The sculpture of Samuel de Champlain gazes up the lake he explored 400 years ago this summer, opening the way for Europeans who made extensive use of the waterway during their 200-year struggle for control of North America. The bronze statue, flanked by a crouching Huron Indian ...

Dave Mount, 65, is the owner of Westaff of the Champlain Valley, Inc., along with his wife of 41 years, Fran. Mount graduated from St. John's University, in Jamaica, NY with an AAS in Accounting in 1964, from Golden Gate University in San Francisco with a BS in Accounting in 1966 and in 1972 with an MBA in Accounting ...