2008 Grand Marshall - Timothy P. Burpoe, CF

 Timothy P. Burpoe was born in Yonkers, New York the son of Marion (Fennell) Burpoe and the late Eugene F. Burpoe.  Tim is one of seven children, four brothers and three sisters (he’s the fifth of seven and the reason he is so well adjusted and sociable).  He gained Boy Scouts highest rank of Eagle Scout as a 16 year old, and graduated from Charles E. Gorton High School.  From high school he attended and graduated from Paul Smiths College of Arts & Science with an A.A.S in Forest Technology/Survey Option.  He roamed the southwest of the United States for three years working in Utah as a Seasonal Forester/Firefighter, surveyor for a uranium mine, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.  He then found himself back in the northeast and Syracuse, NY where he graduated from the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry with a B.S. in Resource Management.  In Syracuse he met the love of his life, Sue Cherny and they eventually moved to Saranac Lake after Tim was offered a job with the NYS Division of Equalization & Assessment as a Forest Appraiser.  Sue has been a Resource Room/ Consulting Teacher in Tupper Lake High School for the past 21 years. Tim has worked as a forester in the Adirondacks for the past 21 years and is a Certified Forester and managing partner with Timberland Assets & Management, LLC. of Saranac Lake.  He was elected a Franklin County Legislator for District 7, representing the Towns of Harrietstown and Franklin, and the Village of Saranac Lake, in 2005.  He was re-elected to his second term in November and sworn in on January 3, 2008. He is married to Sue, of Syracuse, and they share three sons, Joseph (18), Steven (16) and Michael (13). Mr. Burpoe has been active in the community as a member of the Village of Saranac Lake Planning Board, Town of Harrietstown Board of Assessment Review, Troop 12 Boy Scout Committee, President of the Friends of Mt. Pisgah, and coach of numerous youth baseball, football and lacrosse teams.  He has chaired the Franklin County Economic Development & Planning Committee for the past three years and is a member of the Finance and Public Safety Committees, and is an appointed representative to the Franklin County Bicentennial Committee. Tim loves Saranac Lake and Adirondacks.  He can’t think of a better place to raise his three sons.  The experiences that he has had, “walking the Adirondacks” is material that could fill a book and, along with his wife, are what has made him who he is today.  Humbled and honored would be an understatement of his feelings for being chosen as Grand Marshall of the 2008 Winter Carnival.