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PLATTSBURGH — Imagine surviving to see every-thing from the advent of the automobile to the inven-tion of the iPod. In one century, the world has seen anenormous amount of change.
Emma Dean Bagget has been around to witness itall, but you could never tell by looking at her. The na-tive Texan, who today resides at Pine Harbour Assist-ed Living, passes the century mark today, April 1.
“It’s particularly amazing,” said Emma’s son,Michael Bagget. “Especially because of her [excellent]condition.”
Emma’s memories are particularly amazing. Oneexample is how she recalled when her family got theirfirst car when she was just a child. Her father, she re-membered, was the do-it-yourself type, and it wasthis attitude that allowed Emma to drive the brand-new Ford automobile.
“My father put me in it and said ‘drive!’— I drove
it straight into a tree,” she said.“He said we should do everything on our own, but
I guess he changed his mind after that,” she joked.Luckily, Emma wasn’t hurt, but the old-time auto-
mobile was out for the count.Throughout her life, the centenarian has made her
living as a secretary for a few high-profile persons, in-cluding a senator and a president of a community col-lege in Texas. Her Texas roots were moved to the Em-pire State when her son’s wife received a job offer inthe area.
“I think it’s remarkable how well she had adjusted,”Michael said. “When she gets her head around some-thing she gets it done.”
Emma, who is a devout Methodist, has been mar-ried twice, most recently when she was in her 80s. Sheis the mother of two now-grown children, Michaeland Christina, and has a slew of grandchildren and Emma Dean Bagget, who turns 100 today, April 1, is still young at heart.
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PLATTSBURGH — For the last threeyears, Paul Maggy has been working tomake the North Country a cycling desti-nation.
Last year, Maggy began workon the Adirondack BikeRanch in West Chazy, fol-lowed by the formationof a bike club. Today,April 1, he opens a bikeshop.
Located at 30 CityHall Place, MountainRiders is a middle- tohigh-end bike shop, fo-cused on biking enthusiasts.
“[We’re] not trying to discour-age beginning cyclists, but we’re just alittle bit more of a core cyclist shop,”Maggy explained.
“Being a new bike shop, there’s not 15to 20 years worth of leftover tools andparts and accessories and bikes here,” headded. “Everything is new.”
The store has mountain bikes, roadbikes, BMX and dirt jump bikes. They of-fer bike sales, rentals, repairs, acces-sories, and are certified for bike fitting.
However, Maggy assures he is notlooking to be the competition for otherbike stores in the area.
“From what we can tell, they seem to
carry the lower- to middle-end,” he said.“What we’re trying to do is hit a com-pletely different niche.”
One group of people Maggy hopes toattract to the store are those who cur-
rently travel to Burlington or LakePlacid.
“What we found is there wasa large community of cyclists
about five to seven yearsago,” he said. “While notgetting their needs met, ba-sically moved on to otheractivities, outdoor sports.
They’re all starting to comeback as they see what’s going
on. It’s growing.”“We want to be part of the
change that's happening in Plattsburghtowards a more healthy outlook andlifestyle,” Maggy added.
The shop will be open Mondaythrough Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.throughout April, with hours to be ex-tended as warmer weather approaches.Maggy is also offering a tune-up specialfor the month of April for $15.
“Get everybody’s bikes out androlling,” he said. “I’ll go through andmake [sure] everything works.”
For more information, call 324-9900, e-mail [email protected], or visitwww.mtn-riders.com.
Paul Maggy, owner of Mountain Riders,a new bike shop in downtown Platts-burgh, tunes up a mountain bike. It’s oneof the many services offered by the storethat sells middle to high-end bikes.
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PLATTSBURGH — Whether you canswim or not, “Aqua Zumba” may be theexercise class you’ve been waiting for.
According to www.zumba.com, AquaZumba is a “pool party” workout for allages. The water-based workout takesthe Zumba workout and blends it with“aqua fitness disciplines.”
“A bit part of the Aqua Zumba is in-corporating the upper body with thearm movements,” explained YMCAaquatics director and Aqua Zumba in-structor Patti Warner. “You’ve got a lotof resistance.”
In fact, the resistance of the water isapproximately 12-times that on land,according to an informational sheetprovided by Warner.
“The benefit of the extra resistance,using your arms, is you get a lot of corework as well,” Warner explained.
However, for those with shoulder is-sues or other injuries, the resistance canbe reduced, simply by modifying theexercise.
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for the lower body, including legs andhips.
“It’s a good way to do pretty much atotal body [workout] in the aquatics en-vironment,” Warner explained. “Andyou don’t realize it, because you’re justhaving fun.”
Although Aqua Zumba is good formen and women of all ages, Warner es-pecially sees benefits for older women.
“It’s so important, especially forwomen, to keep those muscles [strong]with the issues of aging, osteoporosis,”she said. “And, just like any other fit-ness class, you go at your own intensi-ty level, depending on what your goalsare. But the social environment, the funenvironment, that’s just as important.”
Currently, the Plattsburgh YMCA, lo-cated at 17 Oak St., is the only AquaZumba class in the area. Classes areheld every Monday, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.and membership to the gym is not re-quired. Warner is also looking to addmore classes during the next session,which begins in May.
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PLATTSBURGH — The voic-es of those in favor of keepingPoint au Roche State Park openhave been heard.
Despite the rainy weather,dozens in favor of keepingPoint au Roche off the list ofpotential state parks and his-toric sites to be closed gatheredMarch 21 at the PARC Oval.
Friends of Point au RocheState Park — a nonprofit or-ganization formed “to protect,preserve, and promote Pointau Roche State Park” — organ-ized the rally, with many of itsmembers bearing signs andfond memories of the locallandmark situated on thebanks of Lake Champlain.
“I was particularly pleased,”said Mary Simmers, presidentof the Friends of Point auRoche. “They came out despitethe weather.”
“It’s an absolute jewel of na-ture in our midst,” said GaryO’Connor, one of the support-ers at the rally.
The park is important to O’-Connor because he goes thereat least four or five times everyweek, he said. That kind of op-portunity is one he wants everyone to continue tohave.
“It’s a shame to take away this chance to experienceit,” said O’Connor.
Marty Weikart, another Point au Roche supporter atthe rally, had a hand in the upkeep of the park, clean-
ing and repairing structures that exist on the proper-ty today. Weikart said he remembers going to camp atPoint au Roche as a child.
“My parents met at that camp,” he said Weikart.“It’s a great place with a lot of history.”
Mike Champagne and Barrett Waling were two sup-
porters who frequently runand train with their cross-country team at the park.
“We heart Point au Roche,”said Champagne, adding hedidn’t know where theywould practice if the parkshuts down.
“For the people of the area,it is a magnificent facility forgetting out of the city,” saidPat Lynch, another attendee.
Assemblywoman Janet L.Duprey, R-Peru, was amongpoliticians in attendance forthe rally, speaking to thecrowd in support of their ef-fort. Duprey said she was“very confident that the stateparks will stay open.”
There has been no officialdecision to act on the closureof the proposed list of parksand historic sites — whichalso locally include MacombState Park in the town of Peru— however, Duprey said thestate Legislature is reviewinghow it can secure $11.3 millionto keep the sites open.
In the meantime, Dupreyasked everybody to buy moreEmpire Passes, which allowunlimited access to NYS parks
for a $70 fee.“We’re going to have to monitor exactly what’s hap-
pening with the budget,” Simmers said.
Michael O’Keefe is an intern with the State Universityof New York at Plattsburgh.
Dozens of people turned out at the PARC Oval in Plattsburgh March 21 for a rally to save Point au Roche State Park from po-tential closure.
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PLATTSBURGH — It’s internationalflavor in a local setting.
Michele’s Fine Dining, 5131 U.S. Ave.,opened its doors last month, with an ex-pansive offering of upscale cuisine.
“The menu’s completely differentfrom anything you’ve seen,” said own-er and chef Howard Fleisher.
With selections like Chinese five-spice rubbed Brome Lake duck breastand lemon-thyme-crusted free-rangeStatler chicken breast, Fleisher and col-league David Allen, who serves as exec-utive chef, have been developing a fol-lowing.
“It’s been pretty steady,” said Allen.“The brunch, especially, has had great
success,” said Fleisher, referring to therestaurant’s Sunday brunch.
The popularity of Michele’s in such ashort span of time is something Allencredits to the menu and high-qualityservice the restaurant offers.
“We have a smaller menu but that’sbecause we take a lot of time with thepresentation and the quality,” saidAllen, who added Michele’s also makestheir own dressings and breads.
It’s also key that the food Michele’spresents can be boiled down to oneword, “fresh.”
“We don’t have a specials board whenyou first come in like a lot of restaurantsdo. That’s because in other restaurants that’s an outlet for them to get rid of thingsthey need to get rid of,” explained Allen. “We don’t do that. We have a smallermenu because everything’s done fresh. We don’t have that need to get rid ofthings.”
Michele’s also has a tapas menu, which offers a menu of eight to 10 items thatchanges every week, said Allen. That constantly evolving menu, paired with con-sistent selections like 31-day-dry-aged grilled bone-in rib steak and Kobe-style
Wagyu beef burgers, is what gets peoplehooked and coming back, said Allen.
Desserts made table-side like BananasFoster and cherries jubilee, don’t hurteither, said Fleisher.
Though the food they serve piques theinterest of their patrons, it’s also bring-ing them into the experience of prepar-ing the meal that is of interest to some,he added. A chef ’s table, which seatsfour as you enter the restaurant, has be-come a popular attraction, allowingthose dining at Michele’s a chance to seefirst-hand how their meals are pre-pared.
“They can sit and watch the chefs cre-ate all the food for the night,” saidAllen. “When it’s slower and we havemore time, we can interact with them.It’s a good thing, especially for peoplewho really want to learn about cuisine.”
Eventually, Allen said Michele’swould like to expand upon the educa-tional aspect of the business.
“In the future, we’d like to do somecompetitions and do other things withother local talented chefs to developthis area on the culinary end,” saidAllen.
The business is also currently in theprocess of obtaining its liquor license.When it does, Michele’s will have a winelist featuring more than 150 selections.
Michele’s Fine Dining is open Tues-day through Thursday, 11:30 to 9 p.m.; Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Satur-day from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundaybrunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and live entertainment is offeredThursday through Saturday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.The business is closed Mondays.
(Editor’s Note: Check out Page 2 of this week’s edition to see even more about Michele’sFine Dining.)
Michele’s Fine Dining owner and chef Howard Fleisher, left, stands with executive chef David Allen atthe restaurant’s chef’s table. The business has been open since early March and has already devel-oped a following for its international cuisine.
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Robo-France 29, an Albany-based ex-perimental jam jam-band, has been ac-tive in the Capital Region for the past
few years and gained a devoted following.And, it’s one starting to grow in the Plattsburgharea.
The band, which has been around since 2007,consists of Russ Brady on lead guitar; Josh Bre-den on guitar, harmonica and vocals; Nick Car-rara on drums and vocals; and Justin Schultz onbass, vocals and megaphone. Each has beenhaving fun challenging the rules of the tradi-tional jam-band sound, said Schultz, incorpo-rating influences of classic rock, alternative, punk, and Americana.
“Each member of the band brings something different to the table,” said Schultz. Robo-France 29 first got a taste of Plattsburgh when Schultz came here to study history
at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Rather than disband when Schultzmoved here, the band stayed together and Schultz splits his free time between here and Al-bany, practicing, recording and performing shows with the band.
“We had developed a strong catalog of original and cover songs, and decided continueforward with the band, despite the 150 miles that separates us,” said Schultz. “I realizedpretty quickly after moving here that there is a strong and hungry music scene. We playedPlattsburgh for the first time with the Shameless Strangers in December and had a blast.You could really tell that both the bands and the attendees had a lot of fun.”
Though the band has shared its billing with many popular national and regional tour-ing acts, the guys enjoy playing smaller venues like ones in Plattsburgh where they can re-ally interact with the crowds.
“The people are great here, they really seemto enjoy live music, which is awesome,” saidSchultz. “Curious and energetic crowds makePlattsburgh a great place for upstate bands toplay.”
The origin of the band’s interesting namecomes from the cult favorite Cartoon Networkshow “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” Schultz saida character on the show was talking about thefuture of France and how it will be named“Robo-France 29.”
“I thought it was a great name for a band,”he said. “We were using various monikers eachweek, so I suggested Robo-France 29 to the
band and we rolled with it.”Robo-France 29 is now finishing up a string of spring shows, which will include a gig
with Greg Ginn with the band Black Flag in Albany. Ginn was ranked among the top 100guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine.
“We played with Greg last year and it was truly an honor to share the bill with a bona-fide rock legend,” said Schultz.
The band is also in the process of getting its summer schedule together, which includeswanting to play more shows in Plattsburgh.
“We’ve only played the Monopole so far, but we’re looking to branch out and play oth-er venues in the area,” said Schultz.
(Editor’s Note: Robo-France 29 will be performing this Friday, April 2, at the Monopole on Protec-tion Avenue, sharing the bill with local favorite Shameless Strangers. The show will begin at 10 p.m.Check out their MySpace page, www.myspace.com/robofrance, for a list of their upcoming shows andkeep an eye on the what’s happenin’ section of the ‘burgh!)
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great-grandchildren, including agranddaughter with 17 children. Shehas long outlived anybody else in herfamily so far.
Emma attributes her longevity to ahealthy and happy lifestyle. And, eventhough she may be getting older, herheart is as young as ever.
Recently, Emma rode a Harley, hadher picture placed in the paper.
“She has the best attitude of anyone Ihave ever known,” Michael said. “Shetakes life in stride.”
However, Emma doesn’t spend every
day on the back of a motorcycle. On anormal day, you can find her at Biblestudy, church, walking around the lakearea in Plattsburgh, singing in a choiror just socializing amongst her peers atPine Harbour.
“I think it all has been wonderful,”Emma said of her life and memoriesshe’s made. “I feel fine.”
Michael O’Keefe is an intern with theState University of New York at Platts-burgh.
EmmaFrom page 4PLATTSBURGH — The town of Platts-
burgh is now accepting registrations for allthe programs offered by the departmentthroughout the summer and fall.
Programs include baseball, softball, t-ball, swimming, fall soccer and others.
Summer brochures are being mailed toall homeowners in the town and are alsoavailable at the town office during regularbusiness hours. Registrations will be ac-cepted through Thursday, April 15. Regis-trations received after this date will beplaced on a waiting list. All participantsmust register to play in the town they re-side in before seeking a release to playelsewhere.
Parents and guardians must sign theregistration forms, which can either bedownloaded from the town Web site,www.townofplattsburgh.org, or forms canbe picked up, filled out, and dropped offat the following locations:
Cadyville Gulf, Wooden Ski & Wheel,Cumberland Bay Market, Bill’s Mini Mart,Ukie’s Store in Buckley’s Plaza, Nadim’sStore, Wallace Hill Park (drop box on thebuilding) or the lobby of the town office.
Those interested in coaching or in be-coming a paid official for games shouldcall the recreation department at 562-6860,from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Fri-day.
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SECOND SATURDAY CINEMA. Uni-tarian Universalist Fellowship Center, 4Palmer St., 7 p.m. 561-6920 for title.
PLATTSBURGH — One local sororityis working to raise money and aware-ness for child abuse through a fun, andperhaps amusing event.
Sigma Delta Tau, a sorority at the StateUniversity of New York at Plattsburgh,focuses their philanthropic efforts onPrevent Child Abuse America, and willhelp to raise money for the national or-ganization through “Are You SmarterThan A Fifth Grader?”
The game, which will be open to the
community, will be held Wednesday,April 7, at 8 p.m. at the Angell CollegeCenter Ballrooms on campus.
“A lot of times when we have been do-ing our philanthropy, we haven’t reallybeen engaging the community and in-volving kids in it,” explained MichelleMora, philanthropy chair of Sigma DeltaTau. “And, that’s one of the core valuesof Prevent Child Abuse America.”
Mora added when she ran for philan-thropy chair of the sorority, her missionwas to bring the Prevent Child AbuseAmerica’s values, into their own, and
get the community’s involvement aswell.
“I think that if we can engage the com-munity in our mission, it will really mo-tivate us to keep going,” she said.
The event, which is based on the pop-ular television game show, will pitSUNY Plattsburgh students againstfifth-graders from Momot, Oak Street,Peru, and Chazy elementary schools.
“The [television] show only highlightsthe people participating, and not thefifth-graders,” said Mora. “We want tomake sure we highlight the fifth-graders
as much as possible.”Mora anticipates the event to be a lot
of fun, not only for the college students,but the community as well, and shehopes it will bring awareness to whatother groups are doing.
“There is a lot of great activism goingon campus that a lot of the communitydoesn’t ever hear about,” she said. “Ithink this is a great opportunity for thecommunity see all the positive thingsthat we’re doing.”
General admission for the event is $5,with admission for students $2.
Are there any SUNY students smarter than fifth-graders?By Sarah L. Cronk • [email protected]
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