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Saturday, October 4, 2014
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Honor FIRE HOSE RECLINER Flight flies again
This Week PERU
Veterans meet Senator Dole at WWII memorial
Ground broken for new credit union in Peru
By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com
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WASHINGTON, DC Ñ North Country World War II and Korean War veterans took to the skies again this past week, descending on the World War II and Korean War memorials in Washington D.C. Honor Flight participants mustered in the wee hours of Saturday morning at the old base oval for the first of two send-off ceremonies for the 15 veterans. One veteran was so
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Evan and Abby Fountain enjoyed a trip around West Chazy on top of a West Chazy Fire Department truck at a recent open house hosted by the department. Photo by Shawn Ryan
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Counseling Center to open Pburgh office By Shawn Ryan
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shawn@denpubs.com PERU Ñ Samaritan Family Counseling Center in Peru will be expanding to a new facility in Plattsburgh, next to the First Presbyterian Church in Brinkerhoff Ave. Samaritan is a not-for-profit counseling center, specializing in mental health and family counseling. They are a mission project of the Peru Community Church, but are a totally separate entity, and are not religiously affiliated. Samaritan opened originally in Keene in 1980, but moved into the current counseling center and became a new legal entity in 2009. They are housed on Elm Street, in the building adjoining the Peru Community Church. Ò We provide individual, family and group counseling to adults and children,Ó said Executive Director Dr. Don Haight. Ò We take a holistic approach to counseling. We look at peopleÕ s mental health, physical issues, we can also deal with peopleÕ s spiritual lives as well.Ó By spiritual needs, Haight says they they do not press any specific religious beliefs. Ò We value the beliefs that people bring with them, and we work within the constraints of what they bring with them.Ó Samaritan Family Counceling Center Executive Director Don Haight at Samaritan’s Elm Street, Peru office.. Photo by Shawn Ryan
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