Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 1E

SECTION Sunday April 6, 1989 Journal Life INSIDE James Slater 4E Weddings 5E Ask the Vet 12E Marist program a great give and take Jimttobrt STUDENT SERVICE! Mot tola. 19, tutorial help to 7 yoar old Maurice Crornartie. ot Warring Elementary School, City of Poughkeepsie Mottola is participating in Marist College's Community Service Program. avc you heard the one about a college student financial aid program that works? No joke, there is such a program and it really works. At least at Marist College.

The Community Service Program, established in October 1987 by the U.S. Department of Education and Marist College, places students In a variety of local, not for profit community agencies for up to 10 hours a week. In return, students receive up to 500 per semester in full time credit. Students do not receive cash payments Mlchele Mottola, 19, of Bayshore, Queens, and Richard Guerreiro, 20, of Clif fside Park, are two of the students benefiting from the program Benefits that extend to the Larry Hughes Journol Columnist Warring Elementary School in Poughkeepsie, where Mlchele serves as a teachers' assistant, and to the Dutchess County Special Olympics program, for which Rich is busy helping put together a track meet program for later this month "The Community Service Program represents a partnership between the campus and the community and demonstrates that an excellent education is not measured only by career and income potential," says Philip Koshkln Youritzin. program coordinator at Marist "It challenges Marist students to become more sensitive to the needs of the world around them and to begin to fulfill their future roles as vital, productive citizens There are 40 Marist students taking part in the program this semester, up from 29 last semester Five of the 40 students are outright volunteers who receive no tuition credit, which may be construed as a fairly eloquent tribute to the worth of the program Funding comes from the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post secondary Education, Marist College and a grant from the Gannett Foundation Phil is a hands on coordinator who spends hours each week driving stu dent program participants to and from their places of community service "Friday is my busy day." he says "I make as many as 12 or 13 trips every Friday in my pickup truck But I like doing the driving because it helps me stay in touch (with the sludents) A list of agencies was compiled by Koshkin Youritzin, who established a job bank Students arc allowed to se lect an agency with which they would like to work Marist students are working in Poughkeepsie city schools child care agencies home health care agencies hospitals and agencies for the homeless "It's based on what the student wants and what the agency needs he says See MARIST, page 2E Preserving 'our' piece of the trail ill I lW9lii 1 'rs' 3rV 4 as it cuts through Kitchen Co I All i 7.

or rnie5' 2.135 vnile w.n5 c3 N2 TOrViLEr A I CORNER Volunteers in Dutchess find ways to keep it wild By Greg Goth Journal staff The nation most celebrjted footpath, the 2 135 mile long Appalachian Trail was conceived of dl most 70 years ago as a perpetual ribbon of wilderness where the urban dwellers of the East Coast could escape the confines of the cities A Massachusetts regional plan ner, Benton McKaye, first proposed the trail in 1921. "Hiking clubs throughoutjhe eastern states slowly constructed the trail, and by 1937, it was complete Envelope size white blazes, painted on trees and fence posts, mark the route from Springer Mountain, Ga to Mount Katahdm, Maine Thousands use the trail each year, and Dutchess County trail volunteers are the vanguard In finding new ways to ensure the Appalachian Trail remains a place where hikers can choose to meander along on a day hike, traipse the entire route from Maine to Georgia, or spend a couple days bivouacking under the stars. The Dutchess County section of the trail was one of the first to be purchased by the National Park Service from private landowners, most within the past 15 years. Local volunteers have erected four overnight shelters, spaced about eight miles apart, for worry free hiking. The key to keeping the trail wild is planning, according to local volunteers Trailside land that was pastoral several decades ago, though, is now prime territory for raised ranch houses, condominiums and apartments, and communications towers The 32 mile section of the trail that traverses Dutchess County faces especially heavy pressure from development, and the local trail management committee's efforts are being looked upon as a model for areas facing similar pressures "It's an ongoing battle, said Anne Lutkenhouse, assistant director of the New York New Jersey Trail Conference, the Manhattan based confederation of hiking clubs that administers the trail in the two states "In the Mid Atlantic areas, we're facing more of this than in other areas We're playing scramble, and we're learning a lot See TRAIL, page 3E 20 years agpoday, George was 'relocated' ByGarySoulsman OantttNtvtEtWkt I (or him as, leader of the new federal govern 'who would like to Join the procession to do so merta'shln'gton planned a quieftrip but peo at Fourth and Market streets in Wilmington.

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