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Milestones

Ogdensburg

Milestone: Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg, recently honored Joanne Garno for 50 years of service to the center. She received an engraved clock at a recent celebration. Mrs. Garno started service at the hospital on July 10, 1962 as a billing clerk and moved to payroll clerk on Aug. 1, 1969.

High schools

Accepted to college

Throughout the area

Accepted to college: Several local residents have been accepted to admission at SUNY Oswego in the fall:

Adams

Joseph Defranco, South Jefferson Central School, Adams.

Marina Misercola, South Jefferson Central School, Adams.

Adams Center

Kathleen Richardson, South Jefferson Central School, Adams.

Antwerp

Jade Webb, Indian River Central School, Philadelphia.

Black River

Joseph Hayes, Carthage Central School.

Brownville

Miranda Smith, General Brown Central School, Dexter.

Camden

Ashley Gualtieri, Camden High School.

Carthage

Zachary Anderson, Carthage Central School.

Anthony Bobkoskie, Carthage Central School.

Timothy Steiner, Carthage Central School.

Dexter

Zachary Allen, Sackets Harbor Central School.

Henderson

Rachel Douglas, Belleville Henderson Central School, Belleville.

Lowville

Karlee Duffer, Beaver River Central School, Beaver Falls.

Mannsville

Kara Stoffel, South Jefferson Central School, Adams.

Massena

Daniel Barnum, Madrid-Waddington Central School, Madrid.

Luke Bender, Massena Central School.

Taylor Romeo, Massena Central School.

Connor Truax, Massena Central School.

North Bangor

Stanley Bonesteel, Franklin Academy, Malone.

Ogdensburg

Caitlin Tracy, Heuvelton Central School.

Philadelphia

Britney Hoover, Indian River Central School, Philadelphia.

Potsdam

Jessica Matott, Potsdam Central School.

Pulaski

Hallie Gaffney, Pulaski Academy and Central School.

James Sullivan, Pulaski Academy and Central School.

Benjamin Wallace, Sandy Creek Central School.

Richland

Kristina Miller, Pulaski Academy and Central School.

Zackery Stanard, Pulaski Academy and Central School.

Sackets Harbor

Alex Salessandro, Sackets Harbor Central School.

Zachary Dalessandro, Sackets Harbor Central School.

Alexander Lapusnak, Sackets Harbor Central School.

Saranac Lake

Marisa Farmer, Saranac Lake Central School.

Benjamin Monty, Saranac Lake Central School.

Waddington

Joshua Tiernan, Madrid-Waddington Central School, Madrid.

Watertown

Noel Burnett, Sackets Harbor Central School.

Douglas Johnson, Watertown High School.

Sean Love, Watertown High School.

Gina Romeo, Watertown High School.

Activities

Boonville

Graduates: Colllin Cihocki, Boonville, was on of 17 male and female students, between 16 and 17 years old, to graduate from the Junior Fire Fighter Camp on June 29, from Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica. The camp, in conjunction with the Oneida County Fire Chiefs’ Association, Oneida County Volunteer Firemen’s Association, MCCC and Utica Fire Academy and Training Facility, was held on campus from June 25 to 29.

Honored

Massena

Honored: Kristen Canales, daughter of Luis Canales and Susanne Daye, Massena, was named to the high honor roll for the spring term at Kent (Conn.) School. Miss Canales is a student in the fifth form, or 11th grade.

Scholarships

Belleville, Copenhagen

Scholarships: John Allen, Belleville, and Ryan Willits, Copenhagen, recently received $1,500 scholarships from Farm Credit East, the northeast’s largest agricultural lending cooperative. Mr. Willits will attend Morrisville State College to major in agricultural science and education to pursue a career in agricultural education. Mr. Allen will major in agricultural business at Cornell University, Ithaca, to pursue a career as a business operator.

Clayton

Scholarship: Joshua Farmer, Clayton, was one of 10 recipients of a $1,000 Firemen’s Association of the State of New York Gerald J. Buckenmeyer Volunteer Scholarship. Mr. Farmer, recent graduate of Thousand Islands Central School, Clayton, received the scholarship check and certificate at the school’s awards night on June 22 for his volunteer service in the community. He is a member of the Clayton Fire Department and volunteers with the Thousand Island Emergency Rescue Service and Fire Prevention in local elementary schools. Mr. Farmer plans to attend Castleton (Vt.) State College. Pictured with Joshua is his father, John Farmer.

Colleges

Dean’s list

The following north country residents recently were named to the dean’s list at their colleges or universities:

LeMoyne College,

Syracuse

To receive dean’s list honors at LeMoyne College for the spring semester, students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Watertown

Michaela Richards, psychology. Miss Richards, daughter of Jon and Mary Jo Richards, Watertown, is a 2009 graduate of Immaculate Heart Central School, Watertown.

SUNY Delhi

To receive dean’s list honors at SUNY Delhi for the spring semester, students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Constable

Justin Ooms, construction technology.

Watertown

Drew Laemmermann, construction management — design and building.

Union College,

Schenectady

To receive dean’s list honors at Union College for the spring semester, students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Lowville

Matthew Graveley, junior, bioengineering

Sackets Harbor

Olivia Townsend, sophomore, biology

Saranac Lake

Ann Cantwell, freshman, liberal arts

Graduates

The following north country residents recently received degrees from their colleges or universities:

Drexel University,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Chaumont

Cassandra Nichols, bachelor’s degree

Harrisville

Melissa Martin, master’s degree

Mercyhurst University,

Erie, Pa.

Watertown

Melissa Tundo, bachelor’s, art therapy

SUNY Oneonta

Boonville

Cody Hitt

Gouverneur

Emily Dolly

Hammond

Lee Morrison

Lowville

Elise Kelly

Turin

Elizabeth Chase

Honored

Watertown

Honored: Betsy D. Penrose, Watertown, vice president for students at Jefferson Community College, Watertown, received the William A. Troy Service Award at the State University of New York Financial Aid Professionals annual conference on April 19 in Corning.

Ms. Penrose worked for eight years as JCC’s director of financial aid prior to 2006, when she was appointed to dean for Enrollment Management and Student Life, now vice president for students. She is a past president of SUNYFAP, 2004 to 2006, and served for nearly 10 years on the board of directors for the JCC Foundation. Ms. Penrose has a bachelor’s degree in mathematical science from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa., and a master’s degree in systems management from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. In 2003, she received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service.

Throughout the area

Honored: Several north country physician assistant students at Clarkson University, Potsdam, were honored in a white coat ceremony recently. Students were given the white coats, marking the transition from classroom studies to clinical studies.

Canton

Amber Wagg

Dickinson Center

Pamela Leary

Lisbon

Riane Fletcher

Potsdam

Scott Arno

Alicia Flint

Tonya Seymour

Mariah Wilson

Watertown

Jennifer Freeman

Receives fellowship: Several local students at St. Lawrence Unviersity were recently awarded fellowships.

Bombay

Ryan Godard, junior, computer science and religious studies major, topic — “Artificial Intelligence for Conversational Agents.”

Canton

Christopher Melville, sophomore, English major, topic — “Literary and Structural Techniques in Video Game Strips.”

Lisbon

Matthew Shoen, sophomore, English major, topic — “The Roman Republic: Examining and Applying the Republic’s Fall to a Work of Fantasy.”

Massena

Lindsey Haggett, junior, biochemistry major, topic — “Exploring the Effect of Site-directed Mutagenesis on the Catalytic Activity of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase and Implications for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria.”

Ogdensburg

Jacob Fredericks, junior, philosophy major, topic — “Popular Philosophy Through Film: From Plato to Spielberg.”

Sarah Small, junior, history major, topic — “Non-Violence vs Non-Non-Violence: An Analysis of Civil Rights Movement Ideologies.”

Potsdam

Patrick Mullen, junior, neuroscience major, topic — “Optimizing the Route of Administration of CeO2 Nanoparticles for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.”

Winthrop

Conner Eldridge, junior, English major, topic — “Troubled Literature: The Representation of Conflict in Northern Irish Fiction.”

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