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February 13, 2010
Youth group will offer babysitting for Valentine’s Day weekend By Jeremiah S. Papineau
South Acres owner seeks $400k grant to upgrade septic services Town would submit application for funding on behalf of owner By Jeremiah S. Papineau
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jeremiah@denpubs.com LYON MOUNTAIN — If the only thing missing this Valentine’s Day weekend is a babysitter, then all hope is not lost. Lyon Mountain Methodist Church will host “Parents Nite Out,” a babysitting service, this Saturday, Feb. 13. The service, organized by the Methodist Youth Fellowship, will give parents a chance to enjoy a kidfree evening on the town, at home or anywhere in a nearby radius. Angela Spahr, one of the adults helping coordinate the event, said the youth group came up with the idea as a way to raise money to go to a Methodist youth convention later this year. “They were brainstorming and came up with an idea that would give parents a chance for a night out,” said
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PERU — The future of a mobile home community hangs in the balance. South Acres Mobile Home Park has been facing serious issues with its septic system since the property was purchased more than three years ago by Tam Phung of Woodside, Calif. Laura Oswald, a representative of The Laberge Group, an Albany-based engineering firm that has been working with Phung to correct the problem, addressed the Peru Town Council Feb. 8. Oswald gave an overview of Phung's situation and his desire to replace the system with financial assistance from a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Ur-
ban Development. However, Phung, as an individual can't apply for funding through the program, Oswald explained. "In order to apply for funding, an individual needs to be sponsored by a unit of government or a nonprofit," she said. "The only cost in this [for the town] is to do the advertising for the public hearings and, obviously, your time to participate," Oswald added, noting Phung would be willing to reimburse the town for the costs, which she said would be nominal. The overall cost to replace the system is "likely to exceed the grant money," said Oswald, somewhere in the neighborhood of $600,000-$700,000. The system currently serves 82 units in the park, with a new
South Acres Mobile Home Park in Peru is in “dire need” of a new septic service system, according to owner Tam Phung of Woodside, Calif. Phung has asked the Peru Town Council to assist with applying for a $400,000 grant to perform the work.
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North Country Squares resurrecting a tradition By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
The North Country Squares Dance Club in Morrisonville recently welcomed the Northern Lights Square Dance Club of Champlain as the Northern Tier club reclaimed its traveling banner. The banner was “stolen” as part of a tradition known as a banner run. Dick Crawford of the North Country Squares is seen holding the banner with Northern Lights club members Margot Delbrueck and Lorraine Mcnaughton, as members of both clubs look on. Photo submitted by Celeste Roy
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MORRISONVILLE — The North Country Squares Dance Club has resurrected an old tradition with the help of the Northern Lights Square Dance Club in Champlain. The two square dancing organizations have brought back the popularity of banner runs, which involve clubs visiting one another and “stealing” the traveling banner which bears the other club’s name. The tradition is one started “years ago,” said North Country Squares copresident Celeste Roy, but fell by the wayside in recent years. “We wanted to bring it back to life. So, last fall, we visited the Northern Lights club and took their banner,” explained Roy. “And, in order to get it back, they had to come to our club.” The Northern Lights club did, recently visit-
ing the North Country Squares on their home turf at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. Mary Bachelder, co-president of the Northern Lights club, said the banner run is old-fashioned fun that breathes new life into the square dancing club circuit. “It’s a good practice because it gives you a reason to go to each other ’s clubs more,” said Bachelder. “It promotes people to travel more and meet the other square dancers in their area.” The two clubs are the only ones left of their kind in the area, said Bachelder, who noted the closest clubs similar to them are in Montreal and Vermont. “We’ve visited the clubs in Montreal but now it’s difficult for some of our members to go there because they don’t have passports,” said Bachelder, referring to the federal government stepping up border crossing requirements last year. See BANNER RUN, page 5
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