The Peru Gazette

Longtme Peru Teacher Pass Away

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H.S. Students compete for $2 million in scholarships & incentives   

Albany NY September 1, 2019  –  Department of New York Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander Thomas Todaro, and Youth Recognition & Scholarship Chairman  Wally Zincio announced the kick-off of this year’s VFW’s  sponsored Voice of Democracy Essay  Competition. All New York State high school students have the opportunity to compete for more than $ 150,000 dollars in scholarships & prizes and a trip to Washington, D.C. and Valley Forge PA.

      Students must write and record a three-to-five minute essay on the selected theme using an audio CD or flash drive and present their recording, typed essay and completed entry form to their local participating VFW Post by Midnight Oct. 31. The 2019/20 theme selected is “ What Makes America Great” Students begin by competing at the local Post level with an entry deadline of Oct. 31^St. Post winners than compete at the District level with the winner advancing to the state competition. 

The essay winners chosen at each level will receive cash awards.  The state competition winners will receive up to $8,000 scholarship awards as follow;

First place $2,500

Second place $1,500

Third place $1,000

Fourth place winners $500 each

      The Dept. of New York 1^st. place winner will then be advanced to the National competition.  

All state first-place winners receive a four day trip to Washington, D.C. and the chance to compete for their share of more than $150,000 in scholarships. Read more »

Plattsburgh Sept. 7 – It was a beautiful fall morning at the U.S. Oval as hundreds of people turned out for North Country Honor Flight #29 ceremonies. The veterans flying to Washington D.C. served during World War II, Korea and Vietnam including three brothers, Roger, Leeward and Clarence Miller all of whom are Mooers, NY natives.

Today’s 15 flight members are: David Barton – U.S. Navy – WWII; Paul Bjorklund – U.S. Army – Korea; Kenneth Delisle – U.S. Air Force – Korea; Warren Fournier – U.S. Army – Korea; Howard Frizzell – U.S. Army – Korea; Jean Holihan – U.S. Navy – Korea; Raymond Hosley – U.S. Army – Vietnam; Bruce LaHendro; U.S. Army – Vietnam; Roger Miller – U.S. Army – Vietnam; Leeward Miller – U.S. Army – Vietnam; Clarence Miller – U.S. Army – Vietnam; Vern Mack – U.S. Army – Korea; Richard St. Amour Sr. – U.S. Marine Corps – Korea; Joe Krupka – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam; Donald Shambo – U.S. Army – Vietnam.

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Plattsburgh – Tom Venne. a member of the Beartracks band, sang an extremely moving rendition of “Old Army Hat” at the Sept. 7, 2019 North Country Honor Flight #29 Ceremonies at the U.S. Oval. 

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The Peru Community Church is pleased to announce the Fall/Winter/Spring worship service schedule is now in effect. All are cordially invited to join with us in worship and special events, many during the next several weeks.

Sunday Worship services are at 8 am and 10:30 am in the sanctuary, at 12 Elm St, Pleasant/Main Streets,  (Routes 22 and 22B) in the town of Peru.  Coffee and conversation follow each service in the church’s Fellowship Center across the street at 13 Elm Street. Prayer Study is at 9:15 am in the Fellowship Center Chapel. Children’s Sunday School (grades K-5) is held during the 10:30 am service, with nursery care also provided during the 10:30 am service.

The Reverend Peggi J. Eller, Pastor, is continuing her sermon series on the topic of sacraments.  Later this Fall, the sermons will focus on prayer.

Special events upcoming include the inaugural meeting and potluck lunch of the Church Women United on Sunday September 15, float-making for the Peru Applefest Parade on Saturday September 21, an Ice Cream Social coffee hour on Sunday September 22, the Granny’s Attic garage (and bake) sale at the church on Saturday September 28, First Friday Free Family Films on October 4, and a benefit concert by “Beartracks” in the Fellowship Center on Friday October 18.

Follow us on Facebook (“The Peru Community Church”) and Instagram “@perucommunitychurch.”  Sermon selections are available for download from the website www.perucommunitychurch.com.

Come join us for worship on Sundays, as well as other events held in the church and its Fellowship Center. Questions?  Please call Pastor Peggi Eller at the church office at 518-643-8641.

The Town of Schuyler Falls is one of this year’s Preserve New York (PNY) grantees. Their grant of $10,000 will enable the town to work with Adirondack Architectural Heritage of Keeseville to complete a reconnaissance level survey of historic and cultural resources. Compiling this documentation and research into an accessible format will help guide the town in the future so that existing historic resources will not be lost, and lay the groundwork for a potential future historic district.

The Preservation League of NYS and their program partners at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are thrilled to help fund this important work.

“We are honored and pleased to receive a Preserve New York grant,” said Rick Potiker, Schuyler Falls Town Supervisor. Read more »

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 @ 7:00 PM

1. Call Meeting To Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meetings of August 26, 2019.

5. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports From All Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports)

6. Community Input

7. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Accept Davey Drive Extension as a Town Road.

8. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:   Declaring the Town as Lead Agency and SEQR Negative Declaration in Patent Rd. Project 

9. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:    MOA for Successor Labor Agreement.

10. DISCUSSION:  Sewer Collection Project Update.

11. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Awarding Bid Court Building Roof.

12. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Declare Parks TORO Mower as Surplus and List for Sale.

13. DISCUSSION:  Other Business. 

14. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

15. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Pay Bills

MOTION:     Adjourn

September 15th at 1 pm the Keeseville B.P.O.E Lodge 2072 will be holding its annual soccer shoot. Ages 15 and under are welcome to join in on the fun. For any questions they can contact Chris Colozza at ccolozza@live or the lodge.

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Flight #29 will take to the skies this Saturday, Sept. 7th morning bringing 1 WWII Veteran, 7 Korean Veterans and 7 Vietnam Veterans on a trip of a lifetime.

The Veterans will be escorted to the Veterans Park by Police and motorcycle escort to be ready for a 7am sharp start to their send-off ceremony. All are welcome to this touching event to Honor the service of these 15 North Country Veterans.

On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, the Town of Peru will be doing a planned shutdown to fix a fire hydrant.  We will be shutting off the water at 8 am and it will be off for approximately 4 hours.  The area that will be affected will be the homes in between Mason Street & School Street (21-51 Pleasant Street & 3 Lewis Street).   

Then we will be shutting the water off again to fix several valves at 7 pm and will be off for approximately 3 hours.  The area that will be affected will be the homes in between Mason Street & River Road (21 – 99 Pleasant Street & 3 Lewis Street)

There will be a precautionary “boil water” order in effect for at least 2 days after the shutdown for safety reasons.  If you have any questions, please contact the W/S Dept at 518-643-8125.

Bear Hunting Season Opens Sept. 7 in Portions of Southeastern New York and Sept. 14 in Northern New York

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that black bear hunting seasons open this weekend in the southeastern part of the state and next weekend in the north country.

“New York’s early bear hunting seasons are not only a great way to help us manage black bear populations across the state, early seasons also offer hunting and outdoor enthusiasts an excellent opportunity to enjoy late summer outings going afield,” Commissioner Seggos said.

In southeastern New York, the early bear season runs from Sept. 7 to Sept. 22 in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 3A, 3C, 3H, 3J, 3K, 3M, 3P, 3R, 4P, and 4R. The early bowhunting season for bears will open in all of the Southern Zone on Oct. 1, followed by the regular firearms season beginning Nov. 16.

In northern New York, the early bear season runs from Sept. 14 to Oct. 18 in WMUs 5A, 5C, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5J, 6C, 6F, 6H, and 6J. Bowhunting season for bears also begins on Sept. 14, in the other Northern Zone units (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, and 6N). Muzzleloader season then opens in all northern WMUs on Oct. 19, followed by the regular firearms season for bears on Oct. 26. Read more »

Employees at a Clinton County orchard install hail netting to a row of apple trees. Photo: A. Galimberti, CCE Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh, N.Y.; September 3, 2019. Real-time, regional, in-orchard research funded by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is helping apple growers quickly respond to pests with the latest management practices. It also provides insight into practices that may or may not work to protect the northern NY apple crop conservatively valued at $57 million.

“Pest management is one of the largest investments fruit growers must make in terms of time, labor, and materials to produce marketable fruit and maintain healthy trees,” says Michael Basedow, a tree fruit specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

With a grant from the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program, Basedow provided weekly pest scouting data to help growers quickly respond to orchard pests with appropriate pest management tactics. He also initiated a project to evaluate whether exclusion netting used for protecting apple from hailstorm damage might also protect the fruit from orchard pests.

A series of hailstorms in 2017 damaged the regional apple crop. One grower reported more than 60 percent of his acres suffered damage. Basedow says, “Growers selling hail-damaged fruit for juice that would otherwise have sold at retail prices can see as much as a 98 percent decrease in the economic value of their crop.”

Basedow worked with commercial growers in Clinton and Essex counties who had installed hail netting. Trials in France and Quebec, Canada, had shown success in limiting damage by codling moth and other orchard pests, but the use of drape-style netting had not been well-evaluated under northern NY orchard conditions.

“We are constantly looking at ways to increase the use of integrated pest management practices that allow us to produce a commercially viable crop while also making the best use of growers’ time, labor, and money. We wanted to see if the hail netting might be an effective practice to add to our apple growers’ IPM toolbox,” Basedow said.

The research provided weekly trap data on four key apple pests in northern NY: codling moth, Oriental fruit moth, obliquebanded leafrooler, and apple maggot.

“Results from the trial showed that traps in the trees under the netting caught significantly fewer of the four key pests compared to the unnetted trees, however,” Basedow says, “the pest pressure levels in 2018 for three of the four key pests was such that the feasibility of using hail netting for pest exclusion is still uncertain. The netting may help reduce pest numbers enough to reduce the total number of orchard sprays needed for some pests, such as apple maggot, where spray decisions are based on well-established economic thresholds.”

Basedow adds that the sites with the most effective pest exclusion were those where the hail netting was tightly tied to the lower limbs and trunks of the apple trees. The orchard with the best control applied the netting to trees grown to a tall spindle training system with the netting secured tightly to the trunks.

This Northern New York Agricultural Development Program project provided more than 450 orchard businesses in northern and eastern NY with the weekly pest scouting data during the 2018 growing season. A like number of growers and fruit specialists attended meetings that include mention of this hail netting pest exclusion research. The full project report is posted on the NNYADP website at www.nnyagdev.org.

Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Legislature and administered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

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Peru – Peru has 20 more acres available for residential development as a result of action taken at the Peru Town Board’s August 26, 2019 Town Board Meeting. The Board unanimously approved changing the zoning classification of 20 acres of land adjacent to the Dashnaw Road and in close proximity to the Bear Swamp Road from commercial to residential. The Zoning map was last amended on December 23, 2013.

The Board approved the emergency purchase of an open bottom culvert for the Patent Rd. at a cost of $143,500. Last April a four ft. wide sink hole developed in the road about 700 feet north of Mother Cabrini Shrine. Installation bids will be advertised. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell estimated the total culvert replacement cost at about $287,000. He said the Town would have to bond/borrow the money. Farrell said NYS Department of Environmental Conservation regulations require that an open bottom culvert be used because the brook (which is dry at this time) flows into a trout stream, the Furnace Brook. The Patent Road will be closed while installation is taking place.

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