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June 4, 2011
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Birding fest to return June 10 By John Grybos
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Water Aerobics starts June 21 NORTH CREEK — W ater Aerobics will begin once again this Summer at 11 a.m., T uesday thr ough Friday, beginning June 21 at the Copperfield Inn pool. Susan Murante, a certified instr uctor, will teach water aerobics to men and women of all ages in North Cr eek and sur rounding areas. Water aer obics will encourage a healthier lifestyle. Benefits include strengthening muscles, decreasing pain and stif fness, r educing calories and improving cardiovascular endurance. For information and reservations, call Susan at 251-2225.
Locally grown food panel scheduled Rose Allen, 84, attends Memorial Day services in North Creek. Her husband, Lester, served in the U.S. Army during World War II. With her are Gene and Pam Mulligan, of Johnsburg. Pam’s brother, Ron Allen, was in the Army during the Vietnam War. Photo by John Grybos
LONG LAKE — While the birds put on a show for mating season, bird-crazy humans will try to shar e in the love, engage in harmless voyeurism and hopefully spend some of their dollars locally during the Adirondack Birding Festival June 10-12, based in Hamilton County. The festival is in its seventh year, and Dean Nervik has organized it for the past four years. He said his primary mission is to get “heads in beds,” and generate cash flow into the county. After being lured to Hamilton County with the pro mise of hard-to-find birds, Nervik said visitors will hopefully come back on their own to explor e the county and spend their leisure dollars. Alexandra R oalsvig, d irector o f t ourism f or L ong L ake, said, “Our regional community is so compact, infusing any amount of tourist traffic will see a positive outcome for our local businesses.” Roalsvig said once visitors leave, “they’ll go home and tell their friends about what a spectacular place Long Lake is to visit.” As part of the festival, Roalsvig said the town hall in Long Lake will host Joan Collins in an evening lecture, All About Birds, June 10. “Her experiences and her passion for bird ing always draw a crowd,” Collins said. Collins, a local bird expert who guides private birding excursions, starts planning the festival with Nervik in December or January. She’s been involved from year one. “I actually helped them start it. It’s been a great festival for the county,” she said. Many people want to see the increasingly rare Bicknell’s Thrush, said Collins. “It’s a huge draw,” she said. The free festival has had its hits and misses, said Nervik. In its first years, trips would often have too many attendees, which would cause confusion and leave visitors unhappy , or too few attendees, which was a poor use of trip guides’ time. See BIRDING FESTIVAL, page 8
Minerva FD celebrates sign Local scout is driving force behind project
By Mike Corey
denpubs@denpubs.com MINERVA — The weather was fine and the cr owd was ready for a small but significant celebration May 30 as the members of the Minerva Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad recognized a new sign built in fr ont of their building on state Route 28N. The new message board sign was something the the Minerva Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad (MVFD&RS) members had been considering for years. It ultimately came about as the r esult of the ef forts of a bunch of individuals and org anizations. The primary mover and shaker here has been Jonathan Sears, a Boy Scout with Troop 36 in North Creek. Sears took on the project of planning for , or ganizing, and building the sign for his Eagle Scout project. Using a generous grant from the Lake Placid-based.
The Long Lake Lions Club float featuring the Long Lake Diamondbacks Little League Team took the second-place prize for best float in the Hamilton County Memorial Day parade May 30 in Long Lake. Participants included Catherine Clark, Ethan Bush, Adrien Comeau, Jules Comeau, Calvin Seaman and Mary Dickerson. Photo by Andy Flynn
See NEW SIGN, page 5
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Three Johnsburg Central students were accepted into the New Visions program. See story on page 3.
NORTH CREEK — “Dirty Hands & Healthy Hearts,” a panel discussion and workshop on locally grown foods, will be held at the T annery Pond Community Center at 228 Main Str eet, on T uesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Featured will be Brian Gilchrist, executive dir ector of the Washington County Cor nell Cooperative Extension, Annette Nielsen, award winning writer and speaker on food topics, and T odd Hawkins & Theresa Studnicky , local CSA farmers pr oviding produce to r estaurants and families. There will be an open discussion and Q & A session after. For more information, visit www.tpcca.org or call 251-5751. The event is free and open to the public.
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