THE HAGUE CHRONICLE

Published Monthly Since 1972 www.thehaguechronicle.org Hague, 12836 Volume 47 Number 08 Aug 2018

INFORMATION FOR FIRE AT TROUT HOUSE SEWER DISTRICT RESIDENTS On the night of August 4, 2018, there was a cabin fire at Trout House Village in Hague. According to Alice Patchett, ?There had been about a four-hour power The Sewer Advisory Committee, which outage and when it came back on, the coffee pot in the Iroquois kitchen caught was appointed by the Town Board in fire immediately.? 2014, hosted an informational meeting for homeowners on Wednesday Alice continued, "It just happened evening, July 25, 2018. Since many that 'one of NY?s finest,' a residents were unable to attend, we professional firefighter from are providing a brief overview here. Brooklyn by the name of Lt. Gordon Reebe, was a guest at the Supervisor Edna Frasier explained that resort. He and several other guests the mission of the sewer system is to ran up to the cabin and put it out protect the health and welfare of the within ten minutes using community, preserve the water quality extinguishers and hoses." of Lake George and its tributaries, assure continuous compliance with The Hague Volunteer Fire state and federal laws, provide reliable Department arrived in full force within moments of being called ? fire, EMS and service to ratepayers, and maintain the fire police ? and confirmed that the fire was completely out by the use of thermal equipment and system in a imaging. sustainable, cost-effective manner. Thankfully, there were no injuries. The family that was staying in the cabin was playing in the front yard waiting for the power to come back on. Hague?s sewer system was placed under a consent order from NY State Alice reports that the kitchen will have to be redone and that there was heavy in 2014 because its effluent had not smoke damage, so it will take six to eight weeks to repair the cabin. She is grateful continuously met state standards. An that no one was hurt. engineering report, required by that She and her husband, Scott, greatly appreciate the quick response and the good consent order and completed in 2015, work of the HVFD. ? outlined the improvements that would - ? Chief Operator Joe McDowell and 2A presented at the July meeting Operator John Sheehan, both of whom demonstrated that both of these work very hard to maintain and requirements are being fulfilled. continuously improve the system on a The Sewer Advisory Committee has very tight budget. To supplement the spent considerable time rewriting the budget, the Town of Hague regularly Hague sewer law to tighten it up and applies for grant funding and has been assign clearer lines of responsibility in successful in some cases. terms of permits, inspections, and Hague?s system was named Wastewater enforcement. The new law, passed by Treatment System of the Year by the the town board earlier this year, retains be required to bring the system into New York Rural Water Association the provision that all properties within compliance. The good news is that (NYRWA) earlier this year, evidence of the sewer district must be hooked up to nearly all of these improvements have the tremendous strides that have been the sewer. The town is working with now been achieved. The great progress made. Ratepayers should expect a approximately 21 property owners who that has been made over the past few sewer system that functions properly have not yet done so that to ensure years is thanks, in no small measure, and that the money they pay is used they do so at the earliest possible date. to our excellent operators at the plant cost-effectively. The information Continued on page 5 ? 2 ? Aug 2018

SENIOR CLUB NEWS We canceled the trip to the HVFD Shelburne Museum. by Pat Hintze, President Our next event will be on August 24, by Meg Haskell 2018 to the Old Hudson 17 Building Twenty-seven of us enjoyed July was a very busy month Museum/Tour and then we?ll go to our Adirondack Bay Cruise for both fire and EMS. We Elvis at Ti High School on the 25th of and dinner at George?s responded to 28 EMS calls August. Contact me about tickets. Restaurant on the east side of the using 106.5 volunteer hours and lake. On our next trip, 28 of us took a The Annual Picnic at the Fire had 53 fire calls and drills using beautiful boat ride on the Blue Department Pavilion will be on 435 volunteer hours. We also Mountain Lake Boat Livery, followed August 28th at noon. Bring your responded to eight marine rescue by lunch at Indian Lake Restaurant. favorite dish to share. calls. The trip scheduled for September We held our Annual Steak Roast 7th has been canceled and we?ll be on August 4, 2018 and although going to the ADK 102 Dinner at the the weather didn?t cooperate, we Best Western on September 13th had a good turnout and instead. The cost is $30 per person responded to two fire calls! We but the club will pay $10 of it. postponed having our annual basket raffle until October 6th. On the 20th of September, we will go There will be more information on to Lizzie Keays Restaurant in that next month. Warrensburg for our Snowbird Dinner. We each pay our own way. Enjoy the rest of the summer and stay safe! ? Check us out on Facebook, where Pat Hintze, Colette Davis, and you can see photos and what?s Carol Barnwell coming up. ? TACC MEMBER FOCUS Ruah Bed and Breakfast is a - turn-of-the-century elegant home CARILLON GARDEN CLUB with spacious rooms and spectacular lake and mountain The Carillon Garden Club will be hosting a soup and salad luncheon meeting on views. Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 11:30 am at the Hague Community Center. Everyone is welcome, but both members and guests must call Anita Masten at It has been featured in House 518-543-6952 to make reservations by September 13th. There will be a charge of Beautiful, on PBS, and in numerous $10 for non-members. articles in magazines and newspapers. It was chosen as ''One Valerie Cleary, noted Vermont of the best undiscovered B & B's in Floral Designer, dynamic speaker, America.? and Flower Show Judge will speak about and demonstrate: ?Creating the Future From the Past, An Historical Approach to Floral Design.? Cleary will create six different floral designs, which will all be raffled off after the program. The Carillon Garden Club is dedicated to community beautification, education, and protecting the environment. Most rooms access the balcony For more information about the club, please contact Joyce Cooper, vice-president overlooking the lake. All rooms have and membership chair at 518-585-2640 or Ann Westervelt, co-president, at private bathrooms and air 518-585-6548. conditioning and some even have The club meets on the third Thursday of the month, March through November, fireplaces. A full breakfast is served generally at The Hague Community Center and is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) in the gracious dining room. The organization. New members are always welcome. ? living room features a grand piano. It is at 9221 Lake Shore Drive and is HAGUE CHRONICLE NEWS: Please send all news items to Editor, Bobbi Bryant owned by Peter and Judy Foster. For Taylor, at: [email protected]. Thank you! more information, call 518-543-8816 or go to http://www.ruahbb.com. ? ? 3 ? Aug 2018

MADE IN HAGUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MET On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, the Hague CONNIE SMITH by Pat McDonough Historical Society met at the Hague Community Center. President Mary Connie Smith is a multi-talented crafts person, Behr called the meeting to order. who is contributing her goods to Made in Hague After a brief business meeting, Joseph this year. Her quilted coasters, placemats, and Cutshall-King spoke to the packed table runners reflect her enthusiasm for colors, audience about photographer, artist, fabrics and shapes. They are real eye-catchers! As writer, cartographer, and world Connie says, ?Choosing the color of the cloth and traveler, Seneca Ray Stoddard. deciding where to place the different pieces so Cutshall-King was the Director of the the colors complement or contrast each other to Chapman Historical Museum at the give the desired effect is an enjoyable task.? time it first obtained the Stoddard The history of quilting can be traced back Collection in 1977. centuries. When European settlers came to the Americas, they brought with them their knowledge of quilting and since those early years, American quilting has become a sophisticated art form. Connie reports that she started quilting fifteen years ago and she continues on a learning curve. She quilts her smaller pieces herself and she takes larger ones, like king-size quilts, to Maletta Hourigan?s Your Quilt Shoppe in Ticonderoga, where they are machine-quilted on a long-arm machine.

Although Connie has tried her hand at many crafts, creating beaded jewelry is He explained that as a 19th century one of her current interests. She tells us, ?The types, shapes, and colors of American photographer, Stoddard was beads are endless and I enjoy the process of selection as much as I enjoy the world-renowned and that his process of creating ankle bracelets, bracelets, and necklaces.? You?ll find her photographs have been compared to beaded works at Made in Hague. many of the Hudson River School Connie and her husband Mike (Strutz) are year-round residents of Hague and painters. monthly contributors to The Hague Chronicle. They?ve had their home here for more than 23 years and now that they?re retired, they summer here and winter in their RV in . Sounds like the best of both worlds! ? - RIBBON CUTTING ? WILLIAM BOYD CENTER by Pat McDonough Despite the overcast afternoon, light poured in through the generous banks of Stoddard began to photograph Lake windows at the ribbon- George in 1868 and created hundreds cutting ceremony for of photographs of its hotels, steamboat the new William Boyd landings, islands, and its dramatic Center at the Silver Bay shoreline. He took over ten thousand YMCA on Friday, images in the August 3, 2018. Mike before his death in 1917. D?Attilio, Chair of the Board of Trustees, l to r: Assemblyman Dan Stec, Silver Bay Board Chairman Cutshall-King wrote the introductory hosted the Mike D?Attilio, CEO Steve Tamm, Virginia and Manning Smith, essay for a new book that has been well-attended Senator Betty Little, Hague Supervisor Edna Frasier and published by the Chapman Historical ceremony. The Principal Architect Mike Phinney. Museum in Glens Falls called Water & speakers included Light: S.R. Stoddard?s Lake George. Copies New York District 45 State Senator Betty Little, Principal Architect Mike Phinney, of this book were for sale and Silver Bay YMCA CEO Steve Tamm, Silver Bay Chaplain Bruce Tamlyn, and William Cutshall-King autographed them. Boyd's great-granddaughter, Virginia Smith. The meeting was adjourned and Continued on page 5 refreshments were served. ? ? 4 ? Aug 2018

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - 7/ 26/ 2018 presented the statement to Mike?s widow, Maureen, and several Chairman Robert Goetsch, Jon Hanna, Ray Snyder, Chris family members who were Navitsky, Maureen Cherubini, Lindsay Mydlarz, and Linda present. Mury were all present. Steve Ramant noted that the USPS SISCA (76.20-1-3.1) 8 Silver Bay Road (TRIR) is trying to eliminate Mary Ann Osier?s position as postal deliverer The board approved a request for a 4? high x 27? long split rail in Hague at the end of August and fence to be installed 23 ft. from Lake George. ? replace her with a contract worker. Mary Ann is only five PLANNING BOARD OF APPEALS - 8/ 2/ 2018 years from retirement and has ties to this town. They want to transfer her to Fort Ann. Steve has contacted Elise Stefanik?s office, hoping to get a stay. Chairman Dick Frasier and Board Members Dan Belden, Martin Fitzgerald, Sr., Meg Haskell, Pam Peterson, and Judy Meg Haskell, representing a group planning a town-wide Gourley were all present. There is one vacancy. garage sale for Saturday, October 6, 2018 from 9 am to 4 pm, requested bed tax money from the town for MURY (25.4-1-31) 11 Sunset Hill Road (OC1) advertising and promotion. They plan to have a The board granted a lot line change of .512 acres of two town-wide map showing the location of various sales. parcels, with the condition that the adjoining lots be merged. The HVFD will do a basket raffle and sell food. BULLOCK (60.5-1-3) Chipw ick Lane (TR1) Walt Peterson requested information on the moratorium The applicants are requesting a Sketch Plan Review of a on solar installations, as he wants to install solar panels two-lot subdivision. The board decided to wait for APA action in his yard. The moratorium ends on October 6th and with regard to the wetlands. Cathy Clark hopes the committee members will meet soon so that a proposal can be referred to the Town SMAYDA (60.9-1-31) 44 Bobkat Lane (TR1) Board. The owners are applying for a variance so they may replace During committee and other reports, the board: an existing patio, retaining wall, and steps. A site visit will be held. Learned there were a couple of minor NYS boiler LEVINE (43.17-1-13) Lakeshore Drive (TR1) inspection violations in the Community Center and that the sound system is being worked on. The owners are applying for Type 1 Site Plan Review to construct a new dwelling within 100 ft. of the lake. A site visit Heard that the new truck at the Highway Department will be held. was ?close to getting here,? two men are out on disability, and two are on vacation. CASHMAN (43.17-1-1) 8810 Lakeshore Drive (TR1) Heard that this is the last week for lifeguards and that the The owners would like to relocate an existing two-bedroom launch will be closed on Saturday until noon for the Open cottage and are also applying for a Type 1 Site Plan Review to Water swim. construct a new dwelling within 100 ft. of the lake on the parcel, which is 5.28 acres and is large enough for two Among the items in New Business, the board approved structures on the one parcel. A site visit will be held. ? the following: A resolution to approve an agreement to receive $1,325 TOWN BOARD - 8/14/2018 through the Warren County Youth Program, which will go toward the fees for the Silver Bay Summer Youth Program. Supervisor Edna Frasier and Board Members Martin Fitzgerald, II, Joshua Patchett, and Steve Ramant were Appointment of Josh Patchett to the Warren County present. There was one vacancy at the time the meeting Youth Board. was called to order. A moment of silence was held for Jay Agreement with the Town of Chester for the use of their Jordan. animal shelter for the housing of seized animals. Jon Hanna, on behalf of the Warren County Republican ZEO Cathy Clark discussed her Zoning Report. She noted Committee, recommended to the board that Jack Bast fill there have been 19 violations this year to date. She urges the term of the late Mike Cherubini. The board approved property owners, as well as their contractors, to contact the recommendation and thanked Jack for being willing to her before any construction begins and before structures serve. He will have to be sworn in before taking office next like sheds, signs, fences, tanks, and so forth are placed month. on the property. Failure to obtain a permit prior to the Stacie Dina, Office Manager for Elise Stefanik, appeared installation of any of these structures is a violation. Clark before the board at the invitation of Steve Ramant. She read noted, ?Currently the installation of fences and sheds a statement that will be entered into the Congressional without a permit is the biggest problem.? ? Record, honoring the service of Mike Cherubini. She ? 5 ? Aug 2018

SOUNDINGS SEWER DISTRICT stickers are available at the Community Center and at the Continued from page 1 treatment plant. For answers to BORN: Reese Gray Taylor, July 27, Attendees at the July meeting not only Frequently Asked Questions, see the 2018, to Ryan and Abbie Taylor of learned about what the town and its presentation from the informational Chicago, IL and Hague. She is the staff are doing to ensure a meeting and other information on the granddaughter of Dave and Julie well-functioning, cost-effective system, town?s wastewater treatment plant DeVries of Lombard, IL and David and but also what they, as homeowners, website: https://townofhague.org/ Bobbi Taylor of Pine Cove, Hague. can do to protect the system and thus departments/wastewater- help keeps costs down. This includes treatment-plant. MARRIED: Lara C. Smith, of Hague, putting no products other than and Ronald J. Ryder, also from Hague, The staff has conducted several tours toilet paper in the toilet and never at Grace Memorial Chapel, Sabbath of the plant over the past few weeks putting grease down Day Point on Saturday, August 11, for homeowners who want the drain. 2018. Lara is the daughter of Barbara to better understand the Homeowners were C. Smith and the late William Chandler plant?s operation. Feedback also reminded to leave Smith of Morristown, NJ and Hague. has been overwhelmingly the power to their Ron's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gary positive, with participants pump on at all times, Ryder of Florida and Hague. ? calling the tour ?highly to flush their systems informative? and ?very when leaving home for educational.? a week or more, and Please send announcements of that it is illegal to connect a sump Members of Hague?s Sewer Advisory births, marriages, graduations, pump to the sewer system. Committee: Edna Frasier, Joe awards, or deaths to McDowell, Diane Trudeau, Jim Beaty, [email protected]. The Town of Hague has new stickers Ginger Kuenzel, Chris Navitsky, and for homeowners to place on their Phil Smith. Facilitator: Steve Grimm sewer alarm box with the number to from the New York Rural Water call if their alarm goes off. These Association (NYRWA). ? RIBBON CUTTING Continued from page 3 - Key among their comments were deep TI DOWNTOWN GALLERY THE NORTHERN LAKE appreciation for the funds contributed for the building; the cooperation, ARTISTS OF THE ADIRONDACKS will be GEORGE ROTARY dedication, and professionalism of the opening on Friday, August 31, 2018, at DINNER Silver Bay staff; the economic impact 5 pm. Featured artists will be: Susan of the construction on the Cacici, Jack Collins, Susan Darrin, Mary As a way to thank the community surrounding communities and north Ann Eaton, Jim O?Toole, Brenda-Jean members for their support country contractors; the efforts to Rider, Vicki Stewart, Richard Stout, throughout the year, the Northern build an environmentally sound and Mike Strutz. Lake George Rotary will hold its annual International Dinner on facility; and the wonder at what Silver Artists from throughout the northeast Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 6 Bay?s spirit represents today and for will be coming to paint our beautiful pm in Gullen Lounge at the Silver the future. area on the weekend of September Bay Conference Center. Steve Tamm spoke of ?standing on the 15 and 16, 2018. On Saturday shoulders? of the generations who morning, many plein air artists will be Tours of the new William Boyd came before us and of carrying on the taking to the out-of-doors to paint the Center will be available. mission of Silver Bay. He thanked the water, plants, and animals along the Silver Bay YMCA staff who had worked La Chute River. Throughout that There will be a Silent Auction and so hard during the construction weekend, the artists will be seen a 50/50 drawing. phase, especially COO Carolyn Close. painting along our roads, in the parks The cost for the all-inclusive The final speaker was Bruce Tamlyn, and towns, and around the local dinner with beverages, appetizers, who urged those in attendance to lakes. The artists will be happy to chat choice of International entrees, dream of all those who would follow with interested folks while they paint. and dessert is $30 per person, in the years to come ? all those who The weekend will culminate with a which includes the gratuity. would learn, and share, and grow in show and reception, which will be free the very space where we sat. and open to the public, on September Those wishing to go can obtain Following the speakers, light 16th from 11 am - 2 pm at the tickets in advance from Rotary refreshments were offered and the Downtown Gallery, 119 Montcalm members or can call Diane official ribbon cutting took place in the Street. For more information, email Dickson at 518-543-8051 to make lobby of the new building. ? [email protected]. ? reservations. ?

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and gather the food for the colony for of these solutions if the wasp nest is still NATURALLY SPEAKING the rest of the season. As soon as the attached to your house! You may queen has enough workers, she choose to hire a professional to do by Connie Smith becomes an egg-laying machine. this for you. This month?s article is going It is not known if there is some form of Humans are the greatest enemies of to be about summertime communication within the wasp the nest-building wasps. Angry pests. No, not those colony, but the fact that wasps will swarms often follow the disturbance unexpected guests who overstay their gather rapidly at a of a nest. If you are stung by welcome. Insect pests. Stinging insect picnic table laden a wasp, wash the sting area pests. Wasps, to be precise. with food indicates with soap and water to There are several thousand species of some kind of transfer remove as much of the wasps in New York State. Wasps are of information. venom as possible. Apply a "social" since they like to ?hang out? cold pack to the wound to All paper-nesting together. reduce swelling and pain. wasps have a single Keep the wound clean and A colony is started early in the spring nest entrance. To dry. Those who are allergic by a single fertilized queen. The capture a nest, may develop an anaphylactic queens mate in the fall and hibernate quickly plug the nest reaction. under loose bark, in decaying logs, hole with a wad of and, on rare occasions, in the ground. cotton at night. The The word "wasp" comes When the queen emerges in spring, disturbed wasps will from Old English and has an she begins to construct her nest. She need several minutes to tear a hole in Indo-European root, which is first constructs a paper nest from another part of the nest. Cut the nest related to the Latin word for weave, rotting wood. The nest contains only a down and remove it. Put it in a metal perhaps due to the wasp?s web-like few cells and, in each, she lays a single garbage can and thoroughly spray it nest. with insecticide, fill the can with water, egg. The first social wasps that emerge Let's all try to avoid wasps and all or set fire to the nest while it is inside are sterile females called "workers." summertime pests, perhaps even the These workers make the nest larger the metal can. You won't want to try any two-legged kind! ? - In 2017, the FUND launched The - Continued leadership and financial WATER QUALITY MATTERS Model for Enduring Protection of Lake engagement with The S.A.V.E. (focus on George, which outlined three core invasive species) Lake George by Mike Strutz operating principles: the use of Partnership. Clear. Clean. Forever. partnerships, innovation, and - Recognition of The FUND?s Model by investment to drive success. The Words on the cover the NYS Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) accomplishments include: of the Fund for Lake Initiative George's Annual - A first-ever science to solutions - Recognition of the Jefferson Project, Report that so Dedicated to program for reducing the use of The FUND?s award-winning simply and beautifully Protecting harmful road salt. The goal is to collaboration with IBM and RPI, by the express something the Water reduce salt by 50% basin-wide by 2020. NYS HABs Initiative for its data-driven, we all hope for the Quality of The Town of Lake George is on track to sensor-powered potential to predict future. We are Lake George meet this goal by 2019. and detect HABs occurrence. blessed to have an - Measurable water quality organization so well The FUND awarded a grant of $3,500 to improvements resulting from The supported by private donations support further improvements in the FUND?s matching grant program. This and dedicated to the protection of Town of Hague?s wastewater treatment program has upgraded nearly 20% of the water quality of Lake George. In plant. the septic systems in Dunhams Bay the last five years, The FUND has and will be expanded to other priority Further information can be found on made targeted investments of locations in the basin. the website fundforlakegeorge.org. nearly $6m, and more than $1.1m in 2017. - A powerful new formula prioritizing Please consider The FUND in your the effective management of septic charitable gift giving for a clear and The annual meeting held at the systems, achieved through a clean future for Lake George. Sagamore in July was well-attended NYS-funded partnership with the Town and those of us there heard from Visit the Hague Water Quality of Lake George. various speakers about the Awareness Committee on Facebook or achievements of the past year and - Scientific research and direct contact one of our Steering Committee a look to the year ahead. This is a investments to improve municipal members: Al Rider (Chairman), Jim summary page from the FUND's wastewater treatment plants in Lake Beaty, Lance Clark, Ginger Kuenzel, annual report. George Village and the Town of Bolton. Steve Ramant, or me. ? ? 7 ? Aug 2018

CLIMATE CHANGE TREKONDEROGA 2018 CONFERENCE AT SILVER BAY The fourth annual Trekonderoga will take Registration for the conference, Adirondack place Friday, August 24th through Sunday, Communities: Preparing for and Responding August 26th, 2018. It will again continue to to Climate Change, to be held at Silver Bay be a small, intimate setting where attendees on Saturday, October 27, 2018, is now can meet Star Trek stars and participate in open at www.northcountryclimate.org. events up-close. The program will address: There are two special guests this year: Karl Urban and Robin Curtis. New Zealand-born 1. Disast er Preparedness - How our local Urban actively pursued and won the role of communities will provide shelter, food, Dr. Leonard McCoy for 2009?s motion water, available energies, and multiple picture Star Trek. In his portrayal, he evoked format communications in the event of a many of the subtle mannerisms and natural disaster such as flood, wildfire, vocalisms made famous by DeForest Kelley. severe weather, or other catastrophic He is active on the convention circuit and events. This will include information on makes his first appearance at this year?s how to save yourself and your family. Trekonderoga. 2. Impact of Current Climate Robin Curtis was cast in the role of Fluctuations On: tourism, human Lieutenant Saavik in Leonard Nimoy?s Star population shifts, food sources, native Trek III ? The Search for Spock. She also flora and fauna, disease spread, and played Saavik in Star Trek IV ? The Voyage Home in a short ?this is good-bye? sustainable economic growth. appearance. She was a Vulcan disguised as a Romulan in Star Trek ? The Next 3. Building the Fut ure We Want In t he Generation?s two-part episode ?Gambit? and later appeared in the Babylon 5 episode Adirondacks: How can communities join ?Deathwalker?. This will be Robin?s first appearance at Trekonderoga. together to promote actions today that For further information, go to https://www.startrektour.com/trekonderoga. ? will build toward a shared vision for our region? The conference cost (senior and student FALLON KENNEDY WINS SCHOLARSHIP rates available) includes: In honor of Dottie Henry, the Board of Directors 1. Breakfast, lunch and dinner of The Hague Chronicle established the Dorothy 2. Keynote Speakers and Henry Scholarship. It is awarded annually to a Presentations/Workshops graduating senior from Ticonderoga High School 3. Panel on Climate Action who is a resident of Hague. The first recipient 4. Dancing was named in 2007. 5. Exhibits/Vendors This year?s recipient is Fallon Kennedy. She will 6. Learn how to make go bags and enter SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall, where she prevent algal blooms will enroll in the BA MST program in Global For further information, contact Dean History. This will allow her to receive both a Steve Danna, SUNY Plattsburgh. at bachelor?s and a master?s degree in five years. 518-792-5425. ? She intends to teach high school history. She said the best advice she ever received LGLC LIVING LAND SERIES pertaining to academics was from her favorite teacher, Miss Jody Sutphen, her high school history teacher. Sutphen told her, On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 5:30 ?Follow your dreams. You will be an amazing teacher some day. I am so proud of pm, the Lake George Land Conservancy you.? This caused Fallon?s passion for history and teaching to grow even stronger. (LGLC) will present its Living Lands Series program, Adk Bats, at the LGLC Office in Fallon revealed that she had failed sixth grade in another town due to a home Bolton Landing. situation. She moved to Hague to live with her father, Brian Kennedy, and his fiancé, Renee Russel Swinton. Mr. Donohue, the middle school principal, allowed NYS DEC Wildlife Technician Kate Ritzko her to take their sixth graders' finals from that year and since she passed them all, will present a brief overview of bat she was permitted to move onto seventh grade. species in NY and a discussion on the devastating effects of White Nose When asked what her secret to academic success was, she said that it was Syndrome. She will also explore the threefold: current population trends and what 1. Having people behind her who believed in her. research and management practices are 2. Pushing herself hard to be the best she could be. going on now. To register, go to 3. Showing others how they could be their best. https://lglc.us2.list-manage.com/track/ In a note to The Hague Chronicle, she said, ?Thank you with all my heart.? click?u=20bb4ad32bbc9a2fc62319c5b& Congratulations, Fallon! ? id=1fa8a8980e&e=4513bdbea0. ? ? 8 ? Aug 2018

LOOKING BACK presented at a meeting on Feb. 27, ODE TO THE HAGUE CHRONICLE 1973. Mrs. Catherine Brock chaired Cast me on a desert island, by Judy Stock the first fair which was held on August Leave me on a lonely road; 4. The Arts Fair has been a This month I looked into tremendous success each year, Though my life be vile and horrid, the archives on the drawing on exhibitors from a wide I will not display my grief. website of The Hague area, and a record number of visitors. Chronicle and found a few I?ll not, beneath life?s heavy load, items which caught my eye. For a number of years the Hague Be shattered, bowed and bent, Chamber of Commerce has been The first was an article from January If the Chronicle of Hague sponsoring this event. We hope they 1981 (page 6), which looked back at Is regularly sent. will be successful in finding a the beginnings of the Hague Arts Fair, replacement for Mrs. Seerup, who has Not for me the verse of Milton, which was last held in August of 2015. done such an outstanding job. Bible reading soon would irk; There were many chairpersons during Happiness could ne?er be built on those years. I found it interesting to The second item of note was a note that my mother, Catherine Brock, poem by the late Harry deBuys, Daily bits of Shakespeare?s work. was the first. Adra Seerup, who is father of Bob deBuys, who, with his That journal of the news of Hague mentioned below, was the wife of the wife Holly, continues the family I?ll take o?er poems and plays; founder of The Hague Chronicle, Emil tradition of summering at the Ah, what cake with which to feed Seerup. family home on Holman Hill (the Your hungry mind thru empty days! light green one with the beautiful HAGUE ARTS FAIR pink petunias). Harry and his wife, ? Harry de Buys Mrs. Adra Seerup who has been at the Betty, were good friends of former I also found an announcement in the helm of the Hague Arts Fair since 1974 editor of The Hague Chronicle, Dottie August 1982 issue that the Hague has announced her resignation. Henry, and her husband, Jack. Town Park was purchased by the town The idea for this fair originated with Mr. Humorously published in July 1982 in 1955 from Charles Burgey, Sr. for and Mrs. Rudolph Meola and was and again in August: $25,000. ? - FREE COLLEGE COURSES AT NCCC GRACE MEMORIAL North Country Community College is giving those who?ve been unsure about CHAPEL going to college the chance to try it out at no cost with the college?s new ?6 on Us? These visiting pastors will preach on program. the following dates: Starting this fall semester, 6 on Us allows eligible students to take their first six Sunday, August 26, 2018, 10 am: college credits for free, a savings of $1,400 per student. The program is available Reverend Deadra Aston to first-time, new to college, non-traditional students on all three of the college?s campuses: Malone, Saranac Lake, and Ticonderoga. Sunday, September 2, 2018, 10 am: Reverend Michelle Bogue Trost ? ?There are a lot of reasons why some people aren?t able to commit to trying college, including work, family and financial obligations,? said Chris Tacea, NCCC?s Dean of Admissions. ?By covering the cost of the first six credits for our CHORALE TO RESUME new-to-college non-traditional students, we?re creating an opportunity for them to try out the college experience in a comfortable, risk-free way ? all before they REHEARSALS spend a dime.? The Champlain Valley Chorale announces resumption of fall For more information, call 888-TRY-NCCC or email [email protected]. ? rehearsals for its upcoming Christmas concerts. Weekly MOHICAN IN HAGUE rehearsals will be held each Tuesday evening at 7 pm in the This season, the Mohican has Fellowship Hall of the First United been doing the full lake cruise Methodist Church, 1045 Wicker only on Tuesdays. On Street, Ticonderoga, beginning Tuesday, August 14, 2018, it September 11, 2018 and will stopped at the Hague Dock continue through the December so a passenger could get off. concert presentations. The last day to take a cruise New singers in all sections are on the Mohican this year will welcomed. For further information, be on August 28th. please contact Bob Elling at Photo by Pat McDonough 518-585-2173. ? ? 9 ? Aug 2018

CORN MAZE OPEN ADK CLUB DINNER It combines solving puzzles and The 4th Annual Adirondack 102 Club testing your knowledge of history Dinner will be held in Ticonderoga on with fresh air, sunshine, and over Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 6 pm two miles of winding trails ? it?s at the Best Western Plus Ticonderoga. Fort Ticonderoga?s Heroic Maze: Space is limited and an RSVP is A Corn Maze Adventure. It required by September 6th. The cost of opened this year on August 11th the event is $30 per person, which near the King?s Garden and includes appetizers, dinner, dessert, features a towering six-acre corn and a special gift from the Ticonderoga maze. Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC). The Best Western Plus Ticonderoga Inn With a new 2018 design featuring and Suites is offering a special room a naval ship to represent the year rate for this event. Call 518-585-BEST of 1781, the maze is divided into to make your reservation. Following two phases, giving guests the the dinner, stories and photographs chance to gain confidence in the will be shared and members of the smaller maze before tackling the club who qualify will receive the main maze. The first phase ?Vagabond Award? patch. should take about twenty minutes and the second phase Martin Podskoch, a retired teacher, up to an hour. Hidden in the and author of the book Adirondack 102 maze are eight stations, each representing a component of an 18th ? century ship. Club: Your Passport & Guide to the North Players are given a Quest Card to collect a stamp from each section. Country, is proud to be the first member of the Adirondack 102 Club. With adult supervision, children up to age four can try the Kiddie Maze. It is short He will be speaking at the dinner and and has twists and turns, but no dead ends. presenting Admission to the maze is included in a Fort Ticonderoga general admission ticket. the It will be open the following dates and times: Vagabond August 11th - August 26th, 2018 from 10 am ? 5 pm (last entry at 4:30 pm) Awards to September 1st - October 21st - weekends only; September 3 (Labor Day); and new October 8 (Columbus Day). Call 518-585-2821 to ask about group rates and members. availability, or visit www.ftticonderoga.org. ? All you have to do to FARMERS? MARKET become a member of The Farmers? Market continues on Saturdays from 10 am ? 1 pm at 1114 Wicker the club is to Street near the entrance to Walmart. Upcoming special events include: visit each of August 18, 2018 - Just Passin' Thru Band, Kid?s Craft: Floral Wreath the 102 August 25th - Ticonderoga Natural Foods Co-Op Day; Kid?s Craft: Fairy Garden towns or September 1st - Wellness Weekend - Herbalife Wellness Coach Fit Camp 11 - villages in the , see the 11:30 am; Young Living Essential Oils; Kid?s Craft: Rock Painting beautiful sights and meet the September 8th - Make and Take with Maiden by the Lake (reservations interesting people, and get your required); Jim Shaw Music; Kid?s Craft: Basket Decorating passport book stamped or signed in September 15th - HarvestFest ; Kid?s Craft: Pumpkin Decorating; JewelScent ? each. For more information or to RSVP, call 518-585-6619 or email THE HAGUE CHRONICLE is mailed out monthly by volunteers. The news deadline and [email protected]. For the date of publication for the next month are listed on the calendar at the end of more information on Adirondack 102 each issue. Please send all news items to Editor, Bobbi Bryant Taylor, at: editor@ Club visit www.adirondack102club.com thehaguechronicle.org. Please send address corrections or account questions to the or email Marty Podskoch at Publisher, Judy Stock, at [email protected]. [email protected]. ? The Hague Chronicle is supported by its readers; you may send your yearly check as a tax deductible contribution (due date on label), made out to The Hague Chronicle, at: WIDOWS' SUPPORT GROUP THE HAGUE CHRONICLE, PO Box 748, Hague, NY 12836-0748 There is a new Widows' Support Group Publisher: Judy Stock Editorial Staff: Ginger Kuenzel, Pat McDonough, Tina King meeting on Wednesdays at 1:30 pm in Editor: Bobbi Bryant Taylor Treasurer: Bob Whitaker the United Methodist Women?s lounge Layout Editor: Chris Quinn Database Manager: Jan Whitaker at First United Methodist Church in Ticonderoga. ? THE HAGUE CHRONICLE

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22 5:30 pm LGLC ADK Bats 6 6 pm Rotary Club Dinner 23 7 pm Zoning Board of Appeals 6 7 pm Planning Board 24 - 26 Trekonderoga 10 Deadline for the Sept. issue 28 12 Noon Senior Annual Picnic at HVFD 11 6 pm Town Board 31 5 pm Downtown Gallery in Ti 11 Chorale Rehearsals resume Artists of the Adirondacks 13 12 Noon - 9 pm NY Primary Day 13 6 pm ADK 102 Club Dinner 15 - 16 Plein Air Festival 19 The Hague Chronicle is mailed and online 20 11:30 am Carillon Garden Club Luncheon 20 Seniors Snowbird Luncheon

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