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Morning Meeting

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:26:31 +0000

There was a get-together (let's face it, it was a meeting) this morning between town and village officials along with senator Betty Little, assmeblyman Tony Jordan, Canal Corp director Carmella Mantello, LDC's Tami Reilly and people concerned about things.

There were no quorums for either the town or village board, so there was no official meeting, but official stuff was talked about.

In the end, the electircal otulets are staying, event though there is no juice, and Geezer said that he hopes the town is out of the Pavilion by the first of the year.

Village and school board meetings tonight.

It's August

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:58:40 +0000

Well, here we are halfway through summer and now it's time for all of the fairs and festivals. So far, I am getting a follow-up story set up for the First Nations Pow Wow, we'll have coverage for the Hampton Firemans carnvial, but I have not heard anything on a Hampton Pow Wow? I am going to try and find out more this afternoon.

Also, only 14 days until fall practice starts for football.

Back on my feet

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:52:26 +0000

There, all caught up from vacation and back to writing on the blog.

There is not much going on today, a couple of ball games if teh weatehr holds and preparing for the prom.

Wonder if anyone else from the area went to the Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy show on Friday at TUC. Hilarious. Best line of the night: "Did you ever find out who that guy was?"

For me, the next trip is making good on a Christmas present to my daughter - off to NYC for Taylor Swift on May 14.

Thoughts on homecoming

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:04:13 +0000

It's great to hear that Jimmer Fredette will be playing locally against UVM in Glens Falls. As a BYU fan and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I would love to be the first in line to get tickets.

The problem is, only about 7,000 people will get them, and that is unfortunate because you have that many people in Glens Falls alone that will want to see the former GHS standout and then about that many throughout the region who will want to see the "face" of their church come to the region in a once-in-a-lifetime northern New York swing (maybe they'll come back when Lawrence is playing for the, but he's going to have to do a lot of work on his jumper).

Hopefully, the Cougs will play a week-long series that will also see them play at the Times Union Center.

Meetings today

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:03:11 +0000

There are a pair of meetings today involving village officials.

The first starts at 4:30 p.m., when state assemblyman and village attorney Tony Jordan will hold a town hall meeting at the American Legion. I will be interested to seee how many people show up, and how many are from Whitehall.

Next, the village organizational meeting will be at 5:45 p.m. Not much buzz for this, because it is two incumbents being sworn back into their seats. The big news would be if any of the committee assignments change, especially in the water or sewer districts.

The rest of the village business will be done at the regular time of 6 p.m.

Well, off to Jordan's meeting.

Happy Easter!

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:06:14 +0000

Well, the kids are out of school for a week and everyone is ready for a long weekend. I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Easter.

Quick hoops thought

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:13:22 +0000

Something caught my eye when I was on the state sportswriters site looking for the girls all-state teams. Heading into late January, there were five schools in Class D that were undefeated. Out of those five teams, one got beat before the post season started, one got beat in the sectional quarterfinals, we all know who got beat in their sectional finals, one got beat in the regional semifinals and the final one got beat in the regional finals. So, not only did none of the undefeated teams win the state title - none of them made the final four. Maybe there is something to the idea of having a loss or two before you get to the point of the season where losing is not an option, but I;'d still go for the undefeated season any day. By the way, no news yet on the all-state team. If St. Clair makes the team, I'll let you know.

Force of habit

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:18:26 +0000

I guess I finally have found out the definition of force of habit, because over the last week and couple of days, on my way home, I have driven over to the Clinton Street Bridge. knowing and reporting that it has been out since March 15. I even drove over there the same night after I had taken the picture of everything being shut down. Well, gotta get back to finishing up the paper this week.

Office closed Monday

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:24:18 +0000

The Whitehall Times office will be closed this Monday, March 15, and let me tell you why:

On Friday, before I left for work, my son, Lawrence Blake, was complaining that his side hurt, but insisted that he wanted to go to school. When I got home from work, the nurse called and said she was worried that something might be wrong.

The health center where we live was closed, so off to the ER we go. That was at 4 p.m. After the tests and everything, we were off to CVPH at 9 p.m., where the semi-emergency appendectomy happened at around 1 a.m. So, I'm staying home with my appendix-less son today.

Just as an aside, a thanks to all the nurses, EMT's and doctors who treated Lawrence Blake - you were all awesome!!!!

Danny Bishop Fund

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:55:35 +0000

To help assist Bishop and his family, the University at Buffalo has helped with the Bishop family to established a fund to help offset costs of travel and other medical expenses. Those interested in assisting can send donations to: The Danny Bishop Fund, P.O. Box 5, Whitehall, N.Y. 12887.

Those sending donations via checks are asked to make them out to Danny’s father, Norm Bishop.

Quick thought on Jimmer snub

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:17:22 +0000

Just saw the Mountain West All-Conference team. Jimmer Fredette was not named the conference player of the year???????

The honor went to some guy out of New Mexico???? I know they won the conference, but please, the only guy in your conference that got any national run and he does not get player of the year???

Fredette was also an all-american! in local terms, this would be if anyone but Brittany Sr. Clair was named the MVP of the Adirondack League - it just would not be right, just as Jimmer not being conference player of the year is not right!

Town board meeting

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:36:17 +0000

There was a lot going on at the town board meeting last night - a lot more than you may have seen elsewhere. Here's a quick recap:

1. The town board set up the rules for the use of the senior citizens building, giving the seniors first rights to the building and exclusive use of the kitchen. To see the public comment before the meeting start by seniors president Barbara Katchel, here's the link (turn up the volume, it's our first try at taping a board meeting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MwUOlf_YA

2. The town board approved a request by ORCA to move forward with fundraising to purchase new equipment for the town playground and to work with the school in organizing this years free summer lunch program.

3. The town board joined forces with the Southern Adirondack Tobacco Free Environment Coalition to place signs promoting no tobacco use at the town rec center, Skenesborough park and at the museum.

4. Elaine Jones was appointed as the town clerk to serve out the rest of 2010. Jones said that she may run for the position in November.

5. The Troy Shirt Factory will be boarded up on the windows and locked in order to keep the property safe.

6. Richard LaChapelle said that he has looked at five locations for a possible town hall site, and hopes to be ready to talk more about it at April's meeting.

7. Reports from town organizations will be posted at the town hall now after they are received.

There were a couple other housekeeping things, so it was a very eventful meeting. I didn't get out of town until about 10 p.m.

Big night

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:03:21 +0000

Getting set for what will be a packed evening schedule tonight, starting with the winter sports awards ceremony over at the high school.

All of the winter sports teams will be honored, including the junior varsity and varsity teams in wrestling, boys and girl’s basketball, cheerleading, indoor track, bowling and bobsled (I believe that covers it). The fun starts there at 6 p.m.

I will cover that until about 6:50 p.m., when it will be time to head off to the Pavilion for the monthly town board meeting at 7 p.m. Here's a sampling of what is or might be on the agenda:

Longtin case follow-up, senior center follow-up (this could get heated, again), Troy Shirt Factory clean-up follow-up, town hall move follow-up....

....all leading to the vote over who will be the next town clerk - whether they will stay with their deputy, Elaine Jones, for the rest of the year, or hire someone else. AS Geezer said a couple of times, this one could take a while.

Either way, I'll try to be there for all of it. Maybe even grab a couple of videos, too.

Tyke's video

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:32 +0000

I also took this little piece of video over the weekend from the ice-less fishing derby. I think that everyone still had a good time and there was some fishing done off the pier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw-0pyVAYlc

Been busy

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:35 +0000

Sorry I didn't write after the game or before today, it has been a busy beginning to the week.

As far as the game goes, I think that I have the same opinion everyone else does - Argyle wanted it more. Don't know why that was, but it was.

When you look back at this season, there are a ton of positives for the girls and all of the sporting teams, even if the way the season ended for each team leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

Anyways, here's the link for the slide show of the Section II/Class D championship game between Whitehall and Argyle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-coA0df27c