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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Clinton County, New York
Champlain poised to celebrate anniversary
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By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com CHAMPLAIN — The town of Champlain will celebrate its 225th anniversary on Aug. 17, with events planned throughout the village and town of Champlain. The all-encompassing celebration will be held to honor the birth of the town of Champlain, the founder who helped established both the town and Clinton County as well as famous activists who established an abolitionist movement in the Canadian — United States border town. It will also be a day filled with plain old family fun. “When you know where you came from you have a better direction of where to go next,” said Celine Paquette, founder of the Samuel De Champlain History Center in Champlain.
Performance to benefit the Strand Theatre. PAGE 3 ENTERTAINMENT
Carley Premo curls up and takes a nap with a calf in a dairy barn on Thursday, July 18 at the Clinton County Fair.
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Diluge of rain impacting farmers in the region By Kasidi Armstrong
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PLATTSBURGH — The significant amount of rainfall throughout the North Country this spring and early summer has had a negative impact on many of the farmers in the region. The almost constant rain has stunted crops and has already caused a hay shortage. Vermont recently broke the record for the highest rainfall in two consecutive months — May and June — with a total of 18.6 inches. Plattsburgh and the surrounding towns saw an average of 10-20 inches in the same time frame. In some areas of upstate New York, the rainfall has measured more than 25 inches, according to the National Weather Service. In comparison, the statewide average annual rainfall is around 36 inches, or 3 inches per month. That water has saturated fields, ruining crops and making it impossible to harvest hay. Melissa Monty-Provost at Country Dreams Farm in Plattsburgh said she’s been worried about the plants in her fields. “They were flooded, stunted and the water was stagnate. We had to re-plant in some areas,” she explained. “But with this beautiful sun we’re starting to see some growth.” Monty-Provost said they have been concerned about blight, a
Many farmers have only just begun to harvest hay because of the rainy start to the growing season.
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