WNBZ Community Calendar

The Lake Palcid Youth Athletic Association meets at 8pm at the Olympic Training Center on Old Military Road -

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ADK Winter Lecture Series Offers Adventure, Music

  The Adirondack Mountain Club’s 2013 Winter Lecture Series at the High Peaks Information Center offers a tale of riveting outdoor adventure and toe-tapping music.

On Feb. 23, musicians Annie and Jonny Rosen, of Annie and the Hedonists, will warm things up with their mix of folk, torchy blues, standards, bluegrass, gospel, early jazz and more.

On March 9, we will be showing the film “Four More Feet.” This documentary tells the story of Randy Pierce, a totally blind hiker who takes on the challenge of hiking all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks in a single winter season. Pierce; his service dog, Quinn; his human guide, Justin Fuller; and filmmaker Dina Sutin will be at the show and available for questions.

The High Peaks Information Center (HPIC) is located at ADK’s Heart Lake Property at the end of Adirondack Loj Road, just south of Lake Placid. Saturday evening programs at HPIC begin at 8 p.m. All programs are free and open to the public.

The Adirondack Mountain Club, founded in 1922, is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to the protection of the New York State Forest Preserve. ADK is a nonprofit, membership organization that protects the Forest Preserve, state parks and other wild lands and waters through conservation and advocacy, environmental education and responsible recreation. For more information about ADK, visit our website at www.adk.org.

ADK Winter Lecture Series Offers Adventure, Music

  The Adirondack Mountain Club’s 2013 Winter Lecture Series at the High Peaks Information Center offers a tale of riveting outdoor adventure and toe-tapping music.

On March 9, we will be showing the film “Four More Feet.” This documentary tells the story of Randy Pierce, a totally blind hiker who takes on the challenge of hiking all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks in a single winter season. Pierce; his service dog, Quinn; his human guide, Justin Fuller; and filmmaker Dina Sutin will be at the show and available for questions.

The High Peaks Information Center (HPIC) is located at ADK’s Heart Lake Property at the end of Adirondack Loj Road, just south of Lake Placid. Saturday evening programs at HPIC begin at 8 p.m. All programs are free and open to the public.

The Adirondack Mountain Club, founded in 1922, is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to the protection of the New York State Forest Preserve. ADK is a nonprofit, membership organization that protects the Forest Preserve, state parks and other wild lands and waters through conservation and advocacy, environmental education and responsible recreation. For more information about ADK, visit our website at www.adk.org.

Attention Parents/Guardians

The Saranac Lake High School is working to establish a Parent Teacher Organization. A committed PTO helps develop a strong partnership between parents and teachers, with a common goal of providing the best school environment for students to attend and achieve their highest potential.

The PTO meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the SLHS cafeteria.  Parents and teachers are invited to attend.

To view the PTO’s website, please click here.

Contact Paul Van Cott, paulvancott@hotmail.com, 637-3612 for more details.

The Monthly meeting of the Saranac Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is held on the third Tuesday of the Month..

at the VFW, Broadway, Saranac Lake.

Dr. Stéphane Paquin, distinguished Fulbright chair in Québec studies, will deliver the Distinguished Fulbright Chair in Québec Studies Lecture Tuesday, April 9, in the Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, at SUNY Plattsburgh.

The Distinguished Chair in Québec Studies Lecture, sponsored by the Institute on Québec Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh, in partnership with the Government of Québec and Fulbright Canada, is delivered annually.

The presentation, “The International Relations of Québec and its Engagement with the United States,” will be held from 3 to 4 p.m.

“We look forward to engaging Dr. Paquin on issues of importance to our Institute, the City of Plattsburgh and the entire North Country community,” said Dr. Christopher Kirkey, director of the Institute on Québec Studies and Center for the Study of Canada.

Paquin is a professor/Canada research chair in the Department of International and Comparative Economy at ENAP, National School for Public Administration located in Québec City, Québec, holding this position since 2011. In 2008, Paquin was selected into the International Visitor Leadership Program. In 2006, he was the secretary-general of the International Political Association (IPSA). He was previously visiting pre-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s political science department, lecturer et Sciences Po Paris, and guest professor at the Université de Montréal’s political science department. He is also an accredited ambassador of the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (Montréal Convention Centre).

Paquin has published eight books, including International Policy and Politics in Canada and La nouvelle économie politique internationale. In addition to being the recipient of numerous scholarships (Fulbright, SSHRC, FQRSC, PIERAN), he has also edited nine books and has published more than 60 articles about Québec international relations, Canada-US relations, and North American integration.

As the inaugural distinguished Fulbright chair in Québec studies at SUNY Plattsburgh, Paquin is currently working on a project titled, “Bilateral relations between Québec and the US: the Perception of the ‘attentive public’.”

For additional information, contact Cherice G. Granger, executive administrative coordinator, Center for the Study of Canada/Institute on Québec Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh at 518‐564‐2384 or email cherice.granger@plattsburgh.edu.

Attention Parents/Guardians

The Saranac Lake High School is working to establish a Parent Teacher Organization. A committed PTO helps develop a strong partnership between parents and teachers, with a common goal of providing the best school environment for students to attend and achieve their highest potential.

The PTO meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the SLHS cafeteria.  Parents and teachers are invited to attend.

To view the PTO’s website, please click here.

Contact Paul Van Cott, paulvancott@hotmail.com, 637-3612 for more details.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAM — The preschool Story Time Program, sponsored by the Saranac Lake Free Library, will resume on Thursday, April 11, at 10:30 a.m., in the Children’s Room of the library, 109 Main Street. All preschoolers are cordially invited to enjoy stories and the fun of being with other children. Call 891-4190 for more information.

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts will be hosting tumbling classes beginning April 11^th for 8 weeks in the Annex studio at the Arts Center. Registration is now being accepted.

During the weekly sessions, youngsters two years to twelve years of age will be introduced to tumbling and basic gymnastic skills. The goal of the program is to develop strength, flexibility and coordination while simultaneously building self-confidence. The classes will be instructed by Donna Walsh, Mary Heaverly and Debbie Neill. Classes will be held on Thursdays for eight weeks: April 11, 18, 25 & May 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30.

Classes will be offered in the following groups: Tots A ages 2 to 3 ½ (must be accompanied by an adult) will meet from 1-1:45pm with a course fee of $70. (please note: Tots B will be filled first, Tots A will only run if Tots B is full). Tots B for ages 2 to 3 ½ will meet from 1:45-2:30pm with a course fee of $70. Kinder Gym is for children 3 ½ to 5 years of age from 2:45-3:45pm with a course fee of $80. Wiggle and Roll is geared for children 5 to 8 years of age and will meet from 4-5pm with a course fee of $80. Flips is presented for ages 8 to 12 years from 5 -6pm with a course fee of $80.

For additional information contact instructors Donna Walsh at 891-5909 or Mary Heverly at 891-2973. To register contact the Lake Placid Center for the Arts at 523-2512.

The Adirondack Research Consortium is inviting abstracts for paper and poster presentations at the 2013 Student Research Symposium on April 13, 2013 at the Joan Weill Library on the Paul Smith’s College campus. Abstract guidelines and submission forms can be found at adkreseach.org. Students will have the opportunity to present their research on a panel or as a poster.   Select panel presentations will be invited to participate in the 20^th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks, May 15^th & 16^th, 2013 in Lake Placid. All poster presentations will be invited to the Annual Conference. Students will also have opportunity to work with the Executive Editor of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies in a workshop on publishing research. Select presenters will have opportunity to have their work published in the Journal.

The Monthly meeting of the Saranac Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is held on the third Tuesday of the Month..

at the VFW, Broadway, Saranac Lake.

Saranac Lake Parent Faculty Education Alliance

EDUCATION DOCUMENTARY RACE TO NOWHERE TO BE SCREENED APRIL 18, 2013 AT 6:30PM, PETROVA SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

SARANAC LAKE, NY (April 8, 2013)— The groundbreaking education documentary Race to Nowhere — the first film to identify and challenge a one-size-fits-all achievement culture in American schools, and to document its impact on students — will be screened on April 18, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Petrova School Auditorium.  Admission is free of charge, and childcare will be provided.

The Saranac Lake Parent Faculty Education Alliance (SLPFEA) is hosting the film and will be leading a discussion following the screening.  SLPFEA is a group of parents, teachers, and school administrators dedicated to improving education in our district and beyond, joined together because of a deep concern for the growing impacts of high-stakes standardized testing on our children. Race to Nowhere is a film that has sparked a national conversation and is an opportunity for parents, faculty, and community members to join together to discuss our current education system.

Called a “must-see movie” by The New York Times and “compelling” by Diane Ravitch, former Assistant Secretary of Education, the film has succeeded in exposing how excessive homework, high-stakes testing, and a cyclical trap of busyness and competition have led to an epidemic of anxious, overworked, and unhealthy young people.  The film has been screened in more than 6,000 public and community settings in all 50 states and more than 30 countries since its release in 2010.

“The “Race to Nowhere” is another inconvenient truth. It’s a wake-up call to all of us who care about children, the purpose of schools, and how we define success in American education. And, importantly, it provides viewers with excellent, actionable suggestions of how to begin to address change locally in our schools.” – George Lucas Education Foundation

The film is being sponsored by the SLPFEA, the Saranac Lake Teachers’ Association, and the North Country Community College Massage Club.

To learn more about Saranac Lake Parent Faculty Education Alliance, like them on Facebook.  For more information about the film, www.RacetoNowhere.com

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

Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society Presents

“Leisure, Recreation and Tourism in Lake Placid and the Adirondacks”

The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society is pleased to announce the final program of its 2013 “Odds and Ends” Winter Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 24 at Howard Johnson’s Restaurant in Lake Placid.  The lecture will begin at 7:00 pm with attendees encouraged to come for dinner at 6:00 p.m.  The final program in the four-part series is “Leisure, Recreation and Tourism in Lake Placid and the Adirondacks”, presented by Peter Roland, Jr. and Art Lussi.

Lake Placid and the Adirondacks have a long history as a destination for leisure and recreation. Through historic photographs this program will look at the beginnings of the Lake Placid tourist industry in the 1850’s and its evolution through the present day. While many things have changed over the years the pursuit of leisure and recreation have been and will continue to be the driving force behind tourism in Lake Placid and the Adirondacks.

The Roland and Lussi families have a combined total of over 120 years experience as innkeepers in the Lake Placid area. Since 1999 Peter Roland, Jr. has been on the faculty at Paul Smith’s College teaching in the Hospitality, Resort and Tourism Management Program.  Art Lussi is associated with the Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club and is primarily responsible for the redevelopment of the former Lake Placid Club property.

All programs offered in the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society’s “Odds and Ends” Winter Lecture Series are free and open to the public. Please watch for the Memorial Day opening of The History Museum and special events throughout the season.  A new exhibit of the Stedman and Moses Collection of historic photographs will open in late May, with an opening reception on Friday June 7^th.

For more information, please contact the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society at

(518) 523-1608 or thehistorymuseum@verizon.net.

Computer classes at LP Library

The new Microsoft Operating System 8 will be the focus of a computer class being taught by Chris Lawrence at the Lake Placid Public Library from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, April 26.

How to borrow library ebooks and buy ebooks from commercial sites will be taught from 12:30 to 2:30  p.m. also, on Friday, April 26. It will cover the fundamentals of downloading ebooks to various electronic reading devices.

The classes are both free and there is no residency requirement. Call 523-3200 to enroll.

Attention Parents/Guardians

The Saranac Lake High School is working to establish a Parent Teacher Organization. A committed PTO helps develop a strong partnership between parents and teachers, with a common goal of providing the best school environment for students to attend and achieve their highest potential.

The PTO meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the SLHS cafeteria.  Parents and teachers are invited to attend.

To view the PTO’s website, please click here.

Contact Paul Van Cott, paulvancott@hotmail.com, 637-3612 for more details.