Dream log homes built by students in Adirondack workshop
Janis Barth reports Krissa Johnson leads a two week log building workshop at North Country Community College. Women gain skills to build mortgage free homes using red pine logs, with inmate crews supplying peeling work and tools funded by a $1,000 grant from America the Beautiful Fund. Barbara Zelinski of Keeseville gains confidence to build her own home mortgage free, blending wood sculpture and stained glass. Plans for next year target the Potsdam area.
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Janis Barth
Saranac Lake
Krissa Johnson
Johnson
North Country Community College
Center For Adirondack Studies
Adirondack Log Building
America the Beautiful Fund
Barbara Zelinski
Keesville
Zelinski
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Camp Adirondack
S.c
Potsdam
Malone Fresh Air host family bonds with Brooklyn boy
Since 1973 Mary and William Jarvis and their son Bill host Fresh Air children in Malone under the Fresh Air Fund. Darren Figueroa, 11, visits yearly from Brooklyn and forms a close bond with Bill who is bedridden after a 1975 accident. Darren enjoys Yankees memories and quiet North Country life while planning a return August 20. The program, rooted in a 300 year old Friendly Town concept, operates via 342 towns in 12 states with about 13,000 children yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Elmer Malone
Malone
Brooklyn
Fresh Air Fund
Malone Kiwanis Club
Mary
William Jarvis
Bill
Darren Figueroa
Jarvis
Mary Jarvis
Darren
Billy
New York Yankees
Thurmond Munson Ue
Valerie
North Country
Churubusco
Figueroa
Willard Parsons
Pennsylvania
New York City
Parsons
Inner City
The
Sears Defends Akwesasne Bingo Hall Plan Amid Criticism
Sears replies to Traditionalist Mohawks and Tribal Chief Julius Cook over the under construction bingo hall on the Akwesasne Reservation. He denies legalized gambling aims while saying 51 percent of proceeds will benefit reservation officials and the venture will create jobs and revenue. He criticizes detractors as causing unrest and notes past community service including American Legion charity work.
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Akwesasne
William J. Sears
Herald American
Julius Cook
Cook
Sears
American Legion
Legion
Jo Anne Fountain
C & B Gas Co
Fountain
C & B Fuel Co
Reserve
American Legion Post
Panel disputes siting criteria for environmental sites
Central New York planners criticize the proposed siting standards as unclear and simplistic. They urge worst-case air quality assumptions and consistent data collection across counties to aid the state in narrowing alternate sites in Onondaga Cayuga and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brower
Cayuga County
Bob. Doyle
Onondaga County Environmental Management Council
Doyle
New York
Walker Banning
Central
North Country site analysis synopses by DEC
Preliminary site analysis worksheets detail two North Country locations: Jefferson County Watertown and St. Lawrence County Wegatchie. Watertown covers 525 acres near Route 81 and Rail, with Black River water supply and wastewater potential, Indiana bat caves nearby, clay soil, fair geology, and no wetlands. Wegatchie covers 725 acres near Route 11, Oswegatchie River proximity, rail proximity, with fair geology, no wetlands, flat land and slow permeability, and no wildlife conflicts.
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Department of Environmental Conservation
North Country
Jefferson County
Watertown
Black River
Indiana
ST. Lawrence County
Wegatchie
Rossie
Oswegatchie River
Gouverneur
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Jonathan Elmer
William and Mary Jarvis
Onondaga Hmc
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Lamson Road
Lysander
anBurea
Banning
Matchmaker
Syracuse Newspapers
Syracuse
Ee Fou Cheon
Muntey
Issisted
P.O. Box Db
Mts
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