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The Northern Lake Arts League recently hosted an art show and sale at Dodge Memorial Library in the village of Rouses Point. The league will hold another showing Saturday, Oct. 17, during the Friends of the Library’s Fall Festival. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau

Arts league forming in the Northern Tier By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com

Rouses Point man wins Ti’s ‘Footrace’ Aaron Robertson of Rouses Point raced to a course record in leading his team to victory at the fifth annual Footrace at Fort Ticonderoga Sept. 26. Robertson was clocked in 16 minutes, 15 seconds over the 3.1-mile cross country course at the fort. Robertson’s team, “Colonial Clockwork,” took the top three places in the race to capture the overall team event. Tony Casey and Morgan Pellerin rounded out the club. The race, which raises money for the annual Duane Crammond Memorial Scholarship, attracted more than 100 runners from five states and Canada. It raised more than $1,000 for the scholarship. Photo by Nancy Frasier

ROUSES POINT — The Northern Lake Arts League isn’t a household name, but Arthur Penfield Tremblay hopes it soon will be. The league was recently formed, consisting of local artists and art enthusiasts, holding its first formal art show and sale at Dodge Memorial Library in early September. The event, said

Tremblay, coincided with Fort Montgomery Days, and included a display at the Civil War-era fort during the celebration. “The show was an enormous success,” said Tremblay. “It gave us a lot of exposure.” The league, said Tremblay, aims to bring together artists and their creations from across the Northern Tier, providing those north of the city of Plattsburgh

CROP Walk begins at Presbyterian church next Sunday By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com CHAZY — The people of the Northern Tier are once again joining to fight world hunger. The annual Northern Tier CROP Walk will take place next Sunday, Oct. 11, beginning at the Chazy Presbyterian Church on Miner Farm Road. The walk, which will begin at 2 p.m., supports Church World Service, an international organization that provides assistance to refugees

and victims of natural disasters and teaches self-sustaining technologies to underdeveloped countries. Twenty-five percent of the money raised for the event, however, benefits local food pantries. The walk, said this year ’s coordinator, Matthew WollamBerens, will follow a three-mile route, although everyone is encour-

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and south of the city of Montreal cultural opportunities unlike they’ve ever been offered before. “We extend as far to the west as Churubusco, to the east in Enosburg Falls, Vt., and from Lacolle in Canada to the north and Point au Roche to the south,” Tremblay explained. And, just as vast as the geographic area from which the league aims to draw, so

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Spaces available for craft show MOOERS — The 22nd annual craft show and bake sale sponsored by St. Ann’s Parish will be held at St. Joseph’s Center, 73 Maple St., Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch will be available. Spaces are still available for crafters. For more information, call Marge Pombrio at 236-4577.

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