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Bank offers Amish community unique welcome INTERNATIONAL Champlain National Bank CHILDREN’S GAMES offers hitching post for buggies BRING SPORTS, FRIENDSHIP TO ADKS By Pete DeMola EDITOR
WILLSBORO | Horse-drawn buggies have become a familiar sight on roads in the Boquet Valley as the Amish relocate to the area. Now one local bank has developed a novel way to welcome the new residents: A hitching post. When arriving into town to run errands, Amish residents had been tying their horse and buggies to a tree near the road. Champlain National Bank Board Chairman Peter Paine noticed and offered to build a hitching post, said Jacqueline Hallock, a company spokeswoman. “It was literally out of the goodness of his heart,” Hallock said. » Amish Cont. on pg. 3
Lake Placid hockey players Darianna Patterson, Sydney Dann, Danaya Patterson, Peppi DelliQuadri, Lukas Klein and Jackson Smith were named to help take down the International Children’s Games flag at the closing ceremonies. The three members of the boys hockey team show off their gold medal. Photo by Keith Lobdell
Event hailed as success By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR
LAKE PLACID | Was there any chance the home team
would not win the Gold medal on the 1980 US Olympic Rink. The Lake Placid team winning the boys hockey tournament was just part of the excitement and fun had over four days in Lake Placid as the International Children’s Games came to the Olympic Village Jan. 7-10, the first time the Olympicstyle event for youth ages 12-15 was held on American soil. » Children’s Games Cont. on pg. 2
Essex County ponders food stamp funding Ten percent of county population at risk of losing SNAP benefits By Pete DeMola EDITOR
President Trump is at an impasse with Democrats over his proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The federal government will continue to provide SNAP benefits until the end of February, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. File photo
ELIZABETHTOWN | As the government shutdown lumbers on with no end in sight, county officials have begun to field calls about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The federal government will continue to provide SNAP benefits, commonly known as “food stamps,” until the end of February, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “If (the shutdown) continues, it could be problematic,” Essex County Department of Social Services Commissioner Mike Mascarenas told lawmakers on Monday. “Right
now, we’re good through the end of February.” President Trump is at an impasse with Democrats over his proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. While the Democratic-controlled House has been passing bills that fund federal departments on a piecemeal basis, legislation remains stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said as many as 2.7 million New Yorkers could lose their benefits. SNAP allows recipients to purchase milk, produce and other grocery items, including 3,100 residents in Essex County, or about 10 percent of the total population, including 1,600 senior citizens on a fi xed income. Mascarenas said it’s critical the federal government comes up with a plan and to make accommodations if the shutdown continues. Leaning on food pantries isn’t an option, he said, because they’re stretched during the post-holiday period.
Essex County ordinarily doesn’t contribute funding for the federal program, but simply processes applications.
BENEFITS RELEASED EARLY
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) announced late Monday that most recipients will receive their full February benefits early, as per Department of Agriculture guidance. The state agency asked recipients to budget accordingly. “New Yorkers receiving their February SNAP benefits early need to carefully plan their food budgets as this will need to last through the entire month,” said OTDA Commissioner Samuel D. Roberts in a statement. “We will continue to work closely with our local partners to ensure that all SNAP recipients get their February benefits.” The benefits should be delivered by Thursday. » SNAP Cont. on pg. 3
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