Daily Archives: May 2, 2013

Volunteers scour local Adirondack communities for annual Pride Day

 

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Town of Webb Principal John Swick with members of the fifth grade. L. Barkauskas photo Town of Webb Principal John Swick with members of the fifth grade. L. Barkauskas photo

Mrs. Phinney’s Town of Webb school fifth grade class. Photo by Laurie Barkauskas

Mrs. Phinney’s Town of Webb school fifth grade class. Photo by Laurie Barkauskas

Among those handling food service in Old Forge on behalf of the Central Adirondack Association were, from left, Nick Bankert (from left), Chip Kiefer, Laurie Barkauskas, Martha Denio, and Felicity Davey. Photo by Laurie Barkauskas

Among those handling food service in Old Forge on behalf of the Central Adirondack Association were, from left, Nick Bankert (from left), Chip Kiefer, Laurie Barkauskas, Martha Denio, and Felicity Davey. Photo by Laurie Barkauskas

View staff cleans up. L. Barkauskas photo

View staff cleans up. L. Barkauskas photo

Town of Webb first grade students picked up trash on the athletic field for Community Pride Day, with Brandon McGrath, Jed Kinney and Bonnie Tracy. Photo by Wende Carr

Town of Webb first grade students picked up trash on the athletic field for Community Pride Day, with Brandon McGrath, Jed Kinney and Bonnie Tracy. Photo by Wende Carr

Martha Denio, Nanci Russell and Ann Croneiser, gearing up for the Wednesday, May 1 Community Pride Day. Photo by Wende Carr

Martha Denio, Nanci Russell and Ann Croneiser, gearing up for the Wednesday, May 1 Community Pride Day. Photo by Wende Carr

Raquette Lake Community Pride volunteers, front row from left, Jenn & Autumn Miller, Peggy Deyle, Liz Beckingham, Mindy Hoegerl, Elaine & Avery Pohl, Donna Pohl, and Lyn Muxworthy. Back Row: Gary Miller, Jay Cummings, Deb Evans, Tom Beckingham, Phil Jankiewicz, George Moore, Beverly Moore (kneeling), Ken Hawks, and Pat Deyle. Missing from photo are Mary Lamphear, Dean Pohl and Rachel Pohl. Courtesy photo

Raquette Lake Community Pride volunteers, front row from left, Jenn & Autumn Miller, Peggy Deyle, Liz Beckingham, Mindy Hoegerl, Elaine & Avery Pohl, Donna Pohl, and Lyn Muxworthy. Back Row: Gary Miller, Jay Cummings, Deb Evans, Tom Beckingham, Phil Jankiewicz, George Moore, Beverly Moore (kneeling), Ken Hawks, and Pat Deyle. Missing from photo are Mary Lamphear, Dean Pohl and Rachel Pohl. Courtesy photo

Community Pride Day 2013 has resulted in a much cleaner, more attractive Central Adirondack environment to the kick off the spring, thanks to volunteers of all ages from Old Forge to Indian Lake, on Wednesday, May 1st.

Started in 2001 by the Inlet Area Chamber of Commerce, the event has grown annually.

This year alone, 110 sponsors donated money, food and supplies.

Event overseer and planner Adele Burnett of the Inlet Information Center ordered 1,030 T-shirts, which went out to volunteers who cleared trash all around the towns, including from fields, roadsides, parks, and waterfronts.

Organizers at each location assigned areas for clean-up to volunteers, who were provided with work gloves, trash bags and trash pokers in some instances. Local businesses provided lunches to hungry volunteers.

Lunch at the Eagle Bay Fire Hall for the Inlet, Eagle Bay & Big Moose volunteers was provided by T’s Ez Mart, Daiker’s Inn, Bay Café, The Seventh Lake House, Eagle Bay Fire Department & Ladies Auxiliary, Beauchamp Builders, Dan’s Big M, Amanda Miller, and Adele Burnett.

Lunch for Indian Lake volunteers was provided by Route 30 One Stop.

Lunch for Raquette Lake volunteers was provided by Raquette Lake Tap Room.

Lunch for Long Lake volunteers was provided by Long Lake Diner/Owls Head Pub.

Each town supplied trash bags and gloves for volunteers, except for Old Forge, which obtained trash bags from the NYS DOT, plastic gloves from the Town of Webb school district, and some work gloves from True Value and Old Forge Hardwares.

After the first very successful Community Pride Day in 2001, the Eagle Bay Citizens’ Committee quickly wanted to be a part of it. The following year, they collected money from local businesses for the first shirts.

After Eagle Bay ran it for a few years, Old Forge decided to participate, then Long Lake and eventually Indian Lake. The Inlet school children participated for the first time in 2002 and have joined in every year since. Inlet organizers try to provide an activity for the children, in addition to cleaning up the parks. This year they made wind chimes and stepping stones for the new Youth Commission building.

This is the first year that Indian Lake school students have participated, and Long Lake School students participated last year for the first time.

It is important to have school children involved in Community Pride Day, according to Adele Burnett, who purposefully schedules it during the week. “I love the fact that the teachers take the time to get their children out and participate in cleaning up the streets of their towns. If it were on a Saturday, I believe we would not see half as many school children,” she said.

Event organizers said they wish to thank all the businesses who contributed money, food and cleaning supplies as well as the many volunteers who lent their time, work and enthusiasm.

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CAP-21 seeking artists for Old Forge Farmers’ Market

CAP-21, sponsor of the Old Forge Farmers’ Market, is seeking local and regional artists as well as individuals who practice traditional Adirondack crafts, to participate as vendors at the weekly market beginning Friday, June 28.

The intent is to support individuals and businesses with connections to the Adirondacks while promoting its artistic and cultural heritage.

Artists from the CAP-21 communities of Forestport, Webb, Inlet, Long Lake and Indian Lake, in particular, are encouraged to apply.  Continue reading

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Calypso’s Cove adds Zip-Line to 2013 summer attractions

Visitors to Calypso’s Cove in Old Forge will be flying high this summer with the addition of a zip-line to its long list of family-friendly attractions.

Guests will experience the ultimate rush as they drop from a 40-foot tower and propel across a 300 foot side-by-side zip-line.

Thrill-seekers will reach speeds of up to 21 mph as they zoom between Calypso’s Cove mini golf course and batting cages.

The zip-line was manufactured in the United States by Extreme Engineering.

It is complete with the latest safety features and was awarded the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ (IAAPA) “Best Technology Award,” according to Katie Wojdyla, vice-president and director of marketing of Enchanted Forest/Water Safari.

“The zip-line is able to accommodate up to 90 guests per hour, allowing for minimal wait time,” Wojdyla added.  Continue reading

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Pointed Pine Quilters craft movie-themed quilt for Strand raffle

The Strand quilt by The Pointed Pine Quilters

The Strand quilt by The Pointed Pine Quilters

The Pointed Pine Quilters have produced and donated a quilt to be raffled for the benefit of the Strand Theatre’s “Go Digital or Go Dark” fund, which will help purchase needed digital projectors for the Strand’s four theaters.

Louise Watson, a Thendara quilter, brought the idea of showing support for The Strand to the quilters’ group, which agreed to create a quilt.

Claire Oehler came up with the idea of enlarging DVD images to 150%, which proved a perfect quilt square size.

Oehler chose classic films such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind, and the contemporary films, Mama Mia, Lord of the Rings, Life of Pi and Star Wars. She enlarged and transferred twenty-five images onto fabric, then bordered each with black and white.

Watson and Oehler searched to find a black and white print fabric with an appropriate design for the quilt edges. The design is complemented by a print depicting uncoiled spools of film. Continue reading

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Action! Park-wide initiative to save local theaters starts at Lake Placid

The Go Digital or Go Dark Campaign, the Adirondack Park-wide initiative to assist theater-owners with funding for their film-to-digital conversions, kicked-off at the Palace Theater in Lake Placid on Friday, April 26 in Hollywood style.

Movie-goers walked the red-carpeted entryway to view the premiere of a movie trailer created by filmmakers Aaron Woolf and T.J. Brearton in support of the effort.

The region-wide fundraiser, organized by the Adirondack Film Society in conjunction with the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), aims to increase awareness and funding for 10 north country movie theaters, including the Strand Theatre of Old Forge.

The trailer begins as a typical movie trailer, then abruptly cuts to an image of an empty film roll and patrons sitting in a darkened theater.

A voiceover explains how the digital switch by major Hollywood studios—which goes into effect in fall 2013—could force small theater owners to shut their doors due to the cost-prohibitive nature of the conversion.  Continue reading

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View and Five Corners Café to team for night of Indian music, dining

“The mood of both pieces in which the Tabla player, Mr.Khan was involved was predominantly exuberant…at one point he could be heard echoing on the larger of his two drums the melodic ideas taught to him by his father, perfectly tuned simply by the pressure of his hands.”

—The Times of India

Shafaat Khan

Maestro Ustad Shafaat Khan, a world-renowned classical Indian musician, is scheduled to perform at View in Old Forge on Friday, May 10, at 7 p.m., joined by two other musicians.

View’s Performing Arts Program Manager Alan Saban has made special arrangements with Paul and Kathy Rivet of Five Corners Café to serve an Indian dinner the night of the performance.

There will be two dinner seatings at Five Corners, one at 5:30 p.m. and a second at 8:30 p.m. This will allow concert-goers to dine either before or after the 7 p.m. concert. Continue reading

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Central Adirondack Kiwanis Club recognizes Students of Month

From left, Kiwanis VP Mike Griffin, Town of Webb School Counselor Kandis Griffin, Kiwanis Past President and Student of the Month Committee Chairman Ray Schoeberlein, March Student of the Month Molly Rodriguez, February Student of the Month Hanson Schmid, April Student of the Month Lauren Holt and Kiwanis member and Town of Webb School Key Club Advisor Diane Amos. Courtesy photo

From left, Kiwanis VP Mike Griffin, Town of Webb School Counselor Kandis Griffin, Kiwanis Past President and Student of the Month Committee Chairman Ray Schoeberlein, March Student of the Month Molly Rodriguez, February Student of the Month Hanson Schmid, April Student of the Month Lauren Holt and Kiwanis member and Town of Webb School Key Club Advisor Diane Amos. Courtesy photo

The Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks recognized Students of the Month at the Town of Webb School at an event held on Monday, April 29 at North Woods Inn.

Ray Schoeberlein, Kiwanis Past President and Student of the Month Chairman introduced February student Hanson Schmid, March student Molly Rodriguez, and April student Lauren Holt and presented them with Student of the Month certificates and a check in the amount of $50 in recognition of their achievement.

Each of the students presented a brief outline of their activities and future plans. Continue reading

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