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A DENTON PUBLICATION
An Inside Job
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Adirondack Bike Ranch owner examines how to bring the fun indoors during the wintertime.
Joy Sarbou-Jubert emphasizes the importance of exercise safety.
John Gereau praises hunters who aren’t out there for just the big trophy racks.
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Locally-produced beef jerky getting shipped overseas By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com WEST CHAZY — Care packages are constantly being sent overseas to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, one local business is sending a little something to them as well. Shane Dutil, the “go-to” man for Jeezum Crow Beef Jerky, a product line of D & D Meats has sent 900 bags of beef jerky overseas, each weighing about a quarterpound. In a letter Dutil sends to local organizations and businesses, he explained a friend of his was buying the beef jerky for his son-in-law who was stationed in the south. “He mentioned that this
would probably be the last time he would be sending jerky down there because he was being deployed to Iraq for the second time,” Dutil explained in the letter. “All of a sudden it hit me and I went to the back and handed him a bunch of extra bags and I said, ‘You tell Chad we are proud of what he is doing and that he is over there so I don’t have to be.’” From there, the Jeezum Crow Jerky Drive was born. Dutil began asking local businesses and organizations to help fund the drive, which sends the jerky to soldiers affiliated with the area. “If someone makes a donation or someone just wants to give us a name ... [we can] send it to them,” he explained. “We give them an
additional 25 to 100 bags and we have them disperse them among their platoon unit. It’s more personalized. It’s going to an exact name.” The drive, which began about a month ago, has received support from more than 20 businesses and organizations, which helps ease the cost of sending the shipments overseas. “Our funds are used for buying the meat at cost, exactly what we pay for it from our companies,” Dutil explained. “We cut it, marinate it, season it, all free labor intense.” Dutil hopes to continue sending the beef jerky overseas, as long as donations keep coming into to fund the drive. See JERKY, page 2
Soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, Echo Company, 1-64 Armor Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, who are currently serving overseas, enjoy Jeezum Crow Beef Jerky, sent to them by Shane Dutil, organizer of the Jeezum Crow Jerky Drive. Photo submitted
Frankie remembered By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com
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Sally Smith of Rouses Point hangs an ornament on a memorial tree next to the village office in Rouses Point Dec. 18. Smith hung the ornament in memory of her niece, Marne-Lynne HunterRobinson, who passed away in August. The tree was decorated with ornaments in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone serving overseas. Photo by Sarah L. Cronk
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CHAZY — On the afternoon of Dec. 13, Francis “Frankie” Garrow IV, 18, died in a car crash on Ratta Road. Those who knew him, remember him with fond memories. “Frankie was the best person ever,” said Katya Howells, a classmate of Frankie’s at Chazy Central Rural School. “He always got along with anybody.” Howells worked alongside Frankie as a teacher ’s assistant at the school’s library. “Frankie was an integral part of the high school library this fall,” explained library media specialist Steven Patnode. “His interest surprised me, but it was clearly genuine and sure enough, he made his indelible mark on the library.” See FRANKIE, page 3
Eighteen-year-old Francis “Frankie” Garrow IV lost his life in a car accident Dec. 13, but has not been forgotten at Chazy Central Rural School. Photo provided by Kelsea Devins
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