dru Gravelle in the 78th minute.

Lincoln made 12 saves for the Patriots.

Photos from this game are available at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

Class C Football Pts

15. x-Beekmantown 14-2-0

11-2-0

39

20. Peru

13-2-1

9-2-1

37

HM. NCCS

10-5-2

7-4-2

32

PHS

8-6-3

6-5-2

27

Saranac

6-9-2

4-8-1

20

AuSable Valley

3-11-0

3-10-0

9

Saranac Lake

6

Team

2-14-0 2-11-0 NSL - Div. II Overall League

x-15. NAC

13-2-2

11-0-1

41

Seton Catholic

7-4-3

6-3-3

24

EL/W Griffins

7-5-1

6-5-1

22

Lake Placid

7-7-2

5-5-2

23

Chazy

6-8-3

5-5-2

21

Ticonderoga

5-9-0

4-7-0

15

Moriah

13

Team

4-10-1 1-10-1 NSL - Div. III Overall League

x-6. Keene

15-1-1

14-0-0

46

HM. Schroon Lake

10-5-1

10-3-1

31

Crown Point

10-5-0

10-4-0

30

Johnsburg

9-5-1

9-4-1

28

Willsboro

4-10-0

4-8-0

12

Indian Lk/Long Lk

1-7-0

1-7-0

3

Minerva/Newcomb 1-10-0

1-10-0

3

Wells

0-8-0

0

0-8-0

Class C Boys - semifinals

Pts

Pts

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3. Saranac 2. AuSable Valley

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Throw the regular season records out, the Saranac Chiefs are 1-0.

As Johnny Devins broke through an AuSable Valley tackler at the eight yard line in the Chiefs’ first overtime possession Oct. 27, everyone knew what it meant.

“All I could think is we were going to win a game,” Devins said. “We have worked so hard throughout the season for this and I am just so happy we were able to do this for our coach and fans.”

“I knew that was the game,” head coach Joe Fish said.

“Johnny played great tonight, and our offensive line did a tremendous job leading the way. I have been tough on the line

Side

Lines

Paul Fine-Lease • Willsboro

What makes you happy playing sports?

I like to play soccer, hockey and golf. It is good three season sports.

Best win of your career?

Probably at hockey semi-final game against Beekmantown.

The one play you wish you could do over?

Not sure

Go-to pregame track?

I don’t listen to a lot of music pre game. It is whatever the guys are listening to.

What would my teammates say about me?

Firey, passionate

the whole season, and I can’t say enough about the way they played tonight.”

Devins finished with both touchdowns for the Chiefs, scoring on a one yard run as part of a 14 play, 61 yard drive that took 6:28 off the clock in the second quarter.

In all, the tailback had 25 carries for 104 yards and the two scores. Luke Maye finished with 56 yards rushing while going 3-of-5 passing for 41 yards, the biggest a 26 yard pass to Jacob Nolan, who also had 24 rushing yards while running the wildcat.

“It was fun,” Nolan said about the new formation.

“We wanted to put in a new package and the players really picked up on it,” Fish added.

In all, the chiefs ran the ball 58 times for 202 yards, while the Patriots had 162 yards of total offense.

On the defensive side, Marcus Baisi intercepted Pats quarterback Dalton McDonald on consecutive drives in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs defense held McDonald to 4-of-18 passing for 45 yards, the biggest being a 31 yard hook-and-lateral in the fourth quarter between Landon Shay and Matt Pray.

The Chiefs were also able to record four sacks on the Patriots, including a strip by Joe Hardway and recovery by Sean Ahern in the first overtime possession, setting up Devins and his three runs which ended the game.

“I’m so happy to be going to practice Monday,” Devins said.

“We will work hard again this week to be ready for Saranac Lake.”

“Our coaches prepare us for every game well and we know they are a good team, but we will be ready,” said Nolan.

For the Patriots, Pray finished with 101 yards on 20 carries while Chance Lapier and Mason Douglas had big nights defensively.

Photos from this game are available at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

Class D boys - semifinals 1. Chazy 5. Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport

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Two years ago, it was Gage Ducatte who struck a gamewinning penalty kick to send the Chazy Eagles past the firstyear Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport Griffins to win the sectional championship.

After losing in penalty kicks on George Brendler Field in the semifinals last year, the Chazy senior made sure he would get another chance to play for a Class D sectional title.

Ducatte scored off a second rebound attempt and long strike in the 66th and 71st minutes as the top-seeded Eagles (17-0-1) defeated the rival and fifth-seeded Griffins (6-9-2), 2-0, Oct. 24.

Tristan Conners was credited for the assist on the first goal, which went in after a first shot was saved by Griffin’s keeper Carter Smith and Conners shot was deflected off an EL/W defender.

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Leaderboards Football CVAC Team

Overall

League

x-10. Ticonderoga

7-1

6-1

HM. Beekmantown 7-1

6-1

HM. Saranac Lake

6-2

5-2

AuSable Valley

4-4

4-3

Peru

5-3

4-3

Moriah

3-5

2-5

PHS

1-7

1-6

Saranac

1-7

0-7

Team

League

Games

x-Beekmantown

15-0

54-6

Peru

12-2

47-13

NCCS

10-4

39-18

Saranac Lake

8-6

34-26

PHS

8-6

29-35

AVCS

5-9

23-35

Carter Smith made seven saves in the win.

Roberto Jerez scored on a direct kick from about 30 yards out for the Mountaineers.

“He drove an excellent shot into the left upper 90,” Buehler said.

Saranac

4-11

24-39

Lake Placid

2-12

13-45

NAC

0-14

2-52

Class D Girls - quarterfinals

Team

League

6. Lake Placid

20-0

13. Saranac Lake

18-1

AVCS

18-4

20. Seton Catholic

12-6

Peru

12-8

Saranac

11-7

Beekmantown

9-11

EKMW

7-13

PHS

6-14

NCCS

5-14

Ticonderoga

3-19

Schroon Lake

0-21

Volleyball

Johnny Devins • Saranac

Madison Olcott • Moriah

25 carries, 104 yards, 2 TD to snap Chief’s losing streak

5 goals, 1 assist as the 8. Vikings defeated 9. Willsboro and 1. Keene

Five minutes later, Justin Collins fed a pass to Ducatte, who rifled a shot from the top of the 18 that went into the far post upper 90 to give the Eagles an insurance marker.

The Eagles had as many shots on goal, 13, as they did corner kicks, while the defense limited the Griffins to three shots with Ben Norcross making a pair of saves.

Carter Smith made seven saves for the Griffins in a strong performance in net.

Emotions ran deep for the Griffins following the game, as parents and fans embraced coach Paul Buehler, who said he would be stepping down at the end of this season as the boy’s varsity soccer coach. Buehler won 202 games in his 22-year coaching career, earning three Section VII/Class D titles and a trip to the NYSPHSAA championship game last season, where they were runners-up to perennial Section II power Fort Ann. Photos from this game are available at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

2. Northern Adirondack 3. Keene

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It was a test to see which team could score more goals as they had a blustery wind to their backs, with the Bobcats (113-2) scored a trip to the Class D finals over the Beavers (144-0).

Ethan Warick opened the scoring in the third minute of the game off an assist from Stephen Peryea, then assisted on the second goal of the game by Bailey Cross in the 18th minute of play.

The Beavers were able to cut the lead in half when they had the win to their backs in the second half, as Carter Gordon scored on am Ethan Giglinto assist, but were unable to find the equalizer despite putting heavy pressure on the Bobcats in the final seven minutes of the contest.

Lucas Smart made five saves to earn the win in net, while Azriel Finsterer played an aggressive game for the Beavers, finishing with 10 saves and stopping several chances for the Bobcats to add to their lead.

Photos from this game are available at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

Class D Boys - quarterfinals 3. Keene 6. Willsboro

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Damian Brown scored both goals as the Beavers (14-3-0) advanced to the Class D semifinals with a shutout win over the Warriors (5-11-1).

Tom Palen assisted on both goals, while Azriel Finsterer made a pair of saves in support of a strong defensive effort.

Joseph King made eight saves for the Warriors.

5. Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport 4. Minerva/Newcomb

2 1 OT

Blake Liberi has been known as an assist man throughout the season. On Oct. 20, he scored the golden goal as the Griffins (6-8-2) defeated the Mountaineers (9-4-1) in the third minute of overtime.

“Peter Vaiciulis got to the left flag and played a ball across to Blake Liberi, who one times the ball low and hard to the far post and in,” Griffins coach Paul Buehler said.

The Griffins scored their opening goal in the second minute of play by Sam Hutting.

“Sam served the ball across to the far post and it landed in the far panel,” Buehler said.

The four Division II teams in the Section VII Class D girl’s soccer playoffs may have been the lower seeds, but they proved they were forces to be reckoned with, eliminating all four, higher ranked, Division III schools Oct. 21.

In all, D-II schools were 5-0 against their D-III counterparts, including Moriah’s opening round win over Willsboro, outscoirng their opponents a combined 25-1.

8. Moriah 1. Keene

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Madison Olcott was the recipient of assists from Halee Calabrese and Stephania Zelinski as the eighth seeded Vikings (4-10-1) defeated the previously unbeaten and sixth stateranked Beavers (15-1-1).

Samantha Hayes earned her second straight shutout in net with six saves, while Alyssa Summo made eight saves for Keene.

Photos from this game are available at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

5. Elizabethtown-Lewis Westport 4. Johnsburg

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The Lady Griffins (7-5-1) won their sixth straight as they scored three goals in each half to defeat the Lady Jaguars (95-1).

Taylor Gough scored three times for the Griffins, while Anna Burdo added a goal and assist. Ellie Storey and Chloe Mitchell also added goals.

Coaches Aubrey Pulsifer and Brad Rascoe said they were impressed with the way their team played.

“We were very solid on defense and we were able to pass the ball well and get some solid chances,” Pulsifer said.

Freshman defender Annette Stephens had the hardest marks of the night, holding Jaguar standouts Khaleah Cleveland (first half) and Megan Bacon (second) off the scoreboard and with poor shot selection. She was joined by sister Lizzie Stephens, Storey and Hannah Schwoebel in the back third, along with keeper Malynda Lobdell, who made four saves in the win.

Class D Girls - opening round 8. Moriah 9. Willsboro

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The Lady Vikings scored four goals in each half as they advanced to the Section VII/Class D quarterfinals in a shutout over the Warriors Oct. 19.

Madison Olcott scored a hat trick in the game, twice being assisted by Halee Calabrese and once by Kaycee Orr. Calabrese added a pair of goals, bot on assists from Hailey Crossman, while Stephania Zelinski scored on a direct kick from 30 yards away, McKenzie Sprague scored on a Makyala Stockwell assist and Colbi Sherman scored on an Olcott assist.

Samantha Hayes of Moriah and Katelyn Doyle of Willsboro each made five saves, with Hayes picking up her first career shutout.

Photos from this game are available at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

Boy’s Cross Country

Girl’s Cross Country Team

League

11. Seton Catholic

18-0

8. Saranac

17-1

19. Lake Placid

16-4

Saranac Lake

13-6

Peru

13-7

AVCS

11-11

Beekmantown

10-10

PHS

10-10

Ticonderoga

5-15

NCCS

3-15

EKMW

0-16

Schroon Lake

0-19

Gymnastics Team

Overall

Pts

x-Peru

6-0

938.55 — VII

PHS

2-4

877.35

Beekmantown

1-5

865.55

Swimming Team

Overall

Pts

x-Plattsburgh High 6-0

708

Peru

4-2

594

AuSable Valley

2-4

514

Moriah

0-6

186

(x-clinched league title; VII-Section VII champion)

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APA seeks input on Boreas Tract land-use plan Former Finch, Pruyn & Co. timberland is among the last with legacy of long logging history in the Adirondacks

PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE Public hearings will be held around the state:

By Kim Dedam

Nov. 9: APA headquarters, Ray Brook 7 p.m.

NORTH HUDSON — The public comment period has begun for proposed land-use at Boreas Ponds.

The Adirondack Park Agency approved four different plans of action for Boreas last week. Wild Forest, Primitive and Wilderness are land-use definitions put forth to varying degrees in the plan.

The newly acquired state forest land is being classified for addition to the Adirondack State Park.

A LEGENDARY PAST The 20,543-acre Boreas parcel was owned and managed by Finch, Pruyn & Co. paper and timber company for about 150 years, situated around four ponds that feed the Boreas and Schroon rivers.

It is arguably the longest held Finch, Pruyn timber stand, kept active since the earliest days of river drives until it was purchased

by The Nature Conservancy in 2007.

Northern forest timbers, mostly spruce and pine, were ferried with the spring snowmelt from the ponds down the Boreas River following a course of some 18 miles south and slightly west to meet the Hudson.

The river’s channel and thousands of men for decades delivered “standard” logs to the boom and mills in Glens Falls.

There are four named mountains on the tract: Boreas Mountain (3,776 feet); Moose Mountain (2,700 feet); Ragged Mountain (2,677 feet) and part of Popple Hill (2,740 feet).

The elusive High Peak at Allen Mountain is just over the tract’s northern boundary point. Any spur to its herd trail would be planned in the Unit Management Plan by the state Department of Environmental Conservation once classification is complete.

The Boreas sits at the brow of what is sometimes known as the Adirondack dome: an underlying rise in the Earth’s crust crowned with High Peak summits.

The dome sends water running toward all cardinal points.

Not far north and west, about 4.3 miles as the crow flies from White Lily Pond in Boreas, water from Lake Tear of the Clouds on Mt. Marcy’s western flank flows into the Opalescent River and thus marks the source of the Hudson River.

Nov. 21: Schroon Lake Central School, Schroon Lake 7 p.m.,

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Nov. 14: Northville Central School, Northville 6 p.m., Nov. 16: Newcomb Central School, Newcomb 7 p.m., Nov. 28: RIT, Golisano Inst. for Sustainability, Rochester 7 p.m., Nov. 29: St. Lawrence Co. Service Center, Canton 6 p.m., Dec. 6: Bear Mountain Inn, Tomkins Cove 7 p.m., Dec. 7: NYSDEC headquarters, Albany 2 p.m.,

The northern edge of the Boreas parcel boundary connects with the watershed of the Grasse, Raquette and St. Regis Rivers, which flow north into the St. Lawrence Basin.

The Boreas Ponds — First, Second and Third — and White Lily Pond in particular, pool about three miles as the crow flies south from the Upper and Lower Au Sable Lakes that feed the Au Sable River and then flow east into Lake Champlain.

A wetlands known as Marcy Swamp connects Boreas to the private property around the Au Sable lakes, straddling watershed boundaries at Mt. Marcy’s divide. The Adirondack Mountain Reserve’s private lands are protected under state conservation easements.

When Verplanck Colvin surveyed the Adirondacks in 1874, his topographical report considered the viability of building a “canal” to turn the Au Sable Lakes south.

Or, he reported, “if, vice versa, all the Boreas lakes can be thrown north, a smaller area of watershed would be changed to the Ausable [sic] river or about thirteen square miles.”

Colvin concluded that the area available for the St. Lawrence or Lake Champlain (watersheds) “from this (Boreas) source is not great, and indeed, is not needed.”

Thus the Boreas ponds were not engineered away from their charge toward the Hudson.

Scientist and ecologist Jerry Jenkins, a renowned expert on forest management, was hired by Finch, Pruyn in 2000 and 2001 to conduct a biological survey of their entire 167,000 acre holdings, all of which they have sold, mostly to New York State.

Jenkins described the Boreas among Finch properties as a cross-section patterned of original Totten & Crossfield Purchase lots acquired in stages through the mid-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

His scientific report chronicles flora, fauna and habitat.

“The largest concentration of lowland boreal habitat is around the Boreas Ponds and in the floodplains of the upper Hudson and Opalescent Rivers,” Jenkins said in his summary.

Uniform high quality forest management and remarkable scenic assets, he said of the entire holdings, “exceeds any other commercial forest lands (about 400,000 acres) that I have examined.”

There are many manmade roads and two dams in the Boreas tract. The dams at First Pond and at LaBier Flow are what create the three small Boreas ponds, with White Lily on its own just west of Moose Mountain.

STATE LAND USE DEFINITIONS The land use designation will determine in perpetuity what type of recreation can occur at and around the lakes and through the woods.

None of the four plans implies motorized boat access to the ponds.

But the roads may or may not open for bikes or horses, depending on classification.

The Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan holds nine types of land use, which are balanced against nature’s qualities and human impact specific to each place, past, present and future.

• Wild Forest Area is applied “where the resources permit a somewhat higher degree of human use than in wilderness, primitive or canoe areas, while retaining an essentially wild character.

A Wild Forest area is further defined as an area that frequently lacks the sense of remoteness of Wilderness, Primitive or Canoe areas and that permits a wide variety of outdoor recreation.”

• Wilderness Area, being the most protective Adirondack state land classification often limits access. Lands considered “wilderness” are found in: “An area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man — where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.

“A Wilderness Area is further defined to mean an area of State land or water having a primeval character, without significant improvement or permanent human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve, enhance and restore, where necessary, its natural conditions.”

Wilderness designation also requires “non-conforming” structures to be removed within a specified time frame.

• Primitive Area is a close kin to Wilderness, but often refers to smaller parcels: “Essentially wilderness in character but, (a) contains structures, improvements, or uses that are inconsistent with wilderness, as defined, and whose removal, though a long term objective, cannot be provided for by a fixed deadline, and/or, (b) contains, or is contiguous to, private lands that are of a size and influence to prevent wilderness designation.”

Boreas land use: Four alternatives Wild Forest, Wilderness and Primitive all considered in State Land classification

By Kim Dedam

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NORTH HUDSON — The Boreas Tract is part of a much larger “Classification Package” prepared by Adirondack Park Agency staff for this open public comment period, which closes Dec. 30.

Altogether, there are 33 state land classification actions in the package along with 13 state land reclassifications and 56 map corrections scattered across the park.

The four Boreas alternatives placed for public comment contained varied amount of Wild Forest versus Wilderness level access.

But there are a few common actions.

The Towns of North Hudson and Newcomb have been granted easements to mine gravel from two gravel pits on the Boreas Tract.

The pits would be classified State Administrative and reclassified once they are depleted.

And APA says, “the designation of an appropriate special management area can be considered for any Wild Forest lands which may require special management to reflect unusual resource or public use factors.”

“Unusual resources” might be among several man-made items that mark the Boreas Tract and its logging history.

A loop and a few spurs of wide, compacted roads built for logging trucks and heavy equipment wrap around and south of the ponds. Gulf Brook and Boreas Pond roads extend along the entire southern flank of the tract.

These existing Finch, Pruyn roads are not indicated on APA’s proposed classification maps.

Two manmade dams are shown on the four maps, one at LaBier Flow and another at Boreas’ First Pond.

Parking areas are established and indicated at each dam.

The concrete dam at First Pond was rebuilt in 1996 along with Finch, Pruyn’s corporate camp retreat, a large facility with eight rooms, which was torn down in August.

An historic log cabin — a hunting cabin used by logging companies — remains in place at the four corners crossroads, a center point where all the logging roads converge. It was purchased as part of the Boreas transaction.

Essex County Clerk Joe Provoncha is also North Hudson’s historian, and he maintains that this the oldest such cabin inside the Adirondack Park.

HOW TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD The Public Comment period ends on Dec. 30, 2016.

Comments can be sent to: Kathleen D. Regan, Deputy Director, Planning Adirondack Park Agency Post Office Box 99 1133 State Route 86 Ray Brook, NY 12977 Phone: (518) 891-4050 Fax: (518) 891-3938 or email classificationcomments@apa.ny.gov Eight hunting clubs have retained leases to their existing camps through Sept. 30 of 2018.

APA’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement says: “There is no preferred alternative proposed for the Boreas Ponds Tract.”

The alternatives are as follows: Alternative 1: Classifies land 500-feet north of the Gulf Brook and Boreas Pond boundary plus the roadways as Wild Forest.

They would be added to the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Unit to the south. Land north of the Four Corners and its historic cabin, along with the logging roads that surround the ponds, plus the ponds themselves would also be classified Wild Forest.

The larger expanse of land beyond a Wild Forest core and adjoining the High Peaks Wilderness and private property around Elk Lake would be classified Wilderness.

Alternative 2: Maintains Wild Forest designation for the Boreas and Gulf Pond Roads, and both man-made dams along with a corridor that stretches to Boreas Pond dam.

The rest of the property, including the interior roadways, would be classified Wilderness.

Alternative 3: This version proposes an “island” of Wild Forest marked on the south end of the Boreas Tract by the dam at LaBier Flow and on the north by the Boreas Ponds dam.

All lands surrounding the ponds would be made Wilderness.

In this, both Gulf Brook and Boreas roads are placed in Wilderness, ostensibly left to dwindle back to the land, except APA’s Alternative 3 says: “The Wild Forest Area would also continue west from Four Corners for 1.31 miles on the Boreas Pond Road to the Boreas Pond Road State Administrative Area (gravel pit).”

A 1,337-acre triangle of Vanderwhacker Wild Forest that juts

This historic log cabin — currently leased by a hunting crew through September of 2018 — is considered to be the oldest of its kind in the Adirondack Park. The cabin sits in between LaBier Flow and the dam at Boreas Ponds. It most likely would need to be removed as a “non-conforming structure” should the land beneath it be classified wilderness.

into Boreas is also reclassified as Wilderness.

Alternative 4: Most of the land is classified Wilderness.

But this more complex alternative creates a 118-acre cocoon of Primitive Area around Boreas Ponds and both dams, allowing access for maintenance, bicycles and for State Administrative access.

APA says a “50-foot wide Wild Forest corridor would continue west from Four Corners (at the historic cabin) for 1.31 miles on the Boreas Pond Road to the Boreas Pond Road State Administrative Area (gravel pit). The section of the Boreas Ponds Roads located within the Primitive Area would qualify as a State Truck Trail (aka Administrative Road).”

APA notes that in a Primitive Area “…bicycles may be used on existing roads legally open to the public and on state truck trails specifically designated for such use by the Department of Environmental Conservation as specified in individual unit management plans.”

ONLINE RESOURCES APA approved Environmental Impact Statement: Boreas Tract apa.ny.gov/State_Land/2016Classification/SLMP-20161014_ DSEIS_AgencyApproved.pdf Jerry Jenkins Finch, Pruyn & Co. survey: apa.ny.gov/Research/JenkinsFinchSummary.pdf Maps of each Boreas alternative can be downloaded from apa. ny.gov/ APA Appendix with all proposed classification and reclassification actions is online: apa.ny.gov/State_Land/2016Classification/DSEISAppendixA-20161014.pdf

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Pictured at left is the view from the dam at LaBier Flow. Below is the bridge over that dam. Some environmental groups such as Be Wild NY support stopping all but foot traffic here — about a mile from Boreas Ponds. All four alternatives call for state access on the parcel for upkeep of the dam on Boreas Ponds. Meanwhile, officials of the five towns that abut the tract that makeup the group Access Adirondacks are calling for a Wild Forest designation past this point to the dam at Boreas Ponds and on roads around the ponds. Depending on the unit management plan established by the state DEC, that could allow use of the roads by user groups such as bicyclists, horseback riders and snowmobilers. Access Adirondacks supports Alternative 1.

Pictured here is the bridge over the man-made dam at Boreas Ponds. Under the interim use agreement, the state currently allows no bicycles past this point, although several miles of dirt road lay beyond, which circle the ponds. Foot travel would be the only thing allowed past this point under all but alternative 1 of the proposed classification plans.

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T

he Elizabethtown-Westport Garden Club meets Thursday, Nov. 3 to work on their annual holiday craft sale and luncheon “The Greens Tea.” The Greens Tea benefits our local emergency squad and fire departments. Anyone who would like to help should come ready to join a committee and begin working on wreaths and publicity.

New Garden Club members and guests are always welcome! Bring a bagged lunch for an 11 a.m. start. Coffee and dessert are provided. Contact Kathy Linker for more information at 873-6493.

Mark your calendars now for the 2016 Greens Tea held at the UCC Parish Hall on Friday, Dec. 2.

The center will be haunted on Friday, Oct. 28, for our teen rec members. Dress in costume and come prepared for tricks and treats. Prizes will be awarded! Stay until dark to tour the Hale House and dance to black light Zombie Zumba with Kye. A Writers’ Group, led by local author Sandra Weber, meets Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. If you are looking for something creative to do as the weather cools, this may be a perfect activity for you.

The Writers Group is open to all skill levels, ages, and interests and a wide variety of genre, or simply recording your memories for your family. You do not have to write anything or share your writing with the group; you just need to enjoy learning about writing and offering encouragement to writers. For those who are — or want to be — writers, it is an opportunity to get feedback, meet other writers, improve your skills, and learn more about publishing.

Pleasant Valley Chorale rehearses on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m.

Kye Perry offers Zumba class on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 5:15 p.m.

On Thursday, Nov. 3, NCCI is available from 10 a.m. to noon, Ellen DuBois offers yoga at 4:15 p.m. and Karin DeMuro leads Zumba at 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Dirt Capital Partners to host introductory meeting Nov. 7 WESTPORT — Dirt Capital Partners and Cornell Cooperative Extension will host an introductory meeting on Nov. 7 from 1-2 p.m. at the CCE building in Westport.

Farm service providers and farmers are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

Organizers ask that attendees RSVP no later than Friday, Nov. 4 to Laurie Davis at lsd22@cornell.edu.

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e at the North Country SPCA are so grateful for our volunteers — whether they are assisting staff in socializing new and frightened animals, walking our many dogs to be sure they are fit and happy, helping out at events or fundraisers, or however they are able to contribute!

We simply couldn’t do what we do without all of you. As the colder weather approaches, we are in even more need of volunteers, especially to walk dogs in the afternoons. Please email our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@ncspca.org to get started!

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and Rottweiler mix who arrived with his brother Luke.

The two have been together since puppyhood; they are 7 years old and the sweetest big boys you’ll ever meet. Bo is very outgoing and adores attention so much, he will push his brother out of the way to get some loving. These boys are both very gentle and, although we would love to see them go together, we think they would adjust to being separated. We are still learning about them but they have excellent leash manners and seem to like other dogs. They are very neat in their kennel, and well past the silly puppy stuff.

Please consider these boys — you just can’t go wrong with these sweet hound mixes!

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‘Conservation Through the Lives of Adirondack Loons’ to land in area SARANAC LAKE — Dr. Nina Schoch will present “Conservation Through the Lives of Adirondack Loons” at noon on Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library.

Schoch’s presentation will provide an overview of Common Loon natural history, behavior, and threats to loon populations.

This will be the first presentation of the Fall 2016 –Spring 2017 session of the free Library Luncheon Series. Organizers encourage attendees to bring soup or a sandwich and enjoy a dessert and beverage provided by the hospitality committee.

For more information, call 891-4190.

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OF LIMITED LIABILITY 2016. Office location: tion were filed with the present direct bidding All bids must be in a A certified or cashier's shall mail a copy of any By Order of the Essex County. SSNY is process to the “LLC” at Westport Fire District Secretary of State of check payable to the opportunities for Small sealed envelope clearly COMPANY (LLC) Name: J Sawyer Custom designated as agent of New York [SSNY] on Au- NYS Dept. of Trans- Business Firms, includ- marked 2017 cab and 495 Green Street, Au Board of Fire Commisthe LLC upon whom gust 8, 2016. Office lo- portation for the sum ing, but not limited to, chassis, and must be re- Carpentry LLC Articles Sable Forks, NY 12912. sioners of Organization filed with process against it may VN-09/24-10/29/2016cation: Essex County. specified in the proposal D/W/MBEs. ceived by mail to WestRobin Crandall, Secrethe Secretary of State of be served. SSNY shall 6TC-131003 SSNY is designated as or a bid bond, FORM The Contractor must port Fire District Board tary New York (SSNY) on mail a copy of process agent of the LLC upon comply with the Regula- of Fire Commissioners, October 19, 2016 CONR 391, representing 08/05/2016Office Locato The LLC, c/o Flink whom process against it VN-10/29/2016-1TC25% of the bid total, tion relative to non-dis- P.O. Box 134, Westport PUBLIC NOTICE tion: Essex County.

The Smith Law LLC, 2577 may be served. SSNY must accompany each crimination in federally- New York 12993 no later PURSUANT TO TOWN 134264 SSNY is designated as Main Street, Lake Placid, LAW SECTION 175 (1), NOTICE OF FORMATION shall mail a copy of pro- bid. NYSDOT reserves assisted programs of the than 3:00 pm on TuesNew York 12946. Pur- WESTPORT FIRE DIS- OF DOMESTIC LIMITED cess to The LLC, 621 day, November 15, agent of the LLC upon the right to reject any or USDOT 49 CFR 21. whom process against it pose: Any lawful pur- TRICT ANNUAL ELEC- LIABILITY COMPANY; Holly Hill Road, Brielle, all bids.

Please call (518) 457- 2016. Bids will be acNJ 08730. Purpose: Any Electronic 3583 if a reasonable ac- cepted by hand delivery may be served. SSNY pose. documents of LLC: TION OF FIRE COMMIS- Name shall mail a copy of any VN-09/24-10/29/2016lawful purpose. and Amendments are commodation is needed on Tuesday, November Segerstrom Cellars LLC; SIONER will be held on process to the LLC at: 6TC-131017 VN-09/24-10/29/2016posted to www.dot.ny.- to participate in the let- 15, 2016 only between Date of Filing: December 13, 2016 6TC-131015 ting. gov/doing-business/op9:00 am and 4:00 pm at PO Box 24, Jay, NY 9/19/2016; Office of the from 6:00 PM to 9:00 NOTICE ALL PERSONS 12941. Purpose: To enReg. 01, Sam Zhou, Re- the Fire District Office portunities/const-noLLC: Essex Co.; The NY PM at the Westport Fire CURRENT NOTICE OF FORMATION tices gional Director, 50 Wolf (address listed below). gage in any lawful act or EXCEPT Secretary of State Station, 38 Champlain NYCO EMPLOYEES ARE OF LIMITED LIABILITY Contractor is responsi- Rd, Albany, NY 12232 activity.

Each bid must include a (NYSS) has been desigAvenue, Westport, NY. WARNED Against HuntCOMPANY (“LLC”) non-collusive bid certifi- VN-10/29-12/03/2016ble for ensuring that all D263300, PIN 1809.54, nated as the agent upon ing, Fishing, Trapping, One five-year term of of- whom process may be Bezio's Auto & Marine, Amendments are incor- Albany, Essex, Greene, cate. All warrantees 6TC-133910 fice for Fire Commisor Trespassing for Any LLC. Articles of Organi- porated into its bid. To Rensselaer, Saratoga, must be specified in served. The NYSS may sioner (January 1, 2017 purpose on Lands zation filed with the Sec- receive notification of Schenectady, writing and accompany mail a copy of any prothrough December 31, Owned by NYCO Minerretary of State of New Amendments via e-mail Warren & Washington each bid. Sealed bids cess to the LLC at 604 2021) and One one-year NOTICE OF FORMATION als Inc. Such Lands are York (SSNY) on Septem- you must submit a re- Cos., General And Emer- will be opened publicly Route 9, Keeseville, NY term of office for Fire OF LPM Events, LLC a Situate in the Towns of ber 15, 2016 for busi- quest to be placed on gency Bridge Repair and read aloud at the 12944; Purpose of LLC: Commissioner (January domestic limited liability ness conducted from an the Planholders List at Standby Contract, Lewis and Willsboro.

ViWestport Fire District company. Art. of Org. 1, 2017 through Decem- Any lawful purpose. office located in Essex- www.dot.ny.gov/doingolators are subject to Bid Deposit Office, 22 Champlain VN-10/01-11/05/2016filed with Sec'y of State County, NY. The Prosecution under all ber 31, 2017) are avail- 6TC-131563 $150,000.00., NO Ave, Westport New York of NY (SSNY) on business/opportunities/c able. Candidates for ofApplicable New York “SSNY” is designated as onst-planholder.

PLANS. at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, fice shall complete a pe10/24/16. Office loca- Criminal and Civil Laws. agent of the LLC upon Goals: MBE/WBE 12 / November 15, 2016. The Amendment may have tition for candidacy tion: Essex County. Date: 1st October 2016 whom process against it been issued prior to 18% Westport Fire District SSNY is designated as which may be obtained by: NYCO MINERALS, may be served. “SSNY” your placement on the VN-10/22-10/29/2016Board of Fire Commis- agent of the LLC upon INC. 124 Mountain View from the Westport Town shall mail a copy of any Planholders list.

2TC-133546 sioners will not be re- whom process against Hall during normal busiprocess to the “LLC” at NYS Finance Law responsible for any lost or the LLC may be served. Drive Willsboro, NY ness hours. Completed 12996 1633 Front Street, Kee- stricts communication misdirected mail and re- SSNY shall mail a copy INVITATION TO BID VN 10/1-12/10/16-11TC- petitions for candidacy seville, NY 12994. with NYSDOT on pro- THE WESTPORT FIRE serves the right to reject shall be returned to the of such process served 131751 VN-10/01-11/05/2016curements and contact any and all bids. Any bid upon it to LPM Events, fire district secretary in DISTRICT Board of Fire 6TC-131558 can only be made with Commissioners will ac- received after the clos- LLC, 1936 Saranac Av- NOTICE OF FORMATION c/o Westport Town Hall designated persons. ing date will be returned cept SEALED BIDS for a SEALED BIDS will be reOF LIMITED LIABILITY no later than 12:00 enue Suite 2-257 Lake NOON on November 21, ceived as set forth in in- Contact with non-desig- 2017 cab and chassis. to sender unopened.

Placid NY 12946. Pur- COMPANY (“LLC”) PL By order of the Westport nated persons or other & E Properties, LLC. Ar- 2016 (TL Section 176 structions to bidders unThis purchase is subject pose: To engage in any involved Agencies will Fire District (7)). The election on Deticles of Organization til 10:30 a.m. on Novemto a permissive referenlawful activity. cember 13, 2016 is open filed with the Secretary ber 17, 2016 at the NYS- be considered a serious dum. All interested par- Board of Fire Commis- VN-10/29-12/03/2016sioners matter and may result in DOT, Contract Manageto all persons whose ties may request a bidof State of New York 6TC-134330 Dan Faber, Chairman disqualification.

Contact ment Bureau, 50 WOLF ders information packet (“SSNY”) on September names appear on the list Maria Tamarkin (518) and specifications by VN-10/29/2016-1TCRD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE of registered voters as 13, 2016 for business 134263 457-8403.

1CM, ALBANY, NY written request Westport conducted from an of- maintained by the Essex Contracts with 0% Goals 12232 and will be pubCounty Board of ElecFire Commission, P.O. fice located in Essex licly opened and read. are generally single op- Box 134, Westport New County, NY. The “SSNY” tions as of November eration contracts, where Bids may also be sub17, 2016. One need NOT York 12993, or by teleis designated as the sub-contracting is not phone request to Secremitted via the internet be a member of the deagent of the “LLC” upon expected, and may using Bid Express tary Robin Crandall at whom process against it partment to vote in this present direct bidding (www.bidx.com).

518-962-4419. may be served. “SSNY” election. opportunities for Small All bids must be in a A certified or cashier's shall mail a copy of any By Order of the Business Firms, includ- sealed envelope clearly check payable to the process to the “LLC” at Westport Fire District ing, but not limited to, marked 2017 cab and NYS Dept. of Trans495 Green Street, Au Board of Fire CommisD/W/MBEs. portation for the sum sioners chassis, and must be reSable Forks, NY 12912. specified in the proposal The Contractor must ceived by mail to WestRobin Crandall, SecreVN-09/24-10/29/2016comply with the Regula- port Fire District Board or a bid bond, FORM tary 6TC-131003 tion relative to non-dis- of Fire Commissioners, CONR 391, representing October 19, 2016 25% of the bid total, crimination in federally- P.O. Box 134, Westport VN-10/29/2016-1TCassisted programs of the New York 12993 no later must accompany each 134264 USDOT 49 CFR 21. bid. NYSDOT reserves than 3:00 pm on TuesPlease call (518) 457- day, the right to reject any or November 15, 3583 if a reasonable ac- 2016. Bids will be acall bids. commodation is needed Electronic documents cepted by hand delivery and Amendments are to participate in the let- on Tuesday, November ting. posted to www.dot.ny.15, 2016 only between Reg. 01, Sam Zhou, Re- 9:00 am and 4:00 pm at gov/doing-business/opgional Director, 50 Wolf portunities/const-nothe Fire District Office Rd, Albany, NY 12232 tices (address listed below).

D263300, PIN 1809.54, Contractor is responsiEach bid must include a Albany, Essex, Greene, ble for ensuring that all non-collusive bid certifiRensselaer, Saratoga, Amendments are incorcate. All warrantees Schenectady, porated into its bid. To must be specified in Warren & Washington receive notification of writing and accompany Cos., General And EmerAmendments via e-mail each bid. Sealed bids gency Bridge Repair you must submit a rewill be opened publicly quest to be placed on Standby Contract, and read aloud at the Deposit Westport Fire District the Planholders List at Bid $150,000.00., NO Office, 22 Champlain www.dot.ny.gov/doingPLANS. business/opportunities/c Ave, Westport New York Goals: MBE/WBE 12 / at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, onst-planholder.

18% Amendment may have November 15, 2016. The been issued prior to VN-10/22-10/29/2016Westport Fire District 2TC-133546 your placement on the Board of Fire CommisPlanholders list. sioners will not be reNYS Finance Law responsible for any lost or misdirected mail and restricts communication serves the right to reject with NYSDOT on proany and all bids. Any bid curements and contact received after the closcan only be made with ing date will be returned designated persons. to sender unopened.

Contact with non-desigBy order of the Westport nated persons or other Fire District involved Agencies will

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