Making A Difference: Clare Whitney

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Making A Difference: Clare Whitney

This time a year ago, Clare Whitney was a bundle of nervous energy. Then a Junior at Schroon Lake Central School, it was on the eve of organizing her first ever 5K Run to raise funds for her favorite charity: a project to supply school lunches for hungry kids in Nicaragua.

“I had never done anything like this ever. I had two people pre-register and I had no idea how many would show up. We had 45 at the run that day. I was ecstatic,” Clare told Schroon Laker today.

That event raised more than $5,000, Clare’s goal this year “The most surp part for me was how a small town like Schroon could come out and raise so much money.

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Music To Our Ears

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As we have said time and time again, one of the many components that make Schroon so special to so many people is its love affair with the arts. From the Seagle Music Colony, to Open Mic night at Witherbees, to the arts and crafts market each week in the summer, to our weekly Square Dance in the park, to ADK Shakes, to the gallery featuring artists at the Town Store, art in Schroon is everywhere.

But there is one anchor that  year after year, for almost 40 years, has set the standard for music: The Schroon Lake Arts Council.

Every summer they sponsor the acoustic Band Jam at the Boat House as well as a world class series of performers that locals, second home owners, vacationers,  and “the Summer People” get the chance to experience in an intimate, lake side setting.

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Throw Back Thursday: July, 1951 Edition

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The year was 1951. Postage was 3 cents, Nat King Cole sang Unforgettable, the first NBA All-Star game was played in the Boston Garden, The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins, Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, United Kingdom and U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany. Wow!

And in Schroon Lake -- the joint was a jumpin'. At least that's what we've gleaned from the weekly calendar, which featured advertisements for movies, restaurants, dances and scenic air flights.

Samson and Delilah played at the Paramount and Fabiola played at The Strand.

We recently came across this poster at the Schroon lake Chamber of Commerce, a gift from the Schroon Lake Post Office, where it had been hiding for many years.

Click on the images above to take a trip down memory lane, and as always, if you have stories and yarns to share, please leave them in comments.