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www.Jfewsenterprise.org SATURDAY December 12 2009
Someone will decide where you spend the rest of your life.
sure it's you.
Without adequate funding for family caregiver support and programs such as
home-delivered meals, fewer people will have the choice to stay in their homes
} as they grow older. In addition, the state will have to spend even more money on
more costly and restrictive institutional care. People deserve the right to have
long-term care choices.
That's why it's so important to call today. Urge your state senator to support
family caregivers and programs that allow people to stay in their homes and out
of expensive and more restrictive institutional care.
Call your senator toll-free at -t-800-869-5861.
For more information on caregiving and programs that help people remain
in their homes, visit aarp.org/ny.
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Pearsall Foundations announces 2009 grant awards Received a record amount of applications
By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs. com
JOHNSBURG — The Trustees of the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation have announced the recipients of their 2009 grant awards. They received a record-setting amount of applications at 74.
Given the need, the trustees voted to increase the value of this
year's grants. "We are dedicated to improving
the quality of life for year round residents of the Adirondacks and we saw a greater need this year," said trustee Glen Pearsall. "We judge recipients based on how they accomplish this."
Pearsall is one of four trustees along with his wife and two children. They fulfilled the need, either in whole or in part, of 28 of the
organizations who applied this year.
Recipients of their 2009-2010 grant funding year include:
Programs and not-for-profit organizations being funded this year include:
* Wildlife Institute of Eastern New York for their "Adirondack Animals" programs in elementary schools within the Adirondack Park.
* Wells Memorial Library Asso
ciation to expand their print collection.
* Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Warren County for their youth programming
* First Night Saranac Lake for family entertainment.
* North Country Public Radio for their "Natural Selections" programming.
* Adirondack Museum for their "Cabin Fever" series.
* Pendragon Theatre for a fall-winter production brought to Tan
nery Pond Community Center and Indian Lake Theatre.
* Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Essex County for volunteer training and recognition.
* Seagle Music Colony to bring staged children's operas to various Adirondack communities.
* Protect the Adirondacks! for their Adirondack Park Sustainable Forestry Project.
* North Creek Depot Museum for Johnsburg School Days
See GRANTS, page 2
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By Lindsay Yandon [email protected]
ELIZABETHTOWN — Readers of the News Enterprise can now stay in touch with their editor and receive instant breaking news updates on Facebook. The page will be regularly updated with breaking news, posts to the edi tor 's blog and poll questions.
Facebook, the popular social networking site, allows for users to become "fans" of the page. "Fans" will have the opportunity to interact with other readers as well as receive instant updates to their computers or cells phones in between the publication of print editions.
The page is linked to the Denton Publications online news feed and breaking news stories will be automatically posted there.
The News Enterprise's Facebook page can be accessed through its Denton Publications website, www.nevvsenterprise.org. The page is accessible to non-Facebook users, who wish to only check updates and not interact through posts.
The. News Enterprise page already has over 100 "fans" and is rapidly growing while connecting a newspaper, which is decades old to its readers through one of the newest and most popular sources of technological networking.
Facebook, which began as a sijte airfted toward college ag^i^dleru^s .is now See FACEBOOK, page 12
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Selfeet students from Minerva Central School participated in the North Creek Chri Kelly, fourth grade teacher Kathy Halloran and music teacher Sabrina LaPointe. Students who participated were Ava Anderson, Meghan Dunkley, Jordan Charbonneau, Alexandria Johnson, Blake Piper, Andrew Piper, Grant Printy, Amber Vanderwarker, Shane Vanderwiele and Bethanie Viele. The trip was planned as part of Minerva Central School's ongoing initiative to give back to the community in the form of service to others.
Photo Courtesy of Minerva Central School
Public decries sales tax hike plan By Thom Randall [email protected])
QUEENSBURY — About 100 people attended a special meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors convened Dec. 10 to consider a proposed sales tax hike, and every citizen stepping to the microphone but one voiced objection to the measure*, which was endorsed in concept last week by the board*
More than a dozen speakers attacked the proposed, raise in sales tax from 7 to 8 percent, calling for further cuts in county programs.
The show of indignation over a sales tax increase prompted the board to set
an additional budget-cutting meeting for Tuesday, and at that six-hour meeting, a variety of reductions were made totaling about $700,000, county offi-
"You never saw a project you didn't like, now you're at the bottom of the barrel."
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cials said late Tuesday. Among the concepts discussed, they
said, were privatiziing either or both the county airport and the county's Countryside Adult Home, and selling
the county's share of Gaslight-Village. They also talked about lowering
their own-pay, as well as the county's non-union employees, by 5 percent. The latter idea failed because it would create a disparity between those workers and CSEA union,, employees which have so far refused to reopen contract negotiations * and- reduce a Pending paV increase * ,. -s, \-'
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posed sales tax hike in their 2010'budg-et, which is still under development A state deadline of Dec. 20 is loomin^fj the spending plan> whicfy
By Lindsay Yandon [email protected]
INDIAN LAKE — Fifth students at Indian
Lake Central School received awards recently from the Hamilton County Soil and Water District upon their completion of an essay contest.
On Sept. 24, the students attended the 30th Annual Lynn Galusha Memorial Conservation Field Day in Lake Pleasant. The event was attended by 103 local students, who interactively learned about subjects ranging from forestry aquatic bio-diversity.
"Students were asked to write about their favorite presentation of the day and explain how they view things differently xrow that they know this information," said Indian Lake Superintendent David Snide.
The judges received en*-tries from fifth graders all over Hamilton County and of the 32 entries, Andrew Brown of Indian Lake was the overall winner with his essay on. storm water pollution prevention. He received a free 4-H summer camp session donated by Cornell Cooperative Extension.
On Nov. 10, representatives ftomuHarrdlum County Soil and Water District visited the fifth grade classroom
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