The Inlet Barnstormers Snowmobile Club Poker Run Committee includes Bob Gordon, Ron & Sandy Nihill, John McCrowe, Eugene Melnyczuk, Harry & Rita Sudwischer, George Lapenski, Bryan & Nancy Ouellette, Ernie Gilbert, Fred & Carolyn Trimbach.

The Inlet Barnstormers Snowmobile Club Poker Run Committee would like to extend a big thank you to all the donors of door prizes that were awarded during the Finish Line Party at Daiker’s on Saturday, February 2.

Barnstormer Fred Trimbach, right, thanks Tal Daiker for a great evening at Daiker’s Inn

Thank you to the Big Moose Inn, Big Moose Train Station, Daiker’s Drakes Inn, Gigi’s Bar and Grill, Keyes Pancake House, the Hard Times Café, Matt’s Draft House, Norridgewock III, North Street Snowmobile Parts, North Woods Inn, Raquette Lake Navigation, Raquette Lake Tap Room, Red Dog Tavern.

Slickers, the Stillwater Hotel, Tamarack Cafe, The Tavern, Tony Harper’s II, the TOW Bar Inn, Van Auken’s Inne, and the Woods Inn.

Additional thanks go to the Ace Hardware in Inlet and Old Forge, Adirondack Bank, Adirondack Outdoor Center, Big Moose Yamaha, the Central Adirondack Association.

First place winner Norm King with Ernie Gilbert, the dealer of the winning hand

Channel House Barber Shop, Clark’s Marina, Community Bank, Deer Meadows, Diorio’s Supermarket, EZ Mart, French Louie’s.

Inlet Wine Shop, J. & S. Liquors, Kinney Drugs, Life Is Good, Marina Motel, Mountain Greenery, Muffin Patch, NAPA, North South Connection.

Old Forge Camping Resort, Old Forge Hardware, Old Forge Sports Tours, Pedals & Petals, Schueler’s Sled Shed, Steak House, Souvenir Village, Strand Theater, Walt’s Diner, and Wilderness Interiors.

The Inlet Barnstormers Poker Run Committee 

Bob Gordon, Ron and Sandy Nihill, John McCrowe, Eugene Melnyczuk, Harry and Rita Sudwischer, George Lapenski, Bryan and Nancy Ouellette, Ernie Gilbert, Fred and Carolyn Trimbach.

Aquatic ecologist Scott George, will present a lecture at View on Sunday, February 17 on the effects Tropical Storm Irene had on Upper Esopus Creek in the Catskill Mountains.

The free lecture, part of View’s Science on Sundays programming,  begins at 2 p.m. and will be held at the Henry M. Kashiwa Eco Gallery.

George, an employee at the USGS New York Water Science Center in Troy, will discuss the unexpected effects the storm had on the aquatic ecosystem of the creek.

The lecture will explore the impact of the catastrophic flooding on the Upper Esopus Creek basin and the impact on the fish community,with a specific emphasis on the brown trout population.

According to George’s research, although the flooding reached 100-year recurrence intervals in some locations and devastated many communities in the area, the fish community was not affected in the manner expected.

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