Tournament sponsors
TO THE EDITOR: Thank you, North Country, for making our Alzheimer's Awareness Basketball Tournaments so successful.
The response was truly humbling. We sent $16,332.76 to Massachusetts General Hospital. MGM matched for $32,665.52 to Alzheimer's research.
Administrators Gail Else, Bill Larrow, Paul Buehler and Brian Cross of Elizabethtown-Lewis and Moriah central schools; sponsors Marsha Homes, Northline Utilities, Riverside Lanes, DA Collins Construction, Christopher's Chevrolet, Pasquale's, Gordon Oil, Marvin's Funeral Home, Adirondack Auto, Egglefield Motors, Friedman Realty, Jamie Martineau Law, Burleigh's Luncheonette, Rathbun Jeweler's, Treadway Service Center, Treadway Motor Sports, Boyea's Grocery, McDonald's of Ti, Peru Basketball, Finney Sports, Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union, Belfred Motel, Jay's Sunoco and Primerica; raffle sponsors Adirondack Hardware, Steinhoff's Sportsman's Inn, Baxter Mt. Inn, Deer's Head Inn, Bub's Pizzeria, Flanagan's Grill, North Country Club, Grover Hills Deli, Laura's Hair Styiist, Cricket's, Me & My Girls Cafe, Ernie's Market, Cobble Hill Inn, Mike Kryczewski donors Peter Levine, Gary Finney Jr., Keith Otto, John Steffy,, Cal Pat Nephew, Moriah teachers, Elizabethtown-Lewis Senior Class, Keith Rachel Mason, Bob Hudak, Helene Gibbens, Eric Pam Arnold, Gary Keysor, Tim Singer, Augusta Wilson, Laurie Davis,Joe Gilbo, Bart Kristina Swan; referees Jim Val Steve Stahl, David Allen, Rick Carpenter, Tom Edwards, Bruce Fassett, Tim Hanson, Ken Ladeau, Glenn Russell, Jason Strieble, Dennis Trombley, Rick Smith Cy Labatore Volunteers Toni Mowery, Lauri Cutting, Patti Stevens, Karen Keech, Patti Phillips, Christina Mitchell, Theresa Trombley, Don Tesar, Gary Wykes, Ed Tromblee, Chris Mazzote, Tim Breeyear, Missy Larrow, Kelly Cross, Bob Goetz, Keith Lobdell, Bob Dedrick, Ike Tyler, Roger and Darlene Long; the players and coaches whose hustle, desire, and teamwork truly exemplified the spirit of the tournament.
It is our hope that because of your help in raising Alzheimer's awareness, 50 years from now you will never have to experience yourselves or a loved one going through this disease.
Judy and John Konowitz
AuSable Forks
Searching for sister
TO THE EDITOR: I am searching for my sister, who was adopted at birth on Dec. 7, 1960.
She was born in Champlain Valley Hospital. I have been searching for her for the last 15 years.
It is very important that I find her for many reasons, but perhaps most important is that she should know about a serious genetic disorder that has claimed the life of six of our relatives.
She was adopted through Catholic Charities and the Ogdensburg Diocese. I do not know whether she is still in the area, but I am hoping that someone will remember something.
My mother's name was Dorothea Rock. Her doctor was Dr. Delbell — he also delivered me two years earlier. There are no hospital records available, as they were destroyed many years ago.
If you have any information, please contact me through my email address, mlwait@yahoo.com, or call me on my cellphone, at 518-281-9446.
Any information would be welcome and appreciated. Thank you.
Mary Lou Wait
Saratoga Springs
Simple changes
TO THE EDITOR: Some "follow the herd" much too easily, so when the call for "cuts" goes out it is seen as a must.
Yet, the same folks are outraged when their loved one losses a job.
Consider this: For the price of giving up the daily "scratchoff" or "quick pick" or "designer coffee" or "six-pack," you could save many jobs (school or public budget cuts). Yet, the problem is seldom framed in such simple terms.
Sure, prudence in budgeting is needed, but let's get real and used a balanced approach. God has some advice for us on this topic, "Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you." — Romans 12:2 The Message
Pastor Al Johnson
Mooers
