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Editorial» Thinking regionally with event planning
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
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This Week
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Provost named 2014 Volunteer of the Year
PLATTSBURGH
By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ The North Country Chamber of Commerce has recently announced Hannah Provost their 2014 Volunteer of the Year. Provost, who has only been with the Chamber for two and a half years, said she was not expecting the award. Ò It was a big surprise. Usually it is someone who has been with the Chamber for years and years and years,Ó she said. Ò ItÕ s a big honor to be named after just a few years.Ó The award was announced at the annual dinner which was held January 30. Ò This community is so giving. Here volunteering is what people do. ItÕ s not just a drop in the bucket. YouÕ re really CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Biggest Loser promotes health, weight loss PAGE 2 JAY
Lydia Gough, of Saranac, greeted revelers streaming into the Harrietstown Town Hall for Saranac Lake Winter Carnival celebrations on Sunday, Feb. 15. Photo by Pete DeMola
Senior helping seniors at Mooers Senior Housing Fashion show will help finance elevator repairs
Free salt and sand unethical, say county officials PAGE 3 BOYS HOCKEY
By Shawn Ryan
shawn@denpubs.com MOOERS Ñ Senior citizens having to lug their groceries to their second or third floor apartments; that’s been the reality at Watson Memorial Senior Housing in Mooers since their elevator broke down five years ago. Officials at the not for profit facility have been trying to raise money to fix the elevator for many years, and now they’re getting help from an unlikely source, a high school senior from North East Clinton Central School. Courtney Lamberton is helping to organize a fashion show March 14 at the Mooers Fire Station to benefit their fund drive. The event is being co-hosted by Lena Birch, of BirchÕ s Corner in Mooers, and Tracy Graves of All Things Diva in Rouses Point. Birch and Graves are donating new outfits and accessories, which will be auctioned at the show. Ò I have two great aunts who live there, so I thought, Ô What Roxanne Downs, Courtney Lamberton and Steve Sample at the Watson Memorial Senior Housing in Mooers.
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