Charlie’s back….

Charlie Blackman is back this season ringing the bell for the Salvation Army to help fund its many good works in the region, both at Christmas and throughout the year. This is Charlie’s 18th year at his holiday perch in front of Shaheen’s Supermarket. Other Salvation Army bell ringing volunteers typically handle Saturday’s shift. The retired downstate teacher who lives on Lake Simond Road is on duty every day of the work week from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. On the day we stopped last week Tupper Lake’s popular retired CO, Walter Barrett, had just made a nice donation to Charlie’s Sally Ann kettle. Walter’s gift rated three rings of Charlie’s bell. (Dan McClelland photo)