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Saturday, January 24, 2015
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This Week
FIRE AND ICE
Fire razes St. Mary’s Academy in Champlain
PLATTSBURGH
By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com CHAMPLAIN Ñ Last Friday, Jan. 16, fire tore through the former St. MaryÕ s Academy in Champlain, leaving the three story stone building a smoldering shell of its former self. Firefighters from around the northern tier, including departments from Vermont and Quebec, fought the blaze well into Saturday morning. Over 200 fire fighters rotated in to fight the blaze. Throughout the weekend and into this past week the remains of the building lay smoldering, while local departments continued douse it with water in hopes of quenching it for good. Champlain Fire Department Chief Pete CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
Trinity Episcopal serving meals to the community PAGE 3 PLATTSBURGH
The burned out shell of St. Mary’s Academy in Champlain, which burned in a massive blaze overnight Jan. 16. Photo by Shawn Ryan
KofC members lead anti abortion march
Lumber Jills roller derby looking for ‘fresh meat’ PAGE 5 SPORTS
By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Knights of Columbus members from numerous councils around the Champlain Valley led the annual March For Life to St. JohnÕ s Church on Sunday. The march coincides yearly with the anniversary of the 1973 Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision, effectively legalizing abortion in the United States. Marchers at the head of the roughly 80 strong march quietly recited a rosary while they walked down Broad Street from the Blessed John XXIII Newman Center where the march stepped off from. Reverend Jason McGuire, from Rochester, spoke at the church as the keynote speaker. He said that the pro-life message is resonating throughout the country, on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum. Marchers were treated to nicer weather for the march than in years past, with a slight wind and temperatures hovering in the lower thirties. The march, however, is held rain, snow or shine. At left: Members of the Knights of Columbus lead the Jan. 18 March for Life on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
Beekmantown hockey wraps up strong week PAGE 11
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