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By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — The Adirondack Treks student outing club will show the action-packed ski movie — “Flow State” — during its annual fundraising event Friday, Dec. 28 at the Tannery Pond Community Center. There will be two showings, at 5 and 8 p.m., of Warren Miller ’s 63rd film, which is hosted by Olympic gold medal skier Jonny Mosely. The cost is $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under. All money raised will support Adirondack Treks’ climbing program for equipment acquisition and underwriting participant costs. Refreshments, coupons, door prizes will be part of the evening’s entertainment. Kelly Nessle, of Adirondack Treks, says the Dec. 28 fundraising event is an important one for her group. “This is our one major effort, other than grant writing, to get funds to buy needed equipment and to underwrite some of the costs to kids for participation in some activities,” Nessle said. “This year we are hoping to be able to buy our own climbing equipment. The kids have been climbing both at indoor venues in the area as well as outdoors during the summer months.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Stephanie Hample, Pailin Hample and Santa Claus have fun at the annual Lunch with Santa event Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Long Lake Town Hall. Photo by Christine LaRocque

ORDA looking forward to ski season By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) is looking forward to a lucrative winter season. “We have great weather coming our direction,” ORDA President and CEO Ted Blazer said during the Dec. 18 ORDA Board meeting at the Olympic Center. “I think it’s important that we go in with enthusiasm.”

The optimism comes on the heels of a less-than-lucrative 2012. ORDA auditor Alan Walther released the authority’s financial report for the first seven months of the fiscal year (April 1-Oct. 31) and said the net operating loss to date was $7.18 million, which is better than this time in 2011. “Through October of 2012 there’s an operating loss prior to depreciation of $7.18 million versus an operating loss last year of $7.583 million, so you're approximately $402,000 ahead of where you were last year,” Walther said. ORDA has seen revenue increase in

some areas and decrease in others. Contributing to the loss was a $135,000 decrease in snow sports and skating revenue and a $350,000 loss for fall events, both of which have been attributed to poor weather conditions. On a positive note, total operating revenue went up by $101,000 to $4.6 million. And tour packages and event admissions also went up $260,000 due to increased events and a strong summer. ORDA’s budget includes revenue sources from its operations, such as CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Local rafting company owner faces new charges By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — The owner of the Hudson River Rafting Company faces additional charges of reckless endangerment. Patrick Cunningham, of North Creek, was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment Tuesday, Dec. 11 in Hamilton County Court. Hamilton County District Attorney Marsha

Purdue said that brings the count to four charges of second-degree reckless endangerment, misdemeanor charges, against Cunningham for two separate incidents in August 2010 and May of this year. The new charges stem from a May 27 incident where two riders, Ross Goldstein and Tammy Rowe of New York City, said they were part of a group rafting down the Hudson River when Cunningham exited the raft and sent them on the last 4 miles of the river unsupervised. “Only two of the riders submitted a complaint,

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