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*********************5-DIGIT 13642 1622 12-25-20 35P 17S READING ROOM 56 CHURCH ST GOUVERNEUR NY 13642 I,nil,,Hull I„IJ,I,LII Volume Kb- litjNiittftei*-?? ' [ f- . fjgy&jfcj^Qfr':'•' '\' H : '^gMfri^ Check out the size of this check! USDA Rural Development officials were on hand Friday to present a check to the village to upgrade its wastewa- ter facility. Taking part in the presentation were (from left): Renee Hutt (USDA), Village Trustees Roger LaPierre and George Harder, Mayor Dorothy Vorce, USDA State Director Patrick Brennon, Michael Backus, an aide for Rep. John McHugh, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava and Brian Murray (USDA). Work will begin soon on a long-awaited upgrade to the facility. (Dick Sterling photo) Rural Development awards $2,388,000 loan to village for wastewater upgrade By Dick Sterling Gouvemeur Village Mayor Dorothy Vorce was very pleased Friday when, after over 10 years of effort, a ceremonial check was presented to begin much-needed repairs to the Village wastewater treatment facility. Mayor Vorce was quick to thank those who preceded her in working to secure the funds needed to make the ecpensive repairs. \This is a big day for all of us,\ said Mayor Vorce. \Dede (Scozzafava) and Eldon (Conklin) worked very hard for • this. They should feel good about this finally coming to a reality.\ U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Patrick H. Brennan was on hand to announce the $2,388,000 loan for the Village of Gouvemeur. The funds will be used to upgrade the Village's wastewater system. The loan terms are 38 years at 4.5 percent interest. \Improving wastewater infrastructure is essential for many small communities, yet often cost prohibitive for localities to finance on their own,\ said Rep. John M. McHugh. \This low-interest loan from the USDA will ensure that Gouvemeur can make the improvements necessary, bringing benefit to current and future residents and businesses.\ \Helping New York's rural communities improve their water and wastewater infrastructure is one of our primary missions at USDA Rural Development,\ said State Director Brennan. \This funding will enable Gouvemeur to rehabilitate its wastewater treatment system and improve service for more than 4,200 residents\ ' \The future of the Village of Gouvemeur, like all North Country communities, depends on a strong viable infrastructure,\ said Mayor Vorce, \This $2,388,000 USDA Rural Development loan will enable our Village to make necessary improvements to our wastewater treatment facility and continue to provide the necessary service to our residents. The Village Board of Trustees and I are extremely pleased to receive this much needed assistance.\ Mayor Vorce was joined by Village Trustees George Harder and Roger LaPierre. \USDA Rural Development is a tremendous asset to our communities. Low interest loans like this one to Gouvemeur offer much needed help to pay for costly infrastructure upgrades,\ said State Sen. Darrel Aubertine. \I'd like to thank the USDA., especially its state representatives and North Country staff, for helping Gouvemeur secure this loan. Their hard work and expertise is appreciated as it complements the work done by village leaders to make this happen.\ \Once again, USDA Rural Development has delivered for the North Country,\ said Assemblywoman Dierdre \Dede\ Scozzafava, formerly mayor of the village. \In addition to recent assistance for the communities of Sandy Creek and Rutland, this loan will go a long way toward increasing our quality of life and improving the wastewater system. I look forward to a continued partnership with Rural Development as we try to help even more communities.\ Work on the repair and replacement of aerators and removal of years of sludge is expected to begin in the near future. A Second Gift of Love.... Randy Newcombe recovering from second \sisterly\ kidney transplant Editor's note: For the second time in his life Randy Newcombe, who grew up in DeKalb and graduated from Hermon-DeKalb Central School, has been given a chance at a normal existence, thanks to a special gift from a loving sister. On Monday, April 28, Mr. Newcombe, now of Rensselaer Falls, underwent a second kidney transplant. Like the first, some 23 years ago, the person responsible for the veiy special gift was a sister. The three share a special bond and, hopefully, a long and rewarding future together. Randy, the soil of Howard and Mary Newcombe, who live on the Old Northerner Road, in DeKalb, was born with kidneys that never developed. Randy participated in sports at Hermon DeKalb, and carried on a normal childhood. But an Army physical revealed that Randy's kidneys never developed. Now in his 40's, and well on his way to recovering from his second transplant, Randy can be thankful that his sisters, Rhonda and Cindy, were able to give him a gift that can only be measured in time... The Newcombe family prepared the following article about Randy and his very special sisters. We wish them all the best of luck: -Dick Sterling Our brother, Randy Newcombe, underwent a kidney tansplant at Albany Medical Center on April 28, the kidney was donated by our sister, Cindy Lottie, of DeKalb Junction. This was not Randy's first transplant. 23 years ago, our sister Rhonda Boyles of Jacksonville, Florida, donated one of her kidneys that allowed Randy 23 years of life during which he graduated from Canton College, married his wife Julie, witnessed the birth of their beautiful daughter Ninah, and has been a wonderful son, brother, uncle, and step-father; and now Cindy has given Randy the ability to, once again, live a normal life. On the Sunday prior to the surgery, Mom, Dad, all of the Brothers and Sisters (some traveling from as far away as Florida, Pennsylvania, and Missouri), nieces and nephews, Randy's wife Julie, Cindy's daughter Jennifer, and extended family, spent the day with Randy and Cindy laughing, crying and realizing that to us, our family means everything. The nieces and nephews all made cards and wrote letters to Randy and Cindy to let them know how much they are loved. Although our youngest niece Cassandra, 2, cannot write, mom Kellie was able to translate on paper how much she wanted her aunt and uncle to get better and come home soon. Our Niece' Brooklyn, 7, wrote a special letter to her aunt Cindy letting her know that if she ever needed a kidney, she could have one of hers. It would be hard to find an Aunt and an Uncle more loved that Cindy and Randy. Monday morning didn't start off so well as our caravan of cars, including Randy and Cindy's, got lost from the hotel to the hospital and we arrived for their check-in time for surgery a half hour late. The staff at Albany Medical Center was forgiving of our lateness and could not have been more accommodating. Rather than an informal group send off in the hallway, they allowed each one of us alone time with Randy and Cindy before surgery and assured us they were in great hands. After settling in the waiting area (actually we practically took over the waiting area) we prepared ourselves for a long day of waiting, praying and wondering how Randy and Cindy were doing. Within a very short time we had our first report about how both were doing. A wonderful hospital staff member kept us completely updated as to how the surgery was going and how both patients were. Our Family would like to express our sincere gratitude to Albany Medical Center for their kindness and wonderful care that Randy and Cindy received during this process. The Kidney Transplant went very well and both Randy and Cindy are home recuperating. Although Randy's recovery will be long with several trips to Albany, the fact that he can now live a normal life without Dialysis three times a week is an amazing thing. Our entire family realizes that Cindy, as well as Rhonda 23 years ago, gave a priceless gift of life and to the rest of us they are our heroes. Flag Day Parade Saturday Chamber's centennial events planned By Dick Sterling For decades, one of the annual highlights in Gouvemeur was the Flag Day Parade. Our parade may have been so popular because few other communities presented a parade. In the 1980s the parade was paired with an auto show, and for the next 20 years the annual event was staged at the Gouvemeur Fairgrounds. Last year Gouvemeur Chamber of Commerce officials decided to return the parade downtown. This year the parade will again take in the downtown area. But there's a twist. This year the Chamber will also be throwing itself a 100 th birthday party. There'll be plenty to see and do this Saturday. As for the parade... simply rum your chairs around... this one is marching from the West Side to the East Side! Chamber officials are throwing a huge birthday bash, which this year will be celebrated on the traditional day noted for the observance of the American Flag, June 14, which just happens to fall on a Saturday this year. The festivities are scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. with an opening ceremony. There will be a variety of activities, vendors, crafters and kids games in the park. In addition, Northern Federal Credit Union will feature a variety of activities for kids in their parking lot (comer | of East Main and North, •\ Gordon). Officials and special* guests from Watertown's,. Thompson Park Zoo are also expected to be at the credit union. The Gouvemeur Elks will conduct a Flag Day ceremony, at 10:30 a.m. The smell of barbecued chicken will have mouths watering when the,; Mason's fire up the coals orr~ Trinity Avenue. Z. The parade, which i€;; expected to feature four higfr;' school bands, will begin at lhf a.m. After lineup at West Side* School, the parade route starts* at West Side School, moves urr Wilson Street, on to West Main,'., proceed through the business' district, turn left onto North Gordon Street, and end in the . vicinity of Trinity Avenue. Continued on page 12 With pardons to the Bard by Sandy Wyman Six of the most noted of heroines of the \Bard\ convene at the home of Juliet in Verona. When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet by Charles George and directed by Gouverneur's own Carol Amberg, the GHS Theatre Arts Class proved very shortly that they could handle the challenge of love's advice and the Elizabethan dialogue with tongue in cheek humor spun around the setting of the I500's when men, even if insane, were men and women where still out to rule the day. The tragic Juliet, talking on her cell phone seemed for awhile oblivious to Portia, a rich heiress and Katherine, the shrew as they played favorites in amongst the many women \courted\ by Shakespeare. \Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind,\ quips Portia as the duo takes in the sight of Ophelia, now quite insane driven there by being jilted by that melancholy Dane. \No wonder that she has gone mad.\ \Mad? Thou makes an understatement. She's as nutty as a Yuletide fruit cake.\ Poor Desdemona from Othello is trapped in the intrigue and wishes for nothing more than to make Juliet realize that perhaps a \Comedy of Errors\ will prevent the young lady from realizing that sometimes not is all well. While dialogue and comic relief continue on the stage, it becomes quite apparent that our tragic heroine has a real \handle\ on the love scene and not one can dissuade her from the fair and handsome Romeo. The plot thickens and the torn- torn sounds. \Some strange female approaches,\ Desdemona remarks, \Looks like a siren of the movies, perhaps J-Lo!\ For it is no other than Cleopatra, the Serpent of the Nile. She immediately takes the upper hand to inform Juliet of the error of her ways in the \way of love.\ Cleo was not long into the conversation when she began to realize that perchance she can come on awful strong and maybe that is why her technique with Antony did not win his brave heart. \My Antony has gone and got himself married and I have a darned good notion to sue him for breach-of- promise.\ Her abandonment by Antony eventually leads her to take up snake handling and we all know how that ended up. \When shall we six meet again?\ \In thunder, lightning or in rain?\ \When the hurly-burly's done?\ \When the battle's lost or won.\ \If our Shakespeare we've offended Think but this and all is mended That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear Scholars do not reprehend If you pardon we will mend All the liberties, which we took With, Master Willie Shakespeare's book For really we have studied hard All the phrases of the Bard And this our joke though indiscreet Is really what might happen should Shakespeare's ladies\ meet.\ The curtain falls, A-M l I I for all! And last but not least, the crew with everything on cue: Stage Manager, Kourtni Plowman Lighting, Charlie Saidel Set and Scenery, Theatre Arts Class Costumes extraordinary by Judy Bush and Terry Moses. Rhonda Boyles (left) and Cindy Lottie have both donated a kidney to their brother Randy Newcombe. The family is hopeful that Cindy's kidney will give Randy at least as many year's as Rhonda's did. The first transplant was good for 23 years! Randy and Cindy are recovering from their April 28 procedure. Poor mad Ophelia (Jennifer Cole) seems to find great comfort in the \barbs\ of the trellis roses as she contemplates her love for the seemly insane Hamlet while the swirls of lovelorn advice float around in \When Shakespeare 's Ladies Meet\ performed by the GHS Theatre Arts Class on Wednesday evening, June 4. (Sandy Wyman photo) *'( >
