The all-tournament boy’s division first team consisted of Brian MenIa of East Morrisonville, Quran Carol, and Bailey Cross of Plattsburgh and Chris Hickey and Nate Manning of Holy Name. The second team in the boy’s division included Troy Lawyer of Peru, Andrew Crucetti of Plattsburgh, Schuyler Gratto and Nate Szmaic of East Morrisonville and Brandon Snow of Holy Name School. The first team all-tournament girl’s division members were Jen Houle of Rouses Point, Shaylyn Rowe and Emily Sample of the Mooers Bee-line Blue and Emily McDonald and Vanessa Garrow from Jay/Black Brook.

    The second team in the girl’s division included Madison McCabe of Holy Name, Peyton Sample of and Teagan Meseck of Mooers Blue-line Blue, Sam Rock of Rouses Point and JoEllen Ladieu of Jay/ Black Brook.

    The P.A.L. football team sportsmanship awards went to Jay/Black Brook (girl’s division) and East Morrisonville (boy’s division). The John Nixon Memorial best offensive players award went to Nate Manning  Holy Name School (boy’s division) and Vanessa Garrow  Jay/Black Brook (girl’s division). The Kari Nixon Memorial awards for individual sportsmanship went to Lucas Perez of Holy Name (boy’s division) and Haley Disco of Rouses Point (girl’s division). The Best Defensive Player awards went to Shaylyn Rowe Mooers Bee-line Blue (girl’s division) and Alex Follmer  Plattsburgh  (boy’s division). The Thomas A. Douglas MVP awards went to Quran Carol of  Plattsburgh (boy’s division) and Emily Sample of the Mooers Bee-Line Blue team(girl’s division). Chairmen for this event Randy Douglas and Jamie Douglas thank everyone who supported this event in any way. Congratulations to all the winners.    

    The annual St. Patty’s Day celebration at Riverside Lanes was a huge success. The party began at noon, and corned beef, ham, potatoes, carrots and turnip was served to all free of charge throughout the day. Gary Lanzoni stated that 500 lbs. of food  was served. The place was beautifully decorated with the St. Patty’s Day theme. Gary Peacock D.J. service kept the dance floor filled with lots of good music including many Irish tunes. He also awarded some prizes with his trivia contests. The 50/50 was won by Carl Roberts of AuSable Forks. Everyone reported a great time, wonderful food and entertainment, and all look forward to next year’s celebration. The last leprechaun standing was Greg (Peck) Perin who reported he will be back next year to defend his title. Hats off to Gary Lanzoin for giving back to the community on this special day.    

    The 16th annual AuSable Forks Fire Department Ladies Auxilary 9 Pin Bowling Tournament was held at Riverside Lanes on March 20. Sixteen teams participated with several fire departmens coming to support this event. 50/50s were sold and all proceeds from this event will be used for the scholarship fund. The winning teams are:  1st place,  Shifty Truckers (3797),  Mike Thomas, Helen Drake, Dave Hart Sr., Deanna Santor and Kevin Parrow; 2nd place  M&M Juniors (3719),  Jay and David McDonald, Tiffany Lowther, Patti Fitzgerald and Danyle Rockwell;   3rd place   A.F.F.D. Team I  (3625), Mike and Andrea Mitchell, Chrissy and Howard Drake and Tammy Devlin. Thanks to everyone who supported this event in any way and special thanks to Rita Rougeau for all her assistance to me throughout the day and evening. We look forward to our 17th annual next year. 

    Congratulations to Kevin Parrow on bowling a 300.  Great bowling Kevin.   

Birthdays this week

    March 22 – Steven Difiore celebrated 

    March 23 – Best wishes for a very happy day to my faithful reader Viola Boggs in Alabama who celebrates her 92nd birthday 

    March 24  Rachel Gordon is our “birthday girl” 

    March 25  No birthdays  

    March 26  Chloe Lovely and Paul Drake get cake and candles and I send my love and best wishes for a happy day to my nephew-in-law Marty Snow  

    March 27  No birthdays  

    March 28  Carter Gordon celebrates and I send my love and best wishes for a very happy day to my nephew-in-law Chad Garcia

    Belated birthday wishes to Alex Santo who celebrated his 22nd birthday on March 9.    

    Happy anniversary to Phil and Laura Jones on March 23.  

    Special thoughts and prayers for dearly departed members of the community:   March 22 — Kristopher Gravelle   March 24  Evelyn Senecal     

    Effective April 1, the post office lobby will open daily at 7:30 a.m.  

    My best wishes to former community resident Colin Miller and his wife Sharon who recently opened a new business in Lake Placid. Stop by the Cellar Bistro & Grill and wish them well. May you have a very successful new business Colin and Sharon.    

    Congratulations to Bert Drake, son of Howard and Amy Drake, and Kevin Santo, son of John and Tammy Santo, who graduated from the N.Y. State Department of Corrections Academy on March 5. They went to Clinton Correctional Facility for two weeks of on-the-job training and then will be at their new assignment at Green  Haven Correctional Facility and patiently await their transfer home. Best wishes Bert and Kevin on your career in corrections. Stay safe.     

    The AuSable Forks Primary School PTO is planning an Easter Egg Hunt for all area children. It will be held on April 3 at the school near the playground. There will be two categories: children 5 and under and children 6 and up. Each child is asked to bring a basket to collect their eggs There will be a grand prize for the person in each age group who finds the lucky golden egg. Hopefully the Easter Bunny will make an appearance. Lots of surprises are in store for all those attending, and this event is free of charge. For more info, contact Cassidy Harrell at cgilbert322@charter.net.

    Rotary of the AuSable Valley is busy planning a new project. They are planning to have a cookbook for sale featuring lots of community-donated recipes. If you have a favorite recipe you would like to contribute, please contact Susan Nolan at 647-5876. Updates on this project will be in this column as they become available.    

    Special thoughts and prayers are sent to Jeff Brown former resident of our community who is battling ALS. He enjoys receiving cards from his many friends back home. Please send your cards to Jeff at 10 Gazelle Court Mulica Hill, NJ 08062. Information on the fundraiser held for Jeff in his hometown last weekend will be published in my next column.                      

Special thoughts and prayers for the ill residents of our community

    Joan Pray,  David Snow, Jimmy Bombard, Frank Lovely, Althea Miller, Diana Hathaway, Francis Gero, Luke Randy Garcia, Peggy Sue Hart, Helen Snow, Bud Snow, Jari Snow-Thwaits, Bobby Wilkins, Jean Pulsifer, Margaret Trumbull, Janet Bombard, Lynda Denton, Gabby Lincoln, Walt Dubay, Karen Baker, Cindy Thomas, Ann Aubin, Linda Gilbert, Bob Rondeau, John Santor, Bev Devost, Marvin Hildreth, Evie Dockum, Allison Crahan, Pauline Dumas, Carol (Bombard) Quigley, Laura (Joyal) Razzano, Rikki Kane, Joe Dubay Jr., Walter Fournier Sr., Edna (Votraw) Bombard, Martha Frenia, Marge Savage, Terry Nollette, Colleen Otis-Whisher, Charlie Cornick and anyone I may have forgotten.    

    Till next time have a great week and “happy reading.”