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Humane Society hosting open house this Sunday Event inviting back adopted animals for visit By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com
Adirondack Humane Society shelter assistant Robyn Graham, left, holds mixed puppies Felix and Oscar, and is joined, from left, by assistant manager Melinda Clark, holding Shane, and shelter assistant Crystalle Burnell, holding Liam. The animals and many others are available for adoption at the ADKHS, and may be viewed during the ADKHS open house this Sunday, Sept. 13. Photo by Sarah L. Cronk
PLATTSBURGH — During their fifth anniversary, the Adirondack Humane Society employees began to wonder how their adopted animals were doing. So began the annual animal reunion. Now, six years later, the shelter is still offering this unique chance for adopted animals to return with their owners. “We send an invitation to everyone who’s adopted an animal within the last year and invite them to come back to show off their animal, or pick out another,” said ADKHS treasurer Lillian Cassidy. “In addition to that, we just kind of open the doors and let people from the public get a chance to see what’s going on.” The open house and animal reunion will be held at
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the shelter, 134 Idaho Ave., this Sunday, Sept. 13. The public can attend anytime from 12-3 p.m. “I would say it’s not unusual that we’ve adopted out at least a couple [animals] each year, as a direct result of it,” Cassidy said. Cassidy has also found the event to be something the public actually looks forward to attending. “I ran into someone the other day who actually took in one of our fire dogs from back in 2002,” she explained. “She said to me, ‘So, when is the open house?’ I thought, ‘This is amazing, people are really looking forward to it.’” The shelter has sent out more than 400 invitations to people who have adopted animals in the past year. “It has been the best year in terms of adoptions, in all the years we’ve been open,
SARANAC — The Saranac Farmers Market saw a noticeable increase in customers this year, but has decided to close a little early. Under new management from Lisa Racette and through a lot of advertising, vendors of this year ’s farmers market felt they had a better season than the inaugural year. “I think overall it’s done well,” said Racette at the final farmers market Sept. 5. “Obviously some weeks are better than others, but I think it’s been fairly busy.” The farmers market had anticipated ending this Saturday, Sept. 12, but the final weeks of the market
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State trooper finds new way to serve community By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — Todd A. St. Louis has been coming up with stories for as long as he can remember. Now, the Plattsburgh native has put one of his stories in print with his first published children’s book. “Annie’s Lively Characters” was recently released by Dorrance Publishing Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., and tells the story of Annie, a young girl whose powerful imagination brings characters to life in the books she reads her younger brother, Thomas. While the book centers on Annie and Thomas, the book also includes a minor character named Captain Fuzz,
who was one of the main characters of St. Louis’ first short-story, “The Fuzz People Meet the Invaders.” That book, however, had a slightly smaller circulation than Annie’s Lively Characters. “It was an assignment I had in sixth grade for English class,” recalled St. Louis. “We had to read stories to elementary school kids and the the story I wrote was ‘The Fuzz People Meet the Invaders.’ It was about guy named Captain Fuzz, who was the good guy, and Captain Captain, who was the bad guy.” “In the end, they learn the lesson fighting doesn’t really solve anything,” St. Louis continued, “and they shake
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hands and decide to get along. All the kids really warmed up to it; they loved it.” The positive feedback he received on his first story fueled his passion for storytelling, said St. Louis, and was something he carried with him into adulthood, making up bedtime stories for his own children. “It just became a very nice way to connect with my kids,” said St. Louis. “Rather than having a book picked off the shelf that I would read to them, they really enjoyed the fact I would come up with a story. There was an interaction and it encouraged them to use their imagination.”
Author Todd A. St. Louis reads to children during a recent appearance in his native Clinton County. His book, “Annie’s Lively Characters” was recently released.
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