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First Aid class to be offered in North Creek NORTH CREEK — A Wilderness First Aid course will be offered Saturday, Oct. 30, at Tannery Pond Community Center. The course will be taught by Richard Morse, who has been an EMT for 30 years. Morse is also an adjunct faculty member at SUNY Adirondack, where he teaches courses in Swiftwater Rescue and Wilderness First Responder. The course costs $50, with a 10 percent discount for members of Johnsburg EMS and Adirondack TREKS. The class is limited to 10 students. To sign up call Richard Morse at 494-4094 or e-mail morses2@gmail.com.
Indian Lake to host Chili Cook-off INDIAN LAKE — A chili cook-off will be held Oct. 16, from 2 to 6 p.m. at The Bear Trap in Indian Lake to raise money for The National Kidney Foundation. The cost is $10 to enter chili and $5 to judge. Anyone can compete or judge. Entry fees include a free beverage. There will be one prize for first place. For more information, call Elizabeth at 648-5863 or 648-5341.
Methodist Church to host dinner INDIAN LAKE — Indian Lake Methodist Church will have a turkey dinner at the church on Main Street Tuesday, Nov. 2. Take-outs begin at 4:30 p.m. and dinner is at 5 p.m. Menu includes turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry relish, vegetables, coleslaw, homemade rolls, pies and beverages. Adults are $8.50, under age 12 are $4 and under age 5 are free.
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Gore Mountain hosts its annual leaf cruncher. See Page 2
Look inside for all the scores and stats from around the region. See Page 4
Follow John Gereau on his journey to Manitoba. See Page 8
In Indian Lake
Fun Family Halloween Fest slated to return By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com INDIAN LAKE — As the leaves begin to fall and the temperature drops, local towns are entertaining with their annual fall festivals. Indian Lake will host its annual Fun Family Halloween Festival Oct. 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Byron Park. Activities planned for the afternoon include pony rides, face painting, pumpkin painting and carving, games and crafts, ghost stories, and much more. Music will be provided throughout the day by Adirondack Acoustic, a hometown band that always provides great entertainment. “We encourage all parents to dress their youngster up in costumes and bring them to the costume parade,” said Vonnie Liddle of Indian Lake tourism. “No one will want to forget their cameras.” The parade begins at 2:45 p.m. Featured will be the Pumpkin Platform, which displays pumpkins that have been “decorated” by either carving or painting. Local artists can create pumpkins at the festival or bring their own. Pumpkins can be purchased the week of Oct. 18-22 at the town hall between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. for $3 each. “We want to welcome everyone to participate and show off their creations,” said Liddle. “It’s a great opportunity to show off your creative talent. We want to meet a challenge of 100 pumpkins for the platform.” New to the festival this year is the Scarecrow Contest. Scarecrows will be displayed on the front lawn at Byron
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Bert Heckett, Joan Conway formerly of Conway Country Store and Nancy Heckett cut the ribbon and welcome customers into Wevertown Country Store during their grand opening this weekend. Photo by Dave Braley
Grand Opening
Wevertown Country Store officially opens for business By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com WEVERTOWN — The Wevertown Country Story on Route 28 is reviving the presence of a neighborhood grocery store in Wevertown. Owners ceremoniously cut a ribbon to mark the store’s grand
opening Oct. 9. “We got off to a great start,” said owner and manager Nancy Heckett. “It has even been a little overwhelming.” The store officially opened Oct. 2, in the building that was a busy establishment from the 1970s to the 1990s under
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Local youth artists honored in ‘Celebration of Life’ By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com GLENS FALLS — Regional middle and high school student are bringing life and color to the streets of Glens Falls as their artistic reactions to the Holocaust are displayed at the World Awareness Children’s Museum’s lobby gallery at Aimie’s Dinner and a Movie at 190 Glen St. The exhibition will run throughout the month of October until 11 p.m. each day. “The exhibition ‘Celebration of Life’ celebrates the message of love and the strength of the human spirit triumphing over the horror
of the Holocaust,” said Russell Serrianne, curator of collections at The World Awareness Children's Museum. Whitney McGinn, Samantha Mitchell and Deidra Palmatier, graduates of Minerva Central School are a few of the features artists in the exhibition. From 2007-2008, students from 18 school districts in Northeastern New York participated in an educational program with Rena Bernstein, a childhood survivor of the Holocaust. Bernstein shared her personal experience and asked students to read her mother Jafa Wallach’s book: Bitter Freedom:
Memoirs of a Holocaust Survivor. Students transferred what they learned into artistic expressions; creating paintings, drawings, ceramics and poetry. This original Holocaust educational project, “A Celebration of Life,” was created and coordinated by Sunny Buchman, and was sponsored by the Glens Falls Hadassah and the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council.
See MUSEUM, page 3 At right: “Falling Numbers” by Deidra Palmatier, a 2008 graduate of Minerva Central School.
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