October, 2011

“Where mountains and memories meet.”
The Lamp Lighter
October, 2011
Produced by the Inlet Information Office
Quarterly
Newsletter
Volume 9 Issue 4
Inside this issue:
Supervisor’s News
2
Town Clerk
2
Councilman’s Corner
2
Highway Department
3
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 3
Zoning/Assessor’s Office
3
Youth Commission
4
Clean Waters Committee
4
Parks Department
5
Information Office
5
One Square Mile of Hope Photos
6
One Square Mile of Hope
7
Public Library
8
Events in the Inlet Area
Police Department
8
October 28, 2011
Answer Key OSM Puzzle
8
Inlet - Halloween Parade & Party - Parade starts Church Parking Lot @
6:30pm, Party to follow at IVES Building
October 29, 2011
Old Forge - Pumpkin Festival - George T Hiltebrant Recreation Center
November 25-27, 2011
Inlet & Old Forge - Adirondack Christmas on Main Street - AdirondackChristmasonMainStreet.com
December 9-11, 2011
Old Forge - Snodeo - George T Hiltebrant Recreation Center - Snodeo.com
January 27 & 28, 2012
Inlet - Zippy’s Crusade For Kids - The Ole Barn - CrusadeForKids.com
January 27-29, 2012
Inlet - Adirondack Ice Bowl - The Woods Inn - AdirondackIceBowl.com
February 4 & 5, 2012
Old Forge - Old Forge Winter Carnival - McCauley Mountain
February 18 & 19, 2012
Inlet - Sled Dog Races - Murdock Trucking
February 25, 2012
Inlet - Frozen Fire & Lights & Cardboard Sled Race - Fern Park & Arrowhead Park
March 9-11, 2012
Old Forge - Snofest - George T Hiltebrant Recreation Center - SnowfestUSA.com
March 16, 2012
Old Forge - St. Patty’s Day Parade - Main Street
Supervisor’s News * John Frey
One of the jobs of the Supervisor is to
act as the Town’s budget officer. As
you’re probably aware, the State has
passed legislation putting a 2% tax cap
on property taxes, making things interesting for the Town. The State has also
imposed a series of unfunded mandates which, of course, have an impact
on local tax bills.
There will undoubtedly be an impact
felt by local residents, as well as tourists, as we try to live within the 2% cap
while retirement, health insurance, and
unemployment costs continue to increase. It is easy to see that belt tightening is going to be severe over the
next few years.
We all know that the Town of Inlet’s
main economic driver is tourism. Without some mandate relief from the State
of NY, services to tourists and residents
will undoubtedly have to be cut. The
arts and entertainment categories in
any budget always seem to be the first
to go. It would be a shame to see Inlet
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without the summer Sunsets by the
Lake concert series. Envision Arrowhead Beach without lifeguards and
with a rope to prevent people from
entering the water: a nice view, but
not a nice thought.
The Town works hard to maintain
trails in our area, not just snowmobile trails, but also cross-country, hiking, biking, snowshoeing trails as
well. Imagine signs at all of the trailheads: ”Use at your own risk” or
“Closed.”
One of the Town’s largest costs is
our labor force. The Town Board has
worked hard to consolidate management positions and the work force as
well, but any further cuts in labor will
have a direct impact on the above
situation.
I strongly urge all who read this
Newsletter to write their local State
Representatives urging mandate relief. These are our local representatives and their contact information:
Town Clerk’s Office * Patty Wittmeyer
Dog licenses have been renewed by
many, but there are still a lot of folks
who have not done their civic duty. It is
the law that dogs must be licensed, and
therefore all should abide by this. It is
for the protection of your pets as well
as others within the community. The
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State Senator:
Elizabeth O’C Little
5 Warren Street
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: (518) 743-0968
Fax: (518) 743-0336
E-mail: [email protected]
State Assemblywoman:
Teresa R. Sayward
140 Glen Street
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: (518) 792-4546
Fax: (518) 792-5584
E-mail: [email protected]
If you need information on how to contact your local representatives other than
those above, please contact the Inlet Information Office at (315) 357-5501.
Inlet Town Board meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, and I invite
all who are looking for an informative, if
not entertaining, time to attend. If unable to attend any meeting, you can contact my office (315) 357-2204 with any
questions or concerns.
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cost is $7.50 for spayed or neutered
animals and $12.50 if they are not.
Proof of current rabies inoculation is
needed. Upon licensing your dog, you
will receive a town tag with your
dog’s number as well as the town’s in
case it becomes lost somewhere else.
Love me, license me!!
Councilman’s Corner * Dan Levi
A heartfelt thank you from the Inlet
Town Board to the Information Office,
Connie Perry, Paula Stanton and all of
the other volunteers for making One
Square Mile of Hope such a HUGE success and for putting Inlet into the national spotlight.
The bike and ski trails are slowly being cleared up and opened for use after
all of the summer storms. Unfortunate-
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ly, there are still a number of blowdowns to be cleaned up. The Jasper
Day Trail is one such area which is
being worked on this fall, along with
Woods Pasture.
The Limekiln Road is certainly improved now that it has seen some
good shoulder work. Next on the list
will be work on the Uncas Road.
Hope everyone had a chance to get
out and enjoy the beauty of the leaves
last weekend. They have started fading
to a duller color, as they inevitably do
every year…soon we’ll be looking at
the four-letter word stuff…SNOW.
Town of Inlet
Inlet Highway Department * Dayton Cleaveland III
This summer has gone by so fast! It
only seems like yesterday that we took
the plows off our truck and now it’s
almost time to start thinking about
putting them back on. We have accomplished many tasks this summer. We
finished the road that was roughed in
that leads up to the spot that the future
sewage treatment plant will occupy.
That entailed putting in culverts and
doing some ditching to get the water to
run in the right places. We rolled out
fabric and then dumped gravel on top
of it. This should allow perfect access
to the heavy truck traffic that will be
needed to build the plant and its
maintenance.
We have paved another one half mile
of Uncas Road and will be putting
shoulders on hopefully by the time you
read this. Another 500 feet of sidewalk
has been replaced so our walkers can
walk on these sections without worry
of huge cracks or holes. Next year we
will hopefully doing another 500 feet.
We have swept downtown just about
every Thursday when weather permitted in order to keep it looking
clean and neat.
The Highway Department has also
helped out in the Moose River plains
by raking the road and hauling material in for the repair of the road. We
have also cut the trees and prepped
the site that the new Youth/storage
building will occupy. All the firewood
has been put up for the upcoming
winter months.
Soon we will be getting our trucks
ready for winter time again. This
means putting on plow frames and
making sure that everything works
properly for the first snow of the season. The snowmobile trails will be
getting some much needed attention.
We hope to fix some more bad spots
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program *
The Town Board has passed a resolution to accept the Master Plan for Arrowhead Park, as recommended by the
Project Advisory Committee. This
means the Master Plan can be sent on
to the Department of State. The Board
also has given permission to push forward with the application for a variance from the APA regarding the reconstruction of the historic Arrowhead
Hotel casino building. This variance, if
approved, would allow the Committee
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in them and make them safer and easier to maintain. We are excited about
taking delivery of our new Case backhoe this late fall, and our new Western
Star snowplow will be here right
around the first of the year. As a reminder, starting this fall, there is a NO
PARKING rule in effect from 2 AM to 6
AM. It is necessary that this law is followed so that we can clean streets and
sidewalks without cars parked in the
way. Thank you for your cooperation
in this matter.
Don, Bob and Jason have been doing a
great job. Keep up the good work
guys!! If there are any questions/
comments remember you can contact
us by phone or by e-mail. Our e-mail
address is [email protected],
and our phone number is 357-4541 if
there is no answer please leave a message. Have a safe Fall season.
a report from the Project Advisory Committee
to seek further grant money from the
next phase of the Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program.
The new Youth Commission building, funded by the initial LWRP grant
is proceeding rapidly and should be
available for next summer’s Youth
Commission Program. The driveway
behind the Arrowhead Cottages has
to be postponed until next spring because the Highway Department has
such a full schedule.
Zoning/Assessor’s Office * Tim Durkin
Aimee VanWie has joined the Assessor/Codes Office. Her duties include
issuing permits, answering general
questions related to building codes
and assessment as well as maintaining
property records. In an effort to provide improved service, Aimee will be
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Since work on the LWRP original
grant to establish a Master Plan for
Arrowhead Park and complete some of
the renovations is mostly completed,
the Committee is now turning to
thoughts of prioritizing projects to
submit for future grants. Many thanks
to the PAC members and Cap-21 for
working so hard to make Arrowhead
Park a show place for Inlet.
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working from 9:00am until 1:00pm
Monday through Friday. If you need
to speak with Tim Durkin, he is usually in the office at 7:30am Monday
through Friday. As he is frequently
out in the field performing inspections and assessment related duties,
it is a good idea to call ahead for an
appointment. The Assessor/Codes Office phone number is 3575726.
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Inlet Youth Commission * Mary Marleau
The Youth Commission has been ex-
tremely active in the past few months.
The successful summer program, which had 103 registered
participants, ended on August
12 with a picnic, games and
awards. Throughout the program children took part in baseball and swimming activities, as
well as an arts program presented at the Woods Inn by Blue
Mountain Lake Center for the
Arts. Unfortunately, the Youth
Commission was not able to secure the services of a tennis instructor this summer.
Nate Smith was the baseball
and swimming coach this year for the
first time. He was ably assisted by Mike
Morrelli of Albany. The Youth Commission would be very happy to see this
duo return for next summer’s program.
For the 4th year, Alicia Burnett assisted
Nate with swimming lessons. And we
were fortunate to have Roland Christy
return for another golf instruction program.
We have some thank you’s to deliver.
First, many thanks to the following
members of the summer tennis
group who make an annual contribution to the Youth Commission,
this year donating $565 to help us
keep our programs going: Susan
Barry, Barbara Flynn, Nancy Hadley, John and Rhoda Hubbard, Winnie McCarley, Natalie Streb, and
Elaine Wallace.
Additional thanks to John Nemjo of
Mountain Man Outdoor Supply
Company for his large donation to
buy ballfield mix and to Michele
Kalil and Heather Levi who have
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part in the highly successful One
Square Mile of Hope, contributing all
proceeds from their Noah’s Ark Hope
Bear booth to Susan G. Komen for cancer research.
Now for future event information: the
Youth Commission will sponsor a Halloween party on October 28. The evening will begin with a parade starting at
the Church parking lot on Route 28 at
6:00 pm and followed by costume judging and treats at the Fire Hall.
The annual Christmas on Main Street
celebration will see the Youth Commission hosting a Noah’s Ark workshop on
Saturday, November 26 after the candy
cane hunt. The Commission will sponsor the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony that evening, with caroling
around the tree and cookies and cocoa
in the Town Hall.
Finally, we would like to welcome Jamie White and Bonnie Lutz, our two
new members and look forward to
their participation in all of our events.
P.S. We are really looking forward to
the completion of the new youth commission building funded by the LWRP
Grant.
stepped down after years of service on the Youth Commission.
Members of the Youth Commission were present at Inlet’s Fall
Festival selling popcorn and raffle
tickets and offering Noah’s Ark
animals for stuffing and taking
home. Each of these endeavors
helps to raise money for Youth
programs.
Commission members also took
Inlet Clean Waters * Garret Hoffman *
Despite careful planning and hopeful
expectations, the Bernier- Carr plan for
the sewer district was underfunded.
The lowest bid came in at 1.2 million
dollars over our projected cost. The
Town and Bernier-Carr are working
with the low bidder to reduce the
overage cost. However, additional
funds are still necessary to stay within
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the mandate of having the project
75% grant funded.
Even if negotiations with the low
bidder go well, we will still need
$300,000-$400,000 in additional
funding. The Town has lost the originally planned fall construction window. However, it is still hoped that,
should additional funding fall into
place, construction on the sewer project will start in the spring and finish
before the winter of 2012, even with no
construction in the downtown footprint during July and August.
Town of Inlet
Parks Department * Mitch Lee *
With the Park beach now closed and
life guards off duty till next summer, it
is time for me to thank the Parks and
Highway staffs for all the great work
they did to help Inlet with the many fun
-filled events of spring, summer and
fall.
The seasons will change and the duties will as well. Our chainsaws are
sharpened and our grooming will start
on ski trails when the snow starts to
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fall. We will again groom free trails at
Fern Park, the Inlet Golf Club and
Limekiln Campground. Our Fern Park
ice rink will be open as soon as we
can make a safe 6 inches of natural
ice. Don’t forget our lighted sledding
hill open at Fern Park till 10pm every
night.
Last but not least, our new Youth
Commission building is now taking
shape on Arrowhead Park. The work
Information Office * Adele Burnett *
Another great summer for the little
town of Inlet. The leaves peaked and
then dropped kind of quick, but the
“Indian Summer” has been beautiful!
One Square Mile of Hope 2011 was an
awesome day! Thank you to all those
who helped and/or participated.
Preseason sale of Webb/Inlet Snowmobile Permits ends November 15th.
Events in October: The NYSMLA
Primitive Rendezvous Visitor Day on
October 16. The Inlet Youth Commission will hold their Halloween Parade
& Party on October 28. Children will
march from the church parking lot to
the Inlet Town Hall at 6:30 and judging
and refreshments will follow at the
IVES Building.
Events in November: “An Adirondack
Christmas on Main Street” will be November 25-27. During Christmas on
Main Street Inlet will again hold the
Candy Cane Hunt, the Holiday Dog Parade and Children’s Film Festival. The
Inlet Youth Commission will hold a
Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop and will
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is funded in part through a New York
State Department of State, Division of
Coastal Resources waterfront revitalization grant, using labor by the Inlet
Highway and Parks Departments. We
are also helped out by Todd Marleau
Construction. This will be a great place
for our youth programs to store items
and get in out of the bad weather.
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host Inlet’s Christmas Tree Lighting.
Events in December: The Annual
Cookie Swap is planned for December 11. The Inlet Barnstormer’s
Christmas Party will be held December 20. The Champagne Bus will run
New Year’s Eve picking up and dropping off patrons at participating establishments.
Events in January: Zippy’s Crusade
For Kids, a snowmobile ride for charity, will take place January 27-28,
with many exciting activities planned
at The Ole Barn. CrusadeForKids.com
for details. The Adirondack Ice Bowl,
a pond hockey tournament, will return to Fourth Lake near The Woods
Inn January 27-29. Watch their website for more information AdirondackIceBowl.com.
Events inn February: The Adirondack Bank Sled Dog Races will be
February 18-19. They are planning to
have vendors and things to do during
the races, so mark this date on your
calendar now! Hope to have a website up and running for this event
soon. Check InletSledDogRaces.com.
Inlet’s Frozen Fire & Lights will take
place Saturday February 25. Enjoy
the cross-country ski trails, ice skating rink, sledding hill and snowshoe
trails at Fern Park. A bonfire will be
going and get your plans together
now for the Cardboard Sled Races. All
of this is completed by an awesome
display of fireworks after the bonfire
and hot dogs at Arrowhead Park.
The lobby at the Inlet Town Hall is
open every day at 8:00am. Bathrooms,
brochures available at this time. The
window to the Information Office is
open Friday-Tuesday 9:00am-6:00pm
and Wednesday-Thursday 9:30am6:00pm. Until snowmobile season hits,
the window may close for an occasional
lunch, until Margie O’Hara comes back
in the office in December. Starting December 9th the window will stay open
until 9:00pm on Fridays.
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Town of Inlet
Did we break a
World Record?
On September 24, 2011 we raised over $70,000 for Susan
G. Komen for the Cure® for research and the awareness of
breast cancer and we are now submitting a photo (and all
the other required materials) to Guinness Book of World
Records for the largest canoe & kayak raft on a single body
of water. Our photo shows 1,902 canoes and kayaks actually together to form the raft on Fourth Lake. After the raft
attempt there was a Celebration at Arrowhead Park with
music, food, a silent auction and raffles as well as booths
with information on cancer/breast cancer awareness,
health & wellness, recreation and more! And just as a side
note, the power was off from 6:30am-2:30pm that day. But
what an amazing day that was! Even without power we
were able to park and launch all the participants. And feed a
lot of them! Herb and Carol Schmid of Kalil’s Grocery put on
a fantastic buffet offering turkey (that had to be cooked at
the fire hall because of no power), ham, salads, grape leaves
and more with enough food to feed 1,000!
Thank you to the many, many volunteers who showed up
that day, and the days before. Thank you to the committee
who worked so hard over the last 8 months putting this
event together. Thank you to the many sponsors who gave
money and items for the actions and the raffle.
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Now back to Guinness. On the 24th we had an unofficial
number of 1,925. This was how many stickers were handed
out to boats entering the designated area. We do know that
there were boats who never received stickers, and we can
see by the photos that there were boats who either never
rafted up, or failed to be connected as the photos were being taken. Dennis Hudson of Zone 5 was able to blow up two
of the aerial photos and print them out on poster board.
From these photos we counted the boats and came up with
1,902 as our official number. Now we have to put all of our
material together and submit this to Guinness and wait. It
will mostly likely take months to hear back from them as to
whether or not they accept our claim.
Guinness or no Guinness, what we did that day was amazing. We touched so many lives that day and definitely made
an impact.
Keep checking OneSquareMileofHope.org for updates.
Posters and possibly other items will be available soon.
Lots of pictures have been posted online also. There is a
link to some pictures on a Flickr account through the website, and lots of pictures on the Facebook page. If you have
pictures you would like to share, send them to [email protected].
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Inlet Police Department * Andrew Kalil
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carefully to avoid car/animal motor
vehicle accidents. And be sure that
you have your car prepared for winter driving: check your tires, breaks
and defroster liquid.
It’s time once again to remind everyone that there is no all night parking on the roads in and around Inlet.
This is especially essential once the
snow arrives and must be removed
by the Town plows. Also, snowmobile trails will open on December 5.
This reflects the close of hunting
season on December 4.
At the same time, remember that
deer will be moving around so drive
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First, we would like to congratulate
the One Square Mile of Hope Committee for their great organization. Due to
their efforts, Inlet was able to host a
crowd of over 2,200 people, almost as
many vehicles, and nearly 2,000 boats
without a single traffic issue. Parking
and put-in assignments gave everyone
a destination to head for. Thanks for
your understanding and accurate assessment of our visitors’ needs.
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library offered the WIFI service. Some of them were on
vacation but still needed to
have their work completed. October
and November will be quiet after the
busy summer. Stop by and see us and
use our computers, select a book
whether it is a favorite author or a new
one. Also, select a movie, sit back and
relax. Beth Ste-Marie Director Beth
Pashley Assistant
they could put on the front of the
desk. We will be at the Fall Festival
for the weekend. Please stop by our
booth. I am sure that you will find a
book or two to read during the cool
nights ahead. After the festival please
stop by the library because our book
sale will continue. This summer during the months of July and August
Beth, myself and our volunteers
greeted 2,755 visitors to our library.
They were more than pleased that the
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The autumn will soon be upon us and
the school children will be returning
to the library. Beth Pashley and myself
will be happy to see them returning,
along with some new faces. We will
begin a reading program for those students who are interested. This past
school year they enjoyed putting up
the popcorn kernels with the title and
their name on them. Then they were
placed in front of our desk. Most children tried to see how many kernels
Town of Inlet