Daily Archives: November 22, 2012

View seeks year-end programming support

By Wende Carr

mary Ann Ransom

Twenty-four volunteers gathered at View on Thursday, November 15 to prepare a mailing for the art center’s year end appeal.

Margo Boylan, who regularly schedules volunteers, brought them out in full force for the fundraising effort.

Leslie Bailey, who has served as Membership/Donor Relations Coordinator at VIEW since 2010, organized and oversaw the preparation of this year’s mailing.

VIEW statistics from 2012 include five sold out shows, 62 student participants in after school craft club, over 123 Zumba classes offered, over 130 performers hosted, 40 plein air painters participating with VIEW sponsored sessions, two international opera stars hosted, and more.

Phil Pepper gets a meal ready to send. Photo by Wende Carr

Watch your mailbox for an opportunity to support the local visual and performing arts programming presented at VIEW.

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Ellis, Leslie Williard, and John and Deb Munyan, from left, assemble View mailing packets. Photos by Wende Carr

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Herr-Story by Charles Herr, A look at local days gone by

Before there was Inlet I: Farrand Benedict, the Shedds and the Munns

PART ONE

On November 27, 1901, the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an act that created a new town from northern Morehouse, with the South Branch of the Moose River dividing the two towns.

Afterwards, Inlet held its first town meeting on January 14, 1902.

Presently (2009), the Adirondack Park Agency reports that Inlet consists of 42,446 acres of which just under 4,000 acres is not state land.

But this narrative is about the over 6,000 acres in the northerly Part of Township 3 of the Moose River Tract surrounding the “Head of Fourth Lake,” as Inlet was formerly known, and the connections among the speculators who owned it prior to Inlet’s creation. Continue reading →

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Bridge lessons slated at Inlet Senior Center

Basic Bridge will be taught at the Inlet Senior Center every Thursday beginning November 29. Classes will take place between 10 and 11:30 a.m.

Those seeking further information are asked to call Letty Haynes at (315) 357-6635.

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Card of Thanks

On behalf of my family in the Town of Webb and home (Canandaigua, Shortsville, and Manchester), we wish to thank all the people what supported us in our time of grief with the passing of my oldest daughter, Tabatha M. Harris, on Monday, November 12.

We had the service for her on Monday, November 19 and her funeral service on Tuesday, November 20.

We would also like to thank the Eagle Bay Volunteer Hose Co. and Father Shane from St. Bart’s in Old Forge for their help.

We cannot say enough about this community and the support we received.

Thank you all again.

Bill Morgan and Family

Eagle Bay

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Talkin’ Code with Andrew Getty

When is a building too tall? First you start with the grade—which varies

That question can come up hundreds of times each year. Here, in the Town of Webb, it is easy to answer.

The town’s local law limits the height of any structure to thirty-five [35] feet, as measured from the average front yard side of the structure to the mean roof height.

Because of the Adirondack Park’s structure height limitations, a structure can never be taller than forty [40] feet.

This is measured from the lowest point of original grade, anywhere around the building, including posts for deck or other extensions, to the highest part of the structure or peak including the chimney.

Why the two different definitions?

The town’s definition has been around since the early 1960’s and is most likely based on the NYS Building Codes of those years.

Even in today’s State Uniform Building Codes, the concept of a ‘mean’ roof height is used.

Similarly, the Adirondack Park Agency has always used their definition [lowest point of original grade anywhere around the building to the highest point including chimney] since they have been around… which is 1973. Continue reading →

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Growing up Adirondack by Mitch Lee

Be mindful of those things worth being thankful for

It was the day before the Thanksgiving holiday and the students in our combined third and fourth grade classroom were busy working on a writing assignment.

Our teacher began the exercise by asking us how often we stopped to think about the things we were thankful for.

Our job was to write down our thoughts on the subject.

I suppose our teacher was hopeful we would take time to really reflect on what we were grateful for.

But most of my Inlet friends were looking for ways to take the easy way out.

My friend Eddie wrote that he was thankful for his dog.

“You don’t even have a dog,” I said to him.

“I know, but dog is easy to spell,” he replied.

It’s possible that we all could have found some great things to write about. However our vocabulary was pretty limited and our spelling worse.

As a third grader I can honestly say that I did not take things for granted. But I know many kids who did.

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Turkey Party: Eagle Bay Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary says thank you

The Eagle Bay Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank all the workers and everyone who came and supported our “Annual Turkey Party” that was held on November 10 at the Eagle Bay Fire Station.

Most of all we want to say thank you to the various businesses and individuals who donated all the door prizes for our very successful affair.

Once again this annual event was a huge success due to your generosity: Continue reading →

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