Bg 05 24 2014

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BRINGING YOU THE NEWS AND VIEWS OF HISTORIC PLATTSBURGH, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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Clinton County, New York

Saturday, May 24, 2014

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This Week

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Honor Flight receives sendoff

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By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — This weekend marked the return to the skies of North Country World War II veterans, flying their “One last mission” to Washington D.C. The send-off ceremony for North Country Honor Flight brought out a litany of current and former military members, civilians, politicians and police officers to see off the 15 veterans who flew out of Plattsburgh International Airport for the whirlwind 16 hour trip to D.C. and back. Among the speakers were outgoing U.S. Congressman Bill Owens, and New York State Assemblywoman Janet Duprey. Duprey has only missed one Honor Flight send-off since they started flying in 2013. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

new Land trust looks forward to summer PAGE 2 LOCAL FLAVOR

Kelli Ryan and Benjamin Thomas arrived at the Seton Catholic Central Junior Prom in style with the help of a handsome Belgian named Pete from Country Dreams Farm. Photo provided

Fledging Crow keeps farming local

Aleka’s takes wings to Greece PAGE 8

By Shawn Ryan

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shawn@denpubs.com KEESEVILLE Ñ The farm-to-table movement is making great strides throughout the country, and no place is that more apparent than at Fledging Crow farm in Keeseville. The farm, which features “Certified Naturally Grown” vegetables as an alternative to organically grown but with the same high standards, was founded six years ago by SUNY Plattsburgh student Ian Ater, who leased 18 acres of hay fields from one of his professors, and set to work building a farm. The farm has grown steadily in reputatutation as well as output in the intervening years. They are primarily a Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, farm. With a CSA, people pay a fee in the winter and are then supplied with vegetables weekly throughout the 21 week North Country growing season. They make their CSA deliveries to locations in Plattsburgh, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Keene and Keene Valley. They also sell at farmersÕ markets in Keeseville, Keene Valley, Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, as well as at the North Country Food Co-Op in Plattsburgh, and Conroy’s Organics in Beekmantown.

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Brittany Harris waters produce at Keeseville’s Fledging Crow farm.

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