LOCALadk Magazine

I t seems difficult, sometimes, to get away from bad news and neg- ativity. When that happens, grab a little LOCALadk. Here at the magazine, we're going to try to balance things out a bit. So, rather than having "jeers" section for things that bother us, we've created this section called Cheers! It's a special place to give a shout out, a thanks, or draw some attention to something good that's happening or something cool someone did. It's also a good place to say, "thank you," and we want to hear from our readers! If you want to send someone a Cheers! in the magazine, send us an email and let us know about it. If we can, we'll print it! eMail info@LOCALadk.com Cheers! To everyone whom came out to Wing Wars in Lake Placid and helped to raise over $3500.00 for Life Flight Cheers! To all of the the local, community lunch and pantry programs in the Adirondacks and to all of the people who donate their time and resources to make it all possible. Cheers! To the local small businesses in the Adirondacks that work hard to bring local products and services to the region. Cheers! To Old Man Winter for arriving a little early this year, and giving us lots of fresh snow to play in! Cheers! To those who volunteer. This time of year especially, people need our help and support in many different ways. Make 2015 a year to give of yourself by helping others. Cheers! To hoping the Village of Lake Placid plans to create an ice skating path on Mirror Lake again! Correction: LOCALadk would like to make a correction and apology. In the Fall 2014 issue we misnamed the author of the editorial titled About the Program that appears on page nine. The true author was Thea Moruzzi, the Education Director with Adirondack Mountain Club. On The Cover: Ian Forney tearing up the Adirondack backcountry Photo by Brian Mohr / EmberPhoto.com Cheers! 3 DEC Message 5 Cheers! and Contents 6 Who's Who 8 Up & Comer By Melanie Levi 14 Events 18 40 Golden Years By Andréa Holdereid 20 Under Ice By Lisa Densmore Ballard 22 Good Reads 23 I am LOCALadk - Megan McKee 24 Slide on Over! By Dave McCahill 30 Oh No...Not the Stairs! By Kari Fitzsimmons 32 Gear We Use 34 Millet Squash Sliders By Wynde Kate Reece & Tammy Loewy 36 Apres - Locally Delicious 38 Lean 2 Rescue By Kristi Brennan 42 Preparing to Photograph in Winter By John Digiacomo 46 Community Lunch By Bethany Garretson 50 Epic Journey - St. John By Anne Brewer 54 Adirondack Ecology 2 By Jerry Jenkins 56 Parting Shot 60 ~ The End ~ In This Issue LOCALadk Winter 2014 5

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