The Post-Star from Glens Falls, New York • 9

Also Inside Local. Bulletin Board B6 Columns B6 Obituaries B7 Stocks B8 The Post-Star, Thursday, May 27, 1999 City Editor Bob Condon: 792-3131. Ext. 3250 Cadet honors National Guard graduates first Corps of Cadets in city. B7 BRIEFLY Police seat belt campaign hits area jr.

-i' Ij'in By Don Lehman Staff Writer FORT EDWARD Luis Badillo looked like any other motorist as he sat in the front seal of the brown minivan parked along Route 4 Wednesday afternoon. Until his gray Slate Police uniform became evident. Unbeknownst to the hundreds of motorists who passed him Wednesday afternoon, it wasn't coincidence that put alongside the state highway. Badillo and Trooper Steven Smith were deployed as "spotters" in a police effort to convince drivers to wear their seal belts. Badillo and Smith sat in unmarked cars a quarter-mile or so north of the checkpoint, spotting southbound motorists who scrambled to put on their seal bells when they saw the Hashing police car lights ahead.

'This is the way you've' got lo get them," Badillo said as he watched a woman in a gray minivan hurriedly buckle up. A total of 145 tickets were issued during the six-hour checkpoint, which was part of the statewide "Buckle Up New York" effort that state officials hope will increase scat belt use in time for the busy summer travel season. Of the tickets issued, 92 were for seat bell violations. Four others were for aggravated unlicensed operation, and one person was See Belts: Back Page Don Lthman State Police check vehicles Wednesday on Route 4 in Fort Edward. Library tody to Ti school finds another threat By Maury Thompson Correspondent TICONDHROGA High school students were dismissed early for the second day in a row on Wednesday after a bomb threat was discovered on a school computer.

But local police, after learning students had seen hut not reported the note the previous day, are assuming the perpetrator is (he same individual who serihhled a note on the wall on Tuesday reading, "Bomb in school 2:45." "This is not a new incident," said Michael Alteri, a public safety dispatcher acting as spokesman for the Ticondcroga Police Department. Alteri said police were called to the high school at 12:07 p.m. Wednesday when school officials discovered a bomb threat posted on a notepad program on a school computer. Students were evacuated from the building and sent home early, he said. In the course of their investigation, police interviewed two students who said they had seen the note on Tuesday, but were afraid to report it, Alteri said.

The incident marks the latest development in a siring of criminal events in the district that began on Monday morning when middle school custodian Edward Clark discovered a break-in at the school. In what's being treated as a separate incident, police investigated a bomb threat at the middle school on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, school officials executed an emergency "go home" procedure at the high school after finding the scribbled note. Police are continuing their investigation into all of the incidents, Alteri said. LOTTERY UPDATE Associated Press SCHENECTADY There were no first-prize winners in Tuesday's Take Five drawing, lottery officials said Wednesday.

Money that would have gone to; the firsNprize ticket holders was divided evenly among second-prize winners. The winning numbers for Tuesday were 2, 9, 26, 34 and 37. Today's results on C4 patron trend Workers apply final touches to Lake George walkway By Denise Bassett Correspondent LAKE GEORGE The long- awaited, much heralded Lakefront Walkway won't officially be open to pedestrians this weekend, but village Mayor Robert M. Blais said he expects to see visitors strolling its lengths nevertheless. "People have been walking on it for two weeks," Blais said.

"We put up barricades, but the people just walk around them and down the walkway anyway." Completion of the 650-foot concrete walkway was scheduled for Memorial Day weekend the beginning of Lake George's summer tourist season but Blais said Wednesday the project won't quite be done in time. Most of the unfinished elements are aesthetic, the mayor said, such as the illustrations of the lake's native fish that have yet to be engraved on the surface of the But Blais said he expects the work to be complete enough so that the thousands of visitors who are anticipated in Lake George for the holiday weekend will be able to stretch their legs and enjoy the view. "I'd say it will probably be done enough for people to walk on this weekend, and (the contractor) won't have to put up any barricades," he said. "I mean, the workers are putting in all the flowers and stuff now." The new 15-foot wide walkway curves along the shoreline from Shepard Park See Walk: Back Page "'P I Pi Lo I By David Blow Staff Writer GLENS FALLS Patrons of Crandall Public Library in coming weeks will be confronted near the door with a large regional map and a push pin to insert in the spot where they live. The map will provide library planning consultant Nolan Lushington an idea of where a majority of library patrons reside.

The information will be included in a report on the viability of proposed satellite libraries in either Moreau or Queensbury or both. The library board of trustees hired Lushington lo examine satellites after some area residents said they'd rather see a scaled down expansion in Glens Falls and more convenient branches elsewhere in the library district. The residents were primarily senior citizens who are it increasingly difficult to get to the library and feel satellites are needed and would be Jack Irion, chairman of the library's Expansion Committee, said once Lushington finishes his report, the commtttee will make a recommendation to the board of trustees on whether satellites are feasible. "We've asked him to give us advantages and disadvantages and rough costs for a variety of possibilities," Irion said, adding that the report is expected in July. But library Director Christine McDonald said Lushington won't be entertaining scaling back the main library, even if branches are implemented a decision some trustees questioned.

Trustee Donna J. Farrar said residents specifically asked the board to scale back the proposed $10 million expansion and use some of the savings to form branches in Queensbury or Moreau. Farrar questioned excluding those wishes in the report and simply adding the cost of branches on top of costs of the full central library But McDonald said Lushington has adamantly opposed that idea, saying the main library expansion needs to be large enough to handle local needs 20 years down the road and the current proposal docs that. The board can order Lushington to look into scaling down the main library, McDonald said, but it hasn't todate. Board member Sanford 'Scarlcman said Lushington has stressed that the nationwide trend is to get away from satellites and get back to bolstering central libraries.

High costs, duplicative services and low usage were cited as the reasons, he said. McDonald said before the board of trustees decides whether lo push for branches or scrap the idea, the public will be involved to offer input. Lushington is expected to be in town on June 10-1 1 to continue looking at the area's demographics and population bases. TODAY Monty Calvert Bob Camidine, Cliff Hatch and Brian Bonner, all employees of Stilsing Electric, walk along Lake George's new walkway Tuesday. The men had been wiring the walkway's light fixtures.

New Great Escape coaster may not be ready on time By John Gereau Staff Writer QUEENSBURY Great Escape's opening weekend may come and go without the start-up of this year's newest attraction. The Nightmare indoor roller coaster, a park official said Wednesday, Mark Bardack, a spokesman for the amusement park, said construction workers are working into the night attempting to ready the ride for its Memorial Day weekend debut. But completion is doubtful at this point, said John S. Collins, general manager of the park and vice president of Premier Parks, the park's corporate owner. "We are working to have it up and running for Memorial Day, but we anticipate it will probably open shortly after Memorial Day," Collins said.

The Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon, which is the centerpiece of a $2.5 million capital project plan at the park for 1 999. has received all town approvals but has yet to be state inspected and certified, Collins said. "We still have to schedule a state inspection of the coaster, and a grand opening will follow," Collins said. The ride will probably be opened to the public prior to the official grand opening, he said. Collins also said the reopening of the former Coachman restaurant across from the park entrance, which officials had said would be operating under a new name by this weekend, has been pushed back one weekend.

Great Estape officials divulged about two weeks ago that the amusement park will acquire the Coachman Restaurant, Samoset Motel and two private homes as part of a deal that includes more than 20 acres ibetween Route 9 and the Northway. "We hope to have the Coachman Restaurant up and running under a new name by the weekend after Memorial Day," Collins said Wednesday. On another issue, Collins said sales during a special $49 season pass promotion have far exceeded the expectations of officials at the park. He said he fully intends the park to sell out of the passes sometime in the next few days. The season pass promotion ends this weekend.

See Escape: Back Page Adirondack Community College Board of Trustees, Bishop Community Conference Center, 5 p.m. Moreau Town Board, Town Hall, Special Meeting, Executive Session, 3:30 p.m. Moreau Town Board, Town Hall, Audit Meeting, 4 p.m. Queensbury Planning Committee, Planning Conference Room, 8 a.m. Warren County Health Services Committee, Supervisors' Committee Room, 9:30 a.m.

Warren County Planning Community Development Committee, Supervisors' Committee Room, 10:45 a.m. Warren County Tourism Committee, Supervisors' Committee Room, 1 1 :30 a.m. Bolton Town Planning Board, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Cori nth Town Board, Town Hall, 4 p.m. Hague Zoning Board, Community Center, 7 p.m.

Lake George Village Board, Special Meeting. Village Administration Building, 7 p.m. Lake George Village Recreation Center Committee, Village Hall. 4 p.m. Saratoga Springs Central School District Board of Education.

Senior High School. 7:30 p.m. Wilton Town Zoning Board, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Adirondack Community College unveils new logo dirondack ommunily I onega Ll DEATHS By Judy Bernstein Staff Writer This year, there's a new administration at Adirondack Community College with a new vision, all just in time for a new millennium. ACC will unveil a new logo, a single green leaf, to portray those changes at a news conference this morning at the college's Randies Conference tenter.

The leaf is representative of a tree the college that branches out into the community. It portrays rebirth, growth, health and vitality, said Sarah Jane Linehan. college marketing director. "We're tying all of ACC's strengths to the community," Linehan said. A single leaf was chosen as the symbol because it is "organic, warm and inviting." she said.

The logo, which will be used on all college correspondrnce, publications, applications, campus signs, advertising and promotional materials, is the first change since the previous president. Roger C. Andersen, created a mountain logo during his 10-year administration. Before that, the college used a logo of an opened textbook with a Urge Hack on it. Along with the logo will be a new slogan.

"A Lifetime of Learning Opportunities," Linehan said. Jane M. Harmon, formerly vice president for academic affairs at Hibhing Community College in Hihbtng. started as ACC's president in July, becoming the college's fourth president since it opened in September 1961. Harmon has focused much of her energy on working with business, school and community leaders to involve them in the college and provide training for residents that will also help the region's economy.

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Power. Fort Edard Logo courtesy of ACC The old Adirondack Community College logo, above, will soon be retired. Lego courtooy of ACC ACC will unveil its new logo, left at a news conference this morning. A new slogan, 'A Lifetime of Learning Opportunities," wsJ akx make its debut Ui (t)M Ij it Obituaries on B7.