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Effort to save our theaters launched
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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — Almost 200 people made their way into the main screening room at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid April 26 to help launch a campaign to keep small town movie cinemas in the Adirondack region alive. The “Go Digital or Go Dark” Campaign, a collaborative fundraiser between the Adirondack North Country Association and the Adirondack Film Society, started with a premiere of a “movie trailer” that will be shown in local theaters about their need to convert from film to digital technology since movie companies will stop sending out film reels within the next six months. “This is something that is directly aligned and will impact local economies,” ANCA Executive Director Kate Fish said. “We want to raise enough money to help our small theaters transfer. We cannot imagine our small towns without these theaters, and we feel that this is something that these communities can get behind. We are going to make sure that every local theater can make this transition.” Fish said that for the fourscreen setup at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid, it would take about $300,000 for a complete changeover of all screens. “Reg’s (Clark) goal is to get one of the theaters changed over as soon as they can and then work on the rest,” said Naj Wikoff, who has worked CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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Minerva native Dan Berggren releases new CD A paddler pushes down the Hudson River in 2012 during the Slalom Race of the Annual Hudson River Whitewater Derby in North River. This year’s Derby will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5 with two races the first day and one the second day. Photo by Andy Flynn
By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — It’s time to celebrate the 56th Annual Hudson River Whitewater Derby and 4th Annual Adirondack Adventure Festival May 3-5. New this year for the Whitewater Derby is the Not-So-Wild-Downriver Race on Saturday, May 4, starting at the Fishing & Canoe Access, 2.5 miles west of North Creek on Route 28 (where the railroad
tracks cross the highway) following the Slalom Races (about 2 p.m.). It will finish at Riverfront Park. Whitewater Derby organizer Kate Nightingale suggested that the Not-SoWild-Downriver Race is a good race for Scout groups, college outing groups, and Adirondack Mountain Club paddling clubs or for old-time racers who still canoe but have no interest in running the slalom or Sunday’s race. The race fees are $20 for Slalom & Downriver, $15 for Novice Slalom, $10 for
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an additional Slalom race $10, and $10 for the new race. The Slalom Race on Saturday (10:30 a.m. start) runs in North River. The Downriver Race on Sunday (11 a.m. start) runs from North Creek to Riparius. The Hudson River Whitewater Derby originated in North Creek in 1958 by the Johnsburg Fish and Game Club, started as a one-day 8-mile downriver race. There were 25 craft on the river representing 44 entrants. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Derby, festival set for this weekend
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ELIZABETHTOWN — Empire State Development officials this past week launched a webpage for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Adirondack Challenge whitewater rafting event on the I Love NY website. The launch was made on the same day — Monday, April 29 — the governor officially announced that the Adirondack Challenge would be held on July 21 in the town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County. The News Enterprise was the first to report on the date
and place on its website April 24 after acquiring a tentative agenda for the event. The governor made his remarks on Susan Arbetter’s radio show, “The Capitol Pressroom,” on WBFO. He didn’t reveal any specifics. The I Love NY website — http://iloveny.com/ Summer/Themes/ADK-Challenge.aspx — calls the 2013 Adirondack Challenge “a celebration of New York’s beautiful Adirondacks region, culminating in a day of water races, food, music and more!” It outlines the following components: •Invitational whitewater race
•Internationally competitive flatwater race •Race-day festival with music, food, demos, displays, kids activities and more •Lead-up calendar of fun events across the region More details are promised “soon.” Cuomo proposed the Challenge, a national whitewater competition, on Jan. 9 during his annual State of the State address. However, since the speech, no details have been made publicly available, even though members of the Adirondack Challenge Steering Committee have been meeting and making arrangements. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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