POTSDAM -- State Sen. Joe Griffo, R-Rome, who had postponed his plan to present a number of local figures with Liberty Medals due to the weather earlier this month, will make the presentations at Clarkson University Saturday.

The presentation of the New York State Senate Liberty Medal for meritorious service to communities in St. Lawrence County will take place at 1 p.m. in the Robert A. Plane Atrium in Clarkson’s Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), near the center of campus in the southwest quadrant.

Those to receive the honor are:

• Sam Spagnolo, owner of Sergi’s Restaurant, a well-known establishment on Market Street in Potsdam.

• Dominick and Ross Violi, who owned and operated Violi’s Restaurant in Massena. It closed last September after 70 years.

• Ernie LaBaff, former county legislator and head of the county Industrial Development Agency. He is also president emeritus of the Aluminum Brick and Glass Workers International Union.

• Ruth Garner, former mayor of Potsdam and current trustee. At 99 years old, she is believed to be the oldest serving government official in New York state.

• Tony Collins president of Clarkson University and head of the North Country’s Regional Economic Development Council.

• Chris Westbrook, a retired director and professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Wanakena. He was with the school for more than 20 years.

Griffo represents the 47th Senate District. It covers a north-south swath of St. Lawrence County from Massena to Fine, which includes Potsdam. The district extends into Lewis and Oneida counties.