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Passing the Olympic torch Olympians return as Hometown Heroes, share the Olympic spark with area youth By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
SARANAC LAKE DEMOCRATS SEAT THREE UNCONTESTED
Mayor Rabideau wins a third four-year term By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
SARANAC LAKE | Village voters here last week filled two trustee seats and reelected twoterm Mayor Clyde Rabideau. » Mayor Cont. on pg. 19
SARANAC LAKE | Hundreds of children from civic and athletic clubs escorted Olympians in a brightly bannered homecoming parade last week. Their handmade posters, banners ten-kidswide, American fl ag regalia and U.S.A. winter hats told a tale of commitment, practice and celebration. Main Street was a stream of red and white and blue with some scout khaki, shiny brass horns and five-colored Olympic ring banners blended for good measure. Behind the steady pace of boots and the beat of Saranac Lake’s High School Band, a hometown heroes float whisked seven Olympians down Main Street.
Throngs of young athletes from area ski, skate, hockey, sled, scouting and school clubs lead the way as Olympians from this region were welcomed home in Saranac Lake last week. Photos by Kim Dedam » pg. 10
Wilmington Historical Society purchases site for proposed new history center New building to be named after prominent local tourism pioneers By Pete DeMola EDITOR
WILMINGTON | The Wilmington Historical Society (WHS) will soon have a home of their own. The nonprofit has purchased a 1.91 acre parcel of land on Route 86 to construct a new facility. Wilmington Historical Society’s proposed new building will be named the The land purchase was made possible through Ruth and Thomas Keegan Memorial History Center after an influential family a donation by Colonel Dennis Keegan, a who played a leading role in region’s tourism industry beginning in the 1950s. retired U.S. Air Force officer and former Ruth and Thomas Keegan are pictured here on July 22, 1967. Photo provided U.S. Olympic Committee executive.
Keegan’s parents, Ruth and Thomas Keegan, were local tourism pioneers in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, according to WHS President Karen Marshall Peters. The pair conceptualized and ran the largest motel in Wilmington, Keegan’s White Brook, and the Swissaire Motelodge in Upper Jay. The new building will be named the Ruth and Thomas Keegan Memorial History Center due to the substantial impact the Keegans had in promoting tourism in the town and contributing to the area’s economic development, said Peters. WHS, which formed in 2003, has been located in the town hall and community center since 2007. “We are quickly running out of space,” Peters said. The new site between A&W Restaurant and Alpine Country Inn & Suites is optimal due to its highly-trafficked location and high visibility, she said.
» History center Cont. on pg. 18
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