POTSDAM -- BIC, a musical group made up mostly of Lisbon Central School students, will lead the 10 a.m. worship at North Country Community Church, 97 Elm St., Sunday Jan. 30.

They will also perform a concert at the church at 2 that afternoon.

In between the service and concert, a covered dish dinner is planned for anyone who would like to attend. BIC members include John Burrows, Dan Buckley, Ryan Buckley and Gwen Smith.

They perform familiar contemporary worship songs and some of their own songs. The public is invited.

Free income tax preparation and electronic filing is offered in St. Lawrence County by the AARP Tax-Aide program, in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service for all low to middle income persons, with special attention paid to people 60 and over.

The service is available Jan. 31 through April 15 in:

• Massena: Mondays and Tuesdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Community Center on Beach Street

• Potsdam: Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mid-Town Apartments on Munson Street

Major General Patrick A. Murphy, the Adjutant General, announces the recent reenlistment of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their continuing commitment to serve community, state and nation as part of the Army National Guard.

Specialist Seattle Keller from Gouverneur has reenlisted to continue service with the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 501st Ordnance Battalion Eod.

Sergeant James Todd from Oswegatchie has reenlisted to continue service with the Company B, (Maintenance) 427th Brigade Support Battalion.

COLTON -- Catamount Lodge & Forest hosts outdoor and indoor activities at Colton Winterfest Saturday and Sunday, January 29-30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

To the Editor:

The John & Lorna Wolfe Family of Norfolk wish to extend a huge thank-you to the local community and those who traveled from distant places for making the recent Alzheimer’s disease benefit a stunning success. Through the generosity of many dozens of friends and acquaintances, nearly $1,300 was raised for Alzheimer’s research and patient services in three hours!

It is crazy that the Canton School Board meeting is packed with and listens to non-district residents when it comes to sports mergers. It makes no sense to merge other than the 1 or 2 sports where more athletes are needed to field a team and in this case they need to pay a fair share. I would be outraged if a student from another district plays over my child when my tax money supports the program. I’m sorry if your daughter is a swimmer from Madrid or your son is a runner from Colton, but there are lots of homes for sale in the Canton area.

POTSDAM -- Philip K. Hopke, Clarkson University's Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor, director of Clarkson's Institute for a Sustainable Environment and director of Clarkson's Center for Air Resources Engineering & Science (CARES), has been appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Monitoring and Methods Subcommittee (AMMS) of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC).

POTSDAM -- The SUNY Potsdam women's soccer team has received a 2010 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Ethics Gold Award, the organization announced at its recent annual convention in Baltimore.

The Bears were one of six teams in the nation to receive the honor, which is earned by drawing no red or yellow cards during the season. This is the first time Potsdam has earned Gold Award. It has won the Silver Award (five yellow cards or less, no reds) for each of the three previous seasons.

MADRID – A Zumba session will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 29 to benefit the Allied Health Students at the Seaway Career and Tech Center, Norwood.

Refreshments and raffles are planned. Admission is $6.