A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Bears Den had perfect weather last weekend to celebrate and say thank you to its loyal customers by providing two days of activities and specials during Customer Appreciation Weekend. Bears Den has been in operation for over 55 years and is one of the oldest and trusted businesses in Akwesasne. It has seen many changes but its excellent customer service remains the same. The fun started on Saturday with face painting by Belly Buttons the Clown, Bounce houses, fifty-cent ice cream cones and...
Nerves and excitement swirled through the air of the Salmon River High School auditorium on the night of the second annual 4-H Mighty Shamrocks "You Got Talent" Show. On Wednesday, June 11, 17 acts performed on stage in front of about 400 people. Acts varied from singing to playing instruments to hoop and ribbon dancing. There were solo singers, groups of singers, duets, a rapper, Mohawk singers and drummers and a special guest performance by Mr. Tim Gray. A few Salmon River staff members, Mr. D...
Last Friday the Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club held its annual 'End of the Year Bash', carnival style. Many program participants had a great time playing games, getting tattoos, expending energy in the bounce houses and on the water slide, trying to hit the target on the dunk tank and indulging in a little 'carnival' food like cotton candy, popcorn, chicken and snow cones. "This is our end of the year celebration," commented Kenkiokwine Barnes, an ABGC worker. "It was a great fun day! I was...
After this week's graduation ceremonies, Salmon River High School seniors will have the chance to attend the all night grad party where they will have a safe, supervised atmosphere to celebrate their last hurrah as classmates. Ensuring that they are safe on graduation night is a primary reason motivating the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's Alcohol/Chemical Dependency Program (A/CDP) and parents to provide night long activities for the SRCS seniors. Various fundraising events were held throughout the...
The Shamrock Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Student Athletes of the Month for the 2014 spring season. Each month, team coaches select student athletes who have distinguished themselves through their achievements or contributions to their particular team. Athletes also exemplify the ideas of good sportsmanship and leadership. Each winner is given a $25.00 gift certificate donated by Twin Leaf of Akwesasne and Ft. Covington as well as a Certificate of Achievement. Congratulations to all...
The National Junior Honor Society at Salmon River Middle School held their annual membership celebration and induction ceremony on Thursday, June 5, 2014. The event included a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings for families of members and inductees. All members of NJHS are held to the high standards of the four pillars of the society; leadership, scholarship, character and service, throughout their membership. As a group, the students must complete many hours of service for their...
The academic achievement and effort of over 90 students were recognized at the Salmon River High School's Academic Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Sandy Cook was on hand to emcee the event for the night. Family and friends watched as the following students were awarded for attendance, honor roll, achievement in language, athletics, academics as well as other special awards. 1. VALEDICTORIAN: Katrina Martin and SALUTATORIAN: Becca Leroux. The following seniors are receiving...
"I pledge myself of the National Elementary Honor Society to which I have been selected; I will be true to the principles for which it stands; I will be loyal to my school; and will maintain and encourage high standards of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship". Ten fourth grade students took this oath on Friday, May 30th at the St. Regis Mohawk School as they were inducted into the National Elementary Honor Society. Proud parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles,...
Salmon hosted Potsdam in the opening game of the Class B playoffs on May 27th and sent the Lady Sandstoners home with a 15-7 loss. The Lady Shamrocks started out strong, earning six runs in the first innings and holding Potsdam to zero runs. The Lady Shamrocks were led by Sierra White (5 for 5, 2 2B), Brittany Brooks (4 for 5, 2B) and Taylor Armstrong (2 for 5, 2B) who accounted for 11 of the 17 hits for Salmon River, and all of the extra base hits. Brooks dominated on the hill when she held...
The Salmon River boy's lacrosse squad sailed through the Section 10 Class C Championship game last week easily defeating the Canton Golden Bears. The Shamrocks went out to an early 8-2 lead in the first quarter and never took their foot off the pedal. They worked their way to a 13-6 halftime lead and then 20-7 at the end of the third. The result was a 22-6 win giving the SRCS lacrosse program its seventh Section 10 Championship title with five under coach Jim Barnes. Salmon River went...
The Salmon River Girl's softball squad honored their seniors on May 19th while hosting the Malone Huskies. The Malone softball squad is the topped ranked team in the Central Division with a perfect league record of 14-0. The Lady Huskies shut out the Lady Shamrocks 23-0. Sierra White had the only hit for Salmon and was one for two....
The last home game of the season is a bittersweet time where the seniors say goodbye to the home fans as they embark onto a new stage in their lives. The varsity girl's lacrosse team said goodbye to two seniors on May 14th. Vanna Thompson and Jaiden Mitchell have both played varsity girls lacrosse for three years. The Lady Shamrocks played tough but the Lady Sandstoners left town with the win. Potsdam worked their way to a 7-3 halftime lead and ended the game with a 12-4 victory. The win gave Po...
The Salmon River varsity boy's baseball team played its last regular home NAC game of the season on May 19th against Malone in a close game until the seventh inning. Malone had a spurt in the top of the seventh inning that earned them six runs to win the game 10-3. Salmon River pitcher, Tyler Sisto, gave the Huskies a tough time until the third inning when Malone scored four runs with three unearned. The Shamrocks answered back with solo runs in the third and fifth innings to close the gap...
By: Rachelle Garrow-Hayes The Salmon River boy's varsity lacrosse team ended their last NAC regular season game the same way they've ended the last fifteen games, as the winning team. The Shamrocks played their senior game against Colton-Pierrepont last Sunday afternoon to a 19-5 victory. This win earns the Shamrocks the top seed spot in the Section 10 Class C playoffs with an undefeated record of 14-0 in the league and 15-0 overall. Salmon River wasted no time getting on the scoreboard and buil...
Three Salmon River Middle School students went to the first 2014 Congressional Science Student Forum, on May 7th, in Washington D.C. The event was sponsored by Time Warner Cable Connect a Million Minds, which has a commitment to provide students with opportunities to prepare for careers in science and engineering both in and outside the classroom. Carter Benedict, Matthew Harvey and Kyran Skidders were invited to the CFS by being Ying Tri Regional Science Fair Champions at Onondaga Community...
Katrina Martin, the daughter of Tricia and Jamie Martin of Fort Covington, has been named valedictorian of the Salmon River High School Class of 2014. Katrina will graduate with an Advanced Regents with Honors diploma and special recognition of mastery in math and science, the school's highest diploma. A well-rounded model student Katrina gives back to the school by spending her study halls volunteering in an elementary special education room. "I love spending time with the kids and it helped...
Salmon River High School students witnessed a "fatal DUI crash" on Wednesday, May 7, three days before their prom, requiring four fire departments. Although the crash was a mock accident, fire police, Tommy Francis, warned students that the situation is very real and happens often. "This was staged and planned, but in real life we get that call at one or two o'clock in the morning. In 34 years I have seen a lot of young deaths because of drunk driving and watched the families that are left to de...
The early spring wet weather backed up many NAC contests to the point that last week the Salmon River boys lacrosse team played five games in six days with Saturday's game being the third in three days. It didn't seem to faze the team as they held onto their undefeated season and improved their league record 10-0 and 11-0 overall. SRC- 16, SLC- 3 On Monday the Shamrocks went on the road to St. Lawrence Central where the Larries got off to a promising start as they jumped out to an early 2-0 lead...
Salmon River High School students and their prom guests made their grand entrance last Saturday night into the high school cafeteria that was transformed into an elegant ballroom. The theme was "A Night to Remember" with a black and white color scheme. Every table was covered with a pure white tablecloth; a black candelabra centerpiece graced the center of each table. The chairs were wrapped in a white cover accented with a black bow. Clusters of black balloons with a white paisley like design a...
Class Olympics has become a wonderful, spirited tradition for the St. Regis Mohawk School students and is looked forward to each year by the pre-kindergarten through fifth grades. Students get a chance to compete against each other for bragging rights and the coveted sock monkey trophy. Last Friday the whole SRMS student body and staff traveled to the Salmon River high school gymnasium for a morning of fun and good spirited competition. There were 12 events where six students from each grade...
On May 6th the Lady Shamrocks hosted the Saranac Red Storm and outscored them 15-5 in an NAC contest. Kyra Thompson-Douglas led the attack with six goals and three assists. Teammate Kiana Thompson followed with four goals while Tsiotenhariio added two goals and two helpers. Morgan Thompson (2 assists) and Chrissy Benedict (1 assist) chipped in solo markers. Shawnee Oakes recorded two assists in the winning effort. Macy Fisher and Relly Fogarty each had two goals and one assist for the Red...
Last Friday the SRC Shamrock boys baseball team celebrated their first win of the season with a six-run seventh inning to outlast the Wildcats with a score of 10-9. Gouverneur went on the scoreboard first with two runs in the first. SRCS tied that score, 2-2, in the home-half of the first. Gouverneur went back ahead by two in the second, added another run in the third while crossing the plate three more times in the fourth to pull ahead 8-2. The Shamrocks went to work in the fourth to pull out...
The Lady Golden Bears regained control in the seventh inning to stymie the Lady Shamrocks and left town with an 11-10 win. On April 28th, Salmon River played host to Canton and it had been a seesaw battle throughout the game. The Lady Shamrocks fell behind by three but rallied in the bottom of the sixth to earn three runs to tie the game at 10-10. The Lady Golden Bears responded with a run in the last inning, which proved to be the winning run. Brittany Brooks took the loss for Salmon River....
On April 28th the Salmon River Shamrocks continued their winning ways when they took a commanding 6-1 lead in the first quarter against NAC rival, St. Lawrence Central. The Shamrocks went on to add seven more goals in the second to end the half with a 13-2 lead. The second half saw the Shamrocks finding the back of the net five more times to defeat the Larries 18-4 to improve their league record 5-0 and 6-0 overall. Russ Oakes led the Shamrock assault with four goals and two assists, while...
The 2014 lacrosse season has opened with a bang for the Salmon River varsity boys' lacrosse squad. The long winter does not seem to not have affected the defending Section 10 regular season champions' lacrosse skills as they steadily pulled away from the OFA Blue Devils in the SR home opener on April 23rd. The Shamrocks hit the field running and had taken a 15-2 lead by halftime. Skkylar Thomas led the Shamrocks with five goals and four assists. Iothore Lazore tallied six goals and two helpers...
