A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Between Nov.13, 2008, and Nov. 24, 2008, the Cornwall RCMP Detachment coordinated a High Intensity Enforcement Project in the Cornwall area to disrupt the contraband tobacco supply chain. Resources were temporarily deployed from RCMP Detachments located in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario to support this operation. Officers from the Canada Border Services Agency, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, Integrated Criminal Intelligence Section, Cornwall Community Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario Provincial Police Org...
On Nov. 18 the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service came to the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk School to make a presentation on Cyber Bullying. Sergeant Bill LaFrance and Constable Leanne O’Brien spoke to the grade 3 to 6 students on the Do’s and Don’ts of MySpace, Facebook, MSN chat rooms and online X-Box 360 live chat games. The students and staff appreciated the information they were given and left feeling just a bit safer. On Nov. 20, the Akwesasne Child and Family Services came into A.M.S. to do a prese...
Canadian authorities announced this week that border agents at Cornwall Island’s Canada Customs seized a large amount of undeclared cash from a local resident. The 43-year-old Akwesasne, Quebec man attempted to cross the Canada Customs border and did not declare that he has was carrying more than $10,000 in cash. The border agent flagged the driver for a secondary inspection, requiring him to pull over and go inside. Canada Border Services Agency agents used a dog to search the man’s vehicle. The dog reportedly sniffed out $79,000 in US cur...
Police in western New York raided Cayuga-owned convenience stores last week, seizing 17,600 cartons of cigarettes they say failed to have required excise tax paid on them. While authorities have yet to invade on-reservation stores for failure to pay taxes, they seized the Cayuga goods last week claiming that the stores are not on reservation land. Rather, the stores are on Cayuga ancestral lands, which the Cayugas are in process of applying to have put in federal trust. Indian nations have been exempt from paying and charging taxes on...
The St. Regis Recreation Centre will be hosting their annual holiday fundraiser this weekend with a large variety of treasures to be won or purchased. The “Treasures of Christmas” event features large baskets themed and filled with goodies which visitors can either bid on in silent auction or purchase raffle tickets for. Some baskets that have been dropped off or set up already include one themed to the HBO series Sex and the City. The basket features the entire Sex and the City series plus oth...
Theresa (nee Cook) Jemison, 90, died on November 24, 2008 in Basom, NY. She was born Nov. 11, 1918, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna (McDonald) Cook of Hogansburg, NY. She was the loving mother of Valerie (Leaf) Truax of Tickfaw, La., and Dwight (Patricia) Jemison of Binghamton; mother-in-law of Elizabeth Jemison of Basom; sister of Sarah David of Hogansburg; dearest grandmother of Thomas, Andrew, Bryan, Darryl, Dayle, Michael, Dana and Katharine. She is also survived by 13 great-grandc...
Bruce David Jackson, age 55, of 41 Lennox Street, Cornwall, died on Sunday, November 30, 2008, at the Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Bruce was known for his skilled ironwork and welding. Beloved husband of Mary Ann (Peters) Jackson. Dear father of Shayne Jackson (Laurel) and Michelyne Tarbell (Lee) both of Cornwall and Jodi and Jocelyn Jackson both of Akwesasne. Loving grandfather of Cameron, Presley and Echo. Dear son of Suzanne...
Mrs. Sarah C. Thompson, 89, of 236 Wishe Delormier Road, Cornwall Island, died Sunday (November 30, 2008) evening at Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site, where she had been admitted earlier in the day. She was born June 9, 1919 on Cornwall Island, the daughter of Abraham and Margaret Lahache Jocko. She married Joseph R. Thompson on October 28, 1940 at St. Regis Catholic Church with Rev. Michael Jacobs, officiating. He predeceased her on January 24, 1997. She worked as a chambermaid in...
Mrs. Evelyn J. “Diggy” Caputo, age 58, of 419 Roosevelt Road, Sweet Flag Estates, Hogansburg, died Monday morning (November 24, 2008) at Massena Memorial Hospital. She was born May 19, 1950 in Utica, the daughter of the late William P. and Christine P. Edwards Wheeler. She first attended Mohawk School and then attended Utica Free Academy. She was a janitor at the Mohawk School, before moving to Utica. She worked as a nanny in private homes in the Utica area for many years. She moved back to the North Country after the death of her mother. She...
A memorial service for Shirley Lazore, age 71, of East Third Street in Corning, NY, who died Sunday, November 23, 2008 will be held on Saturday, December 6th at the First United Methodist Church at 2pm in Hogansburg, NY. Shirley was born in Raymondville, NY on November 4, 1937 to Albert and Elizabeth (Cree) Wheeler. She graduated from Chilacco Indian School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1956. Shirley married Henry Lazore on April 29, 1961 in Hogansburg, NY. She retired from Corning Incorporated, Steuben Division in 1995 where she had worke...
When doing your Christmas/Holiday cards this year, take one card and send it to the address below. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get. Make sure to put a personal note of thanks in your card. When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: Holiday Mail for Heroes PO Box 5456 Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456...
These two helpful children, Tyas and Theya Benedict, bagged up the donated candy to send in the soldier’s care packages. This bunch of candy was donated by Sally Adams, Mildred Garrow and Joyce Sharrow. Thank you to everyone who has helped to send the packages to the soldiers....
The St. Regis Recreation Committee is seeking the assistance of the community in locating a metal Iroquois belt design that was displayed on our outdoor pavilion. Sometime last week an unknown individual unscrewed the belt, leaving behind the screws and leaving with our beautiful design. Anyone with information is asked to call the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service at 613-575-2000....
Cornwall, Ontario - On December 1st, 2008, at approximately 10:03 a.m., Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service officers were patrolling Cornwall Island when they observed Adam Louis Martin, 25 years of age, of Cornwall Island driving a pickup truck. Martin was known to have an outstanding Warrant for his Arrest. After Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service officers activated their emergency equipment, Martin failed to stop, striking two police cars, and then drove into Cornwall. The Cornwall Community Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
Montréal,Thursday, November 27, 2008 – This week, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) arrested suspects alleged to have conspired to export cannabis to the United States in 2005 or to have kept a gaming house. A total of 11 persons were charged. These arrests, directly linked to Project Colisée, were made almost two years to the day after the major November 2006 police operation which culminated in 91 individuals being charged. In the course of their investigation in Project Colisée, the CFSEU officers uncovered a number of c...
November 24, 2008 - TORONTO - Fourteen exceptional achievers, coming from diverse backgrounds, both culturally and geographically have been named recipients of the 2009 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, the highest honor the community bestows upon its own achievers. They include a Gemini Award winning couple who produce animation and documentaries, a hereditary chief who is a champion of the Mi’Kmaq culture, a former premier, a rocketing ‘Top 40 Under 40’ CEO who is bringing millions in dividends to the communities he serves, a docto...
Nithotiion:sa Ronkia’taro:roks - Where Young People Gather is a new after-school program in Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education (AMBE) schools. Registration began during Bring Your Parents to School Days earlier this month, and the opening day was Kentenhka:wa/November 24, 2008. The after-school component of the program is being offered in all three district schools from 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. for AMBE students whose parents cannot be home during those critical after school hours. Program staff members are ready to provide a safe place for children...
The Caught You Caring campaign continues to be an important part of the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk School as students continue to look forward to being recognized for their kind acts. Staff members are seeing more and more examples of students helping others on a daily basis. Most of the time the acts of kindness are directed at peers and that is what the program is supposed to accomplish: For students be kind and caring toward each other. At the end of each month a draw is held to reward some of the...
On behalf of Akwesasne Child and Family Services Community Support Unit we would like to congratulate the winners of the Children’s Trivia Contest held on November 20, 2008 in recognition of National Child Day. Each winning participant won a $20.00 gift certificate from Wal-Mart courtesy of A.C.F.S. There were 6 questions asked between the hours of 3-6pm. This was made possible through the generous staff at CKON, we would like to thank “Big Boy” for his time and cooperation in making this conte...
On Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, students at Kana:takon School participated in a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The students in K4 and K5 were involved in the Jump Rope for Heart Campaign, and the Grade 7 and 8 students participated in the Hoops for Heart Campaign. A total of $2,628.75 was raised for heart and stroke research. The following students were the top fundraisers in each of their classrooms: K4—Lila Mitchell $200.00, K5—Jasmine Herne $350.00, Grade 7—Mary Jacobs $516....
Sackets Harbor, NY -- Need a gift for the quilter on your Christmas 2008 list? Here is a shopping list from the Seaway Trail Foundation for assembling an affordable, one-of-a-kind gift basket, starting with a basket handcrafted by “The Basket Lady” Marcia Waligory and available from the Seaway Trail Discovery Center Gift Shop. In your holiday gift basket include: tickets for the quilter and friends to attend the March 21-22, 2009 Great Lakes Seaway Trail Quilt Show, sponsored by the nonprofit Seaway Trail Foundation that hosts an annual mid...
Construction is on schedule with the Housing Services Administrative Office and Community Facility located at 188 McGee Road, Akwesasne....
Malone—Dr. Julio Ossorio, M.D., has joined the Medical Staff at Alice Hyde Medical Center. Dr. Julio Ossorio, a board-certified Urologist (American Board of Urology), comes to Malone from Georgia, where he had a number of private practices. Dr. Ossorio graduated Cum Laude from the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after which he received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical Science Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Ossorio interned at St. Josep...
This is to inform the community that the following persons have applied for Akwesasne Membership. Teala Gordon, age 17, daughter of Cindy Sherrow, Akwesasne and Stephen Gordon, a non-Indian. Cheyenne Anderson, age 18, daughter of Lorraine White, Akwesasne. Kanentakwas David, age 16, daughter of Brenda David, Akwesasne and Robert Ayotte, a non-Indian. April Burns, age 22, daughter of Doris Burns, Akwesasne. Community members have until Friday, December 12 to indicate whether they wish to make submissions regarding the above applicants. Any...
There is still only one ambulance and duty crew on at any given time and we service the whole of Akwesasne. Patients are taken to Cornwall, Malone and Massena hospitals. Our friends at Seaway Valley Ambulance are still not operating at night or on weekends. In those off hours we cannot count on them to come to Akwesasne as a backup ambulance service. Massena Rescue will come to the American side only, if they are not busy on another call in the Massena/Louisville area. This means that there may not always be an ambulance immediately available...
