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i I •q j k 1 4: I 1 1 J •••••••••••••••• Voice From The Eastern Door if \'I -•- Akwesasne Freedom School students Laura David and Rodney Tarbell are recipients of the First Annual In- dian Time awards. For their outstanding achievement in art they both received a monetary award and a framed print 'Thunderer' signed by artist John Fad- den. Congratulations from Indian Time to these fiiie students. Photoi Dlanne Swamp ;.* Peter Buckshot Allison Buckshot Kathy Cook Dawn Qelormier Corlcen Jackson Caroline Johnson Cecelia King Shannon Lazore Celcna Mitchell Caroline Peters William Sharrow Jarrad Terrance Bern ice Thompson Susie Thompson Mark Lazore Joann Boots Patricia Buckshot — Kimberly Bush Reina Cook Kelly Delormier Mitchell Jacobs Missy Johnson Missy King Valerie Lazore Elliott Mitchell Thomas Phillips ' Ron Square Stephen Thomas Charlie Thompson Teena Thompson Arlcne David Ann Marie Francis Noel Jacobs Patrick Johnson .;' Mark Lazore Elizabeth Marquis KyleOakea Robert Roundpolnt Brooke Terrance Sheryl Thompson . Peggy Thompson . Trace* Thompson After the diplomas were presented,' Father Egan gave the. closing prayer. Susie Thompson and Steven Thomas follow- • ed with their closing. There were refreshments following the ceremonies in the school cafeteria. ' Congratulation to all the graduates from Indian Time, and keep up the good work! : Cindy terrance Salmon River Ceiitifil Graduation CereitoGtifer Friday, June 21, 1985 will long be rememberediby the Class of 1985. They are: Physical Education instructor Geraldine Jacobs and trophy winner David Sunday Jr. Photot Cindy Terrance David Sunday Jr. Awarded Canadian Legion Trophy for Outstanding Performance CORNWALL — David Sunday Jr. was awarded the trophy for outstanding performance by Dave Dormen on Wednesday June 26th at the Cornwall Standard Freeholder Sports Desk. Dave Dormen is the coordinator of the Canadian Legions' Supra Meet which is an annual track and field meet, David will keep <he trophy for one year and it will be given to another outstanding athlete in 1986. The Supra meet was held at the St. Lawrence High School on June 22nd. David was a first place winner for the 15J)0 Meter dash. David is 13 years old and he lives in Chenail. Dave and Trudy Sunday are his parents. David attended school at Salmon Kivtr'this past school year but he Will \be attending school at the Akwesasne Mohawk School on Cornwall Island in September where he will be a Grade 8 student. . ; Cindy Terrance Akwesasne Mohawk School Graduation Ceremonies CORNWALL ISLAND — On Tuesday June 25th, graduation ceremonies were held at the Akwesasne Mohawk School on- Cornwall Island. The ceremonies started at 7;3O p.m. and Henry Lickers was the guest speaker at the ceremonies. The chairpersons for the ceremonies were Susie Thomp- son and Steven Thomas. Principal Mr. Lawrie welcomed the parents and said, \There are a number of things that the grade 8 students have done this year. We have a numberof athletes we have had a successful year with a number of positive things happening. We have had exchange trips with- Maniwaki and Tyendinega. I would like to thank Vaughn Phillips who worked very hard with the.students who are graduating to make sure that they knew all the options that \were open to them. I would also like to thank our secretary Lillian Benedict.\ Tony Benedict was the Valedictorian for the graduating class of 1985. The guests for the ceremonies were Chief Mike Mitchell, St. Regis Band Council. Mr. Bob Donovan Depart- ment of Indian Affairs. Guest speaker was Henry Lickers Director of the Environment Division for the St. Regis Band Council. Bob Petrick principal of the Chenail School and Father Egan were also guests for the ceremonies. After the Principal Al Lawrie gave his introduction, Chief : Mike Mitchell said, \This year is very special. Starting tomor- row, the Band Council and Department of Indian Affairs will be negotiating with S.D.&G. School Board for a 16 million . dollar budget for the next school yearHWe will be able to havemore programs, and give our children a better quality education. Everyone in the community will be working hard together.\ Bob Petrick awarded Citizenship awards to seven students. These students have to cooperate and participate in school activities. They must also have a good academic record.Recipients of the awards were: Shannon: Lazore, Noel Jacobs, Celie King, Tony Benedict, Bernie Thompson, Susie Thompson and Corlene Jackson. Father Egan presented the religious awards. Arlene David and Mitchell Jacobs received the awards from Father Egan. Brooke Terrance and Shelle Thompson were the recipients of the Academic Awards. Athletic Awards were given to Patricia Buckshot, Arlene David and Gerald Terrance. The students who have received the Athletic Awards also have to be in good academic standing. : V Chief Mike Mitchell presented the diplomas to the graduates with Gloria Thompson, chairperson for the^,Stan- ding Committee assisting him. The graduates were: Adams, Daniel •Alicandro, Kristie •Almond, Chris •Anderson, Randy Armstrong* Eric Arquette, Donna Babcpck, Robert Bashaw, Penny »>Baubiitz r Timothy fBeaudin, John Paul •]Bbyea, David Bradley, Brett •Carrier, Cathy Chubb, Beverly *\Chubb Cynthia Cole, Robert Collette, Faith •Cpoke, Kelly Gxee, Hilda Cree, Leslie if.Cituz,\ Micael Dingle, Stephanie Donahue, Michelle •Dreher, Darby . •Ducote, Steve >* Dumas, Richard Durant, Trudy Dust in,Calvin •Ellsworth, Mary Beth > *FoIey, Steven • preach, Nancy. French, Talina drant, Michael Gratton, Anthony ^Grattpn, Grant Gray, Robert Greene, Kathy Gunderson, Kelly V Herne, Bernadine Herne, Rosalie Jackson, Lawrence s, Jarrod *Jock, Jesse : \ Landry, Christine • LaPage, Richard •Lauzon, Claudette • Lauzon, Marcella LaVare William Lemieux, Steven *Leroux, Paula •MacDonald, Stephen Mainville, Anthony Martin, James Martin, John Martin, Mark • McElwain, Melissa Niles, Nancy Perry, Bonnie Pyke, Mathetv ; Ransom, Esther, V •Ransom, Theresa •Reznicek, Lenka •••'. Riley, Donnie Roberts, Shannon Rogofsky, Theodore • Rollins, Tracy J • Rule, John Russell, David , *Smith, Mary-Francis ' Smith, ThPmas Steen, Eunice •Swamp, Jerry * Swamp, Leroy ; Tallman, Michael Tarbel.l, Shami lfeS American Customs Confiscate Jock At approximately 9:30 on Thursday, June ?OtrTa pickup truck owned by Willy Jock was confiscated by the American Customs at the Dundee border crossing. The charge was il- legal transporting of a Canadian lawnrnqwer. .1;* Willy's family owns a summer cottage at C; Son Freddy routinely brings their lawnmower across the border to cut their lawns at their grandmother's homes. Representatives from the tri-Co jock to speak with the customs offic unwilling to discuss the matter with is the second instance .of a vehicle' ly. According to tribal representa this, matter will be dealt with as « will be a statement soon, as to the custom border matters. •', «viLj;|»l.L«'I' 15 . .t-'•«•\.> .L'r-'.-;ii •••'•' '«\-.' ^^.Tf^iiJ^F^^t^S^^lace winners for Belgium bQflie teams. • ,- Photo: Cindy Terrance Annual 'r- The Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Depart- ^l^^d. : ihj^^ : |O^!Anh^I''F.ieid Day on Sunday June 23rd. '.. ^T^^.i|i'i^jE»^^'c' 4 Qju|l^'|t..h)ive'asked, for a better day, the sun .w^'-^hi'n^^''^id>^verirpne; was there having a great time. There was a parade held at 11 a.m. in Hogansburg, starting at >rnef! Of Route #37 and Helena Road; The parade went iji and tip St. Regis Road to the Mohawk neh started cooking and preparing for the :£^^j^y''at^aVi^.i,-#i&'.peopie''starting through the gates at Therrien, Eric • Townsend t Linda . , • -•••• Vincelette, Claudine Wheeler, Kevin White, Curtis •White, Rhonda VWood,J6hn .'•.••. VYaddow, Michele ; -: *jbek, Christopher Nielen, Hanne*' Jock, Ida (Visiting foreign student) •NYS Regents Diploma •: , . Vltorth Franklin Educational Center Certificates- ; Scholarship awards given to the Akwesasne students were: Rhonda White with the Hawley-Miller Native American, Scholarship; Jerry Swamp won the American Indian Studies Scholarship; American Legion Auxiliary Officer Elaine Cook presented on behalf of the Legion two awards, Berttadine 'Bernie' Herne, daughter of Robert and Deloires Herne received the American Legion Auxiliary Post 1479 scholar- ship; Theresa Ransom, daughter of Elaine RahsomCopk ••received the Angus B. Cook American Legion Ppst 1479 scholarship. Rhonda White, daughter of Ronald suici Carol White received the John Phillips Sousa :fiaftd Award presented by Lyle Crofoot, Director. Thorhas Egan, Sj. of \ the St. Regis Mission on behalf of the Catholic Church presented Theresa Ransom with the St; Regis Mission Award arid Mark Martin with the Jesuit Priest Award.; Angus Pyke presented the David Pyke Memorial Scholarship ori behalf of the Pyke family to Theresa Ransom The Salmon River Band with the Band Seniors under the direction of Lyle Crofoot played 'We Are the World' by Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie, 'California Girls' by Brian Wilson, 'You're the Inspiration' by Chicago, the theme from 'Cheers' by Portnoy/Angelo, I Want To Know What Love Is' by Mike Jones/ Foreigner, 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' t by deorge Micheal/Wham. The awarding of the diplomas was done by James Durant, President of the Board of Education for Salmon River To ail these fine young men and women of the 'Class pf 85\ our best wishes and congratulations\ l;.;. seven^ teams of Belgium horses in the parade. S!B%<|Kilte4, a marching Band from j^^^ > j^^^p|Up7.ad a float in the parade which consisted of a giant ghetto blaster titled 'Akwesonic' i^'^V^hJ^Epty from the radio station wore sh$|ji mltk I^W^ATCTJtVE written on their backs. There les from Hogansburg, Brushton, Fort fd for the parade were: Chicp fa arid George Bero. The eVm peTf&rnrrance ttr h b fl ^1985 Price:! .$0 New Councillors for Band Council Successful Candidates — District of Chenail (Snye) Lazore, Alfred John L .63 Mitchell, Wallace Patrick Thomas ...........;. ...\.•„ .43 District of Cornwall Island, Akwesasne ' Papineau, William Lawrence .53 Unsuccessful Candidates — b y vote tally CHENAIL Adams, Veronica 31 Burns, Peter .31 Jacobs, Donald ....., '.. .•.*•:.. .24 Lazore, Kenneth (Butch) ;..,.. .14 Lazore, Lloyd T .\. ............42 Lazore, Louis (Round) -....':. 38 CORNWALL ISLAND Benedict, Winston .. , .5 Delormier, FrankX..... ...... .•. .38 Point, HughJ . ... . . .'. : .12 Roundpoint, Russell. •...•„• .6 Seymour, Marie .....;.. 18 Boating Accident Claims Life Three men, James Jock, Larry Mitchell and Paul Francis were involved in a boating accident on the.evening of Pri-^ day, June 21, 1985. The boat hit a bouy on the St. Lawrence^ waters just east of Cornwall Island towards Glen waiter. James Jock was pronounced dead at the scene by Cornwall Coroner Dr. Lewin. James Jock was the husband of Dale Francis of St. Regis. They have one son, Jimmy John and resided in Fort Cov- ington. / . The St. Regis Police did the investigation of the boating ac- cident. The accident occured at approximately 11:30 on June 21st. Paul Francis and Larry Mitchell were also injured in the accident. Paul pulled Larry Mitchell out of the water and held on to Larry while yelling for help, doth men were transported to the Hotel Deiu Hospital by the Cornwall Am- bulance Service. The investigation is still continuing. — Dianne Swamp ^he l parade: CkQRajso received a trophy for the best float. The ambulance from St. Regis took first place in emergency vehicle categpryy The Fort Covington fire department received first place and a trophy for their fire engine with Bombay taking seebnd place and a trophy for their fire .engine.; ;'>: ;- -••••:•.•„;••••.•• ; *- '. • ; * : - • \. For the teams of Belgium horses, J&R Stables took first place receiving a. ribbon and trophy. The first place Belgium Horse team jlre Owned by Roy and[ Joleen Adams. The se- cbntf place ribbon went to \Abe and Betty Belgium\ owned by Abe and Betty Swamp and they also received a trophy for their tearii of horses. Cook's Dairy Farm received the third place ribbpn arid trophy for their team of horses. Bill Cook and Frank Cook jfr;\ rode in a wagon made by the Cook Fami- ly, also on the ^agpri, were Crowned Dairy Queens, Marie Cook and Margaret Cook Narsisian and Mark Narsisian, Mitch Cook; Sisf <>OPk, 6 children and their faithful watch dog Princess.' ' ~ v'\-..'- The Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Department President, Richardi Phillips V.President, Carlos Jacobs Secretary, Mike Cook Executive Committee: ChlefFrank Lacerenza . James Rouselle 1 Asst; Chtieif James E. Lazore Reginald Mitchell 2 Asst. Chief ChaSes Jacobs Jack Treptow 3 AChiefRicharcl Terrance Engineer, Dave Sunday Asst.Eng; John Lazore ••-•-—.• Captains Station *-+- #1 Mike Swamp, #2 Wesley Benedict, #3 Ivan Ransom lieutenants Station — #1 James Rouselle, #2 Tom Francis, #3 Jerome McDonald Morris Adams Donald Comins ' Belson Herne John Lazore Reginald Mitchell Dean Pc ' James Michael Bernard* Michael Cook Carlosjacobs Robert Lazore Louis Oakes Huey Point Michael Sunday David Tarbell \ Wesley Benedict Clyde Cree Charles Jacobs r Daniel McDonald Norman Peters Ivan Ransom Mitchell Sunday Abe Terrance Daniel Bero Amos Delormier Frank Lacerenza David McDonald Dennis Phillips Al Roundpoint Ray Swamp Richard Terrance William Bero Joe Delormier Dick Laffin Jerome McDonald Joe Phillips James Rouselle Richard Sunday Gerald Thompson Paul Buckshot Thomas Francis James Lazore Mose McDonald Richard Phillips David Sunday William Sunday Harold White Local Control Study Concludes ST. REGIS — The last day for the Local Control Study was Friday, June 28th. Coordinator of the program, Mrs. Rose Alma (Dolly) McDonald Jacobs said, \On Friday, June 28th, we will be closing our office and I will be making a presenta- • tion to Council. The presentation will be a detailed report of my findings from surveys on teachers, parents, students and the educational systems that are available for students atten- ding Schools within our district.\ Dolly has been busy making presentations as well as work- ing on the school budget for the 1985*86 school year. Negotiations were finalized this past week for the budget. Education Councillors and Dolly were trying to get Indian Affairs to allow for a $6 million budget, Jules Lambert, Superintendent of Education (Department of Indian Affairs) from the Peterbourgh district met with Councillor Frank Benedict, -Henry Lickers, Dolly Jacobs and Band Ad- ministrator Brenda LaFrance during the week. The final negotiations netted a budget that will be close to $4 million. This is an increase of a quarter of a million dollars from last year's budget. After Dolly presents a detailed budget report of her fin- dings to the Council and the Steering Committee, a report will be available to the public. There will be a special Educa- tion meeting in August. At this general meeting the findings of the Local Control Study will be discussed. At a general meeting held on June 8th, the St. Regis Band Council passed a resolution which signified the intent of Council to take over control of Education within two years. The St. Aegis Band Council will be following the PERT chart. The PERT chart is a two year plan designed for the Band Council by Dolly McDonald Jacobs. This plan will be used within the next two years while the Band takes over control of educa- tion. •'•-•.•:- '. •..••• ' • ' •• -• — Cindy terrance The Hogansbmg Volunteer Firemen should be commend- ed for t^e*6ut^|f|piipngservice they provide for our com- ^NtE salutes them for. helping protect Cindy Terrance munity add pur community!, .^fcda t July qgy ceiejbrity Charlotte was 3, 1901. Her parents are \S ;fwsband was Andrew 6 children; Marion, pr^jyT^T*^^ '] 'flff^vu ^ - •• 1 1 I«I • m 1 11 ^^» p «T^f**a^r»« t , Nancy. 2Q grandchildren, 25 \' •-—'-•*•••£ grandchildren. ^Jarid she recalled ther children. She has P^int. Charlotte is 84 1 Charlotte from family Acid Rain Index From Huntington Forest, N.Y. 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