News & Opinion About Huletts Landing, N.Y.
Members of the Huletts Volunteer Fire Department conduct a drill at the end of County Route 6 on Tuesday, June 23rd.
We can report here that the regularly scheduled drill was concluded perfectly. Thanks to all the members who volunteer to protect our community!
Lake George Forum Sold to Father of Actor Ralph Macchio
That’s right, the father of the Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio Sr., and owner of the Wild West Ranch, purchased the Lake George Forum.
Read about it in the Post Star.
Lake George Stream Rules Move Forward
The Albany Times Union reports that the proposed stream rules are moving forward but any further public hearings will take place in the “off-season” preventing seasonal residents from attending. Not a good sign for openness.
Friends of Historic Huletts Landing (FHHL) is a volunteer organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of Huletts Landing and the surrounding area.
FHHL is working toward the opening of a “Gallery” in the old firehouse. The gallery will display reproduction photographs, art, and memorabilia of Huletts Landing and other local Lake George history.
Some simple renovations including interior painting, improving access and providing space for gathering behind the building, and addition of shelf and graphic display space are currently underway. FHHL anticipates a couple more work days before the “Gallery” will be open.
Huletts resident, Carl Sobeck, paints the inside of the old firehouse in anticipation of the new “Gallery” opening this summer.
Watch the message board and the Huletts Current for schedules.
Plumber John Manor and Huletts resident Conrad Peterson install a hookup to draw water and connect the fire department’s equipment in the event of an emergency.
Bravos to Conrad Peterson for spearheading the effort to make a connection for the fire department to draw water in an emergency from the existing Huletts water system.
Conrad donated the plumbing parts and plumber John Manor, from Manor & Manor Plumbing located in Whitehall, donated his time and labor to make this project happen.
While we won’t call it Hulett’s first fire hydrant just yet, it’s a positive contribution to the community. Our thanks go out to both Conrad and John for making this happen.
An artist’s rendering of the proposed changes to the Bolton Landing town pier at Rogers Park.
The Town of Bolton has completed the final phase of the Hamlet Sustainability Plan and invites the public to a presentation of the draft concepts and a vision for the community. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m.at the Bolton Town Hall.
A formal presentation of the master plan is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. and will be followed by an exchange of comments and questions. Attendees will be encouraged to come at 7:00 p.m. to review the drawings.
The format for the event is to introduce the public to the project through the various draft concepts and drawings for Rogers Memorial Park and Town Pier, the Lake Shore Drive Streetscape, Veteran’s Park, and Norowal Marina.
For those unable to attend the meeting, you may follow the progress of the Bolton Landing Hamlet Sustainability Plan through the Town’s website: http://town.bolton.ny.us
See a full scale version of the picture above of the Rogers Park proposed pier here (This is a large download: 5 MB’s)
I think the best thing from a Huletts’s perspective is increased public boat docking if people want to go down to Bolton to visit or shop.
This is probably the best analysis I’ve seen on what is happening with Chrysler and its creditors. While this is a story with national implications, anything that makes lending money more riskier has the potential to effect local property values.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YPnTwdeto
We would like to wish all the fathers out there a very happy Father’s Day.
I came across this little poem by an unknown author, and if you’re a father you should definitely appreciate it.
The Unreasonable Pa
My Pa, he didn’t go downtown
Last evening after tea,
But got a book an’ settled down
As comfy as could be.
I’ll tell you I was offul glad
To have my pa about,
To answer all the things I had
Been tryin’ to find out.
An’ so I asked him why the world
Is round instead of square;
An’ why the piggies’ tails are curled,
An’ why fish don’t breathe air.
An’ why the moon don’t hit a star,
An’ why the dark is black;
An’ just how many birds there are,
An’ will the wind come back?
An’ why does water stay in wells?
An’ why do June bugs hum?
An’ what’s the roar I hear in shells?
An’ when will Chritsmas come?
An’ why the grass is always green,
Instead of sometimes blue?
An’ why a bean will grow a bean
An’ not an apple too?
An’ then my pa got up – an’, Gee!
The offul words he said.
I hadn’t done a thing, but he
Just sent me off to bed!
In honor of the first day of summer I thought I would post
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
SONNET 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Joie and Maddie Mackell stand in front of the Huletts Soda Fountain. They want everyone to know they are now open for the 2009 summer season.
I recently had a chance to sit down with Joie and Maddie Mackell as they prepared to open for the summer. This summer will be their family’s 18th consecutive year running the Soda Fountain located on the side of the Huletts Casino.
When asked what they love about working in the Soda Fountain, they answered in unison, “We love the kids so much! They’re the reason we do this.”
While many people know them as the nice sisters who take such good care of the children wanting their favorite ice-cream, Joie is studying education in college and Maddie is pursuing a degree in business. “This is the perfect business for us to run, because both our career interests intersect at the Soda Fountain. There’s simply no better place to spend the summer than in Huletts.”
When asked what flavors of ice-cream are their top sellers, I was surprised to learn a few things about ice cream. “Our top selling flavor is Denali Moose Tracks but Cotton Candy is a big hit with the younger children,” said Joie. “Cookies vs. Peanut Butter is probably right there at # 3,” added Maddie.
In addition to ice cream, the sisters also sell a variety of candy and they even have handmade jewelry.
This summer the Soda Fountain will be open from 6 pm to 11 pm every evening.
So stop by and say hello and get your favorite flavor of ice cream at the same time!
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
William Shakespeare
“Hamlet”, Act 3 scene 3
…..with a little loon behind.
Lake George Park Commission: June Meeting Agenda
Please note that the June Meeting of the Lake George Park Commission takes place in Cleverdale this month. The meeting agenda is here.
Fort Ticonderoga to Host Major Reenactment
The Times of Ti reports on Fort Ticonderoga’s scheduled encampment set for June 27th & June 28th.
While this story happened on the west coast of Canada, this mother deserves some type of big award:
Mother fought off cougar to save toddler from attack
However it got me thinking about the possibility of cougars/mountain lions living in the Adirondacks. The Adirondack Almanack did a good story on this some time ago.
Sam Knaus gives two thumbs up after finishing painting another side of the Casino.
We’re pleased to report that another side of the Casino has been completely repainted. Sam Knaus, who many may remember was the pizza chef in the Casino long ago when he was in high-school, finished painting another side today.
Sam is now a teacher in Virginia and has a painting business in the summer. However he has been painting the Casino one side at a time over the last couple of years when he has returned home with his wife and three children to visit his parents for the summer.
Good work Sam. Someone has to get up on the top of that ladder!