The Peru Gazette

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The Town of Peru, Town Board has schedule a workshop to be held on Monday, November 20, 2017 from 6:30 – 8:30.  The purpose of the Workshop is discuss the Town Computer System.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. Films made as part of a cell-phone film contest are among those featured at the fourth annual Lake Champlain International Film Festival, taking place Nov. 1 to 5 at the Strand Center for the Arts, 25 Brinkerhoff St., in downtown Plattsburgh.

In addition to films submitted from around the world that include topics such as refugees, gender equality and homelessness, SUNY Plattsburgh students, faculty and the community were encouraged to sign up for a 72-hour cell phone film contest, where competitors on teams of three to five members had three days to create film shorts using only their cell phones. The results will be screened at the Strand Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. Winning films will be announced and screened during the festival’s Gala Night, Friday, Nov. 3.

Additionally, the 1924 silent film, “Hot Water,” will be kick off opening night with live organ accompaniment at 7 p.m. Afterward, two experimental films, “Panic Attack!” and “Melodrama,” will be shown from 8:10 to 10:10 p.m, followed by a Q&A with director Jason Andrew Torrance.

The film, “Good Funk,” by Adam Kritzer, will also be shown the night of the gala, followed by a Q&A with Kritzer and cast members.

The “Big Day” will showcase a series of family-friendly, short and refugee films, with a special presentation by Vietnamese-American novelist Le ly Hayslip.

Hayslip is an activist and founder of the Global Village Foundation, which promotes literacy and the arts throughout rural Southeast Asia. Her memoirs, “When Heaven and Earth Changed Places” and “Child of War, Woman of Peace,” are the subject of Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone’s 1993 film “Heaven & Earth,” which will be screened after her presentation Saturday, Nov. 4, at 7:10 p.m.

To wrap things up, documentaries and a closing film by director John O’Brien, titled “Man with a Plan,” will be shown. A closing ceremony with an awards presentation will conclude the five-day festival Sunday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m.

An all-access pass costs $10 and can be purchased at the box office. Students get free admission with their school ID.

For more information, contact Julia Devine, coordinator of the Center for Community Engagement, at 518-564-3022 or jdevi002@plattsburgh.edu. For the complete program schedule, visit: www.lcifilmfest.com/schedule.

The Town Of Peru, Town Board will be holding a Public Hearing on the 2018 Preliminary Budget on Thursday November 9, 2017 at 7:00 PM, at The Peru Town Hall. The proposed schedule of salaries for elected Town Officials are as follows:

Supervisor:                              $24,600.00

Town Clerk/Tax Collector      $24,897.00

Highway Superintendent        $57,509.00

Town Board    (4)                    $  7,299.00

Town Justices (2)                    $18,658.50

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Kathleen K. Flynn

Town Of Peru

Town Clerk

L-R Nerea Irazoqui, Leighann Valachovic, Owner Randi Walton, Alicia Darling Yu, Lindsey Aubrey

The staff at Polished From Head to Toe Salon and Day Spa at 3085 Route 22 is #20 in the Peru Gazette’s photo series of people who make Peru a wonderful place to live.

Owner/Stylist Randi Walton describes her business as having an elegant flair. She’s added many services since opening in 2014 and has more changes planned. Along with hair styling Polished From Head to Toe offers hand and foot treatments, facials, permanent cosmetic make-up and skin classic revision treatments. Phone 518-643-0999.

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Peru Lions Club Annual Election Day Spaghetti Dinner. Serving 4:30 PM to 7 PM. at Peru Community Church Fellowship Center. $7 Adults; $4 Children 6-12; Children 5 and under Free.

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The Livingoods staff is #19 in our Peru Gazette series featuring people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. Livingoods had been popular in downtown Plattsburgh since 2005, but fortunately for us, owners Matt and Jess Ray opened their casual dining brewery at 697 Bear Swamp Road in 2013. Livingoods features a full service bar, restaurant and banquet facilities.

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L-R Gale Sorrell, Claira Knightton, Lindsay Good, Victoria Mello-Cook, Juli Favreau, Jennifer Akey, Jami Duell, Brad McLaughlin.

Peru – The McDonald’s managers are #18 is our Peru Gazette series featuring people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. If you want to see very hard working and courteous people McDonald’s is the place to go. General Manager Juli Favreau has been with McDonald’s for 30 years and in Peru since 2007. McDonald’s opened at 741 Bear Swamp Road in 1997 and remodeled in 2007.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.  — A CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer Instructor course will be held Nov. 2, 6, 9 and 13 from 6 to 10 p.m. at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Memorial Hall.

Participants must be at least 16, possess current American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification or the equivalent, and successfully complete the course’s online orientation. All online prerequisites are made available after course registration.

At the conclusion of the course, instructor candidates are expected to plan, organize and conduct Professional CPR and AED courses, as well as module materials in accordance with the requirements of the specific class they will teach.

Upon successful completion of the instructor course, candidates will receive an American Red Cross Instructor certificate that is valid for two years.

The cost of the course is $35.

To register or for information, contact Bob Robare at the American Red Cross, 518-563-0030, or email bob.robare2@redcross.org.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Students at one of the four community colleges in close proximity to SUNY Plattsburgh or its branch campus in Queensbury can find out within 20 minutes if their application is complete for transfer during a new initiative called Instant Decision Days.

About 40 percent of all new students who enrolled at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2017 were transfer students, said Carrie Woodward, director of admissions at SUNY Plattsburgh.

“Given the importance of transfer students to our overall student profile, the admissions office has been actively working to reduce barriers to enrollment,” she said. “Our initiatives include these Instant Decision Days at partner community colleges, increased personal outreach and improved transfer articulation agreements and credit evaluation processes.”

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AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, October 23 @ 7:00 PM

Call Meeting To Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the October 10, 2017 Regular Board Meeting.

Community Input

DISCUSSION: Babbie’s Museum Presentation

DISCUSSION: Tobacco Free Facilities.

DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Fund Transfers.

DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Close Out H-25 Capital Project Bank Account

DISCUSSION: Water/Wastewater Grant Update.

DISCUSSION: Highway Employee Hire.

DISCUSSION: Town IT Update.

DISCUSSION: KVS Replacement Software Update.

DISCUSSION: Other Business.

DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Approve/Pay Bills.
MOTION: Adjourn

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Peru – Almost every family has been impacted Alzheimers disease and many people have questions about the disease.

Beginning on November 6th, James Hardman of the Alzheimer’s Association will present four monthly informational programs at the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center. They will be conducted at 1 p.m. on the first Mondays of the month except in January when it will be on the 8th. All are welcome!