Friends of Historic Huletts Landing: Annual Meeting
Just a quick notice that the FHHL Board of Trustees meeting will be held:
Saturday, August 28 at 9:00 am in the new Huletts Firehouse.
(The children’s sing-along will be on Saturday at the Gallery – the old firehouse)
After the Trustees meeting, the yearly annual meeting will be held and is open to the public.
So if you’re interested in history and want to do something positive in the community, stop by and learn more.
One Good Story
Tuesday’s children’s program sponsored by Friends of Historic Huletts drew a large crowd to listen to stories about the American Revolution.
Divers Pick Weed
Scuba divers working for Lycott Environmental install barriers over a small milfoil bed off of Huletts.
This morning I took a short kayak ride out to some scuba divers who I spotted in the bay. It turns out they work for Lycott Environmental, a company that has been hired by the Lake George Park Commission to work on eradicating Eurasian water milfoil from the lake.
Eurasian water milfoil was accidently introduced to North America from Europe and spread westward into inland lakes primarily by boats and also by waterbirds. It is an invasive species in Lake George.
This particular bed had been worked on last year and has responded well.
“Last year we put a barrier down and this year almost all the milfoil is gone,” said one of the workers. “We see a little growth around the edges, but we hand harvested last week and now we’re adding some more barriers. We really see an improvement in this particular bed from last year.”
Here is a picture of a strand of milfoil, for those unfamiliar with what it looks like.
Thank you Lycott Environmental and Lake George Park Commission.
One Day, One Side of Mountain, Plenty of Garbage
The garbage I collected from County Route 6 from the “steep hill” sign at the top of the mountain to the old firehouse at the bottom of the mountain.
With the recent news that the DEC will no longer be collecting garbage from the islands next year, I decided to conduct a small “test” yesterday.
I decided to see how much garbage accumulates on the road as it leads into Huletts. I started at the top of the mountain and I worked my way down to the old firehouse. I collected garbage on both sides of the road. I used what I would call a “visual criteria”; if I could see it from the road, I would pick it up. While no means “scientific”, I think it pretty accurately reflects what accumulates on the road into Huletts.
Here is what I collected:
4 plastic bottles
4 tin cans
1 coffee cup and lid
3 cigarette cartons
1 paper towel sheet
It may not sound like a lot but when you consider that all this stuff would eventually find its way into the Lake, and it was only one trip down the mountain, I think it’s readily evident that this poses significant visual and environmental problems. I had to go to up the mountain later in the day and I already noticed “new” garbage which was not there earlier in the day when I conducted my “test”.
Woodsy owl’s old slogan; “Give a hoot – don’t pollute!” still applies.
Friends of Historic Huletts Landing August Children’s Programs
Aug 13 (Fri) – 10am – 12noon – Pember Museum of Natural History – Bernadette, Museum Educator at this amazing Granville, NY museum, talks about mammals and birds of the Adirondacks.
Aug 17 (Tue) – 10am – 11:30am – Molly McMaster Reading – Adirondack Myths
Aug 21 (Sat) – 9:30am – 10:45am – Childrens’ Sing-A-Long – Elizabeth Straton, well-known singer and songwriter, will be teaching traditional patriotic, fireside, old-fashioned, & American tunes to children.
Aug 28 (Sat) – 9am – FHHL Annual Meeting
Aug 28 (Sat) – 9:30am – 10:45am – Childrens’ Sing-A-Long – Elizabeth Straton, well-known singer and songwriter, will be teaching traditional patriotic, fireside, old-fashioned, & American tunes to children.
Aug 31 – 10am – 11:30am – Molly McMaster Reading – Adirondack Nature Stories
All events to be held at the Huletts Gallery and Library (old firehouse) unless otherwise noted. There are no bathroom facilities at the Gallery.
Please email Lucinda Bhavsar (lucindafh@yahoo.com, 917.517.7826) with questions on Children’s Programs.
Open to all Huletts Landing residents and guests (and renters).
Updated 2010 program information is available on the website at
Bits of Everything
Post Star Editorial: No Reason to Delay Cell Tower
The Post Star Editorial Board released an editorial dedicated to the Huletts Fire Department’s application for a cell tower.
Garbage Collection on Lake George Islands to End
The Adirondack Almanack spotlights a major change in DEC policy.
Union Rejects Washington County Furlough Plan
A vote by the highway department union is a precursor to less state aid? Read the Post Star piece.
Sometimes You Need a Good Laugh: But Not This Much
An interesting article on Wikipedia about death by laughter. What a way to go!
Lake George Documentary Wins Award
On Saturday, August 14 at 9:30am at the Huletts Landing Fire House, The Federation of Huletts Landing is presenting Joseph W. Zarzynski and a discussion about his documentary called “Wooden Bones: The Sunken Fleet of 1758”. Please see the attached press release and website (www.woodenbones.com) If you haven’t had a chance to get a copy of this DVD, you’ll want to!
Title: Anatomy of an Archaeology Documentary–“Wooden Bones: The Sunken Fleet of 1758”
Presenter: Joseph W. Zarzynski, Underwater Archaeologist (Bateaux Below, Inc.)
NEWS RELEASE—For Immediate Release
Lake George, NY Documentary Wins Film Festival Maritime Heritage Award
Bateaux Below, Inc., a not-for-profit group that studies historic shipwrecks in Lake George, NY, has announced that Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival in Savannah, Georgia has chosen “Wooden Bones—The Sunken Fleet of 1758” as one of their official film festival selections. Furthermore, the Lake George-related documentary is one of two joint winners of the film festival’s prestigious “Maritime Heritage Category” award. “Wooden Bones—The Sunken Fleet of 1758” is a 58 min. long DVD documentary (www.woodenbones.com), a Pepe Productions (Glens Falls, NY) and Bateaux Below (Wilton, NY) documentary collaboration. The DVD was released in May 2010. The Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival is September 17-19 at the Savannah College of Art and Design. The NOAA-sponsored film festival reports that 90 films were submitted and only 33 were selected for showing.
“Wooden Bones” examines Lake George’s Sunken Fleet of 1758 when the British deliberately sank over 260 warships to protect them over the winter of 1758-1759 from their enemy, the French. The documentary investigates the history and underwater archaeological study of the lake’s sunken bateau-class warships, a sunken 1960 sub built to photograph British shipwrecks, and a 1758-constructed military dock found in Lake George’s shallows. Glens Falls, NY documentary filmmaker Peter Pepe directed the DVD and underwater archaeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski of Wilton, NY wrote it. The award-winning documentary was four years in production. For more information on the documentary and to view the trailer, consult the web site: www.woodenbones.com
For Our Webcam Lovers
I am happy to announce that the Nobel Island webcam on the left sidebar is back on-line!
I hope to bring another interesting view online soon!
Many thanks go out to our webcam providers for sharing their beautiful views over the Internet!
In Loving Memory: Albert T. Kapusinski
Albert T. Kapusinski: October 16, 1937 – July 30, 2010
I’m sad to inform everyone that my father, Dr. Albert T. Kapusinski, passed away this morning from complications arising from recent surgery.
DR. ALBERT T. KAPUSINSKI, 72, of Salisbury, MD, and Huletts Landing, NY and formerly of Cedar Grove, NJ, died Friday, July 30, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland.
Born and raised in Riverhead, New York, Dr. Kapusinski received his BA and MBA degrees from St. John’s University and his PhD in Economics from New York University.
After leaving the US Army in 1963, he became a Professor of Business at Caldwell College, where he chaired and taught courses for 35 years. He also developed a required capstone course, “Kapusinski Ethical Business Strategy,” that helped his students in making strategic and ethically-grounded decisions in their careers.
Dr. Kapusinski also utilized his business expertise in developing and growing Huletts-on-Lake-George, a beautiful family vacation destination on Lake George, NY.
He was a member of the American Economics Association, the Association for Social Economics, American Association of University Professors, Advisory Board of the Institute of Social Relations for the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, NJ, National Advisory Board of the Coalition for Life, and the National Honor Society for Economics.
In addition, he was Chairman of the 1974 & 1976 International Pro-Life Team at UN Conferences on population in Bucharest, Romania and Vancouver, British Columbia. In this capacity he met and worked along side of Mother Theresa of Calcuta. He was also particularly proud of several spiritual treatises he authored, including the “Beauties of Creation,” “Divine Design,” and the “Practice of the Presence of God.”
Dr. Kapusinski is preceded in death by his first wife, Margot (Eichler) Kapusinski. He is survived by his second wife of 22 years, Theresa (Tafuri) Kapusinski; his sons, Albert J. and his wife, Elyse (O’Grady) Kapusinski, George and his wife, Lynn (Cassella) Kapusinski, and Frank and his wife, Doreen (McSharry) Kapusinski; and by his granddaughters Gwendolyn and Margot. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his name to the Caldwell College Scholarship Fund, Caldwell College, 120 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, N.J or the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311
The family will receive friends on Monday, August 2nd at Shook Funeral Home, 486 Pompton Ave. (Route 23) in Cedar Grove, NJ. A viewing to be held in Whitehall, NY is private and will be held at the convenience of the family. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in Whitehall, NY on Wednesday, August 4th at 10:00 am.
I’ll be taking a break for a few days from my reporting here on the Huletts Current to attend to family matters.
We would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support that has been shown during this time.
A Day To Remember: The Details
The Annual Day to Remember will be this Saturday, July 31st.
Concierge Auctions Successfully Sells Luxury Lakefront Home During Live, On-Site Auction
For the Kids:
July 24 (Sat) – 9:30am – 10:45am – Childrens’ Sing-A-Long – Elizabeth Straton, well-known singer and songwriter, will be teaching traditional patriotic, fireside, old-fashioned, & American tunes to children.
Sponsored by Friends of Historic Huletts: Old Firehouse
Floating Classroom to Return in August
The Lake George Association’s Floating Classroom, will return to Huletts on Monday, August 2nd at 2:00 pm, courtesy of the Friends of Historic Huletts who is sponsoring this event.
So if you missed the excursion in July, please plan on attending the August trip!
There will be a sign-up sheet in the Post Office soon.