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S3TAIR Project recognizes local elementary as ‘mentor school’ By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
Classes aim to get kids excited about cooking By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
Helen Bisaillon, left, will join with Lana Knight, director of Christian Education at Peru Community Church, to offer cooking classes at the church Wednesdays during the month of March. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
PERU — There’s something cooking in the kitchen — well, at least there soon will be, and kids are going to be behind it. Kiddin’ Around the Kitchen, a series of cooking classes for children, will be held at the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center beginning this Wednesday, March 3. The four-week session will be led by retired chef Helen Bisaillon and Lana Knight. The classes, though offered at the church’s fellowship center, will be nondenominational and open to all children in grades 3-5, said Knight.
“We were trying to think of something kids would enjoy doing,” said Knight. Bisaillon, who worked as a chef in the food service industry for several years and attended the Culinary Institute of America, said she is excited to bring her cooking expertise to children. Knight and Bisaillon said they have a basic outline of what they want to offer the children, including making banana bread, chicken pot pies and other kitchen creations. “We’re not going to take frankfurters and wrap them in crescent rolls. That’s not really a quality meal and it’s not really cooking,” said Knight. However, the menu isn’t set in stone, said Bisaillon, adding she will See COOKING, page 8
MORRISONVILLE — The news keeps getting better for Morrisonville Elementary School. The school was recognized for its continued excellence by the Supporting Successful Strategies to Achieve Improved Results Project, also known as S3TAIR, during a Saranac Central School District Board of Education meeting Feb. 22. This is the second time the school has received recognition from the statewide initiative, which identifies schools that have implemented and sustained curriculum that aids students with disabilities. Principal Bradley J. Ott said S3TAIR regional facilitator Job Thomas returned to the school district to inform the board Morrisonville Elementary has been selected to be a mentor school — one of 14 such schools to achieve that level of excellent and receive a $10,000 grant. “That was quite a surprise,” said Ott. The grant, explained Ott, will assist the school with helping S3TAIR document what See RECOGNITION, page 5
Want ed : Items of historical significance By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com PERU — The town of Peru has a rich history, but it’s one historians are looking for more evidence of, said Ron Allen. Allen and his wife, Carol, who serve as the town’s historians, said information was recently posted on the town’s Web site, www.perutown.com, seeking information about historical artifacts of interest to the town. “There are things that we have been seeking for quite some time and we decided to put a request on the Web site to see what it brings forth,” he said. Allen said he credits the push to find more historical items to the late Addie Shields, who served as Clinton County historian for 30 years. “One of her pet peeves, so to speak, was this entire area is very rich in Native Amer-
ican artifacts, yet we have absolutely nothing — no examples of arrowheads, spear points, knives or any of the tools they used,” said Allen. “We’re talking about thousands of years of history and nothing to represent it.” That’s why the Allens are determined to find enough artifacts to develop an exhibit. Native American artifacts can be easilyobtained in other parts of the country, said Allen, but having an exhibit of artifacts found locally would make more sense, he added. “Unless they’re intrinsically-related to the Peru area, they really don’t mean much to Peru,” said Allen. When deciding what items they’d like to see come forth to be displayed by the historian’s office, Allen said there’s also been a renewed interest in one-room schoolhouses that were once part of the town. “Someone recently purchased an old schoolhouse here and was interested in the
history of it,” said Allen. “That request prompted us to search for photos of all of the 19 schoolhouses that were in the town.” Allen said he has very few photos but knows “there are more out there.” He also would like to find photos of the town’s early starch and tanning industry and stone industrial buildings such as in the Lapham Mills area. “None of those buildings are remaining. Hopefully, there are photos floating around of those buildings, especially,” said Allen. Historical artifacts, in many cases, may be right under someone’s nose, said Allen. “They could be in the attic or the garage in boxes,” he said. Regardless of where they are, he hopes their owners would be willing to share them with the historian’s office — and not throw them out if they aren’t of interest to them. “I’ve heard of incidents where someone has old photos in storage, they die, and younger family members have no idea what
the photos are,” said Allen. “They look at them and don’t know what the pictures are of, so they toss them and they end up in the landfill. It’s a crying shame to lose all that history.” “It brings tears to my eyes when I think about it,” he added. Allen said he’s also heard of local historical items being sold in auctions to people out of the area, with the items never to return. “It’s things like that that make us determined to keep these items in Peru and preserve them for future generations,” he said. Those with information about historical artifacts of interest to the town historian’s office may contact the Allens at 643-2745, ext. 113, or 561-0038. The Allens are also looking for Peru Central School yearbooks from 1939-1947, 1964, 1965, 1980 and 2003, as well as any other items related to the town’s history.
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