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Saturday, November 16, 2013
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By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — With sufficient technology improvements, the Internet could provide jobs for locals and allow new people to come to the Adirondack Park to live and work at home. Job opportunities in the North Country is no longer reliant on the industries of mining, agriculture and timber. In rural communities, the future for filling homes and schools with year-round residents and job creation for current residents could come from employment at companies elsewhere through telecommuting. A roundtable discussion was held at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake on Oct. 24 to address community concerns and educate participants about how to bring successful broadband connections to rural communities. The forum was led by the New York State
WWII Vet receives four long overdue medals. PAGE 3 THE SCENE
Assemblywoman Janet Duprey, Congressman Bill Owens and Stephens Mundy, President and CEO of CVPH cut the ribbon on the new progressive care unit at the hospital on Nov. 12. See related article on page 2.
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Veterans Day observed at Clinton Community
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than a million are left, and we’re loosing these heros at a rate of 800 per day,Ó he said. In the North Country there are some 500 World War II veterans. “We are in a race against time to find these heros and offer them this tribute as a sign of the respect they deserve from a grateful nation.Ó The ceremony then turned to the raising of the flag, followed by a lone bugler playing the mournful sound of Taps. Clinton Community has a very active Veteran’s Club on campus, with 105 military or military affiliated students attending classes. Veteran’s Club president Jeremy Peryer, a former Marine who
Armed forces members, current and retired, salute as the American Flag begins its ascent up the flag pole at Clinton Community College.
PLATTSBURGH Ñ Clinton Community College hosted a Veterans Day flag lowering ceremony Monday, honoring especially 12 World War II veterans who have gone on Honor Flights this past summer. The ceremony this year featured a flag raising ceremony, instead of the customary flag lowering ceremony. Keynote speaker at the event was North Country Honor Flight founder and Director Danny Kaefitz. He spoke about the mission of Honor Flight, and the intense time pressure they are under to achieve that mission: to bring all remaining World War II veterans to their memorial in Washington D.C. “Of the 16.5 million Americans who served in World War II, less
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