The Life Of A Schroon Farmer

There’s never a dull moment for Schroon’s farmers – just ask Anna Bentley Hay. Last week Anna performed an animal rescue of sorts, when she discovered four month old Daisy, on her side in the barn, having a tough time surviving the cold.

From Anna: “Wondered if she wasn't drinking enough with her water freezing so quickly. She seems a good weight.”

So what to do? Why what any good farmer would do – let her warm up inside. And that's where Anna captured this adorable photo of Daisy, curled up just like your pet cat or dog.

“Once she warmed up by the stove she drank a ton… we had to tube feed her when she first came in and then she started to perk up and has since eaten hay and grain. She is holding her head up and is alert when she is awake. But not standing on her own yet”.

That was last week – today Daisy is alive and well, back in the barn and eating like a champ.

Schroon's Biggest Chili Fest Yet

Shelby Davis with the 2012 trophies!

Shelby Davis, organizer of Schroon's 3rd Annual Chili Cook Off is over the moon at the record number of entries signed up for this years contest.

As of this writing there are 17 chili entries in four categories: People's Choice, Best Meaty Chili, Best Veggie Chili and Best Chili by a Fire/Rescue Squad.

Local restaurants, chefs and Fire and Rescue Squads will be competing against each other for bragging rights and trophies. 

A panel of judges vote on the all categories except the People's Choice, which is based on the voting public!

From Shelby: "Folks competing in the cook off should rally their fans to attend and vote for their chili for the People’s Choice Trophy.  Every person attending the cook off gets one vote".

Find out who is cooking what in our Food and Drink Section.

Snow Business

This President's Day Long weekend in Schroon has our town literally buzzing: the sounds of sleds could be heard all over yesterday -- up and down the lake, on the trials and at the town golf course  -- as riders finally have a good base.

And that's good for local pubs and restaurants, who saw their lots filled with sleds last evening.

The recent snow dump, while not as large as some had hoped for, was also good for the town ski tow, which saw a lot of action Saturday.

And lest we forget the ice fishing folks,  they too were enjoying Schroon's great outdoors.

Over at Gore Mountain there was a large crowd of long weekend skiers enjoying 98 per of trail open. Gore has been blessed with some terrific snow falls over the last couple of weeks. What are you doing this holiday weekend? Tell us in comments.

Update: We learned after our original post it s the Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club's Poker Run  -- which may explain a lot of that sled traffic!