News & Opinion About Huletts Landing, N.Y.
Before they even start the Masters today, we see why they’re playing in the Masters.
Watch the #par3contest holes-in-one from @jacknicklaus, @TrevorImmelman, @Afidominguez, and @CamiloVillegasR
https://t.co/dvRqkvdri5
— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 8, 2015
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) has announced the 2015 Congressional Art Competition for New York’s 21st district. The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students in the 21st District.
“The North Country is home to many gifted students and the Congressional Art Competition is a great opportunity for them to showcase their talents,” said Congresswoman Stefanik. “The winner of this competition will have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year where it will be seen by visitors from around the world. I look forward to seeing what our students can create!”
Artwork entered in the contest must be original in execution, may be up to 28 inches by 28 inches, 4 inches in depth and cannot weigh more than 15 pounds. The artwork may be:
Paintings – including oil, acrylics and watercolor
Drawings – including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers
Collage (must be 2 dimensional)
Prints – including lithographs, silkscreen and block prints
Mixed Media – use of two or more mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor
Computer Generated Art
Photography
Art submissions along with a Congressional release form must be submitted to one of Congresswoman Stefanik’s district office locations no later than April 24, 2015. The Congressional release form can be found here and more information about the competitions rules and guidelines is posted here.
“This picture takes place in Paris in those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm — and if a Frenchman turned out the light, it was not on account of an air raid!”
Ninotchka (1939)
For those with Triskaidekaphobia it may be tough.
Some visitors to Huletts circa the 1990’s. If you know these people, please invite them back!
Now that daylight saving time has begun, and winter is hopefully drawing to a close, I wanted to opine for a minute on the fragile economic ecosystem of the Landing. Winter has been tough and people are fed up of the cold, so I thought I would talk about summer for a minute.
While most people come to Huletts for the peace and quiet which accompanies the beautiful nature that surrounds us, the Landing also relies on new people coming in during the summer months. Many people who rent their houses rely on the extra income to help pay their property taxes, and the local businesses that give Huletts its unique charm, including the Post Office, need people to support their activities.
Many Adirondack communities are suffering today because new people are not coming into them. People who visit a community are more likely to come back, spend some dollars locally, and perhaps settle there some day.
So here is a call to invite someone new to Huletts this summer. Tell a friend about the beautiful place where we spend parts of our summer. Perhaps consider a family reunion here, or tell people at work where they could go for a getaway.
Invite someone new to Huletts, there are lots of places for them to stay if you don’t have room, and take them out and show them the Landing. Consider bringing some of your children’s friends up with you for a week. There have been marriages here, years later, of people who’ve met in Huletts.
Remember how you or your family first learned of Huletts Landing? Do the same for someone else. Tell someone about Huletts and encourage them to visit. Everything really good needs to be shared.
While the cock with lively din
Scatters the rear of darkness thin,
And to the stack, or the barn door,
Stoutly struts his dames before,
Off list’ning how the hounds and horn
Cheerly rouse the slumb’ring morn.
John Milton
L’Allegro
1632
Every now and then a dog story like this makes its way around the Internet and puts a smile on everyone’s face.
An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of. He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. “The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.
Curious I pinned a note to his collar, “I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.” The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar, “He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 and he’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?”
Here is an interesting video about Lars Andersen, a guy who has spent years learning how Archery was done in days of old.
This guy does not need a gun.
Welcome 2015! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable, and safe evening last night, and that 2015 brings you much happiness.
2015 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Hulett Hotel fire, which I chronicled in my book, on the left sidebar.
As we get closer to the actual date in November, I will post some pictures that did not make the book. Others pictures that did make the book, but which you’ll see better when you can expand them to full-screen and finally one picture that I have found since the book was released that would have made it into the book if I had had it during the first printing.
So once again, Happy New Year to everyone, and please continue reading the Huletts Current. 2015 will be an exciting year.
Well, then you will want to take part in the 2015 Lake George Polar Plunge on New Year’s day at Shepard Park Beach in Lake George Village.
The annual Lake George Polar Plunge has been a popular tradition for years, occurring on the “First Day” in Lake George, and benefits each year’s Winter Carnival, which runs through the end of February.