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The art of resistance
Leaks keep lanes closed
Public gets glimpse of Native American collection at Fort Ticonderoga
Adirondack Lanes owners determined to reopen By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
By Tim Rowland
TICONDEROGA | The Adirondack region is known for dramatic weather swings, but over the Martin Luther King holiday last January it outdid itself. Two feet of snow were followed by single-digit temperatures, then highs in the 40s with a pouring rain.
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TICONDEROGA | Much of what we can still see of early America is made of stone or metal. In museums, that means that the stories of Europeans are disproportionately told over the stories of Native Americans, who relied more on leather and wood. Simply put, said Fort Ticonderoga curator Matthew Keagle, European artifacts have lasted, Native American artifacts have not. An exception is two rare artifacts on display at the fort through the end of October, a Native American style bag with ornamentation known as quillwork and a war club which represent the distinctive martial material culture of Native Americans by the late 18th century. Both are from the Robert Nittolo collection, considered the most significant private collection of 18th century militaria. The fort is acquiring the collection, which will find a home in an expansive new museum the Fort Ticonderoga hopes to open for the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026. Keagle said a small but meaningful
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We’re asking people to be patient and give us time. This is a difficult situation for everyone.”
Donna Fleury empties buckets of water caught from leaks in the bowling alley’s roof.
—Donna Fleury Co-owner Adirondack Lanes
At Adirondack Lanes, co-owner Donna Fleury said a thick sheet of ice formed on the bowling alley roof, which began to melt from the bottom up from the building’s heat. With nowhere else to go, the water began to force its way through the roof and onto some of the wooden lanes, some of which are approaching 70 years old. “As soon as I walked in I could hear the water rushing,” Fleury said. “It was like somebody had turned on a hose.” They tried to limp along, hanging buckets from the ceiling and rooting for cold weather to turn water to ice. But as the leaks multiplied it became too much. “Every time we would put out a bucket, we’d need another,” Fleury said. “At that point we knew we were in trouble.”
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See ADK LANES » pg. 9
LUCKY CHANCE Horse rescued from beneath a bridge on state riding trail By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
A r are Native Amer ican club and bag on display at For t T iconderoga. Photo by Tim Rowland percentage of the collection is of Native American origin. Native American artifacts are comparatively rare in the United States, but more common overseas because Europeans would send them back to the Old World as curiosities, where they would be preserved. See RESISTANCE » pg. 7
TICONDEROGA | Forest rangers are used to getting emergency calls concerning wilderness hikers who have gotten lost or turned an ankle. But a trapped horse, not so much. Elliott Greene, who lives near Albany, said he and his wife Nancy were riding a designated horse trail into the Pharaoh Lakes Wilderness west of Ticonderoga when they came across a railless bridge over a wetland that looked a bit sketchy. Rather than trying to ride across, Greene said he dismounted Chance,
Owners and rangers work to liberate Chance from beneath a bridge in the Pharaoh wilderness. Photo provided his Tennessee walker, and led him onto the wood planking. Halfway across, Chance began to lose his footing. “The next thing I know his feet were flying, and he did a complete 180 off the bridge,” Greene said. Chance ended up on his left side,
his legs trapped beneath the bridge. “I didn’t know if he was injured or not,” Greene said. A horse in such a predicament might have a tendency to panic, but all things considered, he handled it reasonably well, Green said. See CHANCE » pg. 9
105 years old and counting Anna Woods celebrates a birthday for the ages By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
TICONDEROGA | Sitting in a tidy assisted-living room with a view of the gorgeous mountain fall foliage, Anna Woods remembers that, as a child, she was pressed into duty cooking for her 13 brothers and sisters after her mother fell ill with cancer. But that was a hundred years ago. Really.
Anna turned 105 in September, and a party in her honor was thrown by relatives, health-care workers and Dr. Glen Chapman, who winkingly took credit for her longevity. Still, Anna has not set the record for family longevity — her brother Waldo died just before turning 107. Born in the year that Babe Ruth debuted in the Major Leagues and the fi rst stone was laid for the Lincoln Memorial, Anna grew up in Chilson, walking three miles down the mountain to school in the morning and three miles back up in the afternoon. But education soon took a back seat to caring for the family. See ANNA » pg. 7
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