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Saturday, October 25, 2014

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EYES ON THE PRIZE

This Week COLUMN

By Shawn Ryan & Morgan Ruger

Style & Substance on not making assumptions

shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — This past week, Elise Stefanik (R, C, I), congressional candidate for New York’s 21st district, spoke at the North Country Chamber of Commerce Business Forum. In his introduction of Stefanik, chamber president Garry Douglas stressed the role of the federal government in the North Country. Being a border district, he said, we rely on the federal government for many issues, not least of which is cross-border trade. “We’re in the Canada business,Ó he said. Stefanik spoke to a packed CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Kallie Villemaire and the high-flying Eagles of Beekmantown will look to grab the sectional crown on Thursday, Oct. 30 in Chazy. Both the boys’ and girls’ varsity teams took top seeds in the Section VII/Class B playoffs. The boys’ team is ranked 14th in the state while the girls’ is 17th. Photo by Andrew Johnstone

Elmore SPCA helping with AHS animals By Shawn Ryan

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Elmore SPCA board secretary Carol Solari-Ruscoe, left, and Shelter Manager Rebecca Burdo receive thankyous from Otis, a Cairn Terrier taken in from the Adirondack Humane Society when they closed their doors earlier this month.

PERU Ñ Mixed emotions are running through the staff and volunteers at the Elmore SPCA in the wake of the closure of the Adirondack Humane Society (AHS) in Plattsburgh. Near the end of a hectic month which saw first an upheaval in AdirondackÕ s board, followed by an announcement that they were closing their doors to the public temporarily due to a quarantine, the public is still looking for answers. The temporary closure announcement was followed just a few days later by the announcement that the financially strapped organization were closing their doors. In the immediate wake of the closure announcement, it was unclear what would become of the 11 dogs and 69 cats in the SocietyÕ s care at that time. Remaining board members from Adirondack reached out to the Elmore SPCA in Peru for help. Ò We havenÕ t taken over. AHS still exists. WeÕ re taking over the care of the animals,Ó said ElmoreÕ s Shelter Manager Rebecca Burdo. “They (the animals) are ours; they’ve been surrendered to Elmore’s. The reason they’re still there is because they’re sick.”

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