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American Legion Post 61invites vets of all wars

The American Legion Water-town Army Navy Post 61, 138Sterling St., is open to all veter-ans of all wars and their familymembers.

“We are here for both recre-ational and emotional support,”writes the commander of Post61, James Marshall. “We haveupdated modern facilities andequipment. Activities includebilliard night, dart night, bowl-ing leagues, golf leagues, annualfish fries and parties for manyoccasions. Weekly dinner andlunch specials are also avail-able.”

For or more information, visitwww.post61.org or call 788-

0911.

Association for the Blindin Jefferson for 90 years

The Association for the Blindand Visually Impaired of Jeffer-son County Inc., 321 ProspectSt., marks its 90th year of servicein the region this year.

Formed in 1919 as WatertownAssociation for the Blind, itadded programs for visually im-paired persons in 1989.

Current services include in-home visits providing adaptiveaids to help clients remain self-sufficient. Peer support groupsare held in Adams, Carthage,Clayton and Alexandria Bay;two are in Watertown. Equip-ment loans include video mag-nifiers, digital and televisionscreen magnifiers. A trans-portation program for visuallyimpaired, Project Wings, is pro-vided in conjunction with the

Volunteer Transportation Cen-ter.

The association does notcharge for its services. No doc-tor’s referral is required. Theagency receives financial sup-port from membership,fundraising events, legacies anddonations, the United Way andthe county Legislature.

The association’s 90th an-niversary committee is plan-ning several events throughoutthe year.

For more information, callthe office at 782-2451 between 9a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday or [email protected]. The Website is http://asnblindjeff.org

Marra’s Homecare againreceives accreditation

Marra’s Homecare hasachieved accreditation from theJoint Commission on Accredita-tion of Healthcare Organiza-tions.

Marra’s Homecare receivedthe award after the Joint Com-mission found it had demon-strated compliance with theJoint Commission’s standardsfor home care organizations.The on-site survey occurredAug. 18. Marra’s Homecare hasbeen accredited by the JointCommission since 1996.

Marra’s Homecare voluntarilytakes part in the accreditationprocess to ensure its commit-ment to providing quality healthcare. It seeks accreditation fromthe Joint Commission because itis the industry leader and sym-bolizes excellence, experienceand professionalism.

Arxx Wallsystem ratedenergy-, cost-efficient

ALEXANDRIA BAY — ArxxBuilding Products, a supplier toabout 40 dealers in the state in-cluding Seaway Wall Distribut-ing here, recently announced amerger with several companiesin the development of greenbuilding systems.

Arxx insulating concreteforms are made from 47 percentrecycled materials. They consistof two expanded polystyrenepanels connected by apolypropylene web.

The forms are stacked onthe job site, reinforced with re-bar, then concrete is pouredinto the forms, creating an in-sulated, monolithic, concretewall.

The Arxx Wallsystem is cost-effective and often 40 percent to50 percent more energy effi-cient, with better indoor airquality and stronger againststorms, said Jefrey Martusewicz,president of Seaway Wall Dis-tributing.

Unlike wood construction,Arxx has no cavities or gapswhere molds can proliferate; theairtight construction enhancesindoor air quality and reducessound.

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By MARTHA ELLENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Jonathan K. Cardinal is anorth country voice in the na-tion’s capital.

Mr. Cardinal recently started ajob as a legislative correspon-dent in the office of Sen. KirstenE. Gillibrand, focusing on ap-propriations, grants, economicdevelopment, agriculture andrural issues. He previously was astaff assistant for Hillary Rod-ham Clinton when she was inthe U.S. Senate, where he alsoworked on upstate economicdevelopment issues.

“Coming from the northcountry, that’s been my pas-sion,” he said. “The northcountry could be the SiliconValley of green technology. Wehave the resources, the emptyfactories, the work force. I thinkit takes a commitment acrossthe board from higher educa-tion, labor leaders, businessleaders and the communitythat going green no longercosts you money.”

Mr. Cardinal was introducedto the Senate through an intern-ship he had with Sen. Clinton’s

office in 2007.“If you want a job on the Hill,

try to intern before you gradu-ate. That’s your foot in the door,”Mr. Cardinal said. “I also did mysenior thesis on Clinton’s run in2000 being the turning point inthe Democratic Party in thenorth country. She showed a De-mocrat could win.”

Mr. Cardinal is a Trumanscholar, a status that recognizescollege students in their junioryear who show leadership po-tential and are committed to ca-reers in government or otherpublic service.

“I had always been dedicatedto service. My fascination with

politics has driven me to under-stand you need to be givingback,” Mr. Cardinal said. “Mak-ing a whole lot of money andpushing numbers around isn’tas meaningful as seeing howyour product changes people’slives.”

The scholarship provides fi-nancial support for graduatestudy. Scholars are required towork in public service for threeof the seven years followingcompletion of a foundation-funded graduate degree pro-gram.

“There’s a lot of prominentpeople who are Trumans. It’s anetwork,” Mr. Cardinal said. “I’dlike to enter politics and do pub-lic-service law. We shall see.There’s a lot of factors that go in-to figuring out the right time andwhether you’re the right per-son.”

Among those who set Mr. Car-dinal on his path was MarkBrady, his high school sociologyteacher.

“He was the one who really litthe fire under me,” Mr. Cardinalsaid. “He set me on the trajecto-ry to achieve in college.”

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Ogdensburg

FFaammiillyy:: Father, Kevin J.Cardinal, acarpenter at Ogdensburg PsychiatricCenter who moonlights as an in-staller and restorer of hardwoodfloors; mother, Margaret A.Cardinal,home care nurse.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Graduate of OgdensburgFree Academy in 2004 and of St.Lawrence University in 2008, wherehe was student body president.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Make Gentlethe Life of This World:The Vision ofRobert F.Kennedy,”by Maxwell Tay-lor Kennedy.“I think it gives some re-ally clear insight on what you shouldcare about in life, and the drive toservice, and why you should try tomake this world a better place,” Mr.Cardinal said.

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CANTON — Benjamin R.Dixon wears many hats as St.Lawrence University coordina-tor of regional development andsustainability.

“If you break it down intoparts, I coordinate the CantonInitiative at St. Lawrence, in-cluding its Coming Home effortsto bring alumni back,” he said. “Ihelp to coordinate the NorthCountry Symposium. I help withcampus sustainability. We’relooking at a campuswide energyaudit. We’re looking at potentialrenewable energy sources oncampus.”

The North Country Sympo-sium isn’t a one-day annualseminar.

“It has ongoing activities dur-ing the year,” Mr. Dixon said.“Participants break into actionresearch teams. They end upmeeting throughout the year towork on projects that enhancethe north country.”

Mr. Dixon said he believes thenorth country hasn’t tapped itsfull potential.

“The north country has a lotof promise and it will be interest-

ing to see the direction we go in,”he said. “I think basically weneed to build on the assets wehave available. We need to stopleakages from our economy,people leaving, dollars leaving,natural resources leaving. Theamount of money we spend onenergy, we could recapturesome of that and keep it in ourlocal economy.”

Service is part of Mr. Dixon’scommitment to his neighbors.

“It’s just a good thing to do,especially here in the northcountry where it’s a closer-knitcommunity. You meet newpeople and it can be a lot offun. I do a lot with the St.Lawrence County Chamber ofCommerce and serve on sever-al of their committees. That’s arewarding experience,” hesaid. “I’m also a member of theCanton Rotary. I’m a graduateof the St. Lawrence LeadershipInstitute. That’s a fabulousprogram.”

One of Mr. Dixon’s mentorswas Robert Pojassek, a Harvardprofessor of sustainable devel-opment.

“He was devoted to teachingothers how to build strong com-munities. He really taught us tolook at communities as a systemand how making a change af-fects the system. In doing com-munity development, he taughtthe idea of commitment to con-tinuous improvement, thatwe’re going to have a long-rangevision. When you’re working to-ward a lofty goal, you need torecognize that it’s going to take along time.”

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Concord, N.H.

FFaammiillyy:: Married to Emily H.Dixon, aprofessor of biochemistry at SLU

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor of arts degree inecology from Middlebury (Vt.) Col-lege; graduate studies at HarvardUniversity in environmental resourcemanagement and sustainability de-velopment.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk::“Natural Capi-talism:Creating the Next IndustrialRevolution,”by Paul Hawken,AmoryLovins and Hunter Lovins.The authorsdemonstrate how companies can de-velop without sacrificing the environ-ment and while creating jobs.

Benjamin R. Dixon

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Benjamin R. Dixon works at St. Lawrence University in local economic develop-ment and sustainability.

Jonathan K. Cardinal recently started a job as a legislative correspon-dent in the office of Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand.

Keuka College, via JCC,offers range of programs

Keuka College’s AcceleratedStudies for Adults Program al-lows adults who live or worknear Jefferson Community Col-lege to work toward a bache-lor’s degree in criminal justice,organizational management,social work, or registered nurs-ing. Classes are offered at theaccelerated rate of one eveninga week, which allows adults theopportunity to work and attendclass with a group of theirpeers.

Master’s programs in man-agement and criminal justiceadministration are also optionsat JCC.

Books are included in the costof tuition and are sent by UnitedParcel Service to students’homes — at no extra charge —for the duration of the program.The financial aid office at Keukawill work with students on pay-ment options.

Students attend classes insmall peer groups, and movewith that group through theentirety of the program. Thismodel offers direct applicationfrom classroom to office.Classes are scheduled on thesame night of the week forabout two years.

For more information, calltoll free 1 (866) 255-3852 or visitwww.Keuka.edu/ASAP.

Church Street Diner hasseveral new menu items

CARTHAGE — The ChurchStreet Diner, 107 Church St.,has been in business for nineyears.

Owned by Dawn and BillMartle, the diner offers a menuwith old favorites and new ideasincluding the dingo sandwich:

two slices of thick, grilled breadtopped with cheese, ranchdressing, bacon, turkey, lettuceand tomatoes served with a sideof chips and pickles.

Another new item is chickenbites: boneless chicken wingsserved with dipping sauces; hotbeef sandwiches with realmashed potatoes, and beef dipsandwiches.

Specials change daily. Fri-day’s special are homemademacaroni and cheese, and fishdinners.

The diner has four employeesand is open 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.Monday to Friday and 7 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Enbridge Services leasesheating, hot water gear

MASSENA — Enbridge Ser-vices, owned by St. LawrenceGas, leases water heaters, fur-naces, space heaters, boilers,unit heaters and furnace/cen-tral air combination units. It hasbeen leasing since 1962 and isnow also serving JeffersonCounty.

Free services in lease agree-ments include inspections toclarify customers’ needs; re-moval of old equipment; instal-lation in most cases, and 24-hour service for normal wearand tear of items,

Enbridge Services has morethan 6,000 customers. The of-fice is staffed from 8 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Monday through Fri-day; service technicians areavailable around the clock. Thebroad network of techniciansincludes JW’s Mechanical ofCarthage.

For more information, callEnbridge Services at 1 (800) 673-0358, or log onto ww.enbridge-services.com.

TI County Club growingas tourist destination

In 2008, the 36-hole Thou-sand Islands Country Club con-tinued to grow as a destinationfor golfers and vacationers onthe St. Lawrence River. For bothCanadian and American mem-bers and guests at the semi-pri-vate TICC on Wellesley Island.

People on golf packages werenot only complimentary of theGolf Academy with the 450-yarddriving range and target greens,bunker green and short-gamerange but also with the instruc-tion of the two PGA profession-als. Mike Downey has an im-pressive resume from Connecti-cut and Florida as well as being acaddy for Jack Nicklaus for sev-eral years. Fred Dobbins, also aPGA professional and generalmanager, taught at Ben Sutton’sGolf School in Florida and is ex-cited about the new custom golfpackages and tournamentpackages that are being offeredfor 2009. At the PGA Golf Showin Orlando in January, the staffordered the latest in clubs andattire for men and women fea-turing the leading brands ingolf.

The Wellesley Island YachtClub marina has 105 slips thatrent by the day, week and sea-son. The marina offers a quietoff-channel setting with a limit-ed number of slips available.

Twenty renovated villas arepopular for custom golf pack-ages, weddings, family reunionsand extra guest quarters for lo-cal residents. The Clubhouse atthe Lake Course has an outdoorpool and a fitness center run byDan Garnsey, who is returningfor his fourth season offeringpersonal training and massagesby appointment.

Hacker’s Restaurant is offer-ing a new 2009 menu with a puband family fare and specialtheme nights featuring chefSean Roche, trained at CaliforniaCulinary and returning for histhird season. The Island Road-house is accepting bookings forweddings, business meetingsand poolside cookouts.

For information, contact FredDobbins at mailto:[email protected] [email protected],or call 482-9454 ext. 204 or visitwww.ticountryclub.com.

Dentist Ian P. Ward joinsMichaelson practice in city

Dr. Ian P. Ward has joined thedental practice of Dr. PaulMichaelson.

Dr. Ward began work Oct. 6 atthe 825 Washington St. dentalpractice after working with Dr.Dean Christman, Philadelphia ,and Dr. Steve Ahlgrim, Water-town.

“I’m trying to get the word outto my patients that I saw in theother offices,” Dr. Ward said.“I’ve got a lot of people I’ve beentreating for a long time, and I’dlike them to follow me.”

A 1991 graduate of LowvilleAcademy and Central School ,he continued his education atSt. Lawrence University, Canton,where he graduated in 1995 witha bachelor of science degree.

He received his dental de-gree from Boston UniversitySchool of Dental Medicine in1999.

He is accepting new patientsand participating with the fol-lowing insurance: United Con-cordia, Delta, Guardian, Excel-lus and MetLife.

State parks region citesmodernization, education

ALEXANDRIA BAY — TheThousand Islands Region head-quarters of the state Office ofParks, Recreation and HistoricPreservation, serving Jefferson,Lewis, St. Lawrence and Clintoncounties, employs 86 permanentand 400 seasonal workers inservices and venues that includecamping, picknicking, lifeguard-ed beaches, marinas, cabins, cot-tages, golf, a nature center, envi-ronmental education and his-toric site interpretation.

The agency, at KeewaydinState Park, has met an increased

demand for electrical-equippedcamp and dock sites, while envi-ronmental education and his-toric education programs haveplaced more emphasis on cli-mate change and technology,respectively, officials report.

“We have always been a pa-tron-centered, tourist desina-tion operation,” says a report byRegional Director Kevin Kieff.“Connecting our patrons withnature has been our businessfor 110 years.”

About 80 percent of theagency is in unions includingCSEA., PEF and NYSCOBA.

The state agency, founded in1897, reports local annual salesof $4.1 million. The State ParksCapital Initiative has investedan additional $4 million inbuilding and road projects in2008. Eight new shower build-ings were built at SouthwickBeach, Westcott Beach andWellesley Island state parks.

In the next five years, theagency sees an “increased de-mand for low-cost, high-satis-faction close-to home vaca-tions,” the report says.

It markets on its own Web siteand reservation system and at ILove New York.

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RBC Wealth emphasizesstewardship of assets

Wealth management is allabout stewardship, which is de-fined by Webster’s dictionary as“the careful and responsiblemanagement of something en-trusted to one’s care.”

John Taft, the head of RBCWealth Management, states:“During one of the most turbu-

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New NNY radio stationhas wide music variety

Tunes 92.5 went on the air inNorthern New York in August.The radio station crosses tradi-tional music format boundariesand offeris a large variety of mu-sic including rock, pop andsome country, all from the 1970sto the present.

Tunes 92.5 programminghas some spots with live, localDJs, and others with just mu-sic.

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By DAVID WINTERSTIMES STAFF WRITER

CANTON — Answering ahelp-wanted advertisement fora St. Lawrence County plannerposition, Jason C. Pfotenhauersoon was moving south of theborder from Ottawa in late1996.

Since then, his work has en-compassed various land-useplanning and community de-velopment projects around thecounty. He also assists munici-palities with development ofzoning plans, land-use codesor grant applications for hous-ing rehabilitation, economicdevelopment or homeowner-ship.

“The great appeal of this job isthe variety of work that we do,”said Mr. Pfotenhauer, the coun-ty planning office’s deputy direc-tor. “Since our county is so di-verse, we are involved inrural/agriculutral projects aswell as urban initiatives.”

He has always been fascinat-ed with landscapes, both natu-ral and artificial, since he was a

child.“Working in planning allows

you to be involved in determin-ing where and how landscapesdevelop,” he said. “When I wasyoung our family went on a lotof road trips to the Midwest tovisit relatives. I remember sit-ting for hours looking out thecar window at the world goingby and being mesmerized bybuildings, cornfields, barns,forests and anything else that

we passed.”He sees great potential for the

county, building off the founda-tions that exist. Those includethe four higher education insti-tutions and an abundance ofnatural resources.

“I am particularly excitedabout the future use of grassesand wood for energy productionhere in the county,” he said. “Inthe short term this can be donethrough pelleting and down theroad through the developmentof cellulosic ethanol.”

Mr. Pfotenhauer is on theboards of directors for the St.Lawrence County HousingCouncil and St. LawrenceLeadership Institute. He par-ticipates in helping a UnitedWay panel review funding re-quests from various socialservice agencies and nonprofitgroups.

Away from work, he enjoysplaying soccer, skating on a rinkin his backyard, spending timewith family and participating inhis church and is a novice wood-worker.

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Ottawa, Ontario

FFaammiillyy:: Wife, Jennifer; daughter,Hannah, 8; son, Samuel, 6

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Earned a bachelor’s de-gree in geography from Carleton Uni-versity in Ottawa and a master’s de-gree in urban and regional planningfrom Queen’s University, Kingston,Ontario

MMeennttoorr:: Richard E.Mooers, former St.Lawrence County planning director

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Heart of Dark-ness,”by Joseph Conrad.

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Jason Pfotenhauer, a St. Lawrence County planner, poses at the county planningoffice, 48 Court St., Canton.

Jason C. Pfotenhauer

By LORI SHULLTIMES STAFF WRITER

MASSENA — When he was 6,John M. Wicke remembers, hewrote a letter inviting PresidentJimmy Carter to visit the village.That letter was the beginning ofa lifelong love affair with politics.Though the president did notcome, Mr. Wicke still has the let-ter he sent in return.

For more than a decade, hehas been involved in town andvillage politics. A Massena towncouncilman, he has not ruledout the possibility of running forstate office someday, but fornow he is content to try to makeMassena a better, more eco-nomically vibrant place. He isgeneral manager of PenskiStaffing.

“Our economy is never onethat has flourished. Nationally,we’re moving away from manu-facturing,” he said. “We need tocreate a sense of opportunity inour area and encourage entre-preneurship. Technology is the

opportunity for us, where wecan connect to society.”

The technology Mr. Wicke hasin mind is a municipal telecom-munications company thatwould do more than offer thetriple-play options from TimeWarner and Verizon. He envi-sions a company that wouldconnect homes and business toeach other so people can com-municate via video without

leaving their homes.Funding for the company is

part of a bill now in Congress.Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.,has been working with Mr.Wicke to get $750,000 in federalfunds for the project.

“With our quality of life, cre-ating a telecommunicationsnetwork can be the catalyst fordevelopment. People in NewYork City pay more for a park-ing space for a year than we dofor a house up here,” Mr. Wickesaid. “How can you not marketthat? How can you not be a suc-cess?”

Such a company, according toMr. Wicke, would help attractother businesses to the area. Theregion’s remoteness would notbe a stumbling block to newcompanies with the connec-tions his dreamed-of companycould provide, he said.

“It’s the future,” he said. “Myvision is to start with Massenaand expand through St.Lawrence County.”

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Massena

FFaammiillyy:: Wife, Mia; parents, Martinand Elizabeth Wicke, Massena; sis-ters, Paula and Jennifer, Massena;brother, David, Albany.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in busi-ness with a concentration in humanresources from Clarkson University,Potsdam.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd RReeaaddiinngg:: “Politics asa Vocation,” by Max Weber, or “Self-Reliance,”by Ralph Waldo Emerson


John M. Wicke poses at the Massena Town Hall. Mr. Wicke is on the Town Counciland is also heading an effort in the town to create a municipal cable company.

John M. Wicke

By ELIZABETH GRAHAMTIMES STAFF WRITER

OGDENSBURG — Waiting ta-bles a few years ago at The Place,Maureen A. McNally neverthought she would becomeowner of the city’s oldest tavern.

But barely two months afterleaving SUNY Canton with abusiness degree, that’s exactlywhat happened.

“Dave (Murray) wanted to sellthe business to someone whocared about it as much as he did,and he knew my husband and Icould do it,” Mrs. McNally said.

She and her husband, William,took over the Ford Street bar andrestaurant last February. She wasalready familiar with its opera-tion, having worked there foreight years, first as a waitress andthen as manager.

She received her businessmanagement and technologydegree in December 2007.

“It’s challenging. We’re on callfrom 8 a.m. until 2 a.m., but weknew what we were getting in-to,” she said.

She said her husband’s energy

inspires her to keep going.“He’s a go-getter, like I am,”

she said.Mrs. McNally also is involved in

the St. Lawrence County Cham-ber of Commerce’s NextWave, agroup of professionals looking tomake the area more attractive toyounger workers.

“Most people my age moveaway,” she said. “When I firstmoved here, there were so manypeople coming back fromschool, but nobody’s aroundanymore. I would love to seemore younger people here.”

The New Jersey native who

grew up in Brewster has no de-sire to leave the city. Mrs. McNal-ly said despite their busy sched-ule, she and her husband areGreater Ogdensburg Chamberof Commerce members and tryto be as active in the communityas possible. Last year, for in-stance, The Place sponsored agolf tournament to benefityouth lacrosse.

“I really like it here,” she said.“It’s not as fast-paced as downthere and you get to know peo-ple a lot easier.”

The McNallys’ vision for ThePlace is simple.

“We’d like to keep it the way itis,” Mrs. McNally said.

To the Ogdensburg communi-ty, she says, The Place is more thana local watering hole. It’s a piece ofcity history, dating back to 1860.

“The old-timers come in andtell me stories about the roosterfighting they used to have hereand a lot of different, interestingthings,” she said. “It made itthrough one depression, sohopefully it will make it throughthis one.”


Maureen McNally is the owner of The Place, Ford Street, Ogdensburg.

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Englewood, N.J.

FFaammiillyy:: Husband,William McNally,and a baby on the way.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in busi-ness management technology fromSUNY Canton.

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By ELIZABETH GRAHAMTIMES STAFF WRITER

HOPKINTON — St. LawrenceCounty Legislator Laura J. Per-ry’s introduction to politics wasabrupt.

The Hopkinton Democratwas a fresh face on the politicalscene when she was elected tothe Legislature in 2006 to repre-sent the county’s biggest district.

“I never was an officer for myclass. I never served on anyboards. The opportunity for theLegislature presented itself, andI just jumped right in,” she said.

Ms. Perry became vice presi-dent of Slic Network Solutions, aNicholville Telephone Co. sub-sidiary, at age 28, developing thecompany into a Competitive Lo-cal Exchange Carrier recognizedby the state Public Service Com-mission. She held that position fortwo years before the birth of herfirst child, Jacob, resigning shortlyafterward to focus on her family.She had done independenttelecommunications consultingwork periodically until the birth ofher daughter, Jordan, in April.

Ms. Perry said her parentsnever went to college, but thewomen in her family inspired

her to pursue higher education.Her mother’s cousins, amongthem Carolyn B. Lamm, presi-dent-elect of the American BarAssociation, were great rolemodels, she said.

Her former employers,Thomas A. Plastino of CITECManufacturing & TechnologySolutions and Andrew P.McAdoo of Nicholville Tele-phone, also gave her the encour-agement she needed to succeed.

She credits CITEC with stimu-lating her interest in communityaffairs. There, she says, she got ataste of economic and commu-

nity development, and hun-gered for more.

“My goal is to bring a fresh lookat decisions that have to be made.I recognize that I represent ayounger, more liberal demo-graphic than St. Lawrence Coun-ty has been used to,” she said. “It’simportant to consider the per-spective of younger folks.”

Ms. Perry’s time is now spentdivided between caring for herfamily and taking care of countybusiness, foremost as chair-woman of the Legislature’s Infor-mation Technology and Telecom-munications Committee.

“I was talking to businesseseven before I was on the countyboard about high-speed Inter-net. The response ‘Why would Iwant this?’ was very common,”she said.

She says there is no questionthat the county’s future is tied tothe Internet.

“We can preserve our localcharacter and compete global-ly,” she said. “Never before has arural, isolated community beenable to focus on its resourcesand talents and market them.The technology is already here.It’s not an unattainable goal.”

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FFaammiillyy:: Husband, Stephen Perry, son,Jacob, 3, and daughter, Jordan, 10months.

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St. Lawrence County Legislator Laura Perry sits in her Parishville home with herson Jacob, 3, and daughter Jordan, 10 months.

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Soluri’s Pizza in businesssince 1970 in Watertown

Soluri’s Pizza, 526 Factory St.,founded by Robert E. Soluri Sr. in1970 and now owned by RobertSoluri, is the longest-runningdelivery service in Watertown,offering dine-in or delivery.

The menu includes home-made and specialty pizza, cal-zones, salads, “Wings of Fire,”cold and hot subs, cold and hotwraps, Reuben subs, appetizers,lunas, drinks and dessert pizzas.

Soluri’s delivers to Brownville,Dexter and surrounding areas,Pearl Street Road to PattersonRoad, Route 11 north to Patter-son Road, Route 3 and Black Riv-er Road to River Bend Estates.Phone number is 782-2888.

Christopher R. Soluri hasjoined as a partner in the newBrownville restaurant, whichopened Feb. 11 on Main Street.Its phone number is 777-8877.

Orthotics, prostheticspractice unique in region

Howard Orthotics & Prosthet-ics, LLC, 316 Sherman St.,owned by Roger R. Howard,CPO, continues to expand itsstate-of-the-art servicesthroughout the north country.In addition to a physical expan-

sion, started in 2006 with themove to new facilities, it has be-come a contracted provider forthe U.S. Department of VeteransAffairs and on the medical staffat local hospitals.

In August, Howard Orthotics& Prosthetics was awarded acontract from the VA to provideorthotic and prosthetic care toveterans in the greater Water-town area.

Mr. Howard is on staff atSamaritan Medical Center, Wa-tertown, and at Claxton-Hep-burn Medical Center, Ogdens-burg . He is on-call at LewisCounty General Hospital,Lowville, and Carthage AreaHospital.

In 2008, the total satisfactionof Howard Orthotics & Prosthet-ics patients was 99 percentbased on the average score froma questionnaire.

Service includes pre-opera-tive evaluations and fittings andimmediate post-operative fit-tings while patients are in theoperating room or at the hospi-tal, as well as traditional out-pa-tient care. Howard has an on-sitelaboratory to adjust and fabri-cate orthotic and prosthetic de-vices custom-fitted to patients.

Mr. Howard works with pa-tients and in consultation withphysicians to custom design de-vices to help clients with short-

term needs caused by accidentor injury as well as long-termneeds such as the replacementof a lost limb. His state-of-the-art orthotics and prosthetics aredesigned to meet specific needs— from everyday use to such ac-tivities as running, swimmingand skiing.

Mr. Howard is the only areacertified prosthetic orthotistavailable five days a week in Wa-tertown and he was among thefirst 30 practitioners in the U.S.to be credentialed in the C-Leg,a custom-fit prosthesis with amicroprocessor-controlled hy-draulic knee. In 2007 Howard re-ceived a three-year accredita-tion award from the AmericanBoard for certification in or-thotics, prosthetics and pedor-thics for achievements in orga-nizational management, pa-tient care standards, quality as-surance, supplier complianceand facility and safety manage-

ment. This award represents thehighest level of accreditationachievable in the profession oforthotics and prosthetics.

Howard Orthotics & Prosthet-ics has been in Jefferson, Lewis,Oswego and St. Lawrence coun-ties since 2003. Mr. Howard hasbeen providing orthotic andprosthetic services in NorthernNew York for 15 years.

North American Tapesplans to add workers

North American Tapes LLC,22430 Fisher Road, Watertown,makes pressure-sensitive adhe-sive tape for sport and industrialuses . Founded in 2003, thecompany employs 20 people,up from four in its first year, andexpects to grow to 30 within ayear, according to companyPresident Darrin Prance, whowrote, “We expect to be hiringfor a variety of positions in all ar-

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Jefferson Eye Surgeonsadds Alex Bay facility

Jefferson Eye Surgeons LLP,826 Washington St., Suite 102,has provided medical and surgi-cal eye care to the north countryfor 15 years. Dr. David Ewing-Chow and Dr. Gregory Joy haveadded a state-of-the-art locationat 6A Fuller St., Alexandria Bay.

Dr. Ewing-Chow is board cer-tified and chief of ophthalmolo-gy at Samaritan Medical Center,Watertown, and River Hospital,Alexandria Bay. He specializesin adult and pediatric eye care,

plastic, reconstructive and cos-metic surgery of the eye lids,glaucoma management, and di-abetic eye care, medical andcosmetic Botox treatments.

Dr. Joy is a board-certifiedophthalmologist and certifiedLASIK surgeon. He divides histime between his Baldwinsvilleoffice and Jefferson Eye Sur-geons in Watertown and Alexan-dria Bay.

Dr. Joy specializes in cataractsurgery using traditional ormultifocal lens implants, LASIKrefractive surgery, glaucomaand diabetic eye care.

For more information or toschedule an appointment, call 1(877) 788-0022 between 8 a.m.and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.



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Aubertine and Currier citessuccess going ‘green’

Aubertine and Currier archi-tects reports continued successin spite of a struggling economy.A big focus for the company hasbeen an emphasis on “green”building principles and design.Michael Aubertine, a managingpartner of the firm, is workingwith Hospice of Jefferson Coun-ty to design a 15,000-square-foot residential center in Water-town.

This building will be LEED-certified to include passive solardesign, high-efficiency lightingand multi-zone HVAC system, asuper-insulated building sys-tem and low-emitting buildingmaterials.

Brian Jones, a partner in thefirm, will teach a class at Jeffer-son Community College calledan “Introduction to Green Build-ing.” He has designed severalhigh-end residential projectsalong the St. Lawrence River andLake Ontario that incorporateLEED principles such as geot-hermal, super-insulated enve-lope and passive solar heating.Mr. Jones designed an entertain-ment pavilion on Nobby Islandthat is nearly finished, whichcomplements the existing his-torical home on the island.

The firm has been involved inthe design or renovation of sev-eral commercial projects in-cluding a new childcare centerin Boonville and medical/den-tal offices in Watertown. It isworking on conceptual plansfor a senior center in the town ofScriba and a 20,000-square-footcommunity human resourcesbuilding for the St. Regis Mo-hawk Tribe in Hogansburg. De-sign work is being done for theJ.R. Arts Community Center inTheresa. This will include asculptural park, meditationspace and exhibit space erectedin memory of the late sculptorJohn Reynolds. Design drawingsare complete for the EaglesLanding 28-lot subdivision inthe village of Dexter. The firm isawaiting permit approval fromthe state departments of Envi-ronmental Conservation andHealth and anticipates a con-struction start date of April.

The company’s land survey-ing department saw significantgrowth last year and added

three staff members: John Sou-va of Watertown, Brad Barber ofBarnes Corners and Robert Sny-der of Lowville.

Not only does the companyperform boundary and topo-graphic surveys, but specializesin construction layout and therelatively new market of ma-chine control data preparationand 3D modeling. Machinecontrol is the use of GPS orlasers to guide constructionequipment. The surveying de-partment is preparing 3D datafor projects in the state and onFort Drum and is working onprojects in Oklahoma and Mis-souri and recently completedone in Texas. Jay Jones, a partnerwith Aubertine and Currier, is acontributing author to a newmachine control Web-basedmagazine called Machine Con-trol Online. For more informa-tion, call 782-2005 or visitwww.aubertinecurrier.com.

DPAO’s concert seriessupports needed services

The Disabled Persons ActionOrganization will continue itspopular spring and fall showsalong with its annual summerconcert series in 2009 despiteconcerns regarding the econo-my. The shows support servicesfor more than 500 persons withdevelopmental disabilities in sixlocations in Jefferson and Lewiscounties.

Programs include Medicaidservice coordination, short-term respite, free-standingrespite, residential habilitation,day habilitation, respite, sum-mer recreation program, familyreimbursement program, com-munity integration program,parent support group for chil-dren with autism and an epilep-sy-seizure disorder supportgroup.

DPAO has been serving thecommunity for more than 30years and recently opened afree-standing respite home inWatertown. The new facility willbetter serve participants, in-cluding those with medicalneeds. DPAO is the primaryprovider of respite services inthe region offering overnightand hourly free-standing respiteservices to families with devel-opmentally disabled individu-als residing at home.

DPAO has seen tremendousgrowth over the last threedecades, currently employingmore than 125 full- and part-time employees.

Gamble Distributors serves dealers, public

Gamble Distributors Inc.,37231 State Route 3, offers one-stop shopping with its two divi-sions — a distribution centerand a retail store.

Gamble’s Distribution Centeroffers MTD, White and Troy-Biltunits, parts and accessories todealers in different regionsthroughout New York. Its distri-bution center also staffs an in-house call center for MTD cus-tomers in New York. Gamble’sretail store, located at the samelocation, retails lawn and gar-den products by Cub Cadet,Troy-Bilt, White Outdoor,Shindaiwa, Husqvarna andAgri-Fab. Gamble’s offers a fullline of marine products fromSweetwater, SanPan and AquaPatio pontoon boats to PolarKraft aluminum boats andStingray powerboats; poweredby your choice of Yamaha, Mer-cury and Mercruiser engines.

Gamble’s retail store also car-ries the Polaris line-up of snow-mobiles, ATVs and Rangers. Thestore offers parts, accessoriesand a full-service departmentfor all products sold.

Gamble’s latest product lineadditions are: Ferris commer-cial powers, Yamaha wave run-ners, Yamaha outboards, Eagle,Yacht Club and Triton trailersand McCulloch generators.

Gamble Distributors, with astaff of more than 30 people, isopen 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and 8 a.m. tonoon Saturday. They can bereached by calling 493-2270. Orvisit their Web site athttp://www.gogambles.com.

A.T. Matthews & Dier haslong insurance tradition

A.T. Matthews & Dier, an in-dependent insurance agencyformerly at Empsall Plaza indowntown Watertown, is nowat 636 Coffeen St.

The agency was founded byAdrian Thomas Matthews in1903 and was operated by threegenerations of his family, most

recently Thomas L. Matthews,who retired in 2000. Douglas Di-er purchased the agency in April2000 and had continued to oper-ate from downtown until eightyears of considerable growthmade more space neccessary.

The firm has seven-full timeemployees and several part-time, plus two sales representa-tives. Along with property andcasualty insurance, the firmsells financial products and re-tirement programs to business-es and individuals.

A.T. Matthews and Dier wentpaperless in March 2004. Be-cause of its use of technology andmanagement systems, it was fea-tured in the June 2006 issue of theErie Insurance Group publica-tion, Agent Exchange, in an arti-cle titled “Model of Efficiency.”

Jefferson Dental movesto new, high-tech offices

Jefferson Dental’s new 3,000-square-foot offices at the top ofthe Washington Street hillopened Sept. 4.

Dr. Nirmal S. Aujla, a 2001New York University graduate,has been serving the Watertowncommunity for six years. Dr. Au-jla designed the new offices forimproved efficiency and thebest use of technology such asdigital radiograph, Cerec (onevisit crown) and computers andcable TV.

Jefferson Dental offers a widevariety services including pre-ventive dentistry to cosmeticdentistry, whitening by Zoom2,orthodontic procedures (bracesand Invisaline).

Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday, the practiceaccepts most insurance and canprovide interest-free financingby Care Credit. Call 788-7070 orvisit www.jeffersondental-health.com.

Emerald Furs and Bridala fixture of downtown

Emerald Furs and Bridal,which sells, cleans, repairs andstores fur garments, has been afixture in downtown Watertownfrom its beginning in the J.R.Miller building 20 years ago.

It later moved to the oldKallen Furs building on PublicSquare, where the addition ofthe YMCA now stands. It then

went to the Globe Mall for 10years before moving to the Lib-erty Plaza building at 210 CourtSt.

Furrier Mary Riley, caring forthe furs in the area for more than20 years, learned the trade fromPatrick Palermo, the owner ofPalermo’s Furs.

Over the years Emerald Furshas expanded to include a fullservice bridal salon with hun-dreds of wedding gowns as wellas bridesmaids’, flower girl andbride’s mother dresses andprom gowns from designerssuch as Alfred Angelo, DaVinci,Ella Rosa, Emerald Bridal, Jor-dan, Caviar, Eden and Bill Lev-koff. The business also carries afull line of veils, tiaras, shoes andaccessories.

Emerald Furs is open sevendays a week until April. Privateappointments are available. Formore information, call 785-8820.

Stony Creek Country Storedebuts in Deer River

DEER RIVER — Stony CreekCountry Store, Deer River’snewest business, is at the formerTrailblazer’s Cafe and SportingGoods Store.

It is owned by Gilbert, Savillaand Gretchen Steria, vendors atboth the Watertown andCarthage Farmers Markets forover 20 years.

The store sells breads, pies,cookies and breakfast crunch,jams and jellies and maplesyrup. In addition is planned anarray of bulk foods: baking sup-plies, snack items, spices andsodas, as well as a s a deli with avariety of meats and cheeses.Hot drinks — coffee, tea, cap-puccino and hot chocolate, willbe available, along with coldsandwiches.

The store will be open 8 a.m.to 6 p.m., Monday and Tuesday,Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Friday and Saturday.

Proforma provides varietyof businesses services

For more than a decade, Pro-forma Products, 215 Washing-ton St., has been a source forpromotional products, wear-ables, printing services, busi-ness documents and eCom-merce solutions.

With its network of resources,President and owner Tom Peck,says, “Proforma delivers inte-grated solutions to help youbuild a successful business. As afull-service solutions provider,we offer a complete range ofproducts and services.”

Proforma handles tasks fromthe development of forms andbrochures to the execution ofmarketing campaigns and on-line stores.

For information, contact Mr.

Peck at Proforma Products, 215Washington St., Suite 217.Phone number is 788-1911, ande-mail adress is [email protected].

Coleman Montessoriaccepting applications

Coleman Montessori Center,3 Public Square, is acceptingnew enrollments for 2009-10school year. It is a superiorMontessori educational pro-gram that honors children’s di-versity and individuality.

Certification and affiliationsare with the North AmericaMontessori Center CertifiedMontessori Educators and In-ternational Montessori Council.

For information, call 222-6943or visit www.colemanmontes-soricenter.blogspot.com.

Kelly Services matchesemployers, employees

Kelly Services has been serv-ing the north country for morethan 20 years by placing thou-sands of skilled employees withbusinesses. Kelly has three loca-tions that partner with cus-tomers to fulfill their staffingneeds and help residents findemployment.

In Watertown, Gouverneurand Potsdam, Kelly offers tem-porary, temporary to hire and di-rect hire positions that rangefrom receptionists, administra-tiveassistants and contact centerrepresentatives to marketingand light industrial for a widerange of industries. In Water-town, specialty areas include le-gal and medical office staffing.The Potsdam office specializes inplacing technical support andsubstitute teachers. Kelly alsoprovides payroll services.

As a human resources solu-tions company, the Kelly staff —Beth Mac, district manager inWatertown, and Lisa McCarty,district manager for Gouverneurand Potsdam — offer their ex-pertise and are equipped to rec-ognize, anticipate and respondto the evolving staffing needs ofboth customers and employees.Kelly not only helps people findwork, they help start and ad-vance careers.

For those entering the work-force, returning to the workforceor advancing in their career,Kellycan assist in finding positionsthat match their skills, ambitionsand work preferences.

For more information, con-tact Kelly Services in Watertown,200 Sherman Mullin St., 788-4345, 4334@kellyservices,.com;Gouverneur, at Kinney Drugs,287-3600, ext. 217. [email protected]; Potsdam, 22 De-pot St., 268-0456, [email protected].



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Watertown Savings Bankis ‘part of the solution’

When Watertown SavingsBank announced that it wouldbe entering into a merger andbuyout of the Redwood Bank inthe fall of 2007, the global econ-omy was in much better shape.

Watertown Savings Bank hasremained strong and consistentthroughout an increasing eco-nomic recession withoutchanging a thing. The bank hasmaintained its five star ratingand continues to provide nu-merous products and servicesthat, in many cases, have little orno fee attached. WatertownSavings Bank has received the

Small Business AdministrationSmall Community Lender of theYear Award for Central andNorthern New York fiveout ofthe last six years.

“We have money to lend.”said President and CEO BradleyT. Clark. “We offer many types ofloans and mortgages with com-petitive fixed and adjustablerates that we service in-house inorder to provide our customerswith every convenience thatcomes from banking locally.”

While other institutions aredownsizing and cutting back,Watertown Savings Bank con-tinues to grow. “We are not partof the problem, but part of thesolution.” Clark said. “We have

longevity. We’ve seen turbulenttimes in the past, but have re-mained safe and consistent andwill continue to support thecommunity’s financial needs.”

Empire State Collegeoffers options for adults

Empire State College, of theState University of New York, isdesigned specifically for adultstudents with a number of dif-ferent ways to earn a degree,such as online courses, groupstudies and residencies.

Independent study allowsstudents to work one-to-onewith their faculty mentors, todesign their own degree pro-gram and complete the course-

work on their own time. Some courses are taught asgroup studies, which allow stu-dents to help each other.

Residencies are another way tostudy toward a degree. The resi-dencies are usually a two-tothree-day weekend, where stu-dents can meet with a mentor. Atthese residencies, activities rangefrom watching and discussingfilms to analyzing readings.

Call Empire State College inWatertown at 785-2418 or visitwww.esc.edu.

Drum homes enterprisefinishes building project

BLACK RIVER — Fort DrumMountain Community HomesLLC / Actus Lend Lease, foundedin May 2005, is a partnership be-tween the Army and Actus LendLease (Actus) providing housingand asset, property and mainte-nance management for military

Families stationed at Fort Drum.It has 100 on its staff and workswith 110 subcontractors.

The Initial Development Planwas a big focus for 2008. Theconstruction phase is now offi-cially completeIDP involves therenovation of 2,272 Legacyhomes and construction of 845homes. Renovations are 98 per-cent complete, occupancy per-centage is consistently in theupper 90s and fewer than adozen homes remain for thecompletion of IDP construc-tion. A spring opening is expect-ed for The Timbers, a 192 one-and two-bedroom apartmentcommunity for single soldiers.

New Destination Play-grounds and bus shelters werebuilt throughout the neighbor-hoods, a Bark Park opened andhours were extended at eachcommunity center.

Mountain CommunityHomes is the largest Energy Stardevelopment in state history. It

spent roughly $163 million lo-cally, the majority with smallbusinesses.

This year, two homes worth$400,000 were donated to theGreater Thousand Islands RegionHabitat for Humanity. Also,through a $26,000 grant andcountless volunteer hours, theFort Drum/Samaritan Behav-ioral Health Clinic was renovat-ed. In addition to supporting lo-cal food pantries and the RedCross, several other humanitar-ian projects are considered for2009. Support of AUSA, NationalAssociation of the 10th Moun-tain Division and other similarorganizations continues.

With construction of 554 newhomes underway, the MountainCommunity Homes project of-fers employment and subcon-tractor opportunities while con-tributing millions of dollars tothe area economy.

For details call 955-6800 orvisit www.fortdrummch.com.



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POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdamwas awarded $1.6 million in theextremely competitive 2008 TitleIII Strengthening InstitutionsDevelopment Grant Programfrom the United States Depart-ment of Education to enhanceits undergraduate research ini-tiatives. The funds will be utilizedover the course of five years withthe goal of increasing the num-ber of seniors who participate inresearch with a faculty memberfrom 24 percent to as much as 50percent in some areas.

SUNY Potsdam also devel-oped a fund of $450,000 from ananonymous donor from the es-tate of Frederick B. Kilmer, whowas the original science directorfor Johnson & Johnson from1888 to 1933, to establish TheKilmer Fund for student andfaculty research.

Also in 2008 was total re-design of the campus’s Web site,www.potsdam.edu.

SUNY Potsdam also is movingforward on its new $55 million

performing arts building withfunds from the 2008-2009 StateUniversity of New York StrategicInitiative Capital Project Budget

The new 109-bed townhousecomplex opened for the fall se-mester and is now full with up-perclassmen for the fall semester.The project, which was an addi-tion to the existing 114-bed town-house complex, features five two-story buildings. Each independ-ent unit has a kitchen, two bath-rooms, dining area, living roomand four to five single bedrooms.

SUNY Potsdam closed the2007-2008 fiscal year with itsbest fundraising year in the col-lege’s 192-year history, withmore than $3.6 million raised.

In the past year, 18 new schol-arships were established, pro-viding financial support to 27deserving students. Currently,more than 300 students receivescholarships, with $1.9 millionawarded in the past year. This ismore than six times the amountthat was awarded to students

only 10 years ago.SUNY Potsdam’s School of Ed-

ucation and Professional Studiesearned reaccreditation by theNational Council for Accredita-tion of Teacher Education in2008. NCATE is one of the mostrigorous national accreditingbody for schools, colleges anddepartments of education, au-thorized by the U.S. Departmentof Education. NCATE accreditsinstitutions whose educationprograms meet the highest na-tional standards in preparingteachers and other school spe-cialists for the classroom.

In addition, 16 of SUNY Pots-dam’s undergraduate and grad-uate education programs havereceived national recognition bytheir respective specialized pro-fessional organizations.

Even though admission toSUNY Potsdam is becoming in-creasingly selective, the college’sclass of 2012 has 824 students.The campus also welcomed 354new transfer students.

Gray & Gray CPAs, Canton,grows as it goes ‘green’

CANTON — Begun in 1977 atthe home of John Gray Jr., Gray &Gray CPAs PC, 7 Main St., has ac-quired smaller firms and, in2001, doubled in size with thepurchase of Canfield & Menz.

Mr. Gray’s daughter, Angela,also a CPA, moved back to thenorth country to join his prac-tice. In 2005, they formed Gray &Gray. They have seven full-timeemployees, up from three full-time and one part-time whenCanfield & Menz was pur-chased. The firm also hires col-lege accounting students as in-terns.

Since opening in Canton, thefirm’s client base has grown 21percent. Clients include individ-uals, corporations, nonprofitsand small businesses. Servicesinclude tax planning and prepa-ration, bookkeeping, payroll,on-site QuickBooks trainingand support, financial planningand financial statement prepa-ration.

Five years ago the firm em-barked on “going green” and hastaken many steps to go “paper-less.” Significant investments intechnology are made each year.The office is almost completelypaperless and hopes to meet thegoal fully this year.

For more information call386-2925 or visit www.grayc-pas.com.

Elegant Lady expandswedding apparel lines

OGDENSBURG — Since itopened March 2, 1998, The Ele-gant Lady bridal shop, 429 StateSt., owned by Keitha Lee Lau-son, has grown at a steady pace,adding new lines of apparel.

This year it added TuxedoJunction to the Sarno and Sonand Jims tuxedo lines. TuxedoJunction has added colors tomatch the bridesmaid dressesfrom the Alfred Angelo line.

Elegant Lady provides a freetuxedo to the groom if there arefive men or more in the weddingparty and two free tuxedos ifthere are 10 or more.

Over 350 wedding gowns arein stock from Alfred Angelo, P.C.Mary’s, Bonny and Private Col-lection, with sizes ranging from 2to 32. There are also hundreds ofbridesmaids, mothers, specialoccasion, cocktail, pageant, firstcommunion and flower girldresses in all sizes from linessuch as Alfred Angelo, Alexia,Mary’s, Landa, Soulmates, KarenMiller, LaBelle Fashions andDela-Jo.

There are two floors of dress-es, the third floor has hundredsof pairs of shoes. The Elegant La-dy carries wedding the acces-sories for the including candles,books, glasses, gifts for the wed-ding party, and cake tops.

There are also veils, tiaras,gloves, garters, jewelry, shawls,lingerie, rental items; the storealso carries Avon.

The store hours are 10 a.m. to5 p.m. Monday through Friday,and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Lundy adds divisionfor continuing service

In 2008, businesses in North-ern New York welcomed a newresource to utilize for the main-tenance, repair constructionand renovation of their physicalfacilities. CCI Building ServicesInc., a Lundy Group company,was formed to meet the increas-ing needs of local commercial,community and industrial proj-ects.

In addition to the renovationand construction projects un-dertaken by CCI in the past year,a primary focus of the companyis on maintenance and repair ofexisting buildings.

Specifically, CCI has respond-ed to the need for routine build-ing inspections, which can helpto extend the life of the building— completing minor repairsnow, instead of major costs inthe future.

“Typically, a company’s facili-ty is their largest capital expen-diture; therefore, routine main-tenance is extremely important.A good maintenance programcan save dollars down the road,”said Michael E. Lundy, founderof the Lundy Group of Compa-nies and resident of LUNCOCorp.

“We offer an annual mainte-nance agreement program,which includes an on-site build-ing inspection, and repair serv-ice at a reduced rate for ourmaintenance agreement cus-tomers.

The building inspection as-sists the owner to budget appro-priately for future repairs, reno-vations and upgrades, ultimate-ly extending the life of theirbuilding. Our expertise in de-sign-build services lets us han-dle all aspects of building main-tenance, especially involvingmetal buildings — where,through LUNCO, we have over30 years of metal building expe-rience.”

In addition to maintenanceand repair, CCI also meets aneed for smaller constructionand renovation projects.

Gerry Baker, a former super-intendent of LUNCO, is CCI’sgeneral manager.

For more information aboutCCI Building Services or toschedule an on-site building in-spection, call 493-2493 ext. 229,or visit www.ccibuildingser-vices.com.

Digital Solutions offersmore than just copying

ALEXANDRIA BAY — NorthCountry Digital Solutions LLC,24126 state Route 26, AlexandriaBay, is a Xerox sales agency,headed by Daniel McAloon,serving Jefferson, Lewis, St.Lawrence and Franklin countiesand is a supplier of Xerox officeproducts. ,

In the last five years the com-pany has transitioned fromcopiers only to entire networkoffice solutions.

Developments expected tobecome prominent are enter-prise print management so thatone supplier provides all print,

fax, scan and copy services. “Allbusinesses, government andschools need documents to sur-vive,” Mr. McAloon writes. “Xe-rox has always provided solu-tions to market segments.”

The company expects to addto sales force to expand marketcoverage.

Products are supplied toschools, government, healthcare, businesses and profes-sional offices.

A 6,000-square-foot facilitywas recently constructed tohouse Xerox office, commercialrental and boat storage.

Family Counseling passes50-year mark, expands

Family Counseling Service ofNorthern New York Inc., cele-brated its 50th anniversary in2008. It heads into 2009 with alarger staff and some new pro-gram offerings.

The agency created the posi-tion of clinical director last yearto provide additional focus onindividual and group treatmentprocesses.

Bonnie J. Riley was hired inthis role and has been responsi-ble for the development of sev-eral new treatment groups forchildren. These include a groupfor children who are coping withhaving a parent deployed, andanother for children who havebeen exposed to violence in thehome.

Ms. Riley will continue tooversee these programs in hernew role as Executive Director,which she assumes March 2.

Group treatment is also avail-able for adults.

The agency offers an angermanagement group, domesticviolence prevention and treat-ment, and a group for parents ofchildren who have been sexual-ly abused.

An additional meeting timehas been added for this group,the Non-Offending Parents’group. Another new option hasbeen added for parents whoneed more effective child-rear-ing alternatives. Called “Posi-tive Parenting Practices,” ithelps parents identify theirgoals in parenting and providesalternative methods of disci-pline.

Family Counseling is open 9a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday throughThursay and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fri-day. Satellite offices in Gou-verneur and Lowville are openby appointment.

The agency has four full-timeand three part-time counselors.Counseling is available to any-one, regardless of the ability topay. It participates with a num-ber of insurers but also offersself-pay clients a sliding feescale based on income and fam-ily size.

Family Counseling Service isa private, not-for-profit coun-seling agency and is a UnitedWay partner.

The agency will be holding itsannual fund-raiser, theSnowflake Rally cardboard sledrace, on March 7 at Dry Hill SkiArea.

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SUNY Potsdam’s 2008 highlightsinclude $1.6m grant for research

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By JUDE SEYMOURTIMES STAFF WRITER

Amanda K. Cash’s resolve wasbeing tested.

The Life Church of theNazarene’s youth pastor was fivemonths pregnant when herboss, the church’s senior pastor,left unexpectedly in November.The church board needed the27-year-old to step up, help runthe office and organize thechurch’s two Watertown servic-es.

Mrs. Cash could have refused,pulled up stakes and headed toGeorgia, her husband’s homestate, or Michigan, where shegrew up.

Instead, she said yes to it all:the work, the responsibility andthe pressure of keeping the con-gregation strong until a newpastor is found.

“I do it because I feel like thatis what God is calling me to do,”she said. “If we all jump shipand find other jobs somewhereelse, what are people left with? Ifelt it was important to stickaround and be that constantpresence.”

Mrs. Cash now oscillates be-tween two identities: the adultspiritual leader for a group of 40teens, and the young pastorpreaching every four weeks to200 adults.

“It’s been stressful,” she said.“But it’s been a good experiencefor me learning to be a leader ina different sense than I was inthe past.”

When faced with difficulty,Mrs. Cash turned often to hermentor, the Rev. Daniel R. Ed-dings, a pastor of Endicott Com-munity Church of the Nazarene.The two met when the youthpastor became a leader in a jun-ior high camp that the Rev. Mr.Eddings was coordinating forthe Upstate New York DistrictChurch of the Nazarene.

“He’s like the pastor I wouldlike to be at some point,” Mrs.Cash said. “He’s incredibly lov-ing and caring toward people.”

The Rev. Mr. Eddings said the27-year-old has been “incredi-bly mature” during the church’stransition.

“She has an incredible faith

and trust. She understands thatGod is in control and that sheneeds to be obedient,” he said. “Ithink she’s a great model for ourstudents to see that faithfulnessand perseverance in light of in-credible circumstance.”

Mrs. Cash isn’t the only onekeeping the congregation up-right. The Rev. Daniel M. Hazel-ton, associate pastor, is runningservices at the church’s north sitein Evans Mills; Jason Day, whomoved to Watertown in 2007, isthe north site’s worship leader, or-ganizing its music ministry.

Mrs. Cash’s husband, Daniel,also is involved, running themusic ministry at the Watertownsite. It’s provided him a first-hand look at the challenges hiswife has faced in the past fourmonths.

“Of all the staff people left, Ithink she has understood whatissues need to be addressed. Shehas really kept her eye on theball,” he said. “I think she canhandle more responsibility thanshe has now.”

Despite her husband’s en-couragement, Mrs. Cash’s work-load is expected to diminish forthe next few months. That’s be-cause she’ll be on leave tendingto the couple’s second child, El-liana G., who was expected lastFriday.

THE CASH FILEAAggee:: 27

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Southfield, Mich.

FFaammiillyy:: Husband, Daniel J.; son,Ethan W., 2

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree inChristian ministries from Asbury Col-lege,Wilmore, Ky., 2003.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “The Shack”byWilliam P.Young

By KELLY L. REYNOLDSTIMES STAFF WRITER

Stephen J. Todd didn’t knowhe wanted to be an educatorright away, but when he steppedinto his first teaching role, heknew it was for him.

Mr. Todd is in his first year asprincipal of Watertown HighSchool. Before taking the helmas the school’s leader, he was as-sistant principal for six years, ahistory teacher at the school forseven years and a teacher atCase Junior High School for oneyear.

He started school to becomea lawyer but changed his mindabout halfway through college.He was a teacher’s assistant in acollege class and “knew fromthere I wanted to teach.”

“I like being a generalist,” hesaid. “I like studying and teach-ing a little bit of everything, andthat’s what you can have at ahigh school. There’s no morestimulating, rewarding job asbeing an educator.”

He said his favorite part of thejob is that no two days are everthe same.

“There are days when weleave absolutely exhausted,” Mr.

Todd said. “But you are neverbored, and you never look at theclock and say, ‘I wish it wouldmove faster.’ You never wonder ifthere’s going to be somethingstimulating or interesting towork on.”

He also said he loves being in-volved in community organiza-tions.

He is a member of the Water-town Noon Rotary Club, theboard of the Alcohol and Sub-stance Abuse Council and the St.Lawrence University Alumni Ex-ecutive Council.

He said Robert N. Wells Jr., for-mer mayor of Canton and one of

Mr. Todd’s professors at St.Lawrence University, is one ofhis mentors both professionallyand personally.

“Beyond all of the academicthings, he taught me how to be agood citizen,” Mr. Todd said.

He said former WatertownHigh School Principal StephenC. Williamson has made a signif-icant impact in his life.

“He is a professional influ-ence and a good friend,” Mr.Todd said. “I model what I dohere after what I think he woulddo in the same situation.”

Superintendent Terry N. Fral-ick said Mr. Todd has learned agreat deal over the past severalyears and he thinks he will con-tinue to grow as a leader and aneducator.

“He has a great handle onthings now, and it’s only goingto get better,” Mr. Fralick said.“He’s a very reflective person.He thinks of what his decisionsare and how they will impactpeople. That’s one of the mostimportant qualities any ad-ministrator must have. Mr.Todd is an outstanding educa-tor and an effective school ad-ministrator.”

JUSTIN SORENSEN WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES

Amanda K. Cash is the youth pastor at Life Church of the Nazarene on ThompsonBoulevard, Watertown; she is shown here in the sanctuary.

Amanda K. Cash

DUSTIN SAFRANEK WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES

North country native Stephen J. Todd is the principal at Watertown High School.

Stephen J. ToddTHE TODD FILEAge: 38

Birthplace: Heuvelton

Family:Guardian of 20-month-oldnephew, Jack; father, James L.;mother, Helen H.

Education:Bachelor of science de-gree in history and political sciencefrom St. Lawrence University; Masterof science degree in teaching fromSUNY Potsdam; administrative cer-tificate from SUNY Oswego

Recommended book:“Cat’s Cradle,”by Kurt Vonnegut

CP Family Health Careserves low-income clients

CP Family Health Care Cen-ters in St. Lawrence andFranklin counties offer a slidingfee for primary care and somedental services.

Discounts are based on familysize and income, for individualsand families at or below 200 per-cent of the federal poverty level.Primary care services have a $10minimum fee and consist of of-fice visits, immunizations, officeprocedures, foot care and minorsurgery. Dental services have a$20 minimum fee and includeexams, cleanings, X-rays,sealants, simple fillings and sim-ple extractions.

CP Family Health Care Cen-ters, operated by Cerebral PalsyAssociation of the North Coun-try, became a federally qualifiedhealth care center in 2007. Thisdesignation was accompaniedby federal funding which helpsthe centers reach out to northcountry residents who have lit-tle or no insurance coverage.

CP Family Health Care Cen-ters offer primary care, dentalservices, optometry, physicaltherapy, psychiatry and coun-seling, pediatric evaluations,cancer screening and orthope-dic evaluations. Medicaid,Medicare, Child and FamilyHealth Plus, and self-pay are ac-cepted. Case managementservices are available in St.Lawrence County to patientswho need assistance.

Cerebral Palsy Association ofthe North Country providescommunity living and familyservices to individuals with adisability. Services include serv-ice coordination, supervisedand supportive housing, resi-dential and day habilitationservices, waiver respite, assis-tive technology, community ed-ucation and consumer directedpersonal assistant services.

The association, with approx-imately 580 employees, hasserved children and adults withdisabilities since 1975 in St.Lawrence, Clinton, Essex,Franklin and Jefferson counties.The association is an affiliate ofthe Cerebral Palsy Associationof New York State and a memberof the American Congress ofCommunity Supports and Em-ployment Services, CommunityHealth Center Association ofNew York State and NationalAssociation of CommunityHealth Centers. For more infor-mation about CP Family HealthCare Centers call -386-8191. Formore about residential andfamily services call 386-1156. Orvisit www.cpnorthcountry.orgfor information about programsand services.

Copy Shop’s many servicesnow available online

POTSDAM — Begun in 2004,The Copy Shop & Business Cen-ter, 11 Maple St., is a full-serviceprinting, custom apparel andpromotional product enterprisewhich can now accept ordersonline.

Special offers include freeself service copies to PotsdamFood Co-op members, a dis-count for senior citizens onTuesdays, free pickup and deliv-ery and new packages created tohelp promote new and existingbusinesses and organizations.

“In 2009 we expect to contin-ue to grow geographically and-expand our service offerings toour large, growing customerbase that includes firms, smallnon-for-profits andlarge manu-facturing firms covering severalcounties,” said co-owner JohnM. Wicke.

In the interest of the environ-ment, The Copy Shop & Busi-ness Center’s photocopiers usetoner which contains soy inkand carries many environmen-tally friendly papers and Ameri-can-made apparel.

The center offers full colordigital printing directly fromelectronic files. It specializes indesigning and producing logos,business cards, letterheads, rackcards and brochures, resumes,postcards, calendars, greetingcards, invitations, booklets,forms, labels and more. Otherproducts and services includephoto enlargements and reduc-tions, duplexing, collating, in-serting, scanning, spiral bind-ing, three-hole punching, sta-pling, pads, public fax, lamina-

tion and stamps.High-speed copiers allow for

a fast turn around. Papers in-clude bright, pastel, parchment,linen, resume, glossy and photoquality in standard weights orcard stock.

To help organizations’ fund-raising, The Copy Shop offersquantity price breaks and spe-cials on custom apparel. Busi-nesses and organizations canput a logo, slogan or photo ont-shirts, sweatsuits, aprons,tote bags, mouse pads, puz-zles, hats, pillow shams, quilt-ing squares, evenbaby onesiesand bibs. Customers canchoose from heat press, screenprinted or embroidery op-tions.

The Copy Shop accepts on-line order requests and has de-signed a special Web site forwedding invitation. Other newservices include custom vinylbanners, passport photos andthermal binding.

The business is open from 8a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. The phone num-ber is 265-1700; the Web site iswww.potsdamcopyshop.com.

SeaComm prosperingdespite economic gloom

MASSENA — Despite all therecent bleak financial news,SeaComm Federal Credit Unioncelebrated its 45th anniversaryby exceeding the quarter-bil-lion-dollar asset mark, withgrowth in membership, de-posits and loan demand andb e t t e r - t h a n - e x p e c t e dearnings. Membership grew tomore than 34,000, a net increaseof well over 3.3 percent. Lendinggoals were met.

“As we move further into2009, we are committed to ex-panding our existing deliverychannels of service, as well asproviding additional ones, withthe specific goal of making iteven more convenient for themembers we serve,” said ScottA. Wilson, president and chiefexecutive officer.

SeaComm adheres to triedand true standards in lendingand had no direct exposure tothe sub-prime situation. Thecredit union’s lending portfoliois very healthy heading into2009 and SeaComm has moneyto lend. Its accounts are insuredby the National Credit UnionShare Insurance Fund and arebacked by U.S. government. Theamount of insurance was raisedfrom $100,000 to $250,000 peraccount during 2008 and will re-main in effect until Dec. 31.

Service and efficiency goalswere exceeded in 2008. Thecheck 21 process, which trans-fers funds electronically to theFederal Reserve, was imple-mented among other processimprovements. Free seminarswere held and the credit unionnow provides members with freeprofessional financial counsel-ing through the Accel program.

Also in 2008 SeaCommstepped up efforts to provide lo-cal small businesses with de-posit and loan services.

SeaComm Federal CreditUnion has assets of over $260 mil-lion. Membership is open to any-one who lives,works, worships orattends school in St. Lawrence ornorthern Franklin County.

St. Lawrence Chambernotes a productive year

CANTON — A continuousrole on the North Country AirTask Force and its efforts tobring affordable, reliable andconvenient air service to the re-gion is among the achieve-ments cited by the St. LawrenceCounty Chamber of Commercein looking back at the year.

Cape Air of Massachussetsnow flies three times daily, to andfrom Massena and Ogdensburg.

In other progress: The chamber and the De-

velopment Authority of theNorth Country have created apartnership to maximize for-mer Sen. Hillary Clinton’s$196,000 appropriation to pro-vide unserved and under-served areas with high speedInternet service for economicdevelopment.

After visiting Black Lake atthe chamber’s invitation, Sen.Chuck Schumer has promisedthat the Army Corps of Engi-neers will help with the problemof invasive weeds.

A promotional DVD aboutSinger Castle has been pro-duced by the Chamber andWPBS, Watertown.

At he chamber store 101Main St., Canton, , hand-madegoods are for sale in The Trea-sure Corner, plus books andmemorabilia about the northcountry.

Because of testimony by thechamber and other interestedparties, in 2008 the Internation-al Joint Commission backed offits “Plan 2007” to regulate waterlevels on the St. Lawrence River.Cost of the aborted plan: $20million.

The chamber’s newly-restructured low-interest Re-volving Loan Fund has $185,000ready to lend to new businessesor to existing business wishingto expand.

The microenterprise pro-gram, Northern AdirondackTrading Cooperative, is inPhase 2 of its e-commerce op-eration, taking small cottage in-dustries and helping themtransition to the global market-place. This program, now in itssixth year, won second place inthe World Chambers Competi-tion of 2005.

The chamber has joinedcounty government, CornellCooperative Extension, andother county organizations toadopt a military platoon — 3rdPlatoon, Alpha 4-25 FAR — forthe next 12 months, sending theartillery unit a box each monthto show appreciation.

The chamber continues tosponsor workshops on govern-ment procurement, assistingbusiness in securing govern-ment contracts.

The chamber is updating itsWeb site, www.northcoun-tryguide.com, making it moreuser-friendly. A March launch isanticipated.

For more information aboutthe chamber, call 386-4000 orlog onto www.northcoun-tryguide.com.

Hart Woodworks notes27 years of craftsmanship

ELLISBURG — Joseph T. Hartestablished Hart Woodworks in1982. The first location was in ablock on Main Street in Ellisburgthat formerly housed the Ellis-burg Post Office and Free Li-brary. That building was de-stroyed in the 1983 tornado thatripped through this area. Thecurrent building at 4450 CountyRoute 121 was built in 1984.

Hart Woodworks began in1982 as a place to build kitchenand bathroom cabinets for thecontracting portion of the busi-ness. Service has since expand-ed to milling and full-timewoodshop products to areacontractors and the generalpublic. Milling services includelumber planing and joinery.Stair building is the most chal-lenging work done at HartWoodworks. Staff cut and fithardwood treads, risers, banis-ters, newels and other milledstairway materials. All stair workis designed and handcrafted inthe shop. Hart Woodworks spe-cializes in true divided light win-dows, round top and largercurved sash, as well as interiorand exterior doors with mortiseand tenon joints for strong con-struction. Doors available in amultitude of styles and designsincluding French patio doors.

Lehman Painting providesrange of related services

LOWVILLE — Lehman Paint-ing, 5275 Sunset Drive, becamean official partnership on Feb. 8,1993, reports owner AnneLehman.

Its objectives are to be thor-ough in craftsmanship, fair inthe conduct of business, reliablein time and workmanship com-mitments, maintain an organ-ized, safe and clean work site,and keep abreast of new prod-ucts and technique.

Lehman Painting is fully in-sured and gives a 10 percent dis-count on products to their sen-ior citizen customers. Servicesoffered are exterior painting,staining, applying wood preser-vative products to homes anddeck surfaces. Also, putting onand removing storm windowsand window washing, interiorpainting, varnishing, stainingand wallpapering.

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By NANCY MADSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Anna M. Patterson has beenthe interim executive director ofJefferson County Home for theAged, or Whispering Pines, forthe past two years. The homehas about 50 residents at its lo-cation off Coffeen Street.

“I’ve always envisioned beinga nurse since I was very young,”she said. “It is such a rewardingoccupation.”

Mrs. Patterson began as anurse at the former House of theGood Samaritan in 1991. She al-so has been nurse manager atWhispering Pines and an adulthome administrator for GoldenGables Adult Home, AcademyStreet. She said the manage-ment positions allow her to en-sure more people receive qualitycare.

“You see the compassionand treatment that should begiven to patients and resi-dents,” Mrs. Patterson said.“You want everyone to give thatsame treatment. Being in man-agement gives you the oppor-tunity to ensure that the qualitycare that should be given is giv-en to everyone.”

She said health care is alwaysa need.

“We’re getting to the pointwhere baby boomers are allcoming up and there is going tobe a large population of elderlypeople in our community whoneed help,” she said.

In the north country, she said,the need exists for more healthcare.

“The need is for more types ofbeds, such as assisted living in-corporated with the adult carelevel and the nursing home levelso that we have a continuum ofcare,” she said.

The region is challenged bybudget constrains to find waysto provide quality, affordablecare.

In her work, she sees ThomasH. Carman, Samaritan MedicalCenter president and chief exec-utive officer, and Richard A.Brooks, administrator at Samar-itan Keep Home, as mentors.

“At Samaritan, the overallmethod they train is transfor-mational leadership,” she said.

This method helps preparestaff for moving up in adminis-tration and developing vision-ary leadership.

Mrs. Patterson said she worksclosely with county Departmentof Social Services CommissionerLaura C. Cerow.

“I get enormous amounts ofsupport from the county and heras well,” she said.

Mrs. Patterson is in this year’sJefferson Leadership InstituteClass through the Greater Wa-tertown-North Country Cham-ber of Commerce. She is the co-chairwoman for the JeffersonCounty Alzheimer’s Associationand sits in on the county’s Com-munity Assisted Living Corp.meetings.

By BRIAN KELLYTIMES STAFF WRITER

Elizabeth E. Perry’s job hastaken her around the world, but,like the company she repre-sents, she has found that thenorth country is still the bestplace to call home.

Mrs. Perry is the vice presi-dent of marketing for Car-Fresh-ner Corp., a company foundedin Watertown in 1952 whoseiconic “Little Trees” line of airfresheners has become an inter-nationally recognized brand.

It is her responsibility to over-see all aspects of marketing,from designing sales tools andthe company’s Web site to test-ing new fragrances, “which isfun,” she says.

Little Trees fresheners havemade cameo appearances ontelevision shows and in movies,leading the company to awardprizes to customers who submitinformation about where theyhave sighted them.

“We’re very proud of how thetrees have been used by others,”Mrs. Perry said. “It’s a testimo-nial that it’s an icon of Ameri-ca.”

Car-Freshner has grown from

Julius “Jules” Samann’s garage tofactories in Watertown, NewHampshire and Iowa. Its head-quarters is in the JeffersonCounty Corporate Park. Despiteits growth and internationalreach, Mrs. Perry said, Water-town still offers her and thecompany everything needed toconduct business.

“I’ve been lucky enough totravel the world and I’ve alwayswanted to come home,” shesaid. “It’s always nice to comeback to the north country, be-cause it really is home. It’s full ofgreat people and it’s a great placeto raise a family. If you want theall-American dream, you’ll get it

here.”Mrs. Perry wants to help other

young people recognize the re-gion’s potential and that is whyshe has been active the past nineyears with the Jefferson Com-munity College Foundation,which raises money for scholar-ships.

“I think JCC is a jewel uphere,” she said. “I think it’s wor-thy of people’s time, money andenergy. The community needsit. I don’t know what Watertownwould do without it. I think JCCcan really give young people agreat experience and then theycan come back to the northcountry. We need them to comeback.”

Mrs. Perry said the growth ofFort Drum and the area’s retailand restaurant sector has beenpositive, but she would like tosee stronger growth in industry.She said she believes this can beachieved in part by convincingJCC students and other youngpeople of all the positive thingsthe area offers.

“I think the north country’sfuture is bright,” she said. “It’s agreat place to live, work andraise a family.”

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Watertown

FFaammiillyy:: Husband,William A.; fourchildren:William D., 21, MichaelCody, 19, Daniel A., 14, and KatlynnM., 14

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Associate degree in nurs-ing from St. Elizabeth’s School ofNursing, Utica; completing bache-lor’s degree in nursing from SUNY In-stitute of Technology, Utica

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “DeepChange,” by Robert Quinn

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Rome

FFaammiillyy:: Husband, Keith; they are ex-pecting their first child.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in busi-ness administration from SUNY Os-wego; master’s degree in businessadministration from Clarkson Uni-versity.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “The Glass Cas-tle,”by Jeannette Walls


Anna M. Patterson, interim executive director of Samaritan Keep Home, standsin the dining room with resident Charles F. Gardner.

Anna M. Patterson


Elizabeth Perry, vice president of marketing for Car Freshner, poses in the CarFreshner headquarters lobby at Jefferson County Corporate Park, Watertown.

Elizabeth E. Perry

POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdamwas awarded a $1.6 million in theextremely competitive 2008 TitleIII Strengthening InstitutionsDevelopment Grant Programfrom the United States Depart-ment of Education to enhanceits undergraduate research ini-tiatives.The funds will be utilizedover the course of five years withthe goal of increasing the num-ber of seniors who participate inresearch with a faculty memberfrom 24 percent to as much as 50percent in some areas.

SUNY Potsdam also devel-oped a fund of $450,000 from ananonymous donor from the es-tate of Frederick B. Kilmer, whowas the original science directorfor Johnson & Johnson from1888 to 1933, to establish TheKilmer Fund for student andfaculty research.

Also in 2008 was total re-design of the campus’s Web site,www.potsdam.edu.

SUNY Potsdam also is movingforward on its new $55 millionperforming arts building withfunds from the 2008-2009 StateUniversity of New York StrategicInitiative Capital Project Budget

The new 109-bed townhousecomplex opened for the fall se-mester and is now full with up-perclassmen for the fall semester.The project, which was an addi-tion to the existing 114-bed town-house complex, features five two-story buildings. Each independ-ent unit has a kitchen, two bath-rooms, dining area, living roomand four to five single bedrooms.

SUNY Potsdam closed the2007-2008 fiscal year with itsbest fundraising year in the Col-lege’s 192-year history withmore than $3.6 million raised.

In the past year, 18 new schol-arships were established, pro-viding financial support to 27deserving students. Currently,more than 300 students receivescholarships, with $1.9 millionawarded in the past year. This ismore than six times the amountthat was awarded to studentsonly 10 years ago.

SUNY Potsdam’s School of Ed-ucation and Professional Studiesearned reaccreditation by theNational Council for Accredita-tion of Teacher Education(NCATE) in 2008. NCATE is one ofthe most rigorous national ac-crediting body for schools, col-leges and departments of educa-tion, authorized by the U.S. De-partment of Education. NCATEaccredits institutions whose edu-

cation programs meet the high-est national standards in prepar-ing teachers and other schoolspecialists for the classroom.

In addition, 16 of SUNY Pots-dam’s undergraduate and grad-uate education programs havereceived National Recognitionby their respective specializedprofessional organizations.

Even though admission toSUNY Potsdam is becoming in-creasingly selective, the Col-lege’s Class of 2012 has 824 stu-dents. The campus also wel-comed 354 new transfer stu-dents.

Gray & Gray CPAs, Canton,grows as it goes ‘green’

CANTON — Begun in 1977 atthe home of John Gray Jr., Gray& Gray CPAs PC, 7 Main St., hasacquired smaller firms and, in2001, doubled in size with thepurchase of Canfield & Menz.

Mr. Gray’s daughter, Angela,also a CPA, moved back to thenorth country to join his prac-tice. In 2005, they formed Gray &Gray. They have seven full-timeemployees, up from three full-time and one part-time whenCanfield & Menz was purchased.The firm also hires college ac-counting students as interns.

Since opening in Canton, thefirm’s client base has grown 21percent. Clients include indi-viduals, corporations, nonprof-its and small businesses. Ser-vices include tax planning andpreparation, bookkeeping, pay-roll, on-site QuickBooks train-ing and support, financial plan-ning and financial statementpreparation.

Five years ago the firm em-barked on “going green” and hastaken many steps to go “paper-less.” Significant investments intechnology are made each year.The office is almost completelypaperless and hopes to meet thegoal fully this year.

For more information call386-2925 or visit www.grayc-pas.com.

Elegant Lady expandswedding apparel lines

OGDENSBURG — Since itopened March 2, 1998, The Ele-gant Lady bridal shop, 429 StateSt., owned by Keitha Lee Lau-

son, has grown at a steady pace,adding new lines of apparel.

This year it added TuxedoJunction to the Sarno and Sonand Jims tuxedo lines. TuxedoJunction has added colors tomatch the bridesmaid dressesfrom the Alfred Angelo line.

Elegant Lady provides a freetuxedo to the groom if there arefive men or more in the weddingparty and two free tuxedos ifthere are 10 or more.

Over 350 wedding gowns are instock from Alfred Angelo, P.C.Mary’s, Bonny and Private Col-lection, with sizes ranging from 2to 32. There are also hundreds ofbridesmaids, mothers, special oc-casion, cocktail, pageant, firstcommunion and flower girldresses in all sizes from lines suchas Alfred Angelo, Alexia, Mary’s,Landa, Soulmates, Karen Miller,LaBelle Fashions and Dela-Jo.

There are two floors of dress-es, the third floor has hundredsof pairs of shoes. The ElegantLady carries wedding the acces-sories for the including candles,books, glasses, gifts for the wed-ding party, and cake tops.

There are also veils, tiaras,gloves, garters, jewelry, shawls,lingerie, rental items; the storealso carries Avon.

The store hours are 10 a.m. to5 p.m. Monday through Friday,and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Lundy adds divisionfor continuing service

In 2008, businesses in North-ern New York welcomed a newresource to utilize for the mainte-nance, repair construction andrenovation of their physical facil-ities. CCI Building Services Inc., a

Lundy Group company, wasformed to meet the increasingneeds of local commercial, com-munity and industrial projects.

In addition to the renovationand construction projects un-dertaken by CCI in the past year,a primary focus of the companyis on maintenance and repair ofexisting buildings.

Specifically, CCI has respond-ed to the need for routine build-ing inspections, which can helpto extend the life of the building— completing minor repairsnow, instead of major costs inthe future.

“Typically, a company’s facili-ty is their largest capital expen-diture; therefore, routine main-tenance is extremely important.A good maintenance programcan save dollars down the road,”said Michael E. Lundy, founderof the Lundy Group of Compa-nies and resident of LUNCOCorp.

“We offer an annual mainte-nance agreement program,which includes an on-site build-ing inspection, and repair serv-ice at a reduced rate for ourmaintenance agreement cus-tomers. The building inspectionassists the owner to budget ap-propriately for future repairs,renovations and upgrades, ulti-mately extending the life of theirbuilding. Our expertise in de-sign-build services lets us han-dle all aspects of building main-

tenance, especially involvingmetal buildings — where,through LUNCO, we have over30 years of metal building expe-rience.”

In addition to maintenance

and repair, CCI also meets aneed for smaller constructionand renovation projects.

Gerry Baker, a former super-intendent of LUNCO, is CCI’sgeneral manager.

For more information aboutCCI Building Services or toschedule an on-site building in-spection, call 493-2493 ext. 229,or visit www.ccibuildingser-vices.com.



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SUNY Potsdam gets$1.6m research grant

CP Family Health Careserves five counties

CP Family Health Care Cen-ters in St. Lawrence andFranklin counties offer a slidingfee for primary care and somedental services.

Discounts are based on familysize and income, for individualsand families at or below 200 per-cent of the federal poverty level.Primary care services have a $10minimum fee and consist of of-fice visits, immunizations, officeprocedures, foot care and minorsurgery. Dental services have a$20 minimum fee and includeexams, cleanings, X-rays,sealants, simple fillings and sim-ple extractions.

CP Family Health Care Cen-ters, operated by Cerebral PalsyAssociation of the North Coun-try, became a federally qualifiedhealth care center in 2007. Thisdesignation was accompaniedby federal funding which helpsthe centers reach out to northcountry residents who have lit-tle or no insurance coverage.

CP Family Health Care Cen-ters offer primary care, dentalservices, optometry, physicaltherapy, psychiatry and coun-seling, pediatric evaluations,cancer screening and orthope-dic evaluations. Medicaid,Medicare, Child and FamilyHealth Plus, and self-pay are ac-cepted. Case managementservices are available in St.Lawrence County to patientswho need assistance.

Cerebral Palsy Association ofthe North Country providescommunity living and familyservices to individuals with adisability. Services include serv-ice coordination, supervisedand supportive housing, resi-dential and day habilitationservices, waiver respite, assis-tive technology, community ed-ucation and consumer directedpersonal assistant services.

The association, with approx-imately 580 employees, hasserved children and adults withdisabilities since 1975 in St.Lawrence, Clinton, Essex,Franklin and Jefferson counties.The association is an affiliate of

the Cerebral Palsy Associationof New York State and a memberof the American Congress ofCommunity Supports and Em-ployment Services, CommunityHealth Center Association ofNew York State and NationalAssociation of CommunityHealth Centers. For more infor-mation about CP Family HealthCare Centers call -386-8191. Formore about residential andfamily services call 386-1156. Orvisit www.cpnorthcountry.orgfor information about programsand services.

Copy Shop’s many servicesnow available online

POTSDAM — Begun in 2004,The Copy Shop & Business Cen-ter, 11 Maple St., is a full-serviceprinting, custom apparel andpromotional product enterprisewhich can now accept ordersonline.

Special offers include freeself service copies to PotsdamFood Co-op members, a dis-count for senior citizens on

Tuesdays, free pickup and deliv-ery and new packages created tohelp promote new and existingbusinesses and organizations.

“In 2009 we expect to contin-ue to grow geographically and-expand our service offerings toour large, growing customerbase that includes firms, smallnon-for-profits andlarge manu-facturing firms covering severalcounties,” said co-owner JohnM. Wicke.

In the interest of the environ-ment, The Copy Shop & Busi-ness Center’s photocopiers usetoner which contains soy inkand carries many environmen-tally friendly papers and Ameri-can-made apparel.

The center offers full colordigital printing directly fromelectronic files. It specializes indesigning and producing logos,business cards, letterheads, rackcards and brochures, resumes,postcards, calendars, greetingcards, invitations, booklets,forms, labels and more. Otherproducts and services includephoto enlargements and reduc-tions, duplexing, collating, in-

serting, scanning, spiral bind-ing, three-hole punching, sta-pling, pads, public fax, lamina-tion and stamps.

High-speed copiers allow fora fast turn around. Papers in-clude bright, pastel, parchment,linen, resume, glossy and photoquality in standard weights orcard stock.

To help organizations’fund-raising, The Copy Shopoffers quantity price breaksand specials on custom appar-el. Businesses and organiza-tions can put a logo, slogan orphoto on t-shirts, sweatsuits,aprons, tote bags, mouse pads,puzzles, hats, pillow shams,quilting squares, evenbabyonesies and bibs. Customerscan choose from heat press,screen printed or embroideryoptions.

The Copy Shop accepts on-line order requests and has de-signed a special Web site forwedding invitation. Other newservices include custom vinylbanners, passport photos andthermal binding.

The business is open from 8a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. The phone num-ber is 265-1700; the Web site iswww.potsdamcopyshop.com.

SeaComm prosperingdespite economic gloom

MASSENA — Despite all therecent bleak financial news,SeaComm Federal Credit Unioncelebrated its 45th anniversaryby exceeding the quarter-bil-lion-dollar asset mark, withgrowth in membership, de-posits and loan demand andb e t t e r - t h a n - e x p e c t e dearnings. Membership grew tomore than 34,000, a net increaseof well over 3.3 percent. Lendinggoals were met.

“As we move further into2009, we are committed to ex-panding our existing deliverychannels of service, as well asproviding additional ones, withthe specific goal of making iteven more convenient for themembers we serve,” said ScottA. Wilson, president and chiefexecutive officer.

SeaComm adheres to triedand true standards in lendingand had no direct exposure tothe sub-prime situation. Thecredit union’s lending portfoliois very healthy heading into2009 and SeaComm has mon-ey to lend. Its accounts are in-sured by the National CreditUnion Share Insurance Fundand are backed by U.S. govern-ment. The amount of insur-ance was raised from $100,000to $250,000 per account during2008 and will remain in effectuntil Dec. 31.

Service and efficiency goalswere exceeded in 2008. Thecheck 21 process, which trans-fers funds electronically to theFederal Reserve, was imple-mented among other processimprovements. Free seminarswere held and the credit unionnow provides members withfree professional financialcounseling through the Accelprogram.

Also in 2008 SeaCommstepped up efforts to provide lo-cal small businesses with de-posit and loan services.

SeaComm Federal CreditUnion has assets of over $260

million. Membership is open toanyone who lives, works, wor-ships or attends school in St.Lawrence or northern FranklinCounty.

St. Lawrence Chambernotes a productive year

CANTON — A continuousrole on the North Country AirTask Force and its efforts tobring affordable, reliable andconvenient air service to the re-gion is among the achieve-ments cited by the St. LawrenceCounty Chamber of Commercein looking back at the year.

Cape Air of Massachussetsnow flies three times daily, to andfrom Massena and Ogdensburg.

In other progress: The chamber and the De-

velopment Authority of theNorth Country have created apartnership to maximize for-mer Sen. Hillary Clinton’s$196,000 appropriation to pro-vide unserved and under-served areas with high speedInternet service for economicdevelopment.

After visiting Black Lake atthe chamber’s invitation, Sen.Chuck Schumer has promisedthat the Army Corps of Engi-neers will help with the problemof invasive weeds.

A promotional DVD aboutSinger Castle has been pro-duced by the Chamber andWPBS, Watertown.

At he chamber store 101Main St., Canton, , hand-madegoods are for sale in The Trea-sure Corner, plus books andmemorabilia about the northcountry.

Because of testimony by thechamber and other interestedparties, in 2008 the Internation-al Joint Commission backed offits “Plan 2007” to regulate waterlevels on the St. Lawrence River.Cost of the aborted plan: $20million.

The chamber’s newly-restructured low-interest Re-volving Loan Fund has $185,000ready to lend to new businessesor to existing business wishingto expand.

The microenterprise pro-gram, Northern AdirondackTrading Cooperative, is inPhase 2 of its e-commerce op-eration, taking small cottageindustries and helping themtransition to the global market-place. This program, now in itssixth year, won second place inthe World Chambers Competi-tion of 2005.

The chamber has joinedcounty government, CornellCooperative Extension, andother county organizations toadopt a military platoon — 3rdPlatoon, Alpha 4-25 FAR — forthe next 12 months, sending theartillery unit a box each monthto show appreciation.

The chamber continues tosponsor workshops on govern-ment procurement, assistingbusiness in securing govern-ment contracts.

The chamber is updating itsWeb site, www.northcoun-tryguide.com, making it moreuser-friendly. A March launch isanticipated.

For more information aboutthe chamber, call 386-4000 orlog onto www.northcoun-tryguide.com.



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Potsdam hospital growsto meet community needs

POTSDAM — Canton-Pots-dam Hospital is expanding tomeet the community’s growingneeds. Over 18 months, itsboard identified six prioritiesover the next three to five years:expand the emergency room;build new inpatient rooms; con-solidate cancer care; provideparking for expanded services;develop the medical staff; andprovide more outpatient servic-es. Dramatic increases in visitsto the ER, and steady increasesin inpatient stays have led theeospital to explore ways to ex-pand its main campus in Pots-dam while continuing to inves-tigate locations for other servic-es.

In the last 10 years, inpatientvisits have grown 12 percent, ERvisits 26 percent and outpatientvisits 72 percent.

Net revenue has grown 124percent. The hospital now em-ploys 776 people.

Over the years, Canton-Pots-dam Hospital has brought newservices and caregivers close tohome in Potsdam, Canton, Nor-folk, Richville, and now BrasherFalls.

New physicians include Vir-ginia Barlow, hospitalist, JanClose, emergency medicine,Edward Mazdzer, , neurology,Ramon Ravelo, psychiatry,Scott Spicer, pediatrics, An-drew Williams, internal (adult)medicine, and Charles Wilson,general surgeon. The most re-cent physician joining Canton-Potsdam Hospital is Dr. AyezKhan, a specialist in multidisci-plinary approaches to relievingpain, with a background in or-thopedics and adult psycholo-gy.

The newest addition to theHospital’s After Hours (Canton),Primecare (Potsdam), and Nor-folk primary care centers isBrasher Falls CommunityHealth Center. The opened thisnew center on Feb. 21 duringthe tri-town community’s Win-terfest.

CPH continues to contributeto the community in ways be-yond medicine. According tothe latest figures from theHealthcare Association of NewYork State, total economic im-pact on the surrounding com-munity is approximately$108,875,000.

The hospital provided over$300,000 worth of free care tothe poor in 2008 and employeeswere engaged in numerous vol-unteer effots in the community.

Employees make up nearly 20percent of the donors to Can-ton-Potsdam Hospital’s Foun-dation, which supports lifesav-ing technology and services.

For more information visitwww.cphospital.org.

Slic Network Solutionsadds staff and services

As a whollyowned subsidiaryof 100-plus-year-old NicholvilleTelephone, Slic Network Solu-tions has become St. LawrenceCounty’s premier telecommu-nication company by offeringbusiness-class phone andbroadband Internet services inthe Canton, Massena and Pots-dam markets.

Milestones for 2008 includedthe addition of one employee;expansion of the fiber-optic net-work in all three markets, butmost notably from downtownto Outer Market Street in Pots-dam; video broadcasting servic-es for community events like the

Potsdam Summer Festival andthe Massena Labor Day Parade,and an improved billing systemthat allows for online invoicesand payments.

To date, Slic has provisionedmore than 800 phone lines tomore than 300 business, govern-ment, professional serviceproviders, health care and edu-cational locations. Those thathave switched from anotherprovider have realized an aver-age savings of 30 percent. Slic al-so became the provider of choicefor dozens of new businesses.

Phil Wagschal was namedpresident of Slic in June andreaches a milestone in 2009 withhis 20th year with theNicholville Telephone family of

businesses. A 1985 graduate ofSUNY Potsdam, alumni of theSt. Lawrence Leadership Insti-tute and board member for thePotsdam Chamber of Com-merce, Mr. Wagschal has beeninstrumental in deploying nu-merous leading-edge technolo-gies, including Slic’s telephoneand high-speed Internet access.

Jeff Yette continues oversee-ing sales and marketing. A Pots-dam native who also attendedSUNY Potsdam and is a graduateof the St Lawrence LeadershipInstitute, Mr. Yette is entering his11th year with the company .

Slic does not require long-term contracts, there are nosign-up fees and you keep yourexisting phone numbers and di-

rectory listings.This year will continue to see

growth with fiber-optic expan-sion planned for Maple Street inMassena toward the hospital. Aredesigned Web site is in theworks Slic is working with sever-al key accounts in Ogdensburgin hopes to expand into thatcommunity in the second half ofthe year.

In addition to phone and In-ternet, Slic offers secure point-to-point VLANs (virtual localarea networks), sales and serv-ice of phone systems,wiring/cabling services, and ITconsulting/support services.

For more information call 1(866) 261-7518 or [email protected].

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St. Lawrence Centre mallwill soon mark 20 years

MASSENA — St. LawrenceCentre, Route 37, the only en-closed retail mall in St.Lawrence County, will cele-brate its 20th anniversary in2010.

The $50 million, half-million-square-foot center opened inAugust 1990. Ownershipchanged three times, from Her-itage Co. to AP Massena Part-ners, and then finally in 2003 toCarlyle Development Group,which hired General GrowthProperties as manager in Febru-ary 2004.

The mall, with 55 stores andservices, is anchored by JCPen-ney, Sears, The Bon-Ton, TJMaxx and the year-round St.Lawrence Centre Arena.

In 2008, the number of visi-tors was higher than it hasbeen in the last fouryears. Canadian traffic heldsteady throughout 2008, from20 percent to 30 percent ofoverall traffic. The mall main-tained sales over 2007, with on-ly a slight decline at the begin-ning of the fourth quarter.

New merchants in 2008 in-cluded Steve & Barry’s, Fish Catsand Contours Express. Steve &Barry’s filed bankruptcy in 2008and vacated in November, but areplacement is being sought ag-gressively.

For more information, seewww.ggp.com.

Small Business center:a resource in Canton

CANTON — The New YorkState Small Business Develop-ment Center at SUNY Cantonhas been helping small busi-nesses since 1984.

Through a statewide networkof 23 regional centers, SBDC de-livers free counseling and train-ing to New Yorkers who want tostart a business or improve theperformance of an existing one.

The SBDC is a partnershipwith the U.S. Small Business Ad-ministration. The State Universi-ty of New York administers theprogram with additional sup-port from state and local fund-ing.

Since 1998 the center hashelped 3,656 businesses to in-vest $54,210,948 in the area’seconomy, creating or saving1,164 jobs. In 2008 the centerassisted 256 clients invest$4,025,400 in the area’s econo-my and created or saved 85jobs.

The center’s staff has back-grounds in banking, economics,marketing, advertising, ac-counting, women-owned busi-ness, veteran’s assistance andsmall business ownership.

For more information, callthe center at 764-0683, [email protected] or visitwww.canton.edu/sbdc.

BDC’s main focus is nowon better infrastructure

MASSENA — Infrastructureimprovements are the prioritythis year for Business Develop-ment Corp.

New firms looking into howclose the region is to a major in-terstate highway are often dis-appointed, said BDC EconomicDevelopment Director JasonClark. Small startups some-times can’t afford larger com-mercial spaces and could bene-fit from new, smaller spaces totest their ventures with minimaloverhead, he said.

BDC is focusing on projectsfrom small local ones, like im-provements to the Massena In-dustrial Park, to larger regionalefforts, like the four-lane high-way or rural broadband initia-tives. The development groupseeks to continue improving theroads in the industrial park andhopes to break some larger va-cant commercial buildings intosmaller units for small or start-up companies.

To stimulate agriculturalgrowth, a cooperative is pro-posed to let farmers negotiatelower shipping rates to marketsacross the state.

A multi-modal transporta-tion terminal, where tractor-trailer containers could beloaded onto railroad cars, is pro-posed. Connecting the industri-al park with existing railroadlines is also a priority.

The BDC has asked the villageof Massena to annex the old De-partment of Public Works site onSouth Main Street into the in-dustrial park. The site is next torailroad lines and could providespace for a rail spur or multi-modal terminal.

The BDC has applied forgrants through the state Depart-ment of Transportation to helpconstruct a railroad spur to theindustrial park and make im-provements to the Massena In-ternational Airport.

BDC Board Chairman DanPease also chairs the St.Lawrence Valley Air Task Force,working with local develop-ment groups to help marketnorth country air service andobtain grant funding for the air-port.

The BDC has been workingwith town officials to secure aidto extend the airport’s runwayso larger, 100-passenger planescan land there.

Internet improvments in un-der-served areas will expandopportunities for local busi-nesses. Most of Massena is al-ready wired with high-speedfiber, but improving the redun-dancy and the reach of the net-work may also help Massenabusinesses.

A major BDC focus is the thedecades-long dream of a four-lane rooftop highway. Thegroup has secured more than 30resolutions from municipalitiesand organizations throughoutthe region in support.

Potsdam Humane Societyaims to upgrade shelter

POTSDAM — The PotsdamHumane Society’s animal shel-ter at 17 Madrid Ave. is lookingto expand as people are movingto smaller places and are forcedto part with their animal com-panions.

A building and renovationproject is sought for the agingfacility, which the society sayslacks enough room to serve allthe animals needing care andhas no way to isolate sick and in-coming animals from thehealthy adoptable population.

A“Labor of Love” capital cam-paign is planned to raise funds torenovate the existing 2,058-square-foot space and add a3,825-square-foot adoptionwing.

The renovated part will have asurgical room with preparationand recovery areas, a privatenursing mother kennel area,kennels and cat areas to isolatethe incoming animals untilevaluated or claimed, and agreatly needed cold storagespace.

The new wing, which will beopen to the public, will house areception area roomy enough toseat visitors, a classroom forschoolchildren to visit and learnabout humane animal care, aswell as 18 new dog kennels, threenew puppy kennels, three newkitten spaces and two new adopt-able-cat rooms. The entire facility

will have an air exchange to keepthe animals healthy. Plans for thebuilding can be seen on the PHS’sWeb site, www.potsdamhu-manesociety.org.

As the PHS strives to becomea “no-kill” shelter where noadoptable, healthy animalwould be killed for lack of space,$250,000 is needed by June toproceed with sending out con-struction bids and breakingground for the building comple-tion in December.

College and high school stu-dents and other residents havebeen logging on to the Web sitezootoo.com/makeover to votefor PHS to win a million-dollarmakeover. While not expectingthe top million-dollar prize, ifthe PHS stays in the top 20, itmight win a substantial amountof money to help with the build-ing project. The contest endsMarch 13.

Volunteers are sought to helpwith many upcoming fundrais-ing events.

Call Tracy Adle 420-4478 orboard President Bonnie Boyd353-2847 for information.

The Potsdam Humane Soci-ety shelter, next to the townbarns, cares for animals in thetowns of Potsdam, Norfolk,Colton, Pierrepont, Parishville,Hopkinton, Fine, Lisbon,Lawrence, and the surroundingarea.

The shelter’s phone numberis 265-3199; its e-mail address [email protected]

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Since 2004, Servpro of JeffersonCounty has provided cleanup,restoration and emergency serv-ices to residents and businesses ofJefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrencecounties. Specializing in fire,smoke and water damagerestoration, Mark and Mary Ze-garelli began the franchise busi-ness five years ago, working out ofa home office. The business isnow in a large commercial spacein Watertown and employs eightpeople. With state-of-the-artequipment, Institute of Inspec-tion, Cleaning and RestorationCertification-trained technicians,Servpro of Jefferson County offersservice 24 hours a day.

Founded in 1967, Servpro In-dustries Inc. franchise system is anational provider of fire, water,mold and other specialty cleanupand restoration services. Servpro’snetwork of more than 1,450 indi-vidually owned and operatedfranchises responds to propertydamage emergencies rangingfrom multimillion-dollar disas-ters affecting entire communitiesto those suffered by individualbusinesses and homes and in oneunforgettable instance, even thePentagon. Providing coverage in48 states, Servpro has establishedrelationships with major insur-ance companies and commercialclients, as well as individualhomeowners.

Bolton’s has drug contractat Lewis health-care home

Bolton’s Pharmacy Inc, Wa-tertown, a fixture in NorthernNew York since 1895, has stayedsuccessful in changing times bykeeping up with prescription-services technology and addingnew services.

In 2008, Bolton’s was awardedthe pharmaceutical contract forthe Lewis County ResidentialHealthcare Facility, and sinceApril has been providing med-ications for 160 residents there,along with unit-dose packaging,medical administrationrecords, physician order formsand drug utilization and qualitymanagement review.

Bolton’s, owned by Patti andKevin Signor, continues to of-fer a pharmaceutical servicecommonly referred to as com-pounding. Bolton’s cus-tomized compounding pro-gram and its membership inthe Professional Compound-ing Centers of America allowsthe pharmacy to supply pa-tient-specific compoundedmedications and medicationIVs.

Specially compounded med-ications can be administered inthe form of lozenges, lollipops,transdermal gels or suspensionliquids, making it easier for pa-tients to take their medications

This service is also used foranimal medications pre-scribed by local veterinari-ans.Bolton’s also offers an ex-tensive line of durable medicalequipment such as orthopedicbraces, nebulizers, diabeticand ostomy equipment, vascu-lar supports, external breastprosthesis and bras, canes,walkers, wheelchairs, bathaids, hospital beds and liftchairs. It is the only locallyowned home infusion servicein the region.

Home infusion services suchas TPNs, morphine drips and IV

antibiotics are available to pa-tients in Jefferson, Lewis and St.Lawrence counties.

Laundromat celebratesfour years of operation

Maureen Wash purchasedproperty for Wash’s LaundromatsInc. in the Hacketts Town Centerat State Street and Eastern Boule-vard in 2005.

That location under went aremodel with updated new ma-chines, including adding newdouble loaders and new 45-pound dryers along with thetriple loads and single loads.

This year she has added asecond location on outer MillStreet and Route at the SeawayPlaza.

Her new location offers 50-pound, 35-pound, 25-poundand single loaders.

Hospice plans residenceto serve more patients

Hospice of Jefferson County,425 Washington St., is one ofmore than 2,000 nonprofit Hos-pice programs across the U.S.Serving Jefferson and southernSt. Lawrence counties since1986, Hospice has provided ho-listic, quality care and relatedprofessional home-based sup-port services for more than6,000 individuals and families.Hospice is a specialist in end-of-life care, with emphasis on dig-nity and quality of life.

Formed in 1997, the HospiceFoundation of Jefferson Coun-ty Inc. is Hospice’s fundraisingarm.

Thanks to community sup-port, Hospice operates on asound basis with a balancedbudget.

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needs to change the current op-erating environment for its staff,volunteers and support pro-gram visitors. It must also beable to provide every care op-tion for its patients.

Because it has no residenceprogram, Hospice was unable tocare for 15 identified patients in2007.

Armed with a demonstratedneed Hospice is moving forwardwith plans to construct a Hos-pice Administrative and Resi-dential Center on Gotham Streeton land donated by Aline Taylor.

Family tradition livesat Roma Restaurant

CARTHAGE — The new RomaRestaurant, 19 Bridge St., fea-tures Italian-American food in afamily setting.

The original Roma wasfounded by Michaelangelo“Paul” and Elenora “Nora” De-castro, grandparents of currentco-owner Greg Petitto, in 1948in Gouverneur. His parents, Carland Lucille Petitto, and theirpartners, Mario and Judy De-castro, purchased the Romafrom Paul and Nora in 1962.

Greg Petitto began work at theRoma in 1973. After 49 successfulyears, the Roma closed in 1997.

Greg’s Restaurant opened in1984 in Gouverneur and wasowned and operated by Gregand Carolyn Petitto for 24 years.Now, their son, Carl Petitto, isoperating Greg’s Restaurant .

Their phone number is 493-0616.

Kuenzler’s puts milkingin reliable robotic hands

Kuenzler’s Dairy Equipmentis the exclusive Northern NewYork dealer for the world’s lead-ing robotic milking system

manufacturer, Lely. The Lely A3Astronaut robotic milking sys-tem is changing the way dairyfarms work.

As a consistent, reliablemember of the farm team —one that works 24/7— the Astro-naut frees farmers from labor-intensive milking and allowsmore time to focus on other ar-eas such as herd health andbreeding, or crop work andfeeding programs.

Brent Kuenzler, owner andpresident of Kuenzler’s DairyEquipment, said becoming a LelyCenter Dealer was a logical step.

“We constantly are looking forways to help our farmers en-hance their productivity andprofitability, particularly as they

struggle with labor issues,” Mr.Kuenzler said. “Lely’s researchand development of advancedrobotic milking technology overthe years demonstrates a com-mitment to innovation for thebetterment of dairy farming thatwe want to be part of,” he said.

Since introducing the Astro-naut A3 robotic milking system16 years ago, Lely has installedmore than 7,000 units world-wide. The machine monitorsmilk chemistry for any inconsis-tencies, cleans udders andkeeps track of udder health, andidentifies and tracks any prob-lem cows to ensure they aremanaged separately from therest of the herd.

Because the Lely Astronaut

A3 plays so many roles in a milk-ing operation, technical con-sulting, training and service areextremely important to ensurefarmers get the most out of eachmachine. Kuenzler’s has a teamof Lely-certified technicians towork with dairy customers in in-stalling and maintaining the As-tronaut A3.

KB Abstract providestax, title services

K.B. Abstract Corp., Water-town, operated by KathleenBurgess, offers services includ-ing title and tax searches and ti-tle insurance.

The business was founded in1997.

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Museums in Clayton planexhibit on manufacturing

CLAYTON — The AntiqueBoat Museum and the Thou-sand Islands Museum this yearplan a new multi-location ex-hibit, “Made in Clayton,” thatwill explore Clayton’s manufac-turing history, especially boatbuilding.

The exhibit will also featureSkinner fishing spoons, Clay-ton inventions such as thefolding fan centerboard usedin skiffs and canoes, swimsuitsmade in local knitting facto-ries, the souvenir paddles ofAlpheus Keech and Wilbur &Wheelock, sub-chasers builtfor the war effort, and Frinksnowplows.

Throughout the exhibit willbe other examples of items thatwere made in Clayton.

To contribute or for more in-formation call Antique BoatMuseum Curator Dan Miller at686-4104 extension 225 orThousand Islands Museum di-rector Linda Schleher at 686-5794.

Expanding Caskinette’senjoys prosperous 2008

WEST CARTHAGE — Cask-inette’s Lofink Ford & Mercury,Route 26, formerly Lofink Mo-tors, has been serving thenorth country for more than 80years.

In April 1996, Rick Caskinettepurchased the dealership andexpanded the inventory of newand used vehicles while ex-panding the hours of operationin the sales, service, and partsdepartments.

A state-of-the art body shopwas added, and fall 2006 sawthe opening of the Auto SpaDetail Center and Car Wash.The Auto Spa continues togrow and soon will add six staffmembers.

Under the guidance of Mr.Caskinette, the dealership alsorenewed its support of numer-ous community groups and or-ganizations, recognizing the

larger shared value of commit-ment to the community.

The company is part offundraisers for numerous or-ganizations and sponsorsmany events, and has agreedto provide seven scholarshipsfor Carthage Central Schoolstudents to attend JeffersonCommunity College, Water-town.

Years of loyal, repeat cus-tomers blended with a steadymix of new customers has con-tributed to the dealership’slong-term progress.

In spite of the gloomy na-tional economic picture, Cask-inette’s Lofink is coming offone of its most successful yearsever in 2008.

As the dealership continuesto grow, Caskinette’s stocksmore than 400 vehicles and hasrecently increased its staff toemploy 55 people.

The company received itsfifth Ford President’s Award lastyear.

The award is the highest hon-or the Ford Motor Co. gives toFord dealerships that demon-strate the most exceptionalachievement in customer serv-ice and satisfaction.

Brookside Senior Livingto mark 16 years in July

LOWVILLE — Brookside Se-nior-Living Community, 5701Brookside Circle, will celebrate16 years in July.

Brookside, which has over100 residents, offers full-serviceindependent living for seniors62 ans older with many servicesand amenities.

There are 80 full-serviceunits at Brookside, which con-sist of 41 congregate apart-ment units, 38 patio-style du-plex home units, and one cot-tage home unit.

All congregate units includeutilities, air conditioning, andcable. All Brookside units in-clude trash, snow removal, lawnand grounds care and a varietyof available services and ameni-ties.

Services include transporta-tion, restaurant-style meals,housekeeping and laundry,well-being checks, clerical serv-ices, a beauty parlor, a nurse’sstation, a fully tooled workshop,shuffleboard, computer/inter-net access, and exercise equip-ment.

There is also a Serenity Gar-den, private garden plots in theCommunity Garden, and agazebo.

Brookside’s regular activitiesand programs include exerciseclass, Brookside Book Club,bingo, walking group, Brook-side Quilters, game night, so-cial hour, music group, potluck suppers, coffee hours, icecream socials, shuffleboardtournaments, and the Grand-pals program, which involvesresidents in various activitieswith the neighboring Hand-In-Hand Day Care Center.Shopping and day trips to Wa-tertown, Old Forge, theFarmer’s Market and the localice cream parlor are placed onthe activity schedule duringthe non-winter months. Thereare even various religious serv-ices.

Throughout a year there arevarious speakers on topics suchas health and wellness, med-ical, legal issues, and seniorservices/programs.

Each month there are enter-tainers including instrumen-talists, vocalists, bands/groups,theatrical performances, co-medians, and gospel/religiousentertainment.

Special community eventsinclude the summer concertand barbecue, the annual pan-cake breakfast, resident familychristmas party, the annual craftfair, Gospel Fest, dessert theatreand Apple Fest.

The entire local communitywill be invited to join the cele-bration in July.

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By KELLY WARTHTIMES STAFF WRITER

CARTHAGE — Ryan A. Keddygraduated from college in 2006,and four months later he was hisown boss.

The newly licensed chiro-practor bravely opened KeddyFamily Chiropractic, which heestimates has “a couple thou-sand” patients and already hasmoved to a larger building onthe village’s main street. Notbad for someone who got into abusiness that isn’t yet as widelyaccepted as other medicalfields.

“It’s constantly evolving andbecoming much more widelyaccepted,” he said. “Still, peo-ple are scared of the unknownand many have never had theexperience of having an adjust-ment.”

But perhaps the most notableaspect of Mr. Keddy’s success isthat after going to college inIowa, he came back to the northcountry to open his chiropracticoffice.

“Having moved away to go toschool, I realized the things I tookfor granted — friends and family— were really important to me,and they were all here,” he said.

Mr. Keddy, son of Keddy’sRestaurant owner Mark W. andhis wife, Linda B., said the key tohis success was not being afraidto start a business on his own,and his father’s advice probablyhelped too.

“My family owns businessesin town, so I wasn’t scared tostart from scratch and build abusiness,” he said. “I grew up inthe business mindset.”

Now, at 28, Mr. Keddy envi-sions expanding his 410 State

St. office to include other alter-native medicine services,which he said could includeacupuncture, massage therapyand a dietitian. And based onMr. Keddy’s ability to use hisdetermination to open his ownpractice without ever havingworked with or for a veteranchiropractor, you can bet onthis coming to fruition.

“When I get my mind set onsomething, I just run with it,” hesaid.

Mr. Keddy said his “fresh per-spective” brings something newto the area’s chiropractic servic-es; he’s always willing to explainexactly what a chiropractordoes, and he looks for the root ofthe problem rather than treatingsymptoms.

“I come at things from a dif-ferent angle than other clini-cians. I want to identify thecause of the problem,” he said.“If you only treat the symptoms,you’re always going to havethem, so I figure out why theykeep reoccurring.”

Mr. Keddy is a member of theCarthage Area Chamber ofCommerce’s board of directorsand the American ChiropracticAssociation.

THE KEDDY FILEAAggee:: 28

FFaammiillyy:: Parents Mark W.and Linda B.Keddy; sister Megan L.

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Carthage

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Doctor of chiropractic de-gree from Palmer College of Chiro-practic, Davenport, Iowa, 2006; bach-elor’s degree in biology, St.LawrenceUniversity, Canton, 2002; CarthageCentral High School, 1998

MMeennttoorr:: James Fallon, clinical doctorat Palmer College

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “A Prisoner ofBirth” by Jeffrey Archer

FFaavvoorriittee qquuoottee:: “Live life to thefullest because you never know whattomorrow may bring.”

COLLEEN WHITE WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES

Ryan Keddy, owner of Keddy Chiropractic in Carthage, poses in an adjustmentroom of his State Street office. Business has expanded over the past two years, soit is moving to larger facilities.

Ryan A. Keddy



By STEVE VIRKLERTIMES STAFF WRITER

LOWVILLE — In a countywhere cows literally outnumberpeople, it’s important to havesomeone like Frans J. Vokey.

However, Mr. Vokey, dairymanagement educator at Cor-nell Cooperative Extension forthe past 81⁄2 years, nearly focusedon blueprints, not bovines, untiltaking a summer job at a Ver-mont dairy during his under-graduate years.

“For me, that was my start inagriculture,” he said.

While Mr. Vokey graduatedwith a degree in physics, his ex-periences on that farm — alongwith others in Australia andNew York — led him to the Cor-nell University agriculture pro-gram and, ultimately, LewisCounty.

“My area of responsibility isto help dairy farmers with pro-duction- and health-related is-sues, as well as business deci-sion-making,” Mr. Vokey said.“It is a privilege to work withpeople who wake up every dayliving a commitment to theiranimals, land, family and com-munity.”

He also is president of the

New York State Association ofCounty Agricultural Agents, anassociation of Extension edu-cators that focuses on profes-sional improvement, leader-ship development and recogni-tion.

Mr. Vokey, originally fromCanada, is a member of theLewis County Amateur HockeyAssociation board, helps coachthe young goaltenders andplays with the Lowville adultleague. He also serves on theLewis County FFA advisoryboard, the grants committeefor the Episcopal Church dio-

cese and an informal commit-tee exploring the possibility ofa community biodigester. Healso does alumni work for Mid-dlebury College.

“I was fortunate to grow up ina small town where volun-teerism created the activitiesthat helped me to learn and de-velop as a young person,” Mr.Vokey said.

He added that his older broth-er, Keith, has been a major influ-ence. “As an adult, most strikingto me is his keen and genuine in-terest in every person he meets,”Mr. Vokey said.

While the economic down-turn and dropping milk pricesare of concern, the dairy educa-tor said, he is confident in thesustainability of the local agri-culture industry.

“People made lives for them-selves here by knowing the landand water resources and how toderive products from it that peo-ple wanted and needed. Thathasn’t changed much,” Mr.Vokey said. “I think agriculturewill remain a backbone of thenorth country economy be-cause it complements so wellthe values of the people who livehere.”

By ALEX JACOBSTIMES STAFF WRITER

CANTON — For someonewho talks so much about the en-vironment, Louise E. Gavasometimes overlooks a verypowerful renewable resource:her own passion.

She exudes the kind of spiritthat can get a whole campus,even a whole community, to takea second look at its place in theworld.

“I want to help solve prob-lems that people don’t want tobelieve are real. I want to makeour world a better place whenno one else is willing to saythat we need to do that,” shesaid. “That’s really been my in-spiration — to remember thatI’m a citizen and no matterwhat my background is, I canbe an activist and I can makechange.”

When Ms. Gava isn’t workingas St. Lawrence University’s sus-tainability coordinator, the 23-year-old vegan is harvesting or-ganic produce or bird-watchingfor endangered and threatenedspecies. You might also find herskiing or speaking out at a com-munity meeting.

In short, ever since she waspicking up litter in the basketof her bicycle as a child, Ms.Gava hasn’t just talked abouther love of the environment —she has lived up to it, andtaught a couple of others alongthe way.

“I remember coming home inninth or 10th grade, and I hadlearned about Lois Gibbs, who

brought the issue of Love Canalto the forefront. I was just like,‘Mom, I know what I want to dowith my life. I want to be like LoisGibbs,’” she said. “I was set in mypath from that day forward and Ialways have been.”

Now, Ms. Gava is working totransform the way SLU doesbusiness by getting the collegecommunity working toward acommon goal — reducing itscarbon footprint and turning thetide on climate change.

That’s no small order, but Ms.Gava sees herself as part of a gen-eration of everyday environ-mentalists who can join togetherto get things done.

“The environmental move-

ment is so huge that I sincerelybelieve that every single per-son has a role to play. I don’tcare if you’re a snowmobiler, Idon’t care if you drive an SUVor live in a 5,000-square-footmansion. You have a role toplay and I want you involved,”she said.

Even though Ms. Gava gradu-ated second in her class at St.Lawrence, she has no intentionof pursuing graduate studiessoon.

“Surely it would thrill me togo get my Ph.D. I love intenselystudying things. But right now,my ability to change the worldin a greater way is better spentnot benefiting myself. Peopledon’t understand how farmerscan change the world, and Ithink that’s unfortunate,” shesaid.

There’s another thing thatmakes Ms. Gava stand out. Sheintends to make the north coun-try her home.

Ms. Gava is about to close onthe purchase of 15 acres of landalong the Little River in Can-ton.

She is starting to plan the lo-cally sourced, sustainablehome she will build for herselfthere, as well as the gardens shewill grow.

“So I’m permanent. You can’tget rid of me now,” she said,laughing. “I don’t know thatanyone can ever really ownland — it’s the land I’ll be stew-arding. But that’s me officiallysaying I have decided not toleave.”

NORM JOHNSTON WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES

Frans J. Vokey, pictured at his office in Lowville, works as a dairy extension edu-cator with Lewis County Cooperative Extension.

Frans J. VokeyTHE VOKEY FILEAAggee:: 34

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: St.John’s, Newfoundland

FFaammiillyy:: Resides in Watson with hiswife, Melissa, and son,Will, 4months. His parents, Keith and LidyVokey, and two brothers, Keith andMark, live in Newfoundland.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree inphysics from Middlebury (Vt.) Col-lege in 1996; master’s degree in ani-mal science from Cornell University,Ithaca, in 2000.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Long Dis-tance: A Year of Living Strenuously,”by Bill McKibben.


Louise E. Gava, St. Lawrence University’s sustainability coordinator, poses with ahandful of fluorescent light bulbs at the university.

Louise E. Gava

By JUDE SEYMOURTIMES STAFF WRITER

Janelle G. Bossuot’s tenure atWWTI-TV taught her how to cre-ate a positive buzz with a well-planned promotion. Now she’sbrought that expertise to theChildren’s Home of JeffersonCounty, designing a yearlongcelebration that promises to for-ever change the way peoplethink of the nonprofit.

The events coordinator is us-ing the agency’s 150th anniver-sary this year as impetus for amakeover. The home’s six logos,which muddled their identity inthe community, are being re-placed with one overarchingbrand. The agency’s missionstatement is getting a touch-up;its Web site and marketing ma-terials also are getting much-needed attention.

“When it was just a residen-tial, non-secure facility, therewasn’t a need to market to thecommunity,” said Ms. Bossuot,whose position didn’t exist untilFebruary 2007. “But with the ex-pansion of these community-based programs, like Big Broth-er/Big Sister, foster care and af-ter-school programs, we knowwe need to reach out to the com-munity and educate them aboutwhat we do. We need to send onecohesive message and right nowwe’re not doing that.”

Ms. Bossuot said she doesn’t

believe she’ll overcome miscon-ceptions about her agency solelywith a couple of fresh coats ofpaint, however. That’s why the cityresident also is organizing severalbig celebrations this year to buildgoodwill in the community.

For its 150th birthday, theagency is throwing a luncheonin June and a gala in September.It’s inviting its “alumni” to a spe-cial festivity in August and itsbenefactors to a private affair inMay.

These events are in additionto the annual affairs that thehome throws, such as the Au-gust picnic for residents, fami-lies and employees that attracts300 to 400 people.

Ms. Bossuot helps coordinateit all, as well as the agency’s threeyearly fundraisers: Bowl ForKids’ Sake, held next month; theHenderson Harbor

Triathlon/Duathlon, scheduledfor July 11, and the home’s golftournament, planned for Aug.10. In total, the events raisedmore than $38,000 for the homelast year.

Ms. Bossuot is showing no in-dications of being over-whelmed.

“There’s a lot going on this year,but I seem to work better whenthere’s a lot going on,” she said.

In her downtime, she lends ahelping hand to co-workers hav-ing computer and phone issues.It’s technology she learned to fixunder the tutelage of Robert“Bobby” Walker II, WWTI’s cre-ative services director.

“I hate to admit this, but I kindof enjoy it,” she said.

Mr. Walker said he isn’t sur-prised that Ms. Bossuot has be-come indispensable to her em-ployer.

“Whatever she sets her mind to,she does it very well,” he said. “Andshe’s always done it a step above.”

Mr. Walker said he’s also ad-mired his former co-worker’screativity as well as her ability topromote the best idea, even if itwasn’t her own.

“She was a hell of a friend towork with and she’s continueddoing a great job,” he said. “Shedoes it with a smile. It’s alwaysfun. Regardless of how hectic itwas, it was always a laugh duringthe day.”

Janelle G. Bossuot


Janelle Bossuot, events coordinator for the Children's Home of Jefferson County,organizes bowling leagues to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The pro-gram is called ‘Bowl for Kids Sake.’

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BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Bernhards Bay

FFaammiillyy:: mother, Carole, Syracuse; fa-ther, Joe , Harrisville; sister, Johnna,Boston, Mass.; brother, Daniel, FeltsMills.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in masscommunication from SUNY Platts-burgh, 1996.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Eat, Pray,Love”by Elizabeth Gilbert.

By SARAH M. RIVETTETIMES STAFF WRITER

Michelle L. Capone is a Wa-tertown native, and at 34 yearsold, she is working with otheryoung professionals to helpspread the word about whatthe north country has to offer.

“It’s great to be around agroup of young people who loveliving and working the northcountry,” she said. Ms. Caponeis a board member of theGreater Watertown Jaycees, anorganization that brings youngpeople together for professionaldevelopment and communityservice.

She works at the Develop-ment Authority of the NorthCountry and is a board mem-ber of the Sunrise Rotary, Jef-ferson Community CollegeAlumni Association and North-ern Regional Center for Inde-pendent Living.

She also is a member of theFort Drum Regional LiaisonOrganization and as part of herwork at DANC, participates inthe housing and market studies

the organization conducts.“I’m using my skills in busi-

ness and economics develop-ment to provide our communi-ty with opportunities for mili-tary folks and spouses,” shesaid, “whether that be activi-ties, services or entertain-ment.”

She began the Jacyees groupin the Watertown area in 2006 af-ter attending a similar event inSyracuse. She now is planningseveral events to help membersof the Jaycees deal with the on-going financial crisis and learn

how to invest wisely.Ms. Capone became in-

volved in the FDRLO throughher work at DANC and hasdone work on several of thehousing studies the organiza-tion has completed. She saysthat since she has grown up inthe area and been around FortDrum her entire life, it’s re-warding to help take the growthprovided by the installationand harness it for her commu-nity.

She also has done work oncreating the image of DrumCountry and has marketed thenorth country as “the warmestplace you’ll ever live.”

“I look around the countryand see where the militarybases are and what they have,”she said. “What we need to do islook at what we can bring hereand build on our own naturalassets and create a sustainablecommunity. It’s a large eco-nomic asset, and anything wecan do to promote ourselvesand bring services here willhelp.”


Michelle L. Capone is a board member of the Greater Watertown Jaycees.

Michelle L. CaponeTHE CAPONE FILEAAggee:: 34


FFaammiillyy:: Oldest of four siblings, in-cluding Chuck, Mark and Krista

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in eco-nomics from SUNY Geneseo; master’sdegree in business administrationfrom SUNY Oswego

BBooookk rreeccoommmmeennddaattiioonn:: “The Poison-wood Bible,”by Barbara Kingsolver

MMeennttoorr:: The 4-H program

THE GAVA FILEAAggee:: 23BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Born in Rhinebeck;raised in Clifton Park.FFaammiillyy:: Her mother, Rita, is achemistry teacher, and her father,Perry, is an information technologynetwork specialist. Her brother,Nick, is studying for his master’sdegree in geology.EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree inbiology from St. LawrenceUniversity in 2007. While at St.Lawrence, she completed theAdirondack semester and studiedabroad in Kenya and China. She wasalso a member of the Nordic Club.RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Siddhartha,”by Hermann Hesse.PPeerrssoonn wwhhoo iinnssppiirreess hheerr:: Lois M.Gibbs, the Love Canal resident wholed a movement to clean up thetoxic waste dump beneath herNiagara Falls neighborhood.

Sunshine Dental addsimaging system, lasers

Sunshine Dental PC, 140 East-ern Boulevard, Watertown, of-fers the latest dental techniquesand equipment, general den-tistry and specialized services.

In the past year SunshineDental has added a state-of-the-art Galileos 3D ConeBeamimaging system from SironaDental Systems. It is unique inNorthern New York and onlythe second such system in thestate.

It is used in specialized den-tistry servicessuch as implants,but will also be made availableto other dental practices andphysician groups. Areas of useinclude post-surgical analysis,spatial orientation, endodon-tics, pathological evaluation,periodontal disease, restorative

dentistry, TMJ analysis. Sinusand airway evaluation, ortho-dontics and oral and maxillofa-cial surgery.

Laser dentistry was alsoadded in 2008. It helps to mini-mize pain and bleeding andleads to shorter recoverytimes. It is safe and FDA ap-proved. It can be used in a vari-ety of soft-tissue gum relatedprocedures, and has alsoshown to be effective in thetreatment of Herpes (coldsores), sleep apnea, hot andcold pain sensitivity, and man-agement of gum disease.

Dr. Aeklavya Panjali, owner ofSunshine Dental, continues hiseducation and training in themost advanced dental care. Hiscontinuing education and suc-cess with dental implants hasqualified him to become adiplomate of the ICOI. In addi-

tion, Dr. Panjali also recently be-came a fellow of the Academy ofGeneral Dentistry.

The practice sees a growingnumber of patients for cosmeticdentistry , extractions, crownsand bridges, dentures (full andpartial), one-visit tooth repair,one-visit root canals, and teethwhitening.

Dr. Panjali is certified by thestate to practice conscious IVand oral sedation dentistry. Formore information or to sched-ule a free consultation, call 779-8080, or visit www.sunshine-dentalny.com.

Physical therapy practiceadds rooms and staff

October marked the secondanniversary of Innovative Physi-cal Therapy Solutions’ move toexpanded offices at 316 Sher-man St., Watertown. Those twoyears have brought continued-expansion of staff treatment ar-eas. Owned and operated byCheryl L. Howard, IPTS offersone-on-one personalized care

and a full range of physical ther-apy services.

In the last year IPTA hasadded three private treatmentrooms, bringing the total tonine, plus a gym/multipurposeroom. Just completed was a re-modeling of the building en-trance and the handicappedaccessible ramp, along with anew waiting area and furni-ture.

In October, Erin Hanninkjoined the patient care team ofJohnna Covey, Monika Docteurand Sonya Dixon. Recently,Sarah Riddoch joined the prac-tice as the public relations andmarketing manager.

The practice offers tradition-al and alternative hands-ontreatment including myofascialrelease, kinesio taping, deep-tissue massage and electrother-apeutic modalities. Mrs.Howard is certified in theMcKenzie method of treatingneck and back problems. Thenew gymnasium includes reha-bilitative exercise equipmentsuch as free weights and tread-

mills. A Strong Seniors programcombines advanced therapiesand fitness activities.

The practice has also expand-ed treatment hours to 7 a.m. to 5pm (including appointmentsduring the lunch hours.)

For more information or anappointment, call 786-0655.

High-tech Meade Opticalin business for 95 years

Since 1914, Meade Eye andHearing Center, with offices inWatertown and Lowville, hasbeen providing eye care andhearing products in NorthernNew York. The hearing depart-ment offers a wide variety ofproducts that represent the lat-est developments in technology,including Starkey’s new Zon, acompact, discreet aid offeringhigh-tech digital programming.Hearing screenings are offereddaily at no cost.

For more information callthe Watertown office at 786-3937 or the Lowville office at376-8159.

Law firm keeps buildingon 133 years’ experience

The attorneys of Conboy,McKay, Bachman & Kendall LLP,a law firm founded in 1876, offera full range of legal servicesthroughout Jefferson, Lewis,and St. Lawrence counties.

The firm’s principal office is inWatertown; there also are full-service offices in Carthage andCanton. The team of 11 attor-neys has more than 220 years ofcombined experience with di-verse backgrounds, which arematched match with the clientto best suit specific legal needs.

Attorney Addie Jenne Russell,elected to represent the 118thAssembly District, is an exampleof the team’s community in-volvement and leadership.

The newest associate at thefirm is Krystal Catapano, recent-ly admitted to the state Bar.

For more information call theWatertown office at 788-5100,Carthage at 493-0030 or Cantonat 386-8544 or visitwww.cmbk.com.



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Coughlin Printing addsWeb and digital services

The Coughlin Printing Group,with locations in Carthage,Lowville and Watertown, hasadded Web site design and host-ing to its traditional printingservices.

Packages, which start low andcan grow with the clients’ busi-nesses, can be changed and up-dated very easily. Options in-clude calendars, weather andnews tickers. Coughlin helpsclients get domain names, set upe-mail accounts and design Websites. Services are available tohelp get into the top spots onsearch engines such as Google.

With the push of branding al-so comes the expansion of digi-tal media services. Clients canget their brochures or catalogs inPDF format to send to prospec-tive clients. Coughlin can alsocreate digital, searchable PDFfiles of historical documents orlegal briefs.

Coughlin has a staff of servicerepresentatives and graphic de-signers who consult with cus-tomers on individual projects.

“Our customers all have dif-ferent personalities and we wantto give them each a unique lookthat brands their entire busi-ness.” said Brian Peck, generalmanager.

Coughlin offers papers madefrom 100 percent-recycled ma-terials and even uses soy basedinks.

For more information and acomplete list of services, seewww.coughlinprinting.com.

Westelcom achievementsinclude fiber network

Westelcom, 130 Park Place,Watertown, provides Internetand related services to over 2,000businesses and 15,000 homes inthe six-county region betweenLake Ontario and Lake Cham-plain. A subsidiary of ChazyWestport Communications, anindependent telephone compa-ny founded in 1905, Westelcomemploys 55 north country resi-dents.

Westelcom’s services includetelephone; Internet and broad-band; unlimited long distance;IP, hosted and traditional phonesystems; computer networkingsecurity and file back-up; soft-ware development; domain Webhosting and design; Web opti-mization and e-commerce; vir-tual private networks and office

connectivity and collocation.Having invested over

$8,000,000 in networking,switching and transport infra-structure and $750,000 in fiberoptic infrastructure, the compa-ny is responding to the demandfrom local businesses in Water-town and Plattsburgh. In Water-town, the investment has pro-vided multiple rings of high-speed fiber optic communica-tions to a number of businesses.

Fiber-network customers in-clude Jefferson Community Col-lege; Immaculate Heart CentralSchool; the Watertown DailyTimes; STAT Communications;HSBC, the Paddock Arcade, Sci-Tech, Pulmonary Associates;Planned Parenthood of North-ern New York; the city of Water-town and Jefferson County.

Westelcom has partneredwith telecom giant Alcatel-Lu-cent to install a switching plat-form to allow for advanced IP ca-pabilities throughout the area.

The company continues itsinvolvement with AbsolutelyBusiness Magazine (AB), yhearea’s only regionally-focusedbusiness magazine as part own-er and Mr. Barton as Publisher.

One of the company’s proud-est accomplishments in 2008was joining state Attorney Gen-eral Andrew Cuomo to fightchild pornography. Westelcomensures that its systems are notused for trafficking such materi-al and has signed an agreementwith Mr. Cuomo’s office to setstandards.

Black Beaver Shavingsputs livestock to bed

The Black Beaver ShavingsCo. Inc. was opened in Novem-ber by Bill and Lisa Meyer, who,experienced in the horse anddairy industries, recognized theopportunity to develop a localshavings market. With the deliv-ery of a Salsco shaving mill andthe building of a 1,000-square-foot storage facility, the Meyershave begun producing greenshavings for use as livestockbedding.

Using 8-foot pulpwood pur-chased from local loggers andlandowners, the Meyers makegreen shavings for bulk sale tolivestock owners in the region.The shavings are sold by the yardand can be bought at the millsite, 5660 Old State Road,Carthage. The product may alsobe delivered in 10-yard or 76-yard loads, handled by local

trucking contractors MarolfTruck and Excavating and DickMeyer Trucking.

Black Beaver Shavings can bereached at 778-8841 or at theplant on Old State Road in thetown of Croghan.

Capital Constructionnotes major 2008 projects

Capital Construction & De-velopment Corp., 646 CoffeenSt., Watertown, serving North-ern New York since 1983, hasconstructed dozens of customhomes and many high-profilecommercial projects.

During 2008, Capital Con-struction completed the newKirby Street Apartments. Thissix-unit housing project ownedby Frontier Housing, Dexter, wasfeatured on the state Division ofHousing and Community Re-newal’s Web site.

Capital Construction alsoconstructed a new respite homefor the Disabled Persons ActionOrganization, a project fundedin part by the state Office ofMental Retardation and Devel-opmental Disabilities.

Other projects in 2008 includ-ed office renovations for PlannedParenthood of Northern NewYork, construction of two newshower buildings for Coopera-tive Extension of Jefferson Coun-ty’s 4-H Camp Wabasso and ren-ovation work for the JeffersonRehabilitation Center, St. Antho-ny’s Church, Trinity EpiscopalChurch and North Country Tran-sitional Living Services.

Capital Construction alsocompleted new homes in Clay-ton, Watertown, Black River andHenderson during 2008.

Last year, Capital Construc-tion received the Northern NewYork Builders Exchange Excel-lence in Construction andCraftsmanship award for theWatertown Savings Bank branchbuilt in Chaumont.

While many of the company’sprojects are in Jefferson County,Capital Construction also worksin Lewis, St Lawrence, Oswegoand Oneida counties. The com-pany is constructing the 6,800-square-foot Hand-In-Hand EarlyChildcareCenter in Boonville andthe mechanical building for thenew otter exhibit at the New YorkState Zoo at Thompson Park.

For more information, con-tact Capital Construction at 782-4004 or by e-mail at [email protected].

By KELLY WARTHTIMES STAFF WRITER

As the city of Watertown’sdeputy clerk, Amanda C. Lewisis often part of the monumentalmoments in area residents’ lives,whether it is the birth of a child, amarriage or the death of a lovedone.

Since 2005, Mrs. Lewis haskept track of vital records such asbirth, death and marriage cer-tificates, along with city law-makers’ resolutions, ordinancesand laws — documents that im-mediately become part of thecity’s history.

Mrs. Lewis, who also is a mar-riage officer, said her duties asclerk extend beyond the list ofservices the city offers.

“We do a lot of things thataren’t easily quantified,” shesaid. “People rely on our officefor so many vital things ... andyou know you’re able to helppeople.”

The 27-year-old said becom-

ing the city clerk is one of hergoals now, but as a former radioDJ and a Watertown DailyTimes copy editor, that careerwasn’t exactly in her line ofwork.

“The opportunity presented

itself and I thought it would be apositive career move, so I ap-plied,” she said.

The Wisconsin native said sheplans to stay in the Watertownarea because she’d like to raiseher family here, and she’d like toset an example for young peoplewho are thinking about movingout of the north country.

“People go to college then stayaway. I think it’s important tobring some of our young educat-ed professionals back to thisarea because there’s a lot that ithas to offer,” she said.

Mrs. Lewis spends most of hertime working full time at the cityclerk’s office and raising her 22-month-old daughter, Rosalyn F.,with her husband, Owen B., butshe also finds time for commu-nity service. She is a member ofthe Jefferson Kiwanis BreakfastClub, volunteers at the annualRelay for Life event and is in-volved in Concordia LutheranChurch.

By CHRIS BROCKTIMES STAFF WRITER

When others complainedthere wasn’t much for teens todo in Northern New York, Eric S.Binion decided to do somethingabout it.

About eight years ago, he no-ticed a handful of area bandswho were putting on shows intheir garages, basements andliving rooms.

“Those were the people whoinspired me to get things goingin Northern New York,” he said.“I knew back then that peoplewere dying for something else todo and still are today.”

Mr. Binion is owner andfounder of Super Gnarly Indus-tries and owner, promoter andtalent buyer for its UpstateShows division. Together, theyform a graphic design and con-cert promotion company.

Mr. Binion became interestedin the business in his late teenswhen he found himself travelingthrough the state each weekendto attend rock concerts. He saidthe lack of such entertainmentin the Watertown area alwaysbothered him.

“I was more interested in newyouthful original bands withpassion and motivation versusbands that were basically justbackground music to a night ofdrinking,” he said.

He said it was a hard sell atfirst.

“A lot of people associate theconcert-oriented music scenewith drugs, violence and a lot ofnegative things when, in fact, wewere preaching the completeopposite of those things at ourshows and providing a safe andpositive environment for peopleof all ages,” he said.

Upstate Shows has spreadfrom Watertown to put onshows in Oswego, Syracuse andUtica and is working with pro-moters in Rochester and Al-bany to book concerts in thosemarkets.

“We’ve done shows for small-er local indie bands all the wayup to Top 40 Platinum recordingartists,” Mr. Binion said.

Upstate Shows also is branch-ing out to areas besides music. Itrecently booked its first comedyshow. Besides Mr. Binion, SuperGnarly and Upstate Shows hasthree other employees.

Mr. Binion sees more growthin the number of bands comingto the Watertown area.

“Booking agents from all lev-els are contacting us and askingus about Watertown,” he said. “Itused to be the New York stops,besides New York City, would beBuffalo, Albany and sometimesSyracuse. Now, Watertown isgetting added to a lot of our itin-eraries.”

Mr. Binion said he gets satis-faction when youngsters getinspired after going to a con-cert.

“I always thought that wasone of the most rewardingthings — that those concertscould not only bring people to-gether, they also influence a lotof people to start bands, put outrecords, go on tour and get in-volved in other aspects of mu-sic,” he said.

Super Gnarly/Upstate Showsoriginally was based in the Pad-dock Arcade and later moved tothe Empsall Plaza, but will closethat office. “We’re constantlytraveling so much and justworking out of our home of-fices,” Mr. Binion said.

THE LEWIS FILEAAggee:: 27

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Stevens Point,Wis.

FFaammiillyy:: Husband Owen B., 22-month-old daughter Rosalyn F.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in com-munication and public relations fromSUNY Oswego, where she graduatedcum laude in 2003; associate degreein liberal arts from Genesee Commu-nity College, Batavia; 1999 graduateof Watertown High School

MMeennttoorr:: “I’ve had a lot of people thathave helped me over the years to de-velop into who I am today. I can’t pickjust one.”

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “The Choice,”by Nicholas Sparks

THE BINION FILEAAggee:: 27

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Sackets Harbor CentralSchool and Jefferson Community Col-lege.

MMeennttoorr:: “My father, Steven Binion.Growing up I saw him always busy,setting up races and various othercommunity-based events. SomehowI think his motivation and enthusi-asm for setting up and promotingevents locally rubbed off on me.”

FFaavvoorriittee qquuoottee:: “Without promotionsomething terrible happens ... noth-ing!” — P.T.Barnum


Amanda Lewis, pictured at Watertown City Hall, is deputy city clerk.

Amanda C. Lewis

PAT BOMBARD

Eric S. Binion is owner and founder of Super Gnarly Industries and owner, pro-moter and talent buyer for its Upstate Shows division. Together, they form agraphic design and concert promotion company.

Eric S. Binion

By KELLY L. REYNOLDSTIMES STAFF WRITER

PHILADELPHIA — Troy W.Decker said his favorite part ofbeing an educator is seeing stu-dents walk across the stage atgraduation.

“It’s just a magical moment,”he said.

Mr. Decker is in his third yearas principal at Indian River HighSchool.

Before his work there, he wasprincipal of Theresa PrimarySchool, assistant principal at In-dian River Middle School, assis-tant principal at the high school,technology integration special-ist for Indian River and an earthscience teacher at WatertownHigh School.

Mr. Decker said that from anearly age, he had the desire tocontinually better himself bothpersonally and professionally.

“You have to take on chal-lenges and responsibilities,” hesaid. “Life is full of learning ex-periences and you need to stepup to these challenges ratherthan step away. I love the ap-peal of having an impact on thelives of others — that is, I think,why I wanted to be an educa-tor. I wanted to be a part ofwhat shapes students intoadults.”

He said the biggest challengeof his job is balancing the vari-ous needs of students, parents,teachers and the community.

“You’re in management, op-erations, the weather depart-ment but also responsible foreducational leadership, makingprogress and developing our ed-ucational process,” Mr. Deckersaid. “But, the best part of my jobis seeing success happening allaround me. To have studentswalk across the stage, extendtheir hand, receive a diplomaand then for me to wish themluck in life — it makes all of thelate nights, stress and anxiety

very, very fulfilling.”He said he would like to pur-

sue district-level leadership atsome point in his career.

“I want to continue to developmyself,” he said. “I have such astrong desire to work with kids ofall ages.”

Indian River Central SchoolDistrict Superintendent JamesKettrick said Mr. Decker is a“highly organized, energeticand charismatic individual.”

“He is someone who alwaysthinks things through,” Mr. Ket-trick said. “He’s patient, hard-working and conscientious. It’sbeen nothing but a pleasure tohave Troy as principal at the highschool.”

Mr. Decker said he considersMr. Kettrick one of his mentorsalong with former WatertownHigh School Principal StephenC. Williamson. He also said hehas gotten a lot of his inspirationfrom Abraham Lincoln’s“courage, persistence and hu-manistic approach to leader-ship.”

Mr. Decker is involved in localRelay for Life events along withthe Children’s Miracle Networkand Ronald McDonald House ofBuffalo, and is an alumni of theOriginal Yanks Drum and BugleCorps.


Troy W. Decker has been principal at Indian River High School for the past two years.

Troy W. DeckerTHE DECKER FILEAAggee:: 36

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Theresa

FFaammiillyy:: Wife, Kristyn C.; daughter,Katelyn E., 6; son, Corey W., 4.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor of science de-gree in earth science education andmeteorology from SUNY Brockport;master of science degree in educa-tion from SUNY Potsdam; adminis-trative certificate from SUNY Oswego

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookkss:: Wally Lamb’s“I Know This Much is True,”by WallyLamb; “Lord of the Rings,” by J.R.R.Tolkien, and “The Tipping Point,” byMalcolm Gladwell.

Clayton Opera House citessuccessful first full year

CLAYTON — In its first yearof year-round operation, theClayton Opera House drewmore than 8,000 patrons fromacross the north country.

In 2002, when the ThousandIslands Performing Arts Fundlaunched the Opera House Re-vival Project at the request of theTown of Clayton, it sought topreserve the building’s histori-cal features and bring its infra-structure up to 21st centurystandards. The resulting $3.2million renovation improvedseating, installed heating andair conditioning, upgradedplumbing and electrical, ex-tended the building to addamenities for performers, in-stalled an elevator and pre-served and enhanced the thirdfloor for community activities.

The building reopened inJune 2007 to postive reviewsfrom the public and has sincesupported two very successfulsummer seasons. The 2008season included performancesby the famous Capitol Steps,Quartetto Gelato, An Eveningwith Groucho Marx, magicianSteve Cohen, bluegrass artistsPeter Rowan and Tony Rice, JeffTyzik conducting theRochester Philharmonic Sum-mer Festival Orchestra, as wellas Broadway and Beyond fea-turing regional favoritesKathryn Ingerson, RickBadour, Tom Anzalone andChris Hyde-Hall. The operahouse’s summer performanceseries has enjoyed increasingsuccess since its developmentin 2002, but one of the primarygoals of the Revival Project wasto replicate those successesduring fall, winter and spring.

Performers included theCeltic group Boys of the Loughlast March and Carlene Carter inNovember. Programs scheduledSeptember through May includedance lessons, dances, movies,conferences, weddings, proms,holiday parties and meetings.

Summer entertainment thisyear will include New Orleans’Hot 8 Brass Band, bluegrassband Blue Highway and countrymusic rising star Trey Hensleyand the musical “Forever Plaid.”

For information and a fullschedule of events, visitwww.claytonoperahouse.com.

Carthage surgeon offersexpanded office hours

CARTHAGE — The office ofDr. David F. Rosner, general sur-geon, 40 Franklin St., Suite 4, isnow open until 6 p.m on week-days and on Saturday mornings

for in-office procedures. Dr. Rosner continues to offer

surgical procedures at LewisCounty General Hospital,Carthage Area Hospital and theRiver Hospital.

“One of the biggest concernsfor my patients is being able tohave their surgery close tohome,” he said.

For over 20 years, Dr. Rosner’spractice has offered his patientsthe latest in surgical procedures,while providing personal one-on-one care. He offers a widerange of outpatient, in-officeand inpatient surgical servicesfor children and adults.

Dr. Rosner, an expert onvaricose veins, offers the re-gion’s most advanced treat-ment for their removal. He alsoprovides modern non-invasiveambulatory surgery for manyother common health issuessuch as pain-free colono-

scopies, hemorrhoidectomies,in-office vasectomies and theremoval of lumps, bumps andmoles.

For appointments or more in-formation, call 493-4338.

Outpost Web site connectsnorth products, customers

NATURAL BRIDGE — TheNorth Croghan Outpost is a newWeb business launched in Janu-ary to sell north country prod-ucts.

It has quality goods thatmany people have searched forand gives local providers ameans to provide products,packaging and/or shipping.Items are sold individually or as-sembled in themed gift baskets.

The list of products is avail-able at www.northcroghanout-post.com. Items also can bepurchased by calling 783-4533.Teri Ellis is the proprietor of theOutpost, 27029 North CroghanRoad.

Carthage Federal notesresponsibility in lending

CARTHAGE — CarthageFederal Savings and Loan As-sociation marks its 120th yearof serving Jefferson, Lewis andsouthern St. Lawrence coun-ties.

Despite the financial indus-try’s struggle, Carthage FederalSavings has not experiencedany investment portfolio writedowns and says loan delinquen-cy ratios are near all-time lows.

The management and boardof directors have resisted thetemptation to invest in poten-tially higher yielding corporatebonds, subprime loans andstocks. Carthage Federal hasnever originated loans that bor-rowers cannot realistically payback and they have never origi-nated or sold subprime mort-gages.

Waste Management citesenvironmental projects

Waste Management is theleading provider of waste andenvironmental services inNorth America and continues tomake significant progress in re-cycling and waste-based energytechnologies. Last year its sen-

ior leadership announced anenvironmental initiative thatwill serve as a platform for sus-tainable growth to 2020.

Waste Management saysgarbage can create createenough energy to power morethan 1 million homes. By 2020the company expects to doublethat number by investing inlandfill gas-to-energy andwaste-to-energy combustors,developing new ones at landfillseach year. Also significantly in-creasing is the volume of recy-clable materials processed.Waste Management has wonrecognition for preserving andrestoring wildlife habitat acrossNorth America.

The company, which has 25local employees, collects co-mingled recyclables for resi-dential customers, which elim-inates the need for multiplecontainers, and transports thematerial to Recycle America inSyracuse for sorting and pro-cessing. The company hasfront-end-loading bins androll-off containers for con-struction and demolition proj-ects.

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Fuller Insurance Agencynow in its 29th year

CARTHAGE — Fuller Insur-ance Agency Inc., 110 S. SchoolSt., is in its second generationof family ownership, and inSeptember began its 29thyear.

Formed in 1980 by Wilfred T.(Bill) Fuller, the agency serves allof Northern New York. Branchesin Canton and Malone allowservice to stretch from Lake On-tario to Lake Champlain downto Syracuse and Utica. Today,the agency maintains 14 em-ployees in three locations, withan average tenure of over 10years, offering all types of insur-ance: automobile, home, life,and business .

Fuller represents dozens ofinsurers including two it’s beenwith almost since the agency’sinception: New York CentralMutual Fire Insurance Co. andDryden Mutual Insurance Co.

Fuller remains a member ofNYCM’s Presidential Society, aselect group of agents chosen bythe company. The agency alsorepresents larger, national carri-ers such as Allstate, Progressive,Travelers and Farmers as well assmaller, regional carriers in-cluding Otsego Mutual, Liv-ingston Mutual, Ontario Insur-ance, Wayne Cooperative andMidstate Mutual.

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By LORI SHULLTIMES STAFF WRITER

MASSENA — From his officein the Department of PublicWorks building across from abroom closet, Jason A. Clark, di-rector of the Business Develop-ment Corporation for a GreaterMassena, is working to renewthe north country. The best wayto do this, he said, is by buildinga four-lane highway from Wa-tertown to Plattsburgh.

“I’ve always had a sense thatthe north country could do bet-ter. There’s a lot of opportunityfor growth, for people to do aswell as they want to do,” he said.“Growth is possible, progress ispossible, but it’s going to takesome of our younger people tohelp lead that charge.”

Mr. Clark left his job in thepharmaceutical industry, tookwhat he calls a “sizable cut in

pay” and moved back to thenorth country to help with areadevelopment. He doesn’t missworking in pharmaceuticals, be-cause working with the commu-nity is more rewarding, he said.

Mr. Clark has been focusinghis efforts on persuading localboards and politicians to sup-port a four-lane highway withrail access through the Route 11

corridor.“If there’s ever been a need for

a comprehensive push for thefour-lane highway, for extendedrail access, you’re never going tohave a better time,” he said. Hesaid he hopes the federal eco-nomic stimulus package willhave some funds to push for-ward the project, which hasbeen a topic of conversation fordecades.

Such a highway would pavethe way for development in thearea, including tourism, indus-try and telecommunicationscompanies. It also would helpfarmers get their products out ofthe area faster, he said.

“If people are serious aboutending poverty, ending ruralpoverty as well as urban poverty,this is the time to do it,” Mr. Clarksaid. “It’s not a short fight, by anymeans.”

THE CLARK FILEAAggee:: 34

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Norfolk

FFaammiillyy:: Son of Arnita and Arthur C.Clark Jr.of Norfolk; brother of ReneeH. Clark of Corning.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree fromDrew University; some graduateclasses at Drake University.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “The PowerBroker,”by Robert Caro.


Jason A. Clark, director of the Business Development Corporation for a GreaterMassena, poses with maps and blueprints at his office building at 85 RobinsonRoad in Massena.

Jason A. ClarkBy DAVID C. SHAMPINETIMES STAFF WRITER

Jefferson County Sheriff JohnP. Burns suggests that Sgt.Joseph F. Cullen Jr. should have abright future in a leadership rolewith the department.

That could mean movingthrough the ranks of lieutenantand undersheriff, and possiblyseeking election to sheriff some-day.

“I’m not ruling out any ofthat,” Sgt. Cullen said, “but I’llhave to see what is going on inmy life at that time.”

Sgt. Cullen became a deputysheriff in May 1997, and attrib-utes his career direction to hisfather, a retired New York statetrooper.

“I have been pretty fortunatein having a lot of people as men-tors, but for my career, my fatherwas the most influential. I grewup listening to him and his co-

workers talking about their ex-periences, and it sounded to melike a very appealing profes-sion.”

After less than six years onthe job, he rose to his currentrank.

“I have enjoyed every aspectof my job. I thoroughly enjoyedpatrol duty, so a downside of be-

ing sergeant is that I have to domore administrative work, andthat doesn’t allow me to be onpatrol as much.”

The fulfilling part of the job isbeing able to provide publicservice, he said.

“We tell our officers that ifsomebody is concerned aboutsomething, then we should takeit seriously enough to take a lookat their problem. They expect toget a job out of you, and as longas you can say that you did asmuch as you could for them, youcan say that you have done yourjob.”

He predicts that JeffersonCounty will continue to seegrowth, and with that, “our jobswill be getting busier.”

To meet that demand, he said,the department can look for-ward to a continued progressionin technology in “the tools weuse for our jobs.”

THE CULLEN FILEAAggee:: 39.

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Alexandria Bay.

FFaammiillyy:: Parents, Joseph F.and GayleGreene Cullen; wife, the formerTanya Paulson; father of three, ages18, 14 and 11.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Graduate of AlexandriaCentral School, 1987, and SUNY Can-ton, 1989, in electrical construction.Has taken classes in criminal justiceat Jefferson Community College.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd rreeaaddiinngg:: Anythingregarding outdoor life.

Joseph Cullen of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department has been a sergeantsince 1995.

Joseph F. Cullen Jr.

By STEVE LESTERTIMES STAFF WRITER

As if being the dean for continuing edu-cation at Jefferson Community College isn’tenough, Jill M. Bettinger seems to relishrolling up her sleeves and joining every or-ganization in the county that greases thewheels of progress.

For starters, she serves on the boards ofNorthStar Career Web and SUNY Collegesof the North Country. She representedJCC on the Jefferson County Quick Re-sponse Economic Development TaskForce, and she is the vice chairwoman ofthe Jefferson County ComprehensiveEconomic Development Strategy Com-mittee.

There’s more.She is the secretary of the Workforce

Investment Board and a founding mem-ber of Emerge NNY, which brought morethan 200 young professionals to JCC toacquaint them with the north country’sbusiness, recreation and cultural com-munities. She also is heavily involvedwith organizing JCC’s EntrepeneurshipDay.

Ms. Bettinger graduated from the Jeffer-son Leadership Institute in 2007 and com-pleted the SUNY Leadership Academy asthe nominee of former JCC President JohnW. Deans.

More still.Two of her favorite activities involve the

Greater Watertown Jaycees and Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of the North Country, organi-zations she says are “near and dear to my

heart.”And she’s a single mom.“I couldn’t have done any of this without

the support of my extended family,” shesaid.

She lived in the Baltimore area aftergraduate school, where she did everythingfrom corporate sales work to waiting ta-bles. Her family, which may be as exten-sive as her resume, lives in southern Jeffer-son and northern Oswego counties, so shereturned in 2005 to raise her daughternear them.

“After living elsewhere,” she said, “I trulyhave come to appreciate living in four-seasons weather, and the beauty of LakeOntario, and the St. Lawrence River, aswell as the loving support of my extendedfamily.”

Jill M. BettingerTHE BETTINGER FILEAAggee:: 35


FFaammiillyy:: Daughter Nealy, 3; parents, two survivinggrandparents who live in southern Jefferson Coun-ty.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in interpersonal com-munications from SUNY Oswego; master of busi-ness administration from Franklin University,Columbus, Ohio

MMeennttoorr:: Katherine F.Fenlon, former vice presidentof academic affairs, Jefferson Community College

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “First Things First,”byStephen R. Covey

By JAEGUN LEETIMES STAFF WRITER

CLAYTON — Lori Ann WilsonArnot, entrepreneur and ownerof the River Wellness Center,does everything from managingher small business to givingmassages.

“I’ve done nothing but mas-sage therapy for eight years,” shesaid. “When I first came up herein the Thousand Island Park sev-en years ago, I carried around amassage table, three times aweek; I cleaned houses, baby-satchildren and did massage thera-py. Then I found that my timewas in such demand that Icouldn’t do these extra stuff any-more and I very happilyswitched only to massage.”

What began as a private oper-ation grew into the River Well-ness Center last May.

The wellness center, whichhad two therapy rooms when itopened, recently expanded itsoperations by moving into theCatherine Hinds Spa building at

the end of September and nowhas seven therapy rooms.

“I don’t feel like this is the endof the line for the wellness cen-ter. I would like to have my busi-ness on my own property. Iwould also like to do less mas-sage and more business. I want

to slowly work out of it because Ithink I can be more effective do-ing the other things,” she said.

She has three employees atthe wellness center and plans tohire two more massage thera-pists this summer.

“The massage we do here isn’tnecessarily all just for relax-ation,” she said. “A lot of thework we do here is to help im-prove health.”

Most are in their 40s, but herclients range in age from 9 toover 80.

She recommended that a nor-mal, healthy person should get amassage at least once a month. Inthe summer, Mrs. Arnot said, sheworks six to eight hours a day, sixdays a week doing massage thera-py and would not be able to per-form if she didn’t do yoga and re-ceive massages and acupunctureregularly.

“I receive massage every oth-er week and I go to yoga classesat least once or twice a week inthe summer and up to three in

the winter,” she said.In her free time, Mrs. Arnot

enjoys volunteering at nonprofitorganizations.

“One of the things I really liketo do is volunteer at least twohours a week doing something,”she said.

Last June, she organized afundraiser for the local foodpantry at the Clayton Opera

House — the Blue Jeans Ball. Shealso has been helping the Thou-sand Islands Young Leaders Or-ganization put together com-munity projects.

This summer, Mrs. Arnot said,the River Wellness Center andthe TIYLO plan to hold free fit-ness classes and child-care pro-grams once a week at the Clay-ton Opera House.

“We are getting incredibleresources to make all of thesepositive changes. I hope thatwe will continue on a track ofhealthy and responsible choic-es that are good for ourselves,our children and our neigh-bors. It’s exciting to be a part ofit and know that my childrenwill have a better community,”she said.


Lori Ann Wilson Arnot, owner of River Wellness Center in Clayton, sits in her mas-sage area overlooking the St. Lawrence River.

THE ARNOT FILEAAggee:: 34

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Webster

FFaammiillyy:: Husband, John S. Arnot, andtwo daughters, Azure I.and Ember E.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Earned a license of mas-sage therapy at East West College ofthe Healing Arts in Portland, Ore.,and at the Onondaga School of Ther-apeutic Massage in Syracuse.

MMeennttoorr:: River Yoga instructor Eliza-beth S. Price-Kellogg; Catherine E.Hinds, owner of American Skin Care &Spa; the Dalai Lama and MohandasGandhi.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd rreeaaddiinngg:: “Encyclope-dia of Medicinal Plants,”by AndrewChevallier.

Lori Ann Wilson Arnot

By STEVE LESTERTIMES STAFF WRITER

A successful farmer may never beat a loss for work that needs immedi-ate attention, but Marc F. Laribee isknown as someone who alwayslooks beyond the now.

“He’s definitely a forward-think-ing kind of guy,” said Michele E.Ledoux, executive director of theLowville Cooperative Extension of-fice. “He’s certainly willing to lookout and beyond here and see what’scoming down from other areas.”

Dairy farmers have had good rea-son to want to look forward nowmore than in recent years with theeconomic situation as they wonderwhen things will turn around.

“We’re losing money on everypound of milk we make,” Mr. Laribeesaid.

The cyclical ups and downs of themarket have become more severe inrecent years, he said, describing2007-08 as an economic bubble thathas burst.

As the vice president of theLowville Producers Dairy Coopera-tive, an organization that deals with195 farms and more than $50 millionin milk sales annually, he worksthrough marketing agreements toget the best prices for producers.

He also serves on the AgriculturalCommittee for Cornell CooperativeExtension of Lewis County, which

serves as an advisory board that sharesideas and concepts to benefit farmers.

“I’m on some other things I don’t

remember half the time until I have ameeting coming up, but those arethe two big ones,” he said.

Although he offered many light-hearted comments and chuckledfrequently during several phone in-terviews, it became apparent that hisapproach to leadership and respon-sibility is anything but light-hearted.

“I’m not a shrink,” he said, “butyou have to do a lot of listening.There may be nothing you can do tohelp somebody besides listen tohim. Part of being a good leader isthat you’re there for others. Peoplehave to know they’re not alone.”

He also places a high value ongaining the trust of other farmersand those who can help them.

“We lack trust in our leaders,” hesaid, adding that it’s also importantto have “the courage to speak mymind even when it’s about some-thing others don’t want to hear. I’mnot on a board for my own good.”

He said farmers need representa-tives of all types to be proactive andreach out to lawmakers and guidethem through the legislative process“from the bottom up.” He describedlaws that come from the top down —without farmer input — as usually“unworkable.” Last year he hosted atour and a panel discussion forcounty legislators “to educate themon what we do. It was really well re-ceived.”

Marc F. LaribeeTHE LARIBEE FILEAAggee:: 36

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Lowville

FFaammiillyy:: Wife, Christina L., prekindergartenteacher in Lowville; children, Alyssa, 12;Caden, 10; Sierra, 8; Shayna, 7; Merric, 3,and Maya, 2; and parents, Kay S.Laribee,retired high school physical educationteacher, and George K. Laribee, retiredhigh school foreign languages teacher.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Associate degree from SUNYCobleskill, 1992; bachelor of science de-gree in animal sciences from Cornell Uni-versity, 1996.“Then I got educated in thereal world.”

MMeennttoorr:: William M.Gracey, father-in-law,who taught him how to run his personaldairy farm beginning in 1996.“We workedside by side pretty much until 2005,” hesaid.Mr.Laribee then purchased the farmfrom his father-in-law after he retired.

“He’s a very honest man with a lot of in-tegrity.We both share conservative viewsof the world,”he said.“He used to say,‘Itdoesn’t matter how much money youmake, but how much you spend,’which is apretty good lesson in these economictimes.”

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Ask why a young pro-fessional shouldchoose to live inNew York’s northcountry and you are

likely to get the obvious answers.It’s a great place to raise a familyand the natural beauty of the re-gion can’t be beat.

True, but why is it such a goodplace to raise a family? And whycan’t that natural beauty be beat-en? This is a quick look at somefacts and figures behind life inthe north country, showing it’s agreat place to live and grow.n The north country is a safe

place to live. According to state crime sta-

tistics and 2007 Census Bureaupopulation estimates (the latestavailable), the crime rate per1,000 people in Jefferson, Lewisand St. Lawrence counties was20 percent lower than the stateaverage for the same year.

In almost every category,crime rates in the north countrydropped faster than the state asa whole from 2007 to 2008.nThe north country has a sta-

ble economy. We have a large number of

public employees in our workforce mix — federal, state and lo-cal. These workers have reces-sion-resistant jobs, and theirspending helps to cushion theimpact of economic downturnsin the region.

According to a recent eco-nomic development report, FortDrum alone has a military andcivilian work force of almost23,000 and puts more than $1.4billion worth of payroll and ad-ditional spending into our re-gional economy each year, cre-ating an estimated additional7,000 jobs off post.

Federal spending per capita inJefferson County is more thantwice that of the state average.This spending represents theeconomic demand that sup-ports an expanding retail base oflarge national chains and smalllocally owned businesses. n The north country has

abundant fresh water. Studies by both the United

Nations and the U.S. General Ac-

counting Office suggest thatfresh water is an increasinglylimited resource. Areas fromsoutheastern Australia to theSouthwestern United States arefacing regular droughts and areseeing their agricultural andrecreational sectors threatenedby a lack of water.

The GAO report, however,rates the north country as hav-ing a probability of drought be-tween 0 percent and 5 percent —among the lowest level ofdrought threat in the country.

A large percentage of the freshwater supplies of the UnitedStates flow through New York,and we are blessed with anabundance of rivers, lakes,streams and ponds.

These give us opportunitiesfor boating, fishing, swimming,and hanging out on the shore inthe summer. In the winter, weget skiing, snowmobiling, skat-ing, ice-fishing and buildingsnowmen with our kids.

Other places can make largeinvestments in tourism infra-structure, but it doesn’t workwithout water. n The north country has out-

standing schools. There are 11 public school

districts in Jefferson County, fivein Lewis County, and 17 in St.Lawrence County. These schoolstypically have average classessizes in the low 20s, teacherturnover rates below 10 percentand consistently earn the high-est measures of academic ac-countability in the state.

According to the state Educa-tion Department’s school reportcards, only one school each inJefferson and Lewis countieshad a subpar score in one ac-countability measure; one hasalready been corrected.

St. Lawrence County schoolswere in good standing on everymeasure in every school district.

Children in the north countrycan get a world-class educationin small classes with caringteachers.

The region is also home tothree public and two private col-leges and universities. These in-stitutions offer undergraduateand graduate education in virtu-ally every academic disciplineknown to man in traditionalclassroom settings, eveningcourses or online programs.

These schools are powerfuleconomic engines in the region,sources of cultural and intellec-tual riches in our daily lives, andthe ticket to the 21st century ed-ucation that our children willneed to compete. n The north country has easy

access to culture and markets. We are within a few hours’ trav-

el from New York City, Boston,Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.That gives us easy access to someof the most important culturalcenters in two nations and mar-kets of almost 40 million people.

We are just an hour’s drive fromthe oldest wine-making region inNorth America in the Finger lakes,home to more than 90 wineriesand known for its delicious Ries-lings and crisp chardonnays. Wealso have a growing set of wineriesin Jefferson County.n The north country is the

next center for renewable-ener-gy sources in the state.

Our strong agricultural basemakes us a perfect place for bio-mass projects, and we have windand water for wind and hy-dropower projects.

New York state has a renew-able-energy standard requiringpower companies in the state togenerate 25 percent of theirpower from renewable sources.That technology is a perfect fitfor the north country and offersus an opportunity to participatein a renewable economic future.

No place is perfect, and otherplaces have strengths and op-portunities of their own. Each ofus must make our own choiceabout where to live and raise ourfamilies. It is clear, however,there are plenty of reasons tochoose the north country.

GREGORYGARDNER

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North country is a great placefor working, raising families

Life in the north country,by the numbers

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By ROBERT BRAUCHLETIMES STAFF WRITER

Jason E. Brown stood in thebaking sun last summer on anextended boom lift, three sto-ries above the J.B. Wise parkinglot. On the second day he be-gan applying paint to the 4,600-square-foot stucco wall on theEmpsall Plaza building, some-one shouted up to him, “Whatare you doing? You’re ruiningWatertown.”

“I thought it was a friend justjoking around,” the Watertownnative said. “Then I realized theywere serious. The whole time Iwas painting I kept that in theback of my mind.”

After burning through 68 gal-lons of paint, Mr. Brown createdthe mural that, he says, is dedi-cated to Jefferson County, thewar and the soldiers fighting forfreedom.

“That person never gave it achance, and that’s somethingthat kept me going the wholetime I was painting,” he said.“It’s not just about what’s on

the wall. I want people to thinkabout what’s on that wall andwhat it means to them andwhere the country standsnow.”

Mr. Brown operates his com-pany, Be-Free Artistry, in aground-floor studio in the Emp-sall building, 122 Court St. He’s

joined by other painters andpotters who sublet space in theoffice. Mr. Brown said he enjoysincorporating illusionism intohis paintings, melding two im-ages so they overlap and coin-cide with each other.

Since returning to Watertownafter a few years in Denver, Mr.Brown joined the North CountryArtists Guild board of directors.

“Our mission really is to cre-ate a center for the arts,” he said.“We feel like there’s room to re-vive the arts in this area and wethink we’re setting ourselves upto make it happen.”

Mr. Brown said that paintinganother outdoor mural — evenif it’s not to the scale of theEmpsall mural — would be ide-al.

“That would be a dream,” hesaid. “I don’t have peopleknocking down my door rightnow, but that would be what Istrive for.”

Mr. Brown’s work can beviewed atwww.befreeartistry.com.

THE BROWN FILEAAggee:: 28


FFaammiillyy:: Father, Edward E.; mother,Sharon, both of Watertown.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Watertown High School,1999; bachelor of arts degree in psy-chology from Le Moyne College, Syra-cuse, 2005.

MMeennttoorr:: Jacqueline Belfort-Chalat,professor of fine arts and foundingchairwoman of the Visual Arts De-partment at Le Moyne.“She reallytook me under her wings and reallyshowed me what it means to be anartist.”

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “A Fan’sNotes,”by Frederick E.Exley.


Jason E. Brown, owner of Be Free Artistry, works on a painting in his studio in theEmpsall Plaza, Watertown.

Jason E. Brown

By MAX R. MITCHELLTIMES STAFF WRITER

OGDENSBURG — WhenWilliam D. Hosmer, 29, looked atthe empty lot that used to be theTackle Box Marina along the Os-wegatchie River, he saw poten-tial.

“Back then there was no oneinterested and I thought it was agood business project. If wecould get something moving,when we do, it’s going to be agood business,” Mr. Hosmersaid.

He said his plans are to put ina bait and tackle shop, twoapartments and a small conces-sion store when the land is readyfor redevelopment.

In June, Mr. Hosmer becamethe youngest member of the cityPlanning Board, but joining theboard was only the latest in along list of leadership and com-munity activities.

Mr. Hosmer teaches skiing atWhiteface Mountain and is amember of the Next Wave groupfor young professionals. He alsosits on the Kiwanis Club board ofdirectors and the St. LawrenceCounty and city Republicancommittees.

Although he said he is not theyoungest member of all of thesegroups, he is definitely in the mi-nority because of his age, hesaid.

Mr. Hosmer also is part of anactive Ogdensburg family. Hisfather, Dale, is a dentist and his

mother, Donna Reagen, step-father, Jim Reagen, stepmoth-er, Robin, and two siblings alllive in the city, and anotherbrother is a state trooper in Al-bany.

“I think the city needsyounger people to take leader-ship roles,” he said. “I think the

north country has the potentialto grow while holding on to thevalues we have already, likefamily and the outdoors. Weneed to hold on and improveour way of life and our econo-my to keep people here. It iswhat we need to do and I thinkit will be done.”

During Mr. Hosmer’s timeon the Planning Board, thegroup has taken a more activerole.

“Instead of waiting for a siteplan review, we’re turning theboard into a board that plans forthe future and how it should bedeveloped,” he said. “I want Og-densburg to be a better place forkids to grow up and live in.”

Mr. Hosmer’s property is inthe heart of the city’s dormantmarina district.

The city has started makingprogress on its efforts to redevel-op the land and stimulate busi-nesses like Mr. Hosmer’s. Severalleaky gas tanks were removedrecently from some properties,including Mr. Hosmer’s, and thecity applied for a grant to aid inany further cleanup that is need-ed.

Mr. Hosmer said he is waitingfor the ground to thaw before hecan begin working on his busi-ness.

“In the long term, I was think-ing maybe to put in a restaurant,but that’s down the road a ways.First we need to get it open,” hesaid.

THE HOSMER FILEBBiirrtthhppllaaccee: Ogdensburg

FFaammiillyy:Full brother, 28, a statetrooper in Albany; half brother, 14;half sister, 8; mom, dad, stepmotherand stepfather all in Ogdensburg.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookkss:“Images ofAmerica Ogdensburg”by David Mar-tin and “Fort la Presentation” byJames Reagen.“These books allowyou to learn and see the history ofOgdensburg. I feel it is important tounderstand the history of where youlive if you want to make progress andchange in that area. I would encour-age anyone to learn more about thehistory of the town or city in whichthey live.”

RRoollee mmooddeell:Clifford M.Montroy,anOgdensburg resident and member ofthe Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club.“CliffMontroy was a huge role model in mylife. Cliff gave me my first job umpir-ing baseball for the Kiwanis youthleagues.Cliff was more than a boss;hewas a friend who always had time totalk and give me advice.Cliff dedicat-ed much of his time to the communityand to the youth of Ogdensburg.Ihope I can reach people and inspirethem the way he did me.”


William D. Hosmer is a member of the Ogdensburg Planning Board and ownsproperty in the marina district.

William D. Hosmer

By DAVID C. SHAMPINETIMES STAFF WRITER

Roger R. Howard is the ownerof Howard Orthotics and Pros-thetics at 316 Sherman St., Wa-tertown.

“I design, fabricate and fit allforms of artificial limbs, castsand braces, for all ages, from in-fants to the elderly. The oldestclient I’ve had was a 105-year-old woman, and she was stillwalking. We cover the fullgamut. Devices are geared to-ward the clients’ abilities and ac-tivity levels; we try to assimilateour clients back into their every-day life. Our focus is on results;that’s the biggest thing. If we getresults, we are doing a good job.”

Mr. Howard said he worksclosely with physicians and oth-er health care providers.

“We are a part of the rehabteam. I have the best of bothworlds: I work with people, andthere is the manufacturing com-ponent. ... I get to build things.”

He employs a technician whomakes fabrications. He said he isthe only certified orthotics andprosthetics person who is avail-

able five days a week in Water-town. There are two others in thecity, but not on a full-time basis,he said.

His mentor, he said, was Don-ald W. Holmes, Northern Ortho-pedic Laboratory Inc., who has

offices in Watertown, Ogdens-burg and Potsdam.

“I got interested in the fieldwhen I worked for him betweensemesters when I was in college.I went to college to become anengineer, for fabricating and de-signing, and that is when I start-ed to gravitate toward this field.”

In 2006, he and wife pur-chased the building on ShermanStreet, a former law office, wherethey operate two separate busi-nesses, but where they workhand-in-hand under one roof.Mrs. Howard operates Innova-tive Physical Therapy Solutions.

Mr. Howard has a positiveoutlook about the future of thenorth country.

“I see this as a growing, evolv-ing community. There are an in-flux of people and money intothe area because of Fort Drum.That brings good and bad facetsand issues. On the good side, ed-ucated people are coming in,and companies are openinghere, providing new opportuni-ties that are allowing theyounger people who graduatefrom college to stay here.”


Roger R. Howard is the ownerof Howard Orthotics and Prosthetics.

Roger R. HowardTHE HOWARD FILEAAggee:: 38

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Alexandria Bay; grew upin Antwerp

FFaammiillyy:: Parents, John and ToniHoward, now of Alexandria Bay;wife, the former Cheryl Holmes; fourchildren, Ashley, 13, Noelle, 11, Ray-mond, 5, and Robert, 3.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Indian River CentralSchool, 1988; bachelor of arts degreein economics, St. Lawrence Universi-ty, 1992; Northwestern University,Chicago, certification in prosthetics,1994, and certification in orthotics,1997.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookkss:: “The 7 Habitsof Highly Effective Families,” byStephen R.Covey, and “Who MovedMy Cheese,” by Spencer Johnson.

MMeennttoorr:: Donald W.Holmes or North-ern Orthopedic Laboratory Inc.

By REBECCA MADDENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Amanda L. “Mandee” Widrickis making a living out of formerlyhated home-school writing as-signments.

The 20-year-old Adams resi-dent is the editor in chief of Bitand Bridle, a faith-based horsemagazine. Ms. Widrick said go-ing from being disinterested inthe writing assignments herhome-school teacher, hermother, gave her years ago tofinding her passion in life hasbeen a blessing.

“I didn’t like writing for thelongest time, but then I wrotepoetry and entered a contest,and actually won first and sec-ond place,” she said. “I learnedto love it. It was so rewarding forme.”

She began writing six yearsago, and just by chance foundBit and Bridle magazine. Sinceshe loved writing and horses,she contacted then 18-year-old Emily Echols, magazineowner, and was signed on as awriter.

Ms. Widrick said she never ex-pected a career to blossom.

“At the point I had been writ-ing for Bit and Bridle for a year,she didn’t have time to write, so Itook it over,” Ms. Widrick said. “Inow handle public relations, alot of the Internet and Webwork.”

Her responsibilities include

overseeing eight writers who arespread out across the nation. Ar-ticles are written for the targetaudience of teenagers andyoung adults.

Ms. Widrick’s biggest accom-plishment thus far, she said,was an interview last fall withJohn Lyons, a man known as“America’s most trusted horse-man.”

The article featuring Mr.Lyons will appear in the next is-sue of Bit and Bridle.

The 3,000 circulation, bi-monthly publication is slowlygrowing, Ms. Widrick said. It isher hope to develop the adver-tising and writing bases enoughto support a magazine largerthan its current 20 pages, so itcan be sold in stores.

A self-described goal-orient-ed person, Ms. Widrick said sheaccepts most challenges. She

has challenged herself to have apermanent magazine officeand a full staff in the northcountry.

She credits ChristopherHopper, youth pastor at NewLife Christian Church, Water-town, for giving her guidanceand encouraging her never togive up.

“It was probably a little over ayear ago when I wasn’t surewhat to do with myself,” Ms.Widrick said. “He said, ‘Youhave to be diligent, and youcan’t be afraid to chase aftersomething.’ I’ve seen his ac-complishments; he’s a pub-lished author, a recordingartist, a youth pastor, and yethe’s never been to college.”

Mr. Hopper’s wife, Jennifer,played an equal part in givingher guidance, Ms. Widrick said.

When she isn’t working on themagazine, Ms. Widrick spendstime on the family’s eight acresof land, tending to her horsesand other animals.

She said she doesn’t want tobe in the spotlight alone, be-cause if it weren’t for her moth-er’s, youth pastor’s, God’s andother people’s encouragementalong the way, she wouldn’t bewhere she is today. Sending amessage of hope and faith toother young people is what it’sall about, she said.

“Be inspired, and get outthere to do what you love,” shesaid.


Amanda L. Widrick pets her horse, Lark, at her farm in Adams. She is the editor ofBit and Bridle, a faith-based horse magazine.

THE WIDRICK FILEAAggee:: 20


FFaammiillyy:: Father,Terry L.; mother,Dawn E.; brothers, Caleb E. 17, JacobC., 14, and Samuel J., 12, all of Adams

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Home-schooled by hermother

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “The Rise of theDibor,”by Christopher Hopper.Ms.Widrick said she enjoys the book be-cause it’s about raising children to bewarriors, and fighting for what theybelieve in.

Amanda L. Widrick

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LOWVILLE — Stillwater Hotel,owned by Marian and Joe Ro-mano, 2591 Stillwater Road,canbe reached at 376-6470 or its Website, www.stillwateradiron-dacks.com.

Stillwater houses a bar roomand adjoining game room sepa-rate from the dining room butcentrally located for easy access.

Formerly from the New YorkCity suburbs, the Romanos haveowned Stillwater Hotel for 22years. Their menu includes suchitems as chicken marsala, chick-en piccata (capers and lemon),veal parmigiana, veal Oscar(crabmeat, asparagus and bear-naise sauce), steaks, prime rib,scallop scampi and surf and turf.Also available are burgers, roastbeef, chicken, turkey breast andfish sandwiches. Siups includeMarian’s lemon pepper chickensoup and French onion soup.The appetizer menu includessuch items as crab cake, fresh as-paragus and escargot in mush-room caps. A variety of fried

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Women’s Way to Wellnessa success story at hospital

CARTHAGE — Calendar year2008 was a year of change forCarthage Area Hospital. It wasthe first full year of providingcare in its new building.

Over the past year, the hospi-tal experienced unsurpassed in-creases in patient utilization ofthe Women’s Way to WellnessCenter.

In September 2007, the hos-pital opened a new maternitycenter to include family-cen-tered birthing rooms. The pa-tient suites have private bath-rooms, Jacuzzis or therapeuticjet showers for ultimate relax-ation, plasma television, wire-less Internet access and accom-modations for a family memberto stay overnight. In addition,the center offers private accessto the state-of-the-art surgical

center for Caesarean sections.The hospital’s Women’s Way

toWellness Center now has fourobstetricians and two midwiveson staff: Dr. Ashraf Aly, Dr. Gas-ton DaCosta, Dr. Richard Hof-mann and Dr. Hugh Forbes andnurse midwives Nicolette Val-landigham and Lucy Krol.

In addition to the Carthage of-fice, Women’s Way obstetriciansand midwives also travel to clin-ic locations in Adams, Har-risville, Sackets Harbor andEvans Mills. Patients may sched-ule appointments for prenatalcare and gynecological servicesclose to their respective homes.

Carthage Area Hospital is theonly hospital within the regionto be designated through thestate Department of Health tooffer the Prenatal Care Assis-tance Program. Through thisprogram, lower-income fami-lies without health insurance orare underinsured may qualifyfor financial assistance for pre-natal care, delivery and follow-up care.

To schedule appointments,call the Women’s Way to Well-ness Center at 493-3100.

River Bend Alpacas offersgoods, supplies, tours

Among the tall pines just out-side Croghan, multi-colored al-pacas make their home at RiverBend Alpacas. These animalsare native to South America’sAndes Mountains.

For the past nine years, Ellenand Bob Chamberlain haveraised alpacas. What began witha herd of three has grown to 20,with an additional eight due thissummer. The alpacas are raisedmainly for their soft, luxuriousfiber,, sheared once a year. Thefleece is made into roving forhand spinning, yarn and manywarm products that Ellen sellsin her River Bend’s Fiber Stu-dio/Gift Shop.

The shop is open from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Mondays and Wednes-days and 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, or

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BROWNVILLE — Despite therecent economic challenges,people are still traveling, ac-cording to Dorrance and JanetMoshier, owners of Cruise Plan-ners, 118 Patrician Lane.

Recent studies predict Italy asthe top hot destination of 2009followed by several otherMediterranean destinations, in-cluding Greece. Alaska is cele-brating its 50th anniversary.

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Keddy Family Chiropracticmoves into new office

CARTHAGE — Keddy FamilyChiropractic moved in Febru-ary to 850 State St., just downthe street from the space leasedby Dr. Ryan Keddy for the lasttwo and a half years. The newlocation, formerly the office ofChampion Materials, was pur-chased by Dr. Keddy, and he hasbeen busy with family, friendsand staff renovating it over thelast couple of months.

The new location offers manyadvantages including more treat-ment rooms and additional park-ing. Keddy Family Chiropracticis accepting new patients. Toschedule an appointment, call493-BACK (2225).



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WWNY TV became WWNYDT on Feb. 17.

The change from analogbroadcasting to exclusively digi-tal broadcasting is one of ahandful of historic changes inthe station's history, rankingwith the launch of the station,the switch to color TV and thelaunching of a second channelfor the Fox network.

Although WWNY has broad-cast in digital for several years,

Feb. 17 marked the end of thestation’s traditional analogtransmissions.

For thousands of viewers, thechange meant a much betterpicture and a chance to see theFox station for the first time. Thestations appear as 7-1(WWNY/CBS) and 7-2(WNYF/Fox).

Digital broadcasts mean bet-ter pictures and sound and anincreasing amount of program-ming in high definition TV.

In order to get digital stations,a viewer needs either a digital TV

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Based on the station’s early ex-perience with all digital TV, to bestreceive the signal, viewers need acombination VHF/UHF anten-na. For many people, a rooftopantenna is the best choice.

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The station continues tobroadcast an analog Fox signalfrom its Watertown and Masse-na transmitters, and holds a

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Maternity program growsat Lewis County General

LOWVILLE — There were 277babies delivered at Lewis Coun-ty General Hospital in 2008 ,compared with 211 the previousyear and a historic low of 26 in itsfirst year, 1931.

The highest number was 454in 1957. Since the birthing pro-gram began, approximately21,944 babies have been born atLewis County General. With acurrent county population ofjust over 26,000, the hospital hasbeen involved with the growthand expansion of the past 78

years. An increase of 82 percentis noted in the last five years,

Over the years the maternitydepartment has been expandedand modernized. The additionof the two labor, delivery, recov-ery and postpartum luxurysuites in 1993 have helped tomake the department a mod-ern, high tech andcomfortable.

A special dinner is served tothe new parents following thebirth. Each new baby is given aknitted hat donated by localcrafters. Each baby also gets ahandmade baby blanket creat-ed and donated by Tug Hill Quil-ters, Brookside Quilters or theGrace Episcopal Church ofCopenhagen.

The Women’s Health Center isstaffed by Dr. Josefina Tan-Domingo and Dr. Gerard Craw-

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Livingston Insurancefounded by NNY native

The Livingston InsuranceAgency Inc. was founded by JanRogers in 1991. She is a native ofthe north country who grew upin Ellisburg and graduated fromBelleville Henderson CentralSchool. Ms. Rogers has 30 yearsin the insurance profession andserves clients throughout thenorth country.

LIA represents over 20 insur-ance companies, includingCountryway, Erie & Niagara,Travelers, National Grange Mu-tual, Preferred Mutual, New YorkCentral Mutual, North CountryInsurance Company, AlleganyCo-Op, Dryden Mutual andChautauqua Patrons.

Livingston Insurance AgencyInc. is a full-service agency of-fering all lines of coverage, in-cluding auto, homeowner,snowmobile, motorcycle, ATVand every type of business, life,and long-term care. Represent-ing many companies with agood reputation for insuringfarms, LIA has developed a spe-cialty niche for small, mediumand large farms.

Emergency claim services areavailable 24 hours a day by call-ing the office at 1 (877) 243-0260.

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KeyBank remains strong,invests in north country

KeyBank is one of New York’slargest financial institution. It isa subsidiary of KeyCorp, a na-tional bank-based financialservices company with assets ofapproximately $105 billion.

KeyBank has 23 branch loca-tions in Jefferson, Lewis, St.Lawrence and Franklin countieswith more than 120 employees.The north country comprises alarge portion of Key’s CentralNew York District, led by districtpresident Stephen D. Fournier.

Key’s north country manage-ment team consists of MargaretSoderquist and Andrew Gray, re-tail banking; Deborah Sephtonand Randy Beach, businessbanking; Steven Pierce, commer-cial banking; Mary Siver-Walters,Key Private Bank; and DavidSoderquist and John Hamilton,Key Investment Services LLC.

In 2008, the Central New YorkDistrict continued to be one ofthe top performing districtsthroughout KeyCorp’s 13-statefootprint, with increased de-posits and market share. Key ex-panded its mortgage group byadding five employees andplans to hire two more mort-gage producers in the northcountry this year. Additionally,the bank invested in the revital-ization of its branch network,with significant renovations andtechnological upgrades to itsFort Drum and Winthropbranches. Key’s Teller 21 systemwas installed at all north coun-try KeyBank branches, which al-lows employees to provide moretimely, relevant service toclients. Key also underscored itscommitment to the local healthcare sector through financing ofvarious projects.

KeyBank is a leader in com-munity involvement and astrong proponent for economicgrowth. The bank’s commit-ment takes many forms, includ-ing charitable contributions,civic leadership and volun-teerism. In 2008, Key held its18th Annual Neighbors Makethe Difference Day when themajority of branches closed atnoon, allowing employees tovolunteer their time to work onarea community service proj-ects.

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Year-round tax servicesamong M.R. Gaebel’s fare

CARTHAGE — M.R. Gaebel,Inc., 27 Barr St., provides tax andaccounting services for resi-dents of Jefferson, Lewis and St.Lawrence counties.

Services include tax returns;income, sales, payroll and estatetax preparation; business serv-ices, including bookkeepingand payroll services; represen-tation before the IRS and thestate tax department; financialmanagement and consultation;financial planning; and farmand agricultural services.

M.R. Gaebel also can accom-modate military families with itsability to file taxes for all 50states.

Mr. Rowe also offers tax andaccounting services for the spe-cialized field of racing. Mr. Rowehas been a Gater Racing Newscolumnist for over 30 years andhas presented seminars entitled“Taxes and Racers” at the annu-al Carquest Motorsports Expo,Syracuse, and the SpeedwayEX-PO, West Springfield, Mass. Inaddition, Mr. Rowe has beenfeatured twice in Speedway Il-lustrated Magazine, one of thelargest national motorsportsmagazines with a circulation ofover 130,000.

To schedule an appointmentor for more information, call493-1862.

Bernier, Carr emphasizescommunity involvement

Bernier, Carr & Associates, amember of The Bernier CarrGroup, has the largest architec-ture and engineering designfirm north of Syracuse, with of-fices in Watertown, Syracuseand Buffalo. With continuousyet cautious growth, the firmnow consists of 112 people.

Bernard H. Brown, Jr., CEO,cited work for local communitysupport organizations such asthe Disabled Persons Action Or-ganization, Jefferson Rehabili-tation Center, Credo, NorthCountry Transitional Living, theMental Health Association ofJefferson County, Victims Assis-tance Center of Jefferson Coun-ty, the Development Associa-tion of the North Country, Clay-ton Improvement Associationand Frontier Housing Corp.

The firm continues to placestrong emphasis on its summerinternship program.

Open Sky in Lowvilleoffers relaxation, healing

LOWVILLE — Open SkyHealing Arts Center, 5440 TrinityAve., owned by Kathleen Mer-rick, massage therapist and Yogainstructor, offers massage ther-apy, yoga, Pilates and tai chiclasses, workshops, specialevents and private classes for in-dividuals or groups.

Massage techniques includeSwedish, therapeutic, shiatsu,

deep tissue, hot stone, Cran-ioSacral, massage for pregnancyand couples’ fireside massage.No registration or reservationsare needed for yoga or Pilatesclasses. Tai Chi classes are pre-registered.

Most classes are an hour to 90minutes, ongoing, and no regis-tration is required, unless noted.Participants will feel most com-fortable in light, loose and com-fortable clothing, Ms. Merricksaid. There is a changing room,and studio mats, blocks, strapsand all Pilates equipment is pro-vided, though participants maybring their own such equip-ment.

Beginners are always wel-come to any yoga, Pilates or taichi classes. If you have specificquestions, call ahead to speakwith an instructor.

Open Sky Healing Arts Centeris open Monday through Satur-day with morning, afternoonand evening appointmentsavailable. Call 376-2256 for ap-poinments or more informa-tion.

Decker Heating offersclean fuel technology

HARRISVILLE — DeckerHeating & Construction, 7503state Route 3, has installed over1,400 furnaces since 1993, whenKen Decker began his businessspecializing in classic outdoorwood furnaces by Central Boilerof Green Bush, Minn.

With the renewed interest inwood heating, Decker offers an

outdoor wood furnace that pro-vides efficient, safe and eco-nomical heat. New furnaces canburn wood, oil or gas. Sizesrange from 150,000 to 900,000BTU. The EPA recognized Cen-tral Boiler for excellence in effi-ciency and emissions.

Decker Heating & Construc-tion can be reached at 543-2221 or www.deckerheating.net.

Curves sponsors driveto stock food pantries

Curves of Watertown will par-ticipate in the 11th annualCurves Food Drive this monthto benefit local food banks. Overthe past five years, nearly 50 mil-lion pounds of food was distrib-uted to communities all over theworld through the Curves FoodDrive.

Curves of Watertown also iswaiving its normal service feefor any new member whobrings in a bag of non-perish-able groceries and joins be-tween March 9 and March 28.

“The Curves Food Drive is al-ways exciting,” said Sissy Colel-lo, owner of the Watertown clubat 1511 Washington St. “Wehave a chance to help so manypeople at a time when the foodbanks are lowest.”

Others wishing to donatemay drop off non-perishablefood items at Curves Mondaythrough Friday during businesshours through March. For moreinformation, call Curves of Wa-tertown at 222-7122.

Curves works every major

muscle group with a complete30-minute workout that com-bines strength training and sus-tained cardiovascular activitythrough safe and effective hy-draulic resistance.

For more information, visit:www.curves.com.

Dr. Meagher’s practicegrows with technology

CARTHAGE — Dr. J. RichardMeagher, 40 Franklin St., Suite 3,has been offering general dentalcare to residents of the tri-coun-ty area since February 1988 andhas a staff of six, up from four in2003 and three a decade ago.

He reports that digital radiol-ogy and paperless records arebecoming prominent and thathis practice has “grown as tech-nologies have changed.”

The next five years will “showcontinued growth as the econo-my allows,” he writes.

Dr. Meagher’s office businessarea has been computerizedand all sterilization autoclaveshave been updated. Officehours are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,Monday, Tuesday and Thurs-day; the office is closed Wednes-days. Its phone number is 493-1581.

Teriyaki Experience eateryopens in Target Plaza

Teriyaki Experience, ahealthy fast-food restaurant at21852 Towne Center Drive (Tar-get Plaza), has been opened byGary Reibert, who launchedHomestead Quality Homesback in 1984.

A Toronto franchise launchedin 1986, Teriyaki Experiencenow has over 400 restaurants;the new Watertown location isthe sixth in the United Statesand the first in the state.

Managed by Danielle Adams,the restaurant has 12 employ-ees. It serves Japanese foodcooked in about three minuteson a steel grill. Food is cookedusing water, not oil, to maximizethe flavor and minimize the fat.

Customers can choose fromJapanese-style yakisoba noo-dles or Japanese steamed rice,topped with teriyaki sauce.Many locations also offer a se-lection of hand-rolled sushi pre-pared fresh daily, Gyozadumplings and noodle bowls.

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By BRIAN KELLYTIMES STAFF WRITER

Prosecutor Kristyna S. Millsgets her motivation from a sideof crime seldom portrayed in anhourlong courtroom drama ontelevision.

“My inspiration comes fromcrime victims,” she said. “Seeingthe fortitude that they proceedwith makes me come to workwith a smile on my face, becausethis kind of work is so important.I can really be proud of it. I cansleep at night.”

Mrs. Mills is the chief Jeffer-son County assistant districtattorney, joining the office in1994 and becoming chief assis-tant to District Attorney CindyF. Intschert in 2000. Her re-sponsibilities include prose-cuting many violent felonycrimes and most of the coun-ty’s drug felonies and handlingmany appeals, among otherduties.

The job involves long hoursand pay that is not what an at-torney could make in privatepractice. But the job has not pre-

vented Mrs. Mills from sharingthe knowledge she has acquiredwith others.

She teaches at the policeacademy and at schools forjudges, has taught seminars onanimal cruelty and is an ad-junct professor teaching law atColumbia College on FortDrum, among other assign-ments. She has volunteeredwith Youth Court and is thetreasurer of the board at FirstStep Day Care.

“I really enjoy teaching, espe-cially teaching young police offi-cers,” Mrs. Mills said. “If you

teach them to do a better job onthe road, they do a better job foryou and your job becomes easi-er. I think that’s important.”

She said she believes thatwith the expansion of FortDrum and the growth in busi-ness that has accompanied it,“the north country can have abright future and can continueto be a very fast-growing coun-ty.” But the growth also canbring additional challenges forprosecutors.

“Unfortunately, over the pastfew years we’ve seen a growth inviolent crimes, and we all haveto work together to keep that un-der control,” she said.

Mrs. Mills credits Mrs.Intschert for teaching her how tobe an effective prosecutor whilebalancing the requirements ofthe law with the needs of the vic-tim.

“I think my boss inspires meto achieve the things she’sachieved,” she said. “She’s had awonderful career path. She cer-tainly teaches me somethingevery day.”

THE MILLS FILEAAggee:: 38BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: SyracuseFFaammiillyy:: Husband, James, is Water-

town city comptroller. Two children,ages 8 and 6.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree inpolitics from Ithaca College; law de-gree from Syracuse University Schoolof Law.

BBooookk rreeccoommmmeennddaattiioonn:: “TheLords of Discipline,”by Pat Conroy


Kristyna S. Mills, chief assistant district attorney, poses in her office in the Jeffer-son County office building.

Kristyna S. Mills

By DAVID WINTERSTIMES STAFF WRITER

OGDENSBURG — Nicholas J.Vaugh wanted to ensure his gen-eration had a voice in city gov-ernment, so he decided to runfor the City Council.

A staunch Republican, hewon one of three available seatsfor a four-year term in 2007. Justover a year in office, he said hebelieves that voice is beingheard by his counterparts on thecouncil when offering input onvarious projects or proposalsbefore them.

“I wanted to play a role in thefuture of this community,” Mr.Vaugh said. “I chose to get in-volved and make a differencehere.”

The political newcomer hasfocused his efforts on bolsteringeconomic development in thecity, along with redeveloping thewaterfront.

During the day, he’s attend-ing classes at Clarkson Univer-

sity, Potsdam, to earn bache-lor’s degrees in entrepreneur-ship and political science. He’sactive on campus, participat-ing in Clarkson’s student gov-ernment, serving as freshmanclass president and freshmansenator.

He’s also helped form twostudent businesses that designapparel and an advertisingcompany that e-mails promo-tions and other information tobusinesses in Potsdam and

Canton.He plans to continue his ed-

ucation at Clarkson in graduateschool to obtain a master’s de-gree in business administra-tion.

Mr. Vaugh is helping to cre-ate a fund at Clarkson to awardscholarships to north countrystudents interested in entre-preneurship. He envisionsstarting an entrepreneurshipsummer camp in Ogdensburgto teach middle and highschool students the values ofbusiness and owning a busi-ness.

“The mom-and-pop shops,they’re the backbone of thecounty,” he said.

Mr. Vaugh is on the board ofdirectors for the Fort LaPresen-tation Association and is amember of the St. LawrenceCounty Community Develop-ment program. He is organizinga Young Republicans Club forthe county.

THE VAUGH FILEAAggee:: 21

Family: Parents, Lynn S.and CherylVaugh; sisters, Jesse and Michelle

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Junior at Clarkson Univer-sity, Potsdam, majoring in entrepre-neurship and political science

MMeennttoorr:: Michael Nicholas, grandfa-ther

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “BusinessStripped Bare,”by Richard Branson.


Nicholas J. Vaugh, an Ogdensburg City Council member and a student at Clark-son University, poses at Clarkson's Technology Advancement Center.

Nicholas J. Vaugh

By MAX R. MITCHELLTIMES STAFF WRITER

OGDENSBURG —Sitting infront of a group of residents andlocal historians who have livedtheir entire lives in the northcountry, Ogdensburg Planningand Economic DevelopmentDirector J. Justin Woods had tokeep the group focused on find-ing historic material to designthe entrance of the new visitorcenter.

Although Mr. Woods has beenin the north country for less thana year, he has been charged withnot only planning the new visi-tor center, but also guiding thefuture of a city and region with ahistory that stretches back morethan 250 years.

“While I will never know asmuch about this community aspeople who’ve spent their entirelives here, I bring a set of skillsthat can help them draw fromthe past to build a better future,”Mr. Woods said. “My role is a fa-cilitator to help achieve what acommunity wants.”

Along with taking the lead onseveral development projectsand creating a community-ori-ented planning strategy for thecity, Mr. Woods founded NextWave, a group that engagesyoung professionals in social ac-tivities and civic responsibilities.

Mr. Woods said he started thegroup after attending an event

on sustainability that drew few-er than five people under 40years old.

“It occurred to me that whilethe symposium was about sus-tainability, the process wouldnever be sustainable unless itgot young people interested,”he said. “It’s tremendously im-portant for young people to getinvolved. I founded Next Waveto help young professionals toget involved in civic affairs. Myhope is to begin to engage the

broader community in initia-tives to get involved and tolearn to be the future leaders ofcommunity.”

Mr. Woods has been an activeleader for almost a decade.

In 2000, while a student atGreen Mountain College inPoultney, Vt., he ran for state leg-islature after a local farmer toldhim to “shut up and run.” Al-though Mr. Woods won the De-mocratic primary, he lost thegeneral election to the incum-bent in a three-way race.

The experience led Mr. Woodsto his first jobs in planning andgovernment.

“I used to be a Democrat, nowI’m a bureaucrat,” Mr. Woodssaid.

After a year at Cornell Univer-sity’s City and Regional Planninggraduate program, Mr. Woodsstarted a planning and consult-ing business and worked for anumber of cities and townsacross the state.

He settled in Ogdensburgwith his fiancé, Jillian Weet. Theyplan to marry in Jamaica in Juneand Mr. Woods offered an invita-tion to anyone who would like tocome.

“I just got here, I have no planto go anywhere else,” Mr. Woodssaid. “I want to continue to helpOgdensburg thrive and wherev-er that leads me, the futureholds.”


J. Justin Woods is the city of Ogdensburg’s director of planning and development .

THE WOODS FILEAAggee:: 29

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Lowell, Mass.

FFaammiillyy:: parents John and Jill andbrother Josh.

RRoollee mmooddeell:: former Vermont Gov.Howard Dean.

“He’s a man of integrity. I appreciatethe way he balances his profession,civic and family life. I find him to betremendously competent and inspir-ing.”

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookkss:: “The Years ofLyndon Johnson”and “The PowerBroker:Robert Moses and the Fall ofNew York,”both by Robert Caro.

“Caro has a tremendous way oftelling history by understandinghow people use power to achievetheir aims.Its important to under-stand what it takes to get thingsdone and be successful.”

J. Justin WoodsBy JAEGUN LEETIMES STAFF WRITER

Alicia M. Dewey is the mainorganizer and co-founder of theThousand Islands Young Lead-ers Organization.

Not only does she work full-time as executive assistant to theClayton town supervisor, butshe also writes grant applica-tions for several municipalitiesand has been a member of theClayton Volunteer Fire Depart-ment since 1998.

So where does she find time tolead TIYLO?

“It’s weekend and nights,” Ms.Dewey said. “Sometimes peoplelike me work better under pres-sure.”

TIYLO officially launched inApril, and the group has heldeight public meetings all overthe Thousand Islands region togive young professionals an op-portunity to participate in eco-nomic and community devel-opment. The group has 12members on its steering com-mittee.

“Our ultimate goal is to notjust help the community but tobenefit other people my age tohopefully make them feel thatbeing involved in their commu-nity and knowing what’s goingon is important, too,” Ms. Deweysaid.

TIYLO does not receive anyoutside funding, and Ms. Deweysaid most of the operationalcosts come out of the members’pockets.

“We’re not nonprofit, we areno-profit,” she said. “One of ourgoals is to get our official not-for-profit status.”

The young leaders organiza-tion is working on several long-term projects, including acommunity garden for La-Fargeville Central School, aplayground project in Theresaand a free fitness program foradults and children. The or-ganization also hosted the

Clayton-Orleans Ice Jam heldFeb. 20 to 22.

“I think the north country ismoving forward despite theeconomy,” Ms. Dewey said.“The future of the north countryis definitely bright.”

However, she said, she be-lieves the region can be more at-tractive to young professionals.She said a good way to prevent“brain drain” is to encourageyoung people to participate inlocal politics.

“The local government enti-ties need to invite us whenmaking decisions. We are theones who are going to be deal-ing with the businesses that arebrought in. We are going to bethe ones impacted the most bythe changes that are beingmade. We should be invited tothe table in some shape orform.”

She also said she hopes thatorganizations like TIYLO canhelp steer the community in apositive direction and encour-age young people to stay.

“If you get people our age ac-tive in the community, then it’sgoing to be not only a nice placeto live but also a fun place to livewhere people feel comfortableand want to stay and want towork.”

Alicia Dewey poses near the Clayton public dock on Riverside Dr ive. She worksfor the town supervisor and is one of the founders of TYLO.

Alicia M. DeweyTHE DEWEY FILEAAggee:: 29

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Depauville

FFaammiillyy:: Father, David; sister, Jessica

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in his-tory, St. Lawrence University; associ-ate degree in paralegal and businessadministration, Jefferson Communi-ty College

MMeennttoorr:: “Every person I meet on adaily basis is a mentor for me be-cause whether in a good way or abad, they have an effect on how Imove forward.”

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “The Last Lec-ture,” by Randy Pausch



BUSINESS UPDATEv v

Rosner Financial assistsbusinesses, individuals

CARTHAGE — Mea MelbergRosner is the founder and seniorpartner of Rosner FinancialGroup, 255 State St. Mrs. Rosnermoved to Carthage in 1991 andhas been providing financialservices to the north countrysince 1993.

Mrs. Rosner graduated fromthe University of Pittsburgh in1990. She started working forSmith Barney Financial Servicesin Utica, where she specializedin small business retirementplans. In 1994, she moved toHSBC Bank in Watertown,where she worked as a financialadviser. Mrs. Rosner was pro-moted to vice president and be-came a portfolio manager forthe trust department, where shewas responsible for managingmore than $50 million.

In 2001, after taking a year offfor the start of her family, sheformed her own independent fi-nancial advisory business, Ros-ner Financial Group.

Rosner Financial Group pro-vides advice and financial serv-ices, specializing in small busi-nesses, retirement plans andcollege planning. It may be con-tacted at 493-7777 or by e-mailat [email protected].

Production boost forecastby Otter Creek Winery

PHILADELPHIA — OtterCreek Winery, 33109 Ruder

Road, founded in 2006, pro-duces 4,000 gallons a year andexpects a 30 percent increasethis year, reports companyPresidetn Kyle Hafermann.

The company, which makeswines and related gifts, employsthree people and expects todouble that number by a nextyear. In addition to increasedproduction, more varieties ofwines are expected to be added.

In the next three years thecompany expects to more thantriple annual production to15,000 gallons. The product issold at the wintery andstatewide at wine shows andfarneres markets.

Expansion of a wine trail andthe possibility of one day sellingwine in grocery stores areamong the projected improv-ments.

Cuddle Clips Pet Salongives individualized care

LOWVILLE — Cuddle ClipsPet Salon, 5414 Shady Ave., pro-vides professional pet groomingservices for all breeds of dogsand cats. Shop owner and petgroomer Flossie Malbouf pur-sued a career in pet groomingand styling driven by her love foranimals. She received her pro-fessional pet grooming certifi-cation and pet first aid at theRochester Institute of DogGrooming. While New York Statecurrently has no certification re-quirements, and groomers can

be self-taught, Ms. Malbouf re-ports she wanted to “do it right.”

Pet grooming is done to petowners’ specifications or “bythe book” for specific breeds.

Shedding breeds likeLabradors, beagles and huskiesare given a Deshed treatmentwith their grooming at no extracharge.

Cuddle Clips also offers indi-vidual services like “pawdi-cures,” which remove excess furfrom foot pads (reducingtracked in dirt and ice balls inwinter) and includes nail clip-ping. The service can also in-clude filing of nails.

The salon also sells petgrooming supplies, treats andgift items

Cuddle Clips specializes inprivate grooming sessions andquality styling. Cuddle Clips PetSalon is open Monday throughFriday from 8:30 until the lastappointment. Appointmentsare generally needed in advancefor full grooming sessions.

Foy insurance agency has3 offices in Lewis County

The Foy Agency, Inc. is a fami-ly-owned, third-generation in-dependent insurance agency inits 60th year.

Founders Francis and Rose-mary Foy operated the businessout of their home in Deer River.Around 1960 they purchasedthe former school building inDeer River and operated from

there for years. There are nowthree offices in Lewis County:the main office at 3997 Deer Riv-er Road in Deer River; 97954Main St., Croghan and 7650State St., Lowville.

Thomas P. Foy, president,heads a staff of 13.

The Foy Agency representsseveral national and regional in-surance carriers including Na-tional Grange Mutual, GreatAmerican Insurance Co., Kem-per Insurance Companies andDryden Mutual Insurance Co.For more information call theagency in Deer River at 493-2391, in Croghan at 346-6378 orin Lowville at 376-2731.

Small-business centerhelped over 800 in 2008

The mission of the Small Busi-ness Development Center at Jef-ferson Community College is toaid the small-business commu-nity in resolving organizational,financial, marketing, technicaland other business-related is-sues.

This past year the centercounseled over 800 individualsand provided training seminars.

Services are free and confi-dential. Call 782-9262 for moreinformation.

A Barker’s Dozen addsto natural pet-food line

A Barker's Dozen Dog Bakery& Supplies, Carbone Plaza, 611Coffeen St. Watertown, was

opened in May by MichelleStephens to bring dogowners an all-natural andhealthy place to shop for petfoods and related products.

“Our staff is very knowledgableon canine nutrition, behavior,and training and very willing tospend time with you to helpmake your life with your pethealthier and happier,” shewrites.

The store now delivers in theWatertown and Fort Drum areasand has a Web site, www.abark-ersdozendogbakery.com, forshipping all over the country.

Added brands of all-naturalpet food in stock includeEagle Pack, Merrick, Fromm, In-nova, Evo, California Natural,Canidae, and Orijen; more prod-ucts for cats have been added.

The store will will match anycompetitor’s price on a productif its price is not already lowerand will special order any petproduct not on hand. In the nextfive years expansion of the storeis envisioned as well as addi-tional locations.

Blue Seal Feeds, renamed,moves to larger space

Blue Seal Feeds retail storehas relocated to 23175 MurrockCircle in Watertown. Blue Seal, a

producer of animal feeds since1868, has also changed its nameto Blue Seal Pet, Farm Home &Garden. The new location has ashowroom with twice the spaceas the old location, with manymore products.

The store, which hasfour full-time employees is open 8 a.m. to5:30 p..m. Monday through Fri-day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdayand 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

To get to the store, take I-81 toexit 47 and take Route 12 North;Blue Seal is on the right.

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27367 PERCH LAKE ROAD, WATERTOWN MLS#84383 Home features on the upper level a formal dining room, living room, 2 full baths; large private master bedroom suite that’s over looks the lower formal living room. The entire kitchen has recently been redone with all new cabinetry, granite look counter tops, Top of the line appliances, lighting, sink, faucets and breakfast bar. The dining area also has patio doors that lead to private upper sundeck and lower deck leading to 6 person spa. The lower level features large sunshine filled vaulted ceiling formal living room with gleaming hardwood floors and a vary large granite fireplace to enjoy on those cold winter nights. 3 bedrooms open game room with room for pool table, Entry foyer with computer nook. Detached 5 stall heated garage is a paradise with inside storage area for all the toys you can imagine and a wall of work benches. Very large front & back yards to enjoy. Also there is a fenced in ground pool & party patio area. Home is in the General Brown School District. Seller is related to listing agent

25700 CONTESSA LANE, WATERTOWN MLS#84624 This beautiful contemporary style home is within 10 minutes of Fort Drum and Watertown and sits on 6.3 acres that are full of wildlife. Starting upstairs, there are 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms. The master bedroom boasts tray ceilings and another bedroom has vaulted ceilings. All bedrooms have ceiling fans. The master bath has a deep whirlpool tub with a separate shower and large walk-in closet. The first floor offers a large foyer that connects the formal dining room to the living room. The formal dining room and the kitchen have recently installed laminate flooring. The living room offers a gas fireplace, loft ceilings and a scenic view through numerous large windows. Ceramic tile in all bathrooms and the foyer. There is a large eat-in kitchen with an island and another 1/2 bath on the first floor. The finished basement adds about 600 additional square feet of living space and has an exterior entrance. Also in the basement are 2 closets with lots of storage space. The large yard includes a wooden swingset/ playyard and a 12 x 16 storage shed.

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Raso Real Estate buildson record of success

Randy and Suzanne Raso,brokers/owners of Raso Real Es-tate LLC, 24692 State Route 12,Watertown, began selling realestate in March 2003.

“We had worked as a team ti-tled the Rasos and achieved theQuality Service Award and thePlatinum Award in 2004, for out-standing sales achievement andperformance,” they report. “Wewere ranked as the No. 7 team byadjusted gross commissions

and No. 6 team by units in the re-gion for 2004.”

In 2005, they received their as-sociate broker’s license andwent on to receive the CenturionAward, the highest recognizedaward given by one of the largestreal estate franchises in theworld. They were ranked No. 4by adjusted gross income and byunits in the region in 2005. InApril 2007, they decided to opentheir own brokerage firm at itspresent location.

The Rasos are members of theJefferson-Lewis Board of Real-

tors Inc., Watertown. Their officeis fully equipped with an inte-grated network of computer andcommunication systems andhas instant access to all the Mul-tiple Listing Services PublicRecord Searches and more. Of-fice hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundaysby appointment.

For more information, callthem or their agents at 786-RA-SO or [email protected] or [email protected].

By ALEX JACOBSTIMES STAFF WRITER

POTSDAM — Hollis A. Easteris the kind of guy who starts list-ing his interests and sort of neverstops.

To name just a few of his hob-bies: Hiking, bagpiping, karate,folk dancing, aviation, garden-ing ... and on it goes.

So it may be no surprise that,after graduating from Swarth-more College with bachelor’s de-grees in computer science andmusic, Mr. Easter ended upcoming home to a job as a jack ofall trades.

As hot line coordinator forReachout of St. Lawrence Coun-ty, he trains and leads a smallarmy of volunteers and runsmany of the myriad aspects ofmanaging the only 24/7 crisiscounseling hot line north of Al-bany.

That means sometimes Mr.Easter is programming software,recruiting and training collegestudents or cooking dinner foreveryone in Reachout’s Potsdamheadquarters, all in one day.

“If you can imagine it, we’vegotten a call about it,” Mr. Eastersaid. “I might not have a degreein psychology, but I use my de-grees in computer science andmusic every day. What is gettingup to teach people other thanperformance and improvisa-tion?”

Mr. Easter, whose mother,Karen Butler Easter, co-foundedReachout in 1977, practicallygrew up in the hot line’s offices.He designed and built the non-profit’s first computer networkwhen he was 12, and considered

it a rite of passage when he final-ly was able to answer his first callthere at age 18.

He took the job as hot line co-ordinator in 2004, after spendinga year as a Thomas J. Watson Fel-low at the Institute of Piping inGlasgow, Scotland, where hestudied Scottish music and cul-ture.

“In college, I came homeevery summer and volunteeredat the hot line during the day,

and practiced bagpipes atnight,” Mr. Easter said. “Butwhen I got to Scotland, all thesepipers thought I was ‘just anoth-er Yank trying to steal our music.’... I ended up getting to know thevery best pipers in the world on apersonal basis.”

Now, Mr. Easter is theyoungest board member forContact USA, the policymakingbody for hot lines nationwide,and was recently selected as amember of the state Suicide In-tervention Skills Training Con-sortium.

“This is a job you need to dowith a sense of mission,” he said.“I don’t think you can choose tobe a leader. ... I think it just re-flects a certain inability to sayno.”

Mr. Easter also has kept upwith his musical interests sincehis return to the north country.He starred as Henry Higgins inthe Community PerformanceSeries’ 2008 production of “MyFair Lady” and is a soloist for St.Lawrence University Chorus,Canton.

He’s also determined to sharehis love of the outdoors, as vicechairman for outings for theLaurentian Chapter of theAdirondack Mountain Club. Inaddition, he edits reviews ofeverything from jackets to out-door stoves for BackpackGearT-est.com in his free time.

“When push comes to shove,north country people are reallygood. This is a place where peo-ple are looking out for each oth-er. It’s great to see that. It’s heart-ening and it’s humbling,” hesaid.

By JOANNA RICHARDSTIMES STAFF WRITER

A strong family tradition ofpublic service, a willingness tostep forward when called and adeep dose of humility have guid-ed Hounsfield’s youngest towncouncilman through his firstterm in office.

Kenneth M. Lawrence Jr., now29, was just 25 when he waselected in the fall of 2005.

“I was actually asked by mygrandfather to serve on the Re-publican Committee for thetown,” he said. “It was kind of acrunch-type year; it was hard tofind someone” to run for office.”The Republican Committeeasked if I’d be interested in run-ning.”

Mr. Lawrence put $300 intohis campaign and said he was“very surprised” when he won, aseeming confirmation of come-dian Woody Allen’s convictionthat 80 percent of success is justshowing up.

Just before his election in2005, Mr. Lawrence told theTimes that “I like to set an exam-ple for young people and give avoice to my age group.”

Still, Mr. Lawrence is openabout the challenges he’s faced

on the council. “Being young and getting in

as early as I did, it’s taken almosttwo years to get the hang of howbudgets run,” he said.

In deference to the greaterexperience of other councilmembers, Mr. Lawrence saidhe has tried to approach his du-ties in a spirit of service ratherthan in pursuit of an agenda.That has, at times, been a di-fifcult balancing act, given thestrong opinions of some of hisfamily members who are activein town and Jefferson Countybusiness.

Three generations ofLawrences serve in the SacketsHarbor Fire Co., including the

councilman, who has been anemergency management tech-nician there for 10 years.

His father, Kenneth M.Lawrence Sr., grandfather,James L. Lawrence Sr., and un-cle, Randy L. Cloe, led an effortto split the company’s two sta-tions into separate corpora-tions, which has caused bitterdispute within the company,and between it and members ofthe village of Sackets HarborBoard of Trustees.

On that issue, “I’ve beenopen-minded” said the coun-cilman, though he said hissympathies lean toward sepa-ration.

At 29, Mr. Lawrence is busynot only with his EMT and TownCouncil duties, but withLawrence Dairy Farm, which heruns with his mother and uncle,and a busy home life with a wifeand two children.

Nearing the end of his firstterm in office, he’s also startingto sound a bit like a politician:“I’m very interested in startingmy second four-year term,” hesaid, naming more green energyin Hounsfield and “a common-ground decision on the fire de-partment” as goals.

THE EASTER FILEAge: 28

Birthplace/hometown:Born in Mal-one, raised in Potsdam

Family:Mother, Karen Butler Easter,is co-founder and executive directorof Reachout of St. Lawrence County;father, Stephen J.Easter, is principallaw clerk to St. Lawrence CountyJudge Jerome J. Richards.

Education:Graduated from PotsdamHigh School in 1999, after scoring aperfect 1600 on the SAT and becom-ing an Eagle Scout. Graduated fromSwarthmore College, Swarthmore,Pa., in 2003 with bachelor’s degreesin music and computer science.Ledthe National Youth Pipe Band ofScotland on two tours of Spain andreceived his senior certificate fromthe Institute of Piping in Glasgow,Scotland, in 2004.

Recommended book:“GettingThings Done,”by David Allen.

Person who inspires him:PresidentBarack Obama.“For the first time inmy life, I see many people of my gen-eration feeling like they can make adifference in their communities andtheir nation, and I trace a lot of itback to Obama’s campaign.”

THE LAWRENCE FILEAge: 29

Birthplace:Watertown

Family:Wife, Kristen Lawrence; sonEden 3; daughter, Stella, 1

Education:Attended Jefferson Com-munity College for two years beforeleaving to manage his family’s farm,Lawrence Dairy Farm

Mentor:His grandfather, JamesLawrence Sr., “I’m following in hisfootsteps in the political field and hisinvovlement in the community.”


Hollis A. Easter, hotline coordinator for Reachout of St. Lawrence County Inc.,poses at the crisis and information help center in Potsdam.

Hollis A. Easter


Kenneth M. Lawrence Jr. is a dairy farmer and town of Hounsfield council member.

Kenneth M. Lawrence Jr.

BUSINESS UPDATE

By JOANNA RICHARDSTIMES STAFF WRITER

The north country is the placeto be for fisheries biologistChristopher C. VanMaaren.From salmon and walleye inLake Ontario, to steelhead runsin Sandy Creek, to ice fishing inthe Indian River lakes and thewell-known diversity of the St.Lawrence River, “you reallycould not design a fishery bet-ter,” he said. “As far as fresh-wa-ter fishing, we’re top-notch.”

As a fisheries biologist for thestate Department of Environ-mental Conservation’s Region 6,Mr. VanMaaren, who lives in La-Fargeville and works out of theDEC’s Watertown office, not on-ly appreciates the area’s wealthof resources, but also helps safe-guard them for the future. Hiswork focuses on New York state’sfish, the brook trout, in inlandwaters, excluding Lake Ontarioand its tributaries.

His tools include stocking wa-terways, improving habitat andtweaking regulations whenneeded. “The objective is to

both provide better fishing andalso to conserve the resource forthe future,” he said.

Part of that work includes pre-serving the natural genetics ofbrook trout populations in thearea.

Because the state has a longhistory of stocking, “the vast ma-jority of fish out there have somesort of genetic influence fromstocking,” he said. The heritageprogram aims to study and pre-serve “what’s evolved into that

system,” he said.DEC Region 6 Fisheries Man-

ager Frank Flack, who supervis-es Mr. VanMaaren, said much ofMr. VanMaaren’s work is part ofa major public-private initia-tive called the Eastern BrookTrout Joint Venture. The pro-gram aims to forge partner-ships of federal, state and localgovernments plus businesses,academic institutions and pri-vate individuals throughout thefish’s range to preserve and re-store its habitat.

“Chris is doing a lot of thework in the Adirondacks” forthat project, Mr. Flack said. Healso praised Mr. VanMaaren’scost savvy, noting he saved thestate thousands of dollars by us-ing videoconferencing ratherthan an in-person meeting tohold a recent workshop.

Mr. VanMaaren said an earlylove of fishing sparked his scien-tific career, though since startingwork with DEC Region 6 in 2004,he spends much of his free timehunting — “everything that hasa season,” he said.

Christopher C. VanMaarenTHE VANMAREN FILE:Age: 39

Birthplace: Fairport

Family:Wife, Brianna Taing; twosons:Vincent, 4, Nelson, 2

Education:Bachelor’s degree in sci-ence and fisheries with a minor inbusiness management, Oregon StateUniversity; Master of Science degreein fisheries with a minor in businessmanagement from North CarolinaState University

Recommended Reading:“The Omni-vore’s Dilemma,” by Michael Pollan



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North Country Chiropracticoffers laser treatments

CANTON — Spinal decom-pression/traction is one of theservices offered at North Coun-try Chiropractic by Lisa FranceyTowle and Jamie Towle, board-certified chiropractors, at 16Park St. here and at 3276 Route11 in Malone. The traction ta-bles therapeutically elongatethe spine in a slow, gentle man-ner in order to relieve pressureon compressed vertebrae,discs and nerves.

In 2008, the Towles attended aconference led by Lance Arm-strong’s chiropractor, JeffreySpencer. They did advancedtraining with the Erchonia laser,the same laser used by the U.S.Postal Cycling Team and Mr.Armstrong. The laser is used toenhance tissue recovery andspeed injury healing time.

Treatmentsinclude spinal ma-nipulation, laser therapy, electricstimulation, therapeutic ultra-sound, mechanical decompres-sion/traction, activator, acupres-sure, ART, home exercises, andnutritional recommendations.

Various conditions can be ad-dressed, such as neck and backpain, headaches, pinchednerves, sciatica, disc problems,sinus trouble, stress, arthritis, fi-bromyalgia, sports injuries andcomplicated aches and pains.

In 2008, flat screens were in-stalled to enhance patient edu-cation and enjoyment.

Jill Alguire, office manager,joined the staff in 2008 to meetall billing and insurance needs.

For deatils, visit www.north-countrychiropractic.com or callCanton at 386-2273 or e Maloneat 1 (518) 483-6300.

St. Lawrence NYSARCcelebrates 50 years

CANTON — St. LawrenceNYSARC, a private, nonprofitcorporation dedicated to work-ing for and with people with in-tellectual and developmentaldisabilities, celebrates its 50thanniversary in 2009. Since1959, St. Lawrence NYSARC hashonored the determination ofpeople, providing consistentcare and support for programparticipants and their families.

Beginning as a small group ofparents who needed servicesfor their children, the agencyhas grown to serve more than650 people at 36 active locationsin St. Lawrence County.

There are 32 programs avail-able for a variety of services in-cluding home and school-based learning opportunities,community-based employ-ment, daytime activities, med-ical therapies, residential op-

tions, art therapy and more. The agency employs 597 and

is managed by Executive Direc-tor Daphne Pickert.

For more about St. LawrenceNYSARC, see www.slnysarc.org,email [email protected], or call379-9531.

Lundy Group continuesto offer diverse solutions

The Lundy Group of Compa-nies offers a variety of commu-nity, commercial and industrialfacility solutions.

The group can respond toneeds such as a new buildingdesigned and built by LUNCOCorp., which has more than 40years’ experience; renovation orexpansion of an existing build-ing by CCI Building Services; anew, modern medical practiceat Washington Summit Medicaland Professional Complex; de-velopment options throughNorthern Developers LLC; orproperty service duties fromLundy Development and Prop-erty Management.

The Lundy Group of Compa-nies, under the ownership ofMichael E. Lundy, was formedover the last several years as a re-sult of identified needs recog-nized by Mr. Lundy duringmany of LUNCO Corp.’s projectsin Northern New York.


Julie A. Cupernall, 29, is notnew to the north country, but inher new role as deputy public af-fairs officer on Fort Drum, shehas a unique opportunity tomeld her upbringing in La-Fargeville with her Army train-ing.

“I grew up here, so I reallyfeel that I have a greater under-standing of what matters to thepeople of the north country,”she said. “In the communica-tion business, understanding isthe foundation of every storywe tell, so coming home andtalking to people I have somuch in common with andtalking about a mission I sovery much believe in, makesme feel very lucky.”

As a graduate of LaFargevilleCentral School, she went on toSUNY Oswego and received herbachelor’s degree in 2001. Shehad a dual major of broadcastproduction and theater per-formance. She put those talents

to good use and began workingat the local television station,Channel 7.

From there, she decided totake her life in a new directionand applied to the Army CivilianPublic Affairs Internship and in-terned for 18 months, rotatingthrough the Pentagon and theDefense Information School atFort Meade, Md. After workingfor the Army Corps of Engineers,she found that there was a pub-lic affairs position open at FortDrum.

“Since college I’ve always

been working towards the nextstep and what’s on the hori-zon,” she said. “When the jobopened at Fort Drum, it wasthe opportunity to set downroots.”

As part of setting down roots,she said that she did the firstadult thing outside of her careerand bought a house. When she’snot working, she is slowly reno-vating the home that she shareswith her pug, Memphis, and herBrussels Griffon, Trixie.

In her role at Fort Drum, sheworks with local media outletsand tells both good and bad sto-ries.

“I truly don’t believe you canbe a credible organization ifyou only tell the good stuff, be-cause that’s not how life worksand if there is any group of peo-ple who understand that, it’sthe people from the northcountry,” she said. “They takethe sunny days with the cloudydays. I think you have to tell itall in order for any of it to be be-lieved.”

THE CUPERNALL FILEAge: 29


Family:Middle of three girls, Sarahand Nancy

Education:Bachelor’s degree fromSUNY Oswego; Army training at theDefense Information school

Book recommendation:“SmokeJumper,”by Nicholas Evans

Mentor:Bob Dylan


Julie A. Cupernall is the deputypublic affairs officer for Fort Drum.

Julie A. Cupernall

CANTON — Recognized by awide variety of organizationsand national publications asone of the “greenest” colleges inthe nation, St. Lawrence Univer-sity is continuing efforts to im-prove its environmental profileand reduce its carbon footprint.

Long known for academicand co-curricular programs thatemphasize environmentalawareness, St. Lawrence Univer-sity is ramping up its commit-ment to environmental sustain-ability.

The College Sustainability Re-port Card awarded St. LawrenceUniversity an overall grade of Bin 2009, up from a B minus theyear before, and placing in the

top third of all schools evaluat-ed.

The university’s sustainabilityprograms have been cited with-in the past year in the New YorkTimes and The Chronicle ofHigher Education newspapers;Plenty, Sierra and Kiwi maga-zines; and on National PublicRadio and Sirius Radio pro-grams.

Also within the past year, St.Lawrence has become part ofthe federal Environmental Pro-tection Agency Green PowerPartnership.

In addition to on-going initia-tives, new programs are underway.

They include:

A campus-wide energy con-servation campaign was an-nounced in 2008.

Even though the campaignhas barely begun, university of-ficials report, it has already re-sulted in reducing overall energyconsumption by 3 percent.

The popular Re-Use Initia-tive, which was held twice a year,is now permanently located in aresidence hall basement.

St. Lawrence University andthe village of Canton have beguna combined effort to turn leaves,branches and other organicmatter from village and univer-sity landscaping into a valuablesoil amendment by composting.

SLU, lauded for its ‘green’ campus,places in top third of schools rated

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By NANCY MADSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

BELLEVILLE — Jay J. Can-zonier is a board member for Jef-ferson County Farm Bureau, acrop consultant, a Doebler’sseed sales agent, a vegetablefarmer and a member of a dairyprofit team, a program of the Jef-ferson County Agricultural De-velopment Corp.

He and his wife, Kathryn D.,won the New York Farm Bureau’sExcellence in Agriculture Awardin December 2007 based ontheir involvement in agriculture,leadership ability and participa-tion in Farm Bureau and otherorganizations.

“I want to be a farmer,” Mr.Canzonier said. “We’re doingsomething a little different thanother people in the neighbor-hood.”

He and his wife come fromdairy farming backgrounds.She’s the daughter of Nancy D.and David M. Dodge, Hender-son, and his family had a farm inNew Jersey for 340 years, whichhis grandparents sold in the1980s. But they decided to growsquash instead of milk cows.

“It’s a higher risk per acre, butlower risk overall,” Mr. Can-zonier said.

He said the family influencehas been strong in his life.

“My father-in-law taught meperseverance and my fathertaught me patience.”

The couple left New Jersey tocome to Belleville and start theirfarm on 16 acres on Route 75.They gutted and are renovatingtheir house, which was built in1860.

The Canzoniers’ NorthBranch Farms covers about 40acres. They started with sweetcorn and then added tomatoes,peppers, cucumbers, winter

squash and pumpkins. They’vehad a stand on Route 3 and wantto add one at the farm on Route75 west of Belleville.

Mr. Canzonier said the trendtoward fresh, local vegetableswill strengthen ties betweenconsumers and farmers.

“It’s a good thing for us and forconsumers,” he said. “It’s a goodthing for the economy.”

Mr. Canzonier said he’s in-volved in the agricultural com-munity because of the influenceof his wife and father-in-law.

“I’m Holland Dutch and I can’tstand to see my fellow dairyfarmers kicked around,” he said.“I learned that if you don’t showup, no one will.”

He said the agriculturalcommunity faces tremendouschallenges from low milkprices, high regulatory burdenand inconsistent labor avail-ability.

“The pluses are we’ve got fair-ly fertile soil, a growing seasonand historically good weather,”he said. “If we survive in an eco-nomic environment like thiswith this weather, wait ’til it getsgood.”

By STEVE VIRKLERTIMES STAFF WRITER

NEW BREMEN — Scott P.Mathys doesn’t have time to getdepressed about the stagnanteconomic times.

He’s too busy working to helparea families get through them,partly by fostering the commu-nity spirit that already exists.

“I know that the local peoplereally watch out for each other,”said Mr. Mathys, who has servedas executive director of LewisCounty Opportunities Inc. forthe past two years. “I believe wecan meet some of these chal-lenges that we face in this econ-omy.”

Opportunities, a communityaction agency, oversees a varietyof programs designed to providefood, shelter and safety to coun-ty residents who need them.Many are dependent on volun-teers.

With most of Opportunities’programs dealing with resi-dents’ immediate needs, Mr.Mathys said, he’d like to offermore educational resources —on topics like financial and com-puter literacy — that will “help

people help themselves.”

“We want to really discoverthe specific needs of LewisCounty residents,” he said.

To that end, Mr. Mathys in2007 initiated the inauguralcommunity survey of LewisCounty residents. However, thequestions were developed in

collaboration with several otheragencies and groups, he said.

He said he will be particularlyinterested to see responses inupcoming years to determinecommunity trends.

Mr. Mathys serves on the Jef-ferson-Lewis Workforce Invest-ment Board and is a boardmember for the Lewis CountyYouth Council, CoordinatedChildren’s Council, North Coun-try Children’s Clinic, LewisCounty Transportation TaskForce and Lewis County Com-prehensive Development Strat-egy Committee. He also servesas a representative for past Op-portunities’ Executive DirectorKarl Reutling on the state Com-munity Services Block Grant Ad-visory Council.

Before joining Opportunities,Mr. Mathys was direct servicecoordinator for the Victims As-sistance Center in Watertown.He credited his director there,Elaina F. Marra, with providingexperience and guidance on op-erating a nonprofit agency.

He also served in the Air Forcefor several years, including fourin England.

THE CANZONIER FILEAAggee:: 36

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: Point Pleasant Beach,N.J.

FFaammiillyy:: Wife, Kathryn D.; son, JosephD., 2; Margo D., born Feb.17EEdduuccaa--ttiioonn:: Bachelor of science degree inagronomy from Delaware Valley Col-lege, Doylestown, Pa.; graduate ofPoint Pleasant Beach High School

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd BBooookk:: “The GreatestGeneration,”by Tom Brokaw

THE MATHYS FILEAAggee:: 35


FFaammiillyy:: Parents, Howard and MaudieMathys, Naumburg.Resides atBeaver Falls with his wife, Eileen, andthree daughters, Paige, 16, Jessica,14, and Olivia, 11

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: 1991 graduate of BeaverRiver Central School.Associate de-gree in criminal justice through theCommunity College of the Air Force;bachelor’s degree in sociology fromSUNY Potsdam, 2002.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Growing UpEmpty:The Hunger Epidemic inAmerica,” by Loretta Schwartz-No-bel.The book explores hunger suf-fered not only by the poor, but alsothe middle class, working poor andmilitary.


Jay J. Canzonier is owner-operator of North Branch Farms, Belleville, and mem-ber of the board of directors of Jefferson County Farm Bureau.

Jay J. Canzonier


Scott Mathys, executive director of Lewis County Oppertunities, is pictured at itsfacilities in New Bremen.

Scott P. Mathys

Merriman’s has historyof building supply service

NORWOOD — Joel and BettyMerriman purchased the M.J.Reagan coal, home heating fueland bottled gas business 51years ago.

Over the years Joel and Bettypurchased several building sup-ply and hardware businesses,including Ted Anderson’s, EdWhite’s and George A. Gibsonon Mechanic Street. The busi-ness was relocated to MechanicStreet in 1961.

In January 1966, the companywas incorporated as J.C. Merri-man Inc. Merriman’s moved toits present location on Pots-dam-Norwood Road in thesummer of 1969.

More warehouses, show-rooms and office space havebeen added over the years to ac-commodate the growing fueloil, kerosene, propane andbuilding materials sales.

There are now 34 employees,many of whom have been withMerriman’s for more than 20years.

Merriman’s sells building ma-terials, home heating fuel,propane and Monitor heaters. Itoffers kitchen and bath cabi-netry by Wood Mode,Brookhaven and Aristokraft andappliances by Sub Zero andJenn Air.

It has national brands of car-pet, laminate, ceramic, vinyland wood flooring in stock atcompetitive prices as well asavailable to order.

Merriman’s offers free esti-mates to both home owners andcontractors, as well as free deliv-ery of building supplies. Phone353-6626.

Lacy nearing nine yearsof regional realty service

GOUVERNEUR — Lacy Real-ty LLC, under the leadership ofits co-founders, William Lacyand managing broker Penny L.Bogardus, was established inMay 2000.

Lacy Realty has three full-timebrokers. In the upcoming year,Mr. Lacy will again put his 37years of real estate experience towork as a director of the St.Lawrence County Board of Real-tors. Ms. Bogardus celebratedher eighth year as a broker andcompleted the required curricu-lum to earn the Graduate of theRealtor Institute designation inSeptember 2007. Alex MacKin-non, associate broker, excelled inhis third year at Lacy Realty. GlenBogardus, webmaster and salesagent, continues to upgradehttp://www.lacyrealty.net/www.LacyRealty.net Web site.

In response to the higher costof fuel, the “Lacy Realty GoesGreen” program was imple-mented in the fall of 2008. Selecthomes offer energy credits tobuyers that may include a fulltank of fuel, firewood, no pro-ration of fuel at closing, etc. JeffProulx, owner of the local Save-A-Lot grocery store, is workingwith Lacy Realty to give each

buyer purchasing a new home a$100 food credit.

Lacy Realty’s office continuesto be a “Cell Phones for Soldiers”drop-off point open weekdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and untilnoon on Saturday.

Triple ‘A’ Building Centerfocuses on ‘green’ work

Triple “A” Building Center, ofCanton, Potsdam and Massena,offers weatherization, plumb-ing, electrical and heating alter-natives.

In addition, Triple “A” hasbrought Michael Hoit and hismore than 20 years of experiencein the building industry on boardas its outside sales manager.

Triple “A” continues to ex-plore new markets and productsthrough its cooperative Do ItBest. Twice a year, members ofthe staff from all three stores at-tend a weeklong market event inIndianapolis.

This year employees fromTriple “A” supported the com-munity weatherization initiativeby training high school studentsto install energy saving kits inlow- to moderate incomehomes. Many of the employeesare involved in community pro-grams, including Rotary Club,Lions Club, Kiwanis and Ma-sons. This year employees do-nated toys, clothes and food forthe Salvation Army’s Angel TreeDrive.

Chamber promotes city,backs community events

OGDENSBURG — The boardof directors meets at noon onthe first and third Wednesday ofeach month, the first meeting ofthe month dedicated to honor-ing the North West Tech’s/BO-CES Student of the Month. Allboard meetings are open to thepublic and local business peo-ple are especially encouraged toattend.

The Greater OgdensburgChamber of Commerce is astrong advocate for business asevidenced by the many semi-nars and workshops it has host-ed over the years. As a memberof the North Country AirportAlliance, the chamber is spear-heading a marketing effort sothat our residents think of fly-ing locally first and foremostand tourism to our area is in-creased. The chamber hostsBusiness After Hours severaltimes each year offering mem-bers to showcase their busi-nesses and network with othermembers.

Last year saw the tremendousgrowth of the OgdensburgGreenMarket, a Farm Market inLibrary Park from May to Octo-ber. The market grew from fiveor six vendors the year before tomore than 26 in 2008 with an av-erage of 15 vendors set up eachSaturday morning.

The chamber is at work on anewWeb site that will feature apictorial view of Ogdensburg, anew and easier to use communi-ty events page with an events

clearinghouse page. The addressiswww.ogdensburgny.com.

The chamber office is CityHall, 330 Ford St., on the firstfloor opposite the Departmentof Motor Vehicles. For informa-tion, call 393-3620.

Clarkson program mergesschool, businesses efforts

POTSDAM — The ClarksonEngineering and Science Ser-vices Center commenced oper-ations last year at Clarkson Uni-versity. CESSC was conceived inearly 2006 out of a desire to es-tablish a competitive designcenter utilizing Clarkson’s engi-neering and scientific resourcesand creating a mutually benefi-cial relationship among the uni-versity, its students and localcorporate partners.

O’Brien & Gere and Burley-Guminiak & Associates were se-lected as the first corporate part-ners of the program, with eachproviding personnel and addi-tional resources.

Students were selected forparticipation in the programbased on a high level of achieve-ment in a wide variety of engi-neering and science coursework.

Selection also was based onprevious professional experi-ence, as well as the alignment oftheir academic focus with avail-able tasks.

Additionally, some of thestudents had maintained rela-tionships, in the form of co-opor internship programs, withthe corporate partners prior totheir participation with theCESSC.

Housed in Clarkson Universi-ty’s Snell Hall, the students workclosely with manager/mentorsselected and provided by the cor-porate partners. The program al-so provides certain advantagesfor its corporate partners.

Chief among these is the op-portunity to develop a relation-ship with Clarkson University,one of the nation’s premier engi-neering colleges.

The program also offers re-duced training costs, since thestudents are familiar with multi-ple software platforms and havethe desire and ability to adapt tonew technology.

Additionally, corporate part-ners essentially are adding anew office location to their ex-isting business with minimalcapital investment.

Through its work, the CESSCseeks to provide a template forpartnership between higher ed-ucation and the professionalsector.

In the coming years, as theUnited States faces increasingcompetition from abroad in thefields of engineering and sci-ence, it will become ever moreimportant to leverage such part-nerships to maintain an edge in-ternationally.

For additional information,visit www.cessc.com or contactDean Nimmo, CESSC manager,at 286-4134 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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By ROBERT BRAUCHLETIMES STAFF WRITER

If Bryan L. White had a philos-ophy, it would read: Find an ac-tivity you love to do, and fullycommit to it.

That type of general practicelends itself fully to his job as theconfidential assistant to the citymanager of Watertown.

“You’re always doing some-thing new, learning somethingdifferent,” Mr. White said. “Thisjob keeps me on edge, and I en-joy that.”

The New Orleans native hassettled into his slot in City Hallafter landing the job in 2003,straight out of college.

Mr. White’s overarching goal isto become a city manager.

“Sure, it’s a goal to become acity manager, but it’s not aboutthe title,” he said. “I really thinkit’s about the experiences yougain as you get older. SomedayI’d like to be a city manager, butonly when I’m ready. I need togrow and experience things. I re-ally do believe the saying ‘jack ofall trades, master of none’ reallyapplies to the job. A city manag-

er either knows the informationor they know how to get in touchwith the person that does.”

Mr. White’s office is on the

third floor of City Hall. Sittingon his desk is a binder stuffedwith more than 300 pages ofthe city’s proposed multihaz-ard mitigation plan, a reportthat took more than two yearsto compile.

“It really was a team effortwith all the department heads toput this together,” he said. “Go-ing into this we knew it was go-ing to take awhile. It was just ahuge learning process.”

Outside the office, Mr. Whitesaid, he enjoys being in the com-pany of friends.

“During the winters, we can’tget out as much so we just get to-gether and play games or hostdinner parties,” he said.

He also applies his “jump infeet first” attitude to travel.

“The area is beautiful. I lovethe Adirondacks. I’ve been do-ing a lot of hiking,” he said. “I’llgenerally try anything once tosee if I like it. I just learned howto ski and that’s been a blast.”

So what has he tried that he’dturn a cold shoulder to?

“I don’t know; let me get backto you on that.”

By CHRIS BROCKTIMES STAFF WRITER

CLAYTON — One aspect ofher job that Amy L. Flack enjoysis to step back into the shadowsat Clayton Opera House duringshows and view the looks of ap-preciation on people’s faces.

Besides the acts, those peoplelikely appreciate the fact thatthey don’t have to travel out ofthe area for high-quality enter-tainment.

But the opera house has be-come more than a place to puton shows.

“During the summer season,we’ve very much become a driv-ing force in the economy in thearea,” Mrs. Flack said.

But it’s not only in summerthat the facility is busy.

“The opera house has be-come a center for everyday lifein Clayton and the surroundingarea,” Mrs. Flack said. “The hallis becoming as equally used inthe winter months as the sum-mer months.”

When the Thousand IslandPerforming Arts Fund sought itsfirst full-time executive directorin 2006, it wanted someone withfundraising and theater man-

agement experience and select-ed Mrs. Flack, who formerly wasassistant executive director forSUNY Potsdam’s CommunityPerformance Series.

Mrs. Flack was familiar withthe opera house through herwork at CPS and saw the build-ing’s potential. “We didn’t knowwhat to expect, but we madesome reasonable assumptions,”she said.

Mrs. Flack, a 1999 graduateof Ithaca College, is originallyfrom Maine and also has beendonor relations coordinator atCanton-Potsdam Hospital,Potsdam, and in New York Citywith the American Ballet The-

ater and the Princess GraceFoundation.

The Thousand Islands Per-forming Arts Fund, formed in1981, began pursuing in 1994the Clayton Opera House as aperforming arts center. A $3 mil-lion renovation project at theopera house was completed twoyears ago.

“Everybody worked hard tomake it happen,” Mrs. Flacksaid. “There was a serious groupof people behind this projectfrom the get-go.”

“I view us as a small businessthat is just starting out and find-ing out what our constituents’needs are,” she said.

Besides an annual concert se-ries, the Thousand Islands Per-forming Arts Fund runs an arts-in-education program, bringingsuch artists as opera singers andclassical musicians to area stu-dents.

Those youngsters, Mrs. Flacksaid, are important for the arts toflourish.

“We feel we have a responsi-bility to the community to fosterencouragement to the next gen-eration of art enthusiasts,” shesaid.

THE WHITE FILEAAggee:: 29

BBiirrtthhppllaaccee:: New Orleans, La.

FFaammiillyy:: Father and stepmother Tomand Dina White, Slidell, La.;

mother and stepfather, Kathy andDerek Baker, Hattiesburg, Miss.; twinsister Christy, Mitchell, Ind.; halfbrother Edward, Slidell.

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in po-litical science from Ball State Univer-sity, Muncie, Ind.; master’s degree inpublic administration from SouthernIllinois University, Edwardsville, Ill.

MMeennttoorr:: “I worked with a police chieffor a grad school internship.He wasamazing.He really took me in andtaught me a lot about management.There is a hierarchy in the office, buthe made sure he was treated no dif-ferently than anyone else on thestaff.”

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “CowboyEthics,”by James P.Owen and DavidR. Stoecklein.

THE FLACK FILEAAggee:: 32

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Bachelor’s degree in artsadministration from Ithaca College

FFaammiillyy:: Husband,Timothy Flack, dog,Cody, and family in Maine

MMeennttoorr:: “My parents, who are small-business owners and taught meabout the value of hard work, re-sponsibility and customer service.”

FFaavvoorriittee qquuoottee:: “If it’s not fun, whydo it?” —- Ben and Jerry


Bryan White, confidential assistant to the city manager, is pictured in his office atWatertown City Hall.

Bryan L. White

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North Country Chiropracticoffers laser treatments

CANTON — Spinal decom-pression/traction is one of theservices offered at North Coun-try Chiropractic by Lisa FranceyTowle and Jamie Towle, board-certified chiropractors, at 16Park St. here and at 3276 Route11 in Malone.

The traction tables thera-peutically elongate the spine ina slow, gentle manner in orderto relieve pressure on com-pressed vertebrae, discs andnerves.

In 2008, the Towles attended aconference led by Lance Arm-strong’s chiropractor, JeffreySpencer. They did advancedtraining with the Erchonia laser,the same laser used by the U.S.Postal Cycling Team and Mr.Armstrong. The laser is used toenhance tissue recovery andspeed injury healing time.

Treatmentsinclude spinal ma-nipulation, laser therapy, electricstimulation, therapeutic ultra-sound, mechanical decompres-sion/traction, activator, acupres-sure, ART, home exercises, andnutritional recommendations.

A variety of conditions canbe addressed, such as neck andback pain, headaches, pinchednerves, sciatica, disc problems,sinus trouble, stress, arthritis,fibromyalgia, sports injuriesand other complicated achesand pains.

In 2008, flat screens were in-stalled to enhance patient edu-cation and enjoyment.

Jill Alguire, office manager,

joined the staff in 2008 to meetall billing and insurance needs.

For deatils, visit www.north-countrychiropractic.com or callCanton at 386-2273 or e Maloneat 1 (518) 483-6300.

St. Lawrence NYSARCcelebrates 50 years

St. Lawrence NYSARC, a pri-vate, nonprofit corporationdedicated to working for andwith people with intellectualand developmental disabili-ties, celebrates its 50th anniver-sary in 2009. Since 1959, St.Lawrence NYSARC has hon-ored the determination of peo-ple, providing consistent careand support for program par-ticipants and their families.

Beginning as a small group ofparents who needed servicesfor their children, the agencyhas grown to serve more than650 people at 36 active locationsin St. Lawrence County.

There are 32 programs avail-able for a variety of services in-cluding home and school-based learning opportunities,community-based employ-ment, daytime activities, med-ical therapies, residential op-tions, art therapy and more.

The agency employs 597 staffmembers and is managed byExecutive Director DaphnePickert.

To learn more about St.Lawrence NYSARC log on to ourWeb site, www.slnysarc.org,email [email protected], or callthe main office in Canton at379-9531.


Julie A. Cupernall, 29, is notnew to the north country, but inher new role as deputy public af-fairs officer on Fort Drum, shehas a unique opportunity tomeld her upbringing in La-Fargeville with her Army train-ing.

“I grew up here, so I reallyfeel that I have a greater under-standing of what matters to thepeople of the north country,”she said. “In the communica-tion business, understanding isthe foundation of every storywe tell, so coming home andtalking to people I have somuch in common with andtalking about a mission I sovery much believe in, makesme feel very lucky.”

As a graduate of LaFargevilleCentral School, she went on toSUNY Oswego and received herbachelor’s degree in 2001. Shehad a dual major of broadcastproduction and theater per-formance. She put those talents

to good use and began workingat the local television station,Channel 7.

From there, she decided totake her life in a new directionand applied to the Army CivilianPublic Affairs Internship and in-terned for 18 months, rotatingthrough the Pentagon and theDefense Information School atFort Meade, Md. After workingfor the Army Corps of Engineers,she found that there was a pub-lic affairs position open at FortDrum.

“Since college I’ve always

been working towards the nextstep and what’s on the hori-zon,” she said. “When the jobopened at Fort Drum, it wasthe opportunity to set downroots.”

As part of setting down roots,she said that she did the firstadult thing outside of her careerand bought a house. When she’snot working, she is slowly reno-vating the home that she shareswith her pug, Memphis, and herBrussels Griffon, Trixie.

In her role at Fort Drum, sheworks with local media outletsand tells both good and bad sto-ries.

“I truly don’t believe you canbe a credible organization ifyou only tell the good stuff, be-cause that’s not how life worksand if there is any group of peo-ple who understand that, it’sthe people from the northcountry,” she said. “They takethe sunny days with the cloudydays. I think you have to tell itall in order for any of it to be be-lieved.”

THE CUPERNALL FILEAge: 29


Family:Middle of three girls, Sarahand Nancy

Education:Bachelor’s degree fromSUNY Oswego; Army training at theDefense Information school

Book recommendation:“SmokeJumper,”by Nicholas Evans

Mentor:Bob Dylan


Julie A. Cupernall is the deputypublic affairs officer for Fort Drum.

Julie A. Cupernall

CANTON — Recognized by awide variety of organizationsand national publications asone of the “greenest” colleges inthe nation, St. Lawrence Uni-versity is continuing efforts toimprove its environmental pro-file and reduce its carbon foot-print.

Long known for academicand co-curricular programsthat emphasize environmentalawareness, St. Lawrence Uni-versityy is ramping up its com-mitment to environmental sus-tainability.

The College SustainabilityReport Card awarded St.Lawrence University an overallgrade of B in 2009, up from a Bminus the year before, and plac-

ing in the top third of all schoolsevaluated.

The university’s sustainabili-ty programs have been citedwithin the past year in the NewYork Times and The Chronicleof Higher Education newspa-pers; Plenty, Sierra and Kiwimagazines; and on NationalPublic Radio and Sirius Radioprograms.

Also within the past year, St.Lawrence has become part ofthe federal Environmental Pro-tection Agency Green PowerPartnership.

In addition to on-going initia-tives, new programs are underway.

They include: A campus-wide energy con-

servation campaign was an-nounced in 2008.

Even though the campaignhas barely begun, universityofficials report, it has alreadyresulted in reducing overall en-ergy consumption by 3 per-cent.

The popular Re-Use Initia-tive, which was held twice ayear, is now permanently locat-ed in a residence hall base-ment.

St. Lawrence University andthe village of Canton have be-gun a combined effort to turnleaves, branches and other or-ganic matter from village anduniversity landscaping into avaluable soil amendment bycomposting.

SLU, lauded for its ‘green’ campus,places in top third of schools rated

Merriman’s has historyof building supply service

NORWOOD — Joel and BettyMerriman purchased the M.J.Reagan coal, home heating fueland bottled gas business 51years ago.

Over the years Joel and Bettypurchased several building sup-ply and hardware businesses,including Ted Anderson’s, EdWhite’s and George A. Gibsonon Mechanic Street. The busi-ness was relocated to MechanicStreet in 1961.

In January 1966, the companywas incorporated as J.C. Merri-man Inc. Merriman’s moved toits present location on Pots-dam-Norwood Road in thesummer of 1969.

More warehouses, show-rooms and office space havebeen added over the years to ac-

commodate the growing fueloil, kerosene, propane andbuilding materials sales.

There are now 34 employees,many of whom have been withMerriman’s for more than 20years.

Merriman’s sells building ma-terials, home heating fuel,propane and Monitor heaters. Itoffers kitchen and bath cabi-netry by Wood Mode,Brookhaven and Aristokraft andappliances by Sub Zero andJenn Air.

It has national brands of car-pet, laminate, ceramic, vinyland wood flooring in stock atcompetitive prices as well asavailable to order.

Merriman’s offers free esti-mates to both home owners andcontractors, as well as free deliv-ery of building supplies. Phone353-6626.

Lacy nearing nine yearsof regional realty service

GOUVERNEUR — Lacy Real-ty LLC, under the leadership ofits co-founders, William Lacyand managing broker Penny L.Bogardus, was established inMay 2000.

Lacy Realty has three full-timebrokers. In the upcoming year,Mr. Lacy will again put his 37years of real estate experience towork as a director of the St.Lawrence County Board of Real-tors. Ms. Bogardus celebratedher eighth year as a broker andcompleted the required curricu-lum to earn the Graduate of theRealtor Institute designation inSeptember 2007. Alex MacKin-non, associate broker, excelled inhis third year at Lacy Realty. GlenBogardus, webmaster and salesagent, continues to upgradehttp://www.lacyrealty.net/www.LacyRealty.net Web site.

In response to the higher costof fuel, the “Lacy Realty GoesGreen” program was imple-mented in the fall of 2008. Selecthomes offer energy credits tobuyers that may include a fulltank of fuel, firewood, no pro-ration of fuel at closing, etc. JeffProulx, owner of the local Save-A-Lot grocery store, is workingwith Lacy Realty to give eachbuyer purchasing a new home a$100 food credit.

Lacy Realty’s office continuesto be a “Cell Phones for Soldiers”drop-off point open weekdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and untilnoon on Saturday.

Triple ‘A’ Building Centerfocuses on ‘green’ work

Triple “A” Building Center, ofCanton, Potsdam and Massena,offers weatherization, plumb-ing, electrical and heating alter-natives.

In addition, Triple “A” hasbrought Michael Hoit and hismore than 20 years of experiencein the building industry on boardas its outside sales manager.

Triple “A” continues to ex-plore new markets and prod-ucts through its cooperative DoIt Best. Twice a year, members ofthe staff from all three stores at-tend a weeklong market event inIndianapolis.

This year employees fromTriple “A” supported the com-munity weatherization initiativeby training high school studentsto install energy saving kits inlow- to moderate incomehomes. Many of the employeesare involved in community pro-grams, including Rotary Club,Lions Club, Kiwanis and Ma-sons. This year employees do-nated toys, clothes and food forthe Salvation Army’s Angel TreeDrive.

Chamber promotes city,backs community events

OGDENSBURG — The boardof directors meets at noon onthe first and third Wednesday ofeach month, the first meeting ofthe month dedicated to honor-ing the North West Tech’s/BO-CES Student of the Month. Allboard meetings are open to thepublic and local business peo-ple are especially encouraged toattend.

The Greater OgdensburgChamber of Commerce is astrong advocate for business asevidenced by the many semi-nars and workshops it has host-ed over the years. As a memberof the North Country Airport Al-liance, the chamber is spear-heading a marketing effort so

that our residents think of flyinglocally first and foremost andtourism to our area is increased.The chamber hosts Business Af-ter Hours several times eachyear offering members to show-case their businesses and net-work with other members.

Last year saw the tremendousgrowth of the OgdensburgGreenMarket, a Farm Market inLibrary Park from May to Octo-ber. The market grew from fiveor six vendors the year before tomore than 26 in 2008 with an av-erage of 15 vendors set up eachSaturday morning.

The chamber is at work on anewWeb site that will feature apictorial view of Ogdensburg, anew and easier to use commu-nity events page with an eventsclearinghouse page. The ad-dress iswww.ogdensburgny.com.

The chamber office is CityHall, 330 Ford St., on the firstfloor opposite the Departmentof Motor Vehicles. For informa-tion, call 393-3620.

Clarkson program mergesschool, businesses efforts

POTSDAM — The ClarksonEngineering and Science Ser-vices Center commenced oper-ations last year at Clarkson Uni-versity. CESSC was conceived inearly 2006 out of a desire to es-tablish a competitive designcenter utilizing Clarkson’s engi-neering and scientific resourcesand creating a mutually benefi-cial relationship among the uni-versity, its students and localcorporate partners.

O’Brien & Gere and Burley-Guminiak & Associates were se-lected as the first corporatepartners of the program, witheach providing personnel andadditional resources.

Students were selected forparticipation in the programbased on a high level of achieve-ment in a wide variety of engi-

neering and science coursework.

Selection also was based onprevious professional experi-ence, as well as the alignment oftheir academic focus with avail-able tasks.

Additionally, some of the stu-dents had maintained relation-ships, in the form of co-op or in-ternship programs, with thecorporate partners prior totheir participation with theCESSC.

Housed in Clarkson Universi-ty’s Snell Hall, the students workclosely with manager/mentorsselected and provided by thecorporate partners. The pro-gram also provides certain ad-vantages for its corporate part-ners.

Chief among these is the op-portunity to develop a relation-ship with Clarkson University,one of the nation’s premier engi-neering colleges.

The program also offers re-duced training costs, since thestudents are familiar with multi-ple software platforms and havethe desire and ability to adapt tonew technology.

Additionally, corporate part-ners essentially are adding anew office location to their ex-isting business with minimalcapital investment.

Through its work, the CESSCseeks to provide a template forpartnership between higher ed-ucation and the professionalsector.

In the coming years, as theUnited States faces increasingcompetition from abroad in thefields of engineering and sci-ence, it will become ever moreimportant to leverage such part-nerships to maintain an edge in-ternationally.

For additional information,visit www.cessc.com or contactDean Nimmo, CESSC manager,at 286-4134 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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United Helpers advancesapproach to health care

OGDENSBURG — For morethan 110 years, United Helpershas played a key role in “caringfor our own” in the North Coun-try. United Helpers provideshomes and services to approxi-mately 1,000 residents, employsnearly 900 people and con-tributes more than $19 millionto the local economy annually.

From roots as an orphanageto the myriad of services that areprovided today, United Helperscontinues to seek new and bet-ter ways to meet the health andhuman services needs of St.Lawrence County.

“We design all of our pro-grams and services based ontwo fundamental principles,”John M. Turongian, United

Helpers CEO, explained. “Webelieve that promoting qualityof life is a basic right of all ofthose we serve and by workingto close the gaps in the healthcare continuum, we are creatingbest possible outcomes for ourresidents. That is the course thatguides us.”

In November 2001, the Unit-ed Helpers Board of Directorsand management team drafteda 10-year visioning document toprovide a course for the organi-zation. Plans to provide differ-ent care options were devel-oped and the exploration of newways to deliver care were re-searched and explored.

“We knew that people want tolive as independently as possi-ble, for as long as possible, butthere were some service optionsthat were just not yet available

in St. Lawrence County.” Mr.Turongian said. “We had justlaunched Partridge Knoll, St.Lawrence County’s only full-service retirement community,but we had a long way to go.”

Over the next few years, Unit-ed Helpers introduced homehealth services at its UnitedHelpers Adult Home in Ogdens-burg and launched UnitedHelpers Home Health Services,offering private, medical andnon-medical in-home servicesto the St. Lawrence Countycommunity.

In 2003, United Helpers an-nounced a $26 million con-struction and merger project atthe United Helpers Ogdensburgcampus. The plan would mergeUnited Helpers Nursing Homeand United Helpers CedarsNursing Home and, more im-

portant, change the way UnitedHelpers delivers long-term careservices.

“This project was much morethan bricks and mortar,” Mr.Turongian said. “While thephysical changes to the buildingare modern and aestheticallypleasing, we also changed thecare environment entirely.”

The “neighborhood” designof the building provides shorterhallways, smaller groupings ofresidents and specialized carecenters. Construction also in-volved the inclusion of a physi-cal therapy and rehabilitationsuite. The redesigned Ogdens-burg Campus was completed inOctober, but long-term plan-ning and execution continuesfor United Helpers.

Also in October, UnitedHelpers broke ground on

Maplewood Campus, a $29 mil-lion project designed to replacethe United Helpers CantonNursing Home, provide a much-needed home for the CantonChild Day Care Center andUnited Helpers Out-PatientPhysical Therapy services, andto introduce St. LawrenceCounty’s first assisted living pro-gram.

Maplewood Campus, adja-cent to United Helpers’ PartridgeKnoll Independent RetirementCommunity on Outer StateStreet in Canton, is designed toprovide skilled nursing care insmaller, “cottage” settings.

For more information onservices provided by UnitedHelpers, visit www.united-helpers.org or call UnitedHelpers at 393-3074.

Abbey Carpet celebrates20 years with company

Abbey Carpet of Watertown,150 Court St., Watertown, is cel-ebrating its 20th anniversary asan Abbey Carpet and Floormember and is thus the longestoperating Abbey Carpet & Floorstore in the state.

Steve and Joyce Bradley’s as-sociation with Abbey Carpet hasgiven them the ability to offerbrand names, service and war-ranties exclusively to customersin the north country.

The business also has a Website, www.abbeycarpet.com, onwhich customers can viewflooring in the colors,of theirchoice, request a quote on spe-cific products and apply for spe-cial finance programs online.

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Massena Memorial citesyear of accomplishments

MASSENA — MassenaMemorial Hospital’s goal is toprovide the personal attentionpatients expect to receive in a lo-cal community hospital setting,while offering the most ad-vanced technology available.

The 50-bed hospital can meet90 percent of the health careneeds people may experienceduring your lifetime, from pre-

ventive medicine to full surgicalcare; obstetrics and maternityto geriatrics; simple lab tests toMRI and full CT scan.

“As a leader in the health carecommunity, MMH has realizedmany accomplishments overthe past year,” said Charles F.Fahd, chief executive officer.“We are nearing completion ofthe northwest addition, whichwill offer a new in-house 3.0 Tes-la MRI unit, a nuclear medicinesuite, cardiac stress testing lab

and a beautiful maternity unit,Tender Touches Birthing Cen-ter, with four labor, delivery, re-covery and postpartum rooms.We will also have a dedicatedclassroom for emergency pre-paredness training.”

He added, “Over the last 12years, MMH has invested over$30 million in construction,renovation and state-of-the-artmedical equipment. We haveacquired new technologies thatenable us to better diagnose and

treat health care issues with anoverall goal of early detectionand prevention.”

MMH reflects on 2008 as agreat year of accomplishmentand as a year of planning, a cred-it to its more than 400 employ-ees, 45 physicians and hundredsof volunteers. It continuallydemonstrates quality care withcompliance with the Joint Com-mission on Accreditation ofHealthcare Organizations, na-tional standards for health carequality and safety.

The hospital saw an increaseof what it budgeted for in- inpa-tient and observation patientadmissions, which goes againstthe trend in health care, and a 2percent increase in outpatientregistrations.

The North Country VeteransClinic had 8,770 patient visitslast year and offers mentalhealth services to the local vet-erans.

Massena Memorial Hospitaldeveloped the North CountryFamily Health Network morethan 15 years ago. It includes theNorth Country Veterans Clinic,Women’s Health Omni Center,Kids Korner Pediatric Center,Brasher Falls, and Norfolk Fami-ly Health Centers, along with thedialysis center, pulmonologyand oncology clinics. Theseeight outreach clinics saw near-ly 35,000 patient visits in 2008.

Two family medicine physi-cians, Dr. Maria Cuda and Dr.Michelle Edwards, joined themedical staff, and Dr. An-toinette Eng, joined the emer-gency medicine team. This yearthe hospital plans to continueits efforts to bring new physi-cians to the community, specifi-cally in nephrology, primarycare and an otolaryngology.

The hospital’s foundationraised $59,485 for medicalequipment. The MMH employ-ees giving group donated nearly$50,000 to the foundation. Theauxiliary donated $59,996 to thehospital and foundation.

In 2008, the hospital offeredhundreds of hours for commu-nity health education, throughhealth fairs, support groups, to-bacco cessation programs, childbirth and breast feeding classes,blood drives and more. Last

year, The Tobacco CessationCenter, which MMH partnerswith, saw 1,260 patients whowere interested in quittingsmoking.

Bronson offers heating,plumbing, air services

POTSDAM — Bronson OneHour Heating & Air Condition-ing, 7598 U.S. Highway 11, re-flects a family tradition of expe-rience dating back to 1946.

The Bronsons are membersof the Business Bureau andserve all of St. Lawrence Countywith the Roto-Rooter franchisesystem purchased in 1975

They offer plumbing anddrain cleaning services for resi-dential, commercial and indus-trial customers. They have highpressure water jetting equip-ment for sewer lines and frozenwater lines, video cameras forinspecting sewers and draincleaning equipment for all sizedrains. Roto-Rooter Plumbingis a complete service, repair, andreplacement company. For de-tails see www.bronsonsroto-rooter.com

In 2003, the firm continuedthe development of the heatingside of their business by joiningthe franchise, offering a limitednumber of one hour appoint-ments each day. They offer freeestimates and give their cus-tomers pricing and financingoptions on full installations andoffer complete inspections offurnaces, boiler systems and airconditioning units.

The heating Web site iswww.onehourheatandair.comIn 2007, they became a certifiedBuilding Performance Institutecontractor and can do home en-ergy audits with the Blower Doorand Duct Blaster technology.They also offer a complete line ofindoor air quality products aswell as ToroVac Duct Cleaning.

In March 2007 they becamean authorized Kinetico homewater system dealer covering St.Lawrence and Franklin coun-ties. Certified water condition-ing specialist Bob Denny has 20years in the water conditioningbusiness. Kinetico .

The company became certi-fied in balancing diagnosticsthrough the National ComfortInstitute. The average HVACsystem delivers only 57 percentof the equipment-rated Btu intothe building.

For more information callt265-8190 (Roto-Rooter Plumb-ing), 265-8192 (One Hour Heat-ing & Air), or 265-8193 (Kineti-co).

NBT Banks has 12 officesthroughout the region

NBT Bank has 12 officesthroughout St. Lawrence, Essex,Clinton and Franklin counties.These offices are an integral partof the NBT Bank network thatincludes 84 full-service loca-tions in 20 upstate New Yorkcounties.

NBT Bank offers a full rangeof financial services, includingchecking accounts, savings andretirement plans, residentialmortgages, personal and smallbusiness loans, commercialbanking and trust and invest-ment services. Retail cus-tomers have access to a num-ber of convenient services, in-cluding telephone and Internetbanking, bill payment and anextensive network of ATMs.Business and municipal cus-tomers have access to Internetbanking, bill payment, remotedeposit and cash managementservices.

TAUNY showcases art,heritage of north country

CANTON — Traditional Artsin Upstate New York wasfounded in 1986. The goal ofthe organization was to studylocal traditions and to collabo-rate with other north countrycultural organizations — col-leges, libraries and historicalsocieties — to present them tothe public.

In 1994, TAUNY rented asmall space on West Street forits first gallery and office, andin 1998, working with the new-ly formed Grasse River Her-itage Development Corp., thegrowing organization movedto a former storefront onCoakley Island with morespace and a part-time staff ofthree.

Today the offices and galleryat 53 Main St. are run by a staff offive, including a full-time execu-tive director and part-time staffresponsible for the heritagecenter project, community rela-tions, the museum shop andbookkeeping.

Over the years, TAUNY’s pro-grams have grown and diversi-fied. Each year three to fourtemporary exhibits are devel-oped on many aspects of locallife ranging from model boats toyard art, from hooked rugs tohippie houses, carved birds andAdirondack storytellers.

For information, call 386-4289 or visit www.TAUNY.org.

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Exford & Exford offersrange of financial services

Exford & Exford Financial isan independently owned andoperated financial services of-fice at 311 State St., Watertown.Brian S. Exford has been an in-dependent financial adviser fornearly eight years, and ShannonExford has been in the account-ing, tax and finance field for over10 years. In the spring of 2005Shannon left a corporate ac-counting position and Exford &Exford Financial was formed.The client base has grown to alevel which now employs threeadditional employees and dou-bled office space which is a farcry from the husband-and-wifeteam that started the companyfive years ago.

Services include: Payroll, including Prevail-

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Construction and contract-ing specialization.

Full tax services. Life, health and disability

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Landscape Designs takesprojects big and small

ADAMS CENTER — Land-scape Designs, formed in 2008,provides landscaping services,with unusual flair.

Kelly Clark, the owner, recog-nized that when people hire alandscaper or gardener, theywant to see the designs on paperbefore they commit to changingthe look and feel of their proper-ty. Ms. Clark creates computer-aided illustrations that show-case the existing property withdesign additions. She workswith the surrounding natural el-ements to enhance curb appealand creates outdoor livingspaces that can be enjoyed allyear long.

The company, 16828 CountyRoute 76, is not limited to large-scale property designs. Some-times, the only thing a clientneeds is a little help planting inthe spring.

It offers computer aided land-scape design, complete gardeninstallations, rock and contain-er gardens, weeding/ongoingmaintenance programs and

spring and fall cleanups.Its phone number is 583-

5567.

Netto Welding employeescertified on extinguishers

Netto Welding Supply LLC,731 LeRay St., dba Netto FireEquipment, continues to filland test paintball cylinders as aregular part of its business,whose products and services al-so include industrial gases,welding supplies, fire extin-guisher sales, service and in-spections, high-pressure hy-drotesting, dry ice and paintballsupplies.

Six years ago, Netto enteredinto the paintball retail busi-ness. “Business was great untilthe war (Iraq) broke out. Paint-ball accessories are down over70 percent from previous year’ssales,” according to a reportfrom the business.

“Paintball is one of the manyuses of CO2 that we service. Wecurrently are the only supplierto offer compressed air refillsand hydrotesting of paintballcylinders,” it said.

The business, owned byRonald Netto and managed byRonald Netto Jr., employs sixpeople, two more than it did fiveyears ago.

“In 2007, all our employeesreceived their fire protectioncertification. This Natural FireProtection Agency (NFPA) re-quirement certified them in theinspection, placement, mainte-nance, hydrotesting andrecharging of fire extinguish-ers,” the business reported.

Netto serves Jefferson, Lewisand St. Lawrence counties. Itscustomer base includes hospi-tals, schools, churches and mu-nicipalities, as well as resi-dences.

For more information, call782-0242.

North American Tapesplans to add workers

North American Tapes LLC,22430 Fisher Road, Watertown,makes pressure-sensitive adhe-sive tape for sport and industrialuses.

Founded in 2003, the compa-ny employs 20 people, up fromfour in its first year, and expectsto grow to 30 within a year, ac-cording to company PresidentDarrin Prance, who wrote, “Weexpect to be hiring for a varietyof positions in all areas of ouroperation.”

The tape is marketed in theU.S., Canada and international-ly.

Riverhouse Wares restoresbuilding materials, art

RENSSELEAR FALLS —Riverhouse Wares and Restora-tion, 208-317 Front St., foundedin 1977, is a family-owned busi-ness selling doors, windows,trim and hardware.

“River House Wares andRestoration is dedicated to recy-cling buiding materials and ac-cessories” and “preserving au-thentic objets d’art,” accordingto its mission statement on a fli-er from owner Kyle D. Hartman.

The business is part of “Kyle’sWorld,” a collection of buildingsin downtown Rensselear Fallsthat also features a 156-year-oldgrist mill, Ladies First Galleryand the River House.

The gallery, run by Mr. Hart-man’s wife, Sally White Hart-man, and founded in 1994, fea-tures art by her and others,along with collectibles, woodfurniture, prints, pots and pho-tographs.

Mr. Hartman is working on abook about the numerous fire-places he has salvaged over theyears.

For more information, call344-8882 or 344-7247 or [email protected]. Or visitriverhousewares.com.

MetLife Seaway Agencyoffers array of services

MASSENA — MetLife SeawayAgency, 213 Main St., Suite 102,employs 72 financial servicerepresentatives and hopes toemploy 100 by 2010, reports lo-cal manager David Brunelle.

Part of MetLife Greater Syra-cuse Agency, Syracuse, and Met-ropolitan Life Insurance Co.,New York City, the local office,founded in 1996, has 108 em-ployees in all.

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Energy Tan spa offersvarious ways to relax

Energy Tan is an independ-ently owned and operated tan-ning spa at 311 State St., Water-town, next door to Burger King.

Opened in July 2005 by Shan-non Exford, it has grown from800 square feet to over 3,000square feet. The spa is managedby Steven “Buster” Didas and al-so employs longtime New Yorkstate-certified nail technicianBeth Green.

It has a variety of tanningbeds and the area’s only aro-matherapy oxygen bar which in-cludes a ting ting head massageand a Knukkles back message.

The oxygen bar is designed toenergize the client and fuel theskin for deeper, darker tanning.

It also heightens concentrationand memory, promotes healing,calms the mind and stabilizesthe nervous system, fights jetlag, relieves muscle stiffness andpre-athletic performance andprovides a natural remedy forheadaches, migraines andhangovers, Ms. Exford reports.

Also featured are free shiatsumessage chairs and sunlessspray tans. Norvell state of theart air brushing equipment isspecifically designed for sunless

tanning. Customers can also receive a

session to relax and detoxify inan infrared colortherapy sauna.

Other offerings include: The Monster Energy Drink

and Juice Bar. Spa pedicures in a private

room. Manicures, fills or acrylic or

gel nailsIn 2008 Energy Tan has added

a Rejuvenessence CollagenLight Therapy Bed also known asRed Light Skin Renewal Therapy.This is not a tanning bed. Thereis no UVA or UVB rays. It is re-portedly safe for all ages andskin types.

Energy Tan plans to continueto upgrade and keep up on thelatest trends while looking formore opportunities to expand inthe tri-county region.

The public is invited to stopby or take a virtual tour atwww.energytano2.com.

Watertown Auto Repairlooks toward expansion

Watertown Auto Repair Ser-vice, 26109 state Route 283 (out-er Pearl Street) was founded Jan.1, 1993 and conducts generalauto repair, oil changes, NewYork state inspections, brake

and transmission service, en-gine replacement, diagnosticsand auto sales.

Owned and operated byGeorge M. Sepko Jr. and man-aged by Nannette Gentile, thebusiness has 10 employees, upfrom three in 2003 and two adecade ago.

Diagnostics services andcomputerized wheel balacingare among the upgrades over thepast five years. The business hasalso updated its electronicequipment, added service baysand blacktopped its parking lotand driveway. It also has vehicle-specific computer invoicing andinventory control.

Plans include adding a newoffice and about five more em-ployees. More car sales and serv-ice are projected during the nextfive years.

A Doggie Doo Inc. grooms,cares for dogs and cats

A Doggie Doo Inc., 22252Route 11, Watertown, providesgrooming, boarding, day care,training, retail supplies and foodfor dogs and cats.

Founded in May 2004, thebusiness has 18 employees, upfrom 12 when it began, and re-ports $450,000 in annual sales. It

projects a sales increase of 5 per-cent to 15 percent this year.

Over the last five years “wehave added some new productsand some specialty training,”write company President LisaCarl and manager Robert Carl,who say, “pet clothing andhealth has become a big issuelately.”

Goals in addition to customerservice include keeping up withtrends and certification. Thecompany does some businessonline.

Regading employment, theCarls report, “We look for un-trained people we can train toour standards, with a good workethic.”

Schiszler Constructionseeking to add workers

GOUVERNEUR — SchiszlerConstruction, 49 John St., spe-cializes in residential construc-tion and small commercial proj-ects such as additions, remodel-ing, siding, roofing and electri-cal work.

Company President JosephSchiszler reports $300,00 in an-nual sales, forecasts a $100,000increase for this year, and says inthe last five years there has beenan increase in remodeling and

repair projects.In the past five years his work

force has grown from two to five,and he expects to employ 12 ayear from now, hiring “moreworkers who are highly skilled attheir jobs.”

He writes that he is “looking tohire quality craftsmen who re-spect their work. Looking for abusy season thanks to FortDrum and surrounding areasand people.”

Energy-efficient projects areamong the new developmentshe sees as becoming prominentin the business.

Schiszler Construction adver-tises in the Yellow Book, newspa-pers and by word of mouth,signs and business cards.

E&M Tack Shop catersto changing riding market

CARTHAGE — E&M TackShop, 33 N. Broad St., is ownedby Patty Burdick. Founded in1980, the business employs fourfamily members.

Products and services includeequestrian supplies, saddles,bridles, blankets, grooming sup-plies, safety helmets, fly spraysand stable equipment.

The business’s major com-petitors are mail-order catalogs

and the Internet. As the prices ofgas and feed go up, more horseowners are staying at home andenjoying their riding rather thantaking expensive trips.

Specific products are orderedon customers’ demand. As themarket is changing from theshow rider to the trail rider,items in stock are more for prac-ticality than beauty alone. At-tention to customer servicehelps solve particular needs.

The company also sells prod-ucts at local horse shows, fairsand buyer events such as EquineAffaire in Massachusetts.

Steady business seenin manufactured homes

Walker’s Manufactured Hous-ing Inc., 18753 U.S. Route 11,Watertown, founded in 1966,sells and services mobile andmodular homes in Jefferson andLewis counties and part of St.Lawrence County.

The company for 10 yearshas employed a staff of five, anumber expected to holdsteady in the next year, accord-ing to company President Stan-ley Hall and Manager TraceyScoville.



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Fun Unlimited sells ATVs,snowmobiles and more

GOUVERNEUR — Fun Un-limited LLC, 2068 State Highway812, sells and services PolarisATVs, Rangers, snowmobilesand accessories in St. Lawrence,Jefferson, Lewis and Franklincounties.

The business, founded in1985, has four employees andcites annual sales of $1.3 mil-lion, expected to increase to $1.4million this year. It also expectsto add two employees, reportscompany President Bill Lutz.

The business has adapted tomarket changes, he writes, byoffering more services andproducts such as pickup anddelivery, overnight and UPSshipping and clothing and ac-cessories. The business checksout polaris.com for the latest in-novations in the industry, andgives customers the informa-tion they need to find productsor services it can’t provide.

The business is on the Web atwww.fununlimitedpolaris.com.

WayNorth Web cateringto Net-savvy clientele

WayNorth Web, owned byMark Holberg, 182 ThompsonBlvd., Watertown, was started

in 2007.“The Web is becoming more

sophisticated and customersbetter understand how to utilizethe Web, so expectations arehigher,” Mr. Holberg writes.“Businesses also realize thattheir potential markets areeverywhere, but must defendagainst competition outsidetheir local markets.”

Products and services in-clude Web design and Web pro-gramming, Web promotionand consulting, Web hosting,flash animations. The businessoffers sites which users caneasily build and update them-selves. Mr. Holberg is also in-volved in education and train-ing.

He reports local sales as$40,000 for the year and in 2009projects an increase of 100 per-cent.

Competitors are Area Web de-sign and Web hosting firms, ma-jor statewide Web companiesand companies that offer user-built, packaged sites.

WayNorth Web has met de-mand for more sophisticatedfeatures, provided basic servic-es at lower cost and maintainedaffordable prices.

“The Internet has revolution-ized business, especially smallbusiness, creating new oppor-

tunities and markets,” Mr. Hol-berg writes. “My business isheavily involved in facilitatingthis.”

Prospects for five years in-clude continued strong growthin the Web and Internet sector. “Isee the potential for doubling ofsales each year. The economicdownturn has spurred onlinegrowth due to low cost of entryand overall cost effectiveness.

“The primary focus is in Jef-ferson and Lewis counties, how-ever we have customers nation-wide.”

“I am happy to see that busi-nesses here are taking the ad-vantage of opportunities toreach outside the area, whichhelps secure our localeconomies.”

Lorence provides servicein marketing businesses

CARTHAGE — Christopher A.Lorence Public Relations andMarketing Services has beenproviding marketing and publicrelations services to NorthernNew York businesses and organ-izations for eight years.

Mr. Lorence saie he hasstressed to his clients, and po-tential clients, the importanceof developing a marketing strat-egy, and constantly adjusting to

fit the times and the client’sneeds.

In today’s challenging eco-nomic environment Mr.Lorence believes that philoso-phy is more important thanever. “Everything is getting tight,so it is extremely important thatyou maximize your efforts, withthe limited budgets available. AsI like to say, ‘Getting the mostbang for your buck.’ When theeconomy is tough is not a timeto put aside your marketing. ...We work with our clients to layout a cost-effective plan, withmany different approaches toincreasing awareness abouttheir product, place, or service… and then help to implementit.”

The public relations andmarketing business offers awide array of services to itsclients, including completemarketing plans, advertisingcampaigns, direct mail pro-grams, press releases,brochures, fliers, newsletters,corporate identity packages,Web sites, and e-brochures.

“The area of complete adver-tising campaigns, includingconceptual development, de-sign, budgeting and imple-mentation has really been a bigpart of the last year,” Mr.Lorence said. “ Many of my

clients have tried some hit-and-miss advertising before,but really need more of a plan. Ican provide an objective re-view, backed by proven strate-gies, and get the best results. Asan outside source, we can lookat it objectively and do what isbest for my clients. I continueto tell my clients to think of meas a part-time, part-time mem-ber of their team, which canhelp get things done, they justdon’t have the time, the in-house expertise, or a big budgetto do.”

The public relations and mar-keting business continues togrow, with many of his newclients coming from referrals byhis existing clients.

He and his team providethese services, without the over-head and expense of hiring per-sonnel, or a large advertisingagency to over 25 local busi-nesses and organizations in Jef-ferson, Lewis and St. Lawrencecounties. For more informationcall 783-2539.

Morrison’s managementshifts; business grows

From its small beginnings,Morrison’s Furniture Store, 230Factory St., has become thelargest furniture store in North-

ern New York.Joseph J. Morrison started

selling used furniture and deliv-ering it by horse and wagon 88years ago. Three generations lat-er, Morrison’s is stronger thanever.

At this year’s annual meeting,John W. Morrison, 85-year-oldson of Joseph Morrison, steppeddown as president of Morrison’s.His son, David A., was electedthe new president, while Johncontinues to be active in thebusiness as chief executive offi-cer.

Also at this year’s meeting, Di-rector-Secretary Robert E.Schweitzer, 79, announced hisretirement, effective April 1.

He has 56 years with the com-pany.

Morrison’s has continued togrow over the years. In order tooffer the largest selection of fur-niture, carpeting and beddingpossible, the showrooms andwarehouse facilities have beenexpanded.

Morrison’s continues to deliv-er in-stock furniture withinthree days to most locations,and most city deliveries can bemade the next day.

Progress in 2008 was excep-tional. During the year, a new10,000-square-foot La-Z-Boycomfort studio was opened.

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Northern FCU continuesprotection for members

Northern Federal CreditUnion, which posted anothersuccessful year without anybailout funds despite the mort-gage crisis, says its investmentand lending decisions protectedits members’ interests.

In 2008 the credit unionlaunched an online mortgageresource center called Mort-gageClick, which teaches mem-bers about home loan productsincluding fixed and adjustablerate mortgages, VA loans andconstruction loans. Home lend-ing professionals are also avail-able to answer questions; call779-HOME.

Northern FCU, a member-owned, not-for-profit financialcooperative with two locationsin Watertown and three in thesurrounding communities, willbe upgrading technology in Juneto improve customer access.

For more information, visitwww.northernfcu.com or call 1(866) 310-6328.

Haylor, Freyer and Coonweathering the recession

Haylor, Freyer and Coon, Inc.,with offices at 1402 WashingtonSt., Watertown, 329 State St.,Carthage, and 103 Main St.,Theresa, observed its 80th an-niversary in 2008.

The company, part of Haylor,Freyer and Coon in Syracuse, is afull-service property and casu-alty insurance agency, offeringcommercial and personal insur-ance products, financial servic-es, and employee benefit pro-grams.

It supports clients in a varietyof industries, including con-struction, health care, trans-portation, manufactured hous-ing, milk hauling, brewing, mu-nicipalities and schools.

Specialty services includeloss control and safety analysis,workers compensation claims,and property and liabilityclaims settlement.

HF&C serves Americanclients who have internationalbusiness interests through As-

surex Global, a worldwide net-work of select insurance agen-cies; this enabled the firm lastyear to handle clients’ needs notonly in the United States, but al-so in Germany, Switzerland,Canada and Hong Kong. As-surex Global operates in morethan 80 countries, with nearly120 partner agencies generating$23 billion in annual premiums.

The employee-owned HF&C,with annual corporate sales of$265 million, is one of the largestindependent insurance agen-cies in the country.

Last year it implemented anEmployee Stock OwnershipPlan committee to educateworkers about their ownershiproles.

Given the economic turn-down in 2008, the agency ex-panded its sales staff tostrengthen client connectionsand boost market penetrationin New York.

For more information visitwww.haylor.com or call PatriciaClary at 1 (800) 289-1501.

Rawlings Nursery features400 varieties of hosta

ELLISBURG — Along theshore area of Lake Ontario,Rawlings Nursery is one of thepremier nurseries for hosta. Ithas 400 different varieties of theplant in a beautiful setting withmany other perennials and an-nuals as well.

Kevin Rawlings is one of themost knowledgeable individu-als in the north country on hos-ta.

He travels the country to at-tend conventions on hosta andconferences to keep his hobbyinterest alive.

He belongs to the Tri-StateHosta Society and the AmericanHosta Growers Group.

Hosta is a leafy green orgreen-and-white perennial thatyou plant and usually forgetabout it until it outgrows itsspot. T

The nursery has about 30 dis-

play beds of hosta, perennialsand annuals, incluidng a largeselection of hemerocallis,astible and sedum.

The nursery offers an assort-ment of trees for its customers.

The nursery, 12061 MonitorRoad, is open from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Wednesday through Satur-day. For more information, call846-5265 or [email protected].

Wind Power Ethics Groupconcerned about Cape

CAPE VINCENT — TheWind Power Ethics Group wasformed in 2006 by citizens con-cerned about the effects of in-dustrial wind energy develop-ment proposed for Cape Vin-cent.

Cape Vincent and the St.Lawrence River are well knownfor their environmental sensi-tivity and scenic and recreation-al opportunities.

WPEG is dedicated to the ideathat the environment and citi-zens should be adequately pro-tected from the negative im-pacts that could accompanythis industrial development.

Since the developers haveentered into wind lease agree-ments with many town offi-cials, WPEG also has signifi-cant reservations about the in-fluence of wind developers onthe town’s governmentalprocess.

Its goal is to see that industrialwind development does not se-verely impact one of New YorkState’s prime scenic, recreation-al, and environmental treas-ures, and that the environmen-tal review and governmentalprocess is carried out fairly andis not tainted.

Monitoring and challengingthis issue is costly; the groupseeks donations to WPEG. P.O.Box 435, Cape Vincent, N.Y.13618.



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When you Think Insurance ® Think Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc.

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By REBECCA MADDENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Jeremiah J. Maxon’s interest ingardening began nearly twoyears ago.

He moved in with his wid-owed grandmother upon gradu-ating from SUNY Oswego in2006, and just happened tocome across a 1970s gardeningbook that belonged to his grand-father.

“After he died in the 1990s, thegarden never got planted,” Mr.Maxon said. “It was the summerof 2007, and we finally planted agarden.”

He said the story about mak-ing his grandmother’s gardeningwishes come true helped himland the job as community out-reach educator for Cornell Co-operative Extension of JeffersonCounty’s 4-H Defiant Gardens.

Defiant Gardens is a commu-nity gardening initiative de-signed to give military families asocial networking tool, Mr. Max-on said.

Families of soldiers who aredeployed, were deployed or willdeploy are encouraged to partic-ipate in the gardens. Althoughlocations have yet to be deter-mined, Mr. Maxon said he hopes

there will be eight throughoutthe county.

“They want 100 families fromeach brigade,” he said. “They be-lieve community gardening willfoster an increase in social capi-tal.”

Mr. Maxon is working with thecity of Watertown, JeffersonCounty and Fort Drum to try toget sites for all eight of the gar-dens within the next fewmonths. He said he’s workingdiligently because the grant hewas hired under expires June 1.

What makes the project spe-cial, Mr. Maxon said, is the inclu-sion of the deployed parent orparents in the project. While asoldier is deployed, he or she willbe sent a container garden totend to one type of fruit or veg-etable, so he feels a part of theprocess.

The children also will be in-volved, he said, because theywill decide what’s planted in thegardens.

“It’s up to the kids,” Mr. Max-on said. “Studies have shownwhen children make decisions,it gives them more ownership,so we want them to have somedecision-making. For the sol-diers, they also know their kidsaren’t running the streets.”

Mr. Maxon said he wouldn’tbe where he is today without theguidance of his mentor, EdGreutman. Mr. Greutman hasbeen SUNY Oswego’s adviser forBrothers and Sisters in Christ, aministry whose goal is to mobi-lize and equip local churches foroutreach and discipleship to thecollege campuses, according toBASIC.

“Ed was full of good advice,”Mr. Maxon said. “He’s the mostlevel-headed guy I know.”


Jeremiah Maxon, pictured in his home on Central Street, Watertown, is develop-ing a family outreach program for military families.

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FFaammiillyy:: Wife, Karen E.; his parents re-side in Sulphur Springs

EEdduuccaattiioonn:: Graduated from SacketsHarbor Central School in 2001, Jeffer-son Community College with an asso-ciate degree in liberal arts in 2003and SUNY Oswego with a degree injournalism with a minor in politicalscience in 2006.

RReeccoommmmeennddeedd bbooookk:: “Ronald Rea-gan and the Politics of Freedom,”byAndrew E.Busch. Mr.Maxon saidthere are a lot of parallels betweenthe Cold War in Reagan’s time, andthe culture war now.

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H&R Block notes benefitsof the new Recovery Act

Millions of taxpayers will takehome more money from the al-most $790 billion American Re-covery and Reinvestment Act,but not automatically.

“There are provisions thatpay you now and some that payyou later,” said Jo Ann St.Croix atH&R Block. But... taxpayers willneed to have guidance to maxi-mize the benefit.”

The bill includes several pro-visions that immediately boostwallets. For both 2009 and 2010,the Making Work Pay tax cutmeans up to $400 for individu-als and $800 for couples througha reduction in income tax with-holding. Eligible workers mayneed to work with their employ-ers to ensure any adjusted in-come tax withholding is appro-priate.

Eligible self-employed tax-payers can adjust their quarterlyestimated payments. Taxpayerswho do not receive the fullamount this year will receive theremaining as a credit on nextyear's return.

Social Security and SSI recipi-ents, retired and disabled veter-ans and railroad retirees will geta one-time payment of $250. In-dividuals on a federal or state re-tirement program who don't re-ceive Social Security benefitscan claim a $250 credit whenthey file for 2009.

“Taxpayers who qualify forboth the Making Work Pay Cred-

it and the $250 payment, can'tget the full amount of both ben-efits,” said St.Croix. In these cas-es, thecredit will be reduced by$250.

Many of the unemployed willreceive a $25 weekly boost totheir check. In addition, the first$2,400 in benefits will be ex-empt from federal tax in 2009.Eligible unemployed workerspaying for COBRA will benefitfrom a 65 percent federal sub-sidy for their monthly insurancepremiums.

Visit www.hrblock.com/tax-es/tax tips or call 1-800-HRBLOCK for more informa-tion.

Chiropractic center notessuccessful first year

Beaver Falls native DanielleLundy has served the northcountry for a successful firstyear at the Chiropractic Well-ness Center of Northern NewYork.

The center has two locations;Freedom Plaza, Evans Mills, andMadison Barracks, Sackets Har-bor. Also at the Sackets Harborlocation is the Oasis Spa, withall-natural treatments.

Ms. Lundy’s chiropractic careincludes massage therapy in thepatient’s regular visit. Their chi-ropractic care starts with heattherapy to warm the musclesand a 10-minute massage be-fore seeing Ms. Lundy.

The Oasis Wellness Spa is anextension of the Sackets Harbor

facility, having remodeled theoffice to accommodate threemassage rooms, a facial room, afar infrared sauna and a sepa-rate room for manicures andpedicures, as well as a comfort-able waiting area where patronscan enjoy some relaxing musicand pre-pampering. Many dif-ferent packages and specials areoffered on a regular basis. Spaparties are welcome up togroups of 10.

New for 2009 are nutritionalcleansing consulting and prod-ucts.

The center participateswith most insurance plans in-cluding Empire, United HealthCare, POMCO, Blue Cross BlueShield, Aetna, RMSCO, Cigna,GHI and Medicare, as well asWorkman’s Compensation andNo Fault. For more information,or to schedule and appoint-ment, call Ms. Lundy at 646-3777 or 629-4222. Or visitwww.nnywellness.com.

BOCES provides servicesfor individuals, districts

The Jefferson-Lewis-Hamil-ton-Herkimer-Oneida Board ofCooperative Educational Ser-vices offers its 18 componentschool districts high qualityservices to students, teachers,administrators, parents andcommunity.

These include Career/Tech-nical Education, Programs forExceptional Students, sharedteacher services, staff develop-

ment, curriculum develop-ment, instructional supportservices, educational commu-nications, non-instructionalsupport services and assistancewith state and federal educa-tional programs.

The Bohlen Technical Centerin Watertown and the HowardG. Sackett Technical Center inGlenfield offer programspreparing students for careersin business, welding, mechan-ics, building trades, service-re-lated employment, fashion de-sign, nursing, electronics,forestry, computer assisted de-sign/drafting, visual communi-cations and many others.

BOCES places students in asetting much like the one thatawaits them in the world ofwork. Master craftsmen teachcourses that are kept up to datewith the help of advisory com-mittees composed of individu-als from local businesses and in-dustry. On-the-job work experi-ences prepare students to movesuccessfully from school toearning a living. Job placementassistance from BOCES and ar-ticulation agreements with col-leges offer qualified studentsadvanced standing.

For exceptional students,special-education teachers andsupport staff work together todevelop individualized pro-grams. An emphasis is placedon helping students who arechallenged reach their greatestdegree of self-sufficiency.

Component districts can

share general education cours-es through BOCES in areas suchas math and foreignlanguage. BOCES also offersservices to local schools in staffdevelopment andassists schools with updatingcurricula.

Each year, BOCES operates ahigh school equivalency pro-gram that provides an opportu-nity for adults to obtain a gener-al education diploma.

A performing arts committeeof teachers and administratorsmeets with staff to review andselect assembly programswhich will be presented inschools throughout the year.

The Educational Communi-cations Center includes an au-diovisual equipment repairservice, graphic arts service, in-service workshops, educationalTV and microcomputer repairsupport services.

In non-instructional sup-port, BOCES provides employ-er-employee relations services,negotiation services, planningservices, policy manual devel-opment, bus driver training anda health and safety program.

BOCES also works with com-ponent schools in the develop-ment of consortium programsutilizing state and federal funds.The Jefferson-Lewis TeacherCenter provides inservice pro-grams to teachers and a peersupport program, substituteteacher training, a classroommanagement program and astudent teaching program.

Pearle Vision in businessnearly 33 years in city

Pearle Vision of Watertown,Arsenal Street, which will cele-brate its 33nd anniversary inJune, provides complete eye ex-aminations for the detectionand treatment of disease usingthe latest diagnostic equip-ment. It also fits the newestcontacts lens products for astig-matism and extended wear.

Pearle carries hundreds offrames from top designers suchas Dolce & Gabbana, Liz Clai-borne, Candies,Vogue, ArmaniExchange and HarleyDavidson.

“There are many factors thatyou should consider before mak-ing a purchase, including yourprescription, personal taste, fa-cial shape, lifestyle and cost,”said the owner of the ArsenalStreet location, Dr. Fred J. Bresler.

Dr. Bresler has four full-time,state-licensed opticians on staff.

Pearle is the provider for Eye-med, the new state employeeeyecare programs for correctiosofficers and state troopers.Pearle also accepts most insur-ance plans such asTricare, Mar-tins Point, Blue Cross-BlueShield of Utica Watertown,Guardian-Davis and GHI.

Promotions throughout theyear include the popular “BuyOne, Get One Free” in whichyou can purchase the first pair ofglasses and then get a backuppair for free or for a minimal fee,prescription sunglasses as a sec-ond selection.

For more information contactthe store at 782-2600 from 9 a.m.to 7 p.m. Monday through Fridayor 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

T.F. Wright well knownfor granite craftsmanship

CARTHAGE — Over 11 yearsago, Timothy F. Wright boughtthe E.C. Crooks Memorial cor-poration in Carthage at a bank-ruptcy auction. He promptlychanged the name to T.F. Wright& Sons Granite Foundry. Theheart and soul of the businesswas its cemetery work offering awide range of monuments,mausoleums, field lettering andmemory stone refinishing. Thecompany is still very strong in itsmemorial work, but since its in-ception Mr. Wright and his staffhave taken on a new applicationfor its stone and masonry work.

Today, T.F. Wright & SonsGranite Foundry, 609 AdelaideSt., is known for the many waysit manufactures and designsgranite slabs. It now installsgranite vanities, fireplace man-tles, hearths, thresholds andwindowsills. In recent years asthe popularity of granite grewfor residential kitchens, T.F.Wright & Sons has installedgranite counter tops all overNorthern New York.

One of the most populargranite stone that T.F. Wright &Sons uses is the Fireblossom,which is mined in the Adiron-dack Mountains by the GarnetStone Company of Ballston Spa,The red gemstones flickerthroughout the granite giving ita fiery appeal.

The company imports fromas far away as India, Brazil, Aus-tralia and Italy. Customers visit-ing the granite foundry canchoose from a host of differentcolored granite styles and col-ors. Interested parties are al-ways invited to take a factorytour through the foundry andwatch the skilled team of factorytrained craftsman at work.

With its laserguided diamondtools, the foundry can fabricateall kinds of rock work. “Cus-tomers are constantly asking usif we do special rock wok andthey are just amazed to see ourportfolio of the special projectswe have done working withstone,” says Jimmy Childers, aveteran graphic artist at thefirm.

T.F. Wright & Sons is open 8a.m. to 5 p.m. MondaythroughFriday and 10 a.m. to 2 p..m. Sat-urday. Factory tours can bescheduled by calling 493-2963;the Web site istfwrightgranite.com



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Slack Chemical marks65 years in business

CARTHAGE — Slack Chemi-cal Co Inc., 465 S. Clinton St.,has been in business for 65years and employs 80 people. Itsupplies industrial, municipal,agricultural and retail chemi-cals and services throughoutthe Northeast and carries a fullline of pool, spa and winterproducts.

Robert R. Sturtz owns SlackChemical, which is open from 8a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday throughFriday. For more informationcall 493-0430, fax 493-3931 orvisit www.slackchem.com.

Beutel Metal Recyclersmarks second year in city

Having taken over a formerfamily business, Beutel MetalRecyclers is now in its secondyear of business on outerMassey Street, Watertown. Thebusiness is owned by Ann M.Beutel, owner of Superior Com-puter Services, Old MartinStreet, Carthage.

Various types of appliances,vehicles and metals may be re-cycled and a pickup service isavailable. The company ac-cepts ferrous scrap metals in-cluding aluminum, brass,stainless steel and copper. Therecycling center provides an al-ternative for collectors andbusinesses looking for anotheroption when disposing of met-al materials.

For more information aboutBeutel Metal Recyclers, visitwww.beutelrecyclers.com orcall 788-4080.

Plaza Beauty and Tanningin business over 20 years

Plaza Beauty and Tanning Sa-lon owner/operator Theresa Der-rigo Delaney has been stylinghair for 30 years. For the past 24years, Plaza Beauty and TanningSalon has been at 1312 Washing-ton St., Watertown. Ms. Delaneyopened the salon June 15, 1985with four hair stations in the backof the salon and a barbershopstorefront. After eight years thebarber relocated. This left herwith the opportunity to take overthe whole salon and expand toeight hair stations. The extensiverenovation of the salon alsoadded a tanning booth and allnew equipment.

Ms. Delaney was first in thenorth country to be certified forIonic hair straightening. Her ful-ly licensed staff offers a com-plete range of services includingtanning packages, hair straight-ening, color, cuts, foiling, mani-cures/pedicures and up-do’s forformal events and balls. The sa-lon also offers a variety of pro-fessional hair care products.

Plaza Beauty and Tanning Sa-lon is open Mondays by ap-pointment, and 7:30 a.m. Tues-day through Saturday.

Penski customizes hiringto address business needs

Penski Inc. has more than 25years of business and commu-nity partnerships, specializingin strategic staffing, human re-sources, payroll services andtraining. Founded by RobertPenski, president, the firm offerslong-term, short-term, tempo-

rary-to-hire, contract and directhire opportunities for job candi-dates.

Since Penski Inc.’s inceptionin 1980, the firm has servedhundreds of employers andplaced thousands of people in avariety of rewarding positions,provided payroll processing forsmall and large employers; of-fered training programs; provid-

ed a variety of non-traditionalrecruiting services, and contin-ued its involvement in county-wide community efforts.

Working with firms rangingfrom small not-for-profits tolarge manufacturing firms andplacing applicants in temporarysecretarial to long-term directhire engineering positions, thestaff at Penski Inc. has the oppor-

tunity to work with a wide rangeof individuals and organizations.

The staffing firm partners withsmall, medium and large com-panies, customizing hiring solu-tions based on projected growth,budget and specified needs. Pen-ski Staffing, with regional officesin Potsdam, Massena, Ogdens-burg and Watertown, placesmore than 1,500 people a year-

with hundreds of employers. “We are very excited about

2009,” said John M. Wicke, gen-eral manager. “We will assistfirms to be profitable and pro-ductive during our current eco-nomic times and we look for astrong growth pattern in all ouroffices.”

For more information visitwww.penski.com.



When the current owner, Robert R. Sturtz, purchased the Slack Chemical facility in 1986, there were eightemployees including the owners and office staff. The drivers of the four Slack Chemical trucks loaded thevehicles themselves before they made their daily deliveries.Today, Slack Chemical has 80 employees, a 30-tractor/ 50 trailer fleet and 2 facilities; the main headquartersare located in Carthage, NY and a warehouse in Saratoga Springs, NY. The Carthage facility currentlyconsists of 160,000 square feet of covered storage, incorporating four structures augmented by a separateoffice building. Bulk liquid storage consists of some 65-bulk tanks comprising 400,000 gallons total liquidstorage.

Slack Chemical delivers throughout the Northeast to industrial, municipality, agricultural and retailbusinesses and organizations. All vehicles are company owned and maintained in their own maintenancefacility. All drivers are full time Slack employees with HAZMAT licenses and rigorous HAZMAT training.In a marketplace where chemical supplies are abundant, but outstanding service is not, Slack goes the extramile to deliver with a difference – the quality difference. Their entire team works from order inception todelivery to make sure they not only meet, but also exceed your needs and expectations.Slack Chemical has developed and changed immensely since it opened in 1944. But one thing that hasn’tchanged is the main goal of Slack Chemical. Quality products and quality service is our main priority.Walk- in customers are welcome! We carry a full line of pool and spa products at competitive prices. Staff ison hand to test your water and help you make your pool or spa safe and enjoyable. And don’t forget winterproducts! Whether you prefer rock salt or calcium chloride, we have the ice fighting products you need tohelp you through the long Northern New York winters. Stop by to see the selection of high quality, yetaffordable winter products. They are open Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.

CHEMICAL COMPANY465 South Clinton Street Carthage, NY 13619 Phone (315) 493-0430

Proudly Serving the Northeast for 65 Years

Slack Chemical employees include, in front, from left, KimHayden, Barb Louviere, Christa Woodward and Jessi Russell;in back, TomWilliams, Kenny Turck, Kenny Birchenough,Derek Davis and owner Robert Sturtz.

Theresa Derrigo DelaneyPLAZABEAUTY& TANNING SALON~ Owner ~1312 Washington StreetWatertown, NY 13601(315) 786-1090

P P enski enski I N C O R P O R A T E D

Congratulations to John Wicke, General Manager of Penski Staffing for being honored in the 40 leaders under 40.

Here’s to another successful year for Penski - the staffing industry leader in Northern New York and a true

North Country business partner. Stacey MacCue - Branch Manager

200 Washington St., Suite 404, Watertown, NY 13601 (315) 788-5627

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ERICA DAVIS Lic. R.E. Salesperson



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Have you ever considered a career in real estate? If the fast pace and abundant rewards of this field have ever intrigued you, this may be

the perfect time to investigate further. Coldwell Banker Rimada Realty has been serving this area for over 36 years, and we are now

expanding our sales staff. Offices in Watertown, Carthage and Clayton.

• Full Time Realtor • Personalized Service for both buyers & sellers • Relocation Specialist


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