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December 12, 2009
Hospice receives $30,000 donation from local realtors By Jeremiah S. Papineau
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Mary K. Fry, left, and Mary Kay Penfield, realtors with Coldwell Banker Whitbeck Associates, Plattsburgh, present a check for $29,379 to Kent W. Brooks, executive director of Hospice of the North Country. The donation was made on behalf of the Clinton County Board of Realtors who raised the money during a recent auction night at Olive Ridley’s in Plattsburgh.
PLATTSBURGH — Though they’re normally in the business of selling homes, one This story was first posted group of real estate agents on-line Dec. 4 at 12 p.m., at continues to make it their business to help organizawww.clinton-today.com tions that helps others. Representatives from the Clinton County Board of Realtors presented Kent W. Brooks, executive director of Hospice of the North Country, with a check for $29,379 Dec. 4. The record setting donation was the annual contribution the Board of Realtors makes to Hospice. The donation, said Brooks, is two to three times more than the average amount the organization has raised for Hospice in the past. “This amount just represents to us that the Board of Realtors really put a lot of effort this year into supporting our cause and our new building,” said Brooks. “They’ve always been excellent in what they’ve raised but they wanted to step it up and they really, really did well this year.”
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Tree lighting this Saturday CADYVILLE — The Cadyville Community Christmas Tree Lighting will be held this Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Cadyville Volunteer Fire Department, 2122 State Route 3. The event will begin at 5 p.m. and include horse-drawn rides and a visit from Santa Claus.
Parking ban now in effect DANNEMORA — The Village of Dannemora overnight parking ban is now in effect until Friday, April 30, 2010. The ban, which went into effect Nov. 1, prohibits the parking of vehicles on all village streets between 2-6 a.m.
Calling all volunteers! Morrisonville Rescue Squad among those seeing decline in membership By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com MORRISONVILLE — There’s one month a year the nation calls on people to volunteer time to help out in their communities. And, though that month, the month of April, is four months away, one local emergency service provider says there’s no time like the present to lend a hand. Justin K. Burl, chief officer for the Morrisonville Rescue Squad, said his department is facing the same problem many volunteer fire departments and emergency serv-
ice providers are facing — dwindling membership. Since assuming his position as squad chief one year ago, Burl said he’s seen the number of volunteers at the lowest it’s been in years. “We currently have 30 volunteers, which is down from recent years,” said Burl. Though 30 may sound like a sufficient number, said Burl, it can be a roll of the dice how many volunteers are available for a call. It depends on the time of day, given everyone’s varying work schedules, he said. Ideally, Burl said he’d like
Justin K. Burl, chief officer for the Morrisonville Rescue Squad, stands with one of the department’s emergency response vehicles. The rescue squad, like many other departments, is facing a lull in volunteer membership.
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