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BeadforLife party raises $1,000 to support women of Uganda By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com MOOERS FORKS — On Nov. 14 many women gathered at the home of Deb Babbie to help support the women of Uganda. Dee Johnson, a friend of Babbie’s, was the first to come across the BeadforLife program, which “eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens,” according to a pamphlet provided by BeadforLife. “I heard about [the program] first at school from some colleagues of mine,” explained Johnson, who is a librarian at the Northeastern
Clinton Central School Middle High School. “They do BeadforLife for teachers.” Johnson shared what she’d learned at school with Babbie when they were chatting about different things they could do. “I said, ‘Have you ever heard of BeadforLife?’” said Johnson. “Got talking, sent her the e-mail, she did all of the leg work to get it here.” Johnson and her husband Al, of Mooers, are always looking to support local businesses and to get Fair Trade events in the area. “There aren’t many in this area,” Johnson said. “Especially because BeadforLife helps women make a sustainable life. And it’s unique.” Babbie took it upon herself to run with the idea and con-
tacted BeadforLife, which is a Fair Trade Federation member. According to www.fairtradefederation.org, FTF is “part of the global fair trade movement, building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating opportunities to alleviate poverty.” The way BeadforLife works is Ugandan women create beads out of strips of colorful, recycled paper, string them together to form jewelry — a process which can take a week to complete. When Babbie contacted the organization, she told them when she was hoping to have the party, which needs to be four to six weeks in the future, and they send a box of
Jan Weir, right and sister Phyllis Wilson, center, look at the beaded necklaces, earrings, and bracelets hand made by the women of Uganda during a BeadforLife get together held by Deb Babbie of Mooers Forks, Nov. 14.
See UGANDA, page 10
Photo by Sarah L. Cronk
Adrian Carr, After Five Brass perform for local library By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com
In the cards Rebecca Spinner, right, helps Melissa Mercay during a holiday cardmaking event hosted by the Peru Girl Scouts at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 309 in Peru Nov. 15. The girls traveled from Altona for the event, which saw more than a dozen girls make different holiday cards. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
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CHAZY — The Chazy Public Library sponsored local composer and pianist Adrian Carr for his New York State Decentralization Grant. On Nov. 15, he returned the favor. Carr performed a string of songs at the Chazy Central Rural School auditorium following an opening performance by local quintet the After Five Brass. “[The library] sponsored me for the decentralization grant a year ago and so this was, I felt, a great thing to do,” explained Carr. “It was just kind of a giving back to the community for being so nice to me.” Chazy Public Library director Francie Fairchild, who had never seen Carr in concert before, thoroughly enjoyed the concert. “Beautiful playing. Interesting composition,” Fairchild said. “I bought a couple of his CDs for the library to have.” Fairchild said one of the reasons the library chose to sponsor Carr for his grant was to make a connection for the library. “We like to connect with outside
Local composer and pianist Adrian Carr performs at the Chazy Central Rural School auditorium Nov. 15, to raise money for the Chazy Public Library.
See CARR, page 10
Photo by Sarah L. Cronk
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