The Peru Gazette

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“Lyme is a huge – perhaps the biggest – health risk to farmers, forestry workers and others whose jobs are principally outdoors. In this first of a three-part series, I hope to correct some misunderstandings about Lyme disease, and explore why it’s so hard to diagnose. “Source: Get ticked off at ticks – The Adirondack Almanack

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Source: Ward Lumber earns statewide accolades in new Historic Preservation registry | Sun Community News JAY | Ward Lumber is one of the first 100 businesses added to New York State’s Historic Business Preservation Registry. 

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Source: St. Joseph’s opens much-needed new Detox Center | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers has added additional addiction treatment support to the North Country with the opening of the Robert R. Reiss Community

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Russell Gadway

Bill Stickney

Hope Costin watches over Bill’s apheresis donation

Plattsburgh – April 1, 2022 – Dependable and giving are words that the Adirondack regional Blood Donor Center staff would describe Bill Stickney and Russell Gadway. As they have done for over 20 years, the two men arrived at the donor center on the 1st Friday at 8 a.m. to make an apheresis donation. However, today is unique; it marks both men’s 200th donation. 

Apheresis separates the blood into its components – platelets, red blood cells, and plasma. Why is that important? A cancer patient can require two units of platelets a week. A car accident victim could use up to 50 red blood cell units, two platelets units, and ten units of platelets. 

The donation process takes about an hour, it’s virtually painless, and neither Bill nor Russell report any side effects. They say the friendly, humorous Donor Center staff makes the one-hour enjoyable. Nancy Roberts and Hope Costin have many years of experience, making the process very easy. 

Both Bill Stickney and Russell Gadway began donating while working at Harris Graphics in Champlain. Like many community-minded employers, Harris invited the Blood Donor Center staff into the plant and gave employees the time off to make donations. Bill and Russell continued to donate after the plant closed. 

The generosity and commitment of all the local donators have saved hundreds of lives. The Donor Center collects at the center and at blood drives throughout the region – provides more than 95% of the blood used at CVPH and is used to supply other hospitals in Elizabethtown, Malone, Massena, Saranac Lake and Glens Falls.

John Ryan Editor: Allison Hulbert Bruce asked that the Peru Gazette publish the letter that follows. It’s related to my story March 30th story titled, The changing Bear Swamp Rd.

I would like to take a moment to respond to the comments raised by John Ryan’s recent article in the Peru Gazette regarding the clearing of lands bordering Bear Swamp Road and the Little AuSable River Trail in Peru.

Last week I was walking the trail and was shocked to round a corner and suddenly have a site line straight to Bear Swamp Road. I took some photos and posted them to social media, expressing my dismay. I did not know who owned the land and I would not have sought to find out.

The landowner, Neil Hamilton, saw my post and reached out to me. As I’m sure he will attest, my first words to him were that I felt like a hypocrite for being so upset when I feel as strongly as I do that a property owner has the right to do as they please with their own land. I grew up in Elizabethtown where the APA looms large over landowners within the blue line.

Neil was graciously willing to meet with Adele Douglas and I to discuss the situation, because there was still quite a bit of land slated to be cleared in the area. In Mr. Ryan’s article he mentions my role as a member of the Peru Planning Board. I would like to be clear that I did not speak to Neil in my capacity as a Planning Board member. I spoke to him as a community member and neighbor about my personal love for the trail. I explained that I see firsthand how much use and enjoyment the people in Peru and the surrounding communities gain from it. For people like myself who live within the village, the trail offers a safe and quiet escape from noise and traffic. Adele and I asked if Neil would consider leaving a bit more of a buffer of trees along the trail to help keep the wooded nature of the trail intact, and he agreed wholeheartedly to do so. Thankfully he understands and values the trail’s place within our community.

I was strongly advised against speaking with Neil about this because it would open me up to the type of backlash and negativity as are found in the comments to Mr. Ryan’s article. However, I felt compelled to at least make the request for his consideration. Hopefully the people who know me, Neil, and Adele personally, know that we are all just trying to work together to find a mutually beneficial solution. The needs of businesses, property owners, and community members can all be considered if we put our heads together in collaboration.

Sincerely,

Allison Hulbert-Bruce

Editor’s Note: I do not know Allison Hulbert Bruce well, but like Adele Douglas, I know she cares deeply for Peru and its welfare. Both Allison and Adele have donated many hours of their time and talent to our community. Anyone who knows Neil Hamilton knows that he deeply loves his hometown and its people. I applaud Neil for investing in Peru and working for its future growth and well-being. He is stepping forward at a time when Peru needs business investment and tax base growth. Best wishes to Allison, Adele, and Neil as you work to make Peru an even better place to live and work.

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Click here to view the minutes posted on the town website. 

Click here to view minutes posted on the town website 

The Peru Central School Board of Education will gather Tuesday, April 5^th at 6 PM in the High School Community Room for their third public session budget workshop. 

The meeting is open to the public.

The agenda will be available on the District’s website.         

“The blues are returning to Plattsburgh and the historic Strand Theatre. Award-winning Blues artist Kevin Burt is coming next week to perform a series of concerts in several schools districts in the North Country, and then taking the stage with singer Dawn Tyler Watson for a gala performance at the Strand on April 2nd. Tickets for the Big Love concert are available at the Strand Center Box Office: www.strandcenter.org 28 acoustic guitars will be given away to area kids through the Kids Rock the Nation program.”

Source: The Blues are Back in Plattsburgh – Mountain Lake PBS

Transportation and aerospace manufacturers from here in the North Country & Quebec gather to talk about the push to go green and the new generation of electric buses and electric aircraft that are already being built here in the region’s transportation hub. New York’s DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos talks about the move to electric is a big part of the state’s new efforts to reduce emissions and combat climate change, a conversion Seggos says will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.

Watch profile of BETA Technologies & how company uses Plattsburgh International Airport as testing site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQmN3XtJ-cM&ab_channel=MountainLakePBS

Source: Transportation Goes Green – Mountain Lake PBS

Easter Egg Hunt is free to children age 10 and younger 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (3/31/2022) – A family favorite Easter tradition returns to the front lawn at The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). The Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for Saturday, April 16 at 10 a.m., sharp. This will be the first egg hunt hosted at the hospital since the pandemic began.

“We’re so excited to be able to bring the community together again for a fun event at the hospital,” Foundation of CVPH Events & Special Projects Manager Michelle Senecal said. “We are hearing from a lot of people who are saying they can’t wait to see their little ones on the hunt for all of those eggs.”

Known as the fastest two minute event in Plattsburgh, there will be nearly 10,000 eggs scattered on the lawn with the help of physicians from the CVPH Family Medicine Residency. The eggs will be stuffed with candy, and some will include a coupon for a free kid’s meal at Texas Roadhouse. The egg hunt is free and open to children ages 10 and younger, with a separate hunting ground for children 3 and under. Hunters should be dressed according to weather conditions.

The Easter Bunny will also be on hand to greet youngsters and pose for photos. There will be convenient parking in the Medical Office Building lots just off the Cornelia Street entrance, and CV-TEC students will help provide security services. For more information, contact Michelle Senecal at (518) 314-3359 or msenecal@cvph.org.

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