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40 Wednesday,June 24,2009
FORT DRUM & THE NORTH COUNTRY
FORT DRUM
& the
NORTH COUNTRY
We at F.X. Caprara Car Companies would like to take the time to say “Thank You” to our
military. We appreciate your hard work and dedication to this country, and are very happy and
proud to be a part of the Fort Drum community. Thank you for all of your patronage and good
luck with your upcoming ventures.
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FWD
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2009 DODGE CALIBER SE
2009 KIA SPORTAGE
2009 KIA SPECTRA LX
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MSRP .....................................$20,485
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Mountainfest schedule inside
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
To all our “good friends”
returning to Ft. Drum, thank you
for always giving us 100%!
We’re so very proud of you and glad to
have you back safe & sound.
Nancy D. Storino
Real Estate
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Summer Camps
Sports Camps
June 25th & 26th
Ages 5-11
Wizards Baseball Camp
July 1st-3rd
Ages 6-12
Red Bull Soccer Camp
August 3rd-7th
Ages 6 and up
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July 13th-17th
Ages 7-12
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June 29 - July 3rd
Ages 5-18
July 27th-31st
Ages 6 and up
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July 6th - 10th
Ages 5-18
For Information, Call 755-9622 Fairgrounds YMCA
585 Rand Drive, Watertown (Next to Fairgrounds)
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Open Wednesday through Saturday at 5PM
(Also, open any day for parties of 12 or more!)
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FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
FOR OUR COUNTRY AND
COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
DEDICATION.
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!
The Service Plus
Automotive Staff would
like to say
“Thank You”
to ALL Fort Drum
Soldiers and their
Families.
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$
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13,777
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1,370 MI., #HD1099, BLACK............................................
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358 MI., #HD1094, RED...................................................
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108 MI., #HD1093, BLACK............................................
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444 MI., #HD1086, BLUE..............................................
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13,810
2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON ROCKER
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$
1,524 MI., #HD1085, MAROON....................................
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$
5,155 MI., #HD1056, GREY.........................................
15,777
18988
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14471
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Drum, NNY in special relationship
Civilian,military communities know they can rely on each other and work together
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
“There is a small-town feel, and in a
small town, everybody cares about everybody else,” Col. Riddle said. “I can’t say that
the patriotism is greater here than anywhere else in the United States, but it sure
stands out more.”
When the Army Community Covenant
was signed in May 2008, Col. Riddle said,
the event was more of a renewal of vows.
The covenant was an Army initiative to
recognize relationships that many communities have with local installations, but
Col. Riddle said this one was different.
“I said to myself at the time that it’s almost an insult to ask the community to and
come and sign this,” he said. “Because they
had already been doing it. We were renewing the vows to recognize the great partnership we already have. It wasn’t anything
new; we were just finally recognizing it.”
Col. Riddle said he couldn’t ask or expect
much more than what the north country
has already done for the military. He gives
credit to the local community leaders who
work with the Fort Drum Regional Liaison
Organization and the Fort Drum Regional
Health Planning Organization for doing
what they do, especially since they don’t
have to.
“The support is what makes us want to
do what we do while in uniform,” he said.
“When you are overseas and get the letters
and see the level of support from the United States citizens, it makes you proud and
it makes you do what you do. I can’t imagine it any other way.”
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — The relationship between the military and the north country
might be compared to a marriage. Both
parties don’t always agree, but they work
together to get things done.
The mutual, supportive relationship between the civilian and military communities means better services for the soldiers
and families of the 10th Mountain Division, say Maj. Gen. Michael L. Oates and
Col. Kenneth H. Riddle.
“In every official function, we have a really good working relationship, and that
continues on down to the individual level,” said Gen. Oates, the commanding general of Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain
Division. “I can’t think of an issue, at least
in the last two years, that we have not gotten almost an immediate response from
local officials or local people.”
He said that whatever the problem —
busing children to schools, working with
municipalities to solve traffic issues or
bringing in more behavioral health specialists — he knew he could turn to the
community and work toward a solution.
That relationship, he said, is reciprocal.
And because of that, he has encouraged
civilians to see what Fort Drum has to offer. As part of that effort, Fort Drum will
host the Second Annual Air Show Saturday
and Sunday. It will be open to the public.
“On some level it’s giving something
back to the community,” Gen. Oates said.
“But really it’s about creating a venue for
the community and my soldiers to intermingle in more of a social gathering.
“I think once I set the conditions, it takes
off on its own and people develop their
own personal relationships and that helps
knit into the larger relationship.”
He believes the air show and Mountainfest allow civilians to get to know his soldiers on a personal level.
“I think the challenge is, because the
war has been going on for so long, there
may be a tendency to lose enthusiasm for
support. I think you can only maintain a
certain level of support for a short period
of time and then people can become complacent,” he said.
“We need to remind people locally that
we are still losing soldiers overseas and
that there are thousands of soldiers serving their nation. That level of support
doesn’t diminish to their country, and so
we need to make sure that we are keeping
up that level of support at home.
“I haven’t detected a wane in the support here in the north country. I think they
are very attuned to what our contribution
has been.”
One area where both the military and
Mountainfest opens
on Saturday
Maj. Gen. Michael L. Oates: ‘I can’t think of an issue, at least in the last two years, that we
have not gotten almost an immediate response from local officials or local people.’
civilian community need to jointly increase their efforts is to aid women who
have lost their husbands in war.
“Most of these women are under the age
of 30 and raising small children by themselves, and it’s very traumatic to have lost a
husband that early in a marriage and in
life,” Gen. Oates said. “I think that people
are sympathetic, but it’s difficult for them
to be empathetic.”
As garrison commander, Col. Riddle is
responsible for taking care of families —
especially the families of deployed soldiers. He said he is excited to talk about the
relationship Fort Drum has with the com-
munity because “I’ve never seen a relationship like the one we have here at Fort
Drum.”
His day-to-day interactions include
conversations with school superintendents and principals, members of civilian
support groups, local officials and municipalities and everyone in between.
He created a list of reasons why the relationship is unique; the people, the region,
Fort Drum’s dependence on the communities’ health care and education systems,
and the civilian organizations that act as
bridges between the military and the community were the highlights.
FORT DRUM — Here is the schedule of
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Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. Events are open
to the public, and there is no admission fee.
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9 a.m. — gates, concessions, amusements and displays open; BOSS Custom
Car and Bike Show.
11:30 a.m. — 10th Mountain Division
welcome-home ceremony.
Noon — Salute to the Nation ceremony
1:30 p.m. — air show.
6 p.m. — free concert by country music
artist Jo Dee Messina.
8 p.m. — twilight air show.
9:30 p.m. — Fireworks.
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11:30 a.m. — air show.
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Jefferson Community College, soldiers
and Fort Drum are woven into the fabric of
the college. Approximately 30 percent of
our student body is comprised of either
soldiers or family members of soldiers.
These students are in every program of
study. They take courses on campus, at
Fort Drum, from a distance and while deployed. They join student clubs and are actively involved campus citizens.
They enrich our learning environment
and enrich the lives of their fellow students
and the college’s faculty and staff.
We also have a significant number of
faculty and staff who are military spouses.
They bring their experience and expertise
to us and strengthen our work force.
I cannot imagine how Jefferson Community College would look without the
presence of Fort Drum and the students,
faculty and staff who come to us from
there.
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FORT DRUM — As the economy continues to lag, the 10th Mountain Division
isn’t having any problems keeping soldiers
in its ranks.
“Retention has done really well,” said
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn D. Rohan, division retention operations officer. “We are limiting
the number of soldiers that we re-enlist
and we are using a quality system to keep
the highest caliber of soldiers.”
Sgt. Rohan said that since the fiscal year
began Oct. 1, the division has surpassed its
retention goal. He said his team at Fort Drum
was expected to re-enlist 2,295 soldiers for
the entire 2009 fiscal year. As of early May, the
team had re-enlisted 2,849 soldiers.
“I think we’ll finish this fiscal year at 150
or 170 percent,” Sgt. Rohan said. “And I
think that will be Armywide, not just here.
There is a possible reduction in the force,
and the soldiers want to take action now.”
He said that among the many reasons
soldiers have given for deciding to re-enlist
this year, economic concerns and love of
the job are at the top.
“A lot of soldiers don’t have a college education and their skills are limited to what
they learned in the military,” he said. “That
means police work, or security or some
technical stuff. It can make getting a job
difficult. On top of that, there is the challenge of finding a home, because the housing market is nuts.”
According to the Labor Department, the
jobless rate for veterans who served in Iraq
and Afghanistan has risen 4 percent since
2008, when it was 11.2 percent. More than
15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veter-
WHY WOULD YOU LET A
Many family members tell us that the
college serves as an extended family during deployments.
Still, we know we must do more. This
past year we conducted a focus group with
students who are veterans and heard
about specific challenges they have that
we as a college are not meeting.
This fall we will be opening a space for a
veterans lounge and offering seminars and
workshops aimed at veterans issues. We
have begun partnering with the Watertown Veterans Center.
We are committed to taking every step
necessary for our veterans to achieve success.
We are proud to help serve Fort Drum
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that they are a part of our learning community.
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ans ages 20 to 24 are unemployed.
While soldiers are still lining up to re-enlist, the bonuses that traditionally have
come along with that commitment are
starting to shrink.
The Selective Re-enlistment Bonus
has changed dramatically, especially
with the elimination of a bonus that was
doled out to soldiers scheduled to get out
of the Army before Oct. 1. Those soldiers
could have received a $3,000 to $22,000,
depending on rank, years of service and
job.
“The bonuses are down; they were cut
by a third on April 24,” Sgt. Rohan said.
“But soldiers are absolutely still re-enlisting. Soldiers want to stay here, at Fort
Drum, and that speaks to the command
climate here with the 10th.”
He said that it was not unusual for soldiers to re-enlist during a deployment and
be scheduled for another duty assignment
and, upon returning to Fort Drum, request
that those orders change and that they stay
with the 10th Mountain Division.
“I think it’s phenomenal that some of
these soldiers have deployed two, three or
four times and despite the rigors of combat, they are choosing to re-enlist,” Sgt. Rohan said. “Some may re-enlist because of
the economy, but most because they love
their job.”
Before a soldier decides whether to
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Army Career Alumni Program. Attendance
in the class has been strong, with 30 to 40
soldiers attending each week, said Lorrie S.
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Fort Drum support more ‘sophisticated’ now
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
Six years have passed since American
forces first set foot in Iraq. On Oct. 7, it will
be eight years since the war in Afghanistan
started.
Much has changed on the ground in
both countries, but the support system in
the north country is unwavering.
Gone are the days of large rallies and
get-togethers hosted by the community
for soldiers who are coming and going.
Those were held during the early days of
the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Support has gotten more “sophisticated,” said Carl A. McLaughlin, executive director of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison
Organization.
“The cycle seems to be unbroken,” he
said. “We have done the rallying phase and
now we are just supporting. Only the characteristic has changed, but we are still trying to meet the needs of the troops.”
That support has come in many forms.
Adopt-a-10th Mountain-Platoon —
through which organizations “adopt” a
group of soldiers and send care packages
throughout a deployment — is one example.
Michael T. Plummer, the 10th Mountain
Division Association president who spearheads the adoption program, said that all
the platoons have sponsors and there are
more than 100 groups on the waiting list
for the next deployment.
Since the beginning of the Afghanistan
war, Mr. Plummer has organized the adoption of every 10th Mountain Division platoon that has deployed from Fort Drum.
He said he thinks people in the immediate
area are attached to the military, and not
just because the installation acts as an economic engine.
“Most of America is completely detached from what is going on,” he said.
“Here in the north country, it’s our neighbors who are involved and we pay attention to it.”
Then there is the support for the fami-
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — The numbers are in,
and they are big. In the past fiscal year, the
Army post has infused $1.68 billion into
the local economy —$220 million more
than the $1.46 billion in 2007.
The money came in a variety of forms,
including $146 million in salaries to civilian employees, $72.8 million in contracts
and supplies with local construction companies and $11.9 million in impact aid to
area schools.
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moved from the realm
of the abstract to something concrete and tangible, we realized that
the exhibit would be enhanced by having a
wildflower garden in
front of it. We faced,
however, two chalFoster
lenges.
The first was the exhibit site had about six inches of soil and
then bedrock, not the best place to plant a
garden. A simple solution was to build a
raised bed garden, with borders defined by
a dry stack stone wall, a common site
throughout the county.
This, however, begged the question,
“Who is going to do this?” At the same time
we were wrestling with this challenge, a
young man and his mother stepped
through our doors.
Nick Wendt, an Eagle Scout-to-be,
whose father is a Fort Drum soldier deployed to Iraq, came to us looking for a
project. Not knowing what he was getting
into, he suggested that we might need a
garden built.
The rest is history.
Coordinating a massive effort to rally
the unbridled enthusiasm of Nick’s fellow
scouts and the pickup trucks of their parents, literally tons and tons of stone were
gathered and brought to the zoo to build
the wall and establish garden.
Nick and these boys will be back to
build the walls. A garden will be created.
The river otter exhibit and our community will benefit for years to come
from the generosity and energy of young
men and women who may not have been
born here, but found themselves here as
their mothers and fathers served at Fort
Drum
These young men and women who
have embraced the community and
chosen to give back will leave a lasting
mark.
John Scott Foster is the executive director of the
New York State Zoo at Thompson Park.
Fort Drum air show to have a twist this year
10th Mountain soldiers returning from deployment in Iraq to have official welcome home
TIMES FILE PHOTO
Michael T. Plummer stands in the stairway of his home in Watertown with some of his military memorabilia.
lies that choose to stay at Fort Drum during
a deployment.
Mary M. Parry has been a member of the
United Service Organization — a soldier
support group that has been around since
World War II — for 67 years.
She said she thinks the greatest change
since 2001 is in the training and support
for the spouses.
“I think it’s absolutely necessary. I wish
that someone had talked to me after World
War II because you can’t know what to expect after your husband comes home from
war and is quiet and unemotional,” she
said. “The wives need as much help as the
husband does.”
Mrs. Parry has been involved with helping soldiers on Fort Drum for years and
said she has “never met a soldier I didn’t
love.” Over the past eight years, she estimated, she has received more than $1 million in donated phone cards to send overseas.
With the war in Iraq going into its seventh year and Afghanistan about to enter
its ninth, the need for support has not
changed, especially as more wounded soldiers return from war with physical and
mental injuries.
Mr. Plummer said this is the first time
since the division came to Fort Drum in
1985 that the troops have been in harm’s
way for such an extended period of time.
“I think most people thought we would
break the china in the shop and leave and
have them patch it up,” he said. “I never
anticipated that we would sit there as long
as we have.
“I’m glad we didn’t leave when most
wanted to. Now we can look ourselves in
the mirror and know those lives weren’t
lost in vain.”
Fort Drum pumps $1.68b into local economy
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
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Zoo and military families build strong ties
By JOHN SCOTT FOSTER
The New York State Zoo exists to enhance the quality of life for our community, providing a destination where families
can enjoy the beauty of nature, discover
the region’s natural heritage and build a
lasting and positive relationship with nature
Based on this, the board and staff have a
very strong focus on providing experiences for our community. It’s why we exist.
And we have had the good fortune of having people come to us asking, “What can
we I to help the zoo?”
An incident involving a Fort Drum family serves as strong example of this.
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TIMES STAFF WRITER
sure.We look at these numbers and know we
have made a significant and positive impact
on the north country economy," said Col.
Kenneth H. Riddle, the garrison commander. "However, the overwhelmingly constructive impact this community has daily
on our soldiers and families is easily as valuable. It is an equally gratifying relationship."
Since 1988, when the 10th Mountain
Division took over Fort Drum, the base has
injected $12.26 billion into the local economy. The data were released Monday as
part of the annual economic impact statement and measure the amount of money
spent locally for the federal fiscal year that
ended Sept. 30. The report was put together by the Plans, Analysis and Integration
Office on Fort Drum.
The report also indicated how Fort
Drum continues to grow. The post now has
18,681 soldiers stationed there with 16,888
family members, up from an estimated
17,000 soldiers and 14,500 family members in 2007. The number of civilian employees also has increased, from 3,960 in
2007 to 4,396 in 2008. Payroll for soldiers
and civilian employees was the largest figure in the report, cashing in at $1 billion.
Contracting services, which totaled
$532 million, was the second largest figure
in the report. Of that, $72.8 million was
spent on contracts with businesses in St.
Lawrence, Lewis and Jefferson counties.
Cadence Contract Services LLC, Black
River, had the largest take, with $44.8 million in contracts in 2008. The company is
contracted for general repair, maintenance and minor construction, and the
contract is scheduled to last five years. The
company is one of three that will help the
installation spend the $84 million from the
federal stimulus package.
FORT DRUM — Be sure to look to the
sky Saturday and Sunday.
The post will host its second air show,
and while the lineup is largely the same as
last time, a special treat this year will be the
addition of an official welcome-home ceremony for 1,000 soldiers with the 10th
Mountain Division Headquarters and
Headquarters Company and the Division
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after a year in Iraq.
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“I think it’s really special that we will be
doing the welcome home as a kickoff to
the show,” said Donna W. Orvis, program
coordinator for Family, Morale, Welfare
and Recreation on Fort Drum.
The other thing that will be different this
year is the twilight air show. Saturday night,
after a free concert performance by country singer Jo Dee Messina, there will be a
special one-hour air show as the sun sets.
“We will have some aircraft with lights
and smoke, and the parachute jumpers
will have flares and smoke so they will be
visible in the dark sky,” said Joe White,
chief of the Aviation Division and manager
of Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield.
“This will happen right before the fireworks, which will start right after a jet car
with a rooster tail attached to it races down
the taxiway.”
Gates will open at 8 a.m. both days.
Parking at the airfield will be free, as will
admission. On Saturday, the air show will
start at 11 a.m., following the welcomehome ceremony.
Ms. Messina will begin her performance at 6 p.m. That will be followed by
TIMES FILE PHOTO
Spectators watch the Fort Drum Centennial Air Show last year at the post’s airfield.
the twilight air show around 8:30 and fireworks at 9:30. On Sunday the show will
start at 11:30 a.m. and end about 3 p.m.
Last year’s attendance reached 45,000
for both days; Mr. White hopes to go well
beyond that this year.
“We are targeting 50,000 for each day,
and if it’s a nice day, it’ll be easy to do that,”
he said. “We are reaching out to the Canadians this year. We are looking along the
Route 401 corridor and we expect more
folks from up there this time around.”
A tentative list of performers and static
displays is available on the Fort Drum Web
site. There will be about 15 vendors, made
up of battalion-level Family Readiness
Groups, selling food and refreshments
both days.
Soldiers, civilian workers beyond compare
By ANTHONY KEATING
When the selection of Fort Drum as the
home post of the reactivated 10th Mountain Division was announced in the mid1980s, the entire north country was
drawn to the economic, social and community potential that was on the horizon.
We had very little idea how that potential would manifest, but we were sure it
would be bigger and more significant
than anything we had ever experienced.
Now, with nearly 25 years’ retrospective, it is clear that the early enthusiastic
anticipation was well founded. Washington now regards the division and post as
indispensable components of our Army.
The buildup of both unit and installation bestowed immense prosperity and
progress on our community; most local
residents who live or work within the Fort
Drum economic impact area trace all or a
part of their material well-being to its
presence.
The quantitative benefits have surely
enhanced my life as
well. However, the most
profound enrichments
have been intangible
and qualitative. I have
been given the rare opportunity to work
closely with some of
America’s most outstanding leaders.
Every commanding
Keatiing
general of the 10th
Mountain Division (Light) has been a
blue-chip leader. Each one built on the
accomplishments of prior command
teams to improve the division and Fort
Drum. The compendium is the division
and post, as we know it today.
The division’s noncommissioned officers lead, train and mentor their soldiers
every day with a dedication and commitment that is downright awesome. They
burnish the reputation of America’s NCO
corps as the finest cadre of tactical leaders in the world.
Fort Drum’s civilian employees are arguably the best in our Army at supporting soldiers and their families. They are
certainly the hands-down experts when
it comes to deploying and redeploying
soldiers. They have done more of it and
done it longer than any other civilian
work force in the Army.
One of the classic definitions of
courage is grace under pressure; no
group epitomizes this description more
than soldier families.
Virtually every other year they are
asked to support each other and stand by
their soldiers during a deployment. They
do so unflinchingly. Their nobility
matches that of their soldiers
Finally and most importantly, there
are the division’s soldiers. They, more
than anyone, have created the 10th
Mountain Division we know. Quite simply, they are the best-trained and most
professional soldiers in the history of our
Army.
During the past quarter century, I have
had the honor and privilege of knowing
many of these heroes personally and
knowing all of them by their deeds.
The only way I can explain the value of
these associations is by paraphrasing the
old credit card commercial: Priceless.
F. Anthony Keating is the civilian aide to the
secretary of the Army, New York (North).
Drum, local charities help each other
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fort Drum has buoyed local charities
with volunteers and income and created
more clients to serve, often at the same
charities.
Many local agencies depend on soldiers, as volunteers, and their spouses,
who provide the community with a larger
pool of employees.
But as demographics change, those
with ties to Fort Drum also can be the
ones most likely to need help. When soldiers get divorced, ex-spouses can suddenly find themselves looking for housing and in need of a host of other services
only local charities can provide.
Meanwhile, combat injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder and
brain injuries, are on the rise in the military, and nonprofits often are being
asked to provide assistance.
Overall, executive directors of nonprofits consider Fort Drum to have had
an overwhelmingly positive effect on the
north country.
Karen Y. Richmond, executive director
of the Children’s Home of Jefferson
County, said, “We have a lot of staff connected to Fort Drum.”
Fort Drum soldiers and spouses have
volunteered with the organization or
brought their children to communitybased programs.
“A lot of the Fort Drum community
wants to get involved in the larger community,” said Janelle G. Bossuot, events
coordinator for the Children’s Home of
Jefferson County. “For Big Brothers Big
Organizations from the post have helped Watertown Urban Mission
with donations to the food pantry and the Impossible Dream store.
Soldiers and families frequent the store, too.
Sisters (which is run by the Children’s
Home), Fort Drum provides a great new
pool of volunteers.”
Organizations from the post have
helped Watertown Urban Mission with
donations to the food pantry and the Impossible Dream store. Soldiers and families frequent the store, too.
“A lot of people when they come, they
will get things at the store and when they
go, will bring what they don’t need here,”
said Watertown Urban Mission Executive
Director Mary M. Morgan.
County Department of Social Services
Commissioner Laura C. Cerow said, “I
think Jefferson County is a little better off
than some other New York rural counties
because of Fort Drum.”
“If there’s been an impact in our area, it
may be parents of people at Fort Drum,”
said John Turongian, chief executive officer of United Helpers Care Inc., Ogdensburg. “I’d say it’s been a positive impact.
They do a great outreach.”
The growing need for local nonprofits
is connected to the frequent deployment
and transfer of soldiers, local leaders say.
“There are a lot of people that seem to
be brand new to the area,” Miss Morgan
said. “Many seem to have a tenuous relationship with Fort Drum.”
One reason is that the Army does not
provide benefits to ex-spouses — primarily women — once a marriage ends.
(The military does give money to soldiers
for child support.)
One of the programs at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Ogdensburg is expanding partly because of Fort Drum.
Donna M. Franklin, executive director,
wants to add a second employee in Jefferson County for the expanding traumatic-brain-injury program. She expects
to see an influx in veterans in the program.
Besides injured veterans, the program
focuses on young adults with traumatic
brain injuries.
“This area is identified with one of the
largest populations of younger people
suffering from traumatic brain injuries
from ATV and car accidents,” Ms.
Franklin said.
Disabled Persons Action Organization
serves about 15 family members of soldiers, who are integrated into the programs that serve their needs.
“They’re in all of our other programs,”
said Joseph L. Rich, DPAO executive director.
And the basic housing allowance for
soldiers has created hardship for the
working poor in the north country.
“Even as there are more empty units
everywhere, no one wants to lower
rents,” Miss Morgan said. “It seems better
to see people in houses than having a
house standing empty.”
Scott P. Mathys, executive director of
Lewis County Opportunities, said the
rental cost increase is a complex issue.
“Fort Drum could be attributed as one
of those reasons,” he said. “People are
having a hard time finding an apartment
they can stay in even with vouchers.”
One of the largest ties Fort Drum has
with public charities is through contracts
with Jefferson Rehabilitation Center. JRC
provides services to enhance the quality
of life of people with disabilities though
education and vocational programs, residential services and advocacy.
About 140 developmentally disabled
workers and their supervisors work in
janitorial, recycling, dining facilities and
the post’s Central Issue Facility. That facility manages the military equipment
that soldiers use.
“Most agencies of our kind run 85 to 90
percent on Medicaid reimbursements,”
said Michael C. Capone, JRC’s community relations manager. “In 2007, only 50
percent came from Medicaid.”
Between the Fort Drum contract and
the agency’s work center on West Main
Street, Production Unlimited, the agency
has been able to move away from reliance on Medicaid.
The government contracts also have
allowed the agency to grow and offer
more jobs to those with disabilities.
JRC employs 700 clients and supervisors, including the 140 who work at Fort
Drum and 100 at Production Unlimited.
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376-8688
5288 Jefferson St, Lowville
$99,900
Three bedroom, one and a half bath twostory village home with a large fenced back
yard. Recent updates include a new 92%
efficient natural gas furnace, new hot water
heater, new carpeting and many
replacement windows.
All appliances
included (Washer, Dryer, Stove, Refrigerator
and Dishwasher). MLS# 84648
Roger Abbey, Principal Broker 376-8688
Britt Abbey, Broker 874-4099 (after hours)
Ken Erb, Associate Broker 376-2301 (after hours)
Carole Dunbar, Sales Associate
346-6503 (after hours)
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6872 Convent St., Croghan
$134,000
Well maintained village home. Large home with
living room, formal dining, kitchen with
breakfast nook, a 1/2 bath and bedroom or
study on first floor. 4 more bedrooms and full
bath upstairs. Floored attic for storage & fenced
back yard. Call Carole for more info. MLS
#83958
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9567 Main St., Beaver Falls
8746 Van Amber Road
6414 Crestview Dr., Lowville
$8,000
$155,000
$79,000
Estimated 1.4 acre building lot
located at the intesection of Main St.
& Toytown Road in Beaver Falls. Lot
is open and nearly level. Power,
water, public sewer and gas are
available. Call Ken at 376-8688.
MLS #84492
Tons of amenities in this terrific 1560 sq ft+, 3
bedrooms, 2 bath ranch on 3.2 acres. There is
additional living space behind the garage, HWBB heat,
Energy Star windows, family room w/propane gas stove,
master bath w/Jacuzzi-style tub, and much more. One
side of the attached garage offers a heated workshop.
Take a peek at the 30x30 pole barn with two overhead
doors, raised flower beds, small green house, and
location within a mile of a public access to Black River.
Within commute of Ft. Drum. Call Roger for details.
MLS#84856
Move right into this ranch-style home in
the Crestview subdivision. 3 BR, 1 bath,
public water, updated hot water heating
system, full basement with walk-out
entrance to fenced back yard. Priced to
sell.
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MLS #85208.
7469 South State St., Lowville
WELCOME HOME TO OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS
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Allen’s Fine Jewelry
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7573 State St., Lowville
376-2911
128 Main St., Boonville
942-4024
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JCT Truck Caps & Covers
7512 State Route 12N, Lowville, NY 13367
315-376-8177
Open Mon. - Fri.
9am - 5pm
Sat.
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Thank You For All You
Do For Our Country!
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•Burial Flags
•Headstone & Markers
•Burial Benefits
•Burial in National Cemetery
•Military Honor Guard
•Help coordinating appointments with
Lewis County Veteran’s Service Agency
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376.4161
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PHONE & FAX: 315-688-2569
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Under New Ownership
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Utica Blvd., Lowville
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Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00-5:00
Sat. 9:00-2:00
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376-4777
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Fax. 315-376-2977
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(315) 493-2064
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Sun. Matinee 2 pm
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CATALOG ORDERS WELCOME
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FRIDAY NIGHT
We offer a wide variety of menu
choices or give us your own ideas!
NOW SERVING SUNDAY BREAKFAST 8AM-11:30AM
Stop In For Friday & Saturday Dinner Specials
Friday: Fish Fry • Saturday: Prime Rib
Hrs: Sun. 8am-11:30am • Closed Mon. & Tues.
Open Wed & Sat. at 11:00am
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Proud To Welcome Home the Brave Men & Women Who Serve Our Country!
While you’re here, check out...
List of Events for 2009
For details, call (315) 376-2213
• Zwanzigstein Fest
(Mennonite Heritage Day)
Saturday, July 4
• Flywheels & Pulleys Days
• Maple Ridge Kite Festival
Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13
Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11
• Ride With the Wind Mountain Bike Race
• Christmas Parade & Light Up Lowville
Sunday, September 13
Saturday, November 28
• Cream Cheese Festival
Saturday, September 19
• 7th Annual Lewis County
Historical Society Holiday Festival
• Lewis County Fair
• Lewis County Family Day
Thursday, December 3 - Saturday, December 5
Tuesday, July 21 - Saturday, July 25
• Christmas in Croghan
• RiverFest
• Harvest of the Arts
Friday, December 11
Saturday, August 1
Cozy Country Corner
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•Novelties •Holiday Selections
•Country Decor
•Adirondack Items
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Hrs: Monday - Thursday 9am-5pm Friday 9am-7pm Saturday 9am-5pm
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FEATURING: GOURMET BAKED DOG TREATS, HOLISTIC DOG FOOD PLUS!
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(315) 777-8030
OPEN: TUES-FRI 10AM-6PM • SAT 10AM-5PM
There is still time to register for a week-long summer camp experience at Beaver
Camp for anyone ages 8-18! There are resident camps and wilderness camps
running from July 12 through August 21.
DAY CAMP IS JULY 26-31 FOR AGES 6-8;
and we have a short resident camp for ages 7-8
(a two-night, three day camp experience).
Visit our website at www.beavercamp.org or call 315-376-2640 for more info.
It’s a MUSICAL! You are cordially invited to attend
“THE WEDDING OF MARY & JOSEPH”
a grace-filled musical about God’s plan of Salvation told through the questioning,
somewhat defiant Angel Gabriel (sound like anyone you know?)
July 23 at the Maple Ridge Center, East Road, Lowville, at 6:00
followed by a dessert reception. In lieu of gifts for the “bride and groom”, donations
to Beaver Camp camperships or Maple Ridge community happenings are greatly
appreciated. e-mail Penny at [email protected] (code word: Gabriel)
SEE YOU AT THE WEDDING. CALL 376-2640 FOR MORE INFO!!
BOWES
40219 NYS Rt. 12
Clayton, NY 13624
315-686-3315
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For Residential, Waterfront, Farms, Commercial, Lots and Acreage
Committed to Sell Lewis County
Chase Lake
Pitcher Road
Middle Road
This 6 bedroom cottage is located on the East
Shore of Chase Lake. Watch the beautiful Chase
Lake sunsets from your screened porch.
Cottage has 1 bath, great room which houses
livingroom space with cobblestone fireplace,
dining space. Kitchen with stove & refrigerator,
2 bedrooms on main floor. Four bedrooms on
second floor. Partial basement. Comes with
most of furnishings, including paddle boat,
canoe, row boat. Additional 2 acres across road
go with this property. Lakefront property.
MLS#83681. All for only
Self sustained maintenance free cottage on 11.2 acres on the Tug Hill
plateau. 1st floor has BR, full BA and an eat-in kitchen, which opens
to the great room with cathedral ceiling and sliding patio glass doors,
which open out to a deck and your beautiful wooded backyard.
There is also additional sleeping in the large loft. A 12K propane
powered generator and solar panel are currently used for power,
which keeps assessment and taxed down, but power could be run as
it is available from the Sears Pond Road. Heated with wood or
propane stoves. There is an attached drive-thru garage. Cottage/
garage are vinyl sided with steel roof. Drilled well and septic tank.
Located on plowed road in town of Montague in the heart of
snowmobile and ATV country with 100s of acres of state land across
the road for hunting and fishing enthusiasts. This year-round off the
grid cottage is perfect for all your outdoor recreational activities
without leaving the comforts of home. MLS #85193.
Knotty pine cottage located on
seasonal road in Town of Greig. This is
snowmobile or ATV heaven. Cottage
has 1 bedroom and 1 bath with great
room. Heated with wood stove and
electricity by generator. No utilities on
road. 7.8 acres with stream
meandering by front covered porch.
Water currently from stream. Borders
county lands. MLS# 80057.
$225,000
Arnold E. Loucks
Sales Associate
$
97,500
$46,200
Donna M. Loucks, G.R.I., C.B.R.
Broker/Owner
Stephen E. Kubinski
Associate Broker
www.dlauxproperties.com
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 315-377-3113/877-777-3113
Cell: 315-771-6990 • Fax: 315-376-7267
PO Box 143 • Church St., Castorland, N.Y. 13620
Member of the Jefferson-Lewis MLS Service
Thank you for serving our country
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1-800-705-7002
Our office is always open
Weekdays 9-5, Saturdays 9-noon
716 Mill St.
Watertown
782-PAPA
(7272)
July & August we will be open
until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Showings anytime by appointment.
WE”RE OPEN UNTIL YOU CLOSE
Pick-Up • Delivery • Eat-in
“Welcome Home!”
Thank you for all you do for our
country and our community.
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The Administration and Staff at
Lewis County General Hospital
& Residential Health Care Facility
Join in welcoming home the men and women of the
We thank you for your patriotism and dedication to our nation.
The unselfish performance of your duty has helped to ensure the safety and
freedom of your fellow Americans.
We salute you and thank you for all you have done.
Please remember that our family of health care providers are
always here for you and your family.
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Thank You
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THANK YOU TO OUR MILITARY
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19
Army vet settles in ‘a nice place’ near Drum
By KEITH CAUGHLIN
Twenty-four years ago, I was a 24-yearold in my last year of law school. The U.S.
Army JAG assignments manager suggested orders as an Army lawyer to a brandnew post with the newly reactivated 10th
Mountain Division.
Over the phone, I could hear him flip a
page. “It’s called, ahh, Fort Drum.”
The brand-new installation existed only
in contracts and blueprints when I arrived
in July 1985. What we now know as “South
Post” or “World War II Wood” was the only
Fort Drum for soldiers signing in to the division.
Three parallel avenues, Lewis, Oneida
and Gasoline Alley, arced between Route
283 and Route 26, forming a grid with the
crossing numbered streets. The wooden
structures had been painted, repainted
and sided, but still designated “T” for temporary.
Today, the new North Post horseshoe
houses First, Second and Third Brigades in
permanent brick buildings and barracks.
The “Two Plus Two” construction, two
soldiers in a room, sharing a bathroom
with another two soldiers, which seemed
novel and collegiate at the time, has been
replaced by the “One Plus One” standard,
affording privacy and space to soldiers.
Wheeler-Sack Army
Airfield was expanded
in 1995 and again in the
last couple of years and
now is the home to the
airframes, equipment
and soldiers of the Combat Aviation Brigade.
Block by block, large
sections of the tempoCaughlin
rary structures on “Old
Post” have been replaced by permanent
construction for training facilities, battle
simulators and soon for the Sustainment
Brigade and Maneuver Enhancement
Brigade.
Over these 24 years, there have been lots
of money, lots of jobs and lots of new permanent buildings, but beyond the on-post
and off-post development, our region has
seen lots of people.
We have come to know young single soldiers, career military families who have
come, gone and some have come back
again, and we have embraced retiring
NCOs and officers who stay in this area after the Army.
Off the Installation, we have benefited
from infrastructure improvements and investments in our communities. So far, the
commercial growth and residential development have been sustained and steady,
and the surveys from the Center for Community Studies at JCC annually report our
quality of life is better because of Fort
Drum.
Despite all of these changes, some
things remain the same. Back in the spring
of my last year of law school, the Buffalo
News described Watertown in the “Dream
of Drum.”
Compared to a big city, Jim Merritt, then
clerk to the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, explained (in Watertown), “I go
out of my office and in walking two blocks I
meet four or five decision makers.”
“Must be a nice place,” I thought to myself. My plan then was to put in two years at
Fort Drum and transfer to Fort Sheridan,
Ill., but I was struck by the image of a small
city where community leaders could meet
on the street.
Luckily, our region has made a deliberate choice to grow wisely and to maintain
that local quality in our decision-making.
Fort Sheridan? That was closed in the first
BRAC round in 1989.
Keith B.Caughlin is a civil trial attorney and
managing shareholder at Schwerzmann &
Wise,P.C.,and chairman of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization.
Regional development suggestions given
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — Now that the Fort Drum
growth management study is complete,
the next steps are taking shape and community members from the region are
hearing what will be up next.
“This plan is not going to happen on its
own because development usually happens on the easiest route, like in a farm
field,” said Lawrence K. Bice, a consultant
with Behan Planning Associates LLC,
Saratoga Springs, who has worked with the
Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization
on the plan for almost two years.
“Towns need to start saying now where
they want to develop.”
The study outlines how 24 municipalities
in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties should approach future development.
The suggestions range from improving
population centers — such as hamlets and
villages with existing infrastructure — to
encouraging sustainable and green development that will create swaths of open
space easily accessed by the public.
One of the first steps in the plan is maintaining communication between the installation and the public.
The report says some ways to improve
the conversation between the two entities
are through newsletter updates, an informational Web site and community meetings — all things that community mem-
bers agreed would be successful.
“Having newsletters in both directions
and a venue like this one is important,”
said Ricky W. Newvine, a council member
from the town of Fowler. “Like all these
maps that show where the impact zones
are, most people don’t know where they
are, and if they did they would understand
things a little better.”
Andrew R. Nevin, senior planner for Jefferson County, agreed that communication is the best way forward in implementing the plan. He said the plan will never
truly be finished because it will always be
open-ended and towns will always have a
chance to provide input and feedback.
“There has been some growth in the
past few years and there is still more in the
pipeline,” he said. “It’s a quality-of-life issue, and the more that people understand
the fort, the better for the community and
for everyone.”
Mr. Nevin said that from here, Jefferson
County’s role will be to become a “sharing
mechanism” and that the county will help
distribute information and maps within all
three counties to be used in planning and
zoning discussions.
The plan also recommends that communities develop or update comprehensive plans. This would help towns outline
what kind of development they want to
happen and could refocus building into
town centers.
Drum-81 connector plans get into details
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
EVANS MILLS — Now that the Fort
Drum-Interstate 81 connector road has final approval, the detailed planning has begun.
A series of meetings with officials from
the town of LeRay, the state Department of
Transportation, representatives from Fort
Drum and other interested groups are revolving around five themes — aesthetics,
pedestrian access, the Fort Drum entrance, town of LeRay and traffic management — with each theme being addressed
in a separate work group.
The four-lane highway will cross over
Route 37 and Nellis Road in Pamelia.
Goulds Corner Road in LeRay will have a
new bridge built over the connector road,
which will end on Route 11 directly in front
of the Fort Drum main gate.
The project is estimated to cost $106
million. The road will be funded entirely by
the federal and state governments. DOT
will have to acquire 187 acres of land, including three residential properties, to
build the road.
To help improve aesthetics, noise barriers will be constructed along a portion of
the connector road that will border the
LeRay Heights housing complex. Landscaping around the Route 11 bridge and
the potential for a sidewalk to increase
pedestrian access also have been discussed.
Traffic management on Route 11 during
construction has the potential to be troublesome, officials said. The question of diverting vehicles from the Fort Drum main
gate — when all the gates on post are necessary for access — is being reviewed.
"Traffic is heavy during the morning
rush, lunch time and the evening departure
times," said Betty J. Jones, the Fort Drum
community planner "Rerouting traffic
from the north gate during construction is
an area Fort Drum will continue to discuss
further with the department."
A bridge across Route 11 will create an
interchange with direct access to the Fort
Drum gate or the choice to travel north or
south on Route 11.
The project is tentatively scheduled to go
out to bid this fall with construction to start
next spring, said Michael R. Flick, a DOT
spokesman. While final details have yet to
be ironed out, Mr. Flick said the engineers
are more than willing to work with all those
involved to make the outcome best for all.
"We want to work with Fort Drum to
make the entrance more efficient,” he said.
"LeRay has worked diligently to put together a master plan for Route 11 and we want
to make sure we are on the same page."
21
Support of NNY is ‘a great feeling’
Bond between north country and Fort Drum families eases minds of deployed soldiers
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — The units of the 10th
Mountain Division are half deployed and
half here in the north country — and that is
expected to persist over the next 18 months
as the division continues its missions in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
And the support of the north country is
one thing that military leadership in the division says the soldiers and families cannot
do without. All the 10th Mountain Division
brigades are at different stages of the deployment cycle.
The 10th Mountain Division Special
Troops Battalion, the 1st, 2nd and 4th
Brigade Combat Teams are in different
stages of training to prepare for upcoming
deployments. These three brigades have
about 11,500 soldiers in the ranks — with
8,000 stationed at Fort Drum.
The 2nd Brigade is scheduled to deploy
this fall for 12 months to either Iraq or
Afghanistan — the final orders have not yet
been processed. The 1st Brigade will be
placed in the queue of deployable units later this year and is expected to deploy sometime next spring.
The 4th Brigade, stationed at Fort Polk, is also in the midst of training after returning in
January from a 13-month deployment to Iraq.
The 10th Mountain Division Special
Troops Battalion returned in May from 12
months in Iraq. This unit is expected to deploy again sometime in 2010.
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Sustainment Brigade and 10th Combat Aviation Brigade are all in the midst of a deployment. A total of 7,400 soldiers with the 10th
Mountain Division is now deployed.
The Aviation Brigade has been stationed
in Iraq since October and will return this
fall. The Sustainment Brigade has deployed
in smaller units, and some will return this
fall while others won’t be back from Iraq or
Afghanistan until next summer.
The 3rd Brigade led the push of Army
forces into Afghanistan in January and will
return this coming winter.
The Times discussed the importance of
support with four brigade commanders. All
four units are at different stages of the deployment cycle and all have different needs
in terms of support.
COL.WILLARD M.BURLESON III
1ST BCT COMMANDER
Training at Fort Drum and expected to deploy sometime in next spring.
What does the support of the community mean to you?
Where 10th Mountain Division soldiers are stationed
different from other Army installations?
more so than anywhere else in the country.
But the community accepts that these are
their soldiers, not just their country’s soldiers, but theirs.
There are other good bonds between installations and their Army posts all across
America — I know, I lived in a lot of them.
However, there is something special
about living in the north country, especially
for those of us who are active in hunting,
skiing and other outdoor activities.
It is a beautiful region, but it can also be
very harsh. The long winters can be harsh,
but I believe this shared hardship draws us
together. I’ve often said, “It’s cold in the
north country, but the people aren’t.”
Since you are here at Fort Drum for
Mountainfest,what does that mean for
you and your soldiers?
Irag
10th Combat
Aviation Brigade:
2,800 soldiers until
October 2009
10th Sustainment Brigade, Brigade
Special Troops Battalion and 91st
Military Police Battalion: 420 soldiers
until November 2009
10th Sustainment Brigade, 514th
Maintenance Company: 200 soldiers
until June 2010
Afghanistan
3rd Brigade: 3,500 soldiers in
Afghanistan until January 2010
10th Sustainment Brigade, 7th
Engineer Battalion: 500 soldiers in Iraq
and Afghanistan until July 2010
We’ve been in a rigorous and intensive
training cycle since the end of May, and that
will end at the end of June. So, it’s a nice
wind-down, but it’s also a chance for us to
be part of the community.
We’ve been going fast and furious with
training, and I think both of these events,
Mountainfest and Riverfest, are great opportunities for soldiers and families to appreciate the area. It’s a neat opportunity to
meet many of our neighbors we don’t really
get to interact with all the time.
COL.DAVID M.MILLER
2ND BCT COMMANDER
Training at Fort Drum, scheduled to deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan in October.
What kind of support
is important to your soldiers in the 2nd Brigade
as they prepare for an
upcoming deployment?
New York
1st Brigade: 3,500 soldiers
until spring/summer 2010
2nd Brigade: 3,500 soldiers
until October 2009
Fort Polk Louisiana
4th Brigade: 3,500 soldiers until
spring/summer 2010
Not a day goes by that in some way, shape or
form, where there isn’t an instance where I
don’t get an offer asking to
help a soldier or a family.
Whether it’s health, mental
or in school. I wouldn’t
want to know what it’s like
without that support out
there.
For me, personally, as a
father and a husband, it’s
a great feeling. And I’m
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sure it’s the same for all
my soldiers and their families.
It’s a mutual appreciation. It’s a constant
drum beat of support, in my experience. My
suspicions on why it’s different is that I think
it’s because it was a well-developed and intentional-crafted, symbiotic relationship.
It’s about what we can do for each other.
Fort Drum pumps money into the community, but in return the community invests a lot of emotion into Fort Drum. They
built Fort Drum as part of the community.
There’s not an isolation, and the soldiers
and families are accepted out in the community.
Why do you think the bond between
the north country and Fort Drum is so
It’s an appreciation for service of our
country — both the soldiers and families
service and sacrifice to our country. It’s
clearly acknowledged, I don’t think any
How do you define support?
The support here is extremely important to us
and has a huge impact on
how well the deployment
Miller
goes, not just for the soldiers but for the families.
We have our mission rehearsal at Fort Polk
in a couple of weeks, and now is the time
when the anxiety and stress starts to build,
and it’s great to know that the local community will be around to support the family
members when soldiers are deployed.
Do you think that the community support system is strained after on eight
years of war?
There can be strain and stress for the individuals, but I don’t think there is strain on
the support system. I think it’s stronger right
now. There was the Army Community
Covenant signing last year, which is a tie between the Army, its families and the communities.
What I noticed was how strong the relationship between the families, soldiers and
the community was. We are part of the community and we and our families are not
strangers in it.
I can’t speak for how it is at other places,
What’s most important to you when it
comes to support?
Col. Kenneth H. Riddle: ‘I can’t say that the patriotism is greater here than anywhere else in the
United States, but it sure stands out more.’
but I have not been in a place where the relationship between the community and installation is as good as it is here.
I was here in 1999 and deployed to Bosnia
with the 2nd Brigade then and we had the
Adopt-a-Platoon then and it’s fantastic that
is has lasted all these years and is stronger
now, and that’s just a sign of the great community.
what does the support from the north
country mean to you?
Does the relationship between the
community and the military make your
job as brigade commander any easier?
Do you see a difference in the support you
receive when you are at
Fort Drum,in a training
mode,versus when you
are deployed?
I think it makes our job considerably easier. I can’t understate how important a positive relationship between any military installation and the community is just because of
the impact on the soldiers and families.
I can’t imagine what my job and my subordinate commanders’ and my noncommissioned officers’ jobs would be like if the
relationship was something less than what
it is. It comes to the quality of my day-to-day
life.
The relationship does matter, and it is not
an abstract impact, it’s a very direct, real,
daily impact on the quality of life.
COL.DAVID B.HAIGHT
3RD BCT COMMANDER
Deployed to Wardak and Logar Provinces,
Afghanistan until next January.
As a deployed 10th Mountain unit,
During our time deployed to Afghanistan,
the support from home comes mostly from
our families, but that constant support
would not be possible without the firm support our families receive
from the community.
Haight
Our families. The genuine kindness from
friends, neighbors, co-workers, business
contacts that is extended to our families
who are enduring constant worry about our
safety during long, dangerous and demanding combat tours is greatly appreciated.
It’s comforting to know that our families
are comfortable and taken care of while
we’re gone. The distance and time we are
away is hard, but it’s made more bearable by
community support.
Col. Haight was interviewed via e-mail
because he could not be reached for a
phone interview.
COL.ERIK C.PETERSON
10TH CAB COMMANDER
Deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq until October
2010.
As a deployed 10th
Mountain unit,what
does the support from
the north country mean
to you?
We are always impressed how much support we receive from
the community all the time, but especially
while deployed. We receive care packages,
updates on what is happening back home,
and support from local publications like
yours in getting our sentiments while in
combat back to the north country.
But the best support we get is knowing
that our families are not alone while we are
gone. All those things that can go wrong for a
family while their soldier is deployed do not
weigh heavy on our minds because we know
we are part of a community that helps and
watches out for those we have left behind.
It’s absolutely the closest community and
military interaction that I’ve seen in over 20
It means a great deal.
It’s very important to us. It
Peterson
represents the support
from home and it lets us know that our
neighbors and friends are behind us.
That might not seem like a huge deal, but
it’s something for soldiers who are under
trying conditions in trying times. It lets
them know that their efforts are recognized
and appreciated.
years of service. I expect that part of that is
the welcoming, small-town atmosphere of
the community. I think the community understands the role that Fort Drum plays in
the economy and the community and I
think friends and neighbors genuinely support our soldiers and their sacrifice.
What’s most important to you when it
comes to support?
The genuine support, the enthusiastic
support and the visible support is the most
important thing.
Support is, first and foremost, the local
and sustained recognition that our soldiers
and families are making a contribution that
benefits the community and that contribution is appreciated. That need not necessarily involve a specific act.
There are those that have the wherewithal and desire to go a step further and become involved in various organizations that
tangibly support our soldiers.
The Samaritan Medical Center, specifically, has gone to great lengths to benefit our
brigade. We’ve had several children born to
deployed soldiers and they have been very
helpful and cooperative to provide Internet
connections so soldiers can participate in
the birth of their child.
In simplest terms, that helps tighten the
bond with the local community. It also relieves those in command knowing that
their soldiers and their families are taken
care of when they are separated.
Soldiers and families are stretched and
strained after almost eight years at war;
do you think that is the same with the
support system?
I would ask everybody to keep in mind
that this is an enduring struggle and we are
going to be in this for a long haul.
I ask those that are engaged and involved
to think about how to support and sustain
this for years to come, as soldiers with the
10th Mountain remain deployed cycle after
cycle. Our units are in high demand and I
don’t see that changing in the future.
It’s not a short-term surge, and I ask them
to keep that in mind and to sustain.
I don’t know if there is compassion fatigue, I can’t put a finger on that. My only regret or fear is that we don’t say thank you
enough. I always try to pay attention to that.
I think that the division and the installation have numerous forums where the leadership strives to emphasize the relationship. It’s not platitudes, it’s genuine and it’s
something we need to continue among
ourselves.”
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Army vet settles in ‘a nice place’ near Drum
By KEITH CAUGHLIN
Twenty-four years ago, I was a 24-yearold in my last year of law school. The U.S.
Army JAG assignments manager suggested orders as an Army lawyer to a brandnew post with the newly reactivated 10th
Mountain Division.
Over the phone, I could hear him flip a
page. “It’s called, ahh, Fort Drum.”
The brand-new installation existed only
in contracts and blueprints when I arrived
in July 1985. What we now know as “South
Post” or “World War II Wood” was the only
Fort Drum for soldiers signing in to the division.
Three parallel avenues, Lewis, Oneida
and Gasoline Alley, arced between Route
283 and Route 26, forming a grid with the
crossing numbered streets. The wooden
structures had been painted, repainted
and sided, but still designated “T” for temporary.
Today, the new North Post horseshoe
houses First, Second and Third Brigades in
permanent brick buildings and barracks.
The “Two Plus Two” construction, two
soldiers in a room, sharing a bathroom
with another two soldiers, which seemed
novel and collegiate at the time, has been
replaced by the “One Plus One” standard,
affording privacy and space to soldiers.
Wheeler-Sack Army
Airfield was expanded
in 1995 and again in the
last couple of years and
now is the home to the
airframes, equipment
and soldiers of the Combat Aviation Brigade.
Block by block, large
sections of the tempoCaughlin
rary structures on “Old
Post” have been replaced by permanent
construction for training facilities, battle
simulators and soon for the Sustainment
Brigade and Maneuver Enhancement
Brigade.
Over these 24 years, there have been lots
of money, lots of jobs and lots of new permanent buildings, but beyond the on-post
and off-post development, our region has
seen lots of people.
We have come to know young single soldiers, career military families who have
come, gone and some have come back
again, and we have embraced retiring
NCOs and officers who stay in this area after the Army.
Off the Installation, we have benefited
from infrastructure improvements and investments in our communities. So far, the
commercial growth and residential development have been sustained and steady,
and the surveys from the Center for Community Studies at JCC annually report our
quality of life is better because of Fort
Drum.
Despite all of these changes, some
things remain the same. Back in the spring
of my last year of law school, the Buffalo
News described Watertown in the “Dream
of Drum.”
Compared to a big city, Jim Merritt, then
clerk to the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, explained (in Watertown), “I go
out of my office and in walking two blocks I
meet four or five decision makers.”
“Must be a nice place,” I thought to myself. My plan then was to put in two years at
Fort Drum and transfer to Fort Sheridan,
Ill., but I was struck by the image of a small
city where community leaders could meet
on the street.
Luckily, our region has made a deliberate choice to grow wisely and to maintain
that local quality in our decision-making.
Fort Sheridan? That was closed in the first
BRAC round in 1989.
Keith B.Caughlin is a civil trial attorney and
managing shareholder at Schwerzmann &
Wise,P.C.,and chairman of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization.
Regional development suggestions given
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — Now that the Fort Drum
growth management study is complete,
the next steps are taking shape and community members from the region are
hearing what will be up next.
“This plan is not going to happen on its
own because development usually happens on the easiest route, like in a farm
field,” said Lawrence K. Bice, a consultant
with Behan Planning Associates LLC,
Saratoga Springs, who has worked with the
Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization
on the plan for almost two years.
“Towns need to start saying now where
they want to develop.”
The study outlines how 24 municipalities
in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties should approach future development.
The suggestions range from improving
population centers — such as hamlets and
villages with existing infrastructure — to
encouraging sustainable and green development that will create swaths of open
space easily accessed by the public.
One of the first steps in the plan is maintaining communication between the installation and the public.
The report says some ways to improve
the conversation between the two entities
are through newsletter updates, an informational Web site and community meetings — all things that community mem-
bers agreed would be successful.
“Having newsletters in both directions
and a venue like this one is important,”
said Ricky W. Newvine, a council member
from the town of Fowler. “Like all these
maps that show where the impact zones
are, most people don’t know where they
are, and if they did they would understand
things a little better.”
Andrew R. Nevin, senior planner for Jefferson County, agreed that communication is the best way forward in implementing the plan. He said the plan will never
truly be finished because it will always be
open-ended and towns will always have a
chance to provide input and feedback.
“There has been some growth in the
past few years and there is still more in the
pipeline,” he said. “It’s a quality-of-life issue, and the more that people understand
the fort, the better for the community and
for everyone.”
Mr. Nevin said that from here, Jefferson
County’s role will be to become a “sharing
mechanism” and that the county will help
distribute information and maps within all
three counties to be used in planning and
zoning discussions.
The plan also recommends that communities develop or update comprehensive plans. This would help towns outline
what kind of development they want to
happen and could refocus building into
town centers.
Drum-81 connector plans get into details
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
EVANS MILLS — Now that the Fort
Drum-Interstate 81 connector road has final approval, the detailed planning has begun.
A series of meetings with officials from
the town of LeRay, the state Department of
Transportation, representatives from Fort
Drum and other interested groups are revolving around five themes — aesthetics,
pedestrian access, the Fort Drum entrance, town of LeRay and traffic management — with each theme being addressed
in a separate work group.
The four-lane highway will cross over
Route 37 and Nellis Road in Pamelia.
Goulds Corner Road in LeRay will have a
new bridge built over the connector road,
which will end on Route 11 directly in front
of the Fort Drum main gate.
The project is estimated to cost $106
million. The road will be funded entirely by
the federal and state governments. DOT
will have to acquire 187 acres of land, including three residential properties, to
build the road.
To help improve aesthetics, noise barriers will be constructed along a portion of
the connector road that will border the
LeRay Heights housing complex. Landscaping around the Route 11 bridge and
the potential for a sidewalk to increase
pedestrian access also have been discussed.
Traffic management on Route 11 during
construction has the potential to be troublesome, officials said. The question of diverting vehicles from the Fort Drum main
gate — when all the gates on post are necessary for access — is being reviewed.
"Traffic is heavy during the morning
rush, lunch time and the evening departure
times," said Betty J. Jones, the Fort Drum
community planner "Rerouting traffic
from the north gate during construction is
an area Fort Drum will continue to discuss
further with the department."
A bridge across Route 11 will create an
interchange with direct access to the Fort
Drum gate or the choice to travel north or
south on Route 11.
The project is tentatively scheduled to go
out to bid this fall with construction to start
next spring, said Michael R. Flick, a DOT
spokesman. While final details have yet to
be ironed out, Mr. Flick said the engineers
are more than willing to work with all those
involved to make the outcome best for all.
"We want to work with Fort Drum to
make the entrance more efficient,” he said.
"LeRay has worked diligently to put together a master plan for Route 11 and we want
to make sure we are on the same page."
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Saturday, November 28
• Cream Cheese Festival
Saturday, September 19
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By ANTHONY KEATING
When the selection of Fort Drum as the
home post of the reactivated 10th Mountain Division was announced in the mid1980s, the entire north country was
drawn to the economic, social and community potential that was on the horizon.
We had very little idea how that potential would manifest, but we were sure it
would be bigger and more significant
than anything we had ever experienced.
Now, with nearly 25 years’ retrospective, it is clear that the early enthusiastic
anticipation was well founded. Washington now regards the division and post as
indispensable components of our Army.
The buildup of both unit and installation bestowed immense prosperity and
progress on our community; most local
residents who live or work within the Fort
Drum economic impact area trace all or a
part of their material well-being to its
presence.
The quantitative benefits have surely
enhanced my life as
well. However, the most
profound enrichments
have been intangible
and qualitative. I have
been given the rare opportunity to work
closely with some of
America’s most outstanding leaders.
Every commanding
Keatiing
general of the 10th
Mountain Division (Light) has been a
blue-chip leader. Each one built on the
accomplishments of prior command
teams to improve the division and Fort
Drum. The compendium is the division
and post, as we know it today.
The division’s noncommissioned officers lead, train and mentor their soldiers
every day with a dedication and commitment that is downright awesome. They
burnish the reputation of America’s NCO
corps as the finest cadre of tactical leaders in the world.
Fort Drum’s civilian employees are arguably the best in our Army at supporting soldiers and their families. They are
certainly the hands-down experts when
it comes to deploying and redeploying
soldiers. They have done more of it and
done it longer than any other civilian
work force in the Army.
One of the classic definitions of
courage is grace under pressure; no
group epitomizes this description more
than soldier families.
Virtually every other year they are
asked to support each other and stand by
their soldiers during a deployment. They
do so unflinchingly. Their nobility
matches that of their soldiers
Finally and most importantly, there
are the division’s soldiers. They, more
than anyone, have created the 10th
Mountain Division we know. Quite simply, they are the best-trained and most
professional soldiers in the history of our
Army.
During the past quarter century, I have
had the honor and privilege of knowing
many of these heroes personally and
knowing all of them by their deeds.
The only way I can explain the value of
these associations is by paraphrasing the
old credit card commercial: Priceless.
F. Anthony Keating is the civilian aide to the
secretary of the Army, New York (North).
Drum, local charities help each other
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fort Drum has buoyed local charities
with volunteers and income and created
more clients to serve, often at the same
charities.
Many local agencies depend on soldiers, as volunteers, and their spouses,
who provide the community with a larger
pool of employees.
But as demographics change, those
with ties to Fort Drum also can be the
ones most likely to need help. When soldiers get divorced, ex-spouses can suddenly find themselves looking for housing and in need of a host of other services
only local charities can provide.
Meanwhile, combat injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder and
brain injuries, are on the rise in the military, and nonprofits often are being
asked to provide assistance.
Overall, executive directors of nonprofits consider Fort Drum to have had
an overwhelmingly positive effect on the
north country.
Karen Y. Richmond, executive director
of the Children’s Home of Jefferson
County, said, “We have a lot of staff connected to Fort Drum.”
Fort Drum soldiers and spouses have
volunteered with the organization or
brought their children to communitybased programs.
“A lot of the Fort Drum community
wants to get involved in the larger community,” said Janelle G. Bossuot, events
coordinator for the Children’s Home of
Jefferson County. “For Big Brothers Big
Organizations from the post have helped Watertown Urban Mission
with donations to the food pantry and the Impossible Dream store.
Soldiers and families frequent the store, too.
Sisters (which is run by the Children’s
Home), Fort Drum provides a great new
pool of volunteers.”
Organizations from the post have
helped Watertown Urban Mission with
donations to the food pantry and the Impossible Dream store. Soldiers and families frequent the store, too.
“A lot of people when they come, they
will get things at the store and when they
go, will bring what they don’t need here,”
said Watertown Urban Mission Executive
Director Mary M. Morgan.
County Department of Social Services
Commissioner Laura C. Cerow said, “I
think Jefferson County is a little better off
than some other New York rural counties
because of Fort Drum.”
“If there’s been an impact in our area, it
may be parents of people at Fort Drum,”
said John Turongian, chief executive officer of United Helpers Care Inc., Ogdensburg. “I’d say it’s been a positive impact.
They do a great outreach.”
The growing need for local nonprofits
is connected to the frequent deployment
and transfer of soldiers, local leaders say.
“There are a lot of people that seem to
be brand new to the area,” Miss Morgan
said. “Many seem to have a tenuous relationship with Fort Drum.”
One reason is that the Army does not
provide benefits to ex-spouses — primarily women — once a marriage ends.
(The military does give money to soldiers
for child support.)
One of the programs at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Ogdensburg is expanding partly because of Fort Drum.
Donna M. Franklin, executive director,
wants to add a second employee in Jefferson County for the expanding traumatic-brain-injury program. She expects
to see an influx in veterans in the program.
Besides injured veterans, the program
focuses on young adults with traumatic
brain injuries.
“This area is identified with one of the
largest populations of younger people
suffering from traumatic brain injuries
from ATV and car accidents,” Ms.
Franklin said.
Disabled Persons Action Organization
serves about 15 family members of soldiers, who are integrated into the programs that serve their needs.
“They’re in all of our other programs,”
said Joseph L. Rich, DPAO executive director.
And the basic housing allowance for
soldiers has created hardship for the
working poor in the north country.
“Even as there are more empty units
everywhere, no one wants to lower
rents,” Miss Morgan said. “It seems better
to see people in houses than having a
house standing empty.”
Scott P. Mathys, executive director of
Lewis County Opportunities, said the
rental cost increase is a complex issue.
“Fort Drum could be attributed as one
of those reasons,” he said. “People are
having a hard time finding an apartment
they can stay in even with vouchers.”
One of the largest ties Fort Drum has
with public charities is through contracts
with Jefferson Rehabilitation Center. JRC
provides services to enhance the quality
of life of people with disabilities though
education and vocational programs, residential services and advocacy.
About 140 developmentally disabled
workers and their supervisors work in
janitorial, recycling, dining facilities and
the post’s Central Issue Facility. That facility manages the military equipment
that soldiers use.
“Most agencies of our kind run 85 to 90
percent on Medicaid reimbursements,”
said Michael C. Capone, JRC’s community relations manager. “In 2007, only 50
percent came from Medicaid.”
Between the Fort Drum contract and
the agency’s work center on West Main
Street, Production Unlimited, the agency
has been able to move away from reliance on Medicaid.
The government contracts also have
allowed the agency to grow and offer
more jobs to those with disabilities.
JRC employs 700 clients and supervisors, including the 140 who work at Fort
Drum and 100 at Production Unlimited.
Fort Drum support more ‘sophisticated’ now
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
Six years have passed since American
forces first set foot in Iraq. On Oct. 7, it will
be eight years since the war in Afghanistan
started.
Much has changed on the ground in
both countries, but the support system in
the north country is unwavering.
Gone are the days of large rallies and
get-togethers hosted by the community
for soldiers who are coming and going.
Those were held during the early days of
the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Support has gotten more “sophisticated,” said Carl A. McLaughlin, executive director of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison
Organization.
“The cycle seems to be unbroken,” he
said. “We have done the rallying phase and
now we are just supporting. Only the characteristic has changed, but we are still trying to meet the needs of the troops.”
That support has come in many forms.
Adopt-a-10th Mountain-Platoon —
through which organizations “adopt” a
group of soldiers and send care packages
throughout a deployment — is one example.
Michael T. Plummer, the 10th Mountain
Division Association president who spearheads the adoption program, said that all
the platoons have sponsors and there are
more than 100 groups on the waiting list
for the next deployment.
Since the beginning of the Afghanistan
war, Mr. Plummer has organized the adoption of every 10th Mountain Division platoon that has deployed from Fort Drum.
He said he thinks people in the immediate
area are attached to the military, and not
just because the installation acts as an economic engine.
“Most of America is completely detached from what is going on,” he said.
“Here in the north country, it’s our neighbors who are involved and we pay attention to it.”
Then there is the support for the fami-
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — The numbers are in,
and they are big. In the past fiscal year, the
Army post has infused $1.68 billion into
the local economy —$220 million more
than the $1.46 billion in 2007.
The money came in a variety of forms,
including $146 million in salaries to civilian employees, $72.8 million in contracts
and supplies with local construction companies and $11.9 million in impact aid to
area schools.
"Impact is an interesting thing to mea-
moved from the realm
of the abstract to something concrete and tangible, we realized that
the exhibit would be enhanced by having a
wildflower garden in
front of it. We faced,
however, two chalFoster
lenges.
The first was the exhibit site had about six inches of soil and
then bedrock, not the best place to plant a
garden. A simple solution was to build a
raised bed garden, with borders defined by
a dry stack stone wall, a common site
throughout the county.
This, however, begged the question,
“Who is going to do this?” At the same time
we were wrestling with this challenge, a
young man and his mother stepped
through our doors.
Nick Wendt, an Eagle Scout-to-be,
whose father is a Fort Drum soldier deployed to Iraq, came to us looking for a
project. Not knowing what he was getting
into, he suggested that we might need a
garden built.
The rest is history.
Coordinating a massive effort to rally
the unbridled enthusiasm of Nick’s fellow
scouts and the pickup trucks of their parents, literally tons and tons of stone were
gathered and brought to the zoo to build
the wall and establish garden.
Nick and these boys will be back to
build the walls. A garden will be created.
The river otter exhibit and our community will benefit for years to come
from the generosity and energy of young
men and women who may not have been
born here, but found themselves here as
their mothers and fathers served at Fort
Drum
These young men and women who
have embraced the community and
chosen to give back will leave a lasting
mark.
John Scott Foster is the executive director of the
New York State Zoo at Thompson Park.
Fort Drum air show to have a twist this year
10th Mountain soldiers returning from deployment in Iraq to have official welcome home
TIMES FILE PHOTO
Michael T. Plummer stands in the stairway of his home in Watertown with some of his military memorabilia.
lies that choose to stay at Fort Drum during
a deployment.
Mary M. Parry has been a member of the
United Service Organization — a soldier
support group that has been around since
World War II — for 67 years.
She said she thinks the greatest change
since 2001 is in the training and support
for the spouses.
“I think it’s absolutely necessary. I wish
that someone had talked to me after World
War II because you can’t know what to expect after your husband comes home from
war and is quiet and unemotional,” she
said. “The wives need as much help as the
husband does.”
Mrs. Parry has been involved with helping soldiers on Fort Drum for years and
said she has “never met a soldier I didn’t
love.” Over the past eight years, she estimated, she has received more than $1 million in donated phone cards to send overseas.
With the war in Iraq going into its seventh year and Afghanistan about to enter
its ninth, the need for support has not
changed, especially as more wounded soldiers return from war with physical and
mental injuries.
Mr. Plummer said this is the first time
since the division came to Fort Drum in
1985 that the troops have been in harm’s
way for such an extended period of time.
“I think most people thought we would
break the china in the shop and leave and
have them patch it up,” he said. “I never
anticipated that we would sit there as long
as we have.
“I’m glad we didn’t leave when most
wanted to. Now we can look ourselves in
the mirror and know those lives weren’t
lost in vain.”
Fort Drum pumps $1.68b into local economy
By SARAH M. RIVETTE
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Zoo and military families build strong ties
By JOHN SCOTT FOSTER
The New York State Zoo exists to enhance the quality of life for our community, providing a destination where families
can enjoy the beauty of nature, discover
the region’s natural heritage and build a
lasting and positive relationship with nature
Based on this, the board and staff have a
very strong focus on providing experiences for our community. It’s why we exist.
And we have had the good fortune of having people come to us asking, “What can
we I to help the zoo?”
An incident involving a Fort Drum family serves as strong example of this.
As the construction of the otter exhibit
TIMES STAFF WRITER
sure.We look at these numbers and know we
have made a significant and positive impact
on the north country economy," said Col.
Kenneth H. Riddle, the garrison commander. "However, the overwhelmingly constructive impact this community has daily
on our soldiers and families is easily as valuable. It is an equally gratifying relationship."
Since 1988, when the 10th Mountain
Division took over Fort Drum, the base has
injected $12.26 billion into the local economy. The data were released Monday as
part of the annual economic impact statement and measure the amount of money
spent locally for the federal fiscal year that
ended Sept. 30. The report was put together by the Plans, Analysis and Integration
Office on Fort Drum.
The report also indicated how Fort
Drum continues to grow. The post now has
18,681 soldiers stationed there with 16,888
family members, up from an estimated
17,000 soldiers and 14,500 family members in 2007. The number of civilian employees also has increased, from 3,960 in
2007 to 4,396 in 2008. Payroll for soldiers
and civilian employees was the largest figure in the report, cashing in at $1 billion.
Contracting services, which totaled
$532 million, was the second largest figure
in the report. Of that, $72.8 million was
spent on contracts with businesses in St.
Lawrence, Lewis and Jefferson counties.
Cadence Contract Services LLC, Black
River, had the largest take, with $44.8 million in contracts in 2008. The company is
contracted for general repair, maintenance and minor construction, and the
contract is scheduled to last five years. The
company is one of three that will help the
installation spend the $84 million from the
federal stimulus package.
FORT DRUM — Be sure to look to the
sky Saturday and Sunday.
The post will host its second air show,
and while the lineup is largely the same as
last time, a special treat this year will be the
addition of an official welcome-home ceremony for 1,000 soldiers with the 10th
Mountain Division Headquarters and
Headquarters Company and the Division
Special Troops Battalion, freshly stateside
after a year in Iraq.
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“I think it’s really special that we will be
doing the welcome home as a kickoff to
the show,” said Donna W. Orvis, program
coordinator for Family, Morale, Welfare
and Recreation on Fort Drum.
The other thing that will be different this
year is the twilight air show. Saturday night,
after a free concert performance by country singer Jo Dee Messina, there will be a
special one-hour air show as the sun sets.
“We will have some aircraft with lights
and smoke, and the parachute jumpers
will have flares and smoke so they will be
visible in the dark sky,” said Joe White,
chief of the Aviation Division and manager
of Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield.
“This will happen right before the fireworks, which will start right after a jet car
with a rooster tail attached to it races down
the taxiway.”
Gates will open at 8 a.m. both days.
Parking at the airfield will be free, as will
admission. On Saturday, the air show will
start at 11 a.m., following the welcomehome ceremony.
Ms. Messina will begin her performance at 6 p.m. That will be followed by
TIMES FILE PHOTO
Spectators watch the Fort Drum Centennial Air Show last year at the post’s airfield.
the twilight air show around 8:30 and fireworks at 9:30. On Sunday the show will
start at 11:30 a.m. and end about 3 p.m.
Last year’s attendance reached 45,000
for both days; Mr. White hopes to go well
beyond that this year.
“We are targeting 50,000 for each day,
and if it’s a nice day, it’ll be easy to do that,”
he said. “We are reaching out to the Canadians this year. We are looking along the
Route 401 corridor and we expect more
folks from up there this time around.”
A tentative list of performers and static
displays is available on the Fort Drum Web
site. There will be about 15 vendors, made
up of battalion-level Family Readiness
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both days.
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By CAROLE MCCOY
Jefferson Community College, soldiers
and Fort Drum are woven into the fabric of
the college. Approximately 30 percent of
our student body is comprised of either
soldiers or family members of soldiers.
These students are in every program of
study. They take courses on campus, at
Fort Drum, from a distance and while deployed. They join student clubs and are actively involved campus citizens.
They enrich our learning environment
and enrich the lives of their fellow students
and the college’s faculty and staff.
We also have a significant number of
faculty and staff who are military spouses.
They bring their experience and expertise
to us and strengthen our work force.
I cannot imagine how Jefferson Community College would look without the
presence of Fort Drum and the students,
faculty and staff who come to us from
there.
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on our campus and
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success, we also know
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they are to achieve that outcome.
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Center, the garrison commander, the commanding general and leaders across the
installation.
We have a number of services that are
specifically designed to support our Fort
Drum students, starting with the exceptional staff that we have located at the Army
Education Center on post. These gentlemen are adept at finding flexible ways to
meet the learning needs of today’s soldier.
We created an individual studies degree
program to provide the flexibility our military students need by tailoring their courses to their interests and readily accepting
credits from wherever the students earned
them.
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FORT DRUM — As the economy continues to lag, the 10th Mountain Division
isn’t having any problems keeping soldiers
in its ranks.
“Retention has done really well,” said
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn D. Rohan, division retention operations officer. “We are limiting
the number of soldiers that we re-enlist
and we are using a quality system to keep
the highest caliber of soldiers.”
Sgt. Rohan said that since the fiscal year
began Oct. 1, the division has surpassed its
retention goal. He said his team at Fort Drum
was expected to re-enlist 2,295 soldiers for
the entire 2009 fiscal year. As of early May, the
team had re-enlisted 2,849 soldiers.
“I think we’ll finish this fiscal year at 150
or 170 percent,” Sgt. Rohan said. “And I
think that will be Armywide, not just here.
There is a possible reduction in the force,
and the soldiers want to take action now.”
He said that among the many reasons
soldiers have given for deciding to re-enlist
this year, economic concerns and love of
the job are at the top.
“A lot of soldiers don’t have a college education and their skills are limited to what
they learned in the military,” he said. “That
means police work, or security or some
technical stuff. It can make getting a job
difficult. On top of that, there is the challenge of finding a home, because the housing market is nuts.”
According to the Labor Department, the
jobless rate for veterans who served in Iraq
and Afghanistan has risen 4 percent since
2008, when it was 11.2 percent. More than
15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veter-
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Many family members tell us that the
college serves as an extended family during deployments.
Still, we know we must do more. This
past year we conducted a focus group with
students who are veterans and heard
about specific challenges they have that
we as a college are not meeting.
This fall we will be opening a space for a
veterans lounge and offering seminars and
workshops aimed at veterans issues. We
have begun partnering with the Watertown Veterans Center.
We are committed to taking every step
necessary for our veterans to achieve success.
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ans ages 20 to 24 are unemployed.
While soldiers are still lining up to re-enlist, the bonuses that traditionally have
come along with that commitment are
starting to shrink.
The Selective Re-enlistment Bonus
has changed dramatically, especially
with the elimination of a bonus that was
doled out to soldiers scheduled to get out
of the Army before Oct. 1. Those soldiers
could have received a $3,000 to $22,000,
depending on rank, years of service and
job.
“The bonuses are down; they were cut
by a third on April 24,” Sgt. Rohan said.
“But soldiers are absolutely still re-enlisting. Soldiers want to stay here, at Fort
Drum, and that speaks to the command
climate here with the 10th.”
He said that it was not unusual for soldiers to re-enlist during a deployment and
be scheduled for another duty assignment
and, upon returning to Fort Drum, request
that those orders change and that they stay
with the 10th Mountain Division.
“I think it’s phenomenal that some of
these soldiers have deployed two, three or
four times and despite the rigors of combat, they are choosing to re-enlist,” Sgt. Rohan said. “Some may re-enlist because of
the economy, but most because they love
their job.”
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leave the Army, he or she attends the Transition Assistance Program put on by the
Army Career Alumni Program. Attendance
in the class has been strong, with 30 to 40
soldiers attending each week, said Lorrie S.
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By SARAH M. RIVETTE
“There is a small-town feel, and in a
small town, everybody cares about everybody else,” Col. Riddle said. “I can’t say that
the patriotism is greater here than anywhere else in the United States, but it sure
stands out more.”
When the Army Community Covenant
was signed in May 2008, Col. Riddle said,
the event was more of a renewal of vows.
The covenant was an Army initiative to
recognize relationships that many communities have with local installations, but
Col. Riddle said this one was different.
“I said to myself at the time that it’s almost an insult to ask the community to and
come and sign this,” he said. “Because they
had already been doing it. We were renewing the vows to recognize the great partnership we already have. It wasn’t anything
new; we were just finally recognizing it.”
Col. Riddle said he couldn’t ask or expect
much more than what the north country
has already done for the military. He gives
credit to the local community leaders who
work with the Fort Drum Regional Liaison
Organization and the Fort Drum Regional
Health Planning Organization for doing
what they do, especially since they don’t
have to.
“The support is what makes us want to
do what we do while in uniform,” he said.
“When you are overseas and get the letters
and see the level of support from the United States citizens, it makes you proud and
it makes you do what you do. I can’t imagine it any other way.”
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FORT DRUM — The relationship between the military and the north country
might be compared to a marriage. Both
parties don’t always agree, but they work
together to get things done.
The mutual, supportive relationship between the civilian and military communities means better services for the soldiers
and families of the 10th Mountain Division, say Maj. Gen. Michael L. Oates and
Col. Kenneth H. Riddle.
“In every official function, we have a really good working relationship, and that
continues on down to the individual level,” said Gen. Oates, the commanding general of Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain
Division. “I can’t think of an issue, at least
in the last two years, that we have not gotten almost an immediate response from
local officials or local people.”
He said that whatever the problem —
busing children to schools, working with
municipalities to solve traffic issues or
bringing in more behavioral health specialists — he knew he could turn to the
community and work toward a solution.
That relationship, he said, is reciprocal.
And because of that, he has encouraged
civilians to see what Fort Drum has to offer. As part of that effort, Fort Drum will
host the Second Annual Air Show Saturday
and Sunday. It will be open to the public.
“On some level it’s giving something
back to the community,” Gen. Oates said.
“But really it’s about creating a venue for
the community and my soldiers to intermingle in more of a social gathering.
“I think once I set the conditions, it takes
off on its own and people develop their
own personal relationships and that helps
knit into the larger relationship.”
He believes the air show and Mountainfest allow civilians to get to know his soldiers on a personal level.
“I think the challenge is, because the
war has been going on for so long, there
may be a tendency to lose enthusiasm for
support. I think you can only maintain a
certain level of support for a short period
of time and then people can become complacent,” he said.
“We need to remind people locally that
we are still losing soldiers overseas and
that there are thousands of soldiers serving their nation. That level of support
doesn’t diminish to their country, and so
we need to make sure that we are keeping
up that level of support at home.
“I haven’t detected a wane in the support here in the north country. I think they
are very attuned to what our contribution
has been.”
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Maj. Gen. Michael L. Oates: ‘I can’t think of an issue, at least in the last two years, that we
have not gotten almost an immediate response from local officials or local people.’
civilian community need to jointly increase their efforts is to aid women who
have lost their husbands in war.
“Most of these women are under the age
of 30 and raising small children by themselves, and it’s very traumatic to have lost a
husband that early in a marriage and in
life,” Gen. Oates said. “I think that people
are sympathetic, but it’s difficult for them
to be empathetic.”
As garrison commander, Col. Riddle is
responsible for taking care of families —
especially the families of deployed soldiers. He said he is excited to talk about the
relationship Fort Drum has with the com-
munity because “I’ve never seen a relationship like the one we have here at Fort
Drum.”
His day-to-day interactions include
conversations with school superintendents and principals, members of civilian
support groups, local officials and municipalities and everyone in between.
He created a list of reasons why the relationship is unique; the people, the region,
Fort Drum’s dependence on the communities’ health care and education systems,
and the civilian organizations that act as
bridges between the military and the community were the highlights.
FORT DRUM — Here is the schedule of
events for Mountainfest and the air show at
Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. Events are open
to the public, and there is no admission fee.
SATURDAY
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Car and Bike Show.
11:30 a.m. — 10th Mountain Division
welcome-home ceremony.
Noon — Salute to the Nation ceremony
1:30 p.m. — air show.
6 p.m. — free concert by country music
artist Jo Dee Messina.
8 p.m. — twilight air show.
9:30 p.m. — Fireworks.
SUNDAY
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11:30 a.m. — air show.
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$
11,615
plus tax,
title & reg.
$
11,910
plus tax,
title & reg.
$
11,500
plus tax,
title & reg.
13,777
plus tax,
title & reg.
1,370 MI., #HD1099, BLACK............................................
2,738 MI., #HD1087, BLACK............................................
2,256 MI., #HD1060, BLACK............................................
4,646 MI., #HD1073, YELLOW.........................................
2004 FORD
MUSTANG
#7140B. 39,795 MILES, 6CYL., AUTO, POWER
MIRRORS, CRUISE, AIR. CDx6
$
10679
plus tax,
title & reg.
#7458A. 14,883 MILES, 6CYL., MANUAL, CD, AIR,
CRUISE, TILT, POWER WINDOWS, LOCKS & MIRRORS
$
14471
plus tax,
title & reg.
2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON ROADSTER 1200
1,173 MI., #HD1055, BLACK............................................
#7406D. 35,301 MILES, 6 CYL., AUTO, POWER LOCKS,
POWER WINDOWS, CRUISE, AIR, CD, HID HEADLIGHTS,
FOG LIGHTS, CUSTOM WHEELS, MUST SEE!
$
13911
plus tax,
title & reg.
2009 FORD MUSTANG
CONVERTIBLE
$
$
$
$
358 MI., #HD1094, RED...................................................
2004 HARLEY DAVIDSON SOFTAIL DUECE
6,150 MI., #HD1100, SILVER/BLACK............................
2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON SOFTAIL STANDARD
1,736 MI., #HD1090, RED.............................................
2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON SUPER GLIDE
745 MI., #HD1091, BLACK............................................
2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON SUPER GLIDE CUSTOM
2007 FORD
MUSTANG
$
$
108 MI., #HD1093, BLACK............................................
2007 FORD
MUSTANG
$
2,529 MI., #HD1092, WHITE............................................
2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON NIGHT ROD
444 MI., #HD1086, BLUE..............................................
2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON FAT BOY ANNIV.
17,690 MI., #HD11084B, BLACK..................................
2005 HARLEY DAVIDSON V-ROD SCREAMING EAGLE $
3,440 MI., #HD1061, RED.............................................
2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON LOW RIDER
13,810
2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON ROCKER
$
1,182 MI., #HD1089, BLACK......................................... 15,645
$
1,524 MI., #HD1085, MAROON....................................
2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON ROAD KING
$
5,155 MI., #HD1056, GREY.........................................
15,777
18988
plus tax,
title & reg.
2008 FORD
MUSTANG GT
$
10963
#6979B. V6, AUTO, LEATHER INTERIOR, AIR, PWR.
WINDOWS, LOCKS, MIRRORS & SEATS, 6 DISC IN DASH CD,
CRUISE, ALLOY WHEELS, 24,298 MILES
$
13465
14471
plus tax,
title & reg.
2008 SATURN
AURA XE
WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS, TILT, AIR, CRUISE, CD,
$
14636
plus tax,
title & reg.
2005 NISSAN
PATHFINDER
#7070C. 59,068 MILES, 6 CYL., AUTO, PWR. LOCKS,
PWR. WINDOWS, PWR. MIRRORS, POWER SEATS,
CRUISE, AIR, SUNROOF, CDX6
$
15261
CERTIFIED
MILES DEALER
plus tax,
title & reg.
2006 MITSUBISHI
LANCER RALLIART
MORE HARLEY’S
25900
10650
ON THE WAY!
Visit us Online! LofinkFord.com
#7452C. 38,408 MILES, 4CYL., MANUAL, SUNROOF,
AC, CD, KEYLESS ENTRY/KEYPAD, CRUISE, POWER
WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS
#7472A. 20 MILES, 8CYL., MANUAL, POWER
MIRRORS, CRUISE, AIR, CDx6
$
plus tax,
title & reg.
$
plus tax,
title & reg.
plus tax,
title & reg.
plus tax,
title & reg.
2006 MERCURY
MILAN PREMIER
plus tax,
title & reg.
#7306A. 12,788 MILES, 6CYL., AUTO, POWER LOCKS, PWR.
WINDOWS, POWER MIRRORS, AIR, CRUISE, TILT, CD
$
SUMMER
SAVINGS
5,720
$
4,712 MI., #HD1097, WHITE............................................
2001 FORD
MUSTANG
$
plus tax,
title & reg.
plus tax,
title & reg.
PRICES GOOD UNTIL
JULY 1, 2009
5 Time Recipient
HOURS: SALES:
Mon-Thurs
Friday
Saturday
RTE. 26, CARTHAGE • 493-1360 • 1-800-240-0291
FORT
DRUM
GATE 3
9:00-7:30
9:00-6:00
9:00-4:00
SERVICE:
Mon-Fri
7:30-5:30
Saturday
8:00-4:00
CLIP THIS COUPON FOR A FREE BA
RTE 26
SCHOOL
WELCOME BACK TROOPS!
CARTHAGE
LOFINK
GREAT BEND
VISIT US ONLINE AT LOFINKFORD.COM TO SEE OUR COMPLETE USED INVENTORY
SIC CAR WASH
(with Military ID. Expires
July 31, 2008)
located at Caskinette’s Lof
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Always Compare Your
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Make Sure You Have All The
FACTS.
Competitor
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Installation Fees
Up to $75.00
NONE
Rental Fees
Up to $75.00
NONE
Up to $40.00 Buy-In
NONE
Ends in March
Ends in June
Gas Checks
Most Charge
FREE
Office Call Center
Out of town
LOCAL
Other Fees
Delivery Fee
Hazmat Fee
Fuel Charge
NONE
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Price Cap Fee
Cap Dates
Adds 20¢ Per Gallon
Beware of restrictions. And small print... we don’t have any.
r
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The place where people matter.
(315)493-0152 • (315)482-2974
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To all our “good friends”
returning to Ft. Drum, thank you
for always giving us 100%!
We’re so very proud of you and glad to
have you back safe & sound.
Nancy D. Storino
Real Estate
417 Arsenal St., Watertown • 315-788-7171 • 315-783-1388
“Our Experience Is Priceless”
E-mail: [email protected] • www.NancyD.com
YMCA
Summer Camps
Sports Camps
June 25th & 26th
Ages 5-11
Wizards Baseball Camp
July 1st-3rd
Ages 6-12
August 3rd-7th
Ages 6 and up
Basketball Camp
July 13th-17th
Ages 7-12
Cheer Camp
June 29 - July 3rd
Ages 5-18
July 27th-31st
Ages 6 and up
Gymnastics & Dance Camp
July 6th - 10th
Ages 5-18
For Information, Call 755-9622 Fairgrounds YMCA
585 Rand Drive, Watertown (Next to Fairgrounds)
Cafe Mira
“Dedicated to the Art of Fine Dining”
•Welcoming Atmosphere •Extraordinary Cuisine •Impeccable Service
Open Wednesday through Saturday at 5PM
(Also, open any day for parties of 12 or more!)
Come try something
Private
DIFFERENT!
Parties in our 10% Discount in July & August
Upstairs
with Military I.D.
Dining Room
Visit our website:
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14 Main Street • Adams • NY • 232-4470
THANK
YOU!
ASK ABOUT OUR
MILITARY RATES
(Proper ID Required)
• Heated Indoor Pool THIS PRESENT
AD & RECEIVE
• Free Express Start Hot Breakfast
• Free Syracuse Airport Shuttle
• Easy Access to I-81
Heated Indoor Pool
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
FOR OUR COUNTRY AND
COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
DEDICATION.
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!
The Service Plus
Automotive Staff would
like to say
“Thank You”
to ALL Fort Drum
Soldiers and their
Families.
SERVICE PLUS
Automotive Service & Sales You Can Depend On
BLACK RIVER • 27721 RT. 283 • CALCIUM
BOOK NOW! 315-454-0999 - SYRACUSE AIRPORT
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We would like to
thank the men and
women who defend
out freedom.
“Welcome Home”
5418 South Bay Road - North Syracuse, NY 13212
315-773-3400
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY • 315-773-5696
www.serviceplusautony.com
136 Court Street
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 788-7470
Shop Hours: Mon-Sat. 10-5
(July & August Close @ 4:00 on Saturday)
SEE OUR BRAND NEW
RECYCLED ITEMS
• Floor mats made from recycled flip-flops
• Hammocks for your Summer Outdoor Comfort
• Ceramic Pottery from Vietnam & Bangledesh.
THE MARK
OF A PROFESSIONAL
JEWELER
Jewelers of America, Inc.
TOP OF THE SQUARE • 105 COURT STREET, WATERTOWN, NY • 788-5287
‘
WELCOME HOME!
Coffee & Tea Club
Every 10 Purchases - the 11th is FREE!
D&D POWER SPORTS LLC
4527 STATE RT. 410, LOWVILLE, NY 13367
315-376-8013
FORT DRUM
& the
NORTH COUNTRY
We at F.X. Caprara Car Companies would like to take the time to say “Thank You” to our
military. We appreciate your hard work and dedication to this country, and are very happy and
proud to be a part of the Fort Drum community. Thank you for all of your patronage and good
luck with your upcoming ventures.
A PARTNERSHIP
The Caprara Family
Here’s Just an Example of the FX Savings Available to you
2009 JEEP PATRIOT (10110)
FWD
MSRP .....................................$18,270
FX DISCOUNT.......................... - $2000
MILITARY DISC. ........................- $500
15,770
2009 DODGE CALIBER SE
2009 KIA SPORTAGE
2009 KIA SPECTRA LX
MSRP .....................................$17,340
FX DISCOUNT.......................... - $2000
CONSUMER REBATE. ................- $500
MILITARY DISCOUNT. ...............- $500
MSRP .....................................$20,485
FX DISCOUNT............................ - $490
REBATE. .................................- $3,000
MILITARY DISC. ........................- $500
MSRP .....................................$16,295
FX DISCOUNT............................ - $395
REBATE. .................................- $3,000
MILITARY DISC. ........................- $500
STK #310087
14,340
(K090374)
Now Only $
15,995
NO MONEY DOWN
NO MONEY DOWN
DEALER DETAILS
DEALER DETAILS
DEALER DETAILS
(K090213)
Now Only $
FX CAPRARA DODGE A-BAY
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44170 NYS RT 12, Alexandria Bay, NY
315.482.7400
315.788.7400
BRAND NEW 2007’s
2005 CHEVY SHORT BOX 4X4 2007 TOYOTA YARIS
(19738B)
(090294B)
8 Cylinder Automatic Trasmission
ALC, Tilt, Tow Package
62,000 Miles
12,500
$
BUY FOR
OR A LOW
DEALER FOR DEATAILS
11,900
DEALER DETAILS
HONDA VTX 1800 (M815)
4 Dr. Automatic Transmission
Alc, Tilt, Cruise Control, Power Windows
& Locks, Power Mirros, Cd W/Mp3
9,900
$
BUY FOR
OR A LOW
DEALER FOR DEATAILS
MSRP .....................................$13,000
HONDA DISCOUNT................. - $2,000
CAPRARA BROTHERS ............- $1,100
Now Only
9,900
$
*PRICE PLUS TAX, TITLE & DMV. ALL REBATES & INCENTIVES
APPLIED SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS
FX CAPRARA AUTO SALES
CAPRARA BROTHERS HONDA
315.782.8436
315.782.3111
Or Visit Us At
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