The Peru Gazette

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Upstate New York, the new minimum wage will be $15.50 an hour.

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Major League Fishing 5 Photo

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The 2024 @tacklewarehouse Invitationals season ended with @phoenixbassboats pro @alec_morrison_fishing earning both the @polarisorv Rookie of the Year and @fishingclash_official Angler of the Year awards. Morrison’s transcendent season, however, didn’t just start at Stop 1 on Big Sam. It sprung out of untold hours of learning, improving and working on his skills and knowledge. Click the LINK IN OUR BIO to read about the New York pro’s journey to the AOY. #fishing #bassfishing

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Here is a 2015 Peru Gazette story on Alec Morrison and his brother Perry. 

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Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, August 19, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru.

All blood collected is utilized in our local trl-county region. Your neighbors appreciate and need your support.

The blood drive is coordinated by St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273.

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Funds will be used for ash tree management

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6:00 PM

1. Call Meeting to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call 

4. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  

5. MOTION:  Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of July 11, 2024. 

6. Community Input. 

7. DISCUSSION:  Use of Town Hall Basement.

8. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Acceptance of Supervisor’s Resignation effective Aug. 11, 2024.

9. DISCUSSION:  Other Business.

10. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

11. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: July 2024 Bills.

12. MOTION:  Adjourn to Executive Session.

13. MOTION:  Return from Executive Session. 

14. MOTION: Adjourn Meeting.

From left to right: CVPH Nurse Residency Program Director Rian Jock, Noelle Tedford, Jennifer Reid, Saleen Ramos, Katauna Trombley, Jasmine Whittington-McKinney, Kayla Munson, Krystal Frawley, Katie-Jane Garrow, Daisy Gonzalez, Paige Letourneau, Patrisha Howerton, Kimberly Clodgo, William Coats.

From left to right: CVPH Nurse Residency Program Director Rian Jock, Gretchen Tomo-Depo, Danielle Hance, Bailey LaBarge, Danielle Desrocher, Dorothy Durgan, Joshua Perkins, Torrance Shipman, Cydney Bond, Carrie French, Shelli LaPlante.

Nationally recognized program supports new RNs in first year of career 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (7/24/2024) – The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital’s (CVPH) proudly recognized 27 nurses who completed the New Nurse Residency Program at the hospital.

The registered nurses are continuing their work in a variety of care settings at CVPH, including Medical/Surgical, Progressive Care, Psychiatry, the Emergency Department, the Alice T. Miner Women and Children’s Center, CVPH Skilled Nursing Facility and Oncology.

“The first year of nursing can be incredibly challenging and emotional,” Rian Jock, MHA, BSN, RN, program manager for the residency, offers. “Having this program helps our new nurses, who are fresh out of school, get their bearings, ask questions, and have the confidence and competency to provide high-quality care to our patients.”

The residency provides new nurses – those just starting their career – with additional education and mentors. They spend the first few weeks of the program on the hospital’s Designated Orientation Unit (DOU), housed within the Progressive Care team. Described as innovative by nursing leaders at CVPH, the DOU helps graduate nurses get up to speed on hospital protocols while partnering up with an experienced colleague. Also known as preceptors, these veteran RNs provide invaluable support and guidance as the new nurses transition from the classroom to providing care at the bedside. Throughout the year-long residency, graduate nurses take on dozens of hours of curriculum, providing them time to enhance their clinical skills, participate in educational team-building exercises and learn about professional development opportunities within the organization.

About 400 nurses have graduated from the program since it was first offered in 2013. The New Nurse Residency Program is accredited as a Practice Transition Program (PTAP) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), considered the gold standard for nurse residency programs around the world.

The hospital is continuing to recruit new nurses and is welcoming the next class of 29 graduate nurses to join the team throughout the summer. For more information on the program, visit: https://www.cvph.org/Residency-and-Education/Residency/Nurse-Residency. Visit the University of Vermont Health Network careers page to learn more about nursing and many other positions open at CVPH and across the health system.

The Town of Peru Highway Department will close Davern Road from State Route 22 to Union Road on Wednesday, July 24th, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for paving. There will be no through traffic except for local residents and emergency vehicles.

SARANAC LAKE — Troy author Daniel Killion will be at Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) on Wednesday, July 31, at 7 p.m. along with co-author Michael Klane to read from his book Portrait of a Bank Robber.

Portrait of a Bank Robber is a work of creative nonfiction that follows Killion’s life from his adoption into an evangelical family in suburban Connecticut to his adventures in bank robbing and subsequent 12-year incarceration to his post-prison life as an artist and small business owner.

Killion started writing while incarcerated, supported by Connecticut’s Community Partners in Action program. Invited to write, paint and sculpt while serving his sentence, Killion discovered a new purpose for his life. Since leaving the prison system, he has published a memoir and opened a business, Weathered Wood, a local shop specializing in art and furniture made from Hudson River driftwood and other locally scavenged materials. His work can be viewed at weatheredwoodtroy.com.

“ACW has been running prison-writing programs in the North Country for over twenty years–and we’re starting a new one this week at Adirondack Correctional–so we’re especially interested in bringing Killion here to talk about his experience,” says program manager Tyler Barton. In a recent interview with Spectrum News in Albany, Killion put it this way: “Because of the prison art program and programs that go into prisons and consider incarcerated people to not be throwaways, you know, it made me feel like I wasn’t a throwaway.”

The event is part of ACW’s free author reading series, which occurs every other month and always concludes with an open mic. Anyone can share up to five minutes of their own writing. Register at adirondackcenterforwriting.org/event/portrait-of-a-bank-robber.

The Adirondack Center for Writing has brought people and words together for 25 years through provocative events and meaningful programs. For more information about ACW, visit adirondackcenterforwriting.org or follow @adkctr4writing on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

All personnel and travel reimbursed by U.S. Forest Service

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Village incorporated in 1878 to establish fire department

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