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Empire State Games ready for Feb. 7-10 By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — Now in its third year of local organization, the Empire State Winter Games are preparing for opening ceremonies Feb. 7. “This is the third year that we have picked this up from the state and the numbers have remained pretty consistent,” Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Director Jim McKenna, who heads the organization of the games. McKenna said that the games will again be coupled with both the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival and a luge World Cup event that will be held the same week. “Our goal is to offer more for the families and athletes to do while they are here in the region,” McKenna said. “We did this last year with the Winter Carnival. With the luge event, we feel this is a great opportunity because a lot of luge athletes have started out here and come through the Empire State Games program.” According to organizers, the games will officially begin with an Opening Ceremony Thursday night, Feb. 7, in the Lake Placid Olympic Center ’s Herb Brooks Arena. A torch run through the North Country will begin Wednesday, Feb. 6, and conclude at the Opening Ceremony. An awards celebration and fireworks display will be held on Saturday night, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. in Mid’s Park on Main Street in Lake Placid, near the Palace Theater. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Rachel King, of Earth Girl Designs, crafts some hand made jewelry at Soul Roots Studio in Lake Placid. Photo by Shaun Kittle

Adirondack-inspired art at Soul Roots By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID — Rachel King sat in Soul Roots Studio, carefully bending a thin strip of sterling silver into the shape of a lotus petal. The studio is almost hidden, quietly tucked into the back of the Alpine Mall in Lake Placid. Inside, its earth-tone colored walls are accented by simple, white birch tree silhouettes, and there is artwork displayed everywhere. “Everything here is nature

inspired, but it isn’t always a literal translation,” King said, gently tapping the lotus-hoop with a small hammer. “It’s how we interpret it individually, using our imaginations and who we are inside to interpret it.” King uses different mediums to create her own interpretations of nature—painting, printmaking and her hand-crafted jewelry, which she sells under the name Earth Girl Designs. Putting the hammer down, she paused from her work to point at a print hanging on the

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back wall of the studio space. The black and white image, called Soul Roots, is of two trees growing on top of a boulder whose roots are intertwined. To King it represents love, unity and her place in the Adirondacks. “This was the inspiration for Soul Roots Studio as a whole,” King said. “There’s a bunch of symbolism in this piece—I finally decided to stay here and put some roots down.” It seems King’s roots have always been firmly planted in

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the Adirondacks. She grew up in Tupper Lake, and even though she strayed from the mountains to pursue a teaching degree at SUNY Potsdam, she now lives in Saranac Lake, and that isn’t an accident. “When you grow up here you would think that it’s not so special after so long, but it’s had the opposite effect on me,” King said. “The understanding grew deeper and evolved to affect my artwork, to affect every decision I make career wise.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Grand Marshal Reception and Royalty Dinner will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at the Elks Club next to Sturdy Supply on Bloomingdale Avenue. The reception will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Appetizers will be available. The Royalty Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m., and the cost is $30/ adult, $15 for children 6-13 and under free for children 6 and under. The Adirondack Motel is sponsoring the dinner by paying for the pages and one adult chaperone. The dinner menu, catered by Little Italy, includes: ziti in vodka sauce, chicken piccata, meatball in marinara sauce, English cut prime rib, salad, oven-roasted potato and mixed vegetables, Italian cake and coffee. Reservations need to be made before Jan. 28 by contacting Milt Adams at 8914367. Checks need to made out to the Winter Carnival Committee and mailed to Milt Adams, 680 County Route 18, Lake Clear, NY 12945. Payment is expected before the event.

Carousel sets events SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake will host its, “Milk and Cookies,” New Year begins with the Wild Center on location at the Adirondack Carousel. On Jan. 19 from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., “Unhuggables,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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