The Peru Gazette

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Peru Community Church and St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Invite children ages 3 years to 6th grade to:

Passport to Peru: Discovering God’s Good Gifts

The Board of Education also will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the school district’s Community Room, adjacent to the main entrance of Peru Jr/Sr High School.

It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:30 PM start.  The school board is slated to reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.

Anticipated topics include:

• Tax Levy and Rates
• Surplus Item Sale
• Nutrition and Wellness Policy
• Appointment of Personnel

A detailed agenda can be found at https://www.perucsd.org

Peru Central School District’s Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Monday, August 7^th at 4:15 PM in the District’s Community Room, located in the Jr/Sr High School at 17 School Street.

An executive session associated with the employment history of a particular person and/or matters leading to the appointment or employment of particular persons will take place immediately following the 4:15 PM start.

No other school board or school district business is slated for this meeting.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Aug. 4, 2017) — SUNY Plattsburgh will offer its Saturday morning Youth Learn to Swim program beginning Sept. 9 in Memorial Hall Pool.

The eight-week program is structured to improve swimming skills of children to make them safe in and around the water. Each session is 45 minutes.

To enroll, children must be five years or older, at least 47 inches tall and comfortable in water and be able to go under water. Children enrolled in level 2 will be measured the first class period and tested for comfort in water.

Dates are: Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct. 14, 21, 28; and Nov. 4. No class Oct. 7.

Cost is $50 per student. Register by visiting http://web.plattsburgh.edu/studentlife/recsports/redcross/swimprogram.php. For more information, contact Beth Shaughnessy at 518-564-4150 or email karen.waterbury@plattsburgh.edu.

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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Aug. 4, 2017) — An American Red Cross series of non-credit classes in CPR/AED-first aid for adults, children and infants will be held at SUNY Plattsburgh beginning with the first session Sunday, Sept. 10 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

Two other sessions will be held Sunday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, Nov. 12, both 1:30-5 p.m.

Cost for the class is $45. For more information, contact Beth Shaughnessy or Karen Waterbury, director of recreation and club sports, at 518-564-4140 or email wileyks@plattsburgh.edu. Visit online at http://web.plattsburgh.edu/studentlife/recsports/redcross/communitycpr.php.

AGENDA – ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, WEDNESDAY, August 16, 2017 @ 7:00 PM at ht Peru Town Hall CALL MEETING TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL of June 21, 2017 and July 19, 2017 minutes
OPEN FLOOR to public hearing
APPLICATION:

Appealing the Zoning Officer’s Decision: Z-2017-0023 Paul Hart, Jr
Appealing the Zoning Officer’s Decision that a Hobby Farm exists
62 Elm St.
Peru, NY 12972

Area Variance: Z-2017-0026 Paul Parenteau
Area Variance –Hobby Farm
668 Patent Rd.
Peru, NY 12972

ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
CEO REPORT:
ADJOURNMENT

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Improvements Include New ADA Accessible Boat Launch, Parking Area and Green Infrastructure Features

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced improvements to the Meacham Lake Campground in the Adirondack town of Duane, Franklin County, under the State’s Adventure NY initiative to connect more New Yorkers with nature. The improvements, supported by a $1.2 million state investment, include a new accessible boat launch on the eastern shore of Meacham Lake, a parking area, and green infrastructure features. Read more »

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Soccer Registration – Register now through August 11th at RecDesk: https://townofperu.recdesk.com

41 year old Peru High School graduate Brian Thomas. Class of 94.

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The Peru Highway Department will be closing Mannix Road again Wednesday from Old Town Road to Calkins Road for a cross culvert. No through traffic will be closed from 6:30 am til 4 pm

L-R Nick and Richard Arnold

Machine destined for Chazy Orchards leaves the shop

By John T. Ryan

Peru – The sign outside Richard Arnold’s Dashnaw Road shop reads “Peru Welding,” but the business’ compete name is Peru Welding and Machine and for good reason. Beginning in 1978, Arnold has been manufacturing a variety of machines ranging from wood boilers to hydraulic corral gates and bridge components. For the past six years he has been working side-by-side with his son Nick. While Richard Arnold has no formal training in engineering, customers often use words like creative, clever and genius to describe him. Arnold has a simple explanation for his skills. He said, “I use the mind’s eye.”

Six years ago orchardist Mason Forrence asked Arnold to design a tractor mounted work platform. Forrence recalled, “We were working with Cornell. We knew the apple industry was going to smaller trees. We wanted to get away from using ladders.” Today Richard Arnold’s Mechanized Work Platform is being used by numerous orchardists in the Champlain and Hudson Valleys. The 9th third generation machine will be delivered in a few days.

The small trees in today’s apple orchards are supported by a trellis-pole system. If fruit develops too high in a young tree or the tree exceeds a certain height above the trellis system, limbs break and the tree’s lifetime productivity is significantly reduced. The Mechanized Work Platform, equipped with pneumatic pruning guns and electric chain saws, has revolutionized the pruning process. An 80-acre orchard that once took five men 30 days to prune can be pruned by two men in ten days. The work environment is also much safer and personnel are not exhausted at the end of the work day. Mason Forrence said, “Every grower we’ve introduced the machine to thinks it’s great!”

Workers control the tractor’s speed, direction and braking from the platforms. Arnold developed the mechanical, electrical and pneumatic systems that control the tractor, the pruning guns and the chain saws. He explained, “Standing on the platforms, orchard workers get the big picture from above. No one has to be on a ladder in the midst of the limbs. You can see the difference in row uniformity.”

Every invention undergoes a development process. The first generation work platform consisted of two fixed platforms welded to a steel beam mounted on a tractor’s drawbar. The second generation was located over a tractor’s hood, but the platforms were still fixed. Arnold recalled, “When I watched that machine work and saw the difficulty workers were having reaching the leaning trees. I knew the platforms had to extend and retract.” Today workers simply rotate switches to extend and retract one or both platforms.

Richard Arnold is very proud that his machines are “Made in the USA” and he is hopeful that in the not too distant future Peru Welding and Machine’s Mechanical Work Platform will be utilized throughout the USA and beyond. He also has a vision for more Mechanized Work Platform advances in his “mind’s eye.”

James Spencer removes apples before they damage the young trees.

Desroy Thatcher and Clifford Edwards at Forrence’s Valcour Farm

Clifford Edwards using a pneumatic pruning gun

L-R CFA President Clark Forster, Property and Casualty Manager Gloria Henaghan, Chief Operating Officer Alex Forster, Administrative Executive Assistant Dominique Dragon and Administrative Assistant Rebecca Banker-Godfrey

Peru – The CFA Insurance Agency Inc. is #10 in our Peru Gazette series featuring the people who make Peru a great place to live. CFA has been doing business in Peru since 2004 and moved into its new, larger location at 686 Bear Swamp Road (the former Beaumont Medical Center Building) in 2013. Clark Forster, a Keeseville native, is the company’s founder and president. Call 643-7946 for information.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 @ 7:00 at the Peru Town Hall

ALL MEETING TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL of July 12, 2017 minutes.
OPEN FLOOR to public hearing
APPLICATIONS:

1. Site Plan Review with SEQR: P-2017-014 North Country Behavioral Medicine, PLLC – Dino Santoro
Site Plan Review – Drs. Office
3384 Rt. 22
Peru, NY 12972

7. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS:
8. CEO REPORT:
9. ADJOURNMENT

The Mannix Road will be closed from Rounds Drive to Old Town Road on Monday, Tuesday, August 1st from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The town will be replacing a culvert in that area. There will be no through traffic, including emergency vehicles, during that time.

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