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Honing their safety skills Adk. river guides compete in annual Olympics By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT
NORTH CREEK | The annual Adirondack Guide Olympics that challenges the skills of river-rafting guides on the Hudson River was held July 26 — and it featured intense but friendly competition. Most of the events featured in the fifthannual Guide Olympics had esoteric names like Three-to-One Haul, Z-Drag, Live Bait Rescue, Foot Entrapment Rescue and Throwback Toss — but they referred to practical skills that are vital for the rafting guides, enabling them to protect the safety of people taking whitewater rafting trips. Five teams of six guides competed in a series of events over two hours or so in North Creek’s Riverside Park. » Guide olympics Cont. on pg. 7
River rafting guides representing Square Eddy Expeditions attempt to turn over a raft in a timed competitive event during a prior edition of the annual Adirondack Guide Olympics — held yearly in North Creek to hone the guides’ whitewater safety skills. The fifth-annual Olympics, held July 26, exhibited intense but friendly competition, followed by an afternoon of live music and camaraderie. Photo by Melody Thomas Photography
More funds set for Lake George sewer plant $500,000 secured toward $24 million project By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT
LAKE GEORGE | Lake George village’s indebtedness for the pending construction of a new $24 million sewer plant is to be reduced by 2.9 percent, after a new joint federal/state grant announced last week is factored into the plant’s financing. On July 25, the offices of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik announced a $500,000 grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission toward the wastewater treatment plant’s construction. This new grant, through the Border Commission’s infrastructure investment program, joins the $6.75 million in state and federal money already promised for the plant. During a visit to Lake George in April, Schumer told Lake George officials he’d lobby for some federal funding for the plant, particularly through the Border Commission. Stefanik has also voiced her support for securing additional grant funding. Lake George Mayor Robert Blais said Monday he appreciated the grant.
Warrensburg Town Board members review documents at a recent meeting. At their July meeting, the board awarded a bid to have two scales installed at the town transfer station. Also, they heard about progress on three ongoing infrastructure projects: upgrades at the town sewer treatment plant, development of a new town well and a longawaited sewer system extension up Schroon River Road. Photo by Thom Randall
Progress on Warrensburg’s infrastructure Test-well drilled By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT
WARRENSBURG | Projects to improve Warrensburg’s water supply and sewage treatment have moved forward in July.
At the July meeting of the Warrensburg Town Board, Supervisor Kevin Geraghty announced that a test well on town property near the Echo Lake recreational area has been drilled, and water quality tests are being conducted. If the pending test results indicate purity that meets state standards, the well will be bored out to produce drinking water for municipal water district customers. » Test-well Cont. on pg. 5
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LAKE GEORGE | Plans to erect an Adirondack fire tower as a tourist attraction in Lake George’s Charles Wood Park took a major step forward last week after both Warren County and Lake George Village took action
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A fire tower similar to this one atop Hurricane Mountain is likely to be a tourist attraction in Lake George’s Charles Wood Park in the fear future, since Warren County and Lake George Village recently endorsed efforts toward getting a historic one installed there at a cost of $150,000.
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been disassembled and restored by a man near Plattsburgh who heard about the intentions to host one in Lake George, and he made the offer to reconstruct it in the park, village Mayor Robert Blais said. July 19, the Warren County Board of Supervisors approved authorizing Elan Planning of Saratoga Springs to prepare an application — at a cost of $4,900 — for a state grant to pay for 75 percent or more of the project’s cost. The village is to pay $1,862 of the cost of the application. The Lake George Village board approved the concept.
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toward having one erected. The structure envisioned for the park, however, is not just a replica of one, according to a recent proposal, that would have cost $350,000 to $450,000. It’s an authentic Adirondack fire tower that served the state for 60 years, and the village could obtain it and have it erected for a total of $150,000. Plans now call for Lake George Village to acquire what is believed to be the state’s first steel fire tower, constructed in 1917 near what is now Northway Exit 30, but taken down in 1977. The 40-foot-tall tower had
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