Three local veterans to be honored Friday afternoon

Local residents are reminded of the patriotic send-off planned Friday at 2p.m. of three local veterans chosen by the North Country Honor Flight program to be honored this weekend in Washington, D.C.

Guests of honor that afternoon at the Emergency Services Building on Santa Clara Ave. will be Dave Premo, Bob Woods and Homer Lamare.

Family and friends of the three are encouraged to take part in the send-off by motorcade to Plattsburgh, where they will be honored Friday night and then flown to the nation's capitol Saturday morning, where they will be again honored at the national monuments.

All expenses for the trip for the veterans and three people who will accompany them has been covered by the American Legion, VFW, AmVets and Marine Corp League posts of Tupper Lake.