4 • May 12, 2018 | The BG/NC Sun
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Community contributes $52K to Plattsburgh YMCA
Funds will ensure all residents can enjoy services By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | When the Plattsburgh YMCA’s board, staff, volunteers and donors gathered at Valcour Brewing Company last month to announce the results of their recent fundraising campaign, the group had much to celebrate. In just over six weeks, $52,572 had been raised by over 150 donors as part of the non-profit’s Community Support Campaign. “We’re humbled by the outpouring of support from our community,” YMCA CEO Justin Ihne said. “We can’t do what we do without their support. The fact that we haven’t had one of these campaigns in on over 20 years, to have this kind of success, is truly a great thing.” The funding will ensure equal access to the YMCA regardless of whether or not a community member can afford their programs, according to Ihne. “Not everyone realizes that we provide financial assistance for all programs,” he said. » Code of conduct Cont. from pg. 1 The code, proposed by Mayor Colin Read earlier this month in an effort to curb “dramas” and bolster taxpayer trust following a wave of negative headlines detailing employee resignations and leaked emails, has been criticized by government watchdogs as utilizing vague language, particularly regarding what constitutes confidential information. The updated version of the code, revealed last Thursday, softened language that would have barred councilors and staff from making public statements perceived as “reflect(ing) poorly on city staff or councilors or invok(ing) city business for political purposes.” Instead, the updated version reads: “Councilors’ public statements should recognize the
Last year, the YMCA allocated over $130,000 in financial assistance to youth, families, adults and older adults for reduced memberships and program fees. “We’re still getting people contributing to this day,” said Ihne. “People are hearing about this very important piece of the YMCA and they’re coming in, they’re calling and they’re contributing.” The Plattsburgh YMCA serves over 4,200 members across Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties, according to a news release. It helps over 350 youth with swim lessons every year, and over 500 children flourish in after school and child care programs at the YMCA. “The YMCA has been here since 1896 in our community, and we’ve been serving families, children and youth for all that time,” Ihne told The Sun. The local YMCA boasts four locations; two membership locations in Plattsburgh and Malone, a 400-acre Camp Jericho in Altona and the Bright Beginning Child Care Center in Plattsburgh. ■ The Plattsburgh YMCA recently closed out its Community Support Campaign with a total of $52,572 donated by over 150 community members. Photo courtesy Plattsburgh YMCA, via Facebook
necessity for decorum, integrity and the importance of cooperation, and should carefully reflect on comments that portray negatively on individual council members or staff.”
REVIEW NEEDED
The proposal follows a series of developments that have pried open a window on internal city business, including an email from Councilor Michael Kelly (Ward 2) to fellow lawmakers disparaging the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and suggesting he reveled in low employee morale. Changes to the proposed code also included the elimination of a provision that would have blocked staff and advisory members from being party to litigation, against or involving the city. Though the mayor’s proposed code of conduct
was released to the council on April 26, it wasn’t sent to city managers until May 3, and wasn’t uploaded to the city’s website for public view until just hours before the council was set to discuss the document on May 3. No physical copies were made available outside the council chambers that afternoon. An updated version of the code was emailed to city managers and councilors just before 5 p.m. on May 3, half an hour before the council was set to vote on the policy in open session and half an hour after councilors were set to discuss the policy in committee. An updated version wasn’t immediately available at the May 3 council meeting for public view. I’m very grateful to have the time to review it
myself,” Kretser told reporters after the meeting. City Clerk Sylvia Parrotte, during a committee meeting prior to the regular council session, asked lawmakers to consider giving city employees more time to review the code. “I would like the time to really review all of the changes,” Parrotte said. “I did read it, and there was a lot in there that I didn’t agree with.” Councilor Patrick McFarlin (Ward 5) agreed that more time was needed, for both city managers and the council, to properly review the code. “I couldn’t agree more,” McFarlin told Parrotte. “I was going to suggest something similar.” The Plattsburgh Common Council unanimously approved Kretser’s motion to table a vote on the policy. ■
• Worship in The norThern Tier • Champlain. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. Weekday Masses: Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. Three Steeples United Methodist Church - 491 Route 11, Champlain. 298-8655. Sunday morning worship 9:30 a.m. steeples3@primelink1.net CHAZY Chazy Presbyterian Church - 620 Miner Farm Rd., Chazy. 846-7349 Worship and Sunday School will begin at 10 a.m. Rev. Robert Svenson. Email: chazypres@westelcom.com Sacred Heart Church - Box 549, Chazy 12921. (518) 846-7650. Sunday Mass (Ant) 6 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m. DANNEMORA Dannemore United Methodist Church - 86 Clark Street, PO Box 488, Dannemora, NY. Pastors Wendy and Gary Rhodehamel. Phone: 518-891-9287. Worship and Sunday School - Sunday 11:00 a.m., tedtrevail@gmail.com ELLENBURG St. Edmund’s Roman Catholic Church - Route 11, Ellenburg. Saturday Anticipated
ALTONA Holy Angels Church - Main Street, Altona. Mass - 10 a.m. Sunday ALBURGH VT Union Bible Church - 102 S. Main St., Alburgh, VT. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study and Bible Club for Kids at 7:00 p.m. Pastor John Kehoe, 802-796-3055. CADYVILLE St. James Church - 26 Church Rd., Cadyville. 293-7026. Sunday Mass: 9 a.m. CHAMPLAIN Christ & St. John’s Episcopal/ Anglican Church - 18 Butternut Street, Champlain. (518) 298-8543. Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m. Patricia A. Beauharnois, Priest in Charge Living Water Baptist Church - 9 Locust St., corner of Main and Locust, Champlain. Sunday School at 9 a.m. Service at 10 a.m. Thursday Bible Study at 7 p.m. includes activities for children. Phone: 298-4358 St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Church Street,
Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. ELLENBURG CENTER United Methodist Church of Ellenburg - 5 Church St., PO 142, Ellenburg Center, NY 12934 Pastor: Gary Rhodenhamel Phone: 518-891-9287 Hours: 9am Service, Sunday Worship & Sunday School ELLENBURG DEPOT Ellenburg Depot Wesleyan Church - 2179 Plank Rd., PO Box 177 Ellenburg Depot, NY 12935. Pastor: Robert R. Phillips. Phone: 594-3902. Sunday Family Bible Hour: 9:50 a.m. Sunday Worship Time: 10:50 a.m. Children’s Youth Ministries: Call for schedule. MOOERS Mooers United Methodist Church - 14 East St., Located adjacent to old Post Office. Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. Contemporary & traditional music, activities for children, youth and families, 236-7129, pastoral@ twcny.rr.com, www.gbgm-umc.org/ mooersumc Mooers Wesleyan Church - Maple Street, Mooers. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday Night Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Night 7 p.m. (518) 236-5330.
MOOERS FORKS St. Ann’s Catholic Church - Route 11, Mooers Forks. Anticipated mass Saturday 4:00 p.m. Reconciliation before mass. Sunday 8:00 a.m. mass. PERU Peru Community Church - Sunday Worship Service 8:00 am and 10:30am in the Sanctuary, the historic stone building at the corner of Elm, Main & Pleasant streets in Peru (Routes 22 & 22B). Communion is served during the 8:00 am service. Adult Study Sunday in Chapel at 9:15am. Nursery care is available, with children’s Sunday School for grades Kindergarten - 5th in session during the 10:30 am service. Rev. Peggi Eller, 518-643-8641. PLATTSBURGH First Baptist Church Plattsburgh - New Pastor who is prior military with a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Counseling. Conservative services, in a friendly and encouraging atmosphere seeking for us to learn who we are in Christ Jesus whom loved us first. We have members who are prior military hoping for new Veteran/family study groups. We also invite our college students and those visiting
the area to make FBC Plattsburgh their Church away from Home! Please stop in and meet us, Sunday service at 10AM or Tuesday 6:30PM (Prayer Service), 38 Oak Street (Corner of Oak and Court Streets), (518) 563-2793, www.firstbaptistplattsburgh.webs.com Plattsburgh United Methodist Church - 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. 563-2992. Pastor Phil Richards. Service Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Nursery available at 10 a.m. First Presbyterian Church - 34 Brinkerhoff Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Phone 561-3140. Paster Timothy Luoma. Find us on Facebook or at www.presbyplatt.org. Worship 10:00 a.m., Coffee Fellowship 11:00 a.m. Church School for Children and Adults 9:00 a.m. Child Care Nursery Available. Seventh Day Adventist - 4003 Rt. 22, Plattsburgh, 561-3491 - Pastor Livergood Worship Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Pot Luck Dinner after service Trinity Episcopal Church - 18 Trinity Place, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. 518-561-2244. Services: Saturday 5:00 pm, Eucharist with dialog sermon. Sunday 8:00 am, Eucharist. Sunday 10:00 am, Eucharist
(with music, followed by refreshments/coffee hour). Wednesday 5:00 pm Community Meal ROUSES POINT St. Patrick’s Catholic Church - Lake Street, Rouses Point. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.; Weekday Masses: Monday & Tuesday 9 a.m., Communion Service: Wednesday 9 a.m. First Presbyterian Church - 50 Washington Ave., Rouses Point, New York 12979. Telephone 518-297-6529. Sunday Service 9 a.m. Sciota United Methodist Church - Sunday service 9 a.m. Route 19, Sciota. WEST CHAZY St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - West Church Street, West Chazy. Saturday Vigil Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass 10 a.m. Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3-3:30 p.m. West Chazy Community Church - Pastor Marty Martin. 17 East Church St. Fiske Road, West Chazy, NY. Ph. 493-4585. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.
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