20131012 northcountryman

Page 1

53391

Addressed to:

Editorial» The downward spiral of our nation

Clinton County, New York

Officials discuss underwater power cable

FREE Take One!

PAGE 4

Saturday, October 12, 2013

www.northcountryman.com

LOOK GOOD, FEEL BETTER

This Week ENTERTAINMENT

By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Representatives from Transmission Developers Inc. held a public meeting in Plattsburgh Oct. 1 to discuss plans for a proposed underwater power transmission cable which will traverse the length of Lake Champlain. The project, dubbed the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) Project, will bring hydro and wind generated electricity from Quebec to New York City. About two dozen people were on hand for the forum, many representing green groups who were interested in learning what impact the $2.2 billion privately funded project would have on the lake. The 333-mile transmission line will carry 1,000 megawatts of direct current electricity. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

50 years of harmony to be on display. PAGE 2 STYLE & SUBSTANCE

Stacey LaFave, a social worker at the Fitzpatrick Cancer Center in Plattsburgh, displays makeup included with the Look Good, Feel Better program. For a complete story turn to page 3. Photo by Shawn Ryan

Honor Flight going ahead as planned By Shawn Ryan

Michele and Sally tackle the subject of spirituality. PAGE 4 EYE ON BUSINESS

shawn@denpubs.com

Gregg Lee (R) receives his flight wings from North Country Honor Flight Director Daniel Kaifetz at a recent Honor Flight meeting. Lee, a member of the Disabled American Veterans chapter 179, was a flight leader on the September 14 flight to Washington, D.C. Photo by Shawn Ryan

KEESEVILLE Ñ SaturdayÕ s scheduled Honor Flight will be going on as scheduled, despite the ongoing government shut down. Honor Flights fly veterans from all around the country to Washington D.C., in order for them to experience the recently unveiled World War II monument. When the government instituted a partial shut-down last week, the open-air monument was ringed with barricades and closed to the public. That was until an Honor Flight from the Gulf Coast/Mississippi Chapter pushed aside the barricades, and staked a claim to their own monument. Their actions were captured on video, which immediately went viral.

The monument has thus-far stayed open to the Honor Flights, but representatives of North Country Honor Flight are still wary. Ò The Park Service had the common sense to leave them alone, but maybe when the media loses interest, the barricades will go back up,Ó said Daniel Kaifetz, Director of North Country Honor Flight. He explained that the government is letting Honor Flights in one bus at a time, under what they are calling a freedom of speech exemption. They could cancel that exemption however, by enforcing a requirement that gatherings over a certain size re-

CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

Begor’s Supply: 24 years and going strong. PAGE 6

Index

SIGN UP TODAY!

www.northcountryman.com

www.northcountryman.com/alerts/manage/

Remember to keep clicking northcountryman.com all day every day for the latest local news, featured stories and extras

Each week, we’ll send you the printed edition straight to your email’s inbox for FREE. Cancel any time. To sign up, simply go to

Twitter

Online

Facebook

WINE, CIDER FEST

2

HARLEM WIZARDS

3

PUBLISHER’S COLUMN

4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

5

HALLOWEEN FEST

6

GARDEN SCHOOL

6

HEROIN BUST

9

CALENDAR

11

CLASSIFIEDS

13

AUTO ZONE

16

Facebook & Twitter

Become a “fan” on Facebook. Simply search keyword “North Countryman” or follow our Tweets at

www.twitter.com/ncountryman


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.