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Hannah’s Hope Fund hosting its second annual fundraiser in Altona Sunday.
Twenty-four become new U.S. citizens in ceremony at Clinton Community College.
Check inside for the schedule of events for the 2009 Clinton County Fair.
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Interpretive panel will give history of Champlain Efforts continue to establish senior housing development
Monument at St. Mary’s Church will soon provide information to visitors By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com CHAMPLAIN — The town of Champlain will soon have a new way to pay tribute to the French explorer from whom the town received its name. The Town of Champlain Quadricentennial Committee has received notification it will be awarded a $1,700 federal appropriation to establish an interpretive panel at the Samuel de Champlain monument at St. Mary's Church on Church Street. The monument, explained committee chairman Christopher , was the first in the United States dedicated to Samuel de Champlain, erected in 1907. “This monument of Samuel de Champlain is the center piece of our community that welcomes several visitors to the monument every year,” said Trombley. St. Mary’s Church, said Trombley, has seen an in-
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you have to move away from your friends and family,” said Kirby. The lack of senior housing in Chazy fueled the organization’s efforts nearly a decade ago, which still has a strong focus today, said Kirby. The challenges of a troubled national economy and millions of dollars in cuts to the state’s senior housing budget are daunting, he said, but won’t stand in the way of raising the more than $1 million necessary for the project. Chazy Senior Housing has already accomplished the initial groundwork to build a 10-unit housing development, said Kirby. The organization has plans for the project in hand, drawn up by Architectural & Engineering Design Associates, P.C., Plattsburgh and has secured 4.1 acres for the project on Church Street from Sacred Heart Church. There, plans are to construct the housing facility, which would consist of mainly sin-
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crease in the number of people visiting the monument with this year ’s celebration of the Hudson-FultonChamplain Quadricentennial. The “Quad,”s to which is often referred, celebrates, in part, the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s exploration of the region. The town Quad committee figured it only fitting those flocking to the monument be able to learn more about the history of Samuel de Champlain while standing at the base of the statue of the famed explorer, said Trombley. The committee applied for a grant to fund the installation of an interpretive panel and was most pleased when learning their application was successful, he said. “This interpretive panel will be very important in educating the public on the historical significance of this monument,” said Trombley.
An interpretive panel will be installed at the base of the monument dedicated to Samuel de Champlain at St. Mary’s Church in the town of Champlain.
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File photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
CHAZY — Lawrence Kirby wants his fellow senior citizens in the town of Chazy to have another place they can call home. The 75-year-old town resident serves as president of the board of directors for the Chazy Senior Housing Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization that has been working since 2000 to establish a housing facility for those age 55 and older. The organization’s mission is important, said Kirby, due to the town’s unique situation in Clinton County. “We’re the only town in the county that doesn’t have senior housing,” said Kirby. When getting older, seniors are faced with more and more challenges of maintaining their own homes, said Kirby, leaving them few alternatives other than moving to senior housing outside of town. “It’s very tough when you’re 65, 75 years old and
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Reality Check to host Rouses Point Farmers Market open for season showing of ‘Mall Cop’ By Sarah L. Cronk sarah@denpubs.com CHAZY — When it comes to finding ways to show teenagers they don’t need to smoke to fit in, one organization aims to do whatever it can. Reality Check, a New York State Department of Health Tobacco Control Program, will host a “Movie in the Park” this Saturday, June 18, at Chazy Recreation Park. The Reality Check team in Chazy, which consists of teenagers from Chazy Central Rural School, chose to show “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” a smoke-free movie, which is also fami-
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The Rouses Point Farmers Market opened for the season July 2, with vendors selling merchandise ranging from fruits and vegetables to maple products and homemade chocolates. Market organizer Geri Favreau said she was pleased with the turnout for the first-time opening of the market in Rouse Park. “The hard part is getting locals to remember that it’s there because it’s the first one ever or in many years,” said Favreau. The market is open Thursdays from 2-6 p.m. until Sept. 3. For more information, including how to host a booth, contact market Favreau at 297-2064 or via email at gerifavreau@yahoo.com.
ly-oriented. The free movie showing comes in line with the many efforts of Reality Check to empower teenagers, ages 13-18, to fight against the tobacco industry and the way they market toward youth, explained Dana Isabella, program coordinator for Clinton and Essex counties. The movie will be paired with a live performance by the band Early Morning, as well as a short educational piece explaining the Smoke-free Movie Campaign on which Reality Check is currently focusing, Isabel-
Photo submitted by Geri Favreau
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