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PICTURE OF THE DAY |
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Toboggan
Championships in Lake Placid
Saturday at 4pm! |
 Dont
miss the Adirondack international
Toboggan Championships - They'll
take place Saturday at 4pm - with
the Mayor's Cup.. following that you
can race for great prizes and have
fun at the Toboggan Chute on Mirror
Lake in Lake Placid while supporting
USA Luge... The weather
might not be that great right now,
but it's looking good for the
Toboggan chute tomorrow and we'll
look forward to seeing you there
with the Mayor's Cup - 4pm... |
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Bobsled
Skeleton at Empire State Plaza |
The
USA Bobsled and Skeleton
National Team is back on home
soil, having returned from the
FIBT World Cup tour, where they
will be training for three weeks
in preparation for the
2012 World Championships
held Feb.
17 – 26 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
This weekend, members of the
USA Bobsled and Skeleton
National Team will
definitely be back on the ice
again - only they will not be in
their sleds sliding at 80 to 90
mph down the track. USA team
members including
John Napier (Lake Placid,
N.Y), 2010 Olympian with local
ties to the Schenectady area,
and 2010 Olympic bronze medalist
Elana Meyers (Douglasville,
Ga.), will be at the
Empire State Plaza Skating Rink
Saturday, Jan.
28, 2012 from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
to meet, greet and even skate
with fans.
Come to the
Empire State Plaza Skating Rink
to skate
and have your picture take with
U.S. bobsledders
John Napier,
Elana Meyers,
Jazmine Fenlator (Wayne,
N.J.),
Brittany Reinbolt (Searcy,
Ark.) and
Katie Eberling (Palos,
Ill.). By simply joining in with
all this winter fun you will not
only earn a “gold medal”, you
can also win 2 for 1
Whiteface lift tickets,
2012 World Championship
event tickets, along with the
chance to enter our awesome
grand prize – a Winter World
Championship Vacation Package
that includes a 2 night, 2 day
stay with Olympic Sites
Passports and Whiteface lift
tickets, for 4 people in Lake
Placid during the Championships!
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| State
of the Union - Motivation for Local
Legislators |
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 Congressman
Bill Owens joined a bipartisan
delegation of Upstate New York
Members of Congress to sit together
during the President’s annual State
of the Union address. Members of
the delegation included
Representatives Brian Higgins, Paul
Tonko, Tom Reed, Chris Gibson, and
Richard Hanna among others..
“While this is a small step toward
bipartisanship, I believe Congress
has a historic opportunity to come
together and work for what is best
for New York and the rest of the
nation,” Owens said. “I hope to
continue working with members of
both parties to create opportunities
for New York’s working families and
small business owners.” Rep. Owens
is a member of the Congressional
Center Aisle Caucus, a bipartisan
group of Members of Congress who
have a strong interest in promoting
civility and changing the tone in
Washington. |
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| Neither
Rain nor Sleet or Snow can slow
construction.. |
| Ok -
Maybe wind and rain and temperatures
above 40.. |
 So
far so good yesterday afternoon as
Volunteers continued their work on
the "Spacecraft" but the weather
wasn't looking good this morning.
That's Dean Baker in the USA helmet
coordinating placement of blocks
yesterday afternoon. Today's outlook
may not be as good - Temps will be
steady in the mid 30's and the wind
continues to be a factor.. |
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| "All
Good Things" come to those who wait
- and Tupper Lake Waited!
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 It
was an afternoon of celebration in
Tupper Lake on Friday, as the
community gathered for “All Good
Things” at the Park Restaurant and
it was one of the largest gatherings
at the Park in as long as most in
the crowd could remember.. Earlier
in the day, APA commissioners
finalized and thereafter approved
the application by the Adirondack
Club and Resort Project, issuing a
group of permits all of which will
allow the developers to move one
major step closer to their goal of
re-building Big Tupper for the
community, Great Camps, a marina,
and as many as 13 different
neighborhoods on the property..
Environmental
groups along with one lone
commissioner were continuing to cite
Undue Adverse Impacts on the open
space resources of the park among
other issues, but the final vote was
overwhelmingly in favor of approval
by the APA..
Now the
Adirondack Club and Resort Project
must apply to several additional
organizations including the DEC, The
Department of Health, The Army Corps
of Engineers, and Tupper Lake’s
Planning Board.. Most of these
applications are more detail
oriented and will not require as
much subjective discussion as was
the case with the APA - but they’ll
still take a little time..
Either way,
the project is given the green light
and it’s full speed ahead in Tupper
Lake.. Now all we need is more
snow because until the Adirondack
Club and Resort Project begins it’s
work, ARISE must depend on natural
snow cover to open the mountain to
skiers, and the weather hasn’t been
kind to the North Country this
winter.. |
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