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Community will host its Country Christmas Tour. PAGE 6 OUTDOORS

The Christmas parade will be held in Johnsburg beginning at 11 a.m. Dec. 3 as part of the community’s month-long “Lights On” celebration. Shown above are participants in last year’s parade. For more information on “Lights On” turn to page 2. Photo by Laurie Prescott Arnheiter

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Long Lake to celebrate holiday season LONG LAKE — Few places emulate the Norman Rockwell Americana feel during the holiday season as much as the quaint, lakeside town of Long Lake. Adding to the ambiance is a long list of holiday-themed events, kicking of f with the Rogers and Hammerstein classic musical “Cinder ella: The Enchanted Edition” Dec. 2 at the Long Lake Town Hall, a produc-

tion that is part of the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts line-up. The musical interpr ets the timeless enchantment of the magical fairy tale, reborn with great warmth and mor e than a touch of hilarity . Hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fits. Curtains rise at 7:30 p.m. For tickets or information call 518-352-7715. Next, on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m., is a con-

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INDIAN LAKE — International students may become as commonplace in Indian Lake as they ar e in Newcomb if an initiative to build a pr ogram ther e is successful. At their Nov . 15 meeting, the school boar d appr oved the $980 expense of filing an application to make ILCS eligible to accept F-1 students. Also during the meeting, Newcomb Central Superintendent Skip Hults spoke about his program. ILCS Superintendent Mark Brand said, “W e have an underused school, we can absorb a few mor e students.” When he started as school superintendent, Indian Lake had 213 students. Now , Brand said, there are 157. Though they have fewer students now, the school has the same amount of teachers and the same spacious campus. Athletic Dir ector John Rathbun noted that school sports teams ar e getting harder to fill. Keene recently announced that they couldn't fill a basketball r oster, and asked to be r emoved from competition schedules. It's not simply school programs that shrink, said Hults; the youth culture in

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