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Fourth ROTA *CON on tap this weekend.
stephen@denpubs.com SCHUYLER FALLS — Victoria St. John could use a donated vehicle. A gas card someone else paid for would be nice. She’d just like to see a slight rise in donations, which have dropped considerably over the past few years. St. John runs the St. John Feral Cat Fund, a nonprofit that advocates non-lethal feline population control and raises awareness by providing the public with information on feral and stray cat issues, including controlling populations within colonies through TrapNeuter-Return. Under that management plan, stray and feral cats living outdoors are
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Lydia Palma, foreground, and Abby Reeder get ready to decorate their ceramic cookie plates at a holiday workshop at the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh. See related article on page 3. Photo by Shaun Kittle
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Archaeologist studies human skeletons stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — A calm overtakes Dr. Haagen Klaus when he measures teeth. “It is very systematic,” Klaus said. Through the study of skeletons, he can learn the totality of the lives he is investigating. The globetrotting archaeologist has had much success since graduating from Plattsburgh State. He said some of the foundation of who he is today was laid at Plattsburgh State. “The education I received here is something I carry with me every day of my life,” he said, speaking to students, faculty and the community at Plattsburgh State. He returned to the campus to present
“Tombs, Mummies and Treasures: A Retrospective on 15 years of Archeological Adventures from SUNY Plattsburgh to South America.” Klaus didn’t always want to be an archeologist. At 10, he was sitting in the back of the car as his father drove through Long Island when an F14 Tomcat tore open the sky. “I was hooked and knew I was going to be a pilot,” Klaus said. But his eyes weren’t good enough, and later in life, on a whim, he applied to Plattsburgh State. Klaus tried half a dozen majors, but nothing clicked. He was close to dropping out of college and joining the military when he tried an archeological field Dr. Haagen Klaus graduated from Plattsburgh State and now spends much of school. his time studying human remains around the world. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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