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Lois Hills Yandon to celebrate 80th birthday

By Patricia Connor denpubs@denpubs. com

NORTH CREEK — On Sunday, July 20, Lois Hills Yandon will be celebrating her 80th birthday with friends, family and community. An Open House reception will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the home of Judy Yandon Stafford and John Stafford, 191 Main Street, in North Creek.

Born June 27,1928, to Russell Hills and Gladys (Armstrong) Hills, Lois is a lifetime resident of the Town of Johnsburg. Grad­uating Valedictorian from North Creek High School, class of 1946, Mrs. Yandon continued her education and graduated from Albany State Teachers College. Her teaching career took her from Pottersville Central School teaching Jr. High Social Studies to substitute teaching at Johnsburg Central School to Minerva Central School, where after teaching 25 years of Math­ematics to grades 7-12 Mrs. Yandon retired in 1988

Lois Hills married Jim Yandon on June 30, 1951. Together, the couple raised five children: Rusty, Judy, Chuck, David and Barbie (now deceased). With her husband Jim, Lois pioneered Johnsburg Central School's "Dollars for Scholars" which is still going strong today. Mrs. Yandon served on the JCS School Board from 1980 to 1990. Still a North Creek resident, Yandon headed up Johnsburg Pride for 12 years, is an avid golfer and plays every week on Green Mansions Ladies' League. She is presently active on the boards of Tannery Pond Community Center and Johnsburg Library. After her marriage to Jim, Lois became a lifelong communicant of St. James Roman Catholic Church, North Creek, and in 2006 received the Adirondack Girl Scout Council award for Women of Distinction.

Now that 80 is the new 70, Yandon is still currently active in American Legion Auxiliary Post 629, Johnsburg Art Class, Johnsburg Historical Society, Bridge Club and Mary Kay Cos­metics Consultant. With all that she has accomplished and still active in, Mrs. Yandon keeps up to date with everything her nine grandchildren are doing and involved in.

To help Lois celebrate this special day? family members will be attending near and far: sister-in-law, Tudy Yandon Sever­ance of North Creek; Richard and Rose Hills will be attending from Syracuse; Donald and Vivian Hills will be arriving from Torrington, Wyoming; and Joyce Meng will be flying in from Ft. Morgan, Colorado. Lois Hills Yandon and her family ex­tend an open invitation to community neighbors and friends to join her in celebrating this 80th milestone. Mrs. Yandon asks that there be no gifts, but being ever dedicated to education, Lois asks that donations may be made to Johnsburg Central School's "Dollars for Scholars/ '

Local Girl Scouts held a petfood drive in North Creek last weekend to help support area animal shelters.

Johnsburg library upcoming events NORTH CREEK — The Town of Johnsburg Library wel­

comes back Rosemary Miner wi th her newest book, Lies and Logs to Die For, a cozy mystery set in the Adks, July 10, at 7 p.m. Join us for a reading and signing of her latest book. Refreshments will be served. Call the library at (518) 251-4343 for details.

On July 26, the Town of Johnsburg Library completes its Fiber Arts Series from 10-3 with a silk painting workshop for teens by Michele Gannon. She will in t roduce the stu­dents to the art of silk paint ing before demonstra t ing the transfer of designs. S tudents will then have the oppor tuni ­ty to design and paint the i r own scarf.

This p rogram is free b u t space is limited so please regis­ter at (518) 251-4343. This event is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State council on the Arts Decentralization Program and Warren County, admin­istered locally by the Lower Ad i rondack Regional Ar ts Council.

Nature's Palette flower show slated NORTH CREEK — Nature ' s Palette is the theme of the

Adirondack Mounta in Garden Club's 37th Annual Flower Show which will t ake place on Tuesday, July 15 from 2 - 6:30 p.m. at Tannery Pond Communi ty Center in North Creek. In addi t ion to floral design and hort icul ture specimens, there will be p lan t sales, exhibitions, lectures, d rawings and re­freshments.

Admiss ion is free and all are welcome to enter and com­pete. Please contact Flower. Show Co-Chairperson, Brenda White by emai l a t bhwhite@frontiernet.net for further in­formation.

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By Jan Nickerson denpubs@denpubs.com

WEVERTOWN — Atop McCarthy Mounta in there is a stone marker that designates the site of the log cabin home of William and Isabella Little Kays. They came to this country from Ireland in 1851 and settled here. They h a d five children, John, Robert, Richard Bessie and Margaret . At the time they immigrated, Bessie was 27 years of age, married to Andrew Braydon and the mother of a child.

Around 1880 Andrew Braydon tore down the old Dutch Reformed Church which stood near the Wever town Cemetery on Route 28, no r th of town. It h a d been the first church in the Town of Johnsburg, erected in 1822. The lumber was used to build a home on Harr ing­ton Road.

The Braydons moved to Glens Falls and the next owner of the house was Jonathan Old­en and his wife Prudentia. Mr. Olden died in 1925. The third owners were Cecil fc Venelia Waddell . Cecil farmed the land and Venelia, a wel l -known seamstress, made dresses for the women and girls in the North Creek area. She died in 1967.

The next owners were Jim & Cynthia Hal l ihan who lived in the house for about five years. Jim had a dream to build his own store and home on vacant land on Route 28 next to the Wever town Hall. He used the proceeds, of the sale of the Harr ington Road house to bui ld that dream.

The present owners, Bill and Jan Nickerson purchased the home from the Hall ihans in 1972. They used it as a vacation home for five years and then rented it to local people un­til 1999 when they retired to Wevertown. Upon learning the history, they decided to name the home after its original builder.

If anyone has anything further to add to this story, memories, etc., please contact slvr-grljan@gmail.com.

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t ional tour. Through a combination of music, sign language, dance, and musical soundtracks - they convey a message of faith in a unique and dynamic way.

Consisting of young people ages 4 to 19, potential members must complete a challenging sign language training regime before appear ing on stage. Facial expressions, body lan­guage, and timing are all critical skills learned by each member.

The group averages nearly 100 appearances per year, with the Hands in Harmony organiza t ion presen t ing a "variety of shows, work­shops , full-length p roduc­tions, specialty p rograms and services in s o u n d and sign, as it serves conven­tions, schools, clubs, church­es, communi ty organiza­t ions, fraternal organiza­tions, and individuals ."

The Johnsburg Methodist Church discovered Hands in Faith through the travels of two members as they passed th rough Wyoming several years ago. The couple ex­tended an invitat ion for the g roup to per form d u r i n g their next Northeas tern tour, which they readily accepted.

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made their principal, Mrs. Allard, into an ice cream sundae as part of "Torture the Principal Day." The students earned this privilege by reading 7,642 books during the 2007-2008 school year.

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Bukovinskv Hurt in Motorcycle Accident; Benefit Concert Planned

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active in the entertainment touring industry. All funds raised will go to assist Wayne's family with the increasing medical expenses. We hope to 'see you there!

If you are unable to attend this event, but would like to help, please send your check made payable to the "Wayne M. Bukovinsky Benefit Fund",' c /o Steve Studnicky, 287 Bird Pond Road,

North Creek, NY 12853