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In SPORTS | pg. 12
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The week in sports
Lady Eagles top Red Storm, Blue Bombers
In GUEST VIEWPOINT | pg. 4
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In other | pg. 2
The Adirondacks Championship and Jack Ma snowshoers And his 30/30/30 initiative
To compete in Saranac Lake
State to invest $20m in Whiteface, Gore upgrades Investments, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will make facilities more competitive — but must be paired with private investment By Pete DeMola
pete@suncommunitynews.com
PLATTSBURGH — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged up to $20 million in state investments for major upgrades to a pair of Adirondack ski resorts. The improvements to Gore and Whiteface Mountain, announced by the governor in Plattsburgh on Monday, will en-
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hance the current facilities and create modern skiing, lodging, dining and retail opportunities and year-round activities at the two facilities. The project will be the first major upgrade at both Whiteface and Gore in 30 years. Planned upgrades at Whiteface include: • Expanding the Bear Den Lodge and adding a state-ofthe-art learning center, bar and restaurant; • Expanding and renovating the Adirondack Base Lodge and parking lot; • Installing a line connecting the Bear Den Learning Center area to the Mid Station;
>> See WHITEFACE | pg. 7
Saranac Lake Winter Carnival 2017 Ice Palace builders held off a few days, but have a plan for palatial design of Adirondack Wildlife theme this year
Some 300-plus people gathered in Lewis at Inez gravesite in solidarity for women’s rights, civil rights
>> See MARCH | pg. 11
Building one of the longest zip lines in North America; Building the longest mountain coaster in the United States. And at Gore Mountain: • Expanding seating capacity and modernizing the Saddle Lodge’s facilities and infrastructure; • Adding a third story to the Base Lodge – building corporate meeting room space, additional seating and customer amenities, and expanding the rental shop in the Northwoods Lodge; • Restoring the original 1967 gondola unloading station
Ice Palace off to slushy start
hitÊ homeÊ LEWIS — The final resting place of suffragist Inez Milholland was covered in roses and white lilies and decorated with an American flag after hundreds gathered at her snowbound gravestone set flat against the ground a hundred years ago. Echoes from a rich part of local history here blended with fresh concerns exKim pressed nationwide last Saturday. Dedam Writer American flags flew as dissent was delivered in hues of red, white, blue, rainbow stripes and pink. It was just one rally among hundreds that drew hundreds of thousands of people to a Women’s March in Washington, D.C. and to sister rallies around the world. A confluence of fluid speeches, signs and songs merged women’s rights — both medical and legal — with environmental, civil and human rights concerns. Businesswoman Tex Clark came north to Lewis from
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By Kim Dedam
kim@suncommunitynews.com
Sofia Kite-Whidden, age 5, from Saranac Lake attended the Women’s March rally at Inez Milholland’s gravesite in Lewis last Saturday. She had expressed her wish to march “Into Massive Light.” Photo by Kim Dedam
SARANAC LAKE — Ice Palace construction for Saranac Lake’s 2017 Winter Carnival held off until this week, sidestepping a January thaw. Ice was already formed over a foot thick on Lake Flower, but the warm air gave builders pause. “We’re leaving the ice in the lake where it will not melt,” construction manager Dean Baker said last week, with an eye on the forecast. The coming days should see air temperatures drop into the teens. Winter Carnival Committee spokeswoman Colleen O’Neill said the layer of ice layers on Pontiac Bay is at least 12 inches, likely more. But the main concern was slush: the mortar used to seal the palace blocks in place. >> See ICE PALACE | pg. 3