Daily Archives: September 19, 2013

VIEW: Partridge Family Art Show opens with Sept. 20th reception

View will host an opening reception on Friday, September 20 for Robert and Kathy Partridge, father and daughter artists whose paintings will be on display through October 27th.

The reception for The Partridge Family Art Show will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.

Robert’s award-winning paintings have reflected the unique beauty of Adirondack railroads and mountains.

Self-taught, he has exhibited extensively throughout New York state, including View’s Central Adirondack Art Show.

He has exhibited every year since the art show’s inception and won the People’s Choice Award several times.  Continue reading →

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A post-primary poem from Town of Forestport candidate Snead

 

In the wake of the recent Town of Forestport primary, I submit the following poem to you and the Voters of Forestport…

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Kick the Can Down the Road

It’s time to take our town back, with the November election at hand

And try to be good neighbors by working hard if we can

To those of you in government remember you work for  us

Country, Freedom, Family, Neighbor and in God we trust

 

We must stop writing tickets to hire more cops

So they can write more tickets, this has to stop

Property owner’s rights are under constant attack

With an endless progression of more laws and more tax

 

The Town, the State, the A.P.A with planning and codes

The D.E.C, the Canal authority creating an unbearable load

Many of our townspeople give up on their building plans

Jobs are lost, contractors can’t work we have to lend them a hand

 

This day and age we would never be allowed to build our humble boat shop

All taxes we paid that our town received, they would never have got

The jobs we provided over the last 30 years would  never have been

Families would have been forced to move south and never come back again

 

Our Town officials brag about zero town tax while the funds keep pouring in

From ever increasing sales and property taxes Their spending just never ends

Town employees in town owned trucks cruising around all day

Wearing out trucks and burning our fuel while receiving overtime pay

 

One quarter of our town budget is paid out for employee benefits

A Cadillac plan our consultant said, the employees don’t pay one cent

We have to treat our employees well but we will have to find a way

In this November election we voters will definitely have our say

 

It’s budget time in October and here is a chance for savings to be explored

By the two candidates running for town supervisor currently on the board

Will they accept their responsibilities by lowering the taxpayers load

Or do what they usually do and kick the can down the road

 

—Parker Snead, 9/19/13

 
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Thank you everyone for making 5th annual IVES Clam Bake a success

The Inlet Volunteer Emergency Services, Inc. (IVES) would like to say “THANK YOU” to everyone who helped make our 5th Annual BBQ/Clam Bake a success.

Putting together an event like this takes long hours, committed volunteers and generous people and businesses.

THANK YOU to Dave Aliasso for your continuous commitment to helping our organization with this event.

THANK YOU to all who volunteered your time before, during and after the event. We know that time is valuable and we greatly appreciate what you gave to help this event.

A huge “THANK YOU” to the following for your generous donations to this event:

Ace Hardware (Inlet Dept. Store), Billy’s Restaurant, Bonnie Hugelmaier, Carlo Masi Produce, CASA Imports, Clark Energy, Dave and Kathy Aliasso, DiOrio’s Food Market, Dr. Timothy Page, Inlet Fire Ladies, Inlet Wine Shop, Kalil’s Grocery, Karam Produce, Matt’s Draft House, Raquette Lake Supply, Smith Packing, SYSCO Food Service, The Ole Barn, Town of Inlet Highway Department, Walt’s Diner, Zimowski Foods and Zone 3.

We would also like to Thank “Red Neck Train Wreck” for their awesome entertainment.

Becky Cleaveland & Jason Pallotta

Clam Bake Committee

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Ginny Russell Quilt in winning hands of lifelong friend, Sweetie Delmarsh

Shirley “Sweetie” Delmarsh of Inlet was the winner of the Ginny Russell Scholarship Quilt Raffle. Her winning ticket was drawn at the regular monthly meeting of the members of Beta Sigma Phi, sponsors of the raffle, on Monday, September 16th.

The win of the hand-stitched quilt was especially meaningful to Delmarsh, an Inlet native, who was a lifelong best friend of the late Ginny Russell.

“I am so thrilled. Ginny and I had such great times together,” Delmarsh said.

Members of the sorority were equally as touched that the recipient of their final quilt would value it so highly due to the personal connection.

For over 25 years, sorority members have stitched a quilt for raffle to benefit the Ginny Russell Scholarship which is awarded to a graduating female senior at the Town of Webb School.

Students vying for the scholarship are asked to write an essay on a woman, other than their mother, who has inspired them in a positive way. The essays are judged by the local Beta Sigma Phi membership.

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The Otter Lake Fire Department’s raffle winner picks up truck prize

Julie Eisenhart of the Otter Lake Fire Department Auxiliary presented the keys to the 2013 GMC Sierra pickup truck, the grand prize in the Otter Lake Fire Department’s 29th Annual Labor Day Truck Raffle, to Leo Maccariello of Norwich on Monday, September 16th.Truck Winner

Maccariello bought the winning ticket at the Tap Room in Raquette Lake.

The second place prize of $200 was won by Gigi Hollister of Old Forge, and the third place prize of $100 was won by Ann Kenyon or Phoenix, NY.

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An 1891 negative opinion of Doctor Webb’s Railroad

Part two

Some five years ago a wooden railway (first Fulton Chain Rail-way] was built, beginning at Moose River tannery so-called, which is situated thirteen miles from Boonville (a village on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad).

A good road and daily stages make connection at Moose River [Settlement] with this little railway.

The [wooden] rails were laid nearly to the line of Township 7, when the owners, to save their park from railroad encroachment, conceived the plan of improving [with dams and lock dams] Moose River (the outlet of the Fulton Chain), to enable them to run a little flat-bottomed steamer [the Fawn], which, connecting with the cars [at Minnehaha], accommodates the travelers in search of pleasure, sport and health.

On this tract are twenty small lakes, which, with this beautiful stream [Moose River], make a park of unrivalled beauty.

In opening this little river for navigation (if it may be called), great care was taken not to raise the water above a line where it would injure the trees or obscure the original outlines of the stream.

This was done by [H. Dwight Grant’s] several low dams and a lock, thus affording the necessary water for the little boat.

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The Strand Theatre: An essay by Bella Beck

As soon as I walk through one of the four doors, the smell of freshly popped popcorn tickles my nose. I can almost feel it melting on my tongue. I can hardly keep my mind on the task of buying one of the color coded tickets while that smell is drugging me.

When I have finally managed to buy my ticket, and have safely stored it in my purse, I take a deep breath. It’s time to buy my snacks. I think about what kind of candy I will get, as I watch the popcorn pop in the big red machine, and wait in line.

When it is finally my turn to order, I don’t even allow the friendly person behind the counter to say, “Hello, what can I get for you?” and say in a voice that I swear isn’t mine, “One medium popcorn, with just a little bit of butter, one medium Sprite, and one of the large Sour Patch Kids.”

I think I will go mad, as I watch her slowly scoop the popcorn into the blue popcorn bag. It seems to take her ages, but at last she finishes, and moves on to fill a cup with ice and Sprite. Last of all, she slides open the case holding all the rainbow colored packages of candy, and pulls out one of the boxes of Sour Patch Kids.

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