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Plattsburgh City Schools facing tough cutsPLATTSBURGH — Plat tsburgh

City School Board member FredWachtmeister would send a 13-per-cent tax levy increase to the votersway before cutting positions andprograms.

Sure, it would tag $70 more on themonthly tax bill of a $200,000 home,but it would save the district’s pro-gram from further cuts and reduc-tions.

If the taxpayers won’t support it,fine, he says, but let them decidewhether they want to eliminate pro-grams and positions.

“I’m all in favor of not makingany cuts and putting it in front ofthe voters,” said Wachtmeister at theMarch 8 board meeting.

Plattsburgh City School Superin-tendent James “Jake” Short and hisadministration must make up a $1.7million budget gap.

Areas under consideration forelimination and reduction include 9-18 instructional positions and 5 sup-port staff positions.

Programs that could be impactedinclude secondary course offerings,pre-kindergarten, music, Odyssey,drop out prevention, child advocacy,nursing, foreign languages, specialeducation, BOCES services, second-ary co-curricular, kindergarten andathletics.

Short stressed at the school boardmeeting that the budget is stillunder consideration and no final de-cisions have been made.

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Arts Center class has students making movies,gaining confidence andenjoying a night as starsBy Stephen [email protected]

PLATTSBURGH — The limousinesdropped them off at the theater before 6 p.m.

Cheers erupted all around them as theystepped from behind the tinted glass andonto the red carpet, flashing cameras follow-ing them into the Cumberland 12 in Platts-burgh.

As they paused to speak with fans and themedia, a mob of people waited for the pre-miere to begin.

“I just love being on stage and kind of hav-ing a moment to shine,” said Nadia Niva. “Itfeels like I am the only person in the world,and everyone's attention is on me.”

Niva was one of several students in grades2-10 who participated in acting classestaught by Heath Powers at the North Coun-try Cultural Center for the Arts in Platts-burgh. The class culminated in movies madeby the students that were strung together fora red carpet premiere at Cumberland 12.

This is the second acting class JenniferCreedon's fourth-grade daughter took at theNorth Country Cultural Center for the Arts.

She's always been expressive, but theclasses have allowed her to learn the funda-mentals of theater.

“I think these classes build the students'confidence,” Creedon said. “We are so fortu-nate to have the arts, and I hope it will con-tinue to be supported.”

Her daughter starred in the film the“Tooth Fairy,” a tale about a girl who tries toget more money from the Tooth Fairy.

Roisin Creedon-Carey, 10, enjoys acting.She learned more about teamwork throughthe class and made new friends.

“I will probably take a few more of Heath'scourses,” she said. “You learn so much from

him and he is so much fun.”Niva's mother, Simona Sharoni, said she

rarely sees such dedication from an instruc-tor.

She was impressed by all the work thatwent into the course and films, especially ona shoestring budget.

“This was a real example of how a diversegroup of kids work together,” she said.“These kids totally found their voice andconfidence.

“We are extremely lucky to have Heath.”Powers said the current group of students

made up his guinea pig class. They were histest subjects to how it would work.

Ultimately, he said, it was a great learningexperience for everyone.

The next session of theater classes beginsin April. Most classes are $95 per semester.

“I've had parents specifically send theirchildren to the program because they wereintroverted,” Powers said.

After press interviews and pictures, stu-dents and their guests lined into the theater,walking past head shots of the stars and arow of movie posters.

Rachel Martine of the North Country Cul-tural Center for the Arts said the evening of-fered the students a chance to act like moviestars.

“They put eight weeks of hard work intothis,” she said. “This is a huge confidenceboost, and they all feel amazing. It will beawesome to see themselves up on the bigscreen.”

Mirren Guzzio has a passion for actingand wanted to try something new, so shesigned up for Powers’ course to get a tastefor movies.

“I like being on stage and performing,”said the eight-year-old.

In her film, two people enter a restaurantwhere the waiter rhymes when she speaks.

“I think it is fun getting to pretend to besomeone else you are not,” Guzzio said.

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BEEKMANTOWN — Beekmantown Central School teach-ers are giving up any sort of pay raise next school year.

The money they would have received is to be used to saveprograms for students.

At this point, any help is welcome at the school districtwhere several positions and programs are on the choppingblock.

“This agreement is good for students and fair to teachersand will enable the district to preserve programs that are soimportant to our students' futures,” said The BeekmantownTeachers Association in a press release.

Beekmantown Central School officials last month revealedthey were faced with a $3.2 million budget deficit.

As a result, they were considering eliminating more than40 positions, as well as the entire athletic program.

Superintendent Scott Amo further proposed reductions to

academic intervention services, electives, foreign languages,art, music, physical education and more.

The community responded in force, decrying the pro-posed cuts and accusing the school board and administra-tion of mismanaging the district.

The current contract for the Beekmantown Teachers Asso-ciation was set to expire this June. Teachers would have re-ceived step increase whether or not they had agreed to a newcontract.

The district proposed the freeze, and teachers were opento the idea.

The group met and the Beekmantown Teachers Associa-tion agreed to a pay freeze next school year to assist the dis-trict in bridging its $3.2 million budget gap.

The one-year contract was ratified by the BeekmantownTeachers Association, resulting in a forfeiture of step in-creases. They will receive the same pay next year as they donow.

“Association members ratified a one-year contract that isa true freeze in base salary for the 2012-13 school year,” ac-cording to the press release. “This agreement forgoes anystep/increment pay for the year.”

The agreement is expected to save the district roughly$300,000.

The money is to be used to restore programs for students.School officials will re-examine the budget and review

proposed cuts to determine what can be restored.“Beekmantown's teachers understand these are difficult

fiscal times for our schools and for many community mem-bers,” according to the press release from the Teachers As-sociation. “Teachers and they association feel, in this case, itwas important to be part of the solution and to join with thesuperintendent and the Board of Education, as partners, towork collaboratively towards an agreement that benefitsstudents, teachers and taxpayers.”

But the Teachers Association cautioned that the districtcannot rest on the agreement, which it deemed a “stopgapsolution.”

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CHAMPLAIN — Discuss ionsamong delegates touched on as-sisting the Libyan people, turmoilin Syria and Iran nuclear prolifer-ation.

They sat around the table inbusiness suits and dresses, deter-mined to forward their country'sstance.

The meeting occurred at North-eastern Clinton Central School aspart of the 35th-annual NorthCountry Model United Nations.

“There is no other program likethis in the area,” said KatherineDermody, who is the adviser forthe Model U.N.

The three-day event attractedmore than a dozen schools fromacross northern New York and Ver-mont, as well as home-schooledstudents.

“Every year we try to increase it,but with school budgets it is hard,”Dermody said.

Model U.N. emulates the workof the actual United Nations.

Students are assigned a countryand study major stances and is-sues. At the event, students,known as delegates, try to passcomprehensive resolutions forglobal situations.

They also write papers on theirtopic.

Students act as delegates fortheir countries during the event,

serving on seven committee, in-cluding the Human Rights Coun-cil, security, International Courtand Justice and economic and so-cial councils.

The North County Model U.N.helps prepare students for the Har-vard National Model United Na-tions.

“This programs helps kids work

on public speaking, debating andwriting skills,” Dermody said.“They learn about world issues,and this helps them become solu-tion minded. But most of all, theydevelop their communicationskills and come together and talkabout issues.”

It is run by students for students,she pointed out.

“I love meeting all the people,”said Kelly Rogers. “You learn howto debate and present yourself in amature manner.”

In the Security Council, debateinitially focused on Libya, but tooka left turn when the delegate fromChina made a motion to discussKony 2012.

Kony 2012 is a film created by In-

visible Children, Inc to promotethe nonprofit's “Stop Kony” move-ment and aid in the arrest of Ugan-dan war criminal Joseph Kony. Thefilm has over 70 million viewers onYoutube and has been endorsed bya number of celebrities.

The campaign has been criti-cized for simplifying events in theregion and failing to mention at-tacks against civilians by the Ugan-dan government and Sudan Peo-ple's Liberation Army.

The video fails to mention thatKony's followers now likely onlynumber in the hundreds.

At the North Country ModelUN, student delegates debatedKony 2012. China deemed it a goodcause that needed more money,while Egypt referred to the videoas a scam by a Christian group. Su-dan echoed Egypt, saying theChristian group misconstruesKony.

Russia, on the other hand, saidthere are more pressing matters in-volving children, such as the sextrade within its own borders.

“This is a very interesting andeye-opening experience,” said DanFrederick, a senior at Beekman-town Central School. “It gives stu-dents the experience to learn aboutother nations and cultures.”

He gained a vast knowledge ofinternational laws and cultures.

“I have been put on the spot andlearned to defend my opinions.”

Area students gather for Model United Nations

Students on one of seven committees of the United Nations participate in the North Country Model U.N. at Northeastern ClintonCentral School.


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Tax cap, without help, is damaging

New York’s 2 percent prop-erty tax cap and a promiseto provide relief from un-

funded state mandates are welcomedevelopments for beleaguered tax-payers. After years of neglect, NewYork State should be applauded forfinally addressing the problem ofrising property taxes.

This year local municipalities andschool districts are being forced tomake difficult choices to meet thetax cap, while the State Mandate Re-lief Committee holds hearings to de-termine what mandates should beeliminated.

Unfortunately, in their haste tocurry voter favor, legislators gotthings backward. Mandate reliefshould have come before the imposi-tion of a tax cap.

By instituting the 2 percent taxcap our towns, villages and schoolshave been forced to make drasticcuts that may not have been neces-sary had mandate relief come first.

An example is the gymnastics pro-gram at Ticonderoga High School.The sport, which served about adozen students, has been eliminatedby the district as its seeks to reducetaxes.

There has been no mandate reliefat this point, but among the possiblechanges from the state is the elimi-nation of each school’s “internalrisk” audit. Schools are required tobe audited several times a year. An“internal risk” audit is to designedto seek out fraud. School officialsare confident any potential fraudcan be uncovered by one of the otheraudits; they believe the “internalrisk” audit is redundant, a waste oftime and a frivolous use of taxpayermoney.

The “internal risk” audit in theTiconderoga Central School District

costs $20,000 a year. That’s morethan enough money to fund thegymnastics program — or a numberof other programs.

If the “internal risk” audit man-date is removed, that money can goback to reinstate the gymnastics pro-gram, right? No.

The 2 percent tax cap does not al-low for any serious budget growth.Once a program or service is cut, re-alistically, it’s gone forever. A mu-nicipality or school simply can’t add$20,000 to its budget and hope tostay within the constraints of thelaw. It’s a 2 percent tax cap while theUnited States inflation rate and costof living index are both exceedingthat level.

If mandate relief had come beforethe tax cap the “internal audit”could well be history and, perhaps,Ticonderoga gymnasts could still becompeting.

Facing the 2 percent tax capschools are making serious cuts —cuts that may damage academic,music, arts and sports programs. InBeekmantown there is a $3.2 millionbudget gap. In Ticonderoga there isa $1.7 million deficit. Schroon Lakefaces a $600,000 spending gap.

Major cuts are necessary to reachthe state’s 2 percent tax cap, cutsthat will impact students and em-ployees for the rest of their lives.Wouldn’t it be a shame to find out,after mandate relief, that some ofthose cuts were unnecessary?

This editorial is the collabora-tive opinion of a board comprisedof Thom Randall, Fred Herbst,Lou Varricchio, Keith Lobdell,Stephen Bartlett, Andy Flynn,John Grybos and John Gereau.Comments may be directed [email protected].

Mandate relief shouldhave come first It’s not very hard to find is-

sues to complain about whenwriting a weekly column or

for that matter sharing a commentor two at the water cooler. Thestate of our political system, finan-cial markets, economy, weather,society inequities, education, enti-tlements, employment, health in-surance, regional and state issues,corporate greed, sporting events,addictions, and the list goes onand on. Any one can look aroundand see things that needs to be ad-dressed and highlighted if we are ever to gener-ate enough public outcry to bring about change.

The problem I have with highlighting these is-sues is that you always begin looking at thingsin a negative light, focusing on what’s wrongrather than what’s right with our society. We’veall met people who never look at the glass ashalf full, they depressingly always see it as halfempty. Complaining after a period of time canbecome counter productive. As opposed to be-ing an agent for positive change, you can beseen as a distributor of bad news or even worse,anger as people grapple with the feelings ofhelplessness and dissatisfaction, especially if allthey do is read or hear about problems and arethen left feeling hopeless.

In keeping with the glass half full, all oneneeds to do is look around and there are many,many reminders of people who face tremendouschallenges in their lives and yet remain remark-ably positive. In our office we have a womanwho has just gone through a very difficult timebattling cancer. Despite the operation andchemo treatments she has been positive, upbeatand inspiring to all those around her. She couldhave taken a medical disability leave and had afew months off while she went through all thetreatments but instead she made it clear that shewould be at work as often as possible, not be-cause she had to but because she wanted to. Herwork ethic, her approach to life and her determi-nation to remain consistently positive through-out this process has served as a valuable lessonto all who’ve witnessed her handling of thischallenging disease.

We have another young woman in our officewho at a younger age was a poster child for theMarch of Dimes. While she struggles with theeffects of Spina Bifida, her outward demeanorand winning smile can warm even the coldesthearted person. She is a joy for our staff mem-bers who work closely with her and a dedicatedhard worker who is committed to be a produc-tive employee. Again she could complain aboutthe unfairness of her condition, but she chooses

to not to let it be a hindrance asshe goes about living her life andnot looking for any special treat-ment.

I learned a cousin of mine wasrecently diagnosed with Amy-otrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),the devastating condition knownas Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is aneurodegenerative disease thatleads to the condition termed a“glass coffin.” The mind remainsintact, but a person with ALS losesuse of his hands, arms and legs,

then has trouble swallowing and breathing.Most die from suffocation three to five years af-ter diagnosis. There is no cure nor is there an af-fective treatment. But instead of complaining orrolling up in a corner he has taken the highest ofall possible roads by going public with his con-dition and establishing a fund through the Pitts-burgh Foundation to raise awareness, supportand comfort to ALS families and to support re-search in finding a cure and treatment, knowingneither will come in time to change his fate.

He recently gave a 15-minute overview pres-entation to the Pittsburgh Foundation that canbe see at www.LiveLikeLou.org in which hispositive approach to his dealing with the dis-ease shows a remarkably brave man who ismaking the most of every day he has availableto him. Our family is unfortunately spread outacross the country and while I don’t know thisindividual closely, having only been in his com-pany a few brief times in my lifetime, I foundviewing this video to be a very humbling andyet extremely empowering experience. Thestrength of character and demonstration ofcourage is truly remarkable.

Examples like these role models are all aroundus. I’m sure most of you can think of people youwork with, friends, family or neighbors whoshrug off the their own misfortunes to inspireand set examples for others. Given that, it seemsalmost incomprehensible to complain about thesmall, everyday irritations. All the aforemen-tioned issues in government or society take aback seat to focusing our attention on the reallyimportant thing in life which should be doinggood for others. The really big issues in life arenothing more than life itself and service to oth-ers rather than self. The sooner we can focus ourattention and support to those who need it themost the sooner our perspective on the worldwill start looking better.

Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of DentonPublications. He may be reached [email protected].

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The really important things in life


This has becomea time of merg-ers, consolida-

tions and downsizing.It's the era of doing

more with less, muchless, doing without infact, where those whocare must choose whothey can care a littleless for so they can con-tinue, in some whittleddown way, to care.

These days, layoffsare common, raises areoften rare and a oncespoiled generation isperplexed as things are taken away, again andagain, until all that is left is a memory to playwith, of what once was, but may never beagain.

Unemployment remains high, the numberof homeless grows and organizations that of-fer public assistance and services work over-time as their caseloads swell, yet their re-sources shrink.

Locally, assistance groups fill motels upwith individuals and families without homes,for a variety of reasons, the consequences ofthe Great Recession one of them.

Walk inside social services and it echoes,like a broken record, “I lost my job,” and“laid off,” and “I don't know what to do.”

I dare not look in their eyes, lest I lose my-self in a hopelessness bred by a system thatforgets broken parts as long as the giantwheel keeps turning round.

So, where is the unified outrage?Where is the anger?Have the voices, that when gathered gain

strength, really been lost to the days withoutanswers?

Lately, I've been attending meetings of mu-nicipalities and schools, and the slogan of do-ing more with less prevails and the discussionfocuses around, what more can we take awaywithout further breaking what has alreadybeen broken?

But wait, there's money somewhere. Gov-ernment bailouts resulted in hefty bonuses fora market that seems to deserve punishmentmore than reward.

Various corporations that benefit from warreport significant earnings, record earnings,as the majority of the country crawls onbloodied knees under the weight of the GreatRecession.

And let's talk about war.There were no weapons of mass destruction

in Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with9/11, and it has become increasingly clearthat it was largely known there were noweapons of mass destruction there leading upto the war. Saddam Hussein couldn't havebeen singled out for being a brutal dictator,

because he was toward thebottom of a long list of farmore dangerous dictators, al-though the real sociopaths livein countries that offer little inthe way of natural resources.

But the point is, more than$1 trillion was spent on thateffort. Imagine the educationprograms that could have beenfunded with that money.

Imagine, instead of reward-ing the wealthy with taxbreaks, money is put into so-cial service programs and areal effort is made to break cy-cles that down the road actual-

ly results in less people needing services.Imagine, again, education a key to econom-

ic success and progress, being funded in away that all children with their unique differ-ences are reached out to and pushed to suc-ceed.

Well, inside your imagination is exactlywhere such thoughts are going to have to re-main if people don't unite and demand some-thing different for themselves, for their chil-dren, for their country.

I wince when I read about companies withties to public officials profiting off war andthen cheating the government and when Ilearn that an oil company is earning recordprofits while the majority of people suffer.

But when it really hits home is whenschools gut themselves, municipalities starvetheir first responders because of lack of fundsand human service organizations reveal sig-nificant increases in the amount of hard-working people in need, and in the samebreath, have less and less funds to work with.

Yet, a small minority profit, and apparentlyoften not honestly.

This has become a time of downsizing, do-ing more with less, and...complacency.

Reach Editor Stephen Bartlett at [email protected].

Complacency over outrage

Stephen BartlettFrom the Editor’s Desk

By John Bernardi

Like all good fanatics, skiersand snowboarders have devel-oped their own unique termi-

nology. In some cases, the fun-lovingslang is universal between the two dis-ciplines, and in other cases, it isderogatory toward the other. Eitherway though, the slopes are full ofenough jargon and lingo to symboli-cally push old man Webster over theproverbial edge of the mountain.

The “milk run” is the first run of theday and “plankers” do it on skis,while “knuckle draggers” do it on asnowboard, or “lunch tray.” If you’re a“Betty,” you’re a novice female snow-boarder, while “chicks on sticks” canbe any group of girls or women onskis. Hopefully, they are wearing a“brain bucket” for head protection andtheir “chatter” refers not to their rapidconversation, but to the unwanted vi-bration of their skis or board whenrunning at speed. A small snowboard-er might be referred to as a “grom”and anyone who ventures into closedterrain could be considered a “poach-er.”

A “dump” has nothing to do with atrip to the bathroom, but has every-thing to do with a significant snowfall.Speaking of lavatory references,“pooping” refers to sitting way backon your skis while bent at the waist,which usually results in making “toiletturns” all the way down the slope.This is considered bad form for adults,but “lift lickers,” kids who can’t resiststicking their tongue on the chairliftbar, enjoy doing it for fun.

If the snow is really good, it’s re-ferred to as “epic,” if too soft “mashedpotatoes” and if too hard “boilerplate” or even “bullet proof.” On occa-sion, good snow turns to “crud” aftertoo many skiers or snowboarders haveused it to get their “freshies” early inthe day, causing late day conditions tobecome “gnarly.” Worse yet, “deathcookies” are present after extensivesnowmaking and grooming leave bigfrozen chunks of ice in the middle ofthe trail. This, of course, could cause apotential “yard sale” should somepoor sap wipe out, leaving theirequipment strewn across the trail inplain view of the chairlift.

“Goofy” refers to leading with yourright foot on a snowboard where youmight “jib” in the Terrain Park or“shred” high speed carving turns.Done well, these could be considered

“phat” anddone poorlythey couldbe consid-ered“wack.” Ei-ther way, a“hucker,”flying high through the air could endup a “bono” should they smack into atree. Of course, “snow scum” refers toany skier or snowboarder refusing tofollow the responsibility code or otherslope side etiquette, while “run rub-bish” is any group blocking passageon the trail. This same group, or anygroup like it, would be considered“vermin” if blocking access to the liftline or “gapers” if pausing to take inthe view.

“Schussing” on skis is straight lin-ing down the “fall line” without turn-ing, and “ripping” is good high speedcarving. However, either one could re-sult in a “snotsicle” due to the windchill reacting with a runny nose. Inci-dentally, any parent using a leash orharness to teach their young child onthe slopes would be referred to as a“dog trainer” and is usually wellequipped to handle partially frozenmucous.

Perhaps you consider yourself “oldschool” and you believe most of thisslang to be the work of young punkswith no regard for tradition or nostal-gia. In that case, you better make sureyour “wicket” doesn’t impede your“stem Christie” resulting in a “faceplant” of epic proportions. Evenworse, a poorly executed “wedeln” onyour long straight skis could causeyou to become a “rag doll,” cartwheeling down the slope. After all,some “hoe dad” is likely to be watch-ing from his perpetual seat in thelodge, glad he is just a “poser” insteadof an old fashioned “fruit booter” likeyou.

Pondering such linguistic nonsenseon a recent ride up the gondola atGore Mountain, I couldn’t help butwonder how the English Dictionarywould read differently if old Websternew the pure joy of “vertical rise,”finding the “sweet spot” and “shred-ding the gnar.” Instead, the unfortu-nate “flatlander” never knew whatpleasure awaited him on the prover-bial edge of that mountain.

John Bernardi is an avid lifelong skierand freelance writer. He can be contactedthrough his website at www.slopesider.net.

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But like most everyone else,the district must make cutsBy Stephen [email protected]

SARANAC — Saranac Central School may cutthree to five positions under its 2012-13 spendingplan.

Not much compared to neighboring districts,unless you’re the one being cut. And, no matterhow high or low the number, cuts are never fun,school officials said.

The district’s spending plan currently repre-sents a 1-percent decrease over the 2011-12 budg-et at $31,100,542.

The 2011-12 budget totaled $31,455,381.A debt-service decrease for past projects has

helped the district’s fiscal situation by more than$600,000. Also beneficial has been administrativerestructuring over the last three years. Adminis-trative numbers have been reduced from seven tofive, and last year a resignation saved the district$185,000.

Further savings have occurred surrounding

students with disabilities, with the district bring-ing them back from Champlain Valley Education-al Services. That has helped save the district morethan $600,000.

But contributions to employee and teacher re-tirement systems are rising, and fuel, health in-surance and costs associated with salaries are up.The district received $200,000 less in state aid andlost more than $700,000 in Federal Job funds.

Unfunded mandates continue to trouble thedistrict.

“We have to do a study of retirees health insur-ance benefits, and that is required, and it is notfunded,” said Superintendent Kenneth Cringle.

The district must eliminate nearly $300,000from the 2012-13 budget in order to remain with-in its maximum allowable tax-levy increase.

“Right now, with the projected shortfall we aregoing to review all areas, looking at any non-per-sonnel items first and reviewing and examiningall departments,” said Cringle. “Our worse-casescenario is probably eliminating anywhere fromfour to five full-time positions, but any change instate aid and resignations due to retirementswould reduce those numbers.”

The budget process grows increasingly difficult

with each passing year, Cringle said. School dis-tricts are expected to maintain programs and ex-penditures while experiencing diminishing stateand federal funding.

Saranac Central School has seen its aid decrease20 percent over the past three year.

“That is well over $3 million,” Cringle said.With the expectation that this trend will contin-

ue, the district has created a long-range plan thatincludes allocating fund balance each year.

In fact, cuts have been made over the past threeor four years with an eye to the future. In someways, it seems to have worked as Saranac is notin as desperate a position as some surroundingschool districts.

But previous reductions make every subse-quent reduction each year increasingly difficult.

“If revenues do not increase in the year to twoyears, we would be facing Draconian cuts to pro-grams,” Cringle said. “We can maintain this foranother couple years, but revenues need to in-crease.”

The school board will meet again to discuss thebudget at 6 p.m., March 20, in the former Dan-nemora Elementary School building.


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PLATTSBURGH — Topics ranged from sci-entific formulas to Hollywood happenings.

Each team of four buzzed in to answer as ajudge kept time.

“Utah,” concluded the Noon Kiwanis teamto the question, “What state is nicknamed thebeehive state.”

Noon Kiwanis defeated Coca Cola/Behav-ioral Health Services North that round by ascore of 105 to 60.

The event was the 20th Annual LiteracyChallenge, held at the Champlain Centre Mallto benefit Literacy Volunteers of Clinton Coun-ty.

“It’s a great community awareness event forliteracy and it brings in $7,000 to $8,000 for usfor our programs,” said Norma Menard, exec-utive director of Literacy Volunteers.

Literacy Volunteers largely focuses on adultliteracy for local individuals who need to im-prove their reading skills, as well as programsfor non-English speaking individuals.

Literacy Volunteers helped Andy McDou-gal, who was selling raffle ticket at the event,get his start with Americorps. His mother wasa literacy volunteer and tutor and encouragedhim to get involved.

“I’m so glad I did.”Literacy Volunteers changes people’s lives,

said Kelly Sexton, a librarian at PlattsburghPublic Library who worked as a host at the

event.“They do so much for people.”The organization provides an opportunity

for people deficient in reading to get anotherchance to be a functioning member of society,said Julius Archibald, president of the LiteracyVolunteers Board.

It helps with employment, parenting andmuch more, he said.

Events such as the Literacy Challenge bringspublic awareness to the services Literacy Vol-unteers provides and encourages people toread.

“It encourages them to want to know moreabout the world around them,” Archibald said.

More than 20 teams were set up at stationsscattered throughout the mall for the tourna-ment that started at noon. The teams includedPeru teachers, AuSable teachers, Sunrise Ro-tary, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Clinton CommunityCollege, Chazy Lions and the Social SecurityAdministration.

Play consisted of four elimination rounds,quarterfinals, semi-finals, the final four andthe championship match at 4:45 p.m.

Just before the championship match theevent featured a raffle drawing for gift certifi-cates to various area businesses.

Games were played in a question-and-an-swer format, and the seven categories were: lit-erature, sports, social studies, science, currentevents/popular culture, music and art.

After the question was read, teams had fiveseconds to buzz in for an answer and another

five seconds to begin the answer. If the answerwas incorrect, the other team had a chance tosignal to answer.

Each question was worth 10 points, thoughan incorrect answer or ring-in with no answerresulted in a team being penalized 5 points.Bonus questions were worth 20 points, whileteams were penalized 10 points for answeringthem incorrectly.

Sunrise Rotary and Literacy Volunteers pro-vided judges, who also acted as scorekeepers,and timekeepers.

Peru Lions and Plattsburgh UUP made it tothe championship round.

Playing for Peru Lions were Walt Stanley,

Roy Perry, Pete Glushko and John Armstrong.The Plattsburgh UUP team consisted of Tim

Hartnett, Elin O’Hara-Gonya, Tracie Guzzioand Gary Kroll.

As the match commenced, questions rangedfrom sports to literature. The teams seemed tosplit the answers, and the first check of thescore placed it at Peru Lions, 55, and Platts-burgh UUP, 65.

Team members remained calm throughoutas the judge continued to pepper them withquestions.

But in the end, Peru Lions triumphed, de-feating Plattsburgh UUP by a score of 380 to145.

Literacy Challenge raises money for reading

The Peru Lions team, from left to right: Walt Stanley, Roy Perry, Pete Glushko and John Armstrong.Photo by Stephen Bartlett

Saranac better off than other schools

Mobile Health chicken dinner plannedPLATTSBURGH — A chicken and biscuit dinner will be

held to help support the The Community Link Mobile HealthClinic on at the American Legion, Quarry Road, April 14,from 3 to 8 p.m.

Entertainment will provided by Barbie and the GoldenNotes and guests. Meal are $7 for adults and $4 for childrenunder 12. For information call 561-3566.

Annual BOP poster contest open to all fourth grade students

PLATTSBURGH—The Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration Committee is asking allfourth grade students, including those who are home schooled, to submit one poster to theirart, history or homeroom teacher. The poster must be in color and no larger than 12 x 18inches. Judges will look for creativity and focus on key incidents of the land and/or navalbattle.

The winning poster will appear on all admission buttons for the September 2012 Com-memoration Weekend. Savings bonds will be awarded to the First, Second and Third placewinners.

Submissions should be returned to the North Country Teacher Resource Center. Thedeadline for entries is April 27. For more information call 561-4296.


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“I am director and producer of the show,”he said.

He's also a fan.“It is really an American classic when it

comes to Broadway musicals.”Gypsy, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics

by Stephen Sondheim, is loosely based onthe memoirs of famed burlesque performer,

Gypsy Rose Lee. It focuses on her mother,Rose, following the woman's dreams and ef-forts to raise two daughters to perform on-stage.

The story unfolds during the 1920's andrecounts the struggles of the family, led byRose, as she drives her daughters into a newera of entertainment.

“It has memorable music, a gripping sto-ry and a complex lead character,” Borriesaid. “The story is so gripping and based onreal events, and it is so well written. It is afantastic show.”

Borrie has been part of Chazy Music The-

atre since 1997. The nonprofit organizationbegan in 1989.

It showcases local talent from throughoutthe North Country.

“We are a real tried and true communitytheatre,” Borrie said. “It serves the commu-nity with quality, affordable musical the-atre.”

He truly believes people will be swept bythe latest show, Gypsy.

Gypsy has been referred to as the greatestAmerican musical by numerous critics andwriters.

Borrie acknowledged Chazy Central Rural

School for the use of the auditorium for thisyear's five performances of Gypsy.

The performances are: Thursday, March 22at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.;Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.;and Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m.

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A place where Thing 1 and Thing 2, with white smiling facesand wild blue hair, bounced freely around and children and par-ents sang together, grinning and wide eyed.

It was the celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss and a gath-ering of the community’s children at Mountain Lake PBS inPlattsburgh.

“We do these events every couple months and base them onour programming,” said Jane Owens.

A steady stream of children and their parents filed into theMountain Lake PBS studios that Saturday morning, each ush-ered into a large room where they sat on carpets and blankets,waiting for the show to start.

Saturday’s activities included a story reading of The Cat inthe Hat, some sing alongs, a viewing of a Cat in the Hat cartoonepisode and an array of crafts and other activities for the chil-dren.

“It is all kind of built around whatever the theme of theepisode is,” Owens explained.

She believes it is important to get parents on board early withliteracy activities and problem solving.

“At high school, it is kind of too late,” Owens said. “We needto lay the ground work early.”

Saturday was all about fun and learning, she said, taking aseat in the front of the room and speaking to parents.

“If your child gets the wiggles, feel free to go out and visitwith our characters.”

Leita King began the morning by leading the parents and chil-dren in sing alongs.

The first, she said, a silly song she needed help with.“The buzzing of the bees and the bubblegum trees in the big

rock candy mountain,” she sang, strumming her guitar.The children smiled, some sprawled out on the floor, others

bouncing and some standing on their parents as they sang.King then asked children if they knew Winnie the Pooh and

his friends.“Yes,” they screamed in unison as King began the Winnie the

Pooh song.After that song, she paused, smiled and scanned the room.“Let’s pull the little kid out of your left foot big kids and sing

along too.”For the final song, the voices of parents and their children

filled the room and echoed off the walls.Owens took center stage next and read The Cat in the Hat,

during which, Thing 1 and Thing 2 appeared at the front of theroom and stood beside Owens, waving to the children.

Children seemed to have a difficult time deciding whether tofocus on Owens and the book or the colorful, energetic pair fromthe Dr. Seuss story.

After the story, everyone watched an episode of the Cat in theHat and ate popcorn.

That portion of the morning concluded with the groupsinging happy birthday to Dr. Seuss.

The children and their parents then filed out of the room andinto activity rooms.

“We love it,” said Cori-Ann Surette.She and her partner attended the event with their two chil-

dren.

“We were introduced to these events a little over a year ago,”Surette said. “They are very well done and it’s free. It’s such anice variety of activities.”

“It’s an extension of our PBS experiences at home,” said CalMorin. “The kids watch PBS, and we knew it would be safe andfun for the kids.”

Down the hall, five-year-old Andrew Denial’s hands weresticky with glue.

His mother, Christyn Denial of Morrisonville, watched asthe crowd passed by either side of her.

“These are creative activities, and it helps with their read-ing and gets us out of the house,” she said. “There are not alot of activities like this for kids around here.”

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PLATTSBURGH — Amy Gimma volun-teered for President Obama last election andlikely will this time around too.

He’s made a lot of good changes, in heropinion, although the president has also dis-appointed her.

“He has pushed for some education re-form, not enough in my opinion,” Gimma, aPlattsburgh State graduate from Ithaca, said.“The same with health care. He’s made somemajor changes in the right direction, butthere definitely has to be more done.”

People Denton Publications spoke withshared a mixture of feelings about the Oba-ma Administration as Republicans cam-paign for a chance at the presidency in no-vember. The majority seemed to supportObama, and while they are mixed as towhether he has been successful in office sofar, they seem to think he inherited a messthe minute he assumed the presidency.

Teacher cutbacks have strained communi-ties, Gimma said, and schools are not beingheld accountable for providing a solid edu-cation. In the same breath, she insisted theadministration work to limit the power ofteacher unions.

“It’s just who has been there the longestgets to stay,” Gimma said. “and I think thereshould be some kind of intervention,whether it’s withholding federal assistanceor having schools and unions be able to ratethe teachers or by giving teachers incentivesbased on performance.”

She thinks Obama has held back to help

himself get re-elected.“I’m hoping for the

next four years he’ll be alittle bit bolder.”

The first four yearswere difficult, largely be-cause Obama inherited “awhole pile of stuff,” saidJoanne McGovern.

“I feel for him. He start-ed out positively, but heinherited so manythings.”

Obama is doing the besthe can, she said, but thestate of the world is “pret-ty sad” right now. There isso much greed, McGov-ern said, and too manyemotional disturbances inchildren.

She hopes the presidentgets another chance, be-cause anyone would needat least eight years totackle the mountain of is-sues Obama faces.

Tammy Lawrence of West Chazy doesn’tshare McGovern’s patience. She initiallysupported Obama but doesn’t think much ofhim now.

“I thought he was going to follow throughwith what he said he was going to do.”

She wouldn’t vote for him again.“My husband deployed to Baghdad over

the summer, and we have TRICARE and onlyone primary doctor will accept it, and thenthe pharmacist dropped it. The coverage for

military soldiers isridiculous.”

TRICARE is a healthcare program of the De-partment of Defense thatprovides civilian healthbenefits for military per-sonnel, military retireesand their dependents.

Christopher Rock ofPlattsburgh disagreeswith Lawrence.

Obama assumed officewith much on his plateand is doing a great job,he said.

“He has done a lot forlow-income families andI 100 percent supporthim.”

“He understands that itis hard out there,” saidNatashia Bibeau ofPlattsburgh.

Problem is, a Republi-can Congress results in a

gridlock, preventing any true change fromoccurring, said William Ruffin.

The Plattsburgh man supports Obama andthinks the country expects too much of him,given all the garbage he was left to sweep up.

Evan Cazavilan agreed that not much haschanged since Obama took office. But whenhe took office, people looked up to him andexpected him to institute major reforms.

“I didn’t really expect much in the firstplace because the president doesn’t have asmuch say as he used to,” Cazavilan said. “I

think he’s more seen today as a figurehead,or a person for the masses to see. He doesn’thave as much influence as in the days ofFDR.”

The only other candidate out there hewould consider voting for is Ron Paul. But itdoesn’t look like he will be the Republicancandidate.

“Ron Paul has experience and he knowswhat he’s doing,” Cazavilan said. “He sawthe financial crisis years before it happened.He predicted the housing market bubble in2005.”

But Paul doesn’t have the publicity, mon-ey nor backing of large companies and lob-bying groups the other candidates have.

“If that’s how presidents are elected in thiscountry, then I don’t want to have anythingto do with it.”

Levi Martinez, another Plattsburgh Statestudent, believes fear prevents some peoplefrom supporting Obama.

“I think Obama gets a lot of criticism andis seen as a terrifying socialist president thatis going to turn the United States into whatpeople feared during the Cold War,” he said.“Obviously, he’s not trying to do that, butwhat he is trying to do is take some of thesuccessful cues from Canada and theirhealth care and education policy. I see themerit in that and it scares people, becauseit’s not their idea and it’s different, andchange scares people.

“I think the president is really misunder-stood. You can’t accomplish anything in fouryears except start the ball rolling, but if youdon’t get a second term, you don’t get to seeanything through.”

North Country residents talk about President Obama

Levi Martinez

Clinton County GOP backs Matt DohenyPLATTSBURGH — For the second night in a row, Repub-

lican committee members have overwhelmingly supportedMatt Doheny in his bid for the 23rd Congressional District.

Members of the Clinton County GOP unanimously en-dorsed Doheny, a Watertown businessman, at their meetingWednesday at the Plattsburgh Town Hall.

“Matt has been here many times,” said Don Lee, commit-tee chairman. “He’s worked very hard. He’s got the politi-cal acumen and business acumen to be one heck of a goodcongressman and we just can’t wait for that to happen.”

Added County Clerk John Zurlo: “Hard work will pay off.And on this trip, Doheny is going to go all the way.”

Doheny was endorsed Tuesday by the Fulton County Re-publican Committee. Both Fulton and Clinton countiesbacked the candidate during his prior campaign.

The Madison, Oswego and St. Lawrence Conservativeparties have already thrown their support this year behindDoheny, as well as Essex County GOP Chairman Ron Jack-son and Essex County Acting Conservative Chairman BillMcGahay.

“I give my thanks to Chairman Lee and the Clinton Coun-ty committee for again choosing me as the candidate to rep-resent the Republican Party this November,” said Doheny.“I’ve been fortunate to make a lot of friends here these pasttwo years. Many have offered their help to get me to Wash-ington because they know I am the best candidate to helpgrow our economy and reduce unemployment, keep taxeslow and reduce onerous regulations on our small business.I am grateful for their support.”

Library offering book amnestyPLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh Public Library is asking

patrons with overdue books to return them between April15-21, 2012 and be cleared of all fines. This offer, coming oneweek after National Library Week, offers a chance to returnall books, DVDs and other library materials free of charge.Books may be returned to the Lending Desk at the Library,located at 19 Oak Street in Plattsburgh. Books may also bereturned by placing them in the Library’s outside book re-turn box and the inside return book slot.

We hope to reap a Spring harvest of long overdue booksand materials, which can then be ready for patrons to bor-row

Free yoga offered at RotaPLATTSBURGH —Starting Wednesday, March 14, at 5

p.m., ROTA Gallery on 19 Clinton Street, will begin hostingfree yoga classes.

A new member named Emily has offered her skills as ayoga instructor. Emily is skilled in several different types ofyoga and will be tailoring the classes to the needs of the at-tendees. Every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. we host Qi-er-cises, qigong style exercises with Jeff Cochran.

Healthy Living Workshop offered PLATTSBURGH — The Eastern Adirondack Health Care

Network and Northern Adirondack Medical Home will holda free 6-week healthy living workshop from March 21-April25 and will be held from 5-7:30 at Sibley Hall at PlattsburghState.

The Living healthy Workshop is a 6-session education pro-gram for people with any type of ongoing health conditionand compliments the health care that person may already bereceiving.


EASTER COLORING CONTEST • Ages 2-12

Deadline to Enter: March 28 th

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Winners announced in

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Saranac Lady Chiefs use speed, rebounding to reach state semifinalsBy Keith [email protected]

TROY — The 12th-ranked Saranac LadyChiefs are on to the New York State PublicHigh School Athletic Association's Class Bgirls final four after scoring a 45-33 win overthe top-ranked Watervilet Lady Cannoneersat Hudson Valley Community CollegeMarch 10.

"I had tears of joy when the final hornwent off," Morgan Maye said. "I am so excit-ed."

"We want to come out and show them whatSection VII basketball is all about next week-end," Alisha Ducatte said.

"It really has not started to hit me yet,"Kayla Napper said. "It's amazing and I amthrilled to be coming back here next week."

Ducatte led the Chiefs with 13 points andnine rebounds, while Maye scored 12 pointsto go with 10 rebounds.

Kayla Napper combined seven points withseven rebounds, while Linder scored sevento go with 14 rebounds. Gates came off thebench in the third quarter to score fourpoints, and Phaneuf had two points to gowith nine rebounds.

The Chiefs will next play in the final fourat Hudson Valley Community College onFriday, March 16, at 11:45 a.m., against Sec-tion I champ Irvington, who entered lastweekend as the second ranked team in thestate.

The Chiefs held a 51-30 edge in the re-bounding category for the game, gettingmore boards and tiring out the bigger Water-vilet squad.

"Their size did affect us around the basketin the first quarter," Chiefs head coach TimNewell said. "We called a timeout and saidthat we had to shoot through the bodies andthe fouls and play our game. A big differencewas getting their center into foul trouble andgetting the rebounds so we could run anduse our conditioning."

"If we don't rebound, we do not get to runour offense," Maye said.

"We were able to dominate on the boardsand push the ball offensively, and that was abig part of this game," Kate Gates said.

Winning the boards is what is going to winat this level," Stephanie Linder said. "It's al-ways fun to get a player boxed out and movethem out of the lane."

"Coach got onto us hard about reboundingthis week, and something must have stuck,"Victoria Phaneuf said.

"They were winded in the second half,"Kayla Napper said. "We were able to get therebounds and push the tempo. We may nothave been the taller team, but we were quick-er and we feel we are better conditioned thananyone we play against."

"Every player played their role tonight,"Newell said. "I thought that if we could con-trol the boards, we could control the tempo,and we were able to do that and got themwinded."

There was no scoring in the fourth quarteruntil the 5:31 mark, when Ailayia Demandscored on the second of two free throws forthe Cannoneers. The Chiefs quickly re-sponded as Ducatte found Maye driving tothe basket for a 43-28 lead.

Scoring remained quiet in the final eightminutes, with, the Lady Cannoneers holdinga 6-4 edge in scoring.

The Chiefs opened the third quarter whenKayla Napper stole the ball off the inboundsand scored to make it 24-19. The team thenforced a turnover on the defensive end, forc-ing a timeout from Watervilet at the 7:37mark. Maye then connected on a three-point-er for a 27-19 lead before Demand stoppedthe run by scoring the next four points forthe Cannoneers.

The Chiefs then went on another run, withMaye connecting on another three-pointer,Ducatte scoring on a drive to the basket offa Linder rebound. Gates then scored on aninbounds play and again on a Maye assist,

forcing another Watervilet timeout at 2:35 af-ter extending the lead to 38-25 with the 9-0run.

"The first three was a bank shot, but I'lltake it," Maye said. "Those threes were waybig for our run in the quarter."

"Coming off the bench and being able tohit a couple shots on a post move and jumperwere huge because we were able to keep themomentum going," Gates said. "We were re-ally fired up in the third."

Neither team scored until the 54 secondmark after the timeout, when Stephanie Lin-der hit her first free throw in four attempts.Mikayla Deguire ended the run with a postscore for the Cannoneers, but Linder scoredon a pull-up jumper as time expired to givethe Chiefs a 14-point lead. The Chiefsoutscored Watervilet, 19-8, in the quarter.

The Chiefs started to get to the free throwline in the second quarter, with Ducatte con-necting on four from the line and Kayla Nap-per two.

In the first quarter, the Chiefs struggledadjusting to the height advantage of the Can-noneers, rushing several shots inside. how-ever, they were able to connect from beyondthe arc, as Kayla Napper and Ducatte con-nected from deep to keep the Chiefs in strik-ing distance. Ducatte also hit on a mid-rangejumper from the corner.

PHS boys fall to WaterviletWhile the Plattsburgh boys varsity

jumped out to a 12-10 first quarter lead, theWatervilet Cannoneers had an answer in thesecond.

The second-ranked Section II champoutscored the unranked Section VII champ,26-7, in the second period en route to a 72-40 victory March 10.

Ethan Votraw led the Hornets with 16points in the game, while Rob Fout addedseven, Will Love six, Ab Maknani three,Hakim Bouzidane two, Damon LaBordetwo, Mike O’Connor two and Garrett Fradytwo.

The Saranac Lady Chiefs celebrate clinching a spot in the NYSPHSAA Class B Final Four. Photo by Keith Lobdell

City Beachfrom page 1

approval of Plattsburgh City lawmakers and should be as public as possible with itsprocess as it moves forward.

At the same time, the group is not required by law to make its meetings public, thoughat least one representative said it wants input from the community.

Common Council member Timothy Carpenter wondered if the committee was open tonew members.

“Can the public comment?”The Strategic Tourism Planning Committee has come forth with an idea to turn the

beach into a multi-use area that would include recreational, historical and retail attrac-tions that would utilize the Crete Memorial Civic Center and surrounding land. The planincludes hiking and running trails, paddling canals, skating, interpretive center, a con-cert venue, dining, museums and lodging and retail locations.

The plan would also include interactive exhibits, the creation of a small pond and piersconstructed over Lake Champlain for a restaurant and a retail and dining strip at the beachfront area.

Developers would also like to see a hotel and other commercial buildings constructedon the property.

But the group needed to be a recognized arm of the city to legally proceed and tacklefunding and environmental issues.

That was unanimously granted at the March 8 Common Council meeting.“At this point, we would be trying to enlarge the committee,” said Terry Meron. “We

realize the only way this project will be successful is if it has majority community sup-port.”

The group plans to hold some sort of public meeting or hearing to enlist communitysupport.

Meron stressed that his successes have been a culmination of team efforts. He’s surethis will entail a similar process, with everyone contributing little pieces to build a bet-ter idea.

Common Council member James Calnon asked whether the meetings would be coveredunder open-meeting laws.

Plattsburgh City Attorney John Clute did not believe so.“I would ask that when you meet and as you move forward you keep communication

open for the council and the mayor,” said Mayor Donald Kasprzak.Meron assured the council that would be the case.“It’s an exciting project I really believe we will have some success with,” Meron said.“It’s a huge project, and very ambitious,” Kasprzak said, “but one that is do-able.”

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“This is just the beginning of where we are.”Budget cuts seem to have become an unavoidable trend for Plattsburgh and other school

districts.In 2009-10, the district removed $600,000 from the budget; in 2010-11, $1,558,215; in 2011-

12, $1,772,825; and in 2012-13 the budget gap started at $2.5 million.Each year it becomes increasingly difficult for school officials to find areas to cut from

the budget. And while some reductions were needed, many have been painful, Short said.Short showed those gathered at the meeting a long list of items that have been cut which

barely fit on the screen. He used it as an illustration of the whittling away of the high qual-ity school the community built.

The school board has grown tired of the cutting process, Short said.The superintendent further discussed a statewide study that indicated Clinton County

was among the hardest hit in New York by reductions in state aid.“There truly is a broken structure to the aid mechanisms in the state of New York.”The budget he presented worked within the 3.01 percent tax levy cap, which was deter-

mined by a specific formula and varies from district to district.The budget gap is smaller under the most recent budget due to developments in health

insurance rates, state aid misrepresentations and budget reductions by Short that did nottouch student programs or personnel.

The current budget gap the board must bridge is $1.7 million, though if the spending planis twice defeated by voters the district would be forced to adopt a contingency budget. Un-der updated rules, under a contingency budget the tax levy cannot increase over the cur-rent levy. That would result in a $2.3 million budget gap for Plattsburgh City School.

A budget with no cuts in it would require a 13 percent increase in the tax levy.“That’s got a little sting to it,” Short said.The district may use $1.9 million in fund balance, though that is dwindling down. Short

reminded the board and audience that the fund balance is for rainy days, and “we don’tknow when it is going to stop raining.”

“We are going to need it next year,” he said. “We will be right back here again.”Plattsburgh has enjoyed a strong school system and will remain prominent in the area,

Short said, but the cuts will be painful if they have to be made.School Board member Steve Krieg would like to see no cuts, but said the district must put

forth a budget that will be voted on by citizens.Board member Patricia Bentley said the city is dependent on the school district and the

education it provides students.“It is not business as usual,” she said. “It is not going to be a simple cut.”

Boat safety course offered in PlattsburghPLATTSBURGH —The Champlain Sail and Power Squadron, a unit of the United States

Power Squadron, the world's largest boating safety education program, in conjunction withthe Continuing Education Program at Clinton Community College, is offering America'sBoating Course,a basic boating safety course. The course will be offered at Clinton Commu-nity College from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Monday evenings starting on Monday March 26 and con-tinuing for 7 weeks.

Learn the fundamentals of safe boat handling and operation, and basic piloting in onecomprehensive classroom course. Participants will learn the basics of what you need toknow to safely and comfortably go out on the water with your boat.

As all US Power Squadron instructors are volunteers there is no charge for the course.However, there is a charge of $55 for the textbook, course materials and plotting tools,whichcan be purchased from the instructor. A reduced rate is available for two family memberswho wish to share a book. For more information or to register for the course please call BobShivokevich, the course instructor at 518-493-7251 or The Office of Community and Work-force Development at Clinton Community College at 518-562-4139.

Adirondack Builders Association to hold expoPLATTSBURGH—The Adirondack Builders Association will hold their second annual

Home and Lifestyle Expo. The ABA Expo is Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties largesthome improvement and interior design show of the year. The expo will be held at the CreteCivic Center in Plattsburgh on Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sunday,March 11 from 11 a.m. until 4 pm.

The Expo will feature the latest new products and styles and resources available for newhome construction, remodeling and interior design/ decorating projects. There will be freeinformative seminars, a bounce house for the kids as well as the more than 100 booths atthe Crete Center for you to browse. The costs is $3 for Adults and children 12 and underare free. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the local Girl and Boy Scouts.

A complete list of exhibitors and seminars can be found on the ABA’s website,www.adirondackbuilders.org. You can also reach them by email at [email protected] or call 420-1020.

F r i d a y . M a r c h . 1 6 .F r i d a y . M a r c h . 1 6 .ST PATRICKS DAY BREAKFAST. St.

Patrick's Day Breakfast 2012, SUNY An-gell Center, 7:30- 9 a.m.

SENIOR ZUMBA. Seniors CitizensCouncil of Clinton County Senior Cen-ter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9:30 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

MANAGING YOUR FINANCESCLASS. Managing Your Finances -"Money Basics", North Country Centerfor Independence, 80 Sharron Ave,1:30-3 p.m. 563-9058

WATERCOLOR CLASS. Seniors Cit-izens Council of Clinton County SeniorCenter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 12:30p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

OPEN FAMILY SWIM NIGHT. Well-ness Center, at PARC,295 New YorkRoad. 7-9 p.m. $2 charge per personfor all participants. Children under 18must be accompanied by an adult.562-6860.

GARY PEACOCK TUNES ANDTRIVIA. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave.,4-7 p.m. 563-2222.

Saturday.March.17.Saturday.March.17.RACE FOR NICARAGUA. "Race the

Base, Run for Hope," to raise moneyfor Nicaragua’s youth , City Recre-ation Center, 9 a.m. $15 before March3 ($20 after). www.plattsburghrecre-ation.com

INDOOR WINTER GOLF PRO-GRAM. City Recreation Center, 52U.S. Oval, for age 9-14, 9 a.m.www.plattsburghrecreation.com

LIFE DRAWING CLASS. NorthCountry Cultural Center for the Arts, 23Brinkerhoff Street. $10, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ANNUAL FIREFIGHTERS BAN-QUET. The Clinton County Firefight-ers' Association Annual Banquet, Rain-bow Banquet Hall, 47 Woods Falls Rd,Altona.

IRISH BUFFET AND MUSIC. 3rdAnnual Fiddles, Vittles and Ales, WestSide Ballroom, 253 New York Road, 5:30p.m. $25/person. 563-0930 or 593-7828 for tickets. INDOOR WINTER GOLF PROGRAM.City Recreation Center, 52 U.S. Oval,for age 15 and older, $30, 9 a.m.www.plattsburghrecreation.com

Sunday.March.18.Sunday.March.18.INDOOR WINTER GOLF PRO-

GRAM. City Recreation Center, 52U.S. Oval, for age 15 and older, $30, 9a.m. www.plattsburghrecreation.com

SOULFULL YOGA. Soulfull SundayYoga Rota Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 11:00a.m.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS.ROTA Art Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 4 p.m.

Monday.March.19.Monday.March.19.SENIOR FITNESS CLASS. Seniors

Citizens Council of Clinton CountySenior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St.,8:15 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

QUILTING & SCRABBLE GAME.Seniors Citizens Council of ClintonCounty Senior Center, 5139 N. Cather-ine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-6186, ext.102.

Tuesday.March.20.Tuesday.March.20.SENIOR TAI CHI. Seniors Citizens

Council of Clinton County Senior Cen-ter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9:30 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

WII BOWLING LEAGUE MEETS.Seniors Citizens Council of Clinton

County Senior Center, 5139 N. Cather-ine St., 10:30 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

KIDS BALLET CLASS. North Coun-try Cultural Center for the Arts, 23Brinkerhoff Street. For kids 5 and old-er, $8, 4-5 p.m.

3 MILE CLUB.Chazy Central RuralSchool, 609 Old Route 191, 6 p.m. $3.578-7123.

TRIVIA NIGHT. Geoffries Pub, 5453Peru St. 8 p.m.

A CAPPELLA SINGING WORK-SHOP. Northern Alliance Church, 7Northern Ave, 7-10 p.m. www.cumber-landbay.org.

Wednesday.March.21Wednesday.March.21SENIOR FITNESS CLASS. Seniors

Citizens Council of Clinton CountySenior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St.,8:15 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

BINGO. Seniors Citizens Council ofClinton County Senior Center, 5139 N.Catherine St., 11 a.m. 563-6186, ext.102.

HEALTHY LIVING WORKSHOP.Workshop for people with any kind ofongoing health condition, Sibley Hall,SUNY Plattsburgh Campus. 5-7:30 p.m.314-3682.

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH MIKEPEDERSEN. Monopole, 7 ProtectionAve., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

IMPROV COMEDY PERFORM-ANCE. Olive Ridley's, 37 Court St., 10

p.m. 324-2200.

Thursday.March.22.Thursday.March.22.WINTER FARMERS MARKET. City

Recreation Center, 52 US Oval, 3-6 p.m.GARY PEACOCK TUNES AND TRIV-IA. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10p.m. 563-2222.

MUD & MERLOT POTTERY CLASS.North Country Cultural Center for theArts, 23 Brinkerhoff St., age 21 and old-er, $25/session. 5-7:30 p.m.

SENIOR ZUMBA. Town Officebuilding on Banker Road, 5-5:45p.m.$5 per night and class size is limited to40 participants.

ZUMBA. 6-7p.m. right at the Townof Plattsburgh Office building onBanker Road. $5, limited to 40 partici-pants.

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS. Ameri-can Legion, 162 Quarry Rd. 5:30 - 7 p.m.$3, 563-1000.

WORLD POKER NIGHT. GeoffriesPub, 5453 Peru St. 7-9 p.m.

F r i d a y . M a r c h . 2 3 .F r i d a y . M a r c h . 2 3 .SENIOR ZUMBA. Seniors Citizens

Council of Clinton County Senior Cen-ter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9:30 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

WATERCOLOR CLASS. Seniors Cit-izens Council of Clinton County SeniorCenter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 12:30p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

OPEN FAMILY SWIM NIGHT. Well-ness Center, at PARC,295 New YorkRoad. 7-9 p.m. $2 charge per personfor all participants. Children under 18must be accompanied by an adult.562-6860.

VALUE OF WORK AND DISABILI-TY.Session Two: The Value of Work: Dis-ability Benefits and Working, NorthCountry Center for Independence, 80Sharron Avenue, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

GARY PEACOCK TUNES ANDTRIVIA. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave.,4-7 p.m. 563-2222.

Saturday.March.24.Saturday.March.24.INDOOR WINTER GOLF PRO-

GRAM. City Recreation Center, 52U.S. Oval, for age 9-14, 9 a.m.www.plattsburghrecreation.com

LIFE DRAWING CLASS. NorthCountry Cultural Center for the Arts, 23Brinkerhoff Street. $10, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sunday.March.25.Sunday.March.25.INDOOR WINTER GOLF PRO-

GRAM. City Recreation Center, 52U.S. Oval, for age 15 and older, $30, 9a.m. www.plattsburghrecreation.com

SOULFULL YOGA. Soulfull SundayYoga Rota Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 11:00a.m.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS.ROTA Art Gallery, 19 Clinton St. 4 p.m.


By Elizabeth C. Gorski

ACROSS1 Not more than

7 Mayo to mayo, e.g.

10 “__ Blue”: George Strait

hit

13 One of the Three Bears

17 Pacify

18 No

20 Quieted

22 Cheap laugh?

24 It can knock you out

25 Commentator Coulter

26 “Evita” role

27 Casino attraction

28 Rescue squad initials

29 Ripken of baseball

30 U.S. territory divided in

1889

32 Create belt hardware in

record time?

37 Caspian feeder

39 Letters under TUV, on

many phones

40 About 30% of Africa

41 “Nothing Compares 2 U”

singer O’Connor

43 Gad about

46 Hiker’s power lunch?

50 Sweet-and-sour pita sand-

wich with a crunch?

53 Earth, to Mahler

54 Japanese veggie

55 Iceland-to-Ireland dir.

56 Vegas-based TV drama

57 Fusses

59 Ocean diver

61 Old cash register key

64 Bakery artists

67 Big 12 Conference city

68 Pet’s protective-yet-amus-

ing neckwear?

73 Ran away

74 Norwegian king who died

in 1000

75 Los __

76 Untrustworthy sort

79 Beau and Jeff, to Lloyd

81 “Pshaw!”

82 Have dinner

85 DC Comics collectible:

Abbr.

86 Actress Hatcher

89 Old-fashioned restraint

with a built-in boom box?

93 Protein shake spoonful

96 Future D.A.’s exam

97 Bless with oil

98 Sounds heard from herds

99 Sports doc’s pix

101 College application nos.

102 Plumber’s inquiry about a

drippy faucet?

108 Botanist Gray

109 Startled cries

110 Common Mkt.

111 Battleship color

112 Yellow wheels

114 Knock

117 Morning rounds?

119 Like an off-key football

lineman?

123 Latin carol starter

124 Least arduous

125 Manhattan-to-Far

Rockaway service

126 Sources of red berries

127 Soul, to Sartre

128 Galoot

129 Paine and others, reli-

giously

DOWN1 Whodunit pooch

2 Hamlet’s kin

3 Van Morrison album or

song

4 Handicapper’s hangout,

for short

5 Oyster shell

6 PC doctor

7 Not the shortest line

between two points

8 O.T. book

9 Handy

10 Demand from

11 Glucose-creating enzyme

12 Suffix with infant

13 1051, on a monument

14 Old-style term of regret

15 Mercury, for one

16 High-heeled Astaire

19 Team with 17 official Final

Four appearances

20 Guy in front of an orches-

tra

21 High rises

23 Dole running mate

28 Old knockout agent

31 Supermodel Wek

33 Dynamic leader?

34 Big cheese linked with Big

Macs?

35 Not certifiable?

36 Low island

37 Mail letters

38 Social reformer Jacob

39 Potemkin mutiny city

42 Wrap initialism

44 Rap sheet initials

45 Healing

47 Myanmar, formerly

48 “Doe, __, a female ...”

49 Rogers and Lichtenstein

51 Cliburn’s instrument

52 Every other second?

58 Actress Ward

60 Chums

61 Composer Rorem et al.

62 “Bad” cholesterol, briefly

63 JFK postings

65 Faith syst.

66 Picket line crossers

68 Blood partner

69 It may involve a flat fee

70 “The Lodger” actor

Novello

71 Sioux enemies

72 “Mean Girls” actress

73 IMHO cousin

77 Teen comic originally

focused on social graces

78 Some fine print

80 ’60s campus gp.

82 Duds for the downwardly

mobile?

83 Forearm bone

84 Vet’s charges

87 Medieval violin-like instru-

ment

88 Jordan neighbor

90 “__ Said”: Neil Diamond

hit

91 Other, in Oaxaca

92 Sprockets

94 “Modern Family” airer

95 “Of Human Bondage”

author

100 Machu Picchu architect

102 Longtime morning show

103 __ Island

104 “So what else __?”

105 Delete

106 Indian wedding dress, per-

haps

107 Like go-getters

108 Ease

113 Barely

115 Came down to earth

116 Cross creations

118 __ Constitution

119 Crossing site

120 Egyptian viper

121 Fr. holy woman

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New 2012 Ford Fiesta SE

$ 16,990

STK #EN372 • Air, Auto, Premium Sound System, SYNC System, Cruise

MSRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,850 Ford Retail Customer Cash . . . . . . . . . -$750 Dealer Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -$110

Offer ends 4/2/12

39 MPG HWY

New 2012 Ford Focus SE

$ 17,990

STK #EN118 • Air, Auto, Cruise, Heated Seats, Pwr Windows & Locks

MSRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,650 Ford Retail Customer Cash . . . . . . -$2,000 Dealer Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -$660

Offer ends 4/2/12

38 MPG HWY

New 2012 Ford Fusion SE

$ 23,985

STK #EN327 • Air, Auto, Pwr Seat/ Windows/Locks, Reverse Sensing, Moonroof, SYNC System

MSRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,985 Ford Retail Customer Cash . . . . . . -$1,500 Ford Retail Bonus Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 FMCC Retail Bonus Cash* . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Dealer Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -$750

Offer ends 4/2/12

33 MPG HWY

New

$ 29,890

STK #EN255 • 5.0 V8, Air, Auto, Cruise, Trailer Tow, Pwr Window & Locks

MSRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,880 Ford Retail Customer Cash . . . . . . -$2,000 Ford Retail Bonus Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 FMCC Retail Bonus Cash* . . . . . . . . $1,000 Dealer Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -$1,490

Offer ends 4/2/12

19 MPG HWY

New 2012 Ford Escape XLT 4x4

$ 24,990

STK #SEN349 • Air, Auto, Pwr Seat/ Locks/Windows, Moonroof, SYNC System

MSRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,440 Ford Retail Customer Cash . . . . . . -$2,000 Ford Retail Bonus Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Dealer Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -$950

Offer ends 4/2/12

27 MPG HWY

New

$ 34,450

STK #EN05 • 5.0 V8, Auto, Dual Zone, AC, Electronics w/Navigation, Comfort Pkg

MSRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,450 Ford Retail Customer Cash . . . . . . -$3,000 Dealer Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -$2,000

Offer ends 4/2/12

25 MPG HWY

2012 Ford F-150 Supercab STX 4x4 2012 Ford Mustang GT


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2008 Chevy Impala LT CP228 OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded

$ 15,980 OR $ 264 *

/MO.

2008 Chevy Equinox AWD Sport CR50A, Leather Heated Seats, OnStar, XM Radio, Fully Loaded!

$ 14,980 OR $ 243 *

/MO.

2001 Chevy Tahoe LT CR127B, Fully Loaded

$ 9,200 OR $ 221 *

/MO.

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan CP239, “Crew” Pkg, DVD, Leather, Fully Loaded

$ 21,880 OR $ 352 *

/MO.

2006 Jeep Wrangler CQ39C, “Golden Eagle Pkg.”, 5 Speed

$ 13,880 OR $ 269 *

/MO.

2010 Dodge Caliber SXT CP230, Fully Loaded, Satelite Radio (also in Black)

$ 14,980 OR $ 239 *

/MO.

2009 Pontiac Vibe AWD AM44A, Fully Loaded, On-Star, XM Radio

$ 15,480 OR $ 256 *

/MO.

2011 Chevy Tahoe LT CP241, Leather, Fully Loaded, XM Radio, OnStar

$ 35,480

2002 Chevy Trailblazer 4x4 CQ308A, Fully Loaded, plus a Moonroof

$ 9,875 OR $ 198 *

/MO.

CHECK OUT CHECK OUT CHECK OUT THESE QUALITY THESE QUALITY THESE QUALITY USED VEHICLES! USED VEHICLES! USED VEHICLES!

2011 Chevy Cruze Eco CR36A, 6 Speed, Fully Loaded, On-Star, XM Radio

$ 18,800 OR $ 302 *

/MO.

40 40 MPG MPG

2008 Chevy Tahoe LT CR137A, Heated Seats, Fully Loaded, XM Radio, On-Star

$ 26,980 OR $ 443 *

/MO.

We have (2) CHEVY VOLTS in stock!

Check out the all-new

CHEVY SONIC CR 25,

fully loaded! Great fuel economy and in our

showroom!

GIVE BUZZY, BUCKY OR BRUCE A CALL TODAY FOR MORE GREAT EVERYDAY SAVINGS! 518-873-6389

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GREAT SELECTION GREAT SELECTION GREAT SELECTION OF TRUCKS & SUVS OF TRUCKS & SUVS OF TRUCKS & SUVS

Route 9 • Elizabethtown, NY • www.adirondackchevrolet.com Route 9 • Elizabethtown, NY • www.adirondackchevrolet.com

Stk# CR94 • LT, AWD, OnStar, XM

Radio, Loaded $ 363 PER MONTH †† *

Stk# CR86 • LS, Fully Loaded,

OnStar, XM Radio $ 232 PER MONTH †† *

Stk# CR73 • LS, Auto, Fully Loaded, OnStar,

XM Radio $ 226 PER MONTH †† *

*TAX, TITLE, REG. NOT INCLUDED. †† 10,000 MILES PER YEAR/39 MONTH LEASE. **MUST OWN GM PRODUCT.

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