On Board With The New Board

Photo: Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce President Tony Kostecki

At its December meeting, Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce members elected a new President, Vice President and board of directors.

The new President is Tony Kostecki, from the Seagle Colony, officially taking over a role he has been filling in since former President Mike Bush had to step down mid-term, due to his travel schedule with his position at Word Of Life.

The new Vice President is Shelby Davis, a venerable whirl-wind who has had her hand in multiple Chamber events since settling in Schroon just two short years ago, when she and her partner Chris Palmatier opened Mr. P’s Mountain Smokehouse and Shelby’s Kitchen Therapy.

“We really want to grow the Chamber and its membership,” Shelby Davis told Schroon Laker today

The secretary-treasurer is Pete Johnson and the board members are Anthony Ruiz, Sharon Piper and Tim Vanderwhiele.

Editors Note: We goofed. An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Julie Saywers as a board member and had mistakenly omitted Anthony Ruiz. We sincerely apologize for the error.

A Schroon-Seagle-Stardom Connection

This is one feel good story: Sean Panikkar, a former Seagle Music Colony Tenor is a last minute addition to a new group, who make it big on NBC’s America’s Got Talent!

The group – Forte – wows the judges  -- including Howard Stern and Heidi Klum --  singing Andre Bocelli’s “The Prayer,” and move onto the next round.

Seagle’s Tony Kostecki always knew Sean Panikkar was destined for big things having tipped us last year as “one to watch”.

Says Tony:

We already knew that Sean, like all our SMC young artists, had talent, but now America knows too!  Make sure to watch to the end of the clip, when judge Howard Stern says "the new guy is the strongest singer".

You can read Sean’s bio here.

And make sure you tune into NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” next Tuesday night, July 30, as Sean continues his new journey.