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Clinton County, New York
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Space to house standing art collections By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Art has a new home in Plattsburgh, and itÕ s at 30 City. The space, in the former Mountain Riders bike shop across from Trinity Park, is being financed by local business owner and Downtown Business Association President Colin Read. Read is working in conjunction with volunteers from First Weekends in Plattsburgh, and Plattsburgh Renewal Project to revamp the space, which will be opening officially June 6. It will also act as PlattsburghÕ s Downtown Community and
CV senior Community turns one. PAGE 2 ARTS
Volunteer Courtney Lebow works on a mural at The Imaginarium in Plattsburgh. Volunteers spent several hours completing murals throughout the children’s museum. People are encouraged to stop by the Imaginarium as part of Museum Days and check out the new murals. The Imaginarium is on Route 9 South, across from WIRY radio. Lebow, an art student at Plattsburgh State, recently completed a mural at Hot Yoga in downtown Plattsburgh. She is available for mural work at clebo001@gmail.com. Photo by Shawn Ryan
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Fire services struggle to find new members
Local woman uses kiln to create bottle art.
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Clinton County Director of Emergency Services Eric Day, left, and Deputy Fire Coordinator Rick Akey.
PLATTSBURGH Ñ When you call 911 at any time of the day or night, chances are good that the people showing up to help are non-paid volunteers. The North Country has a long tradition of people volunteering to help their fellow citizens, be it the volunteer fire service or EMS. But numbers are dwindling as the current responder population ages and fewer people are joining to fill their ranks. The fall off in numbers results from a combination of factors, according to Eric Day, Clinton County Director of Emergency Services, and Deputy Fire Coordinator Rick Akey. Ò I think a lot of the time, once a person gets involved itÕ s a lot more than what the person anticipated,Ó said Akey. Ò The impression is itÕ s more of a social operation than it is. ThatÕ s part of it, but itÕ s a professional operation.Ó According to Day, countywide members with between 25 and 40 years of service is the largest single group, followed by one to to five years. The group with from five to 25 years of service is the smallest group, according to the numbers. Though on its face, it would seem like a positive that the second largest demographic is the one to five year demographic,
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