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March 13, 2010
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Camp out
History
In Session
TREKS program gets kids out of the house and into the woods.
Looking back at local residents that participated in the Civil War.
Food Court is in during Odyssey of the Mind with Minerva students in Hudson Falls.
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Hornbeck Indian Lake plays for National Kidney Foundation appointment at standstill Snowshoe softball game raises $3,000 By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com
ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson’s nomination of Peter Hornbeck to the Adirondack Park Agency Board will most likely not make it out of committee. According to State Sen. Elizabeth Little (R-Queensbury), senators serving on the Senate Finance Committee indicated March 3 that Hornbeck’s nomination will not be moved because there are not enough votes in support of it, and the governor ’s office has been advised as such.
INDIAN LAKE — Softball players gathered at Benton Field in Indian Lake Feb. 27 to play in a slow-pitch softball tournament with a little twist. They stepped into snowshoes and hit the field in order to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation. Sponsored by Barefoot Wine, Indian Lake Restaurant, the Bear Trap and the town of Indian Lake, the event raised $3,000 that will be donated to the foundation. The tournament was organized by Elizabeth Cannan and she never thought it would reach that level of popularity. “I didn’t think it was going to be as big as it was and I am amazed at the support we received from the community,” she said. It featured 80 players on eight teams in a single elimination format. Over 175 people, however, attended the event as spectators.
See HORNBECK, page 10
See SOFTBALL, page 5
By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com
Snowshoe softball participants strapped on their snowshoes to benefit the national Kidney Foundation on Feb. 27. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Cannan
Newcomb student lives and learns in Japan
Laura Tokarz spent three weeks in Japan as part of a Youth for Understanding exchange program. Photo by Lindsay Yandon
By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com
A skier makes some fresh tracks on the Lower Moxham trail at Gore Mountain over the weekend. A group of skiers and riders hiked to the Eagle's Nest trail to sample some of the new trails on historic Little Gore Mountain. The complete interconnect will premiere next season and will feature trails that have not been skied since 1977. Photo by Rick Morse
NEWCOMB — Laura Tokarz, a junior at Newcomb Central School (NCS), traveled to Japan over a recent break and spent three weeks living with a Japanese family while immersing herself in a new culture and attending a local school. As part of NCS’s Youth for Understanding (YFU) program,
See JAPAN, page 10
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