Daily Archives: November 17, 2011

Daybreak to Twilight by Gary Lee

DEC accepting hydrofracking comments till December 12

Mother Nature is giving us some nice weather so we can get all our projects done before winter sets in.

The same can’t be said for the Rockies as a blizzard with 70- mph winds whipped the snow through the mountains last weekend.

I’m sure some Elk hunters high up in the mountains got trapped if they didn’t bail out early enough.

The inch of snow we got here last Saturday morning made it good for tracking through noon on Sunday.

My grandson Jacob came up for three days to Deer hunt with me and I just couldn’t put a Deer or Bear past him.

One buck I jumped ran not far from where Jacob was watching and swam across the Moose River.

A Bear on the next little push went off to the side and ran up the mountain instead of where he was watching.

We caught that Bear wandering through the area on the trail camera we had set up the night before.

Jacob saw its tracks as he was going in that morning and he told me there was a very big dog walking down the road.

When we walked back out we saw its tracks that went right by the camera. Continue reading →

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Just Call me Mrs. Lucky by Jan from Woodgate

Farewell Andy: World left alone to question absurdity

Andy Rooney. The mere mention of his name brings a smile to my face.

Andy’s voice was the last thing heard on Sunday nights when viewing 60 Minutes, and we all know the best is often saved for last.

Andy’s wry commentaries about life’s large and small absurdities provided a great source of amusement for me, and I admired the heck out of him.

But what I want to know is: WHO KILLED ANDY?

He told his last little story and wrapped up his run on October 2nd when he sadly said goodbye to 60 Minutes.

At 92 years young he was finally retiring.

And then, out of the blue, Andy was pronounced dead on November 4. Continue reading →

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Celebration of life being planned for Peter Starr Hadley, 83

Peter Starr Hadley, 83, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 in Wallingford, CT.

Born in Manhattan in 1928, Peter was a 1949 graduate of Harvard University and was awarded an MBA from Columbia University.

He was a Korean War veteran, serving in the Army. He was a 29-year resident of Greenwich, CT (until October 2011) and of Inlet, NY for 24 years.

He was Treasurer for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for 37 years, retiring in 1991 as their Senior Vice-President for Investments.

Peter was an avid hiker, having scaled all of the White Mountains and many of the Adirondack Mountains, as well as hiking large portions of the Appalachian Trail. Continue reading →

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Growing up Adirondack by Mitch Lee

Bookmobile offerings distract from outside world

J.P. Martin by Mitch Lee

It was late November of 1976 and the celebrations commemorating the Bicentennial were nearing an end.

As a 10-year-old, those celebrations fascinated me. At the time I was a collector of toy soldiers, and I read as much as I could about the war for our independence.

I felt that I had a pretty good understanding about the Revolutionary War, but I was a little disappointed that the bookmobile that visited our Inlet school had few books on the subject.

In October I had asked the bookmobile lady if she could get me six or seven books about the war.

I told her that I would prefer them to be of a higher level than typical kids books as I was a pretty good reader. She said she would see what she could find.

So when I tromped up the bookmobile steps a month later, I was full of hope that I would find a huge stack of great books about the American Revolution. Continue reading →

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Nourished Living by Dietician Kelly Hamlin MA, RD, CDN

Seven million diabetes sufferers walk around undiagnosed

It’s November again, and you know what that means? Time to “celebrate” National Diabetes Awareness month.

As many of you may already know, I have been a card-carrying Type 1 Diabetic for 29 years.

For approximately 16 of those years I have been using an insulin pump.

Since first being diagnosed, the difference in treatments available and for the potential for a “cure” are truly amazing.

Back then we were still using pork or beef insulin, but now synthetic insulins are available.

Some people were still using urine dipsticks to check for “sugar,” however today we have glucose monitors that use a tiny amount of blood and give results in a matter of seconds. Continue reading →

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Letter to the Editor: Sincerely and respectfully, I thank you all for the opportunity I’ve had to serve Webb

To the Editor:

I would like to thank those who worked with me on my campaign for Town of Webb Supervisor. I believe you supported me for the right reasons and I truly appreciate the effort.

A very special thank you to Valerie and Calvin. You believed in me and offered me a great deal of emotional support and effort. It meant a lot.

Thank you also to all those who voted for me in years past, allowing me the opportunity to serve on the Town Council for eight years.

I always tried to do my best and treat every person and every issue with fairness. It wasn’t always an easy job, but it was always an honor and a privilege.

Thank you. Continue reading →

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