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Those hanging purple boxes are back. Find out what they are and how they help. See Page 3
Check out our special Health and Fitness section for tips and advice to stay in shape. See Pages 6-7
Peter Paine Jr. receives Hochschild award for public service. See Page 8
DEC, APA seek public comment on Moose River Plains proposal
North Creek Outreach Center hosts BBQ
NORTH CREEK — The Outreach Center is hosting a chicken BBQ Sept. 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ski Bowl Park in North Creek to benefit the Outr each Center’s Food Pantry. The Keystone Band, a four piece group featuring music by the Eagles, Don Henley and Bob Seger will perform. The four participating musicians include Blair and Barry Gr egson, Andrea Hogan and David Ochal. Long time supporters of the food pantry , Don and Joyce Lasher of Brant Lake ar e the sponsors of the BBQ. The Lashers are well known in the community for their continued dedication to the center. Also, members of the Queensbury United Methodist Chur ch will be on hand to assist in the event. Proceeds of the event will go directly to the Outr each Center’s Food Pantry . The food pantry serves over 160 families monthly. Tickets are $8 and $7 for seniors.
Locals express concern over closures and reclassification By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com
Pete and Dana Burns of Beaver Brook Outfitters in Wevertown guide a raft down the Hudson River’s challenging whitewater. New York State Gov. David Paterson and First Lady Michelle Paterson paddle from the center seats. Photo by Jim Swedberg
Trio Casals to perform
THIS WEEK Johnsburg.............. ......2 Minerva Newcomb ........3 Letters to the Editor ......4 Indian Lake/Long Lake ..5 Health & Fitness............6-7 Calendar ......................10 Classifieds....................11-13 Auto Zone ....................14
Newborn marketing effort victim of vandalism By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com
NORTH CREEK — Befor e having a chance to see one winter tourism season, the sign placed on Route 28 in North Cr eek opposite Peaceful V alley Road to drive visitors fr om Gor e Mountain into the village of North Creek was vandalized last week. “It’s sad to see all of our ef forts r uined,” said Laurie Arnheiter, owner of Hudson River T rading Company and North Cr eek Business Alliance member. The sign was part of a campaign spearheaded by a sub-committee of the North Cr eek Business Alliance to use bed tax money to line the streets entering the village with a colorful marketing ef fort. Such marketing campaigns are part of an ongoing goal of bringing visitors and tourists to experience downtown North Creek and showcase local recreational opportunities. “We have been asking the question, how do we get them to come, for a long time,” said Arnheiter. The committee thought they had answered part of that question until pieces of the sign by Garnett Signs were ripped off their base. The Warren County Sherif f ’s Department evaluated the damage and er ported the act was indeed deliberate.
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A sign located on Route 28 installed with bed tax money by a sub-committee of the North Creek Business Alliance. Visible vandalism was labeled as intentional by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department. Photo by Lindsay Yandon
No police r eport as been r eleased and no char ges have been filed at this time. According to the town of Johnsburg, after bed tax dollars ar e spent, the property is no longer cover ed under town insurance and the vandalism will therefore not be repaired by an insur-
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ance claim. The sign it it’s entirety cost $600. Arnheiter feels the vandalism was intentional and senses underlaying hostility towards North Creek from the surrounding communities within the town of Johnsburg. The business
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NORTH CREEK — T annery Pond Community Center will host Trio Casals Saturday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will include works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Astor Piazzolla, Joseph Suk and Paul Schoenfield. The trio is lead by cellist, Ovidiu Marinescu who, as one of the outstanding musicians of his native Romania. Sylvia Ahramjian joins Marinescu and is acclaimed for her spirited violin performances and innovative r ecital pr ograms. Pianist Carl Cranmer, who made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age nine r ounds out the group. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students. For more information call 681-1715 or visit www.upperhudsonmusic.org. The concert is made possible in part with funds fr om the New York State council on theArts, a State agency.
INDIAN LAKE — Concerned citizens filed into a designated r oom at Indian Lake Central School last week to make their voices heard to the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) r egarding a series of compr ehensive, integrated management actions pr oposed for the Moose River Plains Wild Forest. The management pr oposals include: • Creating the Moose River Plains Intensive Camping Area along the Limekiln Lake-Cedar River Road. • Expanding the W est Canada Lake W ilderness, which bor ders the Moose River Plains. • Closing certain trails and roads in the wild for est to snowmobiling, many of which ar e dead-ends or spurs, or r eceive little or no snowmobile use. • Creating a new community-connector snowmobile trail fr om Limekiln LakeCedar River Road to Lower Sargent Pond, which will provide connections to Indian Lake, Inlet, Raquette Lake and Long Lake. Resulting overall snowmobile mileage would be appr oximately 59 miles. • Cr eating the Beaver Lake Special Management Area, which includes ar eas south of the South Branch of the Moose River and west of the pr oposed intensive use area boundary along
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