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CCC honors veterans
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012
CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK
This Week ELIZABETHTOWN
IN RECOGNITION
GIVING A VOICE
Non-profit gives Afghan women a voice.
By Stephen Bartlett shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH – Jimmy Duvall joined the military after the attacks on Sept. 11 so his younger brother wouldn’t have to. Duvall spent four years as Marine Corps infantry, serving two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Clinton Community College students joined Duvall’s peers and the community to honor veterans at the campus on top of the hill overlooking Lake Champlain. “The Veterans Club at Clinton Community College provides a sense of belonging as you make the transition to civilian life and college life,”
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The Plattsburgh State ROTC Honor Guard at the veterans celebration at Clinton Community College. Photo by Stephen Bartlett
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Civic action group helps the environment Rouses Point honors veterans.
By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com
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Jeanette Rasmussen and her daughter, Olya May, picking up trash in Plattsburgh with People for Positive Action. Photo by Stephen Bartlett
PLATTSBURGH – They didn’t want to be just another group that sat in the basement complaining. They wanted to be a politically independent civic action group, with an emphasis on action. Recently, People for Positive Action took to the streets and the parks, filling bags with trash as part of their small action to improve the environment. “Like our tree planting this past September, this is a practical, symbolic action, and we are actually doing something for the environment,” said Shaun O’Connell, a member of People for Positive Action. “One of the efforts we work on is the environment.”
Chazy Eagles back to NYSPHSAA Class D Final Four. PAGE 10
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