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Wine tasting to benefit Sinfonietta
Harvest dinner set
MORRISONVILLE „ The Roman Catholic Community of St. AlexanderÍ s and St. JosephÍ s, 1 Church St., Morrisonville, will host its annual Harvest Dinner Nov. 10, from 11:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Turkey Dinner with all the fixings, with country store, silent auction and a big raffle with a $1,500 first prize. Takeout is available. Cost is $9, children 6-12 $5 and children 5 and under Free. Additional seating in new parish hall.
Hot Club of Detroit to perform
LAKE PLACID „ The LPCA continues to heat up the winter on Sunday, Nov. 10, with the gypsy jazz of Hot Club of Detroit featuring the unique vocal stylings of French artist Cyrille $ LP H 7 KH SHUIRUP DQ FH beings at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show.
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Saturday, November 9, 2013
NEW VISION, NEW CLASS
This Week LAKE PLACID „ A Wine Tasting event, ñ Autumn in the Adirondacks: Harmonious Blends,î will be held on Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. to benefit the Lake Placid SinfoniettaÍ s educational programs. The staff of Terry RobardsÍ Wines and Spirits will present their favorite picks of the popular new blended wines in the elegant, vintage ballroom of The Pines Inn at 2302 Saranac Ave. in Lake Placid. The cost is $30 per person in advance, and $35 at the door. Payment can be made by check to Lake Placid Sinfonietta and mailed to P.O. Box 1303, Lake Placid, NY 12946 or by credit card at LakePlacidSinfonietta.org.
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Adirondack Health welcomes students
SARANAC LAKE „ A year of academics and clinical rotations under the guidance of Adirondack Health professionals has begun for 12 regional high school seniors participating in the New Vision program. Now in its 11th year, New Vision is a program of BOCES of Franklin, Essex and Hamilton counties that offers select seniors a rigorous academic year with an inside look at various healthcare career opportunities. Along with a challenging college preparatory curriculum including English, Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology, Government, Economics and current health topics, the
students also spend time shadowing hospital personnel. Students will gain firsthand perspectives from staff in the emergency department, oncology unit, intensive care unit, pharmacy, medical imaging department, rehabilitation services, surgical and nursing services, among other areas at Adirondack Medical Center. Requirements to participate in the New Vision program are demanding: students must demonstrate above average written and verbal skills, have completed three years of science and three years of math, be recommended by their guidance counselor and princi-
New Vision Class of 2014 front row - Rhonda Meserole, Political Science instructor, Krystal Gilbert (Tupper Lake), Brittany Woodruff (Saranac Lake), Lindsay Yamrick (Tupper Lake), Gwen Goudreau (Saranac Lake), Ranya Hamden (Long Lake) Janelle Edwards (Tupper Lake), Alison Riley-Clark, director, back row - McKayla Duffy (Saranac Lake), Hanna Potter (Lake Placid), Aaron Noel (Saranac Lake), Jenny Ward (Saranac Lake) Cassity Rose (Saranac Lake) and Hanna Courcelle, (Saranac Lake). pal, and must meet health standards for working in hospital settings. Upon completion of the program,
students will have earned 13 credit hours from North Country Community College.
For more information about New Vision, contact program director Alison Riley-Clark at 897-2207.
Paul Smith’s President announces retirement PAUL SMITHS „ Paul SmithÍ s College President John W. Mills announced Monday that he will retire on June 30, after serving in the office for more than a decade. ñ This is the best job I ever had,î said Mills, 66, who has been president since 2004. ñ IÍ m making this decision, though, at a time when higher education is facing great change. This is an opportune moment for a new leader to help Paul SmithÍ s execute that transition.î E. Phillip Saunders, chairman of the collegeÍ s board of trustees, applauded Mills upon his retirement. ñ I want to thank John for his 13 years of service to Paul SmithÍ s College, and what will be 10 and a half years as president,î Saunders said. ñ He has done an outstanding job of leading the college, and serving as a community leader. His decision to retire is a disappointment to us, but an opportunity as well. We are initiating a search for a leader who can take JohnÍ s successes and the collegeÍ s opportunities into the future.î Since Mills joined Paul SmithÍ s in 2000, as vice president for academic affairs, he has helped usher the college through a period of rapid transformation. He helped ensure
the success of Paul SmithÍ s transition from a two- to a four-year institution, oversaw some of the largest enrollments on campus since the early 1980s, and drove award-winning programs to strengthen academic support for students who might have dropped out of college without them. The collegeÍ s Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) has become a leading voice for the protection of this regionÍ s ecological assets. The campus itself also experienced a remarkable transformation under MillsÍ leadership. The Joan Weill Student Center, which opened in 2006, has become the center of student life. Two LEED-certified buildings, the Countess Alicia SpauldingPaolozzi Environmental Science and Education Center and the Overlook Hall residence hall, have been built. An overhaul of the Saunders Sports Complex has resulted in a marked upgrade to athletic and recreation facilities; culinary students are providing fine dining at a pair of new campus restaurants, The Palm at Paul SmithÍ s College DQ GW KH6W5 HJ LV& DI DQ GFRX Q W O HVVRW KHU improvements have shaped the on-campus experience. Paul SmithÍ s, like many institutions, is
is likely to take years to come to fruition. ñ An entrepreneurial spirit is needed, and it needs to come from all of you,î Mills wrote the campus community in an email he sent to announce his impending retirement. ñ It will be through a combined effort RI DO ODW3DX O6P LW K¯ V & RO O HJ H W UX VW HHV DGP LQ LVW UDW LRQ VW DII IDFX O W \ DQ G DO X PQ L that we successfully meet those challenges, overcome them and realize our potential. And that potential will be reached if we all work toward that goal together, and accept the fact that ï business as usualÍ will not be sufficient,” he wrote. Saunders acknowledged that these are challenging times for most small, private FRO O HJ HV DQ G Z KLO H3DX O6P LW K¯ VLVQ ¯ WLP mune to these challenges, Saunders said, he emphasized that the college’s financial future looks strong. The collegeÍ s $22 million endowment continues to perform well, he said, and Paul SmithÍ s is in a position to make investments that will attract new students. The Executive Committee of the collegeÍ s board met Nov. 6 to finalize plans for conducting a search for a new president.
John W. Mills searching for a new path forward at a time when traditional models of higher education are facing questions of sustainability and value. Online classes, industry partnerships and other efforts to attract new VW X GHQ W V DQ G UHYHQ X H DUHX Q GHUGHYHO opment. Mills, though, acknowledged that work
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