Eight Polar Bear nordic skiers competed at races at Osceola Ski Center in Osceola on Sunday, February 9th. Forty youth racers representing Rochester, Cooperstown, Syracuse and Camden also took part in the races with the largest number of participants in the U12 boys age group. Continue reading
The Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks has announced that its Student of the Month for February is Morgan Payne.
Morgan is the daughter of Tom and Anne Payne of Old Forge and is a senior at Town of Webb Union Free School.
The Student of the Month is a program initiated by the Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Town of Webb School, that recognizes senior students.
Each month from September to April the school administrators select a Student of the Month who will receive $50 and with his/her parents are invited to a Kiwanis Recognition Event to make a brief presentation.
In May, the Kiwanis Scholar-ship Committee will select a Student of the Year who will receive $500.
The Town of Webb Police Benevolent Association (PBA) will partner with Central Adirondack Kiwanis in the Student of the Year award.
The selection criteria for the program includes community service, academics, athletic involvement, student need, and extra curricular activities.
Okay, this may sound kind of un-American to some, but I’m just not that thrilled with the 2014 Olympics.
Don’t get me wrong, these athletes are amazing folks who train their entire lives to compete, and I’m totally impressed by their dedication and determination.
However, I’ve got to be honest here—The Hunger Games shredded the last little bit of interest I was barely hanging onto for this competition.
The Hunger Games is a dark tale spun by author Suzanne Collins depicting a post-apocalyptic North America’s futuristic tournament for kids.
They fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses, which reinforces the government’s total power. Continue reading
Like many of Kyle Riedman’s friends, I have my own fond remembrances of the young outdoorsman who tragically passed away last week.
One of them occurred at a Forest Ranger get-together at Bug Lake, where nine-year-old Kyle, his father Doug and I went to fish for red salmon.
Our guides were John Scanlon and his boys. 
We towed the canoes up to the lake on my cart and when we got there Doug discovered that a bear had bitten a hole in the bow of his canoe.
John came to the rescue with some magic boat patch that he always carried with him. Continue reading
Alice Valenti was chosen as Best in Show Artist for the Winter Air exhibition that is currently on display at View, the arts center in Old Forge. Valenti, of Baltimore, MD, has three mixed media works on view that incorporate aspects of collage, painting and drawing.
The artists whose works are included in the exhibit were asked for visual submissions that convey the very distinct but intangible sensations of walking outside on a cold winter’s day.
Judges for the event were Joan Herrmann, an acclaimed artist who lives in Barneveld; Jennifer Potter Hayes, executive director at View; and Cory Card, exhibition manager at View.
The Winter Air exhibition is on display through April 27th. Admission is $6 or $3 for View members. More information is available at ViewArts.org, by calling (315) 369-6411 ext. 201, or by email at: info@viewarts.org.