The MAC’s Safe Ride board of directors has scheduled volunteer driver classes to familiarize volunteer drivers with the organization’s driver protocol.
The informational sessions will be held at View, the new arts center in Old Forge, on Wednesday, June 15 at 9 a.m.; Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, June 18 at 10 a.m.
The sessions will be kept short, approximately 20 minutes. All volunteers are required to attend.
Guest Contributor Close to 30 Woodgate residents comprising the Woodgate Citizens Committee have been meeting on Monday evenings at the Woodgate Library to formulate plans to convince the Postal Service to keep the Woodgate Post Office open.
The group urges all postal patrons to return the latest optional commment form available from the Woodgate Post Office. Citizens have until July 27 to return the forms with their comments of support for keeping the local post office open.
During the past week a petition has been circulated that has received over 600 signatures in support of the Post Office. Letters to elected officials are available at the library for residents to sign and send to senators and congressmen.
Town of Forestport William Hasenauer informed the group that he had met with representatives of the Association of Towns and Villages who will take the message to the state and federal level.
Over 70 post offices in the Albany region are in closure procedures. It was noted that the closing of some 3,400 post offices nationwide will impact the postal budget by 0.7 percent.
The group has also contacted the Postal Regulatory Committee (PRC) in Washington, DC. The PRC will be the appeal agency should a final closure order be issued in August.
In addition of the support of Congressman William Owens (D-23rd), Supervisor Hasenauer reported he had met with Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney who is forming a group of North Country Assemblypersons to take this issue to the Governor.
It is the group’s opinion that the Postal Service’s proposal to provide rural boxes in place of a post office is not a money saver, but rather an additional expense as no income is derived from rural box delivery.
Secondly, it is the opinion of the Citizens Committee that the closing of the post office could be described as legalized identity theft, as it will effect residents’ IRS status, banking, Department of Motor Vehicles procedures, and local business operations.
The group will be requesting a meeting with Congressman Owens who has propsed some ideas to bring the postal service’s financial house in order.
The Citizens Committee will meet again on Monday, June 20 at 7 p.m. at the Woodgate Library.
Tickets are currently on sale for the annual fundraising car raffle sponsored by the Central Adirondack Association (CAA).
Tickets are available for purchase at the Visitor Information Center in Old Forge for $100 each. Only 999 tickets will be sold.
The grand prize will be a 2012 Redline Red Dodge Challenger R/T Classic supplied by Carbone Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep of Yorkville.
In addition to the Challenger, 11 cash prizes will be awarded.
Second prize will be $10,000, third prize will be $3,000, and nine additional $1,000 prizes will be awarded.
The drawing will take place at the annual Labor Day celebration held on the Old Forge lakefront on Sunday, September 4.
All applicable taxes are the responsibility of the prize winners. You must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a ticket.
Proceeds from this annual raffle help to pay for events sponsored by the CAA throughout the year.
Any area business that would like to sell raffle tickets can pick them up from Cindy Beckley at the Visitor Information Center Monday through Friday.
Alzheimer’s. The very word strikes terror in our hearts. How much more devastating it is when the word is used as a diagnosis for a loved one.
As frightening as the disease is, over the past decade progress has been made in both the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s. Is there a cure? Not at this time.
However, where there is progress, there is hope.
As with everything else in our world, it all comes down to money. Continuing research is costly, and we would like to contribute all we can to assist those whose purpose is to defeat this dreaded disease.
With that in mind, we invite you to join us on Saturday, June 18, for Inlet’s 2nd Annual Memory Walk.
Last year’s event was a great success, raising over $9,000 for Alzheimer’s research. We need you to help us meet our 2011 goal of $10,000.
Go to inletalzwalk@
kintera.com. There you will find all of the event details, and you can join a team, start your own team, or simply donate.
On the day of the event, anyone can participate! Walk to Eagle Bay and back; walk one way and take the bus back; ride both ways in a golf cart provided by the Inlet Golf Club; or, simply stay at Arrowhead Park for food, music, silent auction, and more.
Have a great experience and help us defeat Alzheimer’s!
Ashley Booton, a sophomore at Paul Smith’s College of Paul Smiths, NY, was named Adirondack Scholar and named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2011 semester for earning a 3.8 grade point average._
She is seeking her Bachelor of Science degree in the Hotel, Resort, Tourism_Management Major.
Ashley will be working this summer at The Whiteface Lodge in Lake Placid.
She is the daughter of Ed and Sandy Booton of Eagle Bay, and granddaughter of Peg Morgan of Old Forge.
The Old Forge Garden Club will travel to Constableville on Tuesday, June 14 to tour the gardens of Constable Hall. A $5 per person admission fee is required.
Following the tour club members will travel to Remsen to enjoy lunch at the Soda Fountain.
At 1:30 p.m. they will meet Gary Lee for a walk to Remsen Bog where they hope to see the orchids in bloom. It is advised that participants bring boots and bug repellent as conditions will be wet and muddy.
Carpooling will be available from the parking lot of View, the new arts center. Departure time is 9 a.m.
New Garden Club members are always welcome. Annual dues are $10 for members of View and $15 for non-members.
More information is available by calling Heather Stafford at (315) 369-6489.
To the Editor:
Billy’s Italian-American Restaurant in Old Forge will be holding a charity dinner to benefit T.H.E. Loop on Monday, June 13. The seating times are 5 to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 7:30 p.m. with 20% of all dinner sales donated to our cause.
T.H.E. (Touch, Heal, Empower) Loop is a motorcycle ride that was started in 2006. It began as a way to help people who have received the diagnosis of cancer.
It is always held on the first Saturday in October. This year the event will take place on Saturday, October 1 taking off from Mt. Sabattis Pavilion in Long Lake and traveling through the Heart of the Adirondacks.
All monies raised from T.H.E. Loop go 100% to help cancer patients in four local area centers, making this event unique.
The four centers that benefit from T.H.E. Loop are The Image Fund at C.R. Wood Cancer Center in Glens Falls; Julie’s Image Fund at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake; The Perfect Fit Boutique at the Faxton-St. Luke’s Hospital in Utica; and Rosie’s Love – Friends of Children With Cancer out of Albany Medical Center.
T.H.E. Loop thanks Billy’s for giving this opportunity to raise monies. If you want to know your donation went directly to help a woman who has just lost her hair from chemo get a new wig, a patient getting supplies without worrying about how to pay for them, have a new DVD to watch while receiving a four-hour treatment (Image Funds at C.R.
Wood & AMC, and The Perfect Fit) or be delivered a meal on the holiday while in the Pediatric Oncology Department at Albany Medical Center (Rosie’s Love), giving to T.H.E. Loop will do just that.
Plus, you can enjoy a delicious meal at Billy’s!
For more information about T.H.E. Loop you can email: ridetheloop@frontier.com, and/or call Kathy Beauchamp at (315) 357-4431 or myself at 354-4203.
T.H.E. Loop is also on Facebook…visit us and become a friend!
Mary Lamphear
T.H.E. Loop organizer
Raquette Lake