Daily Archives: February 1, 2013

Adirondack Mountain Productions Story of seventies Moss Lake conflict subject of upcoming documentary film

Indian Givers: The True Story of Moss Lake, a book that chronicles the 1974 to 1977 occupation of Moss Lake by members of the Mohawk Indian nation, is being made into a documentary film.

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Kurt and Ximena Gardner. Photo by Wende Carr

The co-authors of the 2010 book, Romey Gallo and Wayne Martin, are working with local videographers Ximena and Kurt Gardner of Adirondack Moun-tain Productions, in producing the film.

Gallo and Martin, both retired NY State Troopers who were assigned to the Moss Lake site during the conflict, pitched the idea of the documentary to the Gardners after reading an October 2012 article in The Weekly Adirondack regarding their production of the short film, “And Winter Slow,” that was being screened at the Strand Theatre.

UntitledThe Gardners agreed to produce the project, and were astounded by the number of local people who had first-hand knowledge of the conflict who are still living in the area.

Among those contacted about talking about their experiences on film are Big Moosers Denny McAllister and Doug and Bonnie Bennett, Gus Drake, Bill Chesebro, and Bob Crofut.

The Gardners have just begun work on the trailer, filming Gallo at his North Carolina home.

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Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council Update you calendar: Inlet summer pops concert moving to earlier in July

Update you calendar: Inlet summer pops concert  moving to earlier in July

Jerry Dupuis, on behalf of the Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council, Inc. has announced that the organization has reached an agreement with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for a repeat appearance at Inlet’s Pops Concert this coming summer.

Dupuis reported that the negotiations with the RPO were made somewhat more difficult than in the prior year due to the fact that the RPO’s management had decided to cut three weeks from the orchestra’s summer 2013 schedule.

Eliminated were the last weeks of June and July, and the first week in August, he said.

Given that the FCLPAC has, for 14 years, always sponsored a symphonic performance on the last Friday in July, a new date had to be selected.

The RPO advised that it had only one open date in July, and that was to be Saturday, July 6, 2013.  Continue reading

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Town of Webb Health Center: St. E’s progresses toward changeover

Robert Scholefield, chief operating officer of St. Elizabeth Medical Center, has provided an update on the Town of Webb Health Center’s changeover to St. Elizabeth’s.

Requests from the community have been heard and, according to Scholefield, will be heeded. They include improved systems for scheduling appointments and reaching the office during off hours, as well as expanded hours, especially during the summer months.

Requests for provision of a broader spectrum of medical services locally and running of the medical center as a business are also being addressed.

Scholefield says that the medical center will be run as a business, with the purpose of attending to the needs of the patients.

Once fully staffed, the medical center will be able to take on new patients, something which hasn’t been possible in quite some time.  Continue reading

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