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Barkeater Chocolates recognized By Maggie Morgan
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NORTH CREEK The Small Business Development Center honored Barkeater Chocolates with the Ò Excellence in Small Business AwardÓ this past year. The nomination was a complete shock to owners Deb and Jim Morris, and along with 11 other businesses from Plattsburgh down to Albany, their hometown chocolate shop made a name for themselves. Ò The nomination was for our growth in business and how far weÕ ve come since we started,Ó said Deb. Ò We were very flattered, excited, honored and surprised. We had no idea that we had been voted on and were chosen to win.Ó The MorrisÕ found out about their new award last year and were then invited to a luncheon in Albany, where they received a glass engraved piece to honor their new accomplishment. Deb said the constant support from fans of the chocolate keep their business going, and she noted how incredible it is to continue to hear praise through the years.
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Four generations of Adirondack roots in Meade family tree By Maggie Morgan
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NORTH CREEK Ñ On Jan. 16, 87-year-old Ashley Meade sat down with his daughter, Liz Truso, and niece, Karen DuRose, to simply have a conversation. As he sipped on black coffee and reminisced, a brief interview turned into an hour and a half conversation about life then and now and everything in between. When Ashley, or Ò Bud,Ó was 12 years old, his family moved to Garnet Lake where he would grow up, learn life lessons and bond with his father, mother
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and eight brothers and sisters. As far as they know, the Meades are one of the oldest generational families in the area who still have all second-generation siblings alive and well, ranging from ages 68 to 88. Leone and Ashley Meade, BudÕ s parents, lived for the majority of their life in Garnet Lake on what is now called Ò A. Meade Road,Ó in Johnsburg. Leone was a school teacher and her husband, as Bud said, Ò never had a set career,Ó but did stone mason work at local homes and area schools. Edna, the oldest of the Meade siblings, remembers eating bean soup and biscuits as well as meals of venison, fish and rabbit caught by her father and siblings.
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Without electricity and running water, Bud explained what life was like for him and his family. Entertainment came in the form of trips outdoors to unknown places where Bud, his father and sister Edna would have to spend the night because they couldn’t find their way out. Going to school called for walking several miles and throwing wood on the fire right when they walked in the building to stay warm. Education was told through storytelling and books, and Bud canÕ t remember ever learning on a chalkboard. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Johnsburg’s Clayton Smith rises up against the Crown Point defense for a shot during a recent game.
NORTH CREEK Ñ On Jan. 15, John Kearney, a retired police detective who now works for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, stood in front of a room filled with Johnsburg Central School fifth and sixth graders. He tackled a subject that scares parents and worries teachers, but that kids see no threat in: the Internet. Kearney paced back in forth in front of the students, talking to them like they were his equals, as he asked them what kind of world they think we live in. When Kearney said dangerous, every hand except one shot into the air. When he said safe, all hands went down and one shot towards the sky. The sight was somewhat terrifying as it seemed to show kids might feel more scared than some think. Kearney asked the one student with his hand up why he thought our world was a safe place to live. Ò I know a lot of people around where I live and I am always around my parents,Ó the student said. Kearney reversed the question, asking students why they think we live in such a dangerous place. Some students talked about the potential threat of strangers, getting lost, and then eventually what happens on the news. Ò There were terrorist attacks in Paris,Ó said one student. Ò There is mostly Ô bad stuffÕ in the news,Ó was the general opinion of the fifth and sixth graders.
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