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Tahawus Club home leveled in fire
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By Ryan Edwards ryan@denpubs.com
NEWCOMBÑ The Department of Environmental Conservation is still patrolling the grounds of the Tahawus Club, the oldest and first of its kind in the Adirondacks, after a forest fire burned 63 acres and destroyed one of its seasonal homes on Saturday, May 9. Caretaker Rhonda Le Ryder Gereau got a phone call Saturday afternoon, in which she was told that the club house, where she lives, was on fire. As her 15-year-old son was home alone at the time, Gereau, panicked, rushed home with her husband to find, to some relief, that the club house intact, but that a wild fire was spreading across the premises. The fire is estimated to have started around 2:40 Saturday afternoon, and by 4:20 it had completely consumed the seasonal home belonging to Mrs. Francis Rue Jr., a painter whose watercolor paintings of the Tahawus Club can be found in the Adirondack Museum. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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NEWCOMB Ñ T he inaugural Northern Forest Festival comes to town Saturday, May 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival, held at the Adirondack Interpretive Center (AIC) at SUNY-ESFÕ s Newcomb Campus, is free and open to the public. The festival includes activities and demonstrations for all ages, including the fourth annual Loon Race, the only race of rubber loons in the world.
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The festival takes the place of Loons and Logs Day. ÒW e wanted to create a more festive and fair-like atmosphere while keeping the focus on the natural and cultural history of the Adirondacks and Northern Forest region through hands-on, nature-based activities and programming,Ó said Paul Hai, program coordinator for ESFÕ s Northern Forest Institute, which manages the AIC. The festival includes bird banding demonstrations, guided nature walks along the AIC trails,
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outdoor nature stations for kids, vintage guide boat tours of Rich Lake exploring its human and natural history, and vendors from local recreation and hospitality businesses. At 2 p.m., several hundred rubber loons will plummet from the west bridge on the Sucker Brook Trail to the waters below, marking the start of the fourth CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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