Home fuel assistance available through Southwestern Community Services in Keene has increased to keep up with skyrocketing energy costs and is just one of many programs the agency offers to help those in need as the weather turns cold.Monthly benefits.
WBBJ TV
February 8, 2021
CheTerra Rogers is a Jackson native who is starting her teaching career in her hometown.
She attended North Side High School and then got her bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis. She now teaches second grade English and math at Isaac Lane Technology Magnet Elementary School in Jackson.
Starting her career during a pandemic may not have been easy, but she is trying her best to keep her students engaged and motivated.
“I would give them dojo points. When you push the button, it makes a ding, so I would say ‘Oh, this student is here, so they get dojo points,’” Rogers said. “Hearing that ding would motivate them to come, and they always want dojo points. It’s like bragging rights in second grade.”
Gloria Burnet Fletcher, 88, passed away on Dec. 27, 2020, at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh. Born on June 10, 1932, in Tupper Lake, she was the youngest daughter of the late Liva (Payment) and Fred Burnet. Gloria married Douglas Fletcher on Sept. 11, 1950. They enjoyed 65 years together before his passing in 2015. Together they enjoyed horseback riding, traveling on vacations and watching their grandchildren play at various sporting events and attending their concerts. Gloria was an active 4-H Leader, teaching girls in Lake Clear and Tupper Lake skills of sewing and knitting. She enjoyed cross-country skiing with family and friends. Later they moved to Potsdam, where family remained very important to her as she hosted countless family holidays and get-togethers. She was often the last one to leave the table, as she was too busy talking about her grandchildren’s latest accomplishments including how she saw her great-grandchildren singing songs on the iPad.