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February 5, 2010

Letters to the Editor: Feb. 6, 2010

Sponsors applauded
TO THE EDITOR: Recently, there was a bowling tournament and a raffle held at the Bowl Mart in Rouses Point to benefit the new Samuel de Champlain stage. We would like to thank the following sponsors:

Borderview, Cathy's Secondhand Shop, Cinema 12, Cornerstone Pharmacy, Crafty Creations, Gino's Pizza, Lakeside Coffee, Nephew's Liquor, Pfizer, Price Chopper, Rouses Point/Champlain Historical Society, Sandy's Deli, West Liquor and World Warehouse.

We would also like to give a very special thanks to John Roberts, Beaner Roberts and Mike and Ellen Goyette of the Bowl Mart Lanes for their help in making this a success. Also, thank you to all bowlers who participated and to Nick Molinski (Nick's Cool Tunes) for providing the music.

Thanks to the Samuel de Champlain Stage Committee: Gerry Favreau, Steve and Sue Merchant, Dennis and Donna Robert, Ceceila Robert, Gerald and Cindy Robert, Penny and Craig Treggett and Mike and Mel Bushey.

Gerry Favreau

Steve and Sue Merchant

Dennis and Donna Robert

Ceceila Robert

Gerald and Cindy Robert

Penny and Craig Treggett

Mike and Mel Bushey

Rouses Point

Defeat incumbents
TO THE EDITOR: With New York State facing imminent bankruptcy with record unemployment and property taxes 70 percent above the national average, while the national media reports New York has the highest drop in population in the United States, this week the politicians in Albany stopped any effort to fix the worst economy in our lifetime. Instead our elected "leaders" filed no less than 28 separate bills that will take away our Second Amendment Rights.

These laws will do nothing to stop crime. These laws will not put one single New Yorker back to work. It is clear that in the face of an economic disaster, Albany's answer is to disarm the citizens. Their only other priority is gay marriage. It is also all too clear that both parties plan to continue business as usual and tax us all to death.

The revolution started with the Boston Tea Party. We can win the war for the soul of our nation in New York this November. All incumbents must be defeated. Only then can we send the message loud and clear that we want our country back!

Fred Mason

Tupper Lake

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