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Green Wedding
Sports
Misty Mountain Bakery Café serves up “dinner and a movie.”
Johnsburg couple are finalists in a green wedding give-away.
The Orange remain the squads to beat after another week of play.
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Warming things up at Winterfest
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Christmas spirit lasts at Minerva Central School Middle school students raising funds for Operation Santa Claus By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com MINERVA — As part of an initiative to promote leadership skills, Minerva Central School (MCS) middle school students have been organizing a year-long effort to raise money for Operation Santa Claus. The students have set an overall goal of raising $1,000 for the organization. The Middle School
Middle school students at Minerva Central School show off one of the Christmas chain links they sold to raise money for Operation Santa Claus. Photo courtesy of Minerva Central School
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Jamie Mitchell of Indian Lake during his one minute of eating Jalapenos. Mitchell is the 2009 champion. Photo Courtesy of Town of Indian Lake
Fifth annual jalapenos eating contest featured in Indian Lake By LIndsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com INDIAN LAKE — Winterfest will return to Indian Lake for its 5th consecutive year the weekend of Feb. 12-14, highlighted by the annual jalapenos eating contest at Marty’s Chili Nights on Sunday, Feb. 14. Entries are already coming in and owner, Nancy Harding is optimistic that this year will draw a crowd. “Attendance has gone up and down over the past five years,” she said. “It’s a fun thing we like to do for whoever shows up.”
Indian Lake Central School pre-kindergartners Julia Schempp, Angelina Oliver, Olivia Zumpano, Jacob Hall and Colby Roberts take part in a morning lesson with pre-k teacher Kelly Walker. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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Gore Mountain Regional Chamber of Commerce welcomes new members By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — The Gore Mountain Regional Chamber of Commerce appointed several new members during a recent special
meeting. Mike Bowers stepped down from the board because of the time he commits to his various business interests in town. He was unable to be as involved as he would have liked, he said.
Upon his announcement, the chamber offered a seat to Anna Bowers, which she accepted. “We look forward to having Anna’s involvement and have asked her to serve on our marketing and website committees,” said
chamber president Dave Bulmer. “I nominated Anna because she is actively involved in managing and building business in the community.” The board also offered an open seat to Kristie Clune of Saratoga.
Clune boasts an excellent business background and enjoys all that the Adirondacks has to offer. Clune did not accept the original job offer due to travel time from the
See GORE, page 4
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