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Press- Republican-Tuesday, August 14,1984 5 Scenes from Franklin County Fair The Franklin County Fair in AAalone is busy with its with ice cream. Horses in left photo wait their turn for 134th edition this week and offers some traditional horse-pull events. In right photo, Jesse Knapp of Burke sights common to fairs — strong horses and children enjoys the fair, but vyjthout the ice cream heldby TJ. and Sara Phelps of Moira — all of this under the eye of a watchful adult. (PR staff photos by Mary Vondell) Essex County to open 136th annual fair today By DAVID CLAYTON Staff Writer Central Essex Bureau WESTPORT - With the tradi- tional cutting of the ribbon, the character of Essex County will go on display this morning and remain for all to see until Satur- day- This display will be in the form of the 136th annual Essex County Fair. The morning will begin as fair morning has always begun, with a ^rm^ ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by local dignitaries. ^t A special treat is in store for those who attend the opening ceremony this year. Terry Jo Dixon, New York State's Junior Miss and a Ticonderoga resident, will sing the national anthem. When the ribbon drops shortly after 10 a.m., the gate will be opened and the cars will stream in, their occupants ready for an inside look at life as it is lived in this mountain county. Because of the prevailing no- tion that it is isolated and thoroughly apart from the centers of mass production and heralded culture, Essex County never ceases to amaze visitors with its diversity of talented peo- ple. Each year at the EsseirCounty Fair, more people discover the to~them astonishing truth that the products of mountain folk in- dicate livestyles well worth emulating. So it will be with this fair. Floral Hall as ever will be filled to capacity with proof that hand- made goods and homemade goodie^ have survived the challenge from mail-order houses and fast-food stands, at least in Essex County. One who will be on hand Wednesday to learn of Essex County's people will be Gov. Mario Cuomo. Cuomo will arrive by helicopter and tour the fair from 12:45to2pjn. While at the fair, Cuomo will meet with the fair board of direc- tors and its president, Steve Sayward, and also with members of the Essex County Board of Supervisors. Mostly, however, Cuomo will want to meet other fair goers. 4 'He wants to walk the midway and meet the people,\ Fair Manager Ernie LaPine said Monday. Tributes to the vitality and im- agnination of Essex County youth and their adult leaders will be wall to wall in the Cooperative Extension building. Monday, more than 100 4-H'ers arrived to prepare for the five days of Fair. Thts year's fair will see a revitalized Conservation Area. Local fish and game clubs have pitched in to make this year's display the biggest and the best in recent memory. Adirondack writer Barney Fowler will be at the Conserva- tion Area greeting people all day today. At some point, the Essex County Board of Supervisors will make a special presentation to Fowler in honor of the 50 years he has spent supporting conserva- tion in the Adirondacks. Today, the first day of the fair, will end with a bang. Fireworks, a first for the Essex County Fair, have been scheduled to go off right after the evening's featured performance by M Buffalo and Brandy.'* Buffalo and Brandy are a country-music duo named MaryAnn Corrao and Ken Fer- ree. Corrao is from Cooperstown, while Ferree grew up in North Tonawanda, outside of Buffalo. First known simply as \Bran- dy,\ their present name evolved from their introductions to fans. \Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Brandy from Buffalo!\ Soon, fans were calling them Buffalo and Brandy, and the name stuck. LaPine said the duo is one of the most talented acts to ever grace opening night at the fair. In addition to the exhibits and entertainment, which includes harness racing at 1 p.m., the fair will be alive with amusements, rides, and plenty of booths offer- ing an array of food and drink. Test wells in Altona hit rocks By JACK DOWNS Intern ALTONA — Attempts to place sample wells around sludge lagoons in the town of Altona have been delayed, according Wiley Lavigne, regional water engineer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The drilling operation was begun to identify the source and extent of water contamination in the area. Sampling wells were planned below the sludge site on Harvey Road and in a number of other locations. Sludge from the city of Plattsburgh sewage treat- ment plant is dumped in the beds. 4 'Large boulders and cobbles were hit after a number of feet,\ Lavigne said, explaining why the drilling was stopped. \Eight test .barings were attempted, but the same conditions were ToundTat each location,\ he added. The water tests, origionally scheduled for this spring, were delayed while DEC officials awaited the arrival of an auger drill rig. 'The department will be investigationg alternative methods to install the wells,\ Lavigne said. Once in place, the sampling wells will be used to assess groundwater quality, determine direction of groundwater flow and gather pollution information. While the wells will center on the sludge lagoons, no direct link has yet been established between the lagoons and contaminated well water nearby. Sludge lagoon water tests con- ducted in March revealed con- centrations of several potentially harmful chemicals that warrant continued investigation, the DEC announced last month. The nearly full man-made sludge lagoons are where sludge waste from Plattsburgh has been dumped for 11 years. The chemicals recently discovered in significant levels by DEC in a lagoon leachate pond were toluene in a concen- trator) of 11,000 parts peT billion (ppb), phenol at 55 ppb. and 2& Hydro developers predict profit in project While the new sludge com- posting plant on Rugar Street in Plattsburgh may eventually take the place of the lagoons, nearby residents worry what will happen is the meantime. Local residents complain that the stench from the sludge lagoons is becoming worse. \It has gooe from an irritating odor to an extremely severe pro- blem.\ said Richard Dashnaw. oeigfebor to the stodge lagoons •And the fact that they couldn't drill shows what a poor choice this site is for lagooning. The toil is pores with bowlders. rocks and gravel. Lechate will move in pares ground, unlike or clay/* Dashftaw said. By JACK DOWNS Intern LYON MOUNTAIN - Hydro- power generation at the Forge Dam on the north end of Chateaugay Lake can be pro- fitable for private industry and local government. So argued representatives of Bellows Towers, a small hydro- electric corporation seeking to lease the dam. They made their statement Sunday in a meeting in Lyon Mountain. Since March, Bellows Towers representatives have been trying to negotiate a lease on the dam with the Chateaugay Lakes Water Level Control Commis- sion. Chasm Hydro, another small hydro-electric corporation, has also sought an agreement with the commission. But because the dam is owned by three towns — Dannemora, Eilenburg and Belmont — the issues have often been obscured by rivalries. Confusing things further, the water-level commis- sion with representatives from the three towns, has a divided opinion. Some commission members would like to negotiate a lease with Bellows Towers, allowing the private developers to generate electricity with water that would otherwise be lost through the dam. In the lease ar- rangement, the dam — which now drains money from the tax- payers — could make money for the water level commission. Other commission members would like to establish an energy production license for the dam with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the name of the three towns. With a license in hapd, they say, the commission could negotiate with private developers from a posi- tion of strength. Still others suggest that the Chateaugay Lakes Water Level Control Commission should go in- to the hydro-electric power business, generating revenue for the local people. Mirroring the elected and ap- pointed officials, the local com- munity is also undecided. The lake-front landowners are Minor emergency tests response plans BySUEBOTSFORD Staff Writer KEESEVILLE — Emergency plans are handy things to have, the subject of drills by fire departments and other emergency-oriented agencies. But the best part is when they have to be used and they really work. The Clinton County director of emergency preparedness, James elderly, out of the sun. King, has a plan for assisting in The bus was on its way back to Montreal from a tour to Philadelphia. the event people have to be mov- ed out of an area and taken care of in another location. And he had to do just that Sun- day afternoon with more than 40 passengers of a charter tour bus that was involved in an accident on the Northway just south of Keeteville. \When it (word of a bus acci- dent) came over my pager, I had visions of people all over the road — a real disaster/' King said Monday. He was relieved when he arriv- ed at the bottom of the slope by the Keeteville water tank to find that no one had been injured. He said the bus apparently lost its engine and therefore its air pressure, causing the brakes to fail. The bus rolled backwards about 60 feet down the incline and the driver put it in the ditch. \The driver did an excellent }ob ditching the bus,** Ktng sard. The fact the the bus did not roll over meant that what could have cooperative, King said, including just an in-—state police, school officials, th^ fire department and even the American Red Cross which came to Keeseville but was not needed. The accident happened about 3:30 p.m., he said, and the people were on their way by 8:30 p.m. King said the theory of moving and housing large numbers of people had been practiced in drills with a dozen or so \vic- tims\ or people but not with the number involved Sunday. King was pleased the plan worked but was even more thankful that the agencies involv- ed didn't have to deal with the in- juries that could have resulted in a more serious accident. convenience. King said there is a fail-safe system on buses and trucks that set the brakes when the air pressure drops below 60 pounds. That back-up system failed. He said the immediate pro- blem was getting the passengers aboard the bus, some of the \They had been out in the sun for about 40 minutes/' he said, adding if there had been phones on the Northway that time would have been much less. Through the county dispat- cher, he contacted James LaGoy, AuSable Valley Central School district principal, and ar- ranged for a school bus to pick up the people. LaGoy further assisted by opening the elemen- tary school in Keeseville. Within 15 minutes. King said, a bus was on its way. He said the danger to the passengers was heat stroke and dehydration from being in the sun. King said the people were transported to the school later to a restaurant and then to the Keeseville fire station where another otis pickets uieos up. represented by an advisorary board called the Chateaugay Lakes Association. The water-level commission has begun some preliminary negotiations ^ with the Bellows ,Towers representatives, but before any decisions are made the Chateaugay Lakes Associa- tion is sponsoring a referendum on the issue. Although the poll will not be binding on the three town boards or the water commission, it should give the commission so pie feedback and direction in the controversy, said lakes associa- tion President Nick DiPerno on Sunday. The advisory referendum will be held through the mail and only lake-front landowners will receive ballots in the poll, DiPer- no said. A date has not yet been set for the public opinion survey, he added. Fueling the controversy are fears that local residents have concerning their land taxes and the lake level. In a heated lakes association meeting held last month, supporters of private hydro-power development claim- ed that taxes would rise enor- mously if the water commission took on the responsibility of developing the dam. Those who demand local con- trol of the dam are afraid that outsiders will not be sensitive enough to landowners' water level needs. The major respon- sibility of the present water con- trol commission is to maintain an acceptable wate** level for the lake. Some landowners like the water to be high, making the lake more navigable. Others prefer a lower water level, uncovering more beaches. The commission was begun to set a compromise between the two groups. Though anxieties persist, no evidence has been produced to back up land tax or lake level fears. If private industry can succeed with the power project then a local government board could conceivably do the same, some argue. Likewise, both hydro-electric corporations which have sought the Forge Dam license and lease have offered guarantees that the lake level would not be disturbed. The possible Bellows Towers in- stallation would control water levels even more precisely than present methods. The Bellows Towers lease, now under consideration by the com- mission, is an agreement to use only run-of-the-river power generation. This means that the water commission could still set the lake level, enforcing it as they always have. More**information about the status of the proposed hydro- electric development at the Forge Dam on Chateaugay Lake will be available at the upcoming Chateaugay Lakes Association meeting Aug. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyon Mountain Fire Hall. Members of the water level control commission, the town supervisors and representatives of Bellows Towers will be available to answer questions during the meeting. 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