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NORTH COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE • VOL. 7 NO.2

Vol. 7 No. 1

Events Galore!

This is going to be the best summer yet!

A collection of the region’s best events taking place this summer, sure to appeal to the whole family.

SUMMER 2018

Jig and Fixture

Forest product manufacturing holds it’s place Mineville’s Adirondack Industry

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2018 Season Dates: May 28 - Sept. 3 International Paper John Dillon Park, a gift from International Paper to the community in 2005, recognizes retired CEO and Paul Smith’s College alumnus John Dillon, who envisioned a place where everyone could enjoy a wilderness experience in the heart of the Adirondack Park. Under a conservation easement, this barrier-free park will remain forever wild, demonstrating how well-managed forests, recreation and conservation benefit both people and land. In partnership with Paul Smith’s College and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the park continues to host campers each year.

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Table of Contents

COVER FEATURE MANUFACTURING ADK - Jig and Fixture: Essex Industries Forest product manufacturing holds it's place in Mineville's Adirondack industry.

By Kim Dedam

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BIOGRAPHY

22

VOLUNTEERS

36

42

HISTORY

SPORTS & THE OUTDOORS

The Sacred Fire

Volunteerism Is Her Life

A Monument To The Past

Hiking Safety

By Elizabeth Izzo

By Lohr McKinstry

By Keith Lobdell

NYS DEC

VERMONT

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LAKE CHAMPLAIN

30

SUMMER FUN

70

CRAFTS

88

Famous Parents and a Life of Writing

The Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain

North Country's Best Water Parks

DIY Craft With Kids: Berry Painting

By Lou Varricchio

By Lou Varricchio

By Megan Harrington

By Mikaela Foster

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COVER FEATURE EYE ON BUSINESS - Energy Based Healing Abanakee Wellness Center offers natural healing on a personal basis

By Christopher South

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SPORTS & THE OUTDOORS Seven Principles of Leave No Trace

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SPORTS & THE OUTDOORS

56

Get On The Water

By Keith Lobdell

NYS DEC

COOKING

80 Strawberries!

By Gayle Alexander

Cooking With Kids: (Straw) Berry Jam

By Mikaela Foster

ARTS & CULTURE

Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: A Family Tradition

Champ Day Returns Anew

By Christopher South

By Lohr McKinstry

CALENDAR

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BIOGRAPHY

93 Community Events Calendar

DINING

106 Local Restaurants and Eateries

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JULY 11–AUGUST 15 Wednesday & Friday Mornings Just for Kids: Create art projects with local artisans (Heritage Museum) every Wednesday and Friday followed by live performances for children and families (K of C Pavilion) every Wednesday.

Variety of Art Shows, Ti Arts/Downtown Gallery Special Tours and Programs at Fort Ticonderoga: Beyond Bullets & Blades, Ticonderoga Guns by Night, The Gossip Tour, Sunset Boat Cruise on Lake Champlain. *Advanced Reg. Required

JULY 8 Battle of Carillon Commemoration: Join the Fife and Drum Corps to lay wreaths and remember the men who fell in the climactic 1758 Battle of Carillon.

JULY 7–OCTOBER 13 (Saturdays)

JUNE 16 Scots Day: Discover your own Scottish connection by visiting clan tents and vendors, enjoying the sounds of Scottish music performed throughout the day, and watching Border Collie demonstrations.

JULY & AUGUST Cultural arts celebrations, festivals, performances, artist workshops, art exhibits, tournaments, and more!

JUNE 30-JULY 6 Independence Week: 6/30-7/6 Witness the fight for liberty when the continental army held the line for independence at the great fortress, Ticonderoga. Experience daily musket and cannon demonstrations, as well as Fife and Drum Corps performances.

Best Fourth in the North: 7/1-7/4 Fireworks, parade, live music, food, vendors, rides, games, and more in downtown Ticonderoga!

JULY 28

StreetFest: Food, live music, crafts, artists, vendors, sidewalk sales, kids activities, and more downtown!

Fife & Drum Corps Muster: Experience martial music at its best! From the American Revolution, to the Civil War, to modern commemoration, discover the practical purpose of fifes and drums.

Enjoy the stirring rhythms and tunes of classic marches and camp songs. Join us for a special twilight muster.

AUGUST 5 Ticonderoga Area Car Show: Car show events, music, car show raffle, food, vendors, kids zone, and more in Bicentennial Park.

Ticonderoga Area Farmers’ Market: Farmers, vendors, music, kids activities, special events, and more.

JULY 17, 24 & AUGUST 7, 21 Summer Concert Series: Variety of music, performances, and more at the Community Building.

AUGUST 11 Hancock House Summer A’fair: Music, bake sale, vendors, museum tours, gift shop, and more!

AUGUST 11–OCTOBER 28

JULY 21 & 22

Defiance & Independence Battle Re-enactment: Witness the epic siege of American-held Ticonderoga. Watch the story unravel around you as the roar of cannon and muskets erupt, and see how American soldiers and artillerymen held the line in the name of Liberty.

Fort Ticonderoga’s Heroic Maze: A Corn Maze Adventure! Open daily 8/11–8/26, weekends 9/1–10/21. Also open Labor Day and Columbus Day. Maze by Moonlight 10/26–10/27.

AUGUST 24–26 Trekonderoga: Pop Culture Convention in downtown Ticonderoga at the CBS Licensed Star Trek Original Series Set Tour. Set Tours, special events and guests, Elvis Concert, and so much more.

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Manufacturing ADK

forest product manufacturing holds its place in mineville’s adirondack industry It’s a busy place, full of diligent work, pride, lots of camaraderie and wood, tons of wood: maple, oak, cedar, cherry and ash.

Stacked in orderly piles, raw lumber measures out months of occupational training, jobs and income for Mountain Lake Services residents and support teams.

The industry provides local jobs in a unique niche specific to forestry, which is central to Adirondack manufacturing.

Piece work and assembly projects accommodate schedules of growing companies nearby: Whistle Pig distillery and Schluter-Systems to name a few.

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But the canoe and wood products, designed, patented and crafted at Essex Industries, span production lines over two generations of woodcraft personnel.

Delivery has stretched across the globe.

Workflow Coordinator Preston Mitchell has been here since the first decade, as this Essex County bulwark readies to mark its 45th year.

“We started with the same mission, to provide job-ready skills in an integrated workplace,” he said, describing the wide ranging tasks from one brightly lit room to another.

Trained employees can and do move

from here to other full-time local jobs, he said.

But on-the-job learning starts with skills fit to each employee, working an average five-hour day with transportation to and from Mountain Lake’s residential homes.

Success is evident in the pride employees take in describing what they do and how they tackle current projects.

“See, this is how it works,” Jessica Belden says, fitting a box she folded into a jig (a template made at Essex Industries) to affix the label.

She is working in an assembly area established for an outside contract job.

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Dressed professionally in a Mountain Lake shirt, Belden chats with co-workers, each performing their own part around the table, packing fixtures for Schluter-Systems Inc., a global tile installation innovator with an operations center in Plattsburgh.

Belden prints and sets the label.

Over time, some 1,400,000 SchluterSystems components will be measured by weight and placed into 14,000 kits, a piecework job that requires assembly-line attention to detail.

label for distillers at Whistle Pig.

mainstay for workers here.

Whistle Pig’s wooden whiskey sampling trays are also made here. Elaborate rounded bakers’ peels are crafted and sanded to a fine spatula-like edge for another customer.

The job uses valuable remnants of cherry left from cuts for canoe parts.

But it was the supply to paddle sports and wooden canoe builders that built this place.

“We are starting to see an increase in subcontractor jobs,” Mitchell said.

Many similar manufacturing operations in the U.S. shifted to locations overseas in the early 2000s.

There was a decided slump at the onset of the recession.

The variety of projects coming in keeps every day’s task fresh.

“But now there is a narrower workforce out there. so it is cost effective to farm these projects out.”

Nearby, cases of glassware are ready to

Fixtures, packaging and shipping are a

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Essex Industries is one of only three companies in the U.S. that still makes wooden canoe parts, Mitchell said.

With them went some customers.

“Most everyone has come back because of the quality,” Mitchell allowed.

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canoe seats, wooden canoe yokes, thwarts and gunnels for companies recognizable the world over: Mad River, L.L. Bean, Hornbeck and Winonah, to name a few.

There are picnic tables for state parks, cedar bench swings and rocking chairs. Essex Industries recently added a specialized laser etching machine that can print just about any design on any material: wooden signs, gun stocks or glass or metal.

The Trotech laser engraver also cuts intricate designs for wooden ornaments, etches wood-clad pens and gifts, including USB flash drives made at Essex Industries.

The etching business is growing as nearby companies increase demand.

For the primary manufacturing line jig templates and fixtures form the core of product assembly, making a replicable standard and ease of construction.

All of the jigs are designed and engineered at Essex Industries by Mitchell and cohort Jim Sherman, who helps fit the production schedule to job training.

All of the fabrication for these important templates is done at Essex Industry. And nearly every part they make has its own jig.

Over decades, the jigs define nearly every job that has come through the doors.

“We have hundreds and hundreds of them,” he said.

“They help supply skill and training with a bit of art in it.”

The jigs also chronicle an evolution of some of Essex Industries signature design work.

Rounded smooth, mortise and tenon joints for canoe seats evolved to adjust for different angles and placement in a canoe, Mitchells said.

“This was the result of a fishing trip,” Mitchell quips of engineering design update for cross-grain fabrication on the canoe seat. It’s a technique he calls “wood welding.”

Putting assembly in motion begins and ends with mapping each product, assessing costs in both labor and materials.

Jigs and fixtures help organize the workload, which in turn helps organize the training process and jobs.

Essex Industries works with just-intime or “lean” production; each step is developed as ordered.

A sanding room, rough-in shop, weaving area for caning and webbing canoe seats, glue tables (each step has its own set of jigs) and assembly areas move one into the other in order, like seasons.

Workspace is wide and open, giving workers plenty of space to move around.

The finish room, packaging and shipping are near the warehouse, the final staging area, which was an expansion effort made about 15 years ago.

Customer shipping labels are computerized, allowing employees to gain important computer skills.

“We do try to buy local materials and most of the time we can find what we need,” Sherman said of the lumber stock; enough to carry the season’s orders.

Ash, Sherman said, is threatened with

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Mitchell pointed to the Wall of Jigs,

each marked by year.

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decline by invasive species, especially the Emerald Ash Borer.

It is something that Essex Industries keeps track of.

“Ash is known as the leisure wood, because it is both flexible and strong,” Sherman explains,“It doesn’t shatter.”

Besides canoe parts and seats, it is the primary wood for items like pool cues and baseball bats.

Maybe it’s the focus on leisure accessories that makes production appear smooth and easy-going.

Maybe it’s the quiet hum the manufacturing facility keeps in this corner of Moriah.

The forested campus at Essex Industries in Mineville -- Grover Hills section, near the football field -- was once a Catholic school, St. Joseph the Worker School, founded by Msgr. William Harold Brennan, who was pastor of the Saints Peter and Paul parish from 1950 to 1966.

In June of 1969, the parochial school closed leaving 10,000 square feet of vacant space unused while the new Moriah Central School building opened.

It was a time when economic downturn was supercharged by closure of mining operations in Moriah and the steady loss of attendant railroad operations.

Through years of planning and urgent calls to both reclaim jobs and train people being moved out of institutions for disabled persons, Essex Industries became a template: a jig and a fixture in Essex County.

(Top) Preston Mitchell, workflow coordinator at Essex Industries, with a canoe fixture made of solid ash. (Top Left) Tom Williams, a woodcraft employee at Essex Industries, weaves webbing by hand onto a canoe seat. (Top Middle) Patented Essex Industries canoe seat just after assembly.

The mortise and tenon joints are build using a design by Preston Mitchell, who calls the process “wood welding.” (Top Right) In the woodshop at Essex Industries, boards are trimmed according to wood grain. Joe Durgan operates the machinery and checks carefully each cut. The machinery is retrofit with safety devices, one in particular that moves two start buttons beneath the saw. (Bottom Left) Raw parts for canoe seats in the sanding room at Essex Industries.

Sawdust from ash and cedar and other types of wood is collected in large vacuum systems and bagged for use on farms as livestock bedding. (Bottom Middle) Essex Industries employee Jessica Belden affixes a label to a box of Schluter Systems fixtures. The subcontractor project completes individual boxes of washers that might be found in any major building supply store. (Bottom Right) Part of the Wall of Jigs at Essex Industries. The collection dates back years over hundreds of projects. Jigs provide the building template for each step in the woodcraft company’s manufacturing assembly process.

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In the 44 years since its start, canoe craft and woodworkers have hand-built and shipped thousands and thousands of canoe parts and accessories.

The first manufacturing contract came with the first client in December of 1974 to what was then called by local news accounts a “sheltered workshop.”

About half of the funding now is supplied by government support agencies, with cuts looming.

The

company

is

working

to

safeguard against state losses, though the struggle is real.

To add job training and production capacity, Essex Industries has expanded

Start-up funding for the non-profit organization came through various channels: 75 percent federal dollars, 15 percent state monies and 15 percent local funding.

to include Essex Pallet and Pellet in

The initial goal was to provide job training and occupations for “15 to 20” adult residents.

12 resident employees, who maintain

Essex Industries’ annual budget in 1975 was $200,000 with ten staff employees, according to news accounts then.

Today, about 52 adults work to cut, craft, assemble and ship products alongside about 20 full and part-time staff support personnel.

Keeseville, with 20 assisted employees; Mountain Weaver’s Guild in Port Henry with 10 employees crafting handmade baskets; plus the Garden Center with a greenhouse and sell garden products at local farmers’ markets.

Including residential support staff, Mountain Lake and its Essex Industries is the largest employer in Essex County with a total of 730 personnel altogether.

Job

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wood

craft

industry here remains its jig and a rare and special Adirondack fixture.

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Biography

By Elizabeth Izzo On a sundial at the heart of a serene, well-kept rose garden in Saratoga Springs, a poem by Henry van Dyke is inscribed.

It’s this poem — on display for countless visitors to see every year — that perhaps best describes the story of Yaddo, a nearly century-old artist’s colony in upstate New York.

AT FIRST GLANCE

Through the generosity and love of writer Katrina Trask and her husband, financier and president of the New York Times Company, Spencer Trask, a home was risen from ash that would come to foster writers and artists for generations to come.

I was 19 years old, and the romanticism of it all appeared, to me, something magical.

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The first time I visited Yaddo was many years ago in the last gasp of the summer season. Rose pedals ascended from the gardens with each gust of wind and scattered the grounds like confetti.

It was through a decades-old letter — from someone I didn’t know addressed to someone else I didn’t know, printed in a book for posterity — that I first learned of this place.

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“Hours fly, Flowers die, New days, New ways, Pass by, Love stays.”

to something. Legitimacy. Assurance.

Inspiration. I wanted the ghost of “In Cold Blood” author and Yaddo alum, Truman Capote, to pat me on the back and say something like, “You’re one of the real ones.”

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emotional hurdles all writers leap before they pass the finish line, that I realized I didn’t need permission from anyone to do the work of writing something.

The doors to the Trask mansion and its adjoining work spaces open to approximately 220 guests every year from all over the world.

I was not one of them that day.

But I looked longingly from its public garden, past the acres of rich green grass and beyond to a sign that read “Private Area Beyond Here,” and like so many others, saw a pervasive story of kindness, love and empathy so profound that it imparted in me a lingering resolve to create.

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ORIGINS The sprawling, secluded 400-acre Yaddo estate became home to the Trasks in 1881.

The house originally built on the property burned down in 1893, and from the ashes the Trasks built the immense gray-stone Queen Anne Revival mansion that exists today.

It was in this home that Katrina Trask loved her husband Spencer immensely, turned that love into poetry and literature, and bore four of his children, all of whom died in infancy or childhood.

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to, Katrina dreamed of leaving her home to entire generations of literary men, women and artists to come.

their initials:

“At Yaddo, they will find the Sacred Fire, and light their torches,” Trask was cited as saying in a Time Magazine article from 1938.

ALUMNUS

The first artists arrived in 1926.

For his wife, Spencer Trask built a rose garden that still attracts visitors to this day, sustained by volunteers that dedicate their days to caring for the rows and rows of delicate flowers.

At a grand stone entrance to the garden, the archway is still etched with

S.T. K. T.

The campus only plays host to a handful of artists for residency each year, and it could be in part through this exclusivity that Yaddo has taken on an almost mythical air in the writing community: A laundry list of iconic writers have worked there — David Foster Wallace, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Langston Hughes, Carson McCullers, James Baldwin, Patricia Highsmith.

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other awards, have collectively won 74 Pulitzer Prizes, 29 MacArthur Fellowships, 68 National Book Awards and a Nobel Prize.

But Yaddo is more than the collective accolades and successes of the artists who have roamed the halls of the Trasks’ immense estate.

It’s tangible, tactile evidence of a love story so strong that it has experienced the longevity of a great work of art, inspiring countless creators that have made the pilgrimage here.

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governs Yaddo kickstarted the first phase of a $20 million renovation project that isn’t expected to conclude until 2040.

working conditions demands that you

It’s the first large-scale modernization plan implemented there since the doors to Yaddo opened to its first crop of artists in 1926.

being sturdy.”

The goal is to preserve, restore and update the property. Yaddo president Elaina Richardson told Architectural Record in 2016: “You don’t want somebody who’s working here to be thinking about trim color and the tile in the bathrooms,” she said, adding, “the core promise of good

have good temperature control, good natural light and the sense of things

Plans also call for the creation of five new studio spaces on campus.

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(Top) Mary Cunningham stands in front of Ticonderoga Volunteer Fire Department, where she’s been a volunteer for decades. (Bottom) For 25 years, Mary Cunningham has run the Ticonderoga Fire Department’s weekly bingo fundraiser.

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Mary Cunningham has been a community volunteer for decades, coordinating the American Cancer Society’s local Relay for Life fundraiser and serving as an EMT and firefighter.

The Ticonderoga resident has been an emergency medical technician with the Ticonderoga Emergency Squad for 40 years and in the Ticonderoga Volunteer Fire Department for 25.

She’s one of the founders of the Medical Emergency Response Team at International Paper’s Ticonderoga Mill, where she works in the security department, and she’s been assisting the American Cancer Society’s local Relay for Life for seven years and co-chair for three.

“I just like to volunteer,” Cunningham said. “My sister was killed in a car accident at (age) 16, back in 1987. That got me going on the EMT side of things. I’ve been an EMT for 40 years.”

“I wanted to help people out.”

This is her 25th anniversary in the fire service.

“I’ve also been the president of the fire company for the last 20 years,” she said.

“I had a one year break. EMS and the fire service go hand-in-hand.”

At Ticonderoga Fire Department, Cunningham has been head of the weekly bingo night for 25 years.

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been fire police for 25 years as well.”

She said being fire company president requires a lot of work.

“People don’t realize how important and critical it is,” she said. “A lot is involved in the civil end of the fire service. I wanted to volunteer.”

She’s also been a certified first aid/ CPR instructor for 35 years.

“I’ve taught up to 4,000 people,” she said. “There are some success stories there; a couple of them saved a life using what they learned.”

In 1994, Cunningham became a critical stress debriefing team member.

“We take care of our own people, EMS, fire, police,” she said. “It’s emotional and psychological maintenance on our members.”

“It’s a family down there, a brotherhood, sisterhood. Life is why I do what I do; we’re here to do good things for other people.

That’s what I kind of live (to help) people.”

Helping on the annual Relay for Life, a race/walk held in Crown Point Town Park, came naturally because she had friends with cancer.

“This year is special because one of our leads was in remission and is recurrent, the second bout,” Cunningham said. “That makes it more personal to the event committee. One of us is fighting it again. It inspires us to work harder.”

“We celebrate them and their fight.”

The relay’s motto is celebrate, remember and fight back, she said.

“I have been with it for all seven years,” she said. “The first four years I was a participant, but the fourth year I helped out. Three years ago, I took on the role as co-chair. Some of them (other volunteers) wanted to take a break and they stepped down. I stepped up.”

“If (co-chair) Sue Bouchard and I hadn’t stepped up we wouldn’t have a relay,” Cunningham continued. “I walk a part of it every year. Our team is firefighters and auxiliary members. We’re supporting the fire service. That’s what our team is about.”

Volunteerism is not measured in dollars and cents, she said.

“You get a hug from somebody you’ve helped, that’s the highest pay you can ask for,” she said.

Cunningham said she operates on the 212 theory, the temperature at which water boils.

“One degree makes a difference,” she said. “Water is hot at 211. It boils at 212.

It produces steam and you can power a locomotive. One degree can change the world.”

She said she loves what she does.

“The passion for me is saving somebody’s life,” Cunningham said. “Working to find a cure for cancer, saving a life of someone in the public or a fire service member.”

“I push myself that one degree to make things better.”

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Vermont

By Lou Varricchio The United States may have eschewed English royalty back in the 18th century, but it has a peerage all its own. Family dynasties, such as the Kennedys, Roosevelts, Rockefellers, and Bushs, make up for what was lost when this colony severed ties with the motherland.

In the case of the famous Lindbergh family, aviation, politics, and literature become, foremost, the topic of conversation.

Charles Lindbergh, aviation pioneer, flew the Atlantic solo in his “Spirit of St. Louis” monoplane in 1927. He became the first human to cross the stormtossed ocean, New York to Paris, in an experimental aircraft. And while his political views during World War II caused controversy, he never wavered in his personal beliefs. Charles’ wife, Anne Morrow, also a pilot, made a name for herself as a gifted author, poet, and keen observer of the natural world. Perhaps more importantly, Charles and Anne cherished their children and together they raised a loving family.

In recent decades, another Lindbergh has emerged from the shadow of her famous parents to make her own mark on the world of words and wisdom, author Reeve Morrow Lindbergh.

“In a way I always write the same book,” she said. “When I am not writing children’s books, I am always thinking about my family’s history. Once again, I go back to two really strong themes, reflections about the family and the immediate moment. That seems to be something I will focus on forever….”

According to Brigantine Media, publishers of Reeve’s latest book, “Two Lives”, work on the book began a few years ago.

“Lindbergh writes of her experiences growing up in the household of her famous father with echoes of his famous transatlantic flight and the kidnapping of her eldest brother, events which occurred years before she was born,” according to the cover notes.

Reeve writes and talks about her father and mother, the world of aviation, and even the tragic Lindbergh baby kidnapping case which made international headlines in 1932.

“As the youngest Lindbergh, (the kidnapping of Charles, Jr. age 20 months) has been easiest for me to talk about,” she said. “My brothers and older sister grew up under the shadow of the kidnapping and the war years.”

Writing was a way for Reeve’s parents to express themselves, she said. Even their sorrow, as a loving couple whose

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Charles and Anne Lindbergh’s youngest daughter, Reeve was born Oct, 2, 1945. Today, she makes her home, along with husband and writer Nathaniel Wardwell Tripp, in a 19th-century farm house in Passumpsic, Vermont.

A 1968 graduate of Radcliffe College, Reeve has never shied from talking about her illustrious family, their tragedies and their triumphs.

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an openness to life and to people, not closing myself off. My father could close himself off at times. He was able to take off into the world and not get connected with people. Although those who knew my father might say otherwise.”

child was murdered, was better expressed through the written word.

Charles Lindbergh’s most notable book, “Spirit of St. Louis”, which tells the true story of his famous flight, remains a masterpiece of aviation literature.

While Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s awardwinning book, “Gift from the Sea”, written on Captiva Island in Florida, certainly made her a literary name in 1955.

“Writing was a way for my parents to speak out and be open in their thinking.

Their actual lives were not so open. They became very private and secluded after the death of their child. And of course the fame was annoying, probably even overwhelming. It was a kind of curse. So, they both wrote to say something from their hearts and minds. My father wrote the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ book over many years. But he wrote ‘We’ very quickly right after the flight; it’s a young man’s book and everyone should read it.”

International aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and his monoplane, the “Spirit of St. Louis”, after the historic transAtlantic flight in 1927.

After years of devotedly keeping what she terms her “Lindbergh life”, and her everyday life on the farm separate, she now finds herself able to make peace with her two lives, hence the title of the new book.

In “Two Lives”, Reeve reconciles both fame and privacy; she described it as finding a “certain sweetness” where the inner and outer worlds intersect.

Reeve said that she sees traits of both her parents in her own life and writings in Vermont.

“My brother will say that I am stubborn, so I suppose that comes from my father,” she said. “And from my mother comes

• There’s a Cow in the Road!, Dial (New York), 1993.

• Under a Wing: A Memoir, Simon and Schuster (New York), 1998.

• Moving to the Country (novel), Doubleday (New York), 1983.

• The View from the Kingdom: A New England Album (essays), photographs

by Richard Brown, introduction

by Noel Perrin, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (San Diego), 1987.

• The Names of the Mountains (novel), Simon and Schuster (New York), 1992.

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On June 5, Reeve visited the Middlebury Bookshop to read from, discuss, and sign her new book, “Two Lives”. In the tiny downtown shop, the author reflected on her role as the public face of her famous family while, simultaneously, leading a quiet life in Vermont’s countryside.

President John F. Kennedy with Reeve Lindbergh’s parents, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh pictured on May 11, 1962.

“Having been robbed of normalcy in a terrible way early on, my parents understood life for the treasure that it is, and tried their best to offer this treasure to their children as we grew up. How little I appreciated their efforts,” she said.

John Wilde, Perishable Press (Mt. Horeb), 1995.

• Under a Wing (memoir), Simon and Schuster (New York), 1998.

• No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Simon and Schuster (New York), 2001.

• Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age--and Other Unexpected Adventures, Simon and Schuster (New York), 2008.

• Two Lives, Brigantine Media (St. Johnsbury), 2018.

Reeve Morrow Lindbergh is also the author of 19 children’s books.

Author, daughter of aviator-authors Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, signing her new book, “Two Lives”. Photo courtesy of Brigantine Media.

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Lake Champlain

By Lou Varricchio

On the late afternoon of May 11, 1895, a veteran wooden canal schooner, built during the Civil War on the Burlington waterfront and christened the O.J. Walker, ventured out onto the lake from Milton, Vt. She was carrying a heavy load of bricks and tiles from the Brown & Company Brickyard on Mallets Bay. This 19th-century sailing ship was a hybrid vessel on Lake Champlain. Being 14-feet wide and 86-feet abeam, she was most adaptable, designed to easily navigate the lake, the Champlain Canal, and the Hudson River.

The O.J. Walker was built in Burlington in 1862 and was named after Obadiah Johnson “O.J.” Walker, a prosperous Vermont merchant. For over 30 years, Walker’s namesake carried a variety of industrial and agricultural cargo.

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vessels, it had the dual purpose of a work boat and family living quarters. One of its owners, Captain Weatherwax, lived on board with his family for over nine years,” the museum reports.

Within an hour of leaving Mallets Bay on that fateful afternoon in May 1895, high waves and strong headwinds were making progress difficult. And with the down lake port of Burlington receding ever away in the storm, the O.J. Walker vanished quickly into history.

“The O.J. Walker was attempting to make the port of Burlington when heavy seas caused her to spring a leak,” according to the wreck’s co-discoverer Jim Kennard writing in Shipwreck World.

“As the ship rapidly filled with water, the cargo shifted, spilling some of it into the lake. The schooner then righted itself just before it sank beneath the waves. The captain and crew took refuge in a small rowboat, which— unfortunately—did not contain any oars at the time. However, the prevailing winds blew the small boat, with its crew, to shore and all were saved from the chilly waters of Lake Champlain.”

Eloise Beal, of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, said that the museum’s archaeological report on the 1895 wreck includes details of the sinking, too.

While the famous 1975 Lake Superior wreck of the motor freighter Edmund Fitzgerald was immortalized by Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, the wreck of the O.J. Walker never received the romantic accolades it may have deserved.

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Most folks think of the deep oceans when it comes to history’s most memorable shipwrecks, but inland Lake Champlain turns out to be one of the nation’s most unexpected maritime archaeological treasures when it comes to antique wrecks— there are over 300 vessels lost in the cold, murky depths of the Northeast’s biggest lake. Wrecks in the lake span Vermont, New York and Canada; they include steamboats, schooners, canal boats, barges, and even scuttled pleasure craft.

In the case of the modern era’s Edmund Fitzgerald, the entire crew perished, but not so the O.J. Walker’s fearless crew.

Perhaps, therein lies the difference between maritime legend and a mere footnote in lacustrine history?

To get a better picture in your mind’s eye of the O.J. Walker, take a look at today’s Lois McClure, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s magnificent contemporary sailing replica of a typical Civil War-era Lake Champlain canal schooner. As it turns out, the true sister to the O.J. Walker was the General Butler, a companion wreck at the bottom of Lake Champlain; she’s located slightly southeast, off the Burlington breakwater.

After various attempts, the wreck of the venerable canal schooner was located in October 1983; the discovery was made

by Jim Kennard and Scott Hill. The researchers were operating side-scanning sonar equipment off Burlington when the profile of the wreck appeared on screen.

“The outline of the shipwreck is clearly visible in the sonar imagery showing the open cargo hatches and masts that lay across the ship,” Kennard noted in Shipwreck World. “On our dive to the O.J. Walker, we observed many bricks scattered over the deck and alongside the ship. An overturned cart lay among the bricks. The masts were found to be lying across the deck at various angles.

And a beautiful ship’s wheel still remains standing in its original position.”

USING SONAR TO EXPLORE WRECKS The 21st century technology of side-scan sonar has come a long way from the 1950s.

During the post-World War II years, sidescan sonar was invented by researchers at Westinghouse and the U.S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory in Panama City, Florida.

Now, the latest incarnation of side-scan sonar has been used in Lake Champlain to explore a historic, 19th-century canalboat wreck off Charlotte. The new 3D sonar technology was employed by Vermont archeologists during a videorecorded expedition six years ago.

Sonar is an acronym for Sound Navigation And Ranging. Leonardo Da Vinci is credited with its invention, using a primitive listening device, in 1490.

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Today, sonar’s side-scanning ability involves electronic instrumentation.

As an electromagnetic or E.M. transmitter, a sonar device generates high frequency sound waves which are emitted in cone- or fan-shaped pulses.

The pulses slice perpendicular pathways through a medium such as water.

For maritime applications, side scanners are either towed behind or mounted onboard a vessel.

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Adam Kane said that using 3D sonar is an exciting new way to study historic shipwrecks and to share them with the public.

Forty locations around, on, and within, the canal-boat wreck site were scanned.

At each of these positions the sonar was able to capture accurate 3D images of the shipwreck, which were then assembled into a detailed 3D model of the entire wreck.

Lake Champlain’s most famous shipwreck site, the Champlain II, is located in New York waters just a short distance north of Westport near Barn Rock in Rock Harbor. (LCMM photo).

The composite image, Kane said, consists of 35 million data points and allows the remains of the Sloop Island to be examined in a completely innovative way.

According to Kane, archaeological drawings of the shipwreck were created by museum archaeologists during more than 300 dives between 2002 and 2003.

Those dives used manual documentation.

By contrast, he said data gathering with the new technology took just three days.

A view of the wheel of the O.J. Walker at the bottom of Lake Champlain. (Image courtesy of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM))

“We’re really excited about this equipment as a tool to share the lake’s shipwrecks with the public,” Kane said. “Most folks can’t get there on their own, but we’ll do our best to share what’s on the bottom of the lake.”

Check It Out: Visit the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum from mid May to mid October at 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., in Vergennes, for lake tours or to see arifacts and learn more about shipwrecks. Call (802) 475-2022 for details.

If you have a boat and a GPS navigation system, you can visit the exact spot, in 75 feet of water, where the O.J. Walker rests at 44° 28.72 north, 73° 14.44 west. Many wrecks in Vermont and New York waters are part of the Lake Champlain Underwater Historic Preserve; they are open to the public and accessible to any certified SCUBA diver.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Adam Kane and Pierre LaRocque prepare to dive in Lake Champlain off Charlotte. According to Kane, a grant from the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology of the National Park Service helped fund the upcoming public T.V. dive. (National Park Service photo)

An underwater map showing reefs and a wreck preserve site in Lake Champlain.

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July 11 - Rick and Sharon Bolton, rock, soul and Blues, with a show dedicated to the late Dottie Henry, a longtime community volunteer.

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Children’s Programs

August 8 - American Roots Show, Bob Stump and Doug Moody with Appalachian folk music and Blues, including fiddle music.

Folk Festival August 12 • Noon to 5pm

August 15 - John and Orion Kribbs, father and son duo playing the best in Americana music.

July 30 at 1pm Hampstead Stage Co Treasure Island Jamcrackers...Peggy Lynn, Dan Duggan, Dan Berggren Roy Hurd, Skip Smithson • Good Bye Blue • Cricket Blue Three Quarter North

August 22 - Marty Wendell and Tour Band, 50 years of original songs and classic oldies, with some Johnny Cash hits. Wendell is a Ticonderoga native and member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. 6:30 p.m. start.

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August 29 - Ben Rounds Band, lots of country, rock-a-billy and folk. 6:30 p.m. start.

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The Hague Endurance Festival June 23 and 24 June 23 - Music by the Switch Band, 9:00 a.m. to noon. Blues, funk and rock; Ben Rounds, 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., 35 years of traditional country, rock-a-billy, Blues and folk music.

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History

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By Keith Lobdell Driving up the part of Route 73 between Keene and Lake Placid, you go through the Cascade Pass, one of the many scenic views driving through the Adirondacks.

sides of the road are often adorned with cars and vans, all unoccupied as their driver and passengers have set out on one of many hiking trails along the pass.

Light filters through the pass as travelers drive between the Lower and Upper Cascade lakes, with mountains rising on each side of the roadway. The

Almost at the end of the pass, a guard rail protects a large rock which appears to otherwise be in the middle of what could be another parking area for tourists.

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Why is this rock here, one may ask?

Why hasn’t it been moved to make more room for the outdoor adventure seekers who crowd into the roadway above?

If you look behind the rock, it’s just that, a rock.

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to make out lines that were not just made from erosion.

They start to form images. You may find the head, then torso and legs of a horse. Or a man. The most obvious quickly becomes the outline of a stagecoach, as the horse and driver become connected and are driving the coach along its way.

According to the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society, the rock was sandblasted in 1938 after a big rock fell from a cliff and blocked the road. One of the men working on the road had an idea to carve a stagecoach into it.

Before modernization of the road, the mountain pass between Keene and Lake Placid was known as Old Mountain Road.

With its curves, inclines and difficulties for travel, the road was described as a six

mile road which took six hours to travel.

At some points, travelers via stagecoach would become workers themselves, having to get out and help push the coach up the hill. Only the most powerful of horse teams would be called on at times to help provide passage into the mountains.

As the road was replaced with the Cascade pass, there was a desire to have a commemorative place to recall the past.

With the what may be seen as provident falling of a boulder into the middle of the fray near the top of the pass, workers found their rock canvas on which they would make their tribute. Lewis Stacey Brown, who designed the original artwork to honor those who had made the pass via stagecoach and wagon, was a curator at The Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Once approved, his drawing was then sandblasted onto the rock by the Carnes family, who were owners of a granite and memorial company in Au Sable Forks.

Now, also aged by time, the monument of the pass stands as a remembrance of the old passage through the dangerous yet majestic mountain pass, connecting the

valley town of Keene and southern Essex County to the entrance to the Tri-Lakes area and what has since become a winter sports capital of Lake Placid and Wilmington.

In 1980, the Cascade Pass played a key role in hosting the 1980 Olympic Games. As there was not enough room for spectators and their vehicles within Lake Placid, those attending what many onlookers call the first Olympic Games of the modern television era would park in Keene, Elizabethtown, Westport and further points away and be shuttled by local school buses through the pass and into the Olympic region.

The pass now offers outdoor enthusiasts the chance to canoe and paddle both the Upper and Lower Cascades, as well as access to several very popular hiking trails, including Cascade Mountain and Porter Mountain. The trails have become so popular, the state has become concerned about the number of cars that park along the roadway and has started to look for alternative parking areas, including at Mt. Van Hoevenburg, just another evolution of a region that started as a small, two lane passage for horses and their passengers in cargo those many years ago.

(Left) This rock on the upper end of the Cascade Pass has special artwork on it, honoring the former Old Mountain Road. (Top Left) The image of a stagecoach on the large rock near the top of Cascade Pass, created by a former curator at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. (Top Right) The image of one of two horses on the rock image. (Bottom Left) The driver of the stagecoach is visibly etched on the side of a rock at the top of Cascade Pass in Lake Placid. (Bottom Right) The image of the stagecoach, honoring the past of the Old Mountain Road and Cascade Pass, with passengers and a rear rider.

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Sports & The Outdoors

Safety and preparedness are extremely important no matter your physical ability or destination. You'll have a more enjoyable and safer experience if you're properly prepared.

PLAN AHEAD Before you leave, plan ahead. Learn about the area ahead of time. Learn about the area you'll be visiting ahead of time; know the opportunities and the regulations.

Check maps, guidebooks and websites.

WHAT TO WEAR • Moisture-wicking synthetic fabrics that keep your skin dry and help regulate your body temperature in both cold and warm weather-avoid cotton, which holds moisture.

• Additional layers such as wool or fleece for insulation and a wind/waterproof outer layer, depending on the weather.

Layered clothing is recommended even for summer hikes.

• Light-colored clothing, which will make it easier to see ticks.

• Waterproof, sturdy, and comfortable shoes or boots.

• Hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen.

• A watch or other time-keeping device.

WHAT TO PACK • Day pack large enough to carry your gear • Water • High energy snacks • First aid kit (Epi-pen if allergic to bee stings) • Trail map and compass or GPS unit • Extra clothing layers and socks • Whistle • Flashlight or headlamp and extra batteries • Bug repellant • Pocket knife

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It's safer to hike in a group than to go alone.

• Arrange to go with a group or at least one other person.

• Know your skill level and physical capabilities-choose trails within your or your group's ability.

• Arrange to go with a group or at least one other person. ° Know what time the sun sets and plan your hike so you can return before dark.

° Inform someone of your travel plans-let them know where you are going, your planned route, when you plan to return, and emergency numbers to call if you do not return at the scheduled time. Program cell phones with the DEC Dispatch phone numbers, but do not rely on cell service in all areas. ° Adirondacks: (518) 891-0235 • Check the weather forecast and plan your trip accordingly. If the weather is poor, postpone your trip.

• Check trail conditions before hiking.

• Make sure you know how to use a map and compass when planning to hike in remote locations such as the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains.

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• Garbage bag-to carry out garbage or use as shelter • Trekking poles

ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR HIKING IN REMOTE LOCATIONS • Fire starter kit: matches in waterproof container and cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly • Space blanket or bivy sack • Water filtration system or purification tablets • Safety vest or brightly colored clothing

AT THE TRAILHEAD OR PARKING LOT • Conceal valuables, and lock your vehicle.

• Sign trail registers and indicate the time.

This will assist searchers in locating you if you become lost.

ON THE TRAIL • Stay with your party; don't split up and take different trails.

• Be sure to drink water regularly; rest and snack occasionally.

• Do not drink water from ponds or streams unless you have treated it first by boiling, filtering or using purification tablets.

• Keep track of time and remember it will take you as long to return to your starting point as it did to hike out.

• Turn off cellphones or switch to "airplane mode" to conserve the battery.

• Do not use your cell phone as a light source, which will drain its batteries. Use the flashlight you packed instead.

• Practice the principles of "Leave No Trace" see side bar for information.

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IF YOU GET LOST OR INJURED If you're lost, a campfire will keep you warm and the smoke will make you easier to find.

• Stop where you are. Keep calm and assess your situation.

• Try to determine your location-look for recognizable landmarks and listen for vehicles on nearby roads.

• If you are sure you can get yourself out of the woods using a map and compass, do sootherwise stay put.

• If you have cell service, call the DEC Dispatch. The dispatcher will ask questions to collect information needed to help searchers locate you quickly.

• If you don't have cell service, move to a location close by where you are visible to searchers on the ground or in the air. If you have something brightly colored, wear it or place it in a conspicuous location.

• If it appears that you will need to spend the night: ° Clear an area of debris to build a campfire to provide heat, light and comfort. A fire will help searchers locate you. ° Using items from your pack, build a shelter that will serve as a "cocoon" to keep you warm and sheltered from the weather. You can also use dead branches, conifer boughs and leave litter to insulate the shelter.

IF SOMEONE IS INJURED OR STRICKEN… • If there is no cell service, at least one person should remain with the injured person while the others note their location and leave to contact DEC Dispatch.

• If there isn't anyone to stay behind,

make sure the injured person has shelter and supplies before leaving to seek help.

WHEN YOU RETURN • Sign trail registers again and indicate the time.

• Return trail guides.

• Dispose of litter properly.

WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS Here in the Adirondacks, the weather can change quickly and dramatically. A day may begin sunny and warm but suddenly become wet and chilly-conditions that may lead to hypothermia. Hypothermia can occur in any season-not just winterand it can be fatal.

STAYING SAFE IN SUMMER Outdoor recreationists should be aware of the possibility of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat stroke is potentially fatal.

Recreationists also should be aware that if skies darken, the wind increases or lightning flashes, it's likely an electrical storm is approaching. Avoid high ground, isolated trees, water and metal objects. Seek shelter in a nearby building or vehicle. If a storm is imminent, make yourself as small as possible by squatting on the balls of your feet and keeping your arms close to your sides. Limit contact with the ground by putting your hands on your knees.

If a storm threatens while you're swimming or boating, get out of the water and away from it as quickly as possible. If you cannot return a boat to shore before a storm hits, go below deck or crouch in the middle of the boat, staying away from metal objects and surfaces.

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Sports & The Outdoors

The Leave No Trace program provides guidance to enjoy our natural world in a

PLAN AHEAD AND PREPARE

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• Know the regulations and special concerns for the area you'll visit.

• Prepare for extreme weather, hazards, and emergencies.

• Visit in small groups when possible.

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• Schedule your trip to avoid times of

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• Consider splitting larger groups into smaller groups.

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the use of marking paint, rock cairns or flagging.

TRAVEL AND CAMP ON DURABLE SURFACES • Durable surfaces include established trails and campsites, rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow.

• Protect riparian areas by camping at least 200 feet from lakes and streams.

• Good campsites are found, not made.

Altering a site is not necessary. ° In popular areas:

• Burn all wood and coals to ash, put out campfires completely, then scatter cool ashes.

• Pack out toilet paper and hygiene products.

RESPECT WILDLIFE

• To wash yourself or your dishes, carry water 200 feet away from streams or lakes and use small amounts of biodegradable soap. Scatter strained dishwater.

LEAVE WHAT YOU FIND

• Concentrate use on existing trails and campsites.

• Preserve the past: examine, but do not touch cultural or historic structures and artifacts.

• Walk single file in the middle of the trail, even when wet or muddy.

• Leave rocks, plants and other natural objects as you find them.

• Keep campsites small. Focus activity in areas where vegetation is absent.

• Avoid introducing or transporting nonnative species.

° In pristine areas: • Disperse use to prevent the creation of campsites and trails.

• Avoid places where impacts are just beginning.

DISPOSE OF WASTE PROPERLY • Pack it in, pack it out. Inspect your campsite and rest areas for trash or spilled foods. Pack out all trash, leftover food and litter.

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ground that can be broken by hand.

• Deposit solid human waste in catholes dug 6 to 8 inches deep, at least 200 feet from water, camp and trails. Cover and disguise the cathole when finished.

• Observe wildlife from a distance. Do not follow or approach them.

• Never feed animals. Feeding wildlife damages their health, alters natural behaviors, and exposes them to predators and other dangers.

• Protect wildlife and your food by storing rations and trash securely.

• Control pets at all times, or leave them at home.

• Avoid wildlife during sensitive times: mating, nesting, raising young, or winter.

• Do not build structures, furniture, or dig trenches.

BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER VISITORS

MINIMIZE CAMPFIRE IMPACTS

• Respect other visitors and protect the quality of their experience.

• Campfires can cause lasting impacts to the environment. Use a lightweight stove for cooking and enjoy a candle lantern for light.

• Where fires are permitted, use established fire rings, fire pans, or mound fires.

• Keep fires small. Only use sticks from the

• Be courteous. Yield to other users on the trail.

• Step to the downhill side of the trail when encountering pack stock. Take breaks and camp away from trails and other visitors.

• Let nature's sounds prevail. Avoid loud voices and noises.

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Sports & The Outdoors

Sailing is a very popular watersport on Lake Champlain, bringing many boaters to the area to participate in one of several regatta races each year, like the Mayor’s Cup in Plattsburgh.

Million Dollar Beach in Lake George is one of the more popular shoreline destinations along Lake George.

Numerous public beaches dot the landscape of most of the North Country’s shoreline areas.

year, numerous professional fishermen come to these waters seeking to claim prizes and glory in one of the many tournaments which see Lake Champlain as a home base. The lake is also home to an NCAAsponsored fishing tournament annually.

town of Lake George, where those yearning for a day of sun and sand get the chance to stretch out and dip their toes in the water.

By Keith Lobdell In the North Country, water is one of the big attractions when it comes to summertime fun in the Adirondacks.

There are a variety of things to do on the many lakes, ponds and rivers that make up our region, offering unique views and destinations throughout the area. In reality, there are hundreds— if not thousands —of ways to enjoy the waterways of the North Country, so here are just a few:

LAKE CHAMPLAIN The body of water separating New York, Vermont, and stretching into Canada is alive throughout the summer with boats of all kinds.

LAKE GEORGE Truly a lake that brings many to the region, Lake George is home to numerous beaches, like Million Dollar Beach in the

Lake George is also a place to find many trying out water sports such as water skiing, wake boarding and tubing from the backs of leisure boats for part of a perfect day on the water.

LAKE PLACID AREA As an entrance into the High Peaks, Lake Placid has plenty of smaller lakes and ponds where many water sports can

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For a more classic mariner, sailing is a popular mode of transport along Lake Champlain, celebrated with the annual Mayor’s Cup events in Plattsburgh and numerous regattas throughout many of the small towns that have shoreline along the lake.

The lake is also home to the Lake George Steamboat Company, which provides numerous ways to experience the lake, along with several other charter boat companies.

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Numerous public beaches rent out kayaks and more to help people enjoy the water during the summertime. These events are also popular in many local ponds and streams.

Whitewater adventures are another way vacationers and locals alike take to the local rivers in the Adirondacks.

Whitewater rafting has been a feature of the annual Adirondack Challenge, hosted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (pictured here front right) to bring awareness to North Country watersports.

Lake Champlain has been the home to several bass fishing tournaments over the past several years, from the professional FLW Tour to the northeast collegiate championships, anglers from across the country test their skills annually here.

be enjoyed. Kayaks and canoes are a very popular sight throughout the region, from paddling between the lower and upper ends of the Cascades to the paddle boarders on Lake Clear.

area offer a little something for everyone.

There’s chances to cruise in a powerboat with opportunities to enter the lake at boat launches, paddle your way through the lakes and use the shoreline to relax and find access through public beaches for a relaxing swim.

celebration where boats, kayaks, canoes and more all come together near the Schroon Lake Town Beach to enjoy an evening of music and fireworks.

Swimming is also a big attraction with local beaches and refreshing places to cool off in the summer. Lake Clear is also home to weekly mini-triathlons which include a swim stage as well as home to one of the biggest events of the year in Lake Placid, Ironman taking place July 22,2018. Top athletes from around the globe compete for the top spot and a chance to qualify for the world championship in Hawaii.

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The smaller lakes and streams are home to numerous fishing chances, whether through guided trips or hiking the paths between two outlets.

SCHROON LAKE In the southern Adirondacks, Schroon Lake provides ample chances for swimming, boating, water sports and fishing. During the height of summer, the shoreline is also host to the annual Independence Day

RIVERS AND STREAMS The rivers and streams of the region offer several chances for enjoyment, with many offering some of the best freshwater fishing in the northeastern United States.

There are many chances to get out and enjoy a day fly fishing in the Ausable on your own or joining guided expeditions throughout the area.

Some areas also give thrill-seekers the chance to experience whitewater rafting while others offer relaxing floats down the river or stream.

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Biography

By Christopher South It’s been said that the only real Adirondackers are the ones who were born here.

If that’s the case, then the Beckler family has one of the longest claims to being called “real” Adirondackers.

The Becklers can trace their family line, and ownership of the land that contains the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves in Pottersville, back to Jacob VanBenthuysen, whose parents came here when it was New Holland.

Jacob fought in the American Revolution, as was common at the time, was issued a land grant as payment or reward for fighting for independence from Great Britain.

Whether he previously knew about the caves or not, they had been named by 16th century Portuguese explorers who called the stone bridge Ponte de Dios, the ”Bridge of God.” The stone bridge and caves were recorded in Morse’s Geography in 1790.

Over the years, the land remained in the family, which operated a sawmill for generations. In a booklet about the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves published in 1973, Ed Beckler included an image of the stone bridge taken in about 1903, which shows some timber near the base of the bridge.

According to the publication, there are still remnants of the original sawmill, and divers have found pieces of timber that are about 100 years old.

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In 1956 an approximately 9,000 pound section of marble fell from the ceiling of the Natural Stone Bridge, actually adding strength to what the Portuguese explorers called “Ponte de Dios,” or “Bridge of God.”

was a great uncle to Jan (Heldt) Beckler, wife of Ed, and family member in the VanBenthuysen line. Uncle Jim (1870-1957) was the first member of the family to own the property in anyone’s living memory.

He was known as a farmer, storyteller and a fiddler. Jim and his wife, Annie, would hold “kitchen hops” in their home gatherings where neighbors would come, play music and have a good time.

By this time, the sawmill business had been replaced by farming, and at some point Jim lost an eye in a farming accident.

However, he could see there was some attraction to all these caves on his property.

“Uncle Jim would put out a tin cup and would charge people to go in and walk around,” Jan said.

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However, the property was nearly lost in 1941 when it was sold for small sum to a man who wanted to develop the property as a tourist attraction. Unfortunately for the man, with the United States entering World War II and war rationing in effect, it was not a good time for Americans to travel.

The man ended up defaulting on the purchase of the property and ownership went back to Jan’s mother and her aunt, Lydia Neubuck, who became, to that point, the most successful promoter of the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves.

Along with her brothers David and Donald who built up the infrastructure needed for the property, including building the existing shop, Lydia went to work managing the operations.

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guides who were paid in the form of tips.

According to the Becklers, many local kids, including a guy named Butch Stetson, current owner of the Black Bear Restaurant in Pottersville, worked as guides.

Ed Beckler said the kids and their families were more than happy with the working arrangement because despite having two gas stations, a general store and the Wells House, the times were difficult in Pottersville.

“Pottersville was never affluent,” he said.

“Lydia was responsible for cleaning the kids up, putting them in clean clothes, she taught them to speak properly and act respectfully, and some of the kids took home as much money as their families made.”

That all ended, however, when the state Department of Labor put a stop to the practice of hiring kids, despite objections from the community. The attraction had the guides hang up their Robin Hood-style hats and went to a self-guided tour with maps.

Jan was one of the guides put out of work by the state but that was not the only work she did.

“We all worked hard. We were all expected to contribute,” she said.

Life in general was difficult for Jan and her family. When she met Ed in college in 1952, the family’s electricity was provided by a generator. Before she was in high school there was no electricity. Light was provided by kerosene lamps.

They had a hand pump for water, and when it would freeze in the winter, they would have to carry water from the river.

They all worked in the family’s “victory garden” to provide vegetables for the family.

Jan’s brother, Leon Neubuck, was killed in World War II. The Becklers passed on the tradition of working to their kids at a young age.

As soon as they were old enough to walk they were picking up cigarette butts and litter and later putting bumper cards (the precursor of bumper stickers) on cars.

When their son Greg was 10, he asked for a Polaroid camera so he could take pictures of people on the trails, selling the instant photos for $1 each.

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He had married Annie Weinberg, who came here from Latvia at the age of 16. Her niece, Elfrieda came to the U.S. with her six children, arriving in the Adirondacks in the 1930s. It was under Elfrieda’s influence that the development of the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves as an attraction began.

(Left) Shown is the cover of “Natural Stone Bridge and Caves: Fascinatin g Geology, History & Legends,” publish in 1973 by Ed Bec ed kler, president of Natural Stone Bridge and Caves Inc., wh o complied the info rmation, and geologist Dr. Brian Turner. (Middle) Sho wn is the Natural Stone Bridge on Tro ut Brook in Potters ville in a photo taken about 1903.

At the bottom of the photo are logs which were sluice d into the gorge. Wa terwheels powere saws in nearby mil d ls for nearly 100 yea rs. (Right) Shown are the authors of 1973 booklet titled “Natural Stone Bri and Caves: Fascin dge ating Geology, His tory & Legends.” Lef is Ed Beckler, presid t ent of Natural Sto ne Bridge and Cav Inc., and Dr. Brian es Turner.

Ed Beckler was just 17 when he entered Clarkson College (now Clarkson University) and on Jan. 16, started Potsdam (now SUNY Potsdam) next door.

Ed became a civil engineer and went to work for the Shell Oil Company, while Jan became a teacher. They left the area for years, settling in the Pittsburgh,PA area, where their four kids were born.

In 1970, they had the opportunity to take over the family business, and they moved back to Pottersville. Aunt Lydia had done a good job building up Natural Stone Bridge and Caves.

A big promoter, she was a charter member of the Adirondack Attraction Owners Group and was the second woman in the National Spelunking Service and a member of the National Caves Association, of which Greg is a past president.

However, running a seasonal business was never easy, and it remains difficult.

Ed worked in the winters driving a snow cat on Gore Mountain, packing the snow on the trails.

“It’s an Adirondack tradition to wear a lot of hats,” Greg said.

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Like his father, Greg had a career away from the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves and later came back to keep the family business going. Having worked in the business since 1970, Greg Beckler went to college, then on to a biotech career that took him to Ohio State University, where he worked on a post doctorate degree.

He then went to Madison, Wisconsin, where he and his wife Dee remained from the late 1980s to 2001. Dee, who was working as a speech pathologist/ therapist, left her careers in the Midwest to work with Greg and his parents.

Still a summer season business, Greg negotiated an arrangement to work half the year in the biotech industry.

Dee started to take a bigger role in the business, and since 2005, Greg has been only doing the caves. The goal, he said, is to turn the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves into a year-round business.

In 2007, the Beckler’s lodging, and the business continues to expand. The caves have adventure tours in which they float people through the caves; they added gem mining activities and have two hiking

trails that are part of the Chester Challenge.

They now offer disk golf and have 14 miles of snowshoe trails over their approximately 1,000 acres, which backs up to state land, protecting the area from development. They are also creating a rock climbing course. All the while the family seeks to maintain an atmosphere of the wild, which is difficult to do with dirt bikes and snow mobiles running around the area.

In the meantime, the Becklers, which include Greg and Dee’s children, Bryan, who heads up maintenance, Jennifer and Jesika, are involved in the family business.

To open up for the season, the Becklers had to secure bridges and walkways, open up the ice cream business at the corner of U.S. Route 9 and Stone Bridge Road and put out some 60 signs, among other things.

“A seasonal business is hard to operate,” Greg Beckler said.

The Natural Stone Bridge and Caves is located at 535 Stone Bridge Rd., Pottersville, N.Y. 12860. For information call 518-4942283 or visit www.stonebridgeandcaves. com.

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Shown are the practitioners who use the Abanakee Wellness Center for energy-based healing arts. Each person runs her individual business in the center on different days, at different hours. Call the individual practitioners for an appointment.

By Christopher South A native New Yorker, Dee Beckler started out her career as a speech pathologist in Ohio and Wisconsin, where she was introduced to Native American and eastern forms of natural energybased healing.

According to Beckler, the therapies used at Abanakee Wellness Center do not diagnose or prescribe for specific medical conditions. Instead, they treat the life energy that flows throughout and around the body to promote health and balance of body, mind and spirit.

When she moved to the Adirondacks in 2001 to manage the family’s Natural Stone Bridge and Caves business in Pottersville, Beckler also decided to establish a business where people could come and receive natural healing including massage, Reiki, and myofascial release.

Saying a lot of the energy medicine techniques she uses were more mainstream in the Midwest than here, Beckler wanted to show people other options out there with regard to health and healing.

At the Abanakee Wellness Center, Beckler practices under the name Natural Healing Therapies, along with six other holistic healing practitioners, who take clients by appointment only. The wellness center offers massage therapy, specific treatment for hands and feet, facial rejuvenation, acupuncture, Chinese herb medicine, energy clearing and balancing.

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Laurie Hughes, a licensed massage therapist, explained myofascial relief.

“It’s helping the fascia in the body, a connective tissue, to release. (Fascia) wraps around every cell in the body and it can become restrictive - it can be like Saran Wrap,” she said.

Hughes said myofascial therapy is non-invasive and gentle work, but it can have profound effects. She used it on herself to address neck issues and vertigo she was experiencing.

Abanakee Wellness Center is located in a beautiful, historic home at 3831 Main St. in Warrensburg.

“I always had a vision to have a wellness center with a variety of techniques. I always knew I would be a therapist and one vision was to be part of a community providing wellness, in a variety of modalities, for all walks of life,” Beckler said.

using the vital life force to heal the whole body; and myofascial release, releasing strain in the connect system of our body.

“All techniques seek to improve balance of physiological systems and mental/emotional patterns to allow the body’s intrinsic knowledge to heal itself naturally and effectively,” Beckler said.

Beckler uses a number of such energybased healing systems, such as Reiki, to accelerate the body’s ability to restore itself and restore balance to the body’s systems, including: craniosacral therapy, which seeks to improve the pressure and flow of cerebrospinal fluid; bionsonic alignment and biofield tuning, which seeks to align oneself with one’s own natural rhythms; matrix energetics, which promotes physical, mental and emotional change; re-connective healing, helping clients tune into healing frequencies; pranic healing,

Hughes does some deep tissue work if there is an adhesion, and when it doesn’t involve an injury. She has been a massage therapist for 10 years, spending the first six and a half years in oncology massage.

She said it gives cancer patients a sense of calmness that is beneficial to them.

After working out of the Glens Falls Hospital, she has been at the Abanakee Wellness Center for the past two years, calling the practitioners “a lot of likeminded women.”

“We all have our niches but all believe in healing,” she said.

Some of the like-mindedness comes naturally. Jesika Hill of Healing Hands Massage Therapy is Beckler’s daughter and she generally spends three days per week at the wellness center.

“I specialize in prenatal massage, aroma therapy, and hot and cold stone massage,” Hill said. “I cater each massage for each person that day.”

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Hill said she will discuss with the client what is going on that day, and then customize the massage to fit the client’s needs. And like her mother, she uses energy-healing techniques, such as Reiki.

“Reiki works with the bodys energy system where as massage works the muscular system,” she said.

Reiki involves a light to moderate touch to get rid of issues involving the body’s energy.

Someone who deals almost entirely with energy, rather than touch or massage, is shamanic healing practitioner, Miriam Danielle Allen. She is an ordained nondenominational minister, a multimodality healing practitioner, a mesa carrier in the Andean Paqokuna tradition, plant spirit medicine practitioner, an earth-keeper of the Rites of the Munay-ki and a Reiki master/teacher.

“Spirituality has always been a calling of mine,” Allen said.

She has over 28 years experience in spirituality, world religions and healing modalities. She offers a wide range of healing services, which respects and honors all religious beliefs.

However, her healing involves being a carrier of the mesa, or “sacred bundle.”

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Allen said many physical, psychological or emotional concerns can be influenced by incompatible or heavy energies that surrounds our physical bodies. She strives to remove the heavy energies and return them to a balance with the light energies that surround us.

“By addressing and healing from the spiritual or soul level our physical and emotional issues have an opportunity to heal in a deep and more permanent way,” Allen said.

Allen has also undergone hospice training and the “Dying Into Love” training, which enables her to assist those in the last stages of life to die consciously, in a peaceful sacred manner with dignity.

While a lot of the healing practices are energy-based, Stacey Eddy of Heaven on Earth for Hands & Feet, deals a lot with the physical.

“I have a massage background, but I now deal with diabetic foot care, elder care, issues of corns, callouses and ingrown nails,” she said. “I treat the feet to make sure they are taken care of and to maintain health.”

Eddy also does basic manicures.

Dealing with the extremities does not mean she is not a holistic practitioner.

The reflexology she does locates pressure points, which affect the whole body.

“In oriental medicine they believe there are points for the whole body in the feet,” she said.

Eddy does detoxification by way of a foot bath ion cleanse, saying the foot is the biggest port in the body. She will soak the feet for 30 minutes using a machine designed by a podiatrist, followed with reflexology. Treatments are done, for example, for general well being or as postsurgery treatment to rid the body of anesthesia and chemicals.

Eddy started treating feet because years ago she had a girlfriend who was diabetic and who nearly lost her foot from a small sore on the bottom of her foot.

Eddy had gone to massage school and ended up taking classes on the feet. Also a nail technician, Eddy ended up putting all her skills together, and has been working in her field for 23 years.

“I try not to use any chemicals. We are all about health and wellness here,” she said.

Mary Kuntz is another licensed massage therapist, who is also an “esthetician,” someone who understands the nature and appreciation of beauty.

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(Left) The Abanakee Wellness Center, located at 3831 Main St., Warrensburg, is a multi-modality, natural, energy-based healing center, which houses seven separate healing business operated by appointment only. (Top Left) Shown are three of the practitioners at the Abanakee Wellness Center in Warrensburg. Standing, left is Stacey Eddy of Heaven on Earth Hands & Feet; standing right is Miriam Danielle Allen, a shamanistic healing practitioner and seated is Dee Beckler of Natural Healing Therapies. (Top Right) Dee Beckler of Natural Healing Therapies, also the owner of the Abanakee Wellness Center, is shown in her treatment room. Beckler offers more than half a dozen different treatments to promote a balance of body, mind and spirit. (Right) Stacey Eddy of Heaven on Earth Hands & Feet is a massage therapist and a nail technician who helps clients maintain healthy feet using reflexology and other methods.

have been doing massage for 23 years and have been an esthetician for 25 years,” she said.

Something Kuntz offers is a microcurrent facial, in which the skin is stimulated with low frequency electricity.

Developed by an acupuncturist, the electric energy opens acupuncture meridians and stimulates collagen production, which causes a healing response. The process can be used for wound healing and for other skin conditions, including acne.

“It is used to make the skin look healthy and vibrant. It slows the aging process and rejuvenates skin and tightens muscles in face,” Kuntz said.

According to Kuntz, the process has even been used to treat teeth grinding.

The micro-current facial typically takes an hour.

Kuntz also does European facials, mask cleansing and other more mainstream treatment, using all organic and natural products.

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was unhappy and looking for something else to do. Something told her the answer about what to do was in her hands, and in that day’s mail she received a post card announcing an open house for a holistic health center. She ended up signing up for an acupuncture class and has been a practitioner for 18 years.

Acupuncture is still not understood in the United States.

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“The Chinese believe pathways of energy work through the body in a particular order, like highways, and there are entry and exit points called meridians,” Dowd said. “Chi is the energy, and in acupuncture we seek to find out if you have enough chi and if it’s going the right direction or if it’s blocked.”

Swelling, Dowd said, is a sign the energy is blocked; vomiting would be an example of energy going the wrong way, and fatigue would indicate not enough energy. The acupuncturist uses needles to manipulate energy so balance is restored.

One of the most frequently asked questions about acupuncture is, “Does it hurt?”

“You will feel an initial prick but nothing after that,” Dowd said.

The needles do not penetrate nerves

as some believe. They are placed at the meridians or energy entry points.

People also want to know that the needles are sterile. All the acupuncture needles are one time use needles and are never reused.

Along with the acupuncture, Dowd said, the Chinese believe everything you need to be well is on this earth, and they use food and herbs as medicine. She said it’s based on the vibrational energy in food, and the Chinese have documented all the herbs for every problem. Often the herbs are used in combination because the goal, like with acupuncture, is to restore the balance.

Herbs are also classified by temperature. Using too much ginseng, Dowd said, will cause a person to overheat.

Ginseng is also not used by itself but in combination with other herbs, and there are different forms specific for men and women’s issues.

Dowd’s acupuncture and herbal treatments, like the other treatments at Abanakee Wellness Center, are done by appointment only.

The Abanakee Wellness Center is located at 3831 Main St., Warrensburg, next to Stewart’s and online at www. abanakeewellnesscenter.com.

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perfect family activity. If you’re on a budget, season passes can be an affordable way to beat the heat all summer long.

And with activities for tots through teens,

water parks offer something for everyone.

We rounded up the best options in the region – check out the details and get ready to make a splash!

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LOCATION: Old Forge, New York in the heart of the Adirondacks

and a barnyard. There’s enough to keep the whole family happy for a few days!

HISTORY: The Enchanted Forest Water Safari park has been in business for more than 60 years. The first water slides were added in 1984 and it’s now the state’s biggest water park. Enchanted Forest Water Safari features over 50 rides and attractions including 32 heated outdoor water rides (perfect even on chilly days) and a nonwater amusement park. When you visit, you’ll have your pick of water rides, kiddie rides, classic amusement park rides, games, themed characters, a family circus show,

BEST FOR: Enchanted Forest Water Safari makes a great birthday party destination for locals. For Adirondack visitors, it’s a way to give tired legs a rest from hiking.

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DON’T MISS: The Killermanjaro, with speeds of up to 30 mph, is the park’s biggest water slide. The park also features an activity pool, wave pool, lazy river, action river, and family tube ride. There are slide options for big kids, little kids, and kids at heart. Next door at Calypso Cove, dry off and check out the zipline, go-karts, bumper

boats, mini golf, batting cages, and arcade.

GOOD TO KNOW: Enchanted Forest Water Safari offers season passes, cabana rentals, over a dozen food options, and 8 gift shops. Beat the mid-day heat and save money, by taking advantage of of the park’s Siesta Savings. Enter the park after 3pm (or 2pm days the park is open from 10-4) and get the next day free.

For operating hours, special events, and the most up-to-date information, visit www.watersafari.com.

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LOCATION: East Durham, New York in the Catskills. A bit farther south than the other parks, Zoom Flume is a 90-minute drive from Glens Falls.

cabanas are great place for little ones to nap or for the whole family to break for lunch. Zoom Flume also offers group outing and birthday party packages.

HISTORY: The first water slides were built on site in 1981 and today Zoom Flume is the biggest water park in the Catskills. The park gets its name from one of the most popular slides.

DON’T MISS: The Typhoon Twister is 2017’s newest slide. Other offerings include: the Riptide Cove Wave Pool, the Wild River family raft ride, Canyon Plunge, Black Vortex, and Anaconda slides, and the Grand Prix Splashway, a 3 lane body slide. For the tykes, there’s the Pelican Pond, which has a mini waterslide and interactive fountains, the Wild Water West activity pool, and lazy river. Additionally, for an extra fee you can

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try out the Gravity Gorge. This 800-foot long and 100-foot high zipline spans the entire park!

GOOD TO KNOW: Zoom Flume has a food court, picnic areas, lockers, and a gift shop.

Season passes are available and the park is open June 17-Sept 4 (closed to the public June 19-22). The nearby Country Place Resort is an option for families looking to make a vacation out of their visit.

For operating hours, special events, and the most up-to-date information, visit www.zoomflume.com.

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LOCATION: Lake George, New York HISTORY: This popular park opened in 1954 as Storytown USA, a Mother Goose themed amusement park. Over the years, the park expanded and opened a variety of themed areas and in 1983, the park changed its name to The Great Escape.

The Water Park opened in 1995.

Nearby, you’ll also find the Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park. White Water Bay, the indoor park, opened in 2006 and was the first of its kind in New York.

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water park is a great way to beat cabin fever during the winter.

DON’T MISS: The outdoor water park attached to the Great Escape features slides like Alpine Freefall, Banshee Plunge, Black Cobra, Blue Typhoon, Twister Falls, and Mega Wedgie.

The Tornado Falls raft ride, which takes riders through a 132-foot tunnel into giant funnel. The Bonzai pipeline, a body slide tower featuring a pair of twisted body slides, is new for 2017. Splashwater Kingdom also offers a wave pool, lazy river, and playgrounds for the littlest water babies.

If the day is cool, head over to White Water Bay. With a consistent temperature of 82 degrees, this indoor park allows kids

(and kids at heart) to enjoy 38,000 square feet of fun all year round. The indoor park features water play areas for little tykes, a lazy river, an enclosed family raft ride, a pool, tube slides, and an adults-only spa.

GOOD TO KNOW: Splashwater Kingdom is open Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend and offers season passes, lockers, concession stands, cabana rentals, and a complimentary return pass if rides/pools are closed due to inclement weather. Day passes to White Water Bay are available year round.

For operating hours, special events, and the most up-to-date information, visit www.sixflags.com/greatescape and www. sixflagsgreatescapelodge.com.

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Champ Day this year has a new location in Port Henry with plenty of vendors, events and games, organizers say.

The annual event, in celebration of the legendary Lake Champlain monster, is scheduled for Sunday, July 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port Henry Beach on Lake Champlain.

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Events Director, Cathy Sprague said.

She said the annual Lake Champlain Antique and Classic Boat Club Rendezvous and Sailboat Regatta will also be at the marina during the day.

“We have lots of food, craft and art vendors,” Sprague said. “Katy Elizabeth of Champ Search will be there talking about the creature itself.”

Sprague said she’ll be there as Penelope

the Clown from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. doing face painting and other clown tasks, sponsored

by Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union At the beach, Tim Bryant will hold the annual Cardboard Boat Race, with entrants making their own boats with cardboard and duct tape and putting them in the water.

Little Champ’s Day Care will sponsor kids’ games at the beach as well, Sprague said.

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STRAWBERRIES! S

trawberry season in the North Country comes later than most of the US but it does not diminish the joy of the season. Buy them in the store, many markets offer local berries in season or U-Pick patches are everywhere, it’s a fun family outing. Prepare your children ahead of time about “patch etiquette”; Stay in your row, no running or jumping, only pick the ripe berries leaving the others to pick another day.

Once you get them home, refrigerate the berries you will not be using immediately, for the rest clean your berries by cutting off the green tops.

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Strawberry Freezer Jam Because the fruit is uncooked the flavor is so close to fresh.

What a treat on a cold winter morning! It will taste like summer!

2 cups Crushed Strawberries 4 cups Sugar 1 box (1 3/4 Oz. Size) SURE-JELL Premium Fruit Pectin 3/4 cups Water Mix crushed strawberries with sugar, and let stand for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, stir the pectin into the water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and boil for 1 minute. Stir this mixture into the prepared strawberries, allow to sit for 3 minutes. Pour into prepared containers. Place on tops, and leave for 24 hours. Place into freezer, and store frozen until ready to use. This jam will be looser than store bought. It is best to freeze in smaller containers because of the short refrigerator shelf life; 3 weeks in the fridge or up to 1 year in the freezer.

Strawberry Shortcake Biscuits, Sponge cake or Pound cake? Whichever your choice, what would summer be without this summer staple. Just slice your ripe berries into a large bowl add sugar to taste, cover and place in the refrigerator to create that wonderful juice!

Homemade Biscuits (yields: 12 biscuits) 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 3/4 cup cold butter cut into pieces 1 cup milk • Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large bowl stir together the dry ingredients Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.

Add milk all at once. Using a fork, stir just until moistened.

• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead just until dough holds together. Pat dough until 3/4 inch thick. Cut dough with a floured 2-1/2-inch biscuit cutter, rerolling scraps if needed.

• Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until golden. To assemble the shortcake, place bottom half of warm biscuit in a bowl, ladle macerated strawberries on biscuit, add whipped cream, and place other half of biscuit on top. Then, add more berries and top with more whipped cream. Local strawberry season is so short, take the time to make it a special occasion!

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries Quick and easy but so-o-o-o impressive!

Melt semi-sweet chocolate chips in a glass measuring cup in the microwave, only heating them for a few seconds at a time, stirring in between, until they are melted and smooth. Dip the berry by holding by the green top, turning to coat and place on a wax paper covered baking sheet. To re-harden the chocolate covered berry just pop into refrigerator until ready to serve.

White chocolate covered berries use the same process!

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cream! Not sweet enough? Add more sugar! Too chunky? Throw it in the blender!

There are plenty of options for jam recipes out there, including low sugar, no sugar and even no pectin recipes.

By Mikaela Foster I started making jam the year my husband and I got married. We thought it’d make great Christmas presents.

Aside from the chunky-orange-peel marmalade disaster, I became hookedespecially on making berry jam. The mixing and matching of berries is quite delightful. I’ve been making it every year since and not one flavor has ever been the same.

I’ve really enjoyed making jam with friends and family a few times, but there’s something about staying up until all hours of the night making jars and jars of jam by myself that I love… although now, with a toddler and a baby on the way, my process will have to change. This mama needs her sleep!

Luckily, you only need to set aside a few hours for a small batch. It can be a fun afternoon project with kids. You can even make it a whole day adventure by taking them berry picking first! Last year I found a wonderful organic berry farm in Vermont. It’s definitely worth the drive.

They even have a strawberry patch just for kids to pick their own.

If you’ve never made jam, I encourage you, now’s the time to try it… especially if you have kids to try it with. It’s not a daunting task by any means. It’s fun and you don’t have to can it. You can make it ready to eat immediately, or put it in the refrigerator or even freezer.

Whether I can it, freeze or refrigerate, I always set aside a small bowl full for my husband and me to eat immediately. It’s delicious on a warm biscuit. And if you’re not picky, I don’t really feel like you can make a mistake. Too runny? Put it on ice Published

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I’ve chosen to share an old-fashioned strawberry jam recipe that uses (a lot of) sugar but no pectin, in order for you to not have to run to the store after your berry picking adventure (assuming you have sugar). When making mixed berry jam, I usually just modify recipes based on guesses, and they always turn out delicious, even if they are more on the softer side.

So if you get other berries, I don’t see any harm in trying out this recipe with them… after all, this is a fun learning experience!

So, what are you waiting for? Lets get messy! I mean busy!

Note: This recipe can make 10 half pint jars aka about 10 cups of jam. Adjust as necessary. If the kids ate most of the berries, and you only have 1 quart, just cut the recipe in half.

1. Berry picking! (Don’t forget the sunscreen, water and snacks!)

2. Gather your ingredients and supplies.

3. Prepare the fruit. Rinse berries quickly under cool water. Drain briefly.

Remove stems. In a large bowl, mash the berries...with a potato masher, blender or tiny hands. Stir in the sugar. Let sit for two hours.

4. Cook jam. Transfer strawberry mix to the saucepot, and cook over medium heat until it boils, stirring often. Then turn up the heat to med-high and boil fast for 5 more minutes. Keep stirring, and I suggest you have kids step back. Be very careful of hot jam spray! I wear my heavy duty dishwashing gloves when I stir to avoid any possibility of getting burned. Oven mitts or long sleeves would work too.

5. Add in lemon juice. Boil 5 minutes longer, keep stirring. (Are you getting a workout yet?)

6. Ladle jam into your containers.

I suggest glass. Let cool to warm and enjoy it with a biscuit, toast or ice cream (or anything you can think of) as an afternoon snack. Be sure to scrape the pot clean - every drop is delicious! Refrigerate or freeze the leftovers.

- Ingredients • 2 quarts of strawberries • ½ cup lemon juice • 5 cups sugar

- Supplies • Container(s) to put jam in • Potato masher or kids’ hands • Stirring spoon preferably with long handle • Rubber scraper • Large bowl • 6 to 8 quart saucepot • Ladle • Oven mitts or heavy duty dishwashing gloves (or wear long sleeves)

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By Mikaela Foster Who doesn’t love an excuse to play with their food? Berry painting is the perfect opportunity!

When I was a kid, we used to make stamps out of potatoes. Cut out your stamp, dab in paint and stamp away.

Recently, I learned you can do the same thing with all fruits and vegetables.

Oranges for example, make very pretty stamps. The other day, I was gifted a very pretty painting done with oranges.

But with berry painting all you need are berries and a nice white canvas. Preferably a piece of paper and not the walls (I’m guessing.) If you like to get artsy, pull out the paint brushes and mix up some berry paint (berries and water to your preferred consistency.) This is a great activity to do with kids after a fun day in the summer sun picking at a berry farm.

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that are worth checking out. If you know of any place to pick wild berries, that’s also a fun adventure to tackle. If picking berries isn’t an option, store bought or frozen will be great alternatives.

Out of our New York berriesblackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries -my son and I enjoyed painting with blackberries. Well, I painted; he ate them and ripped the paper. But we both had a blast! Berry juice makes a very pretty, translucent “paint,” very closely resembling watercolor.

WHAT YOU NEED: • Berries • Paper (any kind you have on hand should work well) • Optional items include a plastic tablecloth or newspaper and an old t-shirt or smock Note: Be aware, berries stain cute little hands and faces!

PAINTING WITH BERRIES: 1) Protect your work surface with a plastic tablecloth or newspaper. If yours is a highchair user, no need to cover the tray.

2) Pass out paper to the kiddos: White paper or if you have it- textured watercolor paper makes a great surface.

3) Bring out those berries and encourage the kids to use their imagination while they paint. For younger kids, smashing berries into the paper can create a unique abstract painting. For the older ones, you can encourage them to hold a berry and “draw” with it.

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4) Once the paintings are complete, allow the juice to dry and consider framing them. Abstract berry paintings look beautiful framed.

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Well folks, I hope you have a great time out in the sun picking berries and a fun, messy time painting with berries. If you want to learn how to make jam with the kids check out our Cooking with Kids section.

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Adirondack Region Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the North Country

Now-Aug

Now-Oct

Plattsburgh — Friday Night Wine Down held at Elfs Farm Winery & Cider House; 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m..

Join us every Friday evening for live music, food specials, craft wine, hard cider, beer & spirits. Check our Facebook page for a list of performers.

Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh Farmers’ & Crafters’ Market held at Durkee Street Parking Lot; 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for local goods, fresh fruits & vegetables, live music, kids activities & so much more!

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Now - Oct. 5 Warrensburg — Riverfront Farmer’s Market held at On the bank of the Schroon River; 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.. Every Friday thru Columbus Day weekend.

Live music throughout the season. For more info contact Teresa Whalen, Market Manager, 518-466-5497, taawhalen@ yahoo.com, localharvest.org/ warrensburgh-riverfrontfarmers-market-M22857

Now -Aug.

Jul. 1

Saranac Lake — Music on the Green held at Berkeley Green; 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.. Every Wednesday evening in Jul. & Aug.

Warrensburg — Opening reception for “Curiosities in the Collection,” held at Discover Warrensburg - Museum of Local History; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.. Come check out the new exhibit. Refreshments. Free admission. 3754 Main Street.

Hours: Sat., 11 AM to 3 PM, Sun., 1 to 3 PM, and Wed., noon to 4 PM. Info at 518-232-7349.

Now-Sep. Plattsburgh — CVPH Summer Concert Series held at CVPH Front Lawn; 6:00 p.m. - 7:30. The open air concerts will be held the second Thursday of each month.The concerts are free of charge and open to all. Lawn chairs and picnic blankets are welcome. No alcohol, smoking or glass containers are permitted. For details visit cvph.org/About-CVPH/ Summer-Concert-Series.

Now -Sep. 13 Tupper Lake — Farmers Market held at The Wild Center; 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.. Every Thursday you can meet local farmers & purchase local food grown in the Adirondack region. Visit:. wildcenter.org

Now -Sep. 19 Chestertown — Chestertown Farmer’s Market held at Chester Municipal Center; 10:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m.. Visit the Chestertown Farmers’ Market! Produce, fresh fish, wine, herbs, crepes to order, baked goods, craft vendors - jewelry, pottery and iron work. Live music every week!

Wednesdays through September 19.

SUMMER 2018

Bolton Landing — LGLC Living Lands Seminar held at Lake George Land Conservancy; 5:30 p.m. Join us every Wednesday evening (except for July 4) as we, present our free summer series. This series will take a look at the wildlife and people who utilize the land of Lake George and the Adirondacks, past and present!

Advance registration is required. For More info mderossi@lglc.org.

Rouses Point — Summer Sizzle 5k held at Montgomery St.; 8:00 a.m.. Starts at the Rouses Point Boat Launch, on Montgomery Street, north of the Sportsman’s Pier. Visit:.rousespointny.com/ visitors/calendar-of-events.html

Jul. 3 - Jul. 4 Essex — Essex Independence Day Parade held at ; 11:00 a.m.. Fireworks Jul 3 at dusk.The parade will step off at 11 a.m. July 4. For more information or to become involved in the parade call 518-963-4060.

Bolton Landing — 4th of July Celebration held at Rogers Memorial Park; 7:00 p.m.. Tuesday, join us for The Master Cylinders Classic rock concert. Wednesday will be full of family fun celebrations ending with fireworks at dusk.

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Jul. 1 - Jul. 4 Ticonderoga — Best 4th in The North Celebration.

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Jul. 3 Tupper Lake — Independence Day in Tupper Lake held at Municipal Park; 9:00 p.m.. Come for activities and camaraderie as you wait for the much anticipated annual firework showcase.Fireworks begin at dusk.

Hague — Music by Calamity Rock held at Hague Beach; 6:00 p.m.. Bring your lawn chair. Fireworks at 9:30PM (Rain date July 11th).

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Jul. 4 Lake placid — Celebrate the 4th of July held at 10:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m..

Live Music in Mid’s park at 10:30 a.m.

Parade starts at 5 p.m. Grab your seat early and stick around after the show for the July 4th fireworks that starts at 9:30.

Saranac Lake — An Old Fashioned Fourth held at 10:00 a.m. We have a kid’s parade that starts on Church Street ends in Riverside Park. Then at dusk, there’s spectacular fireworks display over Lake Flower.

Long Lake — 4th of July held at 10:00 a.m.-9:30 p.m.. Games for all ages at the Town Ball Field, including childrens scavenger hunt, balloon race, sack races, egg toss, and three-legged race. Live music will be performed at the Town Beach alongside a feast. Fireworks can be seen from the beach, boat or Mt. Sabattis. For more info 518-624-3077 mylonglake.com. In the event of rain, join us at the Mt. Sabattis Pavilion.

Lake George Village — July 4th fireworks held at Shepard Park; 9:30 p.m., immediately following sundown. Fireworks display that can be viewed along the waterfront.

Jul. 5 - Jul. 7 Schroon Lake — Candide held at Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre; 8:00 p.m.. Seagle Music Colony’s 103rd season will begin with our tribute to the 100th birthday of the great American composer, conductor and musical icon, Leonard Bernstein.

This fantastical romp through time and cultures is based on the novel

by Voltaire and features plenty of memorable tunes and quick-witted action.

Jul. 5 - Jul. 8

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Plattsburgh — 4th of July Community Celebration held at ; 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.. Join us for the first 4th of July Champy Parade, live music at both Trinity and Monument Parks, fireworks at 9pm and more!

Schroon Lake — 64th Annual 4th of July held at ; 8:00 a.m.. Events are happening through out the village all day, including BBQ chicken lunch, food tents, live music at the town beach, parade, face painting, special sales on Main Street, arts and crafts vendors, and , fireworks over Schroon Lake. For more info 518-532-7675 chamber@schroonlakechamber.org

Long Lake — Art Show and Sale held at Long Lake Town Hall. The show opens July 5 at 7:00PM with an artists’ reception. July 6 and 7 hours are 11:00AM to 7:30PM; July 8 hours are 11:00AM to 3:30PM. The show and sale features regional artists in different mediums. Purchase of an original work of art benefits not only the artist but also the Friends in its efforts to support library events, activities and other needs. For more information about this year; call Diane Cuff-Carney at 518-624-4000 or Jackie Hornstein at 315-354-5699.

Jul.5 - Aug. 2 Lake George — Lake George Community Band held at Shepard Park; 8:00 p.m.. Come hear the Lake George Community Band perform at Shepard Park! Thursdays at 8:00 pm. Free Admission!

Jul. 5 Ticonderoga — Ticonderoga Guns

by Night held at Fort Ticonderoga; 7:30 p.m.. Experience the flash of musketry & roar of cannon fire by night in this unique 90-min tour & demo of 18th century guns, big & small, at Fort Ticonderoga. Visit: fortticonderoga.org

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Brant Lake — Classic Car Show Night held at The Hub; 5:30 p.m..

Classic Cars, cruise through town, entertainment, food and beverages, Prizes for Best in Show! Bring you classic ride. 50-50 raffle. Free Admission

Jul. 6 - Jul. 7 Whitehall — Canal Festival held Fri 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. Sat 12:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.. Friday, joins us for Midway rides, vendors and live music. Saturday activities will include chicken BBQ, midway rides, vendors carriage ride, live music and Fireworks starting at 9:30.

July 6 - Aug. 31 Keeseville — Keeseville Riverfront Summer Music series held at Riverside Park; 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m..

Held every Friday evening during July and August. Different local entertainment will provide live performances every week. These events are free to the public.

Jul. 6

Lake Placid — I love BBQ Festival held at Olympic Skating Oval; 11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.. This annual event attracts the best BBQ competitors in the country. The tasty event days are filled with sampling opportunities, food and beverage concessions, children’s activities, live entertainment, and more! See Full Schedule: ilBBQf.com/ schedule-of-events

Jul. 7 - Jul. 8 Bolton Landing — Arts & Crafts Festival held at Cross St. Parking lot; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.. Held by the Bolton Landing Emergency squad.

There will be 30-40 craft vendors.

Free Admission.

Westport — Essex County Arts and Crafts Festival held at Essex Cty Fairgrounds; 10:00 a.m.. Meet the artists and crafts people who will present and offer for sale recent works from their studios; an amazing array of local talent. Free Admission

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Lake George — 4th Annual Lake George British Music Invasion Weekend held at Charles R. Wood Park; 7:00 p.m.. Experience the phenomenon that is the Lake George British Music Invasion Weekend!

Saturday, July 7, 7PM - 10PM, Tribute Bands: Beatles and Led Zeppelin, Sunday, July 8, 7PM - 10PM, Tribute Bands: Queen, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones

Jul. 7

Chestertown — Strawberry Festival held at Community Methodist Church; 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m..

Bake goods, homemade pies, trash and treasure, books, and strawberries, sundaes, shakes and short cake. Something for everyone.

Free admission. For more info 518-494-3374 North Creek — North Creek Independence Day Fireworks Celebration held at North Creek Ski Bowl; 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.. Celebrate Independence Day with a dazzling fireworks display at the Ski Bowl Park in North Creek.

Indian Lake — Independence Day Parade and Celebration held at Byron Park; 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.. All day long! Burgers & hotdogs served by IL Fish & Game Club. Parade on main st at 7pm. Following the parade -Music

by Ed Sokal and food. Fireworks at Byron Park at dusk. Call 518-648-5828 for more info.

Chestertown — SummerFest Celebration held at Chester Municipal Center Ballfield; 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m..

Fun, snacks and festivities! Music afternoon and evening. Magic Shows at 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. booths games & craft activities all afternoon. Try our Rock climbing wall Dunk tank, Face painting held at Bounce houses; Obstacle course, human foosball and fireworks. For more info 518-494-2722 www.northwarren.com

Jul. 9

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Keene Valley — Lecture and Concert held at Keene Valley Library; 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Sinfoniette Pro Musica at 7pm, followed by concert at 8pm; Navah Perlman will discuss musicians and pieces to be played at the concert hosted by East Branch Friends of the Arts.

SATURDAY NIGHT ICE SHOWS July 7th

Keene — Garden Tour held at The Bark Eater Inn; 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m..

Join Meghan to tour the gardens and to discuss the current happenings, challenges and techniques used throughout the season. Suggested Donation: $5-$10 Ticonderoga — Sunset Boat Cruise on Lake Champlain held at Fort Ticonderoga; 6:00 p.m.. Enjoy a relaxing summer evening aboard the Carillon tour boat. Let this 1920s style vessel take you away with stories of Lake Champlain from armed schooners to prohibtion-era rum running. Cash bar available!

Visit:fortticonderoga.org Plattsbrugh — 2nd Annual Terry Schmaltx Memorial 5K Fun Run held at Old Army Base; 8:30 a.m..

Come join us for this fun event.

To register visit: runsignup. com/Race/NY/Plattsburgh/ TerrySchmaltzMemorial5KFunRun Lake Placid — Saturday Night Ice Shows held at Jack Shea Arena; 7:30 p.m.. Many of the world’s best skaters have honed their skills at the Saturday Night Ice Shows. Olympians Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Rachael Flatt, Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig all skated here en route to the Games, while Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes performed here as a young skater. Presented most Saturday nights. Cost: $10

Jul. 10

Plattsburgh — The Foundation of CVPH Mayor’s Cup Bike Ride held at CVPH; 9:00 a.m.. Choose between a 30 mile ride & a 62 mile ride. For more info & to register online, visit:. cvph.org/Foundation/Mayors-CupBike-Ride

Jul. 9 - Aug. 20 Lake George — Magical Musical Mondays held at Shepard Park; 7:00 p.m. Jimmy Brown, Rich Ortiz, and The Zucchini Brothers will rotate performing on certain Mondays (July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, August 13, 20) throughout the summer. Free. For more info: 518-668-5771.

Willsboro — Cornell University Willsboro Research Farm Open House held at Main Office 48 Sayward Lane; 1:30 p.m. - 4;00 p.m.. A tour of the facilities and research plots will leave the main office at 2:00pm.

Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 518-963-7492.

Schroon Lake — Get Up Jack held at Boathouse Theater; 7:30 p.m.

Cost is Adults $20, Students $5.

For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Jul. 12 - Aug. 23 Westport — Summer Concert Series held at Ballard Park; 7:00 p.m.. Come join us Thursday evenings for a free concert in the park featuring various local muscians. For a full schedule visit ballardparkny.org/events

Chestertown

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL July 7th

Jul. 8 - Aug. 26 Plattsburgh — Tours of the Bluff Point Lighthouse held at Valcour Island; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.. Paddle or boat over to Valcour Island and catch a free tour of the Bluff Point Lighthouse every Sunday from July to August. More info, Visit: www.clintoncountyhistorical.com

Jul. 8

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MAYOR’S CUP FESTIVAL & REGATTA July 5th-8th

Ticonderoga — The Battle of Carillion Commemoration held at Fort Ticonderoga; 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m..

Join Fort Ti’s Fife & Drum Corps to lay wreaths & remember those men who fell in the climactic 1758 Battle of Carillon. For more info, visit: fortticonderoga.org

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Westport — Independence Day Celebration held at Ballard Park; 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.. Join us for the Library Book Sale, Firecracker Run, Vendors, Strawberry shortcake ,Basket Raffle (drawing at 6:15), Pig Roast,Ice Cream Social, live music.

Parade starts at 4pm. Fireworks in Lee Park start at dusk.

Johnsburgh — Independence Day Parade and Celebration held at ; 12:00 p.m. - dusk. Parade will step off at noon. Festivites including live muisc games, raffles, petting zoo and more start at 2. Fireworks at dusk.

Keep a lookout for

Chazy — Centennial Summer Fair 1918-2018 held at Miner Institute; 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Enjoy historical exhibits, period music, dance, games and refreshments. Historic dress encouraged with prizes awarded.

Suggested donation $5/pp. Visit: whminer.org

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Jul. 12 Chester — Exploring the Solar System held at Municipal Auditorium; 2:00 p.m. & 3:15 p.m.. The Town of Chester Library presents: Planetarium Adventures. Sign-up required. Free.

For more info call 518-494-5384.

Jul. 14 Schroon Lake — Billy Goats Gruff held at Boathouse Theater; 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.. John Davies’ take on the traditional fairy tale uses music of Mozart, Donizetti and Rossini in a delightful 35 minute show that teaches audiences about the perils of being a bully. Performances are free and are sure to please young and old alike.

Ticonderoga — Soldiers and Suffragettes - Mystery & History are Afoot! held at Historical Society/ Hancock House; 12:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.. A Free Community event with historical reenactors presenting programs and demonstrations including hands-on programs for children. Recreation of a WWI era music hall will feature period costumes, beer, wine and soft-drinks on sale; & starting at 7 pm: Hot Box Honey will play live jazz.

Chilson — Annual Chilson Volunteer Fire Department Chicken Barbecue held at Chilson Community Center; 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.. Chilson’s famous chicken BBQ recipe, with all the trimmings, served from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and costs $12.00. Entertainment all day by local musicians, open mic for performers, and exciting raffles for valuable prizes. Dinner tickets go on sale at 11:00 a.m., or call (518) 585-7441 or e-mail ChilsonVFD@ gmail.com for information on advance ticket sales.

Putnam — Next Generation Walk & Talk: Held at Last Great Shoreline Preserve; 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. NY DEC licensed hiking and backcountry guide and SOLO Wilderness First Responder, as we explore the LGLC’s Last Great Shoreline Preserve and learn about Wilderness Survival and Orienteering in the forest. All ages welcome. Registration is appreciated and will be available on LGLC’s website. Questions? Email Michele at mvidarte@lglc.org Jay — EMS Concert held at Village Green; 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.. Original Folk, Rain Location; Amos & Julia Ward Theatre

Schroon Lake — Seagle Music Colony Gala held at Seagle Music Colony; 6:00 p.m.. The evening will be highlighted by a gourmet dinner catered by The Lily and the Rose of Saratoga Springs, entertainment by the 2018 Seagle Music Colony Artists, a fabulous Silent & Live Auction, and dancing until midnight with the Frank Conti Band. Cost varies. Contact 518-532-7875

Lake Placid — The Amazing Adirondack Inaugural Race held at Greater Lake Placid Area; 8:00 a.m.

- 9:00 a.m. Registration at 8am; 9am pre-race meeting; race starts at 9:30am; Day-long race is part adventure, part trivia game, and part scavenger hunt. Teams of 4 will race from location to location via clues, tasks, riddles and other challenges in order to discover the location of the finish line celebration picnic, and possibly win an array of prizes!

Jul. 17 Schroon Lake — Atwater Donnelly held at Boathouse Theater; 7:30 p.m. Cost is Adults $20, Students $5. For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Elizabethtown Day is Jul. 21 Elizabethtown — Come join us for a day of celebrations.

Check out the town wide yard sale, parade, activities, food and music. Fireworks at dusk.

Jul. 15 Port Henry — Champ Day held at Port Henry Beach; 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.. A day long festival celebrating the local legendary lake monster “Champ”.

Activities include: games for the kids, product and craft vendors, live music, antique and classic boat rendezvous, Penelope the clown, sail boat race, food vendors. Free Admission

Schroon Lake — Annual Tea Luncheon held at Silve Spruce Inn; 1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m.. Phyllis Rogers will regale you with stories of Sallie and her sister, Margaret. Talented singers from Schroon Lake Central School will enthrall you with songs from the hit musical Les Mis. Peruse the beaitufyl gardens at your leisure.

Come in French attire of any kind, si’il vous plait, to be eligible for Les Mis gift basket. Tickets are $25 you can contact Barn at 201-788-5504 for more info.

Hague — Bonnie Greco held at Hague Town Park; 7:00 p.m.. Sweet voice with jazz standards, easy listening, big band favorites. Don’t forget your lawn chair!

Jul 19 Chester — Magic Workshop held at Municipal Auditorium; 2:00 p.m.. The Town of Chester Library presents: “Magic” with Jim Snack. .

Sign-up to learn magic tricks. 3 pm Performance by Jim Snack and the workshop attendees. Free. For more info call 518-494-5384.

For centuries, man has had an abiding passion for building with stone. It provides strength, elegance and enduring protection. It is resilient, and timeless.

The Chippewa (or Ojibwa) are among the largest groups of Native Americans throughout North America and Canada.

Their name stands for “the good humans” or “the good people,” meaning those who are on the right path given to them by the Creator.

These words aptly describe the passion of the people who harvest the earth’s bounty with dignity and respect, to produce products of alluring beauty and eternal strength.

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Schroon Lake — Arts and Crafts Fair Schroon Lake — Arts and Crafts Fair held at the Town Beach; 10:00 a.m.

- held at the Town Beach; 10:00 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

Fair of about 100100 exhibitors 4:00 p.m.

Fair of about exhibitors from jewelry to furniture, clothing to to from jewelry to furniture, clothing woodwork is held in in thethe Town Park woodwork is held Town Park overlooking Schroon Lake.

Also a a overlooking Schroon Lake.

Also Silent Auction table provides great Silent Auction table provides great gifts to bid onon from vendors and area gifts to bid from vendors and area merchants.

AllAll thethe profi ts from thethe merchants. profi ts from FairFair gogo towards ourour continuing efforts towards continuing efforts to to protect and maintain thethe health protect and maintain health and welfare of the lake.

Please nono dogs and welfare of the lake.

Please dogs allowed onon Town Property. allowed Town Property.

Morrisonville —— 70th Clinton Morrisonville 70th Clinton County Agricultural Fair held at at County Agricultural Fair held Clinton County Fair Grounds; . .

Clinton County Fair Grounds; Daily Shows, Live Music, Great Daily Shows, Live Music, Great Fair Food.

This year’s grandstand Fair Food.

This year’s grandstand entertainment: Vermont Garden entertainment: Vermont Garden Tractor Pullers, AnAn Evening with Tractor Pullers, Evening with Ronnie Milsap, NYNY Sire Stakes Ronnie Milsap, Sire Stakes Harness Racing, U.SU.S Freestyle Harness Racing, Freestyle Motocross Championship Series, Motocross Championship Series, Street Legal Truck Pull, Adirondack Street Legal Truck Pull, Adirondack Tractor Pullers and thethe Demoliton Tractor Pullers and Demoliton Derby.

Tuesday, July 17th is “One Derby.

Tuesday, July 17th is “One Dollar Day” Gate Admission $1 $1 Dollar Day” Gate Admission Everyone 4 and up!up!

Visit ccfairny.

Everyone 4 and Visit ccfairny. com forfor a complete schedule com a complete schedule and to to purchase your tickets in in and purchase your tickets advance. advance.

RONNIE MILSAP RONNIE MILSAP July 18th • 8PM July 18th • 8PM

Ticonderoga —— JoeJoe K. K. Walsh Band Ticonderoga Walsh Band Concert held at 543 Baldwin Road; Concert held at 543 Baldwin Road; 5:00 p.m.

- 7:00 p.m.

This is our fourth 5:00 p.m.

- 7:00 p.m.

This is our fourth year of of holding a lakeside concert year holding a lakeside concert and wewe hope you can join us.us. chaise and hope you can join chaise lounge blanket.

There’ll bebe some lounge blanket.

There’ll some simple refreshments butbut don’t hesitate simple refreshments don’t hesitate to bring your own sustenance.

A $20 to bring your own sustenance.

A $20 donation is recommended. donation is recommended.

Elizabethtown —— Elizabethtown Elizabethtown Elizabethtown Day held at Cobble HillHill Golf Course; Day held at Cobble Golf Course; 10:00 a.m..

Come join us us forfor a day 10:00 a.m..

Come join a day of celebrations.

Check outout thethe town of celebrations.

Check town wide yard sale, watch thethe parade, wide yard sale, watch parade, and then head to the golf course forfor and then head to the golf course activities, food and music.

Fireworks activities, food and music.

Fireworks at dusk. at dusk.

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Schroon Lake —— Schroon Lake Schroon Lake Schroon Lake Arts & Crafts Fair held at The Town Arts & Crafts Fair held at The Town Park; 10:00 a.m..

WeWe willwill have livelive Park; 10:00 a.m.. have entertainment and a silent auction entertainment and a silent auction during duringthetheday. day.The TheSchroon Schroon Lake Lions Club will again bebe Lake Lions Club will again selling delicious food and drinks. selling delicious food and drinks.

Free Admission.

ForFor more info Free Admission. more info schroonlakeassociation.com/arts_crafts/ schroonlakeassociation.com/arts_crafts/

Lake George —— 14th Annual Lake Lake George 14th Annual Lake George Community Band Festival George Community Band Festival held at Shepard Park; 5:00 p.m..

Enjoy held at Shepard Park; 5:00 p.m..

Enjoy thethe largest community concert band largest community concert band festival in in thethe northeastern United festival northeastern United States in Lake George’s own Shepard States in Lake George’s own Shepard Park!

Free!

Park!

Free!

Jul. 2020 -Jul. 2222 Jul. -Jul. Westport — The 39 39 Steps held at The Westport — The Steps held at The Depot Theatre; 3:00 p.m.

- 8:00 p.m..

Depot Theatre; 3:00 p.m.

- 8:00 p.m..

Join thethe Depot Theatre forfor thethe two Join Depot Theatre two time Tony and Drama Desk award time Tony and Drama Desk award winning show “The 39 39 Steps”.

Visit: winning show “The Steps”.

Visit: depottheatre.org/ depottheatre.org/

Jul. 2020 Jul. Tupper Lake — BTB Block Music Fest Tupper Lake — BTB Block Music Fest held at Big Tupper Brewing; all all day. held at Big Tupper Brewing; day.

Featuring Double Axel, and multiple Featuring Double Axel, and multiple other livelive musicians, you won’t want other musicians, you won’t want to miss out.

Join us us forfor drinks, snacks, to miss out.

Join drinks, snacks, and great livelive music.

Free Admission. and great music.

Free Admission.

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Blue Mtn Lake —— Made in in The Blue Mtn Lake Made The Adirondack AdirondackNCNCFair Fairheld heldat at Adirondack Experience; 10:00 a.m.

Adirondack Experience; 10:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m..

A celebration of of locally - 5:00 p.m..

A celebration locally produced producedarts, arts,crafts, crafts,jewelry, jewelry, home goods, food and more!

Visit: home goods, food and more!

Visit: theADKX.org theADKX.org Plattsburgh —— The Glenn Miller Plattsburgh The Glenn Miller Orchestra Performs at Strand Center Orchestra Performs at Strand Center Theatre; 7:00 p.m..

Over 6060 years Theatre; 7:00 p.m..

Over years since thethe public first embraced thethe since public first embraced successful Miller Sound, both thethe successful Miller Sound, both legend & the music live on.on.

Still legend & the music live Still considered thethe greatest band of of all all considered greatest band time.

Call 518-563-1604 ext.ext.

105105 or or time.

Call 518-563-1604 visit: strandcenter.org forfor more info. visit: strandcenter.org more info.

Indian Lake —— Indian Lake Poker Indian Lake Indian Lake Poker Paddle held at Adirondack Lake; 10:30 Paddle held at Adirondack Lake; 10:30 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m..

Explore thethe shores a.m.

- 4:00 p.m..

Explore shores and bays of of thethe scenic Adirondack and bays scenic Adirondack Lake.

Anything that floats and is is Lake.

Anything that floats and propelled byby a paddle qualifies: propelled a paddle qualifies: Canoe, Canoe,Kayak, Kayak,SUP, SUP,Rowboat, Rowboat, Guideboat, Raft.

Open to all and Guideboat, Raft.

Open to ages all ages and skill levels.

Cash prizes forfor best poker skill levels.

Cash prizes best poker hands.

Food and music at Byron Park. hands.

Food and music at Byron Park.

Various Various Long Lake —— Cardboard Box Boat Long Lake Cardboard Box Boat ARTS & CRAFTS ARTS & CRAFTS Face-Off held at The Town Beach; Face-Off held at The Town Beach; FAIRS FAIRS 11:00 a.m.

- 1:00 p.m..

Box building 11:00 a.m.

- 1:00 p.m..

Box building Region-wide Region-wide from 11am-1pm with thethe Floatfrom 11am-1pm with FloatOffOff beginning at at 1pm.

Last Boat beginning 1pm.

Last Boat Floating wins thethe title.

Prizes willwill be be Floating wins title.

Prizes awarded and lifeguards willwill be be onon awarded and lifeguards duty.

Free Admission.

Call 518-624duty.

Free Admission.

Call 518-6243077 forfor more information or or visit 3077 more information visit mylonglake.com. mylonglake.com.

Jay —— Concert Series-Big Boss Jay Concert Series-Big Boss Sausage held at Village Green; 6:30 Sausage held at Village Green; 6:30 p.m.

- 7:30 p.m..

Pop, Rock and p.m.

- 7:30 p.m..

Pop, Rock and Country, Rain Location; Amos & Julia Country, Rain Location; Amos & Julia Ward Theatre Ward Theatre

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Plattsburgh —— Secret Garden Tour Plattsburgh Secret Garden Tour Elizabethtown 0pm Elizabethtown— —1 2:0 1 2:0 0pm held at KentDelored House Museum; held at KentDelored House Museum; “Elizabethtown Day,” thethe Adirondack “Elizabethtown Day,” Adirondack 12:00 p.m.

- 4:00 p.m..

Free of charge.

12:00 p.m.

- 4:00 p.m..

Free of charge.

History Museum will offer free History Museum will offer free kentdelordhouse.org kentdelordhouse.org entrance to all visitors! entrance to all visitors!

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Long Lake — US Waterski Show Team Long Lake — US Waterski Show Team held at Town Beach; 10:00:00 a.m.

- held at Town Beach; 10:00:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m..

Demonstrations begin at at 3:00 p.m..

Demonstrations begin 10a.m. and thethe show begins at 2p.m.

10a.m. and show begins at 2p.m.

The highest caliber water skiski show The highest caliber water show in the Northeast by by thethe 2011 Eastern in the Northeast 2011 Eastern Regional Water SkiSki Champions!

Regional Water Champions!

Pyramids, jumps, stunts and barefoot Pyramids, jumps, stunts and barefoot waterskiing.

The Waterski Show Team waterskiing.

The Waterski Show Team performs at Jumpin’ Jacks onon thethe performs at Jumpin’ Jacks Mohawk River and we’ve gotgot them Mohawk River and we’ve them forfor another exclusive performance another exclusive performance in Long Lake and this show promises in Long Lake and this show promises to to knock your socks off!off!

NoNo Boat knock your socks Boat Traffi c from 2-3p.m.!

Little Bus willwill Traffi c from 2-3p.m.!

Little Bus bebe running from 1pm - 5pm to to running from 1pm - 5pm alleviate downtown congestion and alleviate downtown congestion and parking.

Parking willwill be be available at at parking.

Parking available thethe Mt.Mt. Sabattis Parking Area and Sabattis Parking Area and Long Lake Central School.

Call 518Long Lake Central School.

Call 518624-3077 forfor information or or check 624-3077 information check outout mylonglake.com mylonglake.com

Long Lake — Long Lake Cardboard Box Boat Face-Off held at Town Beach; 11:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. Box building from 11am-1pm with the Float-Off beginning at 1pm. Last Boat Floating wins the title. Prizes will be awarded and lifeguards will be on duty. Call 518-624-3077 for more information or check out mylonglake.com.

Chestertown — Professor Louie & the Crowmatix held at The Carol Theater; 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.. A Grammy nominated Woodstock, N.Y. all-star Blues Hall of Fame whose members have toured the country and world extensively. They have been inducted into the Canadian Blues Hall of Fame and the N.Y. Blues Hall of Fame!

Jul. 22 Tupper Lake — Beachfest held at Little Wolf Beach; all day. The event boasts games, races, prizes and much more! Join us this summer for a family friendly, fun event! Free Admission. 518-359-8370

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Lake George — Lake George Skate Plaza Competition held at Charles R. Wood Park; 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m..

Competitions will start around 11 a.m. Vendors will be on site all day as well. Prices for entering the different competitions will be announced at a later date along with prizes. All proceeds will go to the Skate Plaza Fund for phase 2. So come spend a day with us at the Skate Plaza and check out some awesome skateboarding! For more information email: Mirthisking518@]gmail.com

Jul. 22 Lake Placid — Ironman Lake Placid held at ; 6:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.. IRONMAN Lake Placid is a three-part challenge, and is the longest-running American event (aside from the IRONMAN World Championship)! The unique course includes a transition and finish line on the Olympic Speed skating Oval, a beautiful swim in Mirror Lake, a challenging bike ride through the Adirondacks, and an equally difficult run. For more info: 303-444-4316

Schroon Lake — Piano Duo Concert held at Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre; 5:00 p.m.. Local pianists Milton Farbstein & Suzanne Fremon present this annual concert as a fundraiser for the Seagle Music Colony Guild Scholarship Fund.

Jul. 23 Au Sable Forks — Film Series- Megan Leavey held at Hollywood Theatre; 7:00 p.m.. Based on the true story of a marine corporal and military dog serving in Iraq.

Jul. 24 Au Sable Forks — Film Series- Science Fair held at Hollywood Theatre; 7:00 p.m.. Award winning documentary Science Fair.

Au Sable — Au Sable Forks/ Au Sable Acres Book Club held at Au Sable Library; 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.. Join us to discuss A Prayer for Owen Meaney

by John Irving. All are welcome.

Jul. 25 Plattsburgh

Schroon Lake — Monica Rizzio held at Boathouse Theater; 7:30 p.m. Cost is Adults $20, Students $5. For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Blue Mtn Lake — Flowerondacks held at Adirondack Experience; 10:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m.. Immerse yourself in the gardens of the ADKX which were lovingly created over 60 years ago by the founder Harold K. Hochschild’s wife Mary Marquand Hochschild.

Visit: theadkx.org Bolton Landing — Living Land Series held at Lake George Land Conservancy; 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.. Patricia Dow, LG Steamboat Vice President, will talk about the Steamboat’s 200 year history on Lake George, including pictures of the Steamboat boats through the years, maps of the traditional routes of the boats, and photos of some of the old hotels and docks LG Steamboat boats used to stop at to collect passengers.

Long Lake — Long Lake Amazing Road Race Rally held at Long Lake Geiger Arena; 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.. Ever gone on a Snipe Hunt or hopped on one foot while singing Ring around the Rosey? Well those may not be what you do this time, but you have to play to find out what you do get to try! Drive around Long Lake following a set of ridiculous instructions. On vacation, not sure where you’re going? That’s ok, the directions even confound the natives!

Cash prizes $50/$35/$25. All rules of the road apply. $5 a car. Call 518-6243077 for more information.

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Hague — Running the River held at Hague Town Park; 7:00 p.m.. North Country original with upbeat blend of your favorites. Don’t forget your lawn chair!

Jul. 26 -Jul. 29 Westport — The 39 Steps held at The Depot Theatre; 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m..

Join the Depot Theatre for the two time Tony and Drama Desk award winning show “The 39 Steps”. Visit: depottheatre.org/

Plattbsburgh — East Coast Watercross held at Plattsburgh City Beach; 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m..

Plattsburgh City Beach rates do apply!

A variety of class levels, amateurs & free stylists, ages 8 & up can compete in a race around a 30-buoy course, providing entertainment & suspense for spectators. Visit: eastcoastwatercross.com/

Jul. 27 - Jul 28 Warrensburg — Smoke Eaters Jamboree held at Recreation Field; 6:00 p.m.. Carnival rides, entertainment, fireworks, music, and great food. Auction Friday night and then on Saturday enjoy the Famous Chicken BBQ. Live country music

by Skeeter Creek - join in and sing along! Be sure to stick around for a huge fireworks show Saturday night !

Friday $3 Entrance donation, Saturday $5 Entrance donation. For more info 518-623-9766. All proceeds benefit the Warrensburg Fire Company, Inc.

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Jul. 28 - Jul. 29 Jay — Community Yard Sale held Townwide; 9:00 a.m.. Community yard sale throughout the town of Jay.

Jul. 28 Ticonderoga — Streetfest 2018 held at Montcalm St; 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m..

Including a variety of local businesses offering promos, specials, sidewalk sales, an array of food options, street vendors, arts & crafts, live music & more! Free, open to the public. Vendor applications, visit: www.timainstrret.org Chestertown — Billy Goats Gruff held at Town of Chester Municipal Center; 10:30 a.m.. John Davies’ take on the traditional fairy tale uses music of Mozart, Donizetti and Rossini in a delightful 35 minute show that teaches audiences about the perils of being a bully. Performances are free and are sure to please young and old alike.

Chestertown — Chicago- “Total Access” held at The Carol Theater; 7:30p.m.- 9:30 p.m. A 10-piece tribute band that plays the music of /chicago as “real” as “real” can be! Be there for “Total Access!”

Plattsburgh — Magician Mike Super held at Strand Center Theatre; 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.. Winner of NBC’s TV series Phenomenon and Finalist on America’s Got Talent, Mike Super comes to the Historic Strand Theatre!

Visit: strandcenter.org

Jul. 29 North Creek — ADK presents: ididaride! Adirondack Bike Tour held at North Creek Ski Bowl Town Park; 7:15 a.m.. Choose from a 75-mile loop or a 23-mile ride beginning at the North Creek Ski Bowl Town Park on Sunday. See the majestic peaks of the Adirondacks on a gorgeous 75-mile bike loop! Intermediate riders can also partake in a shorter 23-mile ride.

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Long Lake — Long Lake Paddling Olympics held at Town Beach; 10:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m.. Try your hand at wild, wet, fun aquatic navigational competition. Registration is free and starts at 10:30am. Look for zany races including Bang and Go Back, Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Hand Paddling, Dress up Relay, Kayak Races, The Dipper, Back Paddling, Hurry Scurry and many more! All ages are welcome to participate! The Lions Club serves up a BBQ lunch. Call 518-624-3077 or visit mylonglake.com for more information

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Saranac — Meadowmount School of Music held at Saranac Methodist Church; 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m..

Advanced students - strings with piano. Free Concert. Visit: hillandhollowmusic.org

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Jul. 26 Chester — Library’s Rock held at Municipal Auditorium; 3:00 p.m.

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Aug. 2 - Aug. 4 Jul. 30 - Aug. 5 Lake Placid — 28th Annual Lake Plaicd Summit Lacrosse Tournament held at Various Locations; 8:00 a.m.. The games are contested on 13 playing fields at three separate venues, North Elba Athletic Fields, (Rt. 73, Recycle Circle) Fields 1-6, Lake Placid Athletic Fields at the North Elba Horse Show Grounds (Rt. 73) Fields 7-11, Northwood School (Northwood Road) Fields 12-13. A total of 550 games will be played during the week-long event. Teams from all over the continent participate in this international tournament. The public is encouraged to get out and see some of the action, admission and parking are totally free and food and beverages are available at the North Elba Playing Fields venue.

Plattsburgh — Bassmaster Northern Open held at Plattsburgh City Marina; 6:00 a.m.. Launch site - Dock St Landing - 6 am each day. Weigh-ins - Plattsburgh City Marina - 2 pm each day. Top anglers will be competing for $200,000 in cash prizes.

Schroon Lake — Patchouli held at Boathouse Theater; 7:30 p.m.

Cost is Adults $20, Students $5.

For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Jul. 31 Schroon Lake — Free Children’s Program held at Boathouse Theater; 1:00p.m.. Presented by The Hempstead Stage Co. Treasure Island.

For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Aug. 7 Schroon Lake — Runaway Home held at Boathouse Theater; 7:30 p.m. Cost is Adults $20, Students $5. For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Aug. 10 - Aug. 11 Wilmington — Peak to Brew: The Ulitmate Relay Experience held at Whiteface Mtn. Veterans Memorial Highway; The Peak to Brew Relay is the Northeast’s longest most scenic overnight Team supported relay race at 220+ miles. Teams of 6-12 Runners and 1-2 Support Vans will traverse the course over 42 unique legs. From an epic Start at the summit of Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway to an unforgettable finish and celebration at the historic Saranac Brewery, the Peak to Brew Relay is one of the most unique and challenging events in the Northeast. For more information and to register, visit p2brelay.com

Aug. 10 - Aug. 12 Westport — Ain’t Misbehavin’ held at The Depot Theatre; 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Join the Depot Theatre for -Ain’t Misbehavin-, a celebration of legendary jazz great, Fats Waller! Visit: depottheatre.org/

Aug. 11 Keeseville — Keeseville Field Day & Parade held around town; . Day-long family fun will include a Parade, Fun Run, Car Show, Kids Games, Chinese Auction, Horseshoe Tournament and more. There will be local craft vendors in attendance along with plenty of food and music. Fun for the whole family.

Jay — Concert Series- Movie’ On held at Village Green; 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m..

New and Old Country. Rain Location; Amos & Julia Ward Theatre Long Lake — Long Lake Town-Wide Garage Sale held at Townwide; 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.. The Long Lake Town-Wide Garage sale will be held throughout town. Treasures to be found for everyone throughout the town! Stop by the Town Offices or Town Hall to pick up a map of local garage sales

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Schroon Lake — 29th Adirondack Folk Music Festival held at Schroon Lake Town Park; Noon -5:00 p.m..

Free admission. Jamcrackers Dan B, Dan D and Peggy Lynn, Roy Hurd with Skip Smithson & Time Hartnett, Goodbye Blue, Cricket Blue, Three Quarter North. For more info call 518532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@ aol.com. Schroonlakearts.com

Jay — Concert Series- Timeless held at Village Green; 6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m..

Tunes of the 50s- 70s. Rain location; Amos & Julia Ward Theatre

Jay — Concert Series- Crackling Foxy held at Village Green; 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.. Old and Original Music. Rain Location; Amos & Julia Ward Theatre

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Plattsburgh — Tour De Force Charity Run held at Mooney Bay Marina; 8:00 a.m.. Half-marathon - 10K, 5K & 1 mile. To benefit families of police officers who were killed in the line of duty nationwide. Info & registration, visit: runsignup. com/Race/NY/Plattsburgh/ TourdeForceHalfMarathon

Hague — Ben Rounds held at Hague Town Park; 6:30 p.m.. Hague Favorite returns to rock your socks off. Don’t forget your lawn chair!

Port Henry — Movie Night held at Port Henry Beach; At Dusk. Join us for an outdoor showing of the Disney Pixar film , The Incredibles.

Free admission.

Aug. 13 Au Sable Forks — Film Series- Heat and Dust held at Hollywood Theatre; 7:00 p.m.. A James Ivory period drama/ romance set in India; a modern English woman learns about her aunt’s affair in 1920.

Aug. 21 Schroon Lake — Beartracks held at Boathouse Theater; 7:30 p.m.

Cost is Adults $20, Students $5.

For more info call 518-532-9259 or e-mail SLArtsCouncil@aol.com.

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Sep. 1 Keene — Garden Tour held at The Bark Eater Inn; 10:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m..

Join Meghan to tour the gardens and to discuss the current happenings, challenges and techniques used throughout the season. Suggested Donation: $5-$10

Aug. 22 Hague — Marty Wendell & His Tour Band held at Hague Town Park; 6:30 p.m.. Ticonderoga native is Rockabilly Hall of Fame Member. Don’t forget your lawn chair!

Aug. 23 - Aug. 26 Aug. 15 - Aug. 19 Westport — 170th Essex County Fair held at Essex County Fair Grounds; Visit essexcountyfair. org for a complete schedule. $10 admission includes; All Carnival Rides most shows and parking.

Children 3 and under FREE!

Aug. 15 Hague — John & Orion Kribs held at Hague Town Park; 7:00 p.m.. Father & Son duo of Americana Music Style.

Don’t forget your lawn chair!

Aug. 16 - Aug. 19 Westport — Ain’t Misbehavin’ held at The Depot Theatre; 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Join the Depot Theatre for -Ain’t Misbehavin-, a celebration of legendary jazz great, Fats Waller! Visit: depottheatre.org/

Westport — Ain’t Misbehavin’ held at The Depot Theatre; 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Join the Depot Theatre for -Ain’t Misbehavin-, a celebration of legendary jazz great, Fats Waller! Visit: depottheatre.org/

Sep. 2 Lake Champlain — 19th Annual Lake Champlain International Bass Open held at Mallets Bay; Join LCI for their 19th annual Bass Open where competitive anglers compete for their best 6 bass. For more information on prizes & weigh in station locations, visit: mychamplain.net

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Aug. 25 - Aug. 26 KEENE VALLEY — 26Th Annual High Peaks Arts & Antiques Show Held At Marcy Field; 10:00 a..m. - 4:00 p.m..

This show is all about the vendors, For more information contact: Lindsay Kelly at highpeaksartandantiques@ gmail.com for an application or to answer any questions.

Aug. 25 - Aug. 26

Ausbale Forks, Keeseville, and Upper Jay — Essex County Cheese Tour held at ; 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m..

Self-guided driving tour through the foothills of the Adirondacks.

Farm tours & cheese, at Asgaard Farm in Ausable Forks; North County Creamery in Keeseville; & Sugar House Creamery in Upper Jay. Visit: facebook.com/ essexcountycheesetour

Blue Mtn Lake — New Mohawk & Abenaki Art Market held at Adirondack Experience; 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.. Regional Indigenous artists showcasing their unique artwork.

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Aug. 16 Chester — Exotic Animals from Around the Globe held at Municipal Auditorium; 3:00 p.m.. The Town of Chester Library presents: Joe Biss III. Free. For more info call 518-494-5384

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Seussical 8/2 Indian Lake Theater at 7 pm, Indian Lake 8/3 Newcomb Central School at 7 pm, Newcomb 8/4 Lake Placid High School at 7 pm, Lake Placid 8/5 Tannery Pond Community Center at 3 pm, North Creek 8/6 View at 7 pm, Old Forge

Tickets available on the website or by calling 518-352-7715 – Please visit www.adirondackarts.org for complete listings

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3446 NYS Route 28, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812

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Something Special Every Night!

Tuesday - All You Can Eat Chef Attended Pasta Station Wednesday - Wing Night Thursday - Prime Rib Friday - House-Made Fresh Fish Fry and Chefs Choice Seafood Specials Saturday - Prime Rib

Starters

Jumbo Chicken Wings.................... 11 Boneless Wings ...................................9 Mozzarella Sticks ............................... 7 Bacon Wrapped Scallops ............... 11 Quesadilla ............................................7 Add Chicken $2 • or Steak $3 • or Shrimp $3

Bleu Cheese Chips..............................7 Bruschetta ............................................6 Spinach Dip .........................................9 Jalapeno Poppers ................................7 Fried Calamari....................................9 Onion Petals ........................................6 Steamed Clams ................................ 12 French Fries - Hand-Cut in house, Plain ....3 All American ....................................5 Poutine ..............................................5 Tator Tots ........................................ 3

Soups & Salads

Burgers

Classic ................................................ 10 Mushroom Swiss Burger ................ 11 Bacon Bleu Burger .......................... 11 Rodeo Burger ................................... 12 8 oz. Burgers are made on site from Local, FarmRaised Beef • Served with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Pickle and French Fries

Entrees

All Entrées include Vegetable, Side and your choice of Soup of the Day or Garden Salad

Chicken Parmesan .......................... 17 Chicken Picatta................................ 16 Hand-Cut New York Strip Steak... 23 Hand-Cut Delmonico Steak .......... 23 Top your steak: Bleu Cheese Crumbles, Onions, Peppers or Mushrooms ~ +.50 each

Prime Rib ~ Served Thursdays and Saturdays Only ~ French Onion ......................................5 Prince Cut ......................................... 19 Garden Salad .......................................6 Queen Cut......................................... 21 Caesar Salad ........................................9 .

King Cut ............................................ 23 w/Chicken ......................................... 13 Stuffed Sole ....................................... 18 Mediterranean Salad .........................9 .

Scallops Au Gratin .......................... 21 w/chicken ....................................... 13 Shrimp Scampi ................................ 20 Buffalo Chicken Salad .................... 13 Angel Hair Pasta ........................... 10 Dressings: House-Made: Bleu Cheese, Honey with House-Made Meatballs ...... 14 Mustard, 1000 Island, Red Wine Vinaigrette

Tortellini Alfredo ............................ 14 with Chicken ................................. 18 Vegetable Lasagna ........................... 14

Lite Fare

Chicken Wrap .................................. 10 Fajita Wrap ~ Your Choice With Chicken ............................. 10 With Steak ..................................... 11 Turkey Club ...................................... 11 Rueben Sandwich ............................ 11 Steak Sandwich ................................ 14 Grilled Chicken Sandwich............. 10 French Dip ........................................ 12 Fish & Chips ..................................... 12 Philly Cheese-Steak Sandwich...... 14 Clam Basket ........................................9 Chicken Tender Basket .................. 10 Flatbread Reuben ......................... 10 Flatbread Buffalo Chicken ........... 10 Flatbread Three Pig ...................... 10

& Balsamic Vinaigrette Also available: Ranch, Peppercorn Ranch, Herb-Garlic Italian

We recommend making reservations.

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Chest of Treasures Includes Fries & Slaw

Fish & Chips Basket ....................$11.95 Shrimp Basket ............................$11.95 Fried Scallop Basket ...................$12.95 Clam Basket ...............................$11.95 Chicken Tender Basket ...............$11.95 Baby Back Rib Basket (full rack) ....$15.95 Whole Belly Clam Basket ...... Market Price

Port & Starboard

French Fries..................................$3.75 Side Winders ................................$4.25 Onion Rings ..................................$4.50 Brew City Pickles ..........................$6.50 Cole Slaw .....................................$3.50 Potato Salad .................................$3.50 Pasta Salad...................................$3.50 Toss Salad ....................................$3.50 Mac & Cheese Bites ......................$6.50 Mac & Cheese ..............................$4.50 with Lobster or Crab ...............$7.95 Lobster Bisque or Clam Chowder....................$6.50

From the Sea

Lobster Roll ................................$14.95 Ocean Crab Roll ..........................$11.95 Clam Strips Small....... $8.50 Large ......$13.95 Seafood Platter ...........................$21.95 Shrimp, Clams, Pollack & Scallops

Mussels ......................................$11.95 Steamers ......................... Market Price

Whole Belly Clams ........... Market Price Live Lobsters ................... Market Price King Crab Legs ................ Market Price Snow Crab Legs .............. Market Price Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail .................$8.95 Coconut Shrimp ............................$9.95 Kickin’ Shrimp Soft Tacos .............$9.50 Crabby Patty .................................$5.95 Haddock Tail Burger ......................$7.50 Fish Nuggets.................................$6.95 Calamari Rings .............................$6.95

For Land Lubbers

Hot Dog ........................................$2.50 Michigan ......................................$2.95 Angus Hamburger .........................$3.95 Deluxe (lettuce, tomato & onion) ...$4.50 Angus Cheeseburger.....................$4.25 Deluxe (lettuce, tomato & onion) ...$4.95 Michigan Angus Burger .................$4.95 Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich ..$6.95 Chicken Tenders ...........................$6.50 Chicken Wings (dozen) ...................$10.95 Plain, Medium, Hot, BBQ, Teriyaki, Bourbon Molasses, Garlic Parmesan, Thai Sweet Chili, or Devil Sauce

Boneless Wings ..........................$10.95 Mozzarella Sticks ..........................$6.95

FISH FRY-DAY

Every Friday!

9oz. Haddock $10.95

Dine-In or Take-Out

Wet Your Whistle

Bottled Water ................................$1.00 Soft Drinks....................................$1.50 Gatorade.......................................$2.50 Frozen Soft Drinks ........................$3.95 Coffee/Tea (Hot or Cold) .....................$2.00

Yo-Ho-Ho! Alcohol Beverages

Beer .............................................$3.50 Premium ................................$4.00 On Tap ....................................$6.00 Wine .............................................$6.00 Frozen Drinks ...............................$8.00

Margarita, Pina Colada or Strawberry Daiquiri

Walk the Plank

Ice Cream Novelties ......... $1.50 - $3.00 Pie by the Slice .............................$3.00

THIRSTY THURSDAYS! 50¢ WINGS and $10 BUCKET OF BUDLIGHT

KARAOKE! Every Other Friday

Hours: 12 Noon to 8:30 pm Daily • Closed on Tuesday 2922 NYS Rte. 9N, Crown Point, NY 12928

(518) 597-3455 • crabshack@mapleridgepark.com

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Whether you’re looking for fabulous local brews and a burger or a setting for that special occasion with family...

There is a reason we have been serving Vermonters for over four decades. Come in today and see what we are all about.

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Soups and Salads

Peppers. Drizzled with Basil Pesto. $10.95

Fresh Fried Fish Tacos Haddock dipped in our In-

French Onion Our Own Rich Recipe $6.75 Famous Soup of the Day Made in House Daily

Potato Skins Gluten Free ~ Bacon, Cheddar,

Chili Our own Special Recipe Topped with Diced Onions

Bavarion Soft Pretzels Served with a Beer

$5.50

and Cheddar Cheese $6.50

Grilled or Blackened Salmon Salad Large

Dinner Salad Topped with Grilled Salmon or Blackened and Served with Ginger Apricot Dressing $12.95 Dinner Salad Small or Large ~ Unique Blend of Lettuces, Both Red and Green Leaf, Cucumbers, Onions, Shredded Carrots, Grape Tomato, Peruvian Peppers and Croutons. $4.95 & $6.95 ADD: Chicken $3.00 ADD: Salmon $6.00 Caesar Salad Romain Lettuce, Shredded Parmesan Cheese and Croutons. Topped with Caesar Dressing $6.95 ADD: Chicken $3.00 ADD: Salmon $6.00 Flanagan’s Specialty Salad Large Dinner Salad Topped with Glazed Walnuts, Dried Cranberries, Feta Cheese Crumbles and a Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing $9.50 ADD: Chicken $3.00 ADD: Salmon $6.00 Flanagan’s Spinach Salad A Special Blend of Baby Spinach, Semi-Savoy Spinach, Baby Red Chard, Baby Acarlet Kale and Frisee. Tossed with Feta Cheese and Our Own Special Recipe Dressing. Topped with Slow Roasted Tomatoes $10.50 ADD: Chicken $3.00 ADD: Salmon $6.00 Dressings: Our In House Bleu Cheese, Ranch, Russian, Honey Mustard, Caesar, Raspberry Vinaigrette or Our House Dressing

Kids Menu

All Kids Menu Items Served with Small Soda or Juice in Their Very Own Take Home Cup, and Dessert

Chicken Finger Basket with French Fries $6.95 Hot Dog with French Fries $6.75 Linguine with Marinara Sauce and Bread

$6.95

and Mozzarella Cheeses $8.75

Cheddar Cheese $7.50

Appetizers (cont.)

Bruschetta Made in house with Tomatoes, Fresh Basil,

Garlic and Seasoning. Topped with Parmesan Cheese, Fresh Basil. Served with Garlic Bread $7.75

Appetizers for Two

Flanagan’s Irish Nachos Guinness Marinated Ground Beef and Onions, Mozzarella, and Cheddar Cheeses, Smothered with Beef Gravy on a Bed of French Fries $11.95 Nacho Supreme Gluten Free ~ Bed of Nacho Chips Smothered with Melted Cheddar and Mozzarella Cheeses, Chili, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Olives, and Jalapeños. Served with Sour Cream and Salsa. $12.95 ADD: Guacamole $1.00 Flanagan’s Vegetable Flat Bread Flat Bread Smothered with Melted Mozzarella, Cheddar, Parmesan Cheeses and Tomato Garlic Pesto. Grilled Eggplant, Grilled Zucchini and Grilled Red and Green Peppers. Topped with Pesto and Feta Cheese. $14.25 Flanagan’s Chicken Bruscetta Flat Bread

Flat Bread Smothered with Melted Mozzarella, Cheddar, Parmesan Cheeses, Grilled Chicken and Our Own Bruscetta.

Topped with Pesto and Fresh Basil. $14.25 Quesadillas Chicken with Mozzarella and Cheddar Cheeses, on a Flour Tortilla. Served with Sour Cream and Salsa. $11.95 ADD: Jalapeño $.50 ADD: Tomato $.50 ADD: Guacamole $1.00 Chicken Fingers Served with Choice of Honey Mustard or BBQ Sauce $9.95

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with French Fries $6.75 Wings: Five - Mild or Medium $6.95 Macaroni and Cheese with Bread $6.75 6” Cheese Pizza Smothered with Red Sauce

Wings

Appetizers

10 Wings $11.25 20 Wings $22.50

and Deep Fried. Served with Orange Ginger Sauce $9.95

Burgers

and Mozzarella cheese $6.95

Coconut Shrimp Gluten Free ~ Shrimp, Breaded Calamari Deep Fried in Our In-House Lemon Pepper Breading. Served with Marinara Sauce $9.95

Caprese Portabello Mushroom Stuffed with

Tomato Garlic. Topped with Mozzarella Cheese and Fresh Basil.

Baked with drizzle Vinaigrette. $8.25 Garlic Bread Smothered with Garlic Butter and Mozzarella Cheese. Toasted to a Golden Brown. Served with Marinara sauce. $6.75 Veggies Fresh Combination of Raw Celery and Carrots.

Served with Our In House Bleu Cheese. $4.75 Spinach Artichoke Dip Creamy Hot Dip. Served with Nacho Chips $8.95 Flanagan’s Naan Smothered with a Kale Pesto, Combination of Three Different Types of Double Creme Brie.

Topped with Slow Roasted Tomatoes and a Olive Oil Drizzle. $12.25 Mozzarella Sticks Served with Marinara Sauce $7.50

Gluten Free ~ The Best Wings in the Adirondacks Mild, Medium, Hot, Teriyaki, Garlic Parmesan, BBQ, or Golden BBQ Wings Served with Your Choice of Ranch or Our In House Bleu Cheese Dressings

30 Wings $33.75 Veggies $4.75

Fresh Ground Angus Burgers, Char-Grilled and Served on a Kaiser Roll with Lettuce, Tomato, and Onion. Served with Chips or Our In House Cole Slaw and a Pickle.

Speciality Veggie Burger Jessie’s Famous Veggie

Recipe, Made In House. A True Vegetarian Delight $8.95 Speciality Salmon Burger Made In House and Char-Grilled. Served with Tartar Sauce.

One of Our House Favorites! $10.95 Flanagan’s Burger 6oz or 12oz $8.75 & $11.95 Southwestern Burger 6oz or 12oz Angus Burger Covered with Chili and Fried Jalapeños. Smothered with Cheddar Cheese. Served with Sour Cream on the Side $10.95 & $13.95

Flanagan’s Mushroom & Swiss Burger 6oz or 12oz $9.95 & $12.95

Flanagan’s Bacon & Cheddar Burger 6oz or 12oz $10.95 & $13.95 ADD: Guacamole $1.00 for Guacamole Burger

Flanagan’s Bleu Cheese Burger 6oz or 12 oz $10.85 & $13.95 Add: Cheese to Any Burger $.75 Add: Bacon to Any Burger $1.00 Onion Rings Side or Basket $4.00 & $6.00 Handcut French Fries Side or Basket $3.00 & $5.00

Pizzas Our Pizzas are hand tossed and make with fresh Ingredients (Locally sourced when available)

Toppings: Pepperoni, Sausage, Bacon, Ham, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Black Olives, Tomatoes, Broccoli, Pineapple, Fresh Basil, Anchovies, Ricotta or Extra Cheese.

12” Cheese $12.95 Additional Toppings $1.25 each 12” Works Pepperoni, Sausage, Ham, Bacon, Mushrooms,

Onions, Peppers, Black Olives and Tomatoes. $17.25

16” Spinach Artichoke and Chicken

Smothered with Spinach, Artichoke, Mozzarella, Topped with Grilled Chicken Breast. $21.25 16” Cheese $18.50 Additional Toppings $1.50 each 16” Works Pepperoni, Sausage, Ham, Bacon, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Black Olives and Tomatoes. $24.95 16” Garlic Pizza Traditional White Pizza, Topped with Garlic, Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheese $18.25 16” Hawaiian Pizza Smothered with Red Sauce and Mozzarella Cheese, Topped with Classic Black Forest Ham and Pineapple $19.95 16” Bleu Cheese Pizza Smothered with Bleu Cheese Dressing and Mozzarella Cheese. Topped with Grilled Chicken Breast Dipped in Your Choice of Hot, Medium or Mild sauce. $21.25 Calzone Stuffed with Creamy Ricotta and Mozzarella Cheese. $12.95 Additional Toppings $1.25 each Note: Pizza Sauce is Vegan Friendly

Sandwiches Sandwiches Served with Chips or Our In House Cole Slaw and Pickle.

Reuben Corned Beef, Sauerkraut, Swiss Cheese and Russian Dressing on Grilled Rye Bread. $9.95 Flanagan’s Dubliner Corned Beef. Coleslaw, Swiss Cheese and Russian Dressing on Grilled Rye Bread $9.95 Flanagan’s Rosco Roast Beef, Grilled with Onions, Cheddar Cheese and Mayonnaise Horseradish Sauce on Grilled Rye Bread $9.95 Flanagan’s Irish Cuban Corned Beef, Ham, Swiss Cheese, Mustard and Pickle on Grilled Sub Roll $9.95 French Dip Roast Beef, Grilled with Onions, Peppers, and Mushrooms. Smothered with Swiss Cheese and Served on a Sub Roll with Au Jus. $9.95 Buffalo Chicken Wrap Fried Chicken Breast Dipped in Your Choice of Hot, Medium or Mild Wing Sauce. Served with Bleu Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion and Cheddar Cheese.

Wrapped in a Grilled Flour Wrap $9.95 Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap Grilled Chicken Breast with Romaine Lettuce, Parmesan Cheese, and Caesar Dressing Wrapped in a Grilled Flour Wrap. $9.95 Caramalized Onion Roasted Vegetable Naans Smothered with Onion, Artichoke

Heart, Egglplant, Zuchinni, Summer Squash, Roasted Tomato and

PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

House Batter and Deep Fried. Smothered with Cabbage & Pico.

Served with our In-House Coleslaw and our In-House Zesty Dipping Sauce. $12.25

Sandwiches (cont.)

FRESH Fried Fish & Chips Haddock. Dipped in

Our In House Batter and Deep Fried. Served with French Fries, Our In House Cole Slaw and Our House Tarter Sauce. $12.95 Onion Rings Side or Basket $4.00 & $6.00 Handcut French Fries Side or Basket $3.00 & $5.00

DINNERS SERVED 5:00pm til Kitchen Closing

Entrees

Entrees Served with Choice of Side Salad or Soup of the Day and Choice of Baked Potato, Rice Pilaf or French Fries, and Our Local Sourced Fresh Vegetable Du Jour.

Delmonico Gluten Free ~ 14oz Fresh Hand Cut CharGrilled to Order $24.95 ADD: Bleu Cheese Crumbles $1.00 ADD: Mushrooms Caps $1.25 ADD: Grilled Onions 75¢ New York Strip Gluten Free ~ 12oz Fresh Hand Cut Char-Grilled to Order. $22.95 ADD: Mushrooms Caps $1.25 ADD: Grilled Onions 75¢ BBQ Ribs St. Louis Style Ribs Cooked in House and Smothered in BBQ Sauce. $15.95 FRESH Haddock Dinner Dipped in Our In House Batter and Deep Fried, or Topped with Our Parmesan Crumb Crust and Broiled in a White Wine Herb Butter Sauce. Served with French Fries, Hush Puppies and Our House Tarter Sauce. $18.95 Wild Pacific Salmon 8oz Salmon Filet Broiled with a Rich Combination of Orange and Ginger Flavor Glaze, or Blackened with Our Own Blend of Seasonings $19.25 ***Can Not Guarantee Quality of Meats Cooked Beyond Medium.*** RARE: Red Cool Center | MEDIUM: Pink Warm Center WELL: Cooked Throughout

Pasta Entrees Pasta Entrees Served with Choice of Side Salad with our House Vinaigrette Dressing or Soup of the Day. (Gluten Free Pasta Available Upon Request)

Veal Parmesan Breaded Veal Stuffed with Mozzarella

Cheese, Deep Fried and Served over Linguine and Our In House Marinara Sauce. $16.25 Shrimp Scampi Hearty Portion of Shrimp Sauteed in a White Wine Garlic Herb Sauce. Served over Linguine. $18.95 Eggplant Parmesan Pan Fried to Order. Layered with Fresh Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheeses and Our In House Marinara. Served with Linguine. $15.75 Grilled Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Grilled Chicken Breast. Served Over Linguine with Our In House Alfredo Sauce and Broccoli. $16.25 Gratuity of 20% May be added to parties of 5 or more.

Our Computer System will not allow checks to be split more than 4 times per table. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Ask your Server about our After Dinner Cocktails & Dessert Specials For better health, we use transfat free cooking oil.

The Department of Health advises that eating raw or under cooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish and eggs poses a health risk.

Thorough cooking will reduce the risk of food borne illness.

Open Daily At 12:00 Noon 7 Days A Week For Lunch And Dinner • Call Ahead For Take-Out 1067 Main Street • Schroon Lake, NY • 518-532-9096 • www.flanaganspubandgrill.com

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Ice Cream Vanilla, Chocolate, or Twist Kiddie Cone or Dish Small Cone

Choice American • Italian Mix • Boiled Ham • Salami • Bologna SANDWICH

Medium Cone

Waffle Cones 50¢ Extra

Milkshake Vanilla, Chocolate, or Twist

Flavored Milkshake FLAVORS AVAILABLE Apple Pie • Bubble Gum • Lime • Root Beer Cotton Candy • Apricot • Amaretto • Blueberry Banana • Black Berry • Black Raspberry Black Cherry • Butter Pecan • Caramel • Cheesecake Coconut • Creme de Menthe • Espresso • Lemon Orange • German Chocolate Cake • Maplenut Peach • Strawberry • Peanut Butter • Pina Colada Pistachio Nut • Rum • Tutti Frutti

Root Beer Float Sundaes Flurries M&M’s, Reese’s Pieces, Cookies & Cream

WHOLE SUB

Prime

Large Cone Flavored Ice Cream

HALF SUB OR WRAP

Turkey • Roast Beef • Capicola • Corned Beef Meatball • Steak & Cheese • Buffalo Chicken • Tuna Salad Pulled Pork • Baked Ham • Veggie Burger Veggie BBQ Rib • Vegan Chicken • Vegan Black Bean SANDWICH

HALF SUB OR WRAP

WHOLE SUB

GLUTEN FREE BREAD AVAILABLE - Half Sub Price Nachos Chicken Quesadillas Cheese Quesadillas Hot Dog free meat sauce

Salads Garden Caesar Chef Greek

SOUP OF THE DAY Sm. | Lg. CHILI Sm. | Lg.

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DELIVERY

EAT IN TAKE OUT

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calzones/stromboli wings hot/cold subs wine craft beer/soda wraps salads

LAKE GEORGE 518.668.4411 59 IROQUOIS ST

(open year 'round)

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GANIENKEH WHOLISTIC TREATMENT CENTER

An Alternative Health Care Center

CHIROPRACTIC - DR. PETER VANCE, D.C. MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS Over 30 years experience - specializing in headaches, sciatic, chronic pain, worker’s comp & personal auto injuries.

NATUROPATHIC - DR. DEBRA DAHLER, N.D. MONDAYS THROUGH THURSDAYS Offering holistic health care options for most health concerns. Herbalism, nutrition & lifestyle counseling.

PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY AND THE ONDAMED RICK WHITE • MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS 8AM-3PM

BY APPT ONLY • Energy Medicine is any healing modality that affects positive change in the energetic system of living beings.

3083 Rand Hill Road • PO Box 275 • Altona, NY • 518-493-6300

GANIENKEH TERRITORIAL MINI BINGO SUPER T JACKPO

$1,0a0rd0 s Full C

ADMISSION: 9 Face Cards $5.00; 2 Special Books $5.00; 10 70/30 Games $8.00 Wednesday & Friday doors open at 5pm • Games start at 6:30pm Sun. doors open at 10am & Games start at Noon.

Devil’s Den Road via Altona, NY • 518-493-2247 189140