WNBZ Community Calendar

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.

The Adirondack Community Church will hold a FREE holiday dinner and silent auction to benefit youth traveling on a mission trip next summer, on December 9, 2012. For more information please visit the church’s website
(http://www.adkcomchurch.org/#/teens-young-adults/silent-auction) or contact Lee Kyler at (585) 281-2785.

All are invited to the second annual work-camp holiday dinner & silent auction. The 2011 Dinner and Silent Auction raised over $2500! Please come and support this awesome fundraiser!

Remember your bids are tax deductable!

When: Sunday, December 9, 2012 – 5PM-7PM
Where: Erdman Hall, Adirondack Community Church
Cost: FREE (Donations Accepted)

Silent Auction Items:
(TO BID, E-MAIL OR PHONE LEE KYLER)
lee.kyler4@gmail.com
(585) 281-2785

* ITEMS AND BIDS ARE ADDED DAILY *

Adirondack Outfitters, 1-Day Self Guided Paddle for Four with Equipment ($125 Value)
Starting Bid: $40 Current Bid: NONE

Applebee’s Restaurant Gift Certificate ($25 Value)
Starting Bid $15 Current Bid: NONE

Ashley’s Carpet Service, $100 Off Any Service ($100 Value)
Starting Bid: $25 Current Bid: NONE

The Bookstore Plus, Two Novels (“Horse Camp” & “Never Fall Down” ($34 Value)
Current Bid: $10

Breakfast Club Gift Certificate & 2-Person Goose Watch Winery Tasting ($46 Value)
Current Bid $15

Breakfast Club Gift Certificate & 2-Person Goose Watch Winery Tasting ($46 Value)
Current Bid: $20

Chair-6 Restaurant Gift Certificate & Two Swedish Hill Wine Tasting ($41 Value)
Current Bid: $20

Craig Wood Golf Course, 18-Hole With Cart for 2 (Two) ($100 Value)
Starting Bid: $50 Current Bid: NONE

Delta Blue Restaurant $25 Gift Certificate & Emma’s Creamery Cone Card ($35 Value)
Starting Bid: $15 Current Bid: NONE

Duncan’s Grill Lake Placid, Fish Fry Dinner for Two with Souvenir Glass & Two Palace Theatre Passes ($40Value)
Current Bid: $30

Duncan’s Grill Lake Placid German Dinner Platter for Two with Souvenir Glass ($36 Value)
Starting Bid: $18 Current Bid: NONE

The Fallen Arch, Gift Certificate ($25 Value)
Current Bid: $15

Fern Lake Vacation Rental, 3-Nights (Valid only Oct.-May) ($600 Value)
Current Bid: $150

Fitness Revolution 3-Month Membership ($200 Value)
Starting Bid: $50 Current Bid: NONE

High Peaks Cyclery, Ski or Bike Tune-Up ($45 Value)
Current Bid: $20

The Hungry Trout Gift Certificate ($100 Value)
Current Bid: $50

Lake Placid Center for the Arts $25 Gift Certificate, Postcard Book & $25 Price Chopper Gift Card ($65 Value)
Current Bid: $20

Lake Placid Center for the Arts $25 Gift Certificate, Postcard Book & 2-Person Goose Watch Winery Tasting ($56 Value)
Starting Bid: $20 Current Bid: NONE

Lake Placid Chocolatier Gift Package (Sea Salt, Almond Bark, Peppermint Bark, Truffles) ($55 Value)
Current Bid: $25

Lake Placid Christmas Company, Skiing Santa Figurine ($70 Value)
Starting Bid: $30 Current Bid: NONE

Lake Placid D.J. Services, 1-Hour Free ($150 Value)
Starting Bid: $50 Current Bid: NONE

Lake Placid Horseshow Package (Luggage Bag, Tickets, Fleece Vest) ($200 Value)
Starting Bid: $75 Current Bid: NONE

Lake Placid Olympic Museum Tour for Four ($40 Value)
Starting Bid: $10 Current Bid: NONE

Lake Placid Tobaggan Ride for 2 (Two) ($20 Value)
Starting Bid: $10 Current Bid: NONE

Lake Placid Winter Bobsled Experience Ride (2) Two ($160 Value)
Starting Bid: $65 Current Bid: NONE

ORDA Passports (2) Two ($70 Value)
Starting Bid: $30 Current Bid: NONE

Palace Theatre Passes (4) and Two Emma’s Creamery Cone Cards ($30 Value)
Current Bid: $30

Picnic Set (4-Person Setting) & 2-Person Swedish Hill Winery Tasting ($50 Value)
Starting Bid: $10 Current Bid: NONE

Placid Planet, Free Ski/Snowboard Tune-Up ($45 Value)
Current Bid: $20

Placid Solutions, Now (30-Min. Life Coaching & 30-Min. Massage) ($60 Value)
Starting Bid: $30 Current Bid: NONE

Placid Solutions, Now (30-Min. Life Coaching & 30-Min. Massage) ($60 Value)
Starting Bid: $30 Current Bid: NONE

Rite-Aid Lake Placid Gift Card ($25 Value)
Current Bid: $25

Whiteface Club & Resort, 18-Holes of Golf with Cart for Two ($200 Value)
Current Bid: $80

Whiteface Mountain Lift Tickets (2) Two ($118 Value)
Current Bid: $45

The Wild Center, 4-Adult Passes ($68 Value)
Current Bid: $25

Zumba with Kaysie, 1-Free Registration for 8-Week Kids Class ($40 Value)
Current Bid: $5

COMING SOON!
Blue Moon Cafe
Cuppa Joe
Lake Champlain Ferries
Jimmy’s 21 Restaurant
Bazzi’s Pizzeria
Starbucks
& MORE

CURRENT BIDDING TOTAL: $605 (19.07% OF DONATIONS)

* Special Thanks to Lake Placid Hannaford for donating Bread & Desserts for the Dinner *

The Lake Placid High School JV Girls Basketball Team, Kiwanis Builder’s Club and Key Club are sponsoring a benefit dinner to support Nick Kulina and his family on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. A 2009 graduate of LPM/HS, Nick is undergoing extensive treatment to combat an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Dinner will be served at the Lake Placid Middle/High School Cafeteria from 4:00 – 7:00 PM. The dinner will include baked ziti, salad, bread and desert for a suggested donation of $8. Take out will be available.
All proceeds will help to defray medical bills and related expenses.

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

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

CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY — The Story Time Holiday Party, sponsored by the Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main Street, will take place Thursday, December 13, at 10:30 a.m., in the Thomas B. Cantwell Community Room. The program will include seasonal stories and festive treats. All preschoolers are cordially invited to attend. Call 891-4190 for more information.

The Saranac Lake Fish and Game Club will sponsor its Annual Christmas Pie Sale on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the Blue Line Sports Shop on Main Street in Saranac Lake.

The sale stars at 9am and runs through 1pm. All pies and other baked goods are homemade by memeber of the club, which includes some of the finest bakers in town.

Event Chairperson, Bob Brown has been running the event for over 30 years and expects a great turnout. “We will have over 50 pies at the sale to include a variety of fruit and berry pies. I also expect some homemade breads, cakes and cookies.

Brown indicated that customers should come to the sale first hour or two in order to have the biggest selection. “Our baked goods make great gifts for holiday dinner parties and excellent deserts to grace your own table.”

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.

EVENING STORY TIME PROGRAM – Join the fun at the evening children’s Story Time Program on Tuesday, December 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Children’s Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library,109 Main Street. Terrie Perkins will present stories about the holidays. Call 891-4190 for more information.

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.

“Art Lover, A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim,” by Anton Gill is this month’s choice of the Lake Placid Institute Book Club, which will meet at the Lake Placid Library at 7 p.m., Monday, January 28. Ms. Guggenhiem, was left a small fortune at a young age after her father went down on the Titanic. She soon relocated to Europe, moving about with the American expat group of bohemian writers and artists of the day. She has been dubbed by some as the “mistress of modern art” but was equally well known for her colorful and scandalous life style.

The LPI Book Club usually meets 7 p.m. on the last Monday of the month to discuss books about arts and architecture. All are invited to join in the discussion or to come just listen. 

Will Rogers Senior Outing Club

announces January Excursion

The Will Rogers Senior Outing Club’s January event will be Tuesday, January 29^th beginning with a tour and complementary lunch at 11:00 a.m. at Will Rogers. Snowshoeing at Dewey Mountain will go from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Beginners are welcome and hot chocolate and cookies will be offered. There is a $5 suggested donation for the Dewey Mountain Recreation Center. Open to all 55+. Snowshoes will be provided. Please dress warmly. There is no limit but in order to attend, reservations must be made by calling Debbie Kanze at (518) 891-7117 or emailing her at activities@saranacvillage.com.

The spelling bee – in the LP Quinn Cafeteria, Tupper Lake..

An opening reception for “Arts and Flowers,” a show featuring art work by Guild members depicting gardens and flowers to benefit the Village Improvement Society, will be held at the Adirondack Artists Guild on Friday February 1 from 5 – 7 PM. The show runs through February 28. All are welcome.