The Peru Gazette

Peru – October 11th marked the 244th Anniversary of the Battle of Valcour, one of the American Revolution’s first naval battles. The Saranac Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Valcour Battle Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) commemorated the battle at the Peru Dock, overlooking the battle scene.

Jason Barney, a history teacher at Missisquoi Valley Union High School in Stanton, Vermont expressed his appreciation to the DAR, the SAR, the Clinton County Historical Association, and all historical groups preserving local history. Thanks to the primary sources they maintain, Barney authored a book entitled Northern Vermont in the War of 1812 and received his school board’s permission to begin a local history course.

The council’s next spaghetti dinner is December 12th. All you have to is come to the kitchen window at the parish center and walk-away with your delicious take-out meal. $8 per person.

Contact tracing is an ongoing process, initiated with every reported case. Close contacts of positive cases are identified, notified, and placed on quarantine. The goal of contact tracing is to prevent further spread of disease—the source of the infection is not always able to be identified. This is often the case in areas with community spread of coronavirus. If you are identified as a close contact of a positive case, you will be notified by your local health department. With community spread, there are likely additional cases within the community that have not been identified, due to individuals being asymptomatic (no symptoms) or attributing symptoms to a different ailment. All residents must continue to wear masks, physically distance themselves from others (6 feet), avoid crowds and large gatherings, wash their hands frequently, and stay home when sick. By collectively working together and following these practices, we will minimize the further spread of disease, ideally preventing further “shut down” of businesses, schools, etc.

As a reminder, the NYS DOH provides a COVID school report card at https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov, as well as a regional dashboard at https://forward.ny.gov/ (Clinton County is part of the North Country Region).

Note: The next Clinton County COVID-19 case updates will be shared on Tuesday, October 13.