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Section VII Volleyball Preview 2024 [Video]
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Section VII Volleyball Preview 2024 [Video]

New York high school volleyball in Section VII returns with a different look in 2024. The latest New York state enrollment guidelines for class pairings is switching which teams will be competing where for the state and sectional playoffs. Class A and Class C only feature one team in Section VII, meaning Peru High School in Class A and Ausable Valley High School in Class C will receive an automatic bid into the state tournament. Class D will return for Section VII this year, as Lake Placid High School and Northern Adirondack High School will both have a shot to compete for a sectional title in that class.Class B has the most teams, gaining Saranac Lake High School from Class C and returning four others: Beekmantown High School, Plattsburgh High School, Saranac High School and Northeastern Clinton Central High School. Beekmantown will look to defend its Class B title from 2023, their first sectional championship win since 2017. The Eagles, who upset the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference’s No. 1 seed Plattsburgh Hornets in a 3-1 victory in 2023, are saying they are looking to carry over the defensive success they had into that game into this season.”They had a lot of power, so we worked on our defense quite a bit,” said Beekmantown senior setter Payton Reynolds. “We fixed our rotation a bit and covered more … just defense, defense, defense … handling out of system balls, we worked hard on in case things really got crazy … just keeping calm and keep everything cool and controlled.”Saranac Lake is searching for its third straight sectional championship after taking down Ausable Valley for the second year in a row in the Class C game. While the Red Storm will look to have to take that crown away from Beekmantown in Class B, they are confident that they have a good chance as they return 10 varsity players from the 2023 roster to their team. “I’ve been playing with these girls for a long time,” said Saranac Lake junior outside hitter Grayson Foster. “I got to get to know the girls and get chemistry with them, so I know some of their tendencies and what they like to do and what they go for and what they don’t.”Another edge for both Saranac Lake and Beekmantown is their coaches, who helped lead them to sectional finals, will return this season. Beekmantown’s coaching duo of Alyssa Rock and Abby Bone, who both played college volleyball for Plattsburgh State, are back for their third season at the helm. Saranac Lake returns Susan Waters for her second season. Waters was a former head coach for North Country Community College women’s volleyball. The rest of the league has a few changes in head coaching this season. Longtime Peru head coach Mary Anne Lake who led the Nighthawks to back-to-back undefeated regular seasons in 2021 and 2022 is stepping down. Her assistant Jocelyn Andre, who was a former college volleyball player at SUNY Canton, will be taking the reigns as head coach this season. Two other former Plattsburgh state players will be taking on coaching roles as well this season. Shelby Bourgeois will be taking over as Saranac’s head coach, while Alexys Hawks will be taking over at Northern Adirondack. The first week of Section VII volleyball starts Tuesday, Sep. 10. You can see the full schedule for opening day below. CVAC Volleyball Opening Day ScheduleSaranac vs. Ausable Valley – 6 p.m.Northeastern Clinton vs. Plattsburgh – 6 p.m.Saranac Lake vs. Peru – 6 p.m.Northern Adirondack vs. Lake Placid – 6 p.m.Bye: Beekmantown*Underlined team is Home*

Alecia Robertson, Eagle Bay Elementary [Video]
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Alecia Robertson, Eagle Bay Elementary [Video]

I would like to nominate Alecia Robertson and the other 5 teachers (Dominica, Allie, Tristan, Izana and Sandra) in the Eagle Bay Elementary BCIS classroom. BCIS stands for Behavioral, Cognitive, and Intensive Support Classroom.Alecia started working in this classroom last year as a sub TA. When a permanent position opened up she jumped at it and joined the team in December of 2023. This classroom has the hardest and most difficult students who suffer from severe behavioral and learning disabilities. There are 6 teachers to handle 4 children. These children have everything going against them. They come from broken homes, with parents in jail, being raised by grandparents and often feel unloved and unwanted.

Absolute Health Care Services Celebrates 20 Years of Home Healthcare [Video]
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Absolute Health Care Services Celebrates 20 Years of Home Healthcare [Video]

[video:6045]ALTON – When Debra Ross saw her fellow Medicare home health nurses leaving the profession, it inspired her to open Absolute Health Care Services as another option for nurses and families in the Riverbend area. Absolute Health Care Services offers different levels of at-home care, from companionship to housekeeping to complete personal care. This month, they’re celebrating 20 years of business.“When you’re providing services for someone, it’s not only going in there and helping them with personal care or housekeeping,” Ross said. “There’s a lot more that’s involved in that. We advocate in every aspect of their care.”Depending on what a client needs, Ross will connect them with a companion, sitter, registered nurse or other licensed employee. She said she is “cost-conscious” and works with clients to find a schedule that works for them. Unlike other home health services, Absolute Health Care Services doesn’t charge extra for nights or weekends. They also don’t require a minimum of hours, so clients can utilize them as needed, even if it’s just for a few minutes at a time. “In our business, people only need us when they need us. That’s that. And when they don’t, we’re not there,” Ross explained. “They create their schedule, they create the time, they create the days of the week…For that reason, too, we created bath and mini visits. So if someone doesn’t need us for two hours, and they need just assistance for a bath, we go in and do a bath and then we leave.”Absolute Health Care Services can work with you to decide what assistance you need. Some clients contact them for transportation and pet care; others need help with dressing, grooming and toileting. Their services run the gamut, and their only goal is to make life easier for their clients, and maybe a little brighter, too.“We have one client that we literally take up to Grafton to get a fish sandwich every week. That’s what he wants,” Ross laughed.Absolute Health Care Services recognizes that a family’s decision to utilize a home health service is often a difficult and emotional one. Ross and marketing associate Hazel Morgan noted that this job is about the client, but they also try to support the loved ones as much as they can.“You’re not only addressing the client’s needs,” Ross said. “You’re also really engaging the family and assisting them and guiding them and supporting them, too.”Absolute Health Care Services is celebrating 20 years this month. They have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, and Ross jokes that she promised employees they’ll have a cake to mark the occasion. After all these years, how are they still so successful?“Deb was there when a lot of people weren’t,” Morgan said. There were not a lot of homecare agencies around. So word of mouth and the job that she does, they’re very well-known…[The employees are the] best of the best, and the fact that they’re all licensed and trained, you can count on them.”To learn more about Absolute Health Care Services and what they can offer you, call them at 618-466-1010. Ross added that prospective employees should also reach out. 

Live updates from the Big Mission Weekend: Church Housing Association visit Diocese of Gloucester [Video]
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Live updates from the Big Mission Weekend: Church Housing Association visit Diocese of Gloucester [Video]

Saturday 25 May: Church Housing Association visitThe Diocese of Gloucester has worked closely with the Church Housing Association in a bid to make good the recommendations in the Coming Home Report. At present the Church Housing Association is working with Bromford to buy 7 affordable 3-4 bed homes which should be ready for occupation in summer 2025.The Archbishop was shown