WNBZ Community Calendar

A Holiday Tea and Ornament Sale will be held at St. Eustace Church on Saturday, Dec 8^th From 3:30-5:00 PM. This is part of the Holiday Stroll Celebration just before activities in the Bandshell at 5 PM.

Hot Drinks, Refreshments, Music, Warmth and Fellowship are offered.

A Christmas Sale of lovely old ornaments is planned.

A spaghetti dinner for Lucille Richardson is being held on December 8, 2012 from 5-7pm. Members of the First United Church located at 63 Church Street in Saranac Lake will be hosting the dinner to help Lucille who suffered a fall resulting in serious injuries earlier this year and continues to incur expenses not covered by insurance. A donation of $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under is requested. Speghetti with meat sauce or a veggie marinara sauce, salad, garlic bread, beverage and a choice of dessert will be offered. Call 891-3474 for more information.

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.

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 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 event will happen at the North Country Community College Pool in Saranac Lake, NY

For the benefit of local youth centers and to eradicate polio. The goal during the event is to set the Guiness Book of World Records for the most number of people swimming 100 meters non stop. Over 20 countries will be participating.

The effort will raise money from sponsors donating money to swimmers, individual team prices and team competitions are available. Students will receive community service credits for this effort. The Saranac Lake Rotary Foundation will distribute the funds and provide each donor of $25 or more with a tax receipt letter.

More information is available by contacting Bob Hanna -

This is a free all day concert at the Adirondack Carousel with more than a dozen acts, Donations of food and money will be accepted.

Whiteface Mtn. Masonic Lodge #789, in conjunction with the CVPH North Country Regional Blood Center, will be conducting a Blood Drive on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 3:00-6:00 pm. The site will be the Adult Center at 135 Broadway in Saranac Lake.

Blood shortage is critical at this time of year throughout the region. Blood donations are an easy and affordable way to contribute to the relief of the sick, the injured, and those affected by natural disasters.

You may donate if you are generally healthy, not currently sick, have a cold sore or other viral infections, have not donated for at least 8 weeks, weigh at least 110 pounds and are over 18 years of age. Drink plenty of liquids and eat a hearty meal at least four hours before donating. Also drink lots of water or liquids immediately after donating.

The Village of Saranac Lake will meet at 5:30 in the Village Offices on the 2nd floor of the Harrietstown Town Hall.

“Show Some Taste.. Pick Up Your Waste!”

Meet at Berkley Green – Bring Rakes and Gloves – Hot Dogs and beverages will be served at the end of the cleanup -

Coordinated by the Women’s Civic Chamber and The Village of Saranac Lake.

All courses are Free – new hunters / trappers must receive training before getting their first license. Students must attend all sessions.. #1 4/22 and then 4/24, 4/26 and 4/27 from 6pm to 9pm.

The event happens at the Whiteface Range Hall, 5698 NYS Route 86 in Wilmington (Behind the little Supermarket)

To Register call Jim Jewtraw at 523-2306

Kindergarten registration for Lake Placid Elementary School for the 2013-2014 school year will be held Monday and Wednesday, May 6th and 8th at the Lake Placid Elementary School.

Please call 423-3640 and ask for ext 4501 in advance if you have not received a registration packet in the mail and for an appointment to register your child

The Tupper Lake Committee working on plan for the new Emergency Services Building will be watching the polls today at the Goff Nelson Library. Voters will answer yes or no to the referendum which asks “Can the Village of Tupper Lake borrow up to $3.2 Million towards construction of a new emergency services building on Santa Clara Avenue. The  new facility would become home to Tupper Lake Police and Fire Departments while also providing accommodations for emergency communication when the need arises.  Residents will vote today from Noon until 9pm. Join us tomorrow for a report and commentary on the referendum from local officials.

Kindergarten registration for Lake Placid Elementary School for the 2013-2014 school year will be held Monday and Wednesday, May 6th and 8th at the Lake Placid Elementary School.

Please call 423-3640 and ask for ext 4501 in advance if you have not received a registration packet in the mail and for an appointment to register your child

The Job Fair will be held at the West Side Ballroom in Platsburgh – Co-Sponsored by the North Country Chamber of Commerce, OneWorksource, North Country Workforce Investment Board, JSEC and WPTZ-TV.

Local companies will have representatives on hand to accept resumes, give out applications, set up interviews and talk about career opportunities..