Ticket for Dog Biting

Ticket for Dog Biting
Police ticketed a dog owner Thursday after his pet bit a 6-year-old child around the ear and neck. Luckily, the child was fine after being found by a Midville Police Department officer and an animal control officer at an apartment on Victor Ave. Gordy Jamison was issued a citation for having a vicious dog as this was the second time this has happened. You would think after the first time this has happened that this guy would keep his dog on a leash and out of trouble.




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School System Restaurant

School System Restaurant
The Ticonderoga County school system has decided to get out of the restaurant business after a decade of running The Eatery on State Street. The restaurant was for special-education students to come during the school day to work and learn about the food-service industry. The Eatery will be closing at the end of this year. This is very beneficial to the school system as it will save them at least $20,000-$50,000 a year, although one would guess that students will be disappointed.



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Accident at Subway Central

Accident at Subway Central
A man sitting in Subway today was killed after a woman accidentally ran her car through the window of the restaurant. John Barker, a 59-year-old resident of the Roaring Creek Community, was sitting in the Subway Central restaurant when Annie Coulter, 82, crashed through the large plate glass window. Barker was not hit by the car but did receive minor cuts from flying glass and was brought to the hospital. He complained about pains in his chest and passed away later that day. Coulter survived the accident unharmed.



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Baseball Coach Forced to Resign at Ticonderoga County High School

Baseball Coach Forced to Resign at Ticonderoga County High School
Rickey Rust, the baseball coach at County, was the head coach there for 12 years. After being forced to resign, Rust is looking at the positive side of this after already being offered an assistant position. Unfortunately, after being a head coach for 12 years, it’s difficult to be optimistic when the only position offered is an assistant one.

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Ten Commandments Legal Battle to Continue on Until the End of Time

Ten Commandments Legal Battle to Continue on Until the End of Time
Officials seeking to keep the Ten Commandments mounted in the Ticonderoga County Courthouse lost the first of many rounds of a federal legal battle over the display Thursday. Manford Mabley, an attorney with the Religion and Justice Institute and co-counsel for Ticonderoga County argued that Midville Attorney John O’Kelly didn’t have “frequent, direct contact” with the display and therefore suffered no specific injury. That is, until he gets attacked by the followers of Christ who disagree.

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Ticonderoga County to Vote for New Hotel and Convention Center

Ticonderoga County to Vote for New Hotel and Coonvention Center
On the June 5 ballot, city residents will be able to vote on whether public funds should be used for a new hotel and convention center in downtown Ticonderoga County. Even though city commission members approved an ordinance to prohibit public funding for a hotel and convention center, Coordinator of Elections Bailey Throckton believes the referendum still must be held.

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Ticonderoga County's Family Farms Continue to Dwindle Steadily

Ticonderoga County's Family Farms Continue to Dwindle Steadily
In 1985, Ticonderoga County used to have 800 working farms according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, since then, the number of family farms has been steadily decreasing for more than 40 years now and the agricultural officials believe there will be no comeback anytime soon.

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Ford Summaries

Informational: Ford Motor Company was the only major U.S. automaker not to file for bankruptcy this year after profiting almost $1 billion. Cash for Clunkers and problems at Ford's U.S. rivals are the reasons for them making such a large profit.

Analytical: The only major U.S. automaker not to file for bankruptcy this year was Ford Motor Company. Cash for Clunkers earned them almost $1 billion dollars which helped them to stay afloat.


Provocative: Ford Motor Company happens to be the one and only U.S. automaker that made a whopping $1 billion profit this year. Wondering why? The Cash for Clunkers program gave them that massive amount of money.

Biography Homework Assignment

Here is a picture of my family in Chicago in August on our summer vacation.

This is the New York City skyline that I see very often.

My name is Adrianna Taeschler and I am a sophomore at the University of South Carolina . I am currently in the school of mass communications and journalism and plan to major in public relations with a minor in business. Ideally, I would love to work in the music or entertainment industry. Music is a big passion of mine and over the summer I bought a guitar to teach myself how to play. It's very challenging, but I love every minute of it.
I am from a small town in New Jersey and live about fourty-five minutes south of Manhattan. My family loves New York City and we visit there often. I am one of four children and I am the only girl. I have three brothers; one older and two younger. Here is some information about them:

Luke is a senior at Boston College

Zachary is a junior at Ramsey High School

Jake is a sophomore at Ramsey High School

My parents were both born and raised in New Jersey as well. My dad is in operations management and my mom is a realtor, but also works part time at Nordstrom . My parents love to travel and my mom always says,

"Traveling is something that is so important in your life. It is necessary to see the different parts of the country where we live and how people live. Every state and country is so diverse and you can learn a lot from it.

My family is very important to me and I love them very much.


Here are some other links that will help to get to know my family and myself better:

Nordstrom

Incubus (My favorite band)

Guitar Tabs (How I learn guitar)