Unveiling
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Mural to show county government center’s visitors history through the eyes of children.
OId North Country Shopping Center demolition is now under way.
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North Country Life Flight focus of one woman’s $20,000 fundraising campaign By Jeremiah Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
Chuck Pandolph, chief flight nurse for North Country Life Flight, demonstrates how a patient would be cared for during a medevac flight, in the simulation shown above. A $20,000 fundraising campaign is under way to help North Country Life Flight continue its mission of providing its services at no cost to patients. Photo submitted by Mary Jane Connors
SARANAC LAKE — Janice D. Washburn considers herself lucky to be alive. It was four years ago when the now 55-year-old Keeseville resident was returning to work from her lunch break and noticed something wasn’t quite right. “I started to feel dizzy,” Washburn recalled. “I thought I was having a stroke.” Though her memory of that day is still fuzzy, Washburn said she remembers being taken by ambulance to CVPH Medical Center, just minutes away from her office. Upon further evaluation, it was found she had a ruptured brain aneurysm and doctors immediately ordered her to be airlifted to Fletcher Allen Healthcare in
Fire department prepares for its future, reflects on its past
Burlington, Vt. — a trip that would would’ve been even more damage,” have taken much longer by ambuWashburn said. “My husband and I lance, said Washburn. would even say Life Flight “I only suffered saved my life.” mild disabilities beAbout a year after her incicause of how quickly dent — a year spent recoverthey got me to ing from her aneurysm — Read Janice Burlington,” she said. Washburn was reviewing her Washbur n’s plea Though she lost medical bills from that time to the community hearing in one ear and and realized something was to help Nor th occasionally suffers missing. Country Life Flight from dizziness, im“I started getting ambuin our Letters to proper balance and lance bills but I noticed there the Editor section short-term memory was no bill for the helicopon page 4. loss, Washburn said ter,” she said. her condition could Upon further research, have been a lot worse if not for North Washburn learned North Country Life Country Life Flight, the nonprofit Flight is an organization which promedevac service which flew her to vides its services at no cost to its paFletcher Allen. tients. “My head was filling up with blood. “That was just astounding to me,” If I would have had to ride by ambushe said. lance all the way [to Burlington], there
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Park improvements to keep moving forward Children still able to enjoy activities at LaFontaine Park despite fix-up hold-up
By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com
By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH — After a 50-year history, the South Plattsburgh Volunteer Fire Department took the plunge and made some immense upgrades, now they are seeing both stations as home. After the establishment of the South Plattsburgh Fire District in 1959, the department built their first station — referred to as “Station One” — on State Route 22 in 1960, followed by a second station — “Station Two” — on Route 9 the following year. At the time they were built, the stations met the needs of the department, as they only responded to approximately 50 calls during the first couple years. As the years went on, however, calls increased and a need for a bigger space became evident.
Kids enjoy a game of basketball at LaFontaine Park on Smith Street in the village of Dannemora earlier this week. Though moving ahead slowly, renovations to the park are still planned, according to Village of Dannemora Youth Commission coordinator Kristina O’Neil. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
DANNEMORA — Though it may look the same as it has in recent years, improvements are still under way at the village of Dannemora’s LaFontaine Park. Village of Dannemora Youth Commission coordinator Kristina O’Neil said plans are still moving forward to utilize a $150,000 matching grant awarded to the village last year through the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Last summer, O’Neil shared the village’s plans with the Clinton County Free Trader Today, which included developing enhanced drainage and grading the existing baseball and soccer fields at the Smith Street park. The existing basketball, tennis and volleyball courts were also expected to see upgrades, ac-
cording to plans drafted by Plattsburgh engineering firm Architectural and Engineering Design Associates. “They’re still in the works,” O’Neil said of the improvements. “There’s been some work on the drainage and there were some problems with that but they seem to be taken care of now. The drainage took up a big chunk of [the grant] and regrading the fields.” The village is working with C & E Fencing Co., Plattsburgh, to install new nets and posts to the park’s tennis courts, which O’Neil said she expects to be completed by the end of the summer. The rest of the work, including installing a new piece of playground equipment at the park, is being performed by volunteers, which is difficult with a limited number of people pitching in, said O’Neil. “It’s all volunteers, so we get done
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