Tell Me Again…

A St. Lawrence County man was fatally shot during a robbery attempt early Tuesday morning, according to Sheriff Kevin Wells. A 911 call sent deputies to 649 Porter Lynch Road in the town of Stockholm about 12:45 a.m.

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“ A 9-year-old is charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and sixth-degree conspiracy, while a second 9-year-old faces the same criminal mischief charge and a 10-year-old is charged with conspiracy. The youths were not identified because of their ages. State police said the boys broke off a pencil in the lock of the Sunrise Avenue library's front door, disabling the lock and causing $246 in damage. The youths' alleged activities were captured on a surveillance system trained on an ATM machine at the library.”

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Hey, how do you like reading about this? The 9 and 10 year kids were not from here –thank goodness. But the Porter Lynch Road is way to close for my liking. Why? That is the road where our family farm is located and where I spent many a moment as a child and yes, I have fond childhood memories.

Its no wonder folks take a break from news and I mean a break: no newspapers, news magazines, no CNN and when the local news comes on, switch channels even if that means watching cartoons. It really makes your blood boil and you just don’t understand why all this is happening and of course, you immediately blame the parents. Why if they had been watching their kids, none of this would have happened and oh ya, it’s low income parents we are hitting on too.

Hello, it does not matter what the family income, education level or whether it’s a single parent or two parents, young people do some of the damnest things today and sadly have little clue as to the consequences or how their actions affected others. Some of this drug induced, IMO, but mostly its just plain lack of respect and totally disregard for everyone and dislike for themselves too. In a word, THEY DON’T GIVE A SHIT!

Having said that, let me quickly say this does not apply to all youth. We got some really great kids in our communities and they do some fantastic work and will become resourceful, productive and responsible adults. We need to focus more on what they do vs the criminal element which gets front page headlines vs the kids who spend hours picking up trash, planting trees, assisting the elderly,etc. It’s about time the good stuff is the seller of news and not bad stuff!

Now that I have concluded my rant,I am going outside and play in the dirt. Gotta prepare the area for plants my sister is bringing and oh ya, we’ll probably spend some time with the infamous “claw “ too. Oh well, we got beer, so we’re good to go.