The Peru Gazette

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Pre-pandemic file photo L-R Ton Attorney Matt Favro, Melvin Irwin, Kregg Bruno, Brandy McDonald, Town Clerk Dianne Miller, Jim Douglass, Rick Barber.

By John T. Ryan 

The Board: 

Approved the Town’s annual contract with the Peru Free Library. The Town contributes $80,000 annually toward the library’s operation. 

Gave final approval for the contract between the Town of Peru and the Rifenburg Contracting Corp. of Troy, NY. Rifenburg will carry out the Trunk Sewer Main and Pump Station Reconstruction Project at a cost of $3,709,939.  The project will begin as soon as weather permits and is to be completed no later than June 30, 2022.  Based on the counselors’ comments, Rifenburg works very quickly on projects of this nature.  The Town Sewer Department and its engineers will have to ensure that the work being done complies with specifications. 

Hired Liz Tedford Consulting at a rate of $100 hourly to submit an application to  Bridge New York for funding the Telegraph Rd. – Sullivan Rd. culvert replacement project. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell noted that C&S engineering would be filing a similar application for replacing a bridge just south of the culvert.  The galvanized tubing in both structures is deteriorating. They were hurriedly installed after the 1998 floods.

Accepted Christine Crawford’s resignation at the Peru Town Court effective February 8, 2021. Mrs. Crawford worked in the court office for five years. Supervisor Brandy McDonald commented that she is a “great worker and a good person.” 

Supervisor McDonald reported that NYSEG still plans to install LED street lights in the hamlet. Problems associated with the ongoing pandemic have delayed the project. 

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Kathryn Bowman (Photo provided)

By John T. Ryan  

Plattsburgh – Add 203,+ 277 and 261. They total 741, the third or fourth highest triple in North Bowl varsity girls’ bowling history and only nine pins short of the North Bowl record of 750. Kathryn Bowman, a member of the Peru High School Varsity Girls Bowling Team, rolled that triple in last Friday’s team match against Beekmantown. 741 isn’t her highest triple. The Peru High School Junior also bowled a 744 in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference (CVAC) competition and a 764 high series in the North Bowl Youth League. Her highest single games include a CVAC single-game record 289 and a 299 in league bowling. In 2019 and 2020, she was the CVAC’s Sectional Outstanding Female Bowler.  

Kathryn’s father, Rick Bowman, is Peru’s Varsity Girl’s Bowling Coach. Asked about Kathryn’s greatest bowling strength, Bowman responded, “It’s her balance and leverage at the line. They’re both great.”

The Bowmans are a bowling family. Kathryn’s mother, Velvett Bowman, is a good bowler.  At one time, Rick averaged a 230+.  In 2015, their son Jonathan set the CVAC high season record with a 233 average as a member of the Peru Boys’ Varsity Bowling Team. He was one of only six boys named nationally as a U.S. Bowling Congress Dexter All-American.

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