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Musical sisters to perform in North Creek
By Bill Quinlivan
denpubs@denpubs.com INDIAN LAKE — Jon Voorhees, president of the Indian Lake Board of Education, attended the February meeting of the Indian Lake Town Board to recommend the town and school join forces in installing solar technology. During the “Public Comments and Concerns” segment of the meeting, Voorhees informed the Town Board that the Board of Education had also received a presentation from Apex, a solar provider that had presented to the Town Board during its January meeting. Voorhees went on to propose that if the Town and the School District joined forces in the endeavor of moving some of its energy needs to solar, it would result in a facility amounting to around a megawatt. This facility could be built to separate out the generation needed for the town from that of the school, but could result in some inherent negotiating advantages with regard to contracting and allow for construction efficiencies versus each entity taking on a separate project of its own. Councilman John Valentine advised Voorhees that Apex is a solar provider but that the town will be working with Larsen Engineering in the initial phase of the project which entails deciding on the size of the photovoltaic facility needed and selection of a site for the facility. Valentine explained that Apex, being a solar provider is not involved in the town project at this time and, in fact, once it is time to select a solar provider organization, it will be on a blind bid basis.
By Seth Lang
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People of all ages took part in the duct tape/cardboard race on Ski Hill on Sunday, as 42 individuals took part in the race. For more on SnoCade, see page 2. Also, for more on the Be A Donor snowmobile ride to benefit kidney foundation, see page 3. Photo by John Gereau
Pearsall Foundation pairs with Dolly Parton Imagination Library JOHNSBURG — The Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation has partnered with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to bring free books monthly to preschoolers throughout the Adirondacks. “It is time we bring this successful program to the Adirondacks and our foundation is committed to help make that happen,” said Glenn L. Pearsall, President of the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was established in 1995 in Dolly Par-
ton’s hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee as a way to improve preschool literacy. It is now available to all preschool children in the state of Tennessee and is expanding throughout the United States. The program sends a new book each month to each registered child, in the child’s name, free of charge from birth until they turn five. A book a month is now mailed to over 900,000 children in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and most recently Australia. “The Dollywood Foundation is hon-
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ored to be partnering with the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation,” said Christy Crouse, NYS Regional Director of Imagination Library. “This partnership will ensure that children all across the Adirondack region experience the joy of owning his or her library of books at no cost to their families. Dolly’s greatest wish for children is to help turn their dreams into the promise of a bright future. We cannot thank the Pearsall Foundation enough for helping make their dream a reality.”
NORTH CREEK — Tannery Pond Community Center Association with Upper Hudson Musical Arts will present Duo Parnas — sisters performing the music of Tcherepnin, Ysaye, Cassado & Ravel on cello and violin — on Saturday, March 1 at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek. Duo Parnas is the musical collaboration of sisters Madalyn Parnas, violinist and Cicely Parnas, cellist. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street in North Creek. First officially recognized in Carnegie Hall with a first prize win at the 2008 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition, the duo has received rave reviews from The New York Times and collaborated with many artists, including Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson. They have made previous appearances as duo soloists with orchestras including the New York String Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmoni and Albany Symphony Orchestra along with many others.
Increased deer visibility leaves Minerva residents stuck in the headlights By Pete DeMola
pete@denpubs.com MINERVA Ñ Residents are galvanized at what they see as an influx of deer in their community — and everyone has a different theory why. “It’s crazy,” said Minerva Supervisor Stephen Mc-
Nally. “They used to yard up, but we’re not seeing that any longer and we’ve been having a lot of car accidents.” Deer tend to gather in groups — or “yard up” — for a number of reasons, including as a way to generate body heat, to create trails through the deep snow and group around resources like water and food. Bruce McGinn, Minerva’s superintendent of highways, said while calls to clean up deer killed by vehicles has seen “a little uptick” since the most recent storm, this year is fairly close to average when it comes to measuring the population by that metric.
“Deer are creatures of habit and have become accustomed to gathering in town,” said McGinn. “I grew up here and it was never like this — I can drive around and probably see 40 of them.” McGinn attributes their increased visibility and more car accidents, in part, due to larger snowbanks. “Generally, more snowbanks equals more roadkill,” he said. McGinn said larger snowbanks mean motorists don’t see them as easily as they leap over the banks into oncoming traffic. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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