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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Wunderkind Jazz Saxophonist and singer Grace Kelly , 19, stepped of fstage Satur day, Sept. 17 after an encor e that evoked tears of joy in some spectators’ eyes at the Lake George Jazz Weekend. Within minutes, dozens of people stood in line for autographs from a woman who as a 12-year -old girl wowed her first jazz audience with her musical innovation. Kelly’s soaring impr ovisation and musical interplay with her talented band member, tr umpeter Jason Palmer, has since pr opelled her to play twice each at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Montr eal Jazz Festival, in Paris, Vienna, and in Lincoln Center with W ynton Marsalis for Pr esident Obama’s inauguration. Saturday night, she was in Shepard Park in Lake George, with her music and commentary charming one of the largest audiences ever at the jazz festival, which in its 28th year has become one of the leading venues in the Northeast to hear the finest jazz musicians alive — in an intimate setting. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Fred Hoenigmann, 89, delivers lunch accompanied by some cheery conversation Monday, Sept. 19 to Julia Koras of Chester. Hoenigmann is retiring in several weeks after 25 years of service as a meal delivery driver for Warren County’s Meals on Wheels program. Photo by Thom Randall
89-year-old retiring from Meals on Wheels By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com CHESTER — Holding an aluminumwrapped portion of quiche and mixed vegetables, Fr ed Hoenigmann, 89, of
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QUEENSBURY — The Adirondack Balloon Festival — consider ed the nation’s premier family-oriented event of its kind — is set for this weekend, and it feature s
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room, and the two exchanged gr eetings. Hoenigmann asked about her health. “I hope to see you next Monday,” he said. “I sure hope you do, too,” she said. Setting her cane against her chair, she
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a tribute to the event’s founder, Walter Grishkot. Grishkot, who died earlier this year , tir elessly or ganized, managed and pr omoted the event for its 38-year history. At no other balloon festival can spectators see dozens of colorful hot-air
balloons take flight and get close enough to help a pilot and crew launch their craft. This year ’s event, set for Thursday, Sept. 22 thr ough Sunday, Sept. 25, includes six fancifully shaped craft among the 100-plus balloons from acr oss the U.S. and Canada scheduled to partic-
ipate. With all activities fr ee of charge, the festival kicks off at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Crandall Park in Glens Falls with a performance by country r ock gr oup Stony Cr eek Band, followed by an opening cer emony honoring Grishkot at 5 p.m., and then a
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