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Public gets rare glimpse of state police’s K-9 unit in action pg. 2
Top cop recalls Dannemora manhunt in new memoir pg. 7
Clinton County GOP sees leadership change By Pete DeMola • EDITOR •
Clark Currier will succeed Don McBrayer as county chairman
PERU | Clinton County Republicans have a new leader: Committee Chair Donald McBrayer is stepping down and will be succeeded by Clark
Currier, former Saranac Town Chair and sergeant at arms for the county committee. Currier was unanimously selected by the committee on Sept. 20. McBrayer, who has served for three years, is moving to Arizona with his wife, Kara, who has been offered a teaching position. The couple will continue to reside in Peru during the summer. McBrayer called the handover “a nice clean exit ramp.”
“I’m going to be gone for larger and larger blocks of time,” McBrayer told The Sun. McBrayer also served one term as a Town of Peru councilman. The outgoing chair cited the creation of a Facebook page and website, as well as bolstering the committee’s presence at the Clinton County Fair, as highlights of his tenure. From an electoral standpoint, he counted his work helping to get state and local candidates elected, including state Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) and former state As-
semblywoman Janet Duprey (R-Peru). “I really enjoyed working with many candidates over the years, including Elise Stefanik,” McBrayer said, noting the committee was an early supporter of the federal lawmaker’s first run for office in 2013. Republicans face an uphill battle in Clinton County, McBrayer said. Registered Democrats outweigh Republicans by nearly 10 percent, and the town and city of Plattsburgh trend blue. » GOP Cont. on pg. 16
New memorial honors fallen Seton Catholic student Chu Xiong passed away in a car accident in 2011
But here, in the school’s serene courtyard, there is only the sound of crickets somewhere in the distance — and from a new memorial fountain in the center of it all, water trickles quietly down the face of student Chu “Allen” Xiong, forever etched in stone. “Six years ago, a tragic car accident took the lives of four local high school students too soon,” said Principal Lynn Gilbert in a statement. “Two among the four students, Dat Ong from Vietnam » Memorial Cont. on pg. 16
PLATTSBURGH | Class is off icially in session at Seton Catholic School. Throughout the hallways, the echoing voices of students and teachers can be heard. By Elizabeth Izzo • STA FF W RITER •
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