Okay, since I may not be writing much in the next week or so (maybe), I'm just putting in one more blog just for the heck of it.

So, here's what's going on in my part of the 40 million plus acre Adirondack park:

Let's see...I'll start with the little hamlets of Athol and Thurman:

They're having a quilting class--just in time for the long cold winter. The fire department is having it's monthly meeting, preperations are underway for Thurman's annual charity Christmas basket campaign. An Athol couple just celebrated their 40th anniversary, and a mess of people are having birthdays...didn't know that many people lived there! (These two towns are essentially up int eh middle of nowhere--okay, well, most of the smaller Adirondack towns are in the middle of nowhere. Two U.S. soldiers from Iraq will be speaking to Thurman and Stony Creek veterns, about what military service has done for them.

In Stony Creek:

The Fifty-Plus club is going on a lake cruise, with live entertainment by someone named Danny Lombardo. The recycling centre and town dump now have new hours for fall/winter, as does the town library. The voluteer fire department will be hosting it's annual chicken and biscuit dinner, complete with all the trimmings and homemade pies--cost is 7 dollars per person, and take out is available. (In the U.S., a biscuit is not a dessert snack, but a type of floury muffin sort of--which can be light and fluffy, if made right, or hard as a rock...luck of the draw.)

Here in Lake George:

Girls and boys soccer (football) is going great guns, as is the boys football team (not soccer). The third annual antique show at the Lake George Forum has been cancelled. The annual all-breed dog show was at the Forum this weekend. Also this weekend, was the annual Blues Blast music festival in Shepherd Park on the lake---perfect setting today for the blues, what with the lousy weather, ey?---The Ethan Allen disaster memorial service was held at the Presbyterian church today. The Ethan Allen cruise boat, rolled over and sank on the lake last year, killing 20 elderly and disabled tourists. A memorial was placed on the lake in their honor, back in September, along with a big ceremony, and a memorial walk to the lake, led by a piper and several prominent politicians and policemen. People are still talking about the NY Rangers pro hockey team coming up here a few weekends ago--they want to have them back soon, and are trying to figure out how to do it...word is team members had a great time here. The American Bus Tours Association has named the Fort William Henry's, Queen Anne's War re-enactments, one of the top American Attractions for 2007. The Adirondack Moutain club will be hosting a series of assorted lectures.

The Great Escape hotel and indoor water park will be hosting a halloween party. Wild West Ranch will be hosting haunted hay rides, trail rides and BBQ and steak dinners to the end of October. The Great Escape/Six Flags amusement park will have "Fright Fest" until the end of October--most rides will be open, with the exception of some of the water based rides, and of course, the outdoor water park is now closed. The Lac Du Saint Sacrement will be hosting it's annual Halloween cruise on the lake, reservations suggested, includes live entertainment and food.

The Georgian Resort will be holding an audience participation dinner theater mystery, the last two weekends of October. The Lake George Dinner Theater is presently taking reservations for its current play, billed as a corporate comedy.

The Lake George Opera Festival is holding it's monthly meeting, and there will be a meeting for voluteers and orgianizers of the annual Elvis Festival, to be held once again in June of 2007.

Helping Hands food co-op volunteers will be having their monthly meeting as well. And the Presbyterian church is holding auditions for its music for the Christmas celebration. All are welcome to try out. Up for grabs this year: handbell choir (must be able to read sheet music), cantata and children's musical parts. The brevement support group will be meeting at the Catholic chruch this month, instead of the Episcopal church, due to conflicting dates. The Episcopal chruch will be hosting a Roast Pork dinner next Saturday. The Catholic church will be hosting a roast beef dinner first Saturday in November.

(The Presbyterians, being all tired out from the rummage sale, will presumably be practicing play with their balls--I mean bells).

(Hey, don't yell--It's okay, I'm a presby myself...well, sort of, anyway..I'm really more like a Catho-Presby, ha-ha.)

In Warrensburg:

A puppet team will be visiting local elementary and middle school kids. The town is having its monthly bored (whoops, I mean bored..whoops..board) meeting. The volunteer fire department is having a meeting regarding the purchase of new equipment. Someone stole a canoe from a local church youth group. Refurishing of the local library is coming along well, and donations are up.

And that's pretty much it.

All the news that no one who's not from around here wants to know.