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'-:*--:- >. s^^^^mmsmtm^-^- '- Deer Herds Need The past several winters have been relatively mild, lacking any great amount of show cover. This year, as anyone can see, is different. There is a lot of snow and temperatures have been constantly low since December. The deer herds, which flourished during the mild winters are suffering badly this year because their numbers have exceeded their food supply. Efforts are being made to help them, thanks partly to wide-spread publicity about their plight. The Champlain Valley Outdoor Club of West Chazy and the Mooers Rod and Gun Club, among others, are making concerted efforts to help by supplying natural food and funds to purchase additional food. In addition, there is a belated, but welcome effort to control the many dogs which chase and kill deer. Cham- plain Dog Control Officer Mike King appeared before the Town Board ask- ing for authority to take the necessary steps to control these dogs, including capturing them where possible and shooting them as a last resort. The problem is not basically the dogs, but their owners. In asking for legislation to deal with deer depredation, King cited numerous examples of does, carrying fawns, which were either pursued until caught and killed, or eluded the dogs, but died of hypothermia and exhaus- tion as a result of the chase. They couldn't outrun the dogs in the deep snow; and when it was possible, they sought areas where they could run, such as roadways or frozen river beds, where they were threatened by other dangers as well. He cited several instances where people watched in evident horror as deer were killed by dogs on the Great Chazy River while the same people did nothing to help, even contact him. He also said that dogs will kill one deer and then leave it to pursue yet another one. These dogs are running loose in defiance of the dog control laws and in many cases are someone's loving house pet, not in any need of food themselves. As reported elsewhere, King made an impassioned plea to the Champlain Town Board about the situation and he got immediate results. He has been given the authority and the moral sup- port to take all the steps he legally can to relieve the situation. Area 1 Legisla- tor Larry Paguette; who bore the origi- nal brunt of complaints about lack of response by the County Legislature, spent three hours in the woods with King to assess the situation for himself and came away convinced that drastic action isscalled for. ; As a result legislation is being con- sidered and probably will be adopted withQutjjuibMe, to enable the Town of Champlain and/or the county to act immediately in ensuing years if there is a ~$^$:m*piotect the deer herds from dogdepredation. Also as a result,, many citizens throughout the county are pitching in to help feed the deer, either with contributions of cash or food. Vfiih human help, the deer herd will .probably by .able;to make it through r^eiertfairjimg parto£ the winter if/the 'j^^eats^r&pm^marajading dogs can be t ^gafpi the credit for bringing this ^h^ifr^^rtW^bllCitfeoUbri be- longs to Steve Manor, Bureau Chief in *&F an Mentioned a couple of weeks agp .Henry Varr^tcfceriad i attf%i^^#!i^ir^|»fVf-WiDC^ibt\ tire-Tf ..pro- gram,\ ^liStteeiSiuesi.\ ^\ \• '•.': ; Dbg Br^|ti| Brigade ^g|ber&.(that's '•; thegroup,which meetsinformally eachv^hursdaynight at The Anchorage in Rouses Point to watch•\. i$i|i Street\) have conducted avid discussions on the photograph. Mark Barie of Rouses Point also lias an autographed picture of T HE IDOCof'' Hill Street- He beams, \There are two autographe d pictures of Ve- ronica Hamel in Rouses Point proper an d although both were o btaine d by Henry Van Acker, one is now owne d by me.' sY?Rm^mi@£W^ All we can say about that is, hmmmmm. Mark also is a staunch advocate of Detective Belker's daily diet of smoked fish^raw onion, bagels and pickled eggs. That's worth another hmmmmm. Question: Mark, is your picture autographe d' 'To Hen- ry,\ or does it bear some other message? The first week of March was a bit hairy, wasn't it? Seemed more like first week of February weather than March. This week hasn't been astonishingly great either. \Cheer up,\ they say, \it's all down hill now.\ Natural- ly, we cheered up and went down hill with the rest of it. Of course, there were some bright spots...The tempera- ture got a bove freezing for a few minutes, the win d dimin- ished long enough to get the bent TV antenna straight- ene d out, then warpe d it all out of shape^again an d, very few people decided to swim in Lake Champlain. Perhaps the water is a bit hard. The beach has been deserte d all week. That time is coming though. Only a few more days until it's officially spring! Ten, to be exact. All bug critters emerge from hi ding on the first day of the new season an d begin eating their way to summer fun and frolic. Did you know the official Village of Rouses Point Bug Spraying Machine would chalk up a much greater score if it an d all its operators were painte d blue? Mosquitos are more attracte d to blue than any other color. There are very blue people an d blue animals aroun d for the critters to feast on so they eat most anything of most any color. Don't know what it is a bout blue that attracts the crit- ters, but it does. They're not particularly wild a bout re dor yellow. Ra dio is a fascinating thing, isn' t it? Ever won der how ra dio stations manage to broa dcast just enough power so your ra dio an d all the others can listen to them? What do you suppose would happen if all the radios tuned to a given station' were\ turne d off at the same time? All that power being sucke d up by allot those radios wouldn't be. It would feed back into the radio station and fry the an- nouncer in the control room, or blow him right through a window, that's what would happen! Of course, if too many ra dios are tune d to one station, that station's broa dcasting antenna dissolves. Gordie Little (who's he) at WIRY in Platts burgh has a Sunday morning program called a \Sunday of Solid Gold.\ Gordie plays music from the days when it really was. Some of the music he plays goes back a bunch of years an d stirs up a bunch of memories of things most of us think we've forgotten. Gor die doesn't have much to worry a bout getting frie d in the studio. The broadcasting antenna may be sucked away, but that's a bout it. Gordie, coul d you make a small adjustment at the transmitter, please? The sound is great, but the picture is fuzzy as hell. Been to the new Grand Union in Champlain? Gained two pounds just sniffing around the deli section. That particular department is great for ela borate meal making ma de easy. Added improvements are in the works for the Grand Union in Rouses Point, too. Roger La d d has a birth day coming up on the thirteenth. Fortunately, Friday the thirteenth is a Saturday this month. Roger sai d he'll be wearing black for his birthday. Cheer up, Roger. Next year you'll be a ble to a d d another to the grand total. \Ahh yes,\ as W.C. would have said. (In fact, he most likely did...) The American Optometric Association meet- ing in that foreign Ian d on the southern tip of New York last week has come up with-what else?--a list of the top ten people with the most beautiful eyes. We stoppe d rea d- ing when we got to Brooke Shiel ds... This week, which we've all ha d enough of, is Save Your Vision Week. Pretty girls, strawberry shortcake topped Board complimented Manor on his moving and graphic series on the sub- ject. TQ do itj he also spent a lot of time * withjpT. King, seeing for himself. He had this comment: \^|iu*vejgot to sef: it to believe it. I've .ta)l^&|^^^^4)@c^^aj^ppsy^ think it's a big joke. We have politicians, not •&#WQflgt^&*> tffinfc this is a iM :#igfsiitlh^B, itlsKd jole.* •'. action, a lot of it. >«*SSJ «*>»T« with whippe d cream, gol den french fru s di ltd l bk piz7i -all most worthwhile for saving vision From the far reaches of the area of King's Bay 'conj&B. report that A (one each) (count 'em, one) groun dhoi|||fJ| about the tooth of March, poked his (or her) cuteifjft§|e^ } head through the show, surveyed the world arid^$|a1||t#5 hasty retreat to its more thermally pleasant quaitersM^ ^* ] that mean six more weeks or 42 more days, whichever 'l ! comes first, of winter for us? Just because the Pehnsylya- ^ nia groundhog goes berserk a month earlier because^k • well-placed dynamite charge, doesn't mean weget any sort of bfeak; This particular King's Bay area groun dh6gis«o°-v imaginary critter. It exists! It did surface! It was sighted! (Just been advised by the proofreader that \tooth\ was an incorrect word to use in referring to the second day of any month. Shoul d it be twoth?) Although I'm not usually touchy about my size, it's only fair to warn those who go too far they are in danger of being bitten a bout the knees. Enough sai d! In this week's poise and grace department, we find the office clock cord somehow became entangled in the left sleeve of a coat. There are now 146& pieces to the office clock (Can't find the other half-piece). Same department.. .The office coffee pot makes one hell of a racket when it mysteriously leaps from its stan d onto the floor, Ian ding on its si de an d spurting its entire hot contents over two desks, a sign which says \Please Don't Smoke The Tomato Plants,\ two shoes which we just happened to be standing in at the time and the last 6,243 pages of \The Rise an d Fall of the Roman Empire.\ (No, we weren't standing on it to reach the coffee pot, Clyde! You've been warned!) Now, a newspaper office without an opera ble, efficient coffee pot is as devastating to morale as potato sala d with- out potatoes. Let me tell you there was some scurrying going on for a while. Hou woul d you like to stan d around with two shoes full of hot coffee? The pot was quickly restored to operating efficiency. The poise an d grace section this week has covered only four minutes of the past week. You don't want to hear the rest of it. There have been worse disasters. Krakatoa exploded. Looking for some goo d, relia ble transportation? Wan- na buy a 1943 half-track? Cheap? Got a line on one painte d blazing white for only a bout $7,000. For a small extra fee, machine guns will be installed. Imagine'one of those running up an d down the roa dways with re d warts (which light up) on top of it. \What's a formal we d ding in West Virginia,'' she aske d. \That's where the bride's father carries a white shot- gun,\ he said. In an official communique from the village, I will not be allowed to swim in Lake Champlain this year. There were too many complaints last year of rings aroun d the piers. What is it about girls with long hair that men like? That's it...girls with long hair. * To day marks the first time in nearly 3,000 years all nine planets in our solar system have been as close together as they are. They're all in the same quadrant, but it's been nearly 30 centuries since the planets have been as near to each other as they are today. There have been pre dictions there may be some rather devastating events on our little world because of the alignment of the other planets. Ask me tomorrow. A week from to day is St. Patrick's Day. What morfe nee ds to be sai d? ^Ebe tHottb Countryman | Published Every Wednesday by NORTHERN PUBLISHING COMPANY A Division of EXECUTIVE OFFICE 100 lake St.. Rousts font NY 12979 Phone (518) 297-9121 Please Send IWJChsriflM of A<Mrau to Circiilatim Service Box 338. Eliubithtovm. NY 12932 S TO.OO Per Year in ainton County $12.00 Per Year Outside of County $15.00 Per Year Outside of USA Ronald longto . 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