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When downtown’s celebration of St. Patrick’s Day changed forever

P lattsburgh used to be a hot spot for St.Patrick’s Day, with people coming fromacross the nation to enjoy all sorts of festiv-

ities, with the result sometimes beingquite destructive.

Though you can walk arounddowntown on March 17 these dayswithout being accosted by drunkenrevelers, that hasn’t always been thecase.

Plattsburgh Police Department Lt.Scott Beebe, who has lived in the areaall his life, said the general atmos-phere has completely transformed.

“It was crazy, but it got out of con-trol,” he said. “Things have changed.”

The last St. Patrick’s Day celebrated in such a man-ner was in 1978, after a series of less than peacefulcelebrations in the heart of Plattsburgh. At that time,

the celebrations were putting a lot of pressure fromcommunity members, law enforcement and collegeadministration to do something.

State University of New York at Plattsburgh histo-rian Dr. Douglas Skopp witnessed some of the drunk

and disorderly conduct that came withcelebrating the Irish holiday, when theentire downtown area would be blockedoff for the occasion.

“There was wall to wall people inPlattsburgh city streets ... There was a lotof people, and a lot of students, and a lotof public drinking,” said Skopp, whoadded the traditionally dyed green beerwas in no shortage.

Bill Laundry, who was and remainshead of Student Affairs at the university,

said problems downtown were mostly caused byout-of-towners invited by students or coming ontheir own accord, not the students themselves.

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PLATTSBURGH — It’s not alwaysabout fun and sun when students goingon spring break.

Dr. Colin L. Read, professor of eco-nomics and finance at the State Univer-sity of New York at Plattsburgh, hasfound more and more students are inter-ested in an initiative he established lo-cally called the “Alternative SpringBreak.”

It was last year when Read and hisdaughter — then a high school student— traveled to Louisiana during herschool’s mid-winter recess. The twowere part of a group helping communi-ties still reeling from Hurricane Katrina,which devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005.

“We came back up and I saw a letter tothe editor in the Press-Republican ask-ing why people spend all this money go-ing to other communities to fix them upwhen there are plenty of needs righthere,” said Read.

When Read sat back and thoughtabout the cost of airfare and other trav-el arrangements necessary to do volun-teer work out of the area, he said the per-

son who wrote the letter had “a prettygood point.”

“Just imagine if people in Louisianawould’ve used some of that money to fixup their places and we used some of thatmoney to fix up places up here,” Readsaid. “We could’ve probably done a lotmore good with that money.”

That motivated Read to establish theAlternative Spring Break, giving stu-dents — and anyone else for that matter— a chance to do volunteer work in thecommunity, specifically focusing onhelping senior citizens.

“I even mentioned it to the local Ro-tary Club at a meeting and the next thingyou know, I’ve got like six or eight ofthem volunteering,” said Read. “So, allkinds of people end up coming togetherto help organize this.”

Read said another important part tomaking the three-day event happen wascoordinating with Maria Alexander, ex-ecutive director of the Senior CitizensCouncil of Clinton County. Alexanderreached out to seniors to see if any werein need of assistance through the project.And, there was no shortage of people,

said Alexander.“There are so many people in Clinton

County who need help with this kind ofwork,” she said. “And, they’re proud, sothey don’t necessarily want to ask for it.”

Alexander said it was especially greatto see the students connect with seniors,bridging the generation gap throughsimple acts of kindness like painting, fix-ing doors and cleaning up yards.

“I think it’s great they brought the col-lege kids in because it shows they careabout the community as well,” she said.

Walter Mitchell agreed. While manyprojects were in Plattsburgh, the volun-teers even visited outer communitieslike the town of Peru, helping people likeMitchell, who was touched by the volun-teers’ help.

“I appreciated it, of course,” saidMitchell, “because there’s always some-thing to be done around here.”

Volunteers installed two doors forMitchell in his home, which was some-thing the 87-year-old said saved himfrom having to do it himself.

Read said being able to help peoplelike Mitchell is what makes the whole Al-

ternative Spring Break worthwhile.“Many elderly people really have a

hard time keeping up with some of thegeneral repairs,” said Read. “They’veeven told us horror stories about tryingto hire people out to help them do thesethings and not getting the job done prop-erly. It can be very expensive for themand they really can’t afford that kind ofthing.”

“It’s really rewarding to help them andto see just how willing people are [tohelp],” added Read.

This year ’s Alternative Spring Breakwill be offered Monday, March 15,through Wednesday, March 17. Readsaid he’s looking for volunteers as wellas elderly people in the community whoneed help with odd jobs. Read may bereached at 561-3828 or by e-mail at [email protected].

“We’re not really set up to be able toget up on people’s houses and replacetheir roofs, but if it’s something peoplethink students and other volunteerscould do in a day or two, we’d love tohelp them,” said Read.

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Breaking the spring break tradition

PLATTSBURGH — Second Saturday Cinema is en-tertainment not everyone knows about. However,Eddie Suarez, who oversees the monthly movie showat the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship church onPalmer Street, wants that to change.

Second Saturday Cinema, now in its second year,stemmed from the church’s board of directors pur-chasing a high-definition projector for a stage showits Sunday school was performing. The idea of start-ing an informal movie club came about and grewfrom there, said Suarez.

“We acquired a special license offered to houses ofworship that’s allowed us to have public showings ofmotion pictures from many major motion picture stu-dios,” said Suarez, who added the church receivedsurround sound equipment from Alpha Stereo.

The only catch, said Suarez, is that the church isn’tallowed to publicly announce the name of the filmwhen advertising its showings. That, in part, is whatSuarez believes has kept more people from coming tothe church for an evening of cinema.

“It definitely hurts us,” said Suarez. “Some peoplejust say, ‘Oh, just put [the name of the film] in the pa-per.’ But, we take our licensing agreement very serious-ly and federal copyright law very seriously.”

There are instances, however, when Suarez has beenable to announce the name of a film. In January, when

the church showed “Rethink Afghanistan,” Suarez saidhe was able to freely promote the documentary aboutthe ongoing war in Afghanistan,

“When we showed that, we didn’t obtain the rights

through our licensing agreement,” he said. “We ob-tained the rights directly from the distributor. So, wewere allowed to mention the title.”

Suarez said he understands the fact the movies areshown in a church may deter some, though he notedSecond Saturday Cinema is a nondenominationalevent.

“We just wanted to offer an event free of charge,allowing members of what is sometimes a cultural-ly-underserved community, access to certain films.It’s a community service for us,” said Suarez. “If peo-ple want to ask questions about the fellowship itselfor what our missions are, we’d be happy to tell them,but it’s a community event.”

Second Saturday Cinema will host one of its lasttwo showings for the fall-winter season this Satur-day, March 13. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with theshow to begin at 6 p.m. Again, because of its licens-ing agreement, Suarez said he can’t state the name ofthe movie, but said it is a 2008 children’s film creat-ed by a prominent Japanese filmmaker featuring thevoices of a star-studded cast. The feature film for thelast showing of the season, Saturday, April 10, is cur-rently being decided.

Those who want to know more about Second Sat-urday Cinema, including the names of showings andhow to be added to a mailing list for upcoming shows,may visit www.uuaplattsburgh.com or call 561-6920.


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Eddie Suarez stands in front of the big screen at the Unitarian Universalist Fel-lowship church on Palmer Street. Throughout the fall and winter seasons, thechurch shows movies the second Saturday of each month.

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PLATTSBURGH — Irish dancenot only puts people in touch withthe culture, but gives a great aer-obic workout as well.

Last September, Marie Short,Irish dancer and teacher of theChamplain Valley Irish Dancegroup, began coaching a group ofadults on the basic steps of Irishdance.

Many of the adults were parentsof the students Short teachesevery week at the Senior CitizensCouncil on North CatherineStreet.

“My daughter ’s very involvedwith Irish Dance and I was hereevery Thursday evening as itwas,” explained student HollyBenoit. “I thought I may as welltake part.”

Short, who comes to Platts-burgh every Thursday from Mon-treal, explained there have beenmany successful adult classes atthe Bernadette Short School ofIrish Dance, also in Montreal.

“We are so excited to try it down

here,” Short said. “It’s going real-ly well. The adults are really en-joying it.”

The adult students, unlike theyounger students, take the classfor the enjoyment of it, with noplans for competition.

“They’re not too interested inthe performance aspect of it,”Short explained. “It’s more of justa class for exercise and to learn thedances and things like that.”

Some of the dances the adultsare learning include Irish reelsand jigs and ceili dances, or groupdances, such as Walls of Limerickand Lannigan’s Ball.

“I know it’s great exercise, butit doesn’t feel like exercise,”Benoit said. “You’re trying to con-centrate on the steps. It’s chal-lenging.”

According to Marcy McNally,president of CVID, the adult classwill not be accepting new stu-dents until September, howevernow is the time to sign up.

To do so, visit www.cvid.org orcontact McNally at 846-3677.

Holly Benoit, left and Meegan Wood, right, work with trained Irish dancer Katie Irving during the Champlain Val-ley Irish Dance adult class, held every Thursday night at the Senior Citizens Council.

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Everyone has a dream, goal or achievement to work to-ward. Most people don’t decide to launch themselvesdown an icy tube on a small piece of metal — headfirst,

nonetheless.But, that is what John Daly, a graduate from the State Univer-

sity of New York at Plattsburgh, chose to do, and it was thischoice that led him to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

“The whole experience wasamazing,” Daly said. “I would-n’t change anything.”

Daly, who placed 17th in theskeleton finals, said his team,family and friends were all cru-cial to his success, and the spir-it of the Olympic games was tru-ly something to behold.

“It’s tough,” he said. “It’s thebest competition in the world.”

The U.S. skeleton team hadthree athletes place in the finalround, with Zach Lund placingthe highest, in 5th place. Cana-da took home gold in the event.

Daly was happy to be able tocompete in the games, and plansto train for the 2014 WinterOlympics, in Sochi, Russia.

“My goal is to make all theskeleton world cups for the nextfour years,” he said.

The team U.S. skeleton teamtrials are in October, at whichpoint they will be training forthe trials in London.

Daly said he was amazed athow far he has come since hefirst tried flinging himself downan icy tunnel.

It was his grade school gymteacher who, after a physical fit-ness test, had Daly go to LakePlacid to try luging. That iswhere Daly switched over to thesport.

“I like the sprinting in the be-ginning,” he said. “I started al-most 10 years ago. I was 15, so Ididn’t care.”

He said although he loves hissport, he looks back on a few in-cidents and thinks, “Man, maybeI shouldn’t have done that.”

Though proud of his achieve-ments, Daly said his plans forthe future are just beginning tounfold.

Michael O’Keefe is an internwith the State University of NewYork at Plattsburgh.

John Daly:The returnOlympics leave PlattsburghState graduate in awe

John Daly, a graduate from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, has returned from his participation in the2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Daly, pictured above, was competing as a member of the U.S. skeleton team, as shownin the photo below.

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PLATTSBURGH — Although 43 applications were turnedin to the city Recreation Department, only 10 people will betaking part in the North Country Biggest Loser.

Each participant will be working alongside trainer MaryDuprey and registered dietician Ann Watts to stay on track.

“Basically I’m just going to start out very easy,” explainedDuprey. “Actually walking two or three miles, or even amile, is difficult for them.”

The members of the program began March 1, meeting atthe city gym, where they will receive free memberships forthe duration of the North Country Biggest Loser.

During the kickoff, each participant took the time to telltheir story.

“It was pretty emotional,” Duprey said. “There weren’ttoo many dry eyes left at the end. It was really neat. It wasreally inspirational for me to hear all that.”

Now that Duprey has met with each of the members, she,along with Watts, plan to work with each member to indi-vidualize their workouts and diets — as each member is in-dividualized in the reason they applied for the program.

· Steve Pierce, Dannemora — “After a lifelong strugglewith being overweight, I now, more than ever, need to getmy lifestyle changed so I can see my three children, Kaitlyn,8, Jacob, 7, and Lucas, 3, grow up and have their own fam-ilies — So I can be a grandfather to their children.

· Larry Mills, Keeseville — “This isn’t just a weight is-sue, it’s a life issue. My goal is to lose the weight in order tolower my hypertension, in order to be healthy in retire-ment.”

· Rosemary Bell, Plattsburgh — “My main reason for to

wanting join the program are health reasons and I want tobe around for my daughter.”

· Aleshia Bond, Plattsburgh — “I’ve always been over-weight and until about a month ago, have pretty much ac-cepted it. I’ve tried to lose weight many times, but either be-came discouraged when I didn’t see results I wanted, ortried less and less until I wasn’t trying at all ... The best partis that not only do I get to come closer to my goals every-day, I’ve met nine other peple in my same situation, allworking towards meeting their goals too.”

· Jennifer Goddeau, Plattsburgh — “I just had a baby ninemonths ago and I’ve been on countless diets. I did a lot ofthings to go ahead and lose the weight but when my pri-mary doctor went ahead and gave me a referral to bariatricsurgery ... then I knew it was actually time.”

· Randy Hilliker, Plattsburgh — I joined the competitionbecause I wanted to lose a lot of weight and I wanted to be-come more active and try to get off of some medicine. To tryand lead a better and healthier lifestyle.”

· Jennifer LeCuyer, Plattsburgh — This program ap-pealed to me because I have been waiting for something likethis to come along for a long time. I want to be present on

this earth for a little bit longer and I have a neice who is 8-years-old with whom I am extremely close. I want to be herefor her and be a good role model for her. I was looking fora way to change my life for the better, and I am finding itthrough this program.”

· Tamber Shepard, Plattsburgh — “I realized that life istoo short, and there is so much more I want to experienceand accomplish. I made the decision that it was time to in-corporate diet and exercise into my life as well as managemy diabetes so that I could live a healthy lifestyle.”

· Jim Snook, Plattsburgh — “For me the motivation wasmy family. Angela, my wife, has encouraged me for years tolose weight. I look at my children, Emma, 6 and Gabriel, 3,and realize that I won’t be around for them if I don’t changemy lifestyle now.”

The North Country Biggest Loser is now on Facebook,which Duprey hopes more people, not just the participants,will utilize.

“I think if they’re following us and kind of watching whatwe’re doing, ... they can mimic that themselves,” she said.“We’d like to have [people] go on there and try to encour-age the 10, plus get any information out of it they can.”

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St. Patty’s day soup for the soul

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Participants of the North Country Biggest Loser, joined by Plattsburgh superintendent of recreation Steve Peters, left, andParticipants of the North Country Biggest Loser, joined by Plattsburgh superintendent of recreation Steve Peters, left, andtrainer Mary Duprey, right. The participants are, in front, from left, Aleshia Bond, Jenn Meschinelli, Jen LeCuyer, Tambertrainer Mary Duprey, right. The participants are, in front, from left, Aleshia Bond, Jenn Meschinelli, Jen LeCuyer, TamberShepard and Jennifer Goddeau. Back row: Rosemary Bell, Steve Pierce, Randy Hilliker, Jim Snook and Larry Mills.Shepard and Jennifer Goddeau. Back row: Rosemary Bell, Steve Pierce, Randy Hilliker, Jim Snook and Larry Mills.

Photo by Sarah L. CronkPhoto by Sarah L. Cronk

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PLATTSBURGH — The Adirondack Builders Association’s Adirondack HomeShow has been known for showcasing the latest products and styles for homeimprovement projects for the last 17 years. However, this year,there’s an addition to the annual event that shows —contrary to popular belief — it can be easy beinggreen.

This year ’s two-day event — slated forthis weekend, Saturday, March 13, andSunday, March 14 — will focus on al-ternative energy options and energy-saving products. Allison Hulbert-Bruce, a member of the ABA boardof directors, said the event willshow people they can make homeimprovements that are easy on theirbudgets and have a positive impacton the environment at the same time.

“We’re going to have seminars focus-ing on green and alternative energyproducts, so we’ll be having people speak-ing about solar energy, geothermal heat, tank-less water heaters — things like that,” said Hul-bert-Bruce.

Reducing water consumption and us-ing higher-efficiency heating options arealso among the topics to be discussedduring the home show.

“We want to be able to show people that when it comes to heat, for example,there are alternative fuel sources to oil and, that if you have to use oil, you havethe most efficient furnaces possible and getting the most out of your fuel,” Hul-bert-Bruce said.

“I’m very excited,” she added. “I’m hoping the seminars will be something

we can continue to do year after year and expand on. They’re a great additionto the show. We’re really going to have a lot for people to see and learn about.”

American Standard will be among the vendors at the show, dis-cussing low-flow shower heads, faucet fixtures with aera-

tors to reduce water flow and water consumption,said Hulbert-Bruce. Toilets with duel flushing

systems that are also higher-efficiency andlower water consumption, will also be on

display. Cabinet manufacturers that use sus-

tainable forestry practices will also befeatured, showing how green practicesare now at the forefront in the minds ofmany companies.

“There are many cabinet companiesactively involved in planting a certain

number of trees for every tree cut down,”said Hulbert-Bruce. “There’s also a stove

line that for every stove they sell, they planta tree. Everyone’s trying to focus more on be-

ing environmentally-friendly.”The Adirondack Builders Association Adirondack

Home Show will be held Saturday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. The show will held at the CreteMemorial Civic Center on Beach Road inthe town of Plattsburgh. For more informa-

tion or directions, call 643-0828 or visit the ABA Web site at www.adirondack-builders.org.

(Editor's Note: A complete schedule of the seminars at this year's AdirondackBuilders Association's Adirondack Home Show appears on page two in this week's edi-tion.)

Adirondack Home Show to highlight how you canbalance saving money and helping the environment

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PLATTSBURGH — The Advocacy and Re-source Center of Clinton County is raisingmoney in a rather unique way.

“Fiddles, Vittles and Ales,” a fundraiser thatwill offer Irish music, food and beverage, willtake over the West Side Ballroom on New YorkRoad this Saturday, March 13. It’s an eventARC executive director Theresa Garrow isthoroughly excited about.

“We had a wine and food tasting last yearand that went over well. So, we thought we’dtry it again, but this time with beer,” said Gar-row, who said there were many who expressedinterest in that kind of event. “It seems to bethe new big thing, pairing beer with foods.”

“We thought around St. Patrick’s Day wouldbe the perfect time,” she added.

Those who attend, said Garrow, will receivea small souvenir beer tasting glass to try a wideselection of foreign and domestic beers. Gar-row added she’s particularly excited to havebrewing companies from across the region bringingmore local creations.

“There will be many different kinds of ales,” shesaid.

In addition to beer sampling, the nonprofit organ-

ization teamed up with Westside Ballroom chef KevinThornton to prepare a food tasting portion for theevent.

Lobster bisque, pan-roasted chicken, lamb and sal-ads are just a few things on the menu for sampling,

paired with various beers, said Thornton. “We’re not contrasting any flavors, it’s all

straight-forward pairing. Everything will gotogether,” he said.

An Irish buffet will also be set up during theevent featuring an Irish stew, bread pudding,Irish soda bread and roasted vegetables.

The food portion of the evening will also in-clude a cheese course and a dessert course, thelatter of which will feature an Irish bash creampie, said Thornton.

Musical entertainment by Celtic band In-isheer will help round out the evening.

The event will kick off with a social hour at5:30 p.m. followed by the tastings. Inisheerwill begin playing at 7 p.m.

Fiddles, Vittles and Ales may also include asilent auction, she added.

“We’ve gotten quite a few donations fromvarious businesses, so we’ll probably tie thatin,” said Garrow.

Tickets for the event are $25. Proceeds of theevent will go toward establishing a second respitehouse for families of loved ones with disabilities, saidGarrow.

For tickets or more information, call 834-5439 or563-0930.


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TREADWELLS MILLS — Knightsof Columbus 7248 will host an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at St.Joseph’s Church Parish Hall, 1349Military Turnpike, this Sunday,March 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The cost of the meal will be $6 foradults, $3 for children ages 6-10, andfree for children younger than age 5.

Pancakes to be servedSunday at St. Joseph’s MORRISONVILLE — The Mor-

risonville Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, 1927 State Route 22B, willhost an all-you-can-eat pancakebreakfast Sunday, March 21, from 8a.m. to 12 p.m.

The cost of the meal will be $6 foradults, $3.50 for children ages 6-10,and free for children younger thanage 5.

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hen Stuck on Stupid comes totown, they want people tohave a good time — and they do.

The Albany-based classic rock/hardrock band — which consists of lead vo-calist and guitarist Dom Brino, lead gui-tarist Jake Rohloff, bassist Adam Al-bright, and drummer Garrett Damore —formed as a garage band in 2006. Theiroriginal name was “Whiplash,” and hadsome different band members, saidBrino, before evolving into the four whomake up the band today.

The band’s first taste of Plattsburghwas about a year ago when they werebooked at The Green Room. It was awild night, recalled Brino, and the col-lege scene was something they weren’tused to yet.

“We were shocked,” said Brino. “Atmidnight the place got packed and justturned into a giant party with dancing,games and just a great atmosphere. “

The crowd was really into them andthe feeling was mutual, said Brino.

“Ever since then, we consider TheGreen Room as our home spot,” he said.“[Owner Chris Dumont] really takescare of us and his crew that works thereare fun and down to earth people. “

Brino said the band loves playing

Plattsburgh and feels each show is “justa giant party.”

“Everyone’s having a great time danc-ing and singing and we absolutely lovemingling with that type of crowd,” hesaid. “If you’re in a bad mood and youhappen to walk into The Green Roomwith us playing, most likely your goingto forget about those problems and letloose with everyone around you andhave a great time.”

What makes Stuck on Stupid stand outfrom other bands, said Brino, are theband’s original songs and covers theydo of ones people can’t get out theirheads. Since the four are still in theirteens, he added, a big part of the attrac-tion to them is the level they play at fortheir age.

“Seeing that we’re just teenagers, a lotof people come up to us saying theywish they had either picked up an in-strument at our age or stuck with the in-strument that they used to play,” saidBrino.

Though Stuck on Stupid has been do-ing well in upstate New York, the bandhasn’t done too bad in the city, either. InSeptember 2008, the band played CBS’The Early Show. They’ve even openedfor nationally-renowned acts likeDokken, L.A. Guns and the Pat Travers


Band and headlined several shows in theAlbany region.

Stuck on Stupid will be on their way tothe Sunflower State in July to play the Mid-west Rockfest in Kansas City. Stuck on Stu-pid will get the chance to share the stagewith bands like Twisted Sister, Styx andWinger, which the band is excited about,said Brino. That, along with writing andrecording new material, is what keeps

these guys going.“Our goal,” said Brino, “is to keep writ-

ing great music and build a loyal fan baseor whichever way the wind blows.”

(Editor’s Note: Stuck on Stupid will be at TheGreen Room this weekend, Saturday, March 13,beginning at 11 p.m. Check out their MySpace page,www.myspace.com/stuckonstupidrocks, for a list oftheir upcoming shows in Plattsburgh and keep aneye on the what’s happenin’ section of the ‘burgh!)

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(All events hosted in Plattsburgh unless otherwise stated.)

ThursdayThursday.Mar.Mar ch.11.ch.11.CLINTON-ESSEX-FRANKLIN LI-

BRARY BOOKMOBILE. Windy Acres, 12Glenns Way, Ellenburg Depot, 11-11:30a.m.; near the Town Hall, Ellenburg Cen-ter, 11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.; Lyon MountainSeniors, Mountain Top Senior Housing,2:50-3:20 p.m.

CAREGIVER DISCUSSION GROUP.United Way Building, 45 Tom Miller Road,11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 565-4543.

FOOD SCIENCE LABORATORYOPEN HOUSE. SUNY PlattsburghHawkins Hall Room 027, 101 Broad St., 2-6 p.m. 564-4223.

JOURNEY INTO READING. Cham-plain Centre Mall, 60 Smithfield Blvd.,4:30-6:30 p.m. Reading for children up toage 16 with free book provided. Hosted atcenter court.www.journeyintoreading.org.

SHOWING OF “LITTLE WOMEN.”Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 6p.m.

BRUCE PATENAUDE PERFORMS.Irises Café and Wine Bar, 22 City HallPlace, 7 p.m.

DOWNTOWN MOTIF PERFORMS.Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

FridayFriday.Mar.Mar ch.12.ch.12.CLINTON-ESSEX-FRANKLIN LI-

BRARY BOOKMOBILE. Bright Begin-nings, 62 Northern Ave., Plattsburgh, 1-1:30 p.m.; Pine Harbour, 15 New Hamp-shire Road, 1:35-2 p.m.; Lake Forest,Plattsburgh, 2:05-3 p.m.; South Acres Mo-bile Home Park, 16 Sonya Way, Platts-burgh, 3:30-4 p.m.

CHESS CLUB MEETS. PlattsburghPublic Library, 19 Oak St., 2 p.m. 536-7437.

OPEN FAMILY SWIM. Wellness Centerat PARC, 295 New York Road, 7-9 p.m. $2.562-6860.

THERESE MOEN AND KARIN RYANPERFORM. Great Adirondack SoupCompany, 24 Oak St., 7:30 p.m. Cover $3.Light refreshments. 561-6408.

COMMANDER CODY BAND PER-FORMS. Gilligan’s Getaway, 7160 StateRoute 9, 8 p.m. 566-8050.

NATALIE WARD BAND PERFORMS.Irises Café and Wine Bar, 22 City HallPlace, 9 p.m.

BOOTLEG BAND PERFORMS. Cock-tails, 42 River St., Morrisonville, 9:30 p.m.

ELEPHANT BEAR PERFORMS.Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

SaturSatur dayday.Mar.Mar ch.13.ch.13.DANCE INTO SPRING PROM FASH-

ION SHOW. Champlain Centre centercourt, 60 Smithfield Blvd., 1-2:30 p.m.

SHOWING OF “MULAN.” PlattsburghPublic Library, 19 Oak St., 2 p.m.

FIDDLES, VITTLES & ALES. ARCfundraiser with fine beer and food tast-ings. West Side Ballroom, 253 New YorkRoad, 5:30 p.m. 563-0930.

SECOND SATURDAY CINEMA. Uni-tarian Universalist Fellowship Center, 4Palmer St., 6 p.m.

DAN SAULPAUGH PERFORMS. Kof-fee Kat, 130 Margaret St., 8-10 p.m. 566-8433.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION.Meron’s, corner of Bailey Avenue andBeekman Street, 9 p.m. 561-9825.

BOOTLEG BAND PERFORMS. Cock-tails, 42 River St., Morrisonville, 9:30 p.m.

HIGH PEAKS PERFORMS. Mono-pole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

STUCK ON STUPID PERFORMS.Green Room, 9 Bridge St., 11 p.m. 563-3209.

SundaySunday.Mar.Mar ch.14.ch.14.BRIDGE STREET AUCTION. 1 Dur-

kee St., 10:30 a.m.

MondayMonday.Mar.Mar ch.15.ch.15.SCRABBLE GAME. Seniors Citi-

zens Council of Clinton County SeniorCenter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

TTuesdayuesday.Mar.Mar ch.16.ch.16.CLINTON-ESSEX-FRANKLIN LI-

BRARY BOOKMOBILE. Saranac TownHall, 3662 Route 3, Saranac, 1-1:45 p.m.;Cadyville Fire House, 2122 Route 3,Cadyville, 2-2:30 p.m.; Roderick Rock Se-nior Housing, 2025 Route 22B, Mor-risonville, 3-3:30 p.m.; Morrisonville PostOffice, 1934 Route 22B, Morrisonville,3:40-4:15 p.m.

OPEN MIC NIGHT. Krazy Horse Sa-loon, 14 Margaret St., 10 p.m.

WWednesdayednesday.Mar.Mar ch.17.ch.17.52ND ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY

BREAKFAST. Hosted by the Plattsburgh-

North Country Chamber of Commerce,SUNY Angell Center Ballroom, RugarStreet, 7:30 a.m. 563-1000.

WII BOWLING. Senior Citizens Coun-cil, 5139 N. Catherine St., 1 p.m. 563-6180.

WALK AROUND PLATTSBURGH.City Hall, 41 City Hall Place, 3 p.m. Host-ed by Algonquin Chapter of the Adiron-dack Mountain Club. 561-0189.

EARTH WEEK MEETING. North Coun-try Food Co-op, 25 Bridge St., 6:30-8:30p.m.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY. Cocktails,42 River St., Morrisonville, 7 p.m.

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH MIKE PED-ERSEN. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10p.m. 563-2222.


BRARY BOOKMOBILE. Port Kent PostOffice, 31 First St., 1:30-2 p.m.; KeesevilleCountry Gardens, Hill Street, 2:15-2:45p.m.; Curtains, Curtains, Curtains parkinglot, 24 Rectory St., Clintonville, 3-3:30p.m.; Ada Court, Cliff Haven, 4:15-4:45p.m.


OPEN HOUSE. Seton Catholic, 206New York Road, 5-7 p.m. 561-4031.

CHESS NIGHT. Great AdirondackSoup Company, 24 Oak St., 5 p.m. 561-6408.

FridayFriday.Mar.Mar ch.19.ch.19.CHESS CLUB MEETS. Plattsburgh

Public Library, 19 Oak St., 2 p.m. 536-7437.

HISTORY AND FREEDOM: HERSTO-RY. Peru Community Church, 13 Elm St.,Peru, 7-9 p.m. Music by Sounds of theNorthway. Adults $10, children and sen-iors $8.

SINK OR SWIM PERFORMS WITHJOHNNY BOOTH, VESSELS AND CON-STRUCTS. Gilligan’s Getaway, 7160State Route 9, 6 p.m. 566-8050.


ZIP CITY PERFORMS. Irises Café andWine Bar, 22 City Hall Place, 9 p.m.

REV TOR BAND PERFORMS. Mono-pole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

SaturSatur dayday.Mar.Mar ch.20.ch.20.ASHLEY KOLLAR PERFORMS KIDS

SHOW. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 4-6p.m. 324-2200.

NORTH COUNTRY SQUARESDANCE CLUB MEETS. Clinton CountyFairgrounds, 84 Fairgrounds Road, Mor-risonville. 7 p.m. Caller and cuer BuckyTenney. 561-7167 or 492-2057.

ASHLEY KOLLAR PERFORMS. OliveRidley’s, 37 Court St., 8-10 p.m. 324-2200.

KYLE HART AND TYLER LASHMAYPERFORM. Koffee Kat, 130 Margaret St.,8-10 p.m. 566-8433.

SundaySunday.Mar.Mar ch.21.ch.21.BRIDGE STREET AUCTION. 1 Dur-

kee St., 10:30 a.m.

MondayMonday.Mar.Mar ch.22.ch.22.SCRABBLE GAME. Seniors Citi-

zens Council of Clinton County SeniorCenter, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

TTuesdayuesday.Mar.Mar ch.23.ch.23.“STORIES FROM THE FARM:

JEANNE ROBERT FOSTER’S COUN-TIES; RENSSELAER AND WASHING-TON COUNTIES; AND WARREN COUN-TY, IOWA.” Plattsburgh Public Library, 19Oak St., 6:30-7:45 p.m. 563-0921.

SHOWING AND DISCUSSION OF“CHILDREN OF MEN.”State University ofNew York at Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St., 7p.m. Yokum Lecture Hall, Room 200. 564-3095.

OPEN MIC NIGHT. Krazy Horse Sa-loon, 14 Margaret St., 10 p.m.

WWednesdayednesday.Mar.Mar ch.24.ch.24.WII BOWLING. Senior Citizens Coun-

cil, 5139 N. Catherine St., 1 p.m. 563-6180.

WALK AROUND PLATTSBURGH.City Hall, 41 City Hall Place, 3 p.m. Host-ed by Algonquin Chapter of the Adiron-dack Mountain Club. 561-0189.

EARTH WEEK MEETING. North Coun-try Food Co-op, 25 Bridge St., 6:30-8:30p.m.

GREAT BOOKS READING AND DIS-CUSSION GROUP MEETS. PlattsburghPublic Library, 19 Oak St., 6-7:45 p.m.

563-0921 or [email protected] STRANDED IMPROV

COMEDY TROUPE PERFORMS. OliveRidley’s, 37 Court St., 7:30 p.m. 324-2200.

OPEN “MIKE” NIGHT. Monopole, 7Protection Ave., 11:55 p.m. 563-2222.


BRARY BOOKMOBILE. Senior CitizensCouncil of Clinton County, 5139 N. Cather-ine St., Plattsburgh, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.;Vilas Home, 61 Beekman St., Plattsburgh,1-1:45 p.m.; Flynn Ave., Plattsburgh, be-tween senior apartments, 2-2:30 p.m.;Pine Rest Trailer court, Treadwells Mills,3:15-3:45.


PLATTSBURGH-NORTH COUNTRYCHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESSAFTER HOURS MIXER. Lakeside Con-tainer, 299 Arizona Ave., 5:30-7 p.m. Ad-mission $3 with reservation, $4 without.563-1000.

DOWNTOWN MOTIF PERFORMS.Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

FridayFriday.Mar.Mar ch.26.ch.26.CHESS CLUB MEETS. Plattsburgh

Public Library, 19 Oak St., 2 p.m. 536-7437.


PROFESSOR CHAOS PERFORMS.Gilligan’s Getaway, 7160 State Route 9, 8p.m. 566-8050.

THREATEND PERFORMS. Monopole,7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

SaturSatur dayday.Mar.Mar ch.27.ch.27.THIRD ANNUAL TASTE OF THE

TAVERN. Burgundy Room, 770 StateRoute 3, 5-9 p.m. Dinner featuring Amer-ican and British foods authentic to the1812 period. 561-4692.

PATRICK SARGENT PERFORMS.Koffee Kat, 130 Margaret St., 8-10 p.m.566-8433.

EAT.SLEEP.FUNK PERFORMS.Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.

BEEKMANTOWN — The BeekmantownElementary School Parent-Teacher Organi-zation will hold “Shop n’ Go,” its first-everindoor garage sale fundraiser at the school’sall-purpose room, Saturday, March 27.

The PTO is currently looking for peopleinterested in hosting a table. Crafters arewelcome. Set up will be 8 a.m. the day of theevent, with the fundraiser to follow.

Tables may be reserved by calling JudithPaquette at 563-8250. Registration is due nolater than Friday, March 19.

Anything not sold must be removed fromschool property immediately following theevent.

School PTO to offer ‘Shop n’ Go’

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PLATTSBURGH — The Platts-burgh Public Library board oftrustees has announced the re-open-ing of the library on Sundays from 1-5 p.m.

The re-opening, effective Feb. 14,was made possible by a budget agree-ment of the mayor and city council inthe library's 2010 budget.

The library will be open Sundaysthrough May 23, with the exceptionof Easter Sunday, April 4.

For more information, contact thelibrary at 563-0921 or visitwww.plattsburghlib.org.

Library now open SundaysPLATTSBURGH — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton Coun-

ty, 6064 State Route 22, will offer classes with pesticide recertificationcredits Monday, March 22. The program will offer a morning sessionfrom 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and afternoon session from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Theafternoon session will be held at the William H. Miner AgriculturalResearch Institute, 1034 Miner Farm Road, Chazy.

The morning session will focus on insects and diagnosing problemswith two credits in all categories. The afternoon has two concurrentsessions — one on field crops with two credits in categories 1a and 21and the other on lawn and landscape with two credits in categories 3aand 25.

The cost is $20 per half-day session, with registration required byWednesday, March 17.

For more information or to register, call Amy Ivy at 561-7450 or 962-4810, ext. 0, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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“Originally, it was sort of a Platts-burgh phenomena, it pretty much in-volved the college, St. Patty’s Day andthe downtown area and residents,”Laundry said. “It was all in the family.”

Laundry said the change in the atti-tude of the crowd, as well as a few oth-er incidents, caused the change in poli-cy.

“We’d have to gear up for out-of-towners,” he said. “If you come herefrom college ‘X’, you need a place tostay.”

According to Skopp, a specific inci-dent regarding overcrowding in theMonopole bar brought the safety of thepartiers, specifically students, to theforefront. As a result, Plattsburgh State’sseventh president, Joseph C. Burke,made the decision to extend the college’sspring break through St. Patrick’s Day,forever changing the downtown sceneduring that fateful week each March.

According to his extensive research,Skopp claims there are many false ru-mors surrounding the holiday, one be-ing Plattsburgh making the Playboy listof top party schools, which never hap-

pened, he said. And, despite frequentclashes with law enforcement and dam-age to the storefronts downtown, therewas never a full-on “riot” in Plattsburghon St. Patrick’s Day, said Skopp.

“It wasn’t a riot,” he said. “But, therewas a lot of crowd control.”

Skopp hypothesized the college’s pol-icy has not changed because of safety is-sues.

“The college doesn’t want any eventwhere students are likely to be injured.”

Laundry said the college did not wantsomeone to die before they madechanges, so they made a pre-emptivestrike against situations that could causeserious injuries or disturbances.

“It was mostly people having a goodtime,” he said. “But, it was just too manypeople.”

And, after years of policy change andpublic upheaval, Plattsburgh is nowquite a quiet town during St. Patrick'sDay.

Michael O’Keefe is an intern with theState University of New York at Platts-burgh.

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PLATTSBURGH — How does AlyssaSzczypien spell victory? N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-M.

The final word of the Champlain ValleyEducational Services Regional Spelling Beewas chocked full of irony as Alyssa humblyspoke of her victory over 61 other contest-ants Feb. 26 at Plattsburgh High School. Notshowing an ounce of conceit, the Peru Cen-tral School District seventh-grader spokemodestly of her accomplishment followingthe competition.

“It was hard work, but it was really worthit,” said Alyssa, who shrugged off any no-tion her win made her a standout speller.

However, Alyssa’s father, John Szczypi-en, spoke proudly of his daughter.

“She’s been studying, at least the pastthree or four weeks, pretty hard,” he said.“She’s always been a very good student.”

The competition was fierce following awritten round, which left only 17 childrenin grades 4-8 vying for the title of champi-on. One by one, students were eliminated, includingreturning champion Leo Lee who stumbled on theword “keratitis” in Round 8.

After the 10th round, it came down to two contest-ants — Alyssa and Lysbeth Buchanan, a seventh-grad-er from North Country School in Lake Placid. The two

went round for round spelling and even misspellingwords like “quadrivial,” “olivaceous,” “rubefacient”and “teratological” — words that seemed to hit bothcontestants like a “blitzkrieg” — which was yet anoth-er spelling word thrown at the seventh-graders duringthe challenge.

After Lysbeth missed the word “roux,” Alyssa cor-

rectly spelled “pongee” before going on to herchampionship word.

“I partly knew the word because on the pack-et we had received in the mail, the other wordon the packet was narcissistically,” said Alyssa.“It was pretty similar to the word narcissism, soI tried to spell it like that.”

Alyssa’s best guesswon her the regional beetitle and a chance tocompete in the ScrippsNational Spelling Beethis June in Washington,D.C., courtesy of NorthCountry Parents for theNational Spelling Bee and the Press-Republican— the regional spelling bee’s co-sponsors.

“It was nail-biting,” Szczypien said of watch-ing his daughter compete. “Especially, towardthe end. It was back and forth like a tennismatch.”

“I can’t even express the feelings I’m feelingright now,” he added.

Alyssa said she looks forward to the nationalspelling bee and plans to continue her routine of study-ing an hour a day and whenever else she can find time.

“I’m just a little nervous,” said Alyssa. “Nervous, yeta little excited because this is my chance to show whoI am to the world and to shine.”

Alyssa Szczypien wins regional spelling bee

Peru Central School District seventh-grader Alyssa Szczypien stands with her father, John,after winning this year’s Champlain Valley Educational Services Regional Spelling Bee.



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7164C Route 9 • Plattsburgh, NY [email protected]

Free Computer Equipment Recycling

Same day turn around (on most jobs)

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(518) 561-6885 (518) 561-6885 (518) 561-6885 For questions about the schedule and routes please contact

CCPT Dispatch at: (518) 561-1452

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P RECISION P RECISION Auto-Collision Center Auto-Collision Center

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Veterans Discounts Insurance Claims

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SPECIAL Headlight Restoration $40.00

Plastic Bumper Repair

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Golden’s Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning

Specializing in Smoke and Water Damage Restoration

518-563-3491

SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SINCE 1979

Keeseville • Plattsburgh 518-566-7519 • Fax 518-834-9001

www.loremans.com [email protected]

Embroidery, Engraving &

Screenprinting

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