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HAGUE | Two big winter events are slated for Hague in February. First, the Hague Winter Weekend will start at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, with open mike and karaoke night at the Hague Volunteer Fire Department at 4 West Hague Road. Admission is free and beverages will be sold. On Saturday, Feb. 17, from 8 to 11 a.m., the Hague Volunteer Fire Department Breakfast will be offered at the fire station. Cost is $10 a person and children under age eight are $5. Rotary International will also hold a silent auction, and the Mary C. Beste Scholarship Award will be given. The Chili Bake-Off will be Sunday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. The cost is $10 per person, which includes the chili tasting and a buffet. Beverages will be available, along with live music. » Hague events Cont. on pg. 7
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MORIAH | Moriah Central School now has its own tech squad of students repairing computers and offering technical support. The student-run technology club is called VTech, adviser Matthew Pray said, and
it’s part of the school’s new Educational Technology Center. “It’s two parts: a student help desk in the hall, where students can stop by and get help with Chromebook issues,” Pray said, “which is starting to get busier, and it’s paired with Chromebook repair, where instead of sending them out, we fi x them in-house.” Many students have school-issued Google Chromebooks, small laptops designed to be used primarily while connected to the internet, with most applications and documents living in the cloud. Pray said students who want to join VTech must submit a resume to either him or math teacher William Gaynor, and sit for an interview before being accepted into the group. Elementary instructor Emmett Hoops is the group’s third adviser. Also the school music teacher, Pray turned a storage room off the music room into VTech headquarters and it’s now filled with computers and equipment. VTech, which stands for Viking Technology, after the school mascot, has 12 members so far, with students learning to repair com-
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