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InterLakes CEO steps down

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Ti Federal Credit Union names new CFO. PAGE 4 CROWN POINT

Chip Holmes takes another position By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA Ñ The chief executive offi cer of Inter-Lakes Health in Ticonderoga is leaving, stating his plans  a week after announcing the facility is  eliminating 33 jobs. Chip  Holmes,  the  Inter-Lakes  CEO  for  the  past  two-and-a-half  years,  has  accepted  a  position  with  Quorum  Health Resources, effective April 4.  QHR is a Tennessee-based company  that  provides  executive  management  and consulting services to not-for-profit hospitals throughout the country.   Charles Miceli, vice president of supply  chain  and  information  services  at  Fletcher  Allen  Health  Care,  will  serve  as interim Inter-Lakes CEO until a permanent replacement is named.   Miceli served as interim Inter-Lakes  CEO in 2011, prior to Holmes’ appointment.   Holmes and Miceli serve the Ti facility through an agreement with Fletcher  Allen Executive Services, LLC, which  CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Tony Kostecki serves chili during the third annual Schroon Lake Chili Cook Off. The event was held Feb. 22 at the Mountainside Christian Academy Gym to benefit the community’s emergency services. See story, photo inside.

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Moriah athlete excels at two sports. PAGE 21

Literacy Volunteers hosting Scrabble tourney Local org aims to eradicate illiteracy By Seth Lang seth@denpubs.com PORT  HENRY  —  Literacy  Volunteers  of  Essex  and  Franklin  Counties  will  host  its  annual  winter  scrabble  tournament on Sunday, March 2, at the  Knights of Columbus in Port Henry.   The  tournament  will  be  sponsored

by Avery  Energy  of  Crown  Point.  The  top  three  winners  will  receive  prizes.   It  will  begin  at  12:30  p.m.  with  registration  and  the  fi rst  game  begins  at  1  p.m.    Registration  is  $10  a  person  and  refreshments are included.  Information is available online at litvol.com or by calling the Literacy Volunteers’ main offi ce at 546-3008. Executive  Director  Maria  Burke   hopes  for  a  good  turn  out  again  this   year. “Unfortunately,  Scrabble  is  a  game

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that a lot of people don’t pick up anymore. They’d much rather play Words  With  Friends  on  a  fancy  phone,  but  honestly,  it’s  the  same  concept.  Our  tournament  is  not  intense  at  all.  It’s  a  very  relaxed  event.  We  try  to  make  it  as  fun  as  possible  since  it  is  a  F-U-N  draiser,” said Burke. Literacy  Volunteers  is  a  charitable  organization.  Its  mission  is  to  enable  people  older  than  age  16  to  achieve  personal  goals  through  student-centered literacy tutoring.

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According to a new International report, the Program for the International  Assessment  of  Adult  Competencies,  low basic skills in literacy and numeracy are more common in the U.S. than  on average across other countries.  One  in  six  adults  in  the  U.S.  have  low literacy skills and nearly one third  have  weak  numeracy  skills.  There  are  approximately  9,000  adults  in  Essex  and Franklin counties who function at  CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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