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This Week INDIAN LAKE
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
NORTH CREEK Ñ Poised to delve into freight service, the Saratoga-North Creek Railway is simultaneously adding a distinctive new twist to its passenger excursions, an executive of the railway announced this week. The railway will soon be offering its own brand of private-label wine to its passengers, railroad general superintendent Justin Gonyo told Warren County supervisors Jan. 27. Passengers on Saratoga-North Creek trains will soon be able to purchase several varieties of regional wine in collectible custom bottles bearing the railwayÕ s logo and deep blue color scheme, he said. To be produced by Fossil Stone Vineyards of Greenfield, the wine represents not only a new promotional initiative, but an effort to Ò buy localÓ wherever possible, Gonyo said. He added that progress is being made in lining up arrangements for hauling freight over the railroad from Tahawus through North Creek and Saratoga to downstate destinations including Long Island. Negotiations have been productive with subcontractor in the movement of freight, he said. Ò WeÕ ll soon be ready to present proposals to our prospective customers,Ó Gonyo said. Ò 2014 is shaping up to be quite the year for us.Ó In late November, Gonyo announced that the railway was negotiating freight contracts with nine different companies with the idea of moving stone and gravel products downstate. He estimated the railway would be moving 500,000 tons of aggregate the first year Ñ or 5,000 carloads Ñ and 1.5 million tons in the following two years. He noted that the Tahawus stone products might be used to rebuild the runways of JFK International Airport.
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Members of the Paul Smiths Woodsmen show their skills during the 2012 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. The collegiate team returns again this year as part of the festivities. Photo by Mark Kurtz/Saranac Lake Winter Carnival
Paul Smith’s Woodsmen to demonstrate logging skills SARANAC LAKE Ñ While carnivals in the tamer, less hardy parts of the country tend to feature innocuous demonstrations like baton twirling and juggling, North County folks are cut from a sturdier cloth and prefer to take their festivities with a flash of blue steel and glimpse of danger. Ò Some schools have basketball or football,Ó said Brett McLeod, an associate professor of forestry at Paul SmithÕ s College. Ò This is what we have.Ó McLeod is referring to the schoolÕ s woodsman team, the intercollegiate sport
that pulls together skills like axe throwing, wood splitting and crosscut sawing with a competitive spin. The Paul SmithÕ s College Woodsmen will demonstrate these, among other skills in two hour-long exhibitions, one on each Saturday of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival at 11 a.m. in Riverside Park. Ò ItÕ s a lot like rodeo in that itÕ s one of the few sports that came out of the work that men did,Ó said McLeod. Ò ThereÕ s a practical purpose to it Ñ how fast could you cut a tree down and roll a log, for example Ñ that
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comes right out of the logging camps.Ó As loggers grew more adept at lightningquick piecework, said McLeod, these skills gradually evolved into a competitive slate. Paul SmithÕ s has had a team since 1947 and according to the schoolÕ s website, they lay claim to having the longest winning streak in the history of intercollegiate lumberjack sports, winning the Super Bowl of lumberjacking, known as the Spring Meet, from 1957-1966. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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ILCSD BOE Meeting Covers Topics from BOCES, Pellet Boilers and Paris
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INDIAN LAKE Ñ JanuaryÕ s Indian Lake Central School District Board of Education meeting hosted a contingent of presenters across a broad range of topics.
Boces Program
First on the agenda were a number of visitors from Boces headed by Jim Dexter, Boces District Superintendent. The objective of the visit was to further enrich the partnership between Boces and ILCSD and
to provide an overview of the types of programming that are currently being availed by ILCSD students. As part of the presentation, two students were present to provide an overview of their respective Boces programs in welding and health care. The students took part in a question and answer presentation that provided not only an overview of their activities in the two programs, but the motives of the individual students in selecting the program of interest and how the program is expected to play a role in their individual career goals. Both students closed their presentations with solid plans for continued education in their chosen Boces areas of interest and ultimately a career in the selected fields.
Paris Trip
Next, Jane Hinckley, ILCSD French teacher took the Board through a power point overview of the trip to Paris, France which she organized and was attended by a number of students, teachers, parents and even some Board of Education members. The presentation used pictures taken by ILCSD Art Teacher, Lauren Arsenault, who also attended the trip. Through the pictures and explanatory slides, the major highlights of the trip were covered. The conclusion was that the students taking part in the trip found it to be a valuable and memorable learning experience and one that CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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