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<title>Heard Up North: Pre-K dreams</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 22, 2012) What did you want to be when you grew up? Imagine sitting down with your four-year-old self today and telling him or her about your future. Would that child be surprised? Excited? Disappointed?Last week the pre-kindergarten class at Lawrence Avenue Elementary School in Potsdam graduated. For the graduation ceremony, their teacher Jen Herrick had them record what they wanted to be when they grow up. These recordings played as each child walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma. Tasha Haverty turned some of them into today&apos;s Heard Up North. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20030/20120622/heard-up-north-pre-k-dreams">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Vanishing Youth:  Why do some young people stay?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 24, 2012) This week, we&apos;re beginning an on-going series looking at the future of the North Country from the perspective of young people. New research from Cornell University shows counties in our region continuing to age, with fewer young families, fewer young professionals and fewer kids.  In the weeks ahead, we&apos;ll be looking at this problem from a lot of different angles. Today, Brian Mann talks with Tim Morse, a North Country native who made a different choice, returning and making a career in the region.  Tim, who is 26 years old, arrived back home earlier this month, leaving Chicago to take a job at SUNY Potsdam. He spoke with Brian right after getting off the road. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19717/20120424/vanishing-youth-why-do-some-young-people-stay">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Kids help as DEC tracks &quot;resident&quot; geese</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 20, 2011) New York state bands hundreds of geese throughout the region this time of year. Scientists want to know if their populations are growing, and where they’re growing to.It’s a catch and release operation, and the public is often recruited to lend a hand. The geese, many still in the gosling stage, are herded into pens, then singled out for banding.Ring-sized metal bracelets are gently clinched around a leg of each goose. Many already have bands from previous trappings. They provide data that help biologists track their numbers, range, and breeding habits. George Earl was on hand for a round-up in Saranac Lake. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18038/20110720/kids-help-as-dec-tracks-quot-resident-quot-geese">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Adirondack Kids&quot;: ten years and ten books</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 27, 2010) The father/son writing team behind the popular Adirondack Kids books, and their fans, are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the series this summer.  Gary and Justin VanRiper live most of the year in Camden, in the Tug Hill region.  They and the rest of their family also spend lots of time on Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks.   The award-winning Adirondack Kids book series has become a regional best seller.  But Gary told Todd Moe that the first volume wasn&apos;t really meant to be a book. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16213/20100827/quot-adirondack-kids-quot-ten-years-and-ten-books">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Story 2.0: kids, parents and art in Lake Placid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 26, 2010) Last year, an art project to encourage parents to spend more time with their kids was unveiled in the Lake Placid school district.  Students and staff created colorful “Make Time for Kids” banners that were hung downtown.This year, the program has expanded.  The student self-portraits are part of a multimedia campaign.  They&apos;ve been turned into hundreds of posters that have been placed in shop windows, public buildings and schools around Lake Placid and Wilmington.  Part of a local youth and community project, this year’s effort continues to encourage adults to spend more time with teens and model positive behavior.  It&apos;s also hoped that creating self-portraits will empower young people to make healthy choices and avoid smoking, drinking and drug abuse.  Todd Moe spoke with a group of Lake Placid Middle School students and their teachers to find out more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15722/20100526/story-2-0-kids-parents-and-art-in-lake-placid">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Newcomb workshop promotes outdoor play</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 4, 2010) Getting kids to play outside does more than just letting them burn excess energy. Experts say it also helps a child&apos;s psychological and mental well-being. Todd Moe talks with Paul Hai, program coordinator for the Northern Forest Institute and co-founder of Children in Nature New York, about the &quot;Get Out and Play&quot; conference in Newcomb on May 15th. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15611/20100504/newcomb-workshop-promotes-outdoor-play">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Off the computer and on the trail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 16, 2009) The Laurentian Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club wraps up its first season of hikes introducing kids to mountains and trails.  It’s a high-tech, busy world, and organizers would like more families to move from desktop to mountaintop.  Family excursions this summer included hikes along beginner mountain trails  — day trips into the outdoors with youngsters in mind.  Todd Moe tagged along during a hike up Mount Arab and found families reconnecting with nature. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14352/20090916/off-the-computer-and-on-the-trail">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>&apos;Boogie Wonderland&apos; for kids and adults</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 6, 2008) If you and your kids are looking to shake off that cabin fever this weekend, try Boogie Wonderland Sunday afternoon.  It’s a family-friendly dance party at the Higher Ground Concert Hall in Burlington, with a real dance floor and a real disco ball.  And adults can even have a drink while the kids dance.  Tom Bacon is music lover, father, DJ, and host of Boogie Wonderland.  He told David Sommerstein his wife read about similar family dance parties in New York and Philadelphia, and he thought why not in Burlington? [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/10763/20080206/apos-boogie-wonderland-apos-for-kids-and-adults">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Adirondack teens talk democracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 13, 2006) Last Tuesday, kids across the U.S. were talking with Americans about the importance of voting.  The national project was organized by journalist and writer Sue Halpern, who spends much of year in Johnsburg, in the central Adirondacks. Halpern says it was a chance for students to hear from people who see voting as a duty and a crucial part of their lives.  But as Brian Mann reports, their idealism played out this year against one of the nastiest and most controversial campaigns on record. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/8290/20061113/adirondack-teens-talk-democracy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A Raw Flavor of Poetry Finds Younger Audience</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 26, 2006) Most teenagers look to rock and hip-hop and country singers for the words that shape their lives. Their encounters with poetry are most likely accidental, on CDs and iPods — not in books.  The Adirondack Center for Writing is working with high schools around the North Country on a project designed to re-introduce kids to the power of pure poetry.  Brian Mann attended a workshop held earlier this month at Paul Smiths College and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7434/20060526/a-raw-flavor-of-poetry-finds-younger-audience">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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