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2/19/01

NEWELL, RINGER TO RECEIVE SLU'S NORTH COUNTRY CITATIONS

CANTON -- Catherine B. Newell, of Hammond, and Michael C. Ringer, 
Alexandria Bay, will receive North Country Citations from St. Lawrence 
University at Commencement ceremonies held on campus May 20.
	St. Lawrence annually awards the North Country Citation to individuals 
from the region who, through their professional and volunteer endeavors, 
have improved the quality of life in the North Country.
	Newell, a native of Ogdensburg, is a founding member of the 
environmental organization Save The River, North Country Citizens for 
Responsible Land Use and the Hammond History and Folk Art Museum. She is 
a former board member of the St. Lawrence Aquarium and Ecological Center, 
Ogdensburg Command Performances and North Country Public Radio's Community 
Advisory Board. Currently, Newell is a member of the board of the United 
Helpers Organization and the Frederic Remington Art Museum's International 
Advisory Board. Newell and her husband, St. Lawrence Trustee Allan P. 
Newell, established the Sweetgrass Foundation, a private charitable 
institution that is dedicated to the enrichment of life in the North Country.
	Ringer is a local artist who has painted and sculpted works based 
on scenes of the St. Lawrence River, the Thousand Islands region and the 
Adirondacks. Three books of his work, For the Love of the River, The River 
and River Life have been published, and he is the host of the nationally 
distributed public television program "The Artist's World." Ringer is a 
member of the Thousand Islands Association and has galleries of his work 
in Alexandria Bay.

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Commencement 2001

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