Adirondack Family Time™

Lions and Rotary Club volunteers stage Tupper Lake’s first “Fire and Ice” winter golf event on February 12 at the Tupper Lake Municipal Park. The Tupper Lake Municipal Park and a number of acres of frozen Raquette Pond will be the setting for the “Fire and Ice” play beginning at noon and running until 4p.m.. Kids will love the miniature “putt-putt” course fashioned by organizers on the lakeshore area later this week. The putters and flags to mark the holes have been donated by Shaheen’s Motel, from its summer miniature golf operation.

Adirondack Trailways and Gore Mountain are teaming together to get people on the mountain.   Gore Mountain & Adirondack Trailways are announcing new bus and lift ticket packages from New York City, Ridgewood, NJ, New Paltz, Rosendale and Kingston to Gore Mountain in North Creek, NY! Service will be offered as a package ONLY and includes round trip bus transportation and either a   1, 2 or 3-day lift ticket.  Passengers must arrive the day before the first ski day begins. No other tickets will be sold to North Creek without purchasing the package.  Therefore, all passengers must purchase a package to go to  Gore Mountain . 

By Diane Chase I t wasn't so long ago that my children would not venture onto amusement rides alone. Now I am left on the merry-go-round watching while the two of them twist and turn on roller coasters with names like Hurricane and Avalanche. Somehow they convince me that going down the   Lake Placid Toboggan Chute   will not be the same thing. 

Perhaps you have not heard of the play “It Seams Like A Mystery” showing this weekend at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA.) This play takes the meaning of children’s theater to a new level. Lake Placid High School sophomore Joan O’Leary wrote the production. Not her first foray into direction or play writing, the talented girl wrote her first play when she was only ten, and has continued to develop her passion for live theatre by continuing to write and direct original plays. From family plays to St. Agnes’s eighth grade production, Joan made the leap to the professional stage in 2010.

Mt. Sabattis is Long Lake's free sledding hill next to the Geiger Arena.  This is a great place to spend a few hours or a good portion of your day. There is also free ice skating available.  One suggestion: post one person at the top of the ridge at the bottom of the hill between your children and the street.  A long walk up Mt. Sabattis sledding hill in Long Lake Getting the boot A slippery slide! 

 CANCELLED: Birds of Prey Event sponsored by the North Country SPCA Due to the snow and very cold weather predicted for tomorrow, Mark  Manske of Adirondack Raptors has asked that the Birds of Prey event  scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, be postponed until March or April. The  safety and comfort of the birds is his top priority and Mark is  concerned about transporting the birds from Lake Placid. We will  announce the new date for the event shortly.

2011 Adirondack Paintball Biathlon dates are: January 22, Dewey Mountain in Saranac Lake January 26, Mt Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid (TBD) February 13, Dewey Mountain February 21, Big Boulder Deer Farm in Tupper Lake March 5, Dewey Mountain (as part of Dewey Mountain Day). For $5.00 any child from 8-14 (call for more information)  can register and compete in any one of the 2011 Adirondack Paintball Biathlon Series. No experience is necessary though each participant must provide his/her own cross-country ski gear.  A traditional biathlon is divided into both standing and prone target shooting positions. Each participant must ski a specific distance, shoot from the shooting lanes and then continue skiing. Throughout all, the athlete is required to carry a rifle in a sling. Typically five targets are required during each stop. 100% accuracy is required. Either a time penalty or penalty loop is given for each target missed.