The Peru Gazette

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

The Town of Peru Youth Commission is holding an open registration for their Fall Soccer Program at the Peru Town Hall.  Youth who reside in the Town of Peru and have not yet registered for the Fall Soccer Program can do so now through August 5th between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM. 

Mini Mite ages are 4 & 5, Mite ages are 6,7 &8, and Pee Wee level is 9,10 and 11. 

For additional information, please call Youth Director, John Flynn at 643-6843.

The Times Union reports

Tyler Williams - Peru's 2011 Firefighter of the Year

By John T. Ryan

The Peru Volunteer Fire Department has chosen Tyler Williams as its 2011 Firefighter of the Year.  Chief Brian Westover said the award is a way of recognizing all the effort Williams has put forth for the department during the past year.  Tyler Williams has been a member of the Peru Volunteer Fire Department for fifteen years and has worked his way up to First Assistant Chief. Williams commented, “Firefighting has been a big thing in my family my whole life. My father Richard Williams was a firefighter and my grandfather Townsend Carpenter was a firefighter for 30 years.” Williams said that he looks upon firefighting as a great way to help the community. He lives a only short distance from the firehouse with his wife Heidi daughter Kaitlynn.

Please note – The Peru Gazette will have a story on the department’s EMS Provider of the Year.

Congressman Owens’ letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo

Peru Fire Chief Brian Westover and the Department's new ambulance

By John T. Ryan

The Peru Volunteer Fire Department put a new ambulance into service on June 20, 2011. Chief Brian Westover said the Ford E450 replaces a 1999 with about 59,000 miles. While the CVPH Medical Center provides primary ambulance service for the Town of Peru, the Peru Ambulance is called when there are two emergencies in progress at the same time. The new ambulance cost the Department $160,000.  The advanced life-support equipment in the old ambulance was transferred to the new vehicle. CVPH Medical Center purchased the old ambulance for $18,500.

The Adirondack Regional Theatre will present Godspell Junior at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 16^th at the St. Augustine’s Parish Center.  The talented cast will sing, dance, act and even get a laugh or two as they follow Jesus as his life may have been in the 1960’s.

Songs like “Day-By-Day,” “O Bless the Lord” and many others are familiar to many. The show is filled with jazz, country, pop, gospel and rock music. A little magic, sign language, miming, dance scenes and a spattering of humor will add to the entertainment.

The show is free of charge, but donations are not declined.

From the Office of Congressman Bill Owens

In the first six months of this year, Congressman Bill Owens has worked to secure $730,688.71 in benefits owed to those seeking help from his offices in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. When constituent concerns involve questions about legislation or policy, Owens’ office has responded to 18,606 pieces of correspondence in 2011 alone. “Responding to constituent concerns and helping them to navigate the federal bureaucracy is one of the most important things I can do,” said Owens. “I am very pleased with the level of success we have seen in our ongoing fight to ensure that Upstate New Yorkers have their voices heard in Washington and that they receive the benefits they are due from the federal government.” This year, Owens expanded his outreach campaign by holding three Town Halls, organizing more than 50 mobile office hour events, opening a full-time office in the City of Oneida, and holding two telephone town halls when his duties as a U.S. Representative have kept him away from the district. Owens will hold a third telephone town hall next Tuesday, July 12th. To sign up for the town hall, residents of New York’s 23rd Congressional District can call Owens’ Watertown office at 315-782-3150 or email their full name and telephone number to NY23townhall@mail.house.gov. Since being elected to office in November of 2009, Owens has responded to 44,000 pieces of correspondence and secured more than $1.8 million in benefits due for constituents.

Please be advised, motorists may expect to encounter lane closures on I-87 July 12 and July 13.  Northbound is expected to be closed on July 12  with Southbound closed on July 13.

The closures are necessary to set steel on the County Route 38 (Arthur Road) Bridge Reconstruction Project.

The closures will be during daylight hours.  All traffic will use the detour on Route 22 between Exits 34 and 36.

In the case of inclement weather, the steel erection may be rescheduled for the next available day.

Lo-Hud.com reports

The adirondack almanac reports

The adirondack almanac reports

The Post Star reports

Adele Douglas takes the Naturalization Oath

Alain Gilbert

By John T. Ryan

Oftentimes over 50% of native-born U.S. citizens do not exercise one of their most sacred rights – the right to vote. Yesterday, two Peru residents, both natives of Canada, became naturalized United States citizens in a ceremony conducted at Clinton Community College. When asked why they decided to become U. S. citizens Adele Douglas and Alain Gilbert answered with the words, “So I can vote!” Adele Douglas spent her early years in Mississauga, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec and moved to this country twelve years ago. She lives in Peru with her husband Garry and daughter Emily. Alain Gilbert grew up in the Quebec City area.  He took a job at Bombardier Transportation’s Barrie, Vermont plant eighteen years ago. He and his wife Patricia moved to Plattsburgh in 1998 and to Peru five years ago.

Both Adele and Alain were impressed by yesterday’s ceremony. Adele said, ‘”It was very well done. I enjoyed seeing the variety of countries where the other new citizens came from. Coming from Canada I feel I grew up with the same rights and freedoms that U.S. citizens have, so the change for me is minor.”  Alain Gilbert reflected on the setting of yesterday’s ceremony on a balcony overlooking historic Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains of Vermont. He said, “It was a beautiful ceremony. It was unique.”

Hon. John A. Lahtinen presided over the event and Clinton County Clerk John Zurlo administered the Naturalization Oath.  Seventeen men and women from fifteen countries became citizens. The countries included: Palestine, Peru, Kosovo, Ireland, Jordan, Canada, Pakistan, Romania, Poland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Jamaica, Russia, Venezuela and Turkey.

Naturalization Oath

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”

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AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, July 11, 2011, 7:00 PM

1.              Call Meeting To Order

2.              Pledge of Allegiance

3.              Roll Call

4.              MOTION:

5.              Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of June 27, 2011.

6.              DISCUSSION/MOTION: Including Reports from all Departments into the Board Meeting Record: (Water/Sewer/Valcour: Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning Report; Supervisor’s Report; Banking Report, Enterprise Report, Town Court Report, Website Report)

7.              Community Input

8.              DISCUSSION: Water Quality Update

9.              DISCUSSION: Internal Audit Update.

10.           DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Compensation for Managing the Summer Concert Program.

11.           DISCUSSION: Dog Control Officer Vehicle.

12.           DISCUSSION: Bridge Pathway Security.

13.           Other Business

14.           Community Input on Agenda Items

15.           Motion to Adjourn.

WASHINGTON – In an ongoing effort to conduct an open discussion about the issues that affect Upstate New York, Congressman Bill Owens will hold a telephone town hall next Tuesday, July 12th.  Beginning at 6:45 p.m., Owens will update callers about his work to create jobs in Upstate New York, and then take questions from constituents during the hour-long call. Read more »

The Post Star reports

The Watertown Daily Times reports

The Press Republican reports (As reported several weeks ago in the Peru Gazette)

The Press Republican reports

The Times Union reports

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

The Post Star reports

The Watertown Daily Times reports