There were a couple of stories of particular interest from the North Country that were brought to my attention over the weekend and are worth checking out when you have a spare moment.
The first, from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, contains news of a concussion study that will be conducted at 14 schools, including Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and Lake Placid.
What caught my attention in particular was Lou Reuter's lead: " 'You’ll be fine. You just got your bell rung.' That’s a phrase Aaron Rosenbaum doesn’t want to hear . . . "
Rosenbaum, a post-graduate student at Penn State, has a goal of getting athletes, coaches and parents to understand concussions and the appropriate treatment for those who are injured. Rosenbaum is nothing if not ambitious. His first step is to contact the families of all 5,000 students (athletes or otherwise) at the 14 schools to obtain permission to distribute his survey.
The other item that I wanted to mention was a nice combination of storytelling and reporting from Matt Middleton of The Post-Star in Glens Falls.
Matt captured the flavor and emotion in the decision by officials of the Long Lake and Indian Lake school districts to fully merge their sports teams beginning this fall.
Long Lake and Indian Lake are the 20th and 22nd largest (out of 26) schools in Section 7 and just about the smallest anywhere in New York with their own athletic programs --
