POTSDAM -- The Public Computer Center at Potsdam Public Library will offer Microsoft Word 2010 certification-level course starting Feb. 9 and running noon to 2 p.m. Wednesdays for six weeks.

ATTAIN Lab will teach the course and administer the certification exam.

The course is free.

Reservations should be made by phoning 265-7230 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

POTSDAM – A 9-pin no-tap bowling tournament will take place at Market Lanes, 144 Market St., on three Saturdays Feb. 5 – 19.

First place price is $750, second is $400, and third place prize is $250. Prizes are based on 60 teams.

Entry fee is $75.

More info: Tom or Kyle, 265-9210.

POTSDAM-- A woman trying to avoid a deer crashed her car on the Bagdad Road Tuesday afternoon.

Jill Ann Ludlum, 46, of 5 Pleasant St., Potsdam, was injured but her three-month-old child showed no sign of injury, St. Lawrence County Sheriff's deputies said.

Ludlum was driving her 1988 Camry northeast along Bagdad Road when she crested a hill and saw a deer in the road. She braked and skidded off the snow- and ice-covered road, striking a tree and damaging the driver's door of the car.

Several inches of snow have fallen this morning, and the National Weather Service is keeping its winter storm warning in effect for St. Lawrence County until 7 a.m. Thursday.

Meanwhile the NWS says two more storm systems could affect us in the next week.

With this storm closing in, all schools in the county declared today a snow day, canceling classes, sporting events, and other after-school activities.

The forecasters say the snow will taper off somewhat this afternoon, with light to moderate snowfalls expected through tonight.

OGDENSBURG – The Ogdensburg Volunteer Rescue Squad is planning a Polar Bear Plunge, bowling tournament and an ice fishing derby to raise funds for their new building.

The Polar Bear Plunge, during River Shiver, is set for noon Feb. 12 at the Dobisky Center.

The no-tap bowling tournament will be held at the Ogdensburg Bowling Alley, Patterson Street, Feb. 13. The cost is $75 per team, or $15 per player, with a maximum of five bowlers on a team. Register at the bowling alley or call Allison Hall at 528- 5242.

CANTON – Canton Music Friends fifth annual Trivia Night will be held Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. hosted by the Patridge Cafe, Canton, with guest MC and live music by Crescent Street Jam.

Test your trivia expertise on a number of different categories including science, sports, literature, math, music and local history.

Come as a team of four (entry fee $35) or come by yourself (entry fee $10) and make up a team when you arrive.

CANTON – The International Free Will Dinner sponsored by the Canton United Methodist Church and students from St. Lawrence University has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m.

Food from different countries and cultures will be served, and international students from SLU will share their stories and experiences.

All members of the community are invited.

For more information, call 386-4500.

My heart broke to hear about this poor creature and the writer’s inability to get any action to rescue it. I’d like to offer a suggestion that hopefully will be a win/win for all. If you can not get any satisfaction from those who are sidestepping their responsibility, take a picture, take it to the local newspapers and have them print it along with your story. I can guarantee you, if you do this you will get some action. I also am quite sure that those who supervise the responsible parties will make sure it doesn’t happen again.

The plan put forth by Richard Grover, complete with a picture in Saturday’s North Country Now, is the best idea of any I have seen to address this old problem of traffic flow patterns in the village of Canton. It cleans up the contrary traffic pattern created by sudden lane reductions, coupled with people trying to make left turns out of Miner Street. Great idea! Now if the village board and DOT can get together, we may finally see some sense made of this traffic mess in downtown Canton. Oh, and we can add a business to boot. Let’s do it.