A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The management of NOC Inc. is pleased to announce the winners of the survey prizes for the Communications Needs Assessment that was conducted in the community. Prizes awarded were to Retha Herne (cordless phone set), Jamie Golden (netbook computer), and Iris Herne (32” LCD TV). Thank-you to everyone who participated in the survey!...
Tsi Snaihne School held it’s annual Science on the Wall competition on Tuesday, February 9th. Students worked hard throughout the month of January researching and compiling facts, finding photos and creating an informational poster on an animal of their choice. Eight posters created by the grade 1 students and eight posters created by the grade 2 students were chosen to compete at the S.D.&G. Science Fair held each year in Cornwall, Ontario. Congratulations to all the students who worked hard an...
Black Tern - Chlidonias niger Black terns are migratory birds that can be found along most waterways around Akwesasne from late spring to early fall. It is considered to be a species that is of special concern in Canada as much of the habitat it requires for nesting is being diminished. The tern is about 10 inches in length and is dark colored on the top half with white underside and almost resembles a small gull. Black terns migrate to South America for the winter months and make the trip up...
Lawrrence Swamp with son Lornie, November 1969 Abilene, Kansas, After returning from Vietnam Do you have any old photos that you’d like to share with our readers in Blast from the Past? Bring them in! Our offices are located on Hilltop Drive in the same building as CKON Stop letting your photos gather dust in the basement and bring them in for us! All photos are returned to their owner....
I have always noticed that there is tons of information NOT listed or mentioned in all the Parenting Books at the bookstore. I prefer the less formal magazines like maybe Parents magazine. Sure we all like to double-check our child’s illness in the tried and true books along with the pediatrician’s word. Of course the little insider secrets I’m talking about are more geared toward questions you wouldn’t mention at the doctor’s office. I pay most attention to the wisdom of fellow moms past and present. Mom friends are by far the greatest...
The Cornwall atom A Typhoons, coached by Elliott Lazore won silver in Nepean. They recorded a 4-2 record at the annual Nepean Girls Hockey Tournament, finishing second behind the North Bay Ice Bolts. Both of the Typhoons losses were to the Ice Bolts, including a 2-1 win over Cornwall in the championship game. Cornwall’s single goal came from Taylor Barkley with a setup from Lauren McLeod. The Typhoons beat out Nepean A in the semi-final round with a score of 2-0. K.C. Herne and Kristy Pidgeon e...
The North Franklin basketball program had another successful season this winter. The seven and eight year old team coached by Heather Durant and Jeremy Leduc as been learning new basketball skills for two months. They hit the floor three times a week with an hour-long game on Saturdays. The athletes have a lot of fun putting their new skills to use in a game. The team would like to thank the organization and their coaches Heather and Jeremy for their tireless effort in coachi...
The Akwesasne Bantam B Hockey Team played in the Cornwall Bantam Hockey Tournament this past weekend. The first game played was against Kahnawake with Akwesasne winning on a score of 10-1. Scoring for Akwesasne was Naylen Laffin, and Grayson both scoring hat tricks, Ronnie Boots with 2 goals, Brantley Adams, and Ty Terrance with singles. Assists going out to Grayson Phillips, Kyle Lewis, Trent Benedict, Nathan Smoke, Naylen Laffin, and Quinton Wilson. The second game played was against Kemptville. Akwesasne also won this game with a score of 4-...
The Potsdam Women had two games against Chatham over the weekend of January 30 and 31 at Maxcy Hall. On Saturday, the Bears had a win as well as on Sunday. Amanda King had 1 assist in the Sunday game. The Potsdam team was to travel to Neuman for two games on the weekend of the February 6-7. This is in the Philadelphia area and as we all know, they were buried in so much snow. So now, the team has two away games this week on Friday Feb. 12 at Middlebury and on Feb. 16, they travel to Plattsburgh...
The Lady Shamrocks Basketball Team played against Parishville on Monday February 7 at the SR gymnasium. It was a special night for some special young ladies who are now getting ready to graduate this year from Salmon River. Prior to their contest, they presented their parents with flowers and many thanks for their support throughout the years in school and sports programs. It was such an emotional evening for many. Both teams were victorious over Parishville, with the SR Varsity scoring 46-35....
For Salmon River to play against St.Lawrence is usually a big game in our community. It was a big game on Wednesday February 3,and a low scoring contest. The Larries defeated Salmon River 2-1. The goals made for St. Lawrence came in the first and second periods from Jack Keenan and Brady Helmer. The third period finally sparked Shamrocks to skate and score from Jeremy Cole’s lead play. The scoring attempts for Salmon River was 23 for a total game and stopped by Matt Healy. For St. Lawrence it w...
Akwesasne Minor Hockey Initiation Hockey program has had a very positive growing experience this season, our association has made a commitment to the Initiation program and been prepared to support it all the way. The commitment involved making informed decision to implement IP ideology and then had the courage to stick with it until it was an accepted way of doing things and began to produce developed players and trained coaches. Our support came in a number of sources and from a variety of...
Salmon River Shamrocks basketball, cheerleading and pep band showed their appreciation for their graduating seniors at the Salmon River Shamrocks v. Chateaugay Bulldogs game on Feb. 4 at Salmon. 7 basketball players, 2 cheerleaders and 2 members of the pep band will be graduating this year. The team showed their appreciation for 7 of their player and their parents, including: Braden Seidel #1, Jon Bigness #20, Travis Thompson #44, Gage Bigtree #00, Demetri LaFrance #23, Tyler Smiddy #15, and...
St. Lawrence University sophomore Alley Bero of Akwesasne welcomed her newest hockey fan Saturday with a hug and kiss on the cheek. Mark Tarbell, son of Pat and Carl Tarbell, watched Bero and her SLU Saints womens hockey team teammates play against Rensselaer last Saturday afternoon. Bero had one assist and the Saints defeated Rensselaer 3-1. The Saints will play away this weekend and return to Appleton Arena in Canton on Feb. 19 and 20 when they’ll challenge Harvard and Dartmouth in their l...
