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SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012
CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK
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Sixth grade leaves middle school
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Restructuring transportation may save money in Peru. PAGE 2 UPWARD BOUND
By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com PERU — This year ’s fifth graders at Peru will remain in the intermediate school next school year. School officials have gone ahead with budget cuts that included a controversial move to relocate sixth graders from the middle school and move them back to the intermediate school.
Region’s students volunteer to help children on Easter. PAGE 3 REGIONAL MAGAZINE
Youth in Peru try their skills on the basketball court over the weekend.
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ARC gives back to the community with food drive By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com
From left to right, Donald Gougeon, April Veach and Emerson Bernard, all individuals served by ARC, unload food at the Plattsburgh Interfaith Food Shelf. Photo by Stephen Bartlett
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PLATTSBURGH — Donald Gougeon stared at the truck as it backed up and the driver got out and opened the back doors to the trailer. Inside, more than 3,200 pounds of food rested on palates; cereal, canned goods, cookies, mashed potatoes and more. “That’s a lot of food for poor people,” said Gougeon, an individual served by the Advocacy and Resource Center of Clinton County. Then, he and his friends, April Veach and Emerson Bernard, headed to the back of the truck to begin unloading the food at the Plattsburgh Interfaith Food Shelf on Beekman Street in Plattsburgh. “This is hard work,” Gougeon said. “I want to do it again.” For the second year in a row, in recognition of Disabilities Awareness Month, individuals from ARC’s Day Habilitation Services collected food at various sites throughout March. ARC is a private non-profit human service agency that
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