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PAUL
SMITH'S
COLLEGE,
PAUL
SMITHS,
NEW
YORK
12970
October
24,
1972
LAKE
PROJECT
BEGINS
ITS
SECOND
YEAR
Building
Program
Continues
at
PSC
Two
new
buildings
opened
their
doors
this
fall
at
PSC.
These
two
buildings,
the
new
science
build
ing
on
the
main
campus
and
the
classroom-rec
hall
building
on
the
Gabriels
campus
are
the
latest
additions
to
the
campus
facilities;
however,
more
building
is
now
in
progress
and
more
will
soon
take
place.
A
new
addition
is
now
being
added
to
the
rec
hall
on
the
main
campus
which
will
expand
the
snack
bar
facilities
and
add
rest
rooms.
Dr.
Buxton
said
that
PSC
expects
to
have
a
beer
license
and
that
this
addition
to
the
rec
hall
will
make
possible
a
much
expand
ed
operation
—
including
pizza!
Definite
plans
for
two
new
build
ings
are
underway.
The
first
will
be
a
new
cafeteria
on
the
main
campus
and
Dr.
Buxton
said
that
construction
on
this
building
will
probably
begin
in
the
spring
of
1973.
The
cafeteria
will
include
foods
labs
facilities
for
the
Hotel
Department.
The
second
building
being
planned
is
a
combination
physical
education
athletic-recrea
tional
building.
Plans
for
this
building
are
incomplete
at
this
time
but
Dr.
Buxton
stated
that
a
swiming
pool,
obviously
an
indoor
pool,
will
either
be
included
in
this
building
or
housed
in
a
separ
ate
building.
New
Faculty
at
PSC
There
are
four
new
faces
among
the
faculty
members
at
PSC
this
year,
three
of
whom
obtained
their
B.S.
degrees
from
New
Yoi’k
State
colleges.
Creighton
Fee
is
an
assistant
professor
of
surveying.
Mr.
Fee,
a
licensed
land
surveyor,
has
a
B.S.
degree
from
the
New
York
State
College
of
Forestry
and
he
acquir
ed
practical
experience
working
for
the
Conservation
Department.
Mr.
Fee,
his
wife,
and
two
daugh
ters
live
in
Tupper
Lake,
where
Mr.
Fee
has
a
surveying
business.
Kenneth
West,
who
has
a
M.S.T.
degree
from
the
University
of
Wisconsin,
is
teaching
physics
and
physical
science
at
PSC.
Mr.
West
taught
physics
in
high
school
for
two
years
and
worked
for
IBM
for
three
years
before
joining
tho
PSC
faculty.
Lynn
Witters,
who
is
teaching
in
the
Forestry
Department,
holds
an
M.S.
degree
in
forest
manage
ment
from
the
New
York
State
College
of
Environmental
Science
and
Forestry
at
Syracuse.
Mr.
Witters
and
his
wife
are
living
in
the
Loon
Lake
area.
Karl
Kroetz.
PSC’s
new
Director
of
Alumni
affairs,
will
also
be
teaching
accounting.
Mr.
Kroetz,
who
got
both
his
B.S.
and
M.S.
de
grees
from
Clarkson
College
of
Technology,
is
a
native
of
Glens
Falls.
The
Lower
St.
Regis
Lake
Re-
serch
Project
(LSRLRP)
was
in
itiated
in
the
Fall
of
1971
under
the
direction
of
Professor
Patricia
Flath.
The
first
study,
conducted
by
13
chemistry
students,
was
made
to
determine
the
water
en
vironment
of
Lower
St.
Regis
Lake.
Water
samples
were
collect
ed
and
analyzed
by
the
LSRLRP
team.
A
grant
from
the
New
York
State
Department
of
Health
enabled
the
LSRLRP
to
expand
to
incorporate
a
study
of
phos
phate
removal
at
the
sewage
treat
ment
plant
of
PSC.
This
study
is
being
made
to
determine
whether
removal
of
phosphorus
alone
at
the
PSC
sewage
treatment
plant
will
lessen
the
recurring
algae
blooms
in
Lower
St.
Regis
Lake.
The
LSRLRP
will
also
be
involv
ed
in
other
research
by
the
De
partment
of
Health.
The
project
is
expected
to
last
for
two
years.
The
Post
Script
has
published
progress
reports
on
the
LSRLRP
since
its
inception.
The
following
article
is
the
fourth
progress
re
port.
LSRLRP
began
its
Fall
1972
semester
with
an
orientation
meet
ing
of
all
Chemistry
142
students
on
Monday,
September
18.
The
meeting
consisted
of
a
series
of
short
talks
by
previous
LSRLRP
personnel.
From
this
meeting,
29
students
were
chosen.
They
are:
Armand
Amendola,
Theodore
Barnes,
Peter
Caffazo,
Robert
Day.
Stephen
DeGroat,
Robert
Frost,
Thomas
Grant,
Russell
Hall.
Don
ald
Hart,
Warren
Hauer,
Daniel
Helmes,
Douglas
Kipping,
Richard
Kilbury,
Wayne
Kwasniewski
James
Landis,
Eric
Lotreck,
Geof
frey
Maes,
Theodore
Martin,
Theo
dore
Merihew,
Randall
Phillips,
Pamela
Rothfuss,
James
Rubado,
Frederick
Ruggles,
Timothy
Scrom,
John
Shuart,
Richard
Sny
der,
Gregory
Streeter,
John
Tom-
askovic,
Michael
Vozzolo.
On
September
25,
the
first
for
mal
meeting
of
the
group
was
held.
Prof.
Flath
explained
the
project
and
discussed
the
four-prong
at
tack
of
the
environment
study.
Each
student
made
a
choice
as
to
what
he
would
want
to
work
on
initially,
with
the
idea
of
chang
ing
to
another
area
in
seven
weeks.
The
four
areas
of
study
are
Lake.
Sewage
Treatment””
Plant.
Tributary
Study
and
Leech
ing
Field.
1.
Lake:
This
group
will
be
re
sponsible
for
collecting
and
analyz
ing
all
lake
samples,
maintenance
of
boat
and
motor,
maintenance
of
bouys
and
anything
else
related
to
the
Lake.
2.
Sewage
Treatment
Plant:
This
group
will
be
responsible
for
the
daily
tests
run
at
the
plant
—
both
College
tests
and
State
tests.
They
are
also
responsible
for
the
general
operation
of
the
STP,
working
under
John
Bouton.
3.
Tributary
Study:
This
group
will
be
responsible
for
daily
read
ing
of
the
staff
gauges
and
bi
monthly
sampling
of
Easy
Street
Creek
and
Spitfire
Creek
No.
1
for
the
State.
This
group
will
be
running
bi-monthly
tests
on
tri
butaries
for
the
Project
and
will
develop
a
series
of
tests
on
rain
water.
The
group
checks
the
wea
ther
station
daily.
4.
Leeching
Field:
This
groups’
responsibility
is
to
study
the
effect
of
the
sand
filtration
beds
on
the
effluent.
They
will
be
ressponsible
for
determining
the
absorptivity
of
the
sand
from
2’-70’
as
well
as
checking
the
lysimeters
(4
in
each
well
hole)
as
necessary
and
the
well
points.
The
various
assignments
are:
1.
Lake:
Cafozzo,
Grant,
Hart.
Hauer,
Helmes,
Kipping,
Kwas
niewski.
Landis,
Rothfuss,
Scrom,
Schuart.
2.
STP:
Amendola,
Day,
Hall,
Kilbury,
Martin,
Phillips,
Rubado,
Streeter,
Vozzolo.
3.
Tributaries:
DeGroat,
Frost,
Maes,
Merihew,
Ruggles.
4.
Leech
Field:
Barnes,
Lotreck,
Snyder,
Tomaskovic.
In
the
fall
of
1972
a
new
aspect
of
the
L.S.R.L.R.P.
was
begun.
This
new
area
of
study
pertains
to
the
use
of
a
leeching
field
as
a
method
of
removing
phosphates
from
the
treated
sewage
water.
This
removal
is
achieved
by
using
sand
to
absorb
the
phosphates
from
the
water.
This
liquid
filters
down
through
the
sand
until
it
reaches
the
water
table.
From
here
it
will
travel
back
into
Lower
St.
Regis
Lake.
The
leeching
fields
are
position
ed
across
Route
30,
near
the
pow
er
station.
They
are
approximately
two
acres
in
size
and
seventy
feet
deep.
The
filtering
material
is
the
original
sand
on
the
site.
This
sand
is
now
in
the
process
of
being
tested
for
phosphate
ab
sorption
over
a
wide
range
of
depths.
These
sand
samples
are
taken
every
two
feet.
This
absorp
tion
value
must
be
known
if
we
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on
page
4)
PHOTO
BY
GREG
KING
Dotty
Schott,
secretary
of
HSMA.
and
other
hotel
students
chat
with
Mr.
Lou
Barnett,
a
guest
lecturer.
