Look Inside:
August 16, 2014
Editorial
The ‘invasive species’ of Tupper Lake
N News ws
Enterprise En
Page 4
2014
4 192
A Denton Publication
Buffalo Man drowns on Raquette River
Serving the Upper Hudson River Region
FREE • Take One
NO ICE, NO PROBLEM
This Week MINERVA
By Mauranda Stahl-Sorensen
mauranda@denpubs.com LONG LAKE Ñ A rescue effort began on the flat rocks overlooking the pools and rapids of the Buttermilk Falls on the Raquette River Aug. 9, after state police received a report of a possible drowning. Nicolas M. Padilla, 20, of Buffalo was reported by police to have been swimming with friends in the slower moving pools of the water below the popular swimming spot of Buttermilk Falls. It was reported that Padilla and a friend ascended the rocks adjacent to the waterfall and began to traverse the riverÕ s current near the crest of the waterfall, Padilla was said to have lost his footing and was swept over the falls by a current and pinned beneath the surface of the water. Emergency responders worked for approximately three hours before they were able to recover the victim from the river. Padilla was pronounced dead at the scene by Hamilton County Coroner Virginia Jennings who authorized the removal of PadillaÕ s body and the eventual transfer to Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville. An autopsy will be preformed at a later date by Dr. Jay Jungen. Participating in the rescue and recovery efforts were the Long Lake Fire Department, Long Lake Ambulance Service, Tupper Lake Dive Team and Fire Department, Saranac Lake Dive Team and Fire Department, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department, New York State Forest Rangers and New York State Police Aviation. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
PAGE 2 NORTH CREEK
Tri-County Nursing celebrates 40 PAGE 8 NEWCOMB
Hoot Owl Lodge opens doors Cole Sears and Sydney Selleck battle for the tennis ball “puck” while playing hockey on the courts at the Johnsburg Youth Summer program.
Model railroad museum in financial peril, may move from Pottersville thom@denpubs.com
EDITORIAL
4
LETTERS
5 6, 11
OBITUARIES
10
CLASSIFIEDS
11
LEGALS
15
PAGE 9
Photo provided/Ann Dingman
By Thom Randall
Index BRIEFS
Parishes set to say goodbye to leader
POTTERSVILLE Ñ Railroads on Parade, the world-class museum of model trains complete with lavish million-dollar layouts, may be moving away from Pottersville if a new venue with more tourist traffic is secured. That’s not all that’s in the works. The displays, created by the internationally acclaimed set designer Clarke Dunham and his wife Barbara, may be liquidated unless a new financial backer steps forward. The museum, lauded at its debut in 2010 as a major
new tourist attraction in northern Warren County, is “in dire financial straights,” Barbara Dunham stated in an email to the Adirondack Journal this week. Clarke Dunham confirmed the warning on Aug. 5, noting that patronage of his museum has not met his and Barbara’s expectations. Ò Our current investor wants out, and we need to pay back a $450,000 note,” he said. “If we can’t line up that sum, I lose everything and Pottersville loses its major attraction.” The Railroads on Parade museum has been lauded as having potential as a national attraction Ñ and providing a welcome boost to tourism in northern
Warren County. The museum features cityscapes crafted in intricate, realistic detail. Expected to bolster the local economy, the museum has not yet met its potential, Dunham said. He said the reason for its shortfall has been that not enough money has been spent on publicizing the venue. Dunham is the creator of the famed Citicorp train display in New York City as well as extensive model train layouts in Cincinnati, Chicago, Omaha and Williamsburg, Va. that have been viewed by more than 5 million people, and have been hailed as national attractions. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Automotive Service, Inc.
518-623-5588
Remember to keep clicking newsenterprise.org all day every day for the latest local news, featured stories and extras
www.newsenterprise.org
SIGN UP TODAY!
Each week, we’ll send you the printed edition straight to your email’s inbox for FREE. Cancel any time. To sign up, simply go to
www.newsenterprise.org/alerts/manage/
Facebook & Twitter Twitter
Online
3943 Main St. Warrensburg, NY 12885
50688
A FULL SERVICE REPAIR FACILITY
Become a “fan” on Facebook. Simply search keyword “News Enterprise” or follow our Tweets at
www.twitter.com/newsenterprise1