A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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On May 29 the Friends of Tewathahita Community Walking Trail hosted the first annual Tewathahita Community Walking Trail golf tournament at Cedar View Golf Course in Massena, NY. The event brought out 26 three member teams for a day full of golfing fun for a community wide benefit. “There is definitely a need for a safe place for people to walk,” said sub-chief Ron LaFrance who is a big supporter of bringing the walking trail to fruition. The half mile walking trail located behind the Seniors Ce...
The objective of the Akwesasne Area Management Board 2009-10 Best Matches Program was to provide the Summer Employment Experience Development and START- Stay in School Program applicants with part-time employment opportunities. The 2009 post-secondary and secondary students were matched up with their previous summer employers from December 1st, 2009 to March 26th, 2010. A number of fifteen businesses and community organizations registered and met the program guidelines. A total of 25 students...
In less than two months blues and rock fans of Akwesasne and the North Country will welcome one of music’s most talented and acclaimed stars, George Thorogood (and the Destroyers). The singer will take the Jacobs Tobacco Company stage on July 31. “I’m excited to have him coming to Akwesasne, I know he has tons of fans here,” said JTC manager Tisha Thompson who coordinates their concerts. “We went for George because we had a lot of requests for him, not to mention my husband is his #1 fan! Ther...
Correction from last week. Name: Io wa’ he:hes Leian E. Born: Wednesday, May 5, 2010-8:31 am Weight: 9 lbs. 1.4 oz. Length: 20 ½” Parents: Tim & Lucy (Lazore) Mitchell Maternal Grandparents: Diana Sawatis Lazore & Jimmy Mitchell, and the late Stanley Lazore Paternal Grandparents: Vivian Sorbey and the late Leonard Isaac Great-Maternal Grandmother: Minnie Lazore Siblings: Erica & Katrina Vicaire & Drake Mitchell...
While I was busy breaking up fights over the one hot wheel car that was favorite to both boys, they were growing up. When I was preventing falls, spills and fights, Little Brother grew up so much. It’s amazing that just last year at this time I could barely be outside with Little Brother and now I am barely inside. Last year Little Brother would get his breath taken away from the slightest breeze. Now I am the one who’s breath gets taken away as he runs and sits in puddles. As I watch him walk through the grass barefoot I can see him taking eve...
The Akwesasne Mohawk School participated in the annual Stormont County Softball Tournament on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at Legion Park in Cornwall. The results were: AMS -10 vs. Kinsmen-11 AMS-7 vs. Rothwell-Osnabruck-11 AMS-11 vs. East Front-12 AMS-10 vs. Eamers Corner-11 Team members were: Kolten Oakes-Cook, Storm Thompson, Zachary Williams, Tehaienkwarentohs Thompson, Tehatenonwaratens Thompson, Thomas Thompson, Aidan Lazore, Bryden Montour, Tommy Thomas, Tony Barnes, Logan Delormier, Tyler Mitchell, Montana Oakes-Jacobs and Jeremy Williams....
On Monday May 31st the Akwesasne Soaring Eagles Volleyball Club received their Post Secondary Summer Employment student worker from Akwesasne Area Management. We are proud to announce that former SUNY Potsdam player Chelsea Sunday will be assisting the Soaring Eagles with making sure the girls attending the Quebec Inter-band games get the proper physical training and volleyball skills needed to be competitive at these games come July 4-11th. She will also be involved in evaluating players at the next two Team Eastern door & the North volleyball...
In Potsdam on Thursday May 27, the playoffs took place for sectional championships for local teams. The stands were filled as spectators went to cheer on their favorite teams. The first game played was between Massena Raiders and St. Lawrence Larries. The Larries came out on top as winners 17-10 for the sectional win. Massena’s record showed up as 10-7 for this season and for SLC, it was 14-2. For Massena, the scores were made by Derek Hopps with three, two goals each from Taylor Elsner and D...
To watch this team is so enjoyable from start to finish. They have had an excellent season after the fine coaching from Ahkwesahsne’s own Jim Barnes. It wasn’t too much of a surprise that he would be chosen as the “Coach of the Year”. The SR team played well along side each other and knew the moves and how each player can handle the ball in most situations. SRC’s record for the season was 17-0, and for Canton it was 11-6. The game on Thursday evening ended with the Shamrocks dominatin...
Carey Terrance of Akwesasne scored his second feature win of the season at Mohawk International Raceway (MIR) on Friday night by capturing the Frenchie’s Chevrolet Memorial Cup 35 for the DIRTcar 358 Modifieds. Chris Raabe of Napanee, ONT won his fourth straight Sportsman feature, while Louie Jackson (Akwesasne) grabbed his second Pro Stock feature win of the season and Peter Cename of Plattsburgh broke Joey Foster’s win streak in the Bandits. Going into the Memorial Cup 35, the Twin Leaf Gas...
On May 29 the Akwesasne Thunderbirds took on the Snake Island Muskies 8pm start time at the Massena Arena. This was the second time these two teams faced off this season. The Thunderbirds suffered their fifth straight loss with another close score of 9-13. The Muskies scored the first goal at 1:57 followed quickly by the first Thunderbird goal made by Lee Thomas (88) at 3:46 assisted by Scott Thompson (44) and Garett Cree (41).The Thunderbirds managed to gain a slight advantage over the Muskies...
