Tragedy
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Investigation into a double-homicide in Dannemora taken on by several agencies.
ADKYP marks its third year keeping region’s young professionals connected, involved.
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Children’s ski team helps Haiti relief effort
Benefit to help Whitey and Flo, family after fire Christmas Day
Kids collect $2,000 for Doctors Without Borders By Jeremiah S. Papineau
emy in Plattsburgh, was excited as he made his way to the hill for his first of 40 runs he planned to make for the day. “We’re raising money for Haiti by how man BEEKMANTOWN — The catastrophic earthruns we can do,” explained Muise. “So, if somequake that claimed the lives of thousands in Haiti last month has compelled children of the one says they’ll give us 25 cents per run and we do 40, we’ll make $10 for Haiti.” North Country to help the Caribbean nation. Muise said he had collected $90 in pledges The Beartown Ski Team, a group of young for his participation, which he said was a result skiing enthusiasts ranging in age from 5-12 of asking a lot of people. years old, met on the “I ran around the whole neighborhood,” slopes of the Beartown “I think it’s really said an enthusiastic Muise, smiling from Ski Area Jan. 31 for a nice that we’re ear to ear. “This feels pretty good.” special event to raise Jacob Schiff, a six-year veteran of the money for Doctors helping Haiti.” slopes at age 9, said he was glad to be able Without Borders, the Jacob Schiff, to help Haiti by doing something he loved. international medical “It makes me feel really, really good,” relief organization Second-grader said the Saranac Elementary School sechelping in the wake of Saranac Elementary ond-grader. “I think it’s really nice that the Jan. 12 quake. we’re helping Haiti.” Michael Collin, head Tenzin Dorjee, a fifth-grader at Peru Incoach of the Beartown Ski Team, said he wanted to organize an event that would help the termediate School, said when she learned of the Haiti relief effort, but be something that would benefit, she simply “wanted to do it.” “I feel good,” Dorjee said of raising money interest the children of his team, as well. for Haiti, “because they need help. I felt really “I came up with the idea of having a skiathon to help raise money for Haiti,” said sad for them because Haiti’s a really poor counCollin. “The kids went out and got pledges for try.” Marcie Everleth, who also coaches the team, 10 cents a run or whatever they could get from said the event — which raised an estimated their parents, friends, teachers.” “It gave them some focus and I think they’re $2,000 — was a great opportunity for the team excited,” Collin added as he stood at base of the to get recognition and to help those in need. “It’s great to know these kids have what it hill at the Beartown Ski Area, watching the chiltakes to be good citizens,” said Everleth. “They dren line up for the event. Jeremy Muise, a third-grader at Seton Acad- make Beartown proud.”
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The Beartown Ski Team hit the slopes last weekend to raise money for Doctors Without Borders, an organization helping Haiti following a Jan. 12 earthquake. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com REDFORD — When Whitey and Flo Keese lost their summer camp home on Cold Brook Road to an electrical fire Christmas Day, friends of the longtime local musicians wanted to do something to help. Earl Southmayd of Black Brook and Florence Collins of Cadyville decided to organize a benefit in the Keeses’ honor, to help recoup the family’s losses. “I came up with the idea because Whitey Keese has done more benefits for everybody in this North Country than anybody,” said Southmayd. “If somebody ever had a problem, he See WHITEY AND FLO, page 7
Food shelf donations from ‘community contributors’ added up, principal says By Jeremiah S. Papineau
“We have folks who know people at the Interfaith Foodshelf and what MORRISONVILLE — they shared with us When it comes to understanding the importance Bradley J. Ott is that the North Country is a very of giving, at Morrisonville Morrisonville Elementary Principal giving place, espeElementary School, that cially during the lesson is hardly a new one. holiday season, but after, their shelves can get The school just wrapped up its annual celekind of low,” said principal Bradley J. Ott. bration of Community Contributor Month, And, with that idea, “Project Facts for which has been an annual focus each January Food” was born. The initiative challenged stuon giving back to the community for the past dents to collect 3,000 items for the food shelf, 14 years. This year, the school helped the consisting of nonperishables and personal hyPlattsburgh Interfaith Foodshelf, which giene products, while learning at the same time serves underprivileged families in Clinton
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