News Enterprise 02-20-2010

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February 20, 2010

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Enjoy storytelling along with some toe-tappin’ fun this Feb. 28.

Regular season ends, Lady Orange fall one shy of perfect record.

News Enterprise salutes our area’s Boy Scouts.

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Construction well underway at Ski Bowl Village

Finch Paper re-acquires Indian Lake land from Nature Conservancy

Model home nearing completion By Lindsay Yandon

Conservation plan moves forward

lindsay@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — After years of planning and permitting efforts, construction progress can now be seen at The Ski Bowl Village at Gore Mountain. A welcome center as well as a two-unit townhouse are in their construction phase. FrontStreet began the construction in the fall of 2009 and great care has been taken to blend the new roads, driveways and buildings into the natural setting of the mountain side, according to Mac Crikelair, project manager for FrontStreet. The FrontStreet objective is to create a unique Adirondack project in a setting that compliments the natural surroundings and offers ski-in / ski-out access to Gore Mountain. “We have had to take our time and be careful in this economy,” said Crikelair. “I think we are doing a pretty good job of it.” The buildings are designed as one large

Amanda Bush’s first and second grade class presents a rendition of Jan Brett’s “The Mitten” to parents and peers at Newcomb Central School last week. The students have been reading Jan Brett stories and then writing and staring in plays that mirror her themes. Photo by Lindsay Yandon

See SKI BOWL, page 2

Local students dance for Haiti Minerva Student Council spearheads benefit event By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com MINERVA — Members of the Minerva Central School Student Council have rallied to raise funds for the Red Cross’s efforts in Haiti after earthquakes devastated the country. They hosted a benefit dance, “Heat Wave for Haiti” Feb. 5 at MCS and 111 students from five local schools came to support them. Last week, Student Council members presented the $1020 that they raised from the event to Carol Reehl, events coordinator for the Adirondack/Saratoga Chapter of the Red Cross. “The Red Cross is very proud of you and what you were able to accomplish,” said Reehl. The amount of money raised was impressive coming from such a small school and community, according to Reehl. The donation from MCS was one of the largest in the region and surpassed those of many larger school. “We really just wanted to see how big a difference we

See DANCE, page 5

Minerva Central School Student Council members organized the benefit dance and presented the money to the Red Cross as support to Haiti. Pictured here are Adam McCall, Carol Reehl of the Red Cross, Benn Hall, Samantha Vanderwarker, Kendra Howe, Gabrielle McNally, Dakota Bennett, Brianna Hammond and Shelby Hogan. Missing is Tara Galusha. Photo by Lindsay Yandon

INDIAN LAKE — Finch Paper, LLC, recently re-acquired from The Nature Conservancy a 1,700-acre tract in Indian Lake. The property was part of Finch Paper ’s vast commercial timberland holdings— 161,000 acres in the Adirondacks—purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 2007. As a condition of the 2007 agreement, Finch retained the right to re-acquire the parcel; both parties agreed to a transaction with new conservation provisions in place. It marks another milestone in The Nature Conservancy’s multi-faceted conservation plan to preserve ecologically and economically important forests in the Adirondacks. Bordering the Sargent Ponds Wild Forest to the west and the Adirondack Trail Scenic Byway (state Routes 28N & 30) to the east, the 1,700-acre Hamilton County tract, includes most of Minnow and Mud Ponds and features high-quality wetlands and forests at the headwaters of the Raquette River. It was transferred subject to a conservation easement that restricts development, prohibits future subdivision, and permits sustainable forestry and recreational leasing. “This is a wonderful multiple-use, working forest, with outstanding wood production and tremendous aesthetic and recreational qualities,” said Roger Dziengeleski, the Finch vice president and certified forester who oversees the company’s forest management services. “Finch foresters have looked after

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