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January 17, 2012

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:28 AM EST

Malone Middle School to hold open house Saturday

MALONE — Malone Middle School will host an open house for the community from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

A capital project has provided the building with new and renovated buildings and classrooms, a new library media center, educational technology and a revamped gymnasium.

The public is invited to participate in a guided tour with members of the Malone Middle School Student Council or pick up a map and tour the building independently.

Refreshments will be served.

People can sign up for the Middle School's walking program, which allows the public to use the building for exercise, walking in the halls during evening hours.

The community, former Malone Middle School and Franklin Academy alumni are invited to see the improvements and reminisce about the old school, a press release said.

Summer-camp scholarships available from Trout Unlimited

SCHUYLER FALLS — The Lake Champlain Chapter of Trout Unlimited will provide six scholarships for young people ages 11,12 and 13 and 14 through 17 to State Department Environmental Conservation summer camp this summer.

The camps, located at Camp Colby near Saranac Lake and Pack Forest near Warrensburg, as well as Camps Debruce and Rushford elsewhere in the state, offer an opportunity to learn more about the environment and the outdoors.

Campers enjoy a week at either the youth or teen camp, conducted by DEC instructors. The scholarships, which cover all costs, are memorials to Sam Thuesen and Dennis Aprill, both outdoorsmen, conservationists and educators who had a keen interest in the young people of the North Country.

Aprill wrote outdoors stories for the Press-Republican for many years before his death.

The scholarships are available to youths who live in Clinton, Essex, Warren, Washington, Hamilton or Franklin counties. Send a short one-page letter to Gretchen Comfort, 749 Norristown Road, Schuyler Falls, NY, 12985, telling her why you want to go to camp.

The deadline is March 31.

For more details, go to www.Dec.ny.Gov/education, or google "dec summer camps."

ARC Foundation offers variety of scholarships

PLATTSBURGH — The ARC Foundation of Clinton County is offering several scholarships for 2012-13 school sessions.

The scholarships are:

▶ $500 to two high-school graduates who are residents of Clinton County for three years and accepted full-time in a degree program in a field related to clinical service for the intellectual and developmentally disabled.

▶ $1,000 at Clinton Community College for a resident of Clinton County for at least three years who is accepted full time in a degree program as a sophomore, junior or senior in a field related to clinical service for the intellectual and developmentally disabled.

▶ $2,000 at Plattsburgh State for a resident of Clinton County of at least three years who is accepted full time in a degree program as a sophomore, junior or senior in a field related to clinical service for the intellectual and developmentally disabled.

Applications must be received by March 1.

For complete scholarship guidelines and an application, call Sue Corrigan at 563-0930 or email scorrigan@cviarc.org.