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ROOST: Let’s rally for world champ site visits By Pete DeMola
Art Walk to be held in Saranac Lake
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Lake Placid is one of the three finalists in contention to host the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championships, an event local officials say will bring the most publicity to the region since the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Ironman officials will make site visits on July 23. ROOST CEO James McKenna encouraged residents in Wilmington, North Elba, Jay and Keene to hang banners and create an aura of excitement. Photo by Andrew Johnstone
LPCA to host cancer benefit this Monday PAGE 3 SPORTS
Au Sable Spirits make semifinal appearance PAGE 7
Local food, connections highlight the St. Regis Café By Andrew Johnstone andrew@denpubs.com PAUL SMITHS Ñ ItÕ s hard to get much more local when a restaurantÕ s cooks not only work with products largely from the area, but also form a personal connection with those harvesting or raising what they serve. The St. Regis CafŽ , nestled along the shore of Lower St. Regis Lake at Paul SmithÕ s College, is doing just that Ñ and in the process, is helping shape a locavore movement that its cooks believe is here to stay. And on top of that, the public is welcome to come by and give it a taste. Led by Chef Kevin McCarthy, a culinary professor at the college, the restaurant is in the midst of a transition that sees menu changes week to week, reflecting what’s both available and sustainable from North Country food producers. Ò From dirty to dinner has taken a whole new form,Ó said McCarthy
while talking about the philosophy of the cafŽ from an open-air dining area on the lake. Ò My background is local.Ó Ô RESPECT FOOD DIFFERENTLYÕ McCarthy, whose background as a chef has taken him from Florida to Germany before spending over a decade locally at The Point and the Lake Placid Lodge, both renowned for dining. In 2001, well before eating local made its popular culture rise, McCarthy began working with Steve Tucker of Tucker Farms in Gabriels to bring local potatoes into the kitchen. They would go through seed catalogs and try going specific varieties, shaping a produce supply that was both personal and flexible for restaurant and farm. Since then, the idea has evolved into a faculty- and student-run restaurant setting where future chefs CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Pictured is one of the St. Regis Café’s first course offerings this past June: glazed white turnips, maple carrot puree, kale and hard cider reduction.
ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ The Olympic Region has already learned that if you build it, they will come. Now, theyÕ re hoping if you cheer loud enough, they will come and bestow the gift of the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championships upon the High Peaks. Officials from the Ironman governing body will make site visits to Keene, North Elba, Jay and Wilmington on July 23. ROOST CEO Jim McKenna hopes townspeople will come in droves, making noise and hanging banners, to drum up enthusiasm and excitement, which will hopefully rub off on the decision-makers. Lake Placid is amongst the three finalists of the 40 cities that applied and remain in contention to host the 2017 event, a half Ironman distance competition. The others are Chattanooga, Tenn. and St. George, Utah. If selected, the games will bring 4,500 athletes from 90 countries to the region, said McKenna. The multi-day event, which includes swim, bike and run components, will be held the week following Labor Day, which is typically a quiet week for tourism. McKenna estimated a direct spend of $15.4 million. Essex County would get about $616,000 from the four percent sales tax, and about $154,000 from occupancy tax. McKenna noted lodging infrastructure development in CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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