WNBZ Community Calendar

The 8th Annual Christmas in the Forks, an old fashioned Town Yuletide Christmas will include the highlight of the day, the tree lighting ceremony at 6:00pm, Saturday, December 1st, 2012 at the Town of Black Brook Town Clock.
Many hands help to make Christmas in the Forks glorious each year. This year, we want to thank Matt and Shannon Stanley of Santa’s Workshop of Wilmington NY for helping to spread the Christmas Cheer. We are so thrilled that Santa’s friends from the North Pole will join our Holiday Party this year! The Au Sable Forks downtown merchants, the Au Sable Forks Fire Department, the Au Sable Forks Free Library, Plattsburgh’s Media Central, Placid Productions, the Clock Project Committee, the Towns of Jay and Black Brook employees, the Au Sable Forks Revitalization and Beautification Committees, the Hollywood Theatre, Clinton and Essex County Sherriff’s Departments and especially the Tree Lighting
Committee Chaired by Helen Wirt-Kennedy have all collaborated as sponsors to make December 1st a magical night for children of all ages.
The Au Sable Forks Clock Park Christmas Tree will be donated this year by Robbie & Renee Baer from Jay, NY. The Bair’s tree allows them to be an extra special part of this year’s celebration!

The 8th Annual Christmas in the Forks Timeline for December 1st is as follows:
2:30-3:00pm “Story Hour with Mrs. Claus (for the young at heart)” The Au Sable Forks Free Library
3:00pm “Christmas in Song/Open House” St. James Episcopal Church (Musicians from area
Churches are invited to come and share their musical talents in celebration of the Holy Season)
4:00pm Free Holiday Movie, Popcorn & Candy Canes for Children @ Hollywood
Theatre (sponsored by the Au Sable Forks Fire Department)
5:30pm Tree Lighting Ceremony @ Town of Black Brook Clock Park, Au Sable Forks, NY:
Featuring visitors from Santa’s Workshop in the North Pole New York, the Grinch, Cindy Lou
Who, Snoopy, our lady Frosty Forks, Santa and Mrs. Claus and two very “Special Guests” will
help light our tree this year. Performances by the Adirondack Mountain Singers will entertain the
crowd, while characters visit the crowd.
6:00pm Tree Lighting @ Town of Black Brook Clock Park, Au Sable Forks, NY:
7pm Free Holiday Movie, Popcorn & Candy Canes for Children (Sponsored by the Au Sable
Forks Fire Department)
7pm Visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus & Friends at the Town of Jay Community Center
(Sponsored by the Au Sable Forks Revitalization & Beautification Committees)
Sunday 8-11am Au Sable Forks Fire Department: Breakfast with Santa @ the Au Sable Fire House
The Annual Tree Lighting Event is led by Christmas Tree Committee Chair Helen Wirt-Kennedy and has drawn in crowds of approximately 400 people each year! Over the last eight years, the hours of this celebration has grown into an all day event for families and children of all ages. Special thanks this year to Jamie Atkins for providing transportation to Santa and Mrs. Claus to Au Sable Forks, NY.

Town of Jay Supervisor, Randall Douglas (who is M.C. of this event) said, “For me, this is one event I don’t want to miss. The annual tree lighting is more than just a celebration, it reminds us that we must all work together to do great things! To our parishes, to our businesses, and to residents young and old, may the spirit of Christmas be with you all year long.”

AAoTV meets for their regular Mambership Meeting at the Holiday Inn Resort in Lake George December 2nd and 3rd with a special Sunday Evening tribute to Assemblywoman Theresa Sayward for her tireless committment and dedication to the Adirondacks. Monda’y s agenda includes an interactive workshop with the DEC, a Northern Forest presentation, Asian Clam and Invasive Species workshop and more..

Registration forms are available at www.aatvny.org or for more information call 518-661-7622

Each year the Saranac Lake Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks #1508 and all Elks throughout the US set aside the First Sunday in December to remember absent members. This year the service will be on Sunday, December 2nd, at 5pm at the Elks Lodge, 30 Bloomingdale ave.

This year, the Elks will remember Mary D. Baker, Wendell Dean Naegele II, Raymond H. Patnode, Andrew J. Fortune, Raymond A. LaRose, David H. Munn and Joseph Gabriel Quigley.

It’s a poignant ceremony and a special time of remembrance. Family Members of those who are remembering are invited to attend along with Village Board and other officials. A Potluck Dinner will follow the service.

Memorial Service Chair: Jean Breen (518) 891-5154

The Lake Placid, North Elba Community Lunch Program is every Wednesday from 11am until 12:30 in the Fellowship Hall at the Adirondack Community Church

Village Set to Welcome New Biotech Company

 Saranac Lake will officially welcome its newest corporate citizen and biotech company, Active Motif, at 6 pm, December 4^th, with a reception and ribbon-cutting event which will be held at its 21 Main Street location.

This new Active Motif site is in the former “water building” and is leased from the village after having undergone extensive renovations over the last 6 months.

Active Motif follows nearby biotech, Myriad/RBM, which opened last June, into Saranac Lake’s new “Biotech-Cluster,” which is also comprised of nearby Trudeau Institute and Bionique.

Mayor Clyde Rabideau commented, “This emerging industry offers good-paying, sustainable jobs to our Adirondack region as well as a large and positive presence in our downtown.”

The Village of Saranac Lake was recognized earlier this year by the New York Conference of Mayors for developing its biotech-cluster and garnered the first place Local government Achievement Award for Economic Development.

Rabideau said, “We’re now poised to go after other biotechs and bring them into our Saranac Lake community in the years to come.”

The public is invited and encouraged to attend the welcoming event—at no charge—by making reservations with the village Community Development office, at 891-4150.

The cost for the reception is entirely underwritten by Bernier and Carr, the renovation project engineering company, Integrated Rigging and Contracting, the project’s general contractor and Murray Electric, the project’s electrical contractor.

Dec. 6th, 2012 – The Adirondack Angel of Hope Candlelight Remembrance Ceremony will take place on Thurs., Dec 6th, 7 p.m. at the Angel on the grounds of the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

The Town of Franklin will host their annual Christmas Party on Saturday, December 8th from noon until 3pm at the Franklin Town Hall. Enjoy refreshments, entertainment and a jolly time for both young and old. And once again this year, Santa will be there again with gift!

Tradition tells us that barnyard animals were the first to welcome the Christ Child. In celebration of God’s gift of creation and the animals that are precious to us, the First Presbyterian Church, located at 57 Church Street, Saranac Lake, NY is holding its first Advent Animal Blessing service on Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 pm in the Great Hall. All animals and animal lovers are welcome. Animal Trainer Debbie Kreider will share a presentation on the ministry of therapy dogs. A free will offering will benefit the Tri-Lakes Humane Society. Light refreshments will be served following the service. Call the church office for more information, 891-3401.

Calendar Notice

Who: The First Presbyterian Church of Saranac Lake

What: Advent Animal Blessing

When: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Where: The First Presbyterian Church, 57 Church Street, Saranac Lake, New York 12983

Why: To celebrate our animal friends and the birth of Christ our Lord.

For more information, contact the church (518) 891-3401.

Holiday Mixer

Date – 12/12/12

Time – 6pm – 8pm

Place – The Adirondack Carousel, Saranac Lake

You’re Invited Saranac Lake Area Chamber Holiday Mixer

Saranac Lake, New York- Dec 2012- Come one, come all, everyone is welcome to the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce annual Holiday Mixer. This year December 12, from 6-8p at the Adirondack Carousel, Saranac Lake.

$20 admission includes music, food, 2 drink coupons, carousel rides and more! 25% of admissions will be donated to a local children’s holiday fund. Additional drinks available with a cash bar.

This year we will host a wine pull and a silent auction. Join us also in welcoming our new Executive Director, Katy VanAnden.

A delicious sampling of foods prepared by Alegria Garden Cafe cannot be missed. Special Thank You to our event sponsors Cape Air, Gauthier’s Saranac Lake Inn, Community Bank and Adirondack Health/ AMC.

Please RSVP to info@saranaclake.com or call us 1-518-891-1990

The Saranac Lake VFW will host a Children’s Christmas Party on Sunday, December 16th from 1-3pm in the upstairs at the VFW post located at 202 Broadway in Saranac Lake. Santa will be there with lots of fun activities including, arts & crafts, games, rootbeer floats, sugar cookies, popcorn, making gingerbread houses and gifts form Santa.

The Saranac Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars monthly meeting is held every third Tuesday of the month at 7pm at the VFW on Broadway in Saranac Lake.

The Saranac Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars monthly meeting is held every third Tuesday of the month at 7pm at the VFW on Broadway in Saranac Lake.

The NYSAFP Foundation will honor George Hart, MD, for his years of service to patients and his exemplary leadership within the Academy of Family Physicians at a reception at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, January 18^th in conjunction with our 2013 Winter Weekend January 18^th – 20^th. The 2013 conference will be held at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid where Dr. Hart and his family reside.

Dr. Hart served as president of the Academy in 1970-71 and was an active and respected leader in the formation and growth of the Academy and the specialty of Family Medicine. His distinguished career in medicine and his extraordinary achievements as a community leader in Lake Placid epitomize the traditional role of the physician and establish Dr. Hart as a role model for young physicians.

We will honor Dr. Hart by establishing a fund within the NYSAFP Foundation in his name to support our work with medical students and residents in Family Medicine and to develop the leadership and advocacy skills of family physicians in the model which Dr. Hart and so many of his colleagues in the Academy have done over the years.

We hope to make this event a fitting tribute to Dr. Hart. We invite you to report on this event and attend and cover the tribute on January 18^th.

Donations to the Dr. hart Fund may be made directly to the NYSAFP Foundation via PayPal on our webpage: http://www.nysafpfoundation.org/index/donate-now-5.html.

Donations to the Foundation are eligible for exemption from federal and NYS income taxes.