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Monday, October 12, 1992 • The Only Daily Newspaper in the Adirondack Park • Ninety Seventh Year • Volume XCVIII • Number 191 • 35$ LP Club owners officially withdraw plan from APA By ELLEN BALLOU ! Enterprise Staff Writer ' LAKE PLACID — The owners of the Lake Placid I Club properly formally withdrew its 1989 application (to renovate and develop the resort last week. Adja- fcent landowners, the town of North Elba, and the 1 village of Lake Placid were among those notified by I the Adirondack Park Agency Friday that United 1 States Fidelity and Guaranty had formally withdrawn its plans to develop the aging 1,100 acres of Club • property into a five-star world class resort. s A spokesperson for United States Fidelty & Guar- i anty said this morning that although the plans have just recently been withdrawn, the project was declared unfeasible last year. Although the plans have been withdrawn, it does not preclude the owners or future owners from re-sub- mitting the applications with revisions in the plans. The Lake Placid Resort Partnership, comprised of USF&G and Guinness PLC, a British distillery, sub- mitted 2,000 pages of information to the agency in on Nov. 9, 1989. However, the agency deemed the ap- plication incomplete in December 1989. Since then the partnership worked to get more information. And after attempting to have some of the amenities ex- empt from agency review, the Partnership went into a long review period. Last summer USF&G filed foreclosure proceedings on the Partnership, after it failed to make mortgage payments. The property was then auctioned off in May this year, with USF&G being the low and only bidder at $11 million. Partnership officials said before the auction that the plans were not feasible because of the poor economy. Last year USF&G began scaling back on some of its investment interests because of its own financial dif- ficulties. While USF&G was scaling back, Guinness entered into another partnership in Manchester, Vt to pur- chase the historic Equinox Hotel, which is being ren- ovated into a \world class\ resort USF&G has put the Lake Placid property up for sale, but has yet to get any offers. Tom Jones, director of developing and planning at the club, said earlier this year, the main hotel is in such disrepair, that it would take millions just to ren- ovate that section of the property. Some have sug- gested that it would be easier to tear down the build- ings and start from scratch. However, there is a his- toric preservation district over that portion of the property, protecting the architecture and style of the buildings. Any demolition, renovation, or changes must be approved by the Historic Preservation Com- mission. Since last November, the property has been plagued by arson attempts. Last November arson was blamed for the destruction of the historic Theanoguen build- ing, and on Oct. 1, a suspicious fire claimed part of the Lake Forest building on Lake Placid Club Drive. The local Historic Preservation Commission has signed an order of consent last week allowing the burned portion of the hotel to be demolished. Police and fire investigators are still searching for (Continued on Page 5) Four TL bartenders nabbed in police sting By MATTHEW RUSSELL Enterprise StalT Writer TUPPER LAKE — A sting operation conducted by the state Liquor Authority and local police resulted in the arrests of four bartenders here, and more may follow, police said. Three bartenders in the village were charged late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, village police said. State police said one bartender was arrested Saturday night at a bar outside the village limits. All were charged with alleged unlawful sale of an~alcoholic bev- erage to a person under age 21, a violation of state Alcoholic Bever- age Control (ABC). All are slated for court dates later this month. State police arrested Mark J. Sutliffe, 39, of Tupper Lake, at the Trail's End bar on Route 30. He is to appear in Altamont court Oct. 21 to answer the charge. Village police arrested April D. Beckstead, 25, of Tupper Lake, for allegedly serving an alcoholic beverage to a person under age 21. Beckstead works at the Nighdife bar in the village, police said. Also arrested Saturday night for allegedly serving minors were Ellen Frenette, 33, of Tupper (Continued on Page 5) *v CLARIFIER CONSTRUCTION — Work on the base of the new clarifier tank at the Saranac Lake Water Treatment Plant on Bloomingdale Road is under way. When this photo was taken recently, the new tank was in the final stage of water preparation before it is released into the Saranac River. Officials hope it will be on-line in about three months. Other renovations at the plant include a new filtration system to remove machine-damaging grit and sand from the water, a larger capacity alum storage area, updated airation equipment and replacement of other worn-out machin- ery. (Enterprise Photo — Matt Paul) SL woman hits $2.5 million lottery By KATHLEEN SCOTTVAUGHN Enterprise Staff Writer SARANAC LAKE — A Sar- anac Lake resident was the winner of the S2.5 million jackpot Satur- day night in the New York State Lottery's Lotto drawing. The Saranac Lake woman, whose winning numbers were picked by the lottery machine, is expected to go to Albany Tuesday to collect the jackpot. The ticket was sold at the Saranac Lake News Room on Broadway. The winning numbers were 1,3, 7, 19, 42 and 53. The supplemen- tary number was 39. The woman's name is being withheld by the Enterprise until she is officially declared the winner and has a chance to confirm her winning ticket on Tuesday. The woman learned that she had won the jackpot Sunday morning when she went into die News Room to check her numbers, said Trinity Jock, who was working when die woman came in. Jock said that she was telling another customer mat someone in Franklin County won, when the woman came in and started look- ing at the winning numbers. (Continued on Page 5) With no decisive winner, candidates clash on character issue ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Bush and Bill Clinton are courting Pennsylvania voters after engaging Ross Perot in a vigorous debut debate that focused on familiar economic and character issues, but provoked little fresh material for undecided voters. With 22 days to Election Day, Sunday night's opening presi- dential debate also gave no evi- dence that Bush achieved a breakthrough he needs to energize his lagging campaign. Many viewed Clinton as the vic- tor in die first of diree debates to be crammed into nine days mat also include a vice presidential forum Tuesday night. Nonetheless, ANCA set for annual meeting this Friday By MATTHEW RUSSELL Enterprise Staff Writer LAKE PLACID — At AN- CA's last annual meeting. Gov. Mario Cuomo unveiled his Adi- rondack legislation which, among other things, would have created a new economic devel- opment authority. While some speculated mat Cuomo intended for ANCA to fill mat role, this year the Adirondack North Country Association is happy and busy just the way it is, staf- fers say. Where the spotlight at last year's ANCA meeting was on land-use issues, mis year die emphasis is on health care in the rural North Country. Recent de- velopments in the tourism, for- estry, railroad and recycling fields will also be profiled by ANCA specialists and economic development officials. The an- nual meeting will be held in Lake Placid this Friday. \These are the initiatives and issues ANCA is involved in... this is what's right on our horizon,\ ANCA Executive Director Terry deFranco said recently. ANCA, a not-for-profit cor- poration founded to foster eco- Terry deFranco nomic growth in the North Country region, has a special interest in several areas, in- cluding the role of agriculture, tourism and natural and human resources in the development of die North Country. Robert Quinn, ANCA's natural resources director and Carl Golas, ANCA's new wood pro- ducts development specialist, are (Continued on Page 5) each side predictably claimed its candidate won. \The president laid out clear policy differences, especially with Governor Clinton,\ sajd Jim Oberwetter, chairman of Bush's campaign in Texas. The state's Democratic governor, Ann Richards, saw tilings dif- ferently. \You can stick a fork in him,\ Richards said of Bush. \He is done.\ In claiming a win for die folksy Perot, his campaign leader, Orson Swindle, said Clinton came off as \not genuine, absolutely a fake,\ while Bush looked like a \country club Republican\ out of touch with average Americans. Bush and Clinton were both cam- paigning around Philadelphia to- day while Perot headed back home to Dallas, sticking to his unor- thodox strategy of campaigning only by debating and advertising. What fireworks mere were during Sunday's debate came early, when Clinton said the president's eco- nomic approach had failed, and when Bush objected to Clinton's participation in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations while studying in England. Otherwise, there was little new as die candidates staked out familiar positions on such issues as taxing and spending, AIDS, defense con- version and troop levels in Europe. Some highlights: —CHARACTER. Bush renewed his criticism of Clinton's role in anti-war protests. \I mink it's wrong to demonstrate against your own country or to organize dem- onstrations against your own country on foreign soil,\ Bush said, weaving in a mention of his own World War II service and a rejection of Democratic charges that his attacks rang of McCar- thy ism. Clinton swung back by noting that Bush's late father, Connec- ticut Sen. Prescott Bush, had criti- cized Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCar- tiiy's hunt for Communists. \Your father was right to stand up to Joe McCarthy,\ Clinton said. \You were wrong to attack my patriotism. I was opposed to uie war but I love my country.\ Perot came to Clinton's defense, saying: \If you make a mistake as a young man, time passes.\ Perot said die public needed to define whether the mistakes took place in die formative years \or did Uiey occur when you were a senior of- ficial with die federal govern- ment.\ —TAXES. Perot promised to be fair, but said die nation would \share sacrifice\ as he erased die deficit in four years. He bluntly defended his proposal to raise die gas tax 50 cents, saying it was \time to pay die fiddler\ for gov- ernment mismanagement Clinton said he would raise taxes on die wealthy and offer die middle-class modest relief, and said it would hurt die economy to cut the deficit as fast as Perot wants. Bush promised to hold die line on taxes and government spending. —EXPERIENCE. Bush said his experience as president should sway voters his way, but Clinton said it was time for new leadership in a fast-changing world, and said his experience at the state level kept him more in touch widi average folks. Perot said his lack of political experience was perhaps his greatest asset. New York political experts evaluate performances By The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrat Bill Clin- ton won the showdown in Sunday's presi- dential debate, and independent Ross Perot finished witii honorable mention, according to some New Yorkers. Clinton's answers concerning die economy, international affairs, domestic issues and patri- otism outshined President Bush's, some New York politicians and pollsters said. Bush did not prove Clinton was not worthy of being president, they said. \Going into die debate, witii die polls placing Clinton ahead of Bosh, die president had to do something very aggressive, perhaps dramatic. He didn't do that,' said George Borrelli, a recently retired political analyst for The Buf- falo News. \I diought Bill Clinton showed that he was cool, reasoned and showed that he could be on the same platform with the president;\ he said. \The president ... certainly did nothing to create the notion dial Bill Clinton is un- presidential.\ Perot was instrumental in keeping plinton and Bush \on their toes,\ said Borrelli, an in- dependent. Mary Frances Winters, president of a Rochester-based marketing research and public opinion polling firm, agreed. \After watching the debate, it is clear to me diat what Perot is going to be able to do is make the candidates much stronger,\ said • «- Nobody fell on their face (Political analyst Henry Stern) Winters, a Democrat. 'TJecause he is someone who can articulate the issues well, he's going to force Clinton and Bush to focus on die issues.\ Lee Miringoff, director of die Marist College Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, said Clinton was successful in projecting a strong stance on foreign affairs and family values. \He came over as having a command of some of die foreign policy issues that would be perceived as his weakness coming in, like China, for example,\ Miringoff said. \The family values answer by Clinton was an attempt on his part to close any public opinion gap that may have existed,\ Miringoff con- tinued. \I tilink he succeeded.\ Henry Stern, president of Citizens Union, a private political organization in New York Ci- ty, said he believed Bush's strong point was experience. \Bush had die hardest job,\ Stem said. \He had to account for die past four years. Anybody can say, 'I can do it better.' \Bush wins for some of the homespun, 'Look, I do die tough work.' ... Bush came off as die older, wiser man,\ said Stem, a Demo- crat While Stem said he diought none of die can- didates emerged winners of die debate, he said it may have helped Clinton climb further ahead of Bush in the polls. \I don't tilink anybody knocked each otiier out,\ Stem said. \Nobody fell on tiieir face. They all just went through, their paces. To that extent, it might help Clinton because he is less well-known. New Yorkers gave Perot honors for his one- liners, but said they doubted they would get votes for die independent candidate.
