The Press-Republican events calendar appears every Friday. Be sure submissions reach the Press-Republican newsroom at least one week before the calendar in which they need to appear.
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EVERYTHING LISTED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Some events require preregistration or reservations, so make sure to look for those details.
EVENTS
SAT., MARCH 23
Maple Weekend. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sugar shacks include Homestead Maple, Chazy; Bechard’s Sugar House, West Chazy; Parker Family Maple Farm, West Chazy; Woods Maple Products, Chateaugay; 1812 Homestead Farm and Museum, Willsboro; Brow’s Sugarhouse, West Chazy; Black Rooster Maple, Keene; The Wild Center, Tupper Lake; Cornell University-Uihlein Forest, Lake Placid; Golden Arrow Resort, Lake Placid; Heaven Hill Farm, Lake Placid; VIC, Paul Smiths; Brushton-Moira Central School FFA, Brushton; Maple Knoll Farm, Minerva; Richard Atwood Maple Products, West Chazy. Activities include tours, tastings, pancake breakfasts, wagon rides, recipes, demonstrations. More information at www.mapleweekend.com.
Benefit Car Wash. 8 a.m. to noon. Peru Fire Department. $5 per car.
Cancer Services Program of Clinton County’s Winter Blues Walk. 11 a.m. walk, registration at 10:30. U.S. Oval, Plattsburgh. On behalf of Main Streets Go Blue and National Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Pre-regiser at 565-4993 or visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9RXCKXH. The first 100 people to pre-register receive a Winter Blues Walk T-shirt.
Easter Raffle. 7 p.m. Mooers Volunteer Fire Department at Fire Station. Raffles include cash prizes, dinner and breakfast baskets, hams, turkeys, Easter baskets and more. Light supper buffet at end of evening.
Easter Craft Show and Basket Raffle. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masonic Hall, 7692 Route 22, West Chazy. Sponsored by Miramichi Chapter 477, Order of the Eastern Star.
Roller Derby: Pint of Revenge Bout. Doors open at 5 p.m. Action at 6 p.m. Plattsburgh City Recreation Center, U.S. Oval. Lumber Jills face the Syracuse Battery Brigade skaters. Half-time show by Reality Check of Plattsburgh, part of youth action program.Tickets in advance $10, children age 5 to 12 $5, under age 5 free and at door $12. Proceeds to benefit the Impeerium Peer Network of Plattsburgh.
Maple Sugar Festival. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1812 Homestead, Reber Road, Willsboro.
Countdown to Easter Puppet Show. 6:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, Malone. JC and the Sonshine Hands.
Movie Spectacular: “The Croods.” 9 a.m. doors open, 10 a.m. movie showing, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, Route 9, Plattsburgh. $10 per person includes movie, small popcorn, face painting. Many shelter and therapy dogs will be on hand, along with St. John’s Feral Cat Fund, raffle prizes, Adirondack Mobile Veterinarian Services surgical unit tour. Advance tickets recommended, to be purchased at Elmore SPCA in Peru, Cumberland 12, Rescued Treasures, Dickey’s BBQ, Tails of the Adirondack or online at www.elmorespca.org. Proceeds benefit Elmore SPCA. Sponsored by Cinema 12, Studley Printing, WIRY 1340 and Eagle Country 97.5.
SUN., MARCH 24
Maple Weekend. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sugar shacks include Homestead Maple, Chazy; Bechard’s Sugar House, West Chazy; Parker Family Maple Farm, West Chazy; Woods Maple Products, Chateaugay; 1812 Homestead Farm and Museum, Willsboro; Brow’s Sugarhouse, West Chazy; Black Rooster Maple, Keene; The Wild Center, Tupper Lake; Cornell University-Uihlein Forest, Lake Placid; Golden Arrow Resort, Lake Placid; Heaven Hill Farm, Lake Placid; VIC, Paul Smiths; Brushton-Moira Central School FFA, Brushton; Maple Knoll Farm, Minerva; Richard Atwood Maple Products, West Chazy. Activities include tours, tastings, pancake breakfasts, wagon rides, recipes, demonstrations. More information at www.mapleweekend.com.
Lake Champlain Appaloosa Club Tack Auction. Noon, Rainbow Banquet Hall, 47 Woods Falls Road, Altona. Saddles, show and work equipment, blankets and various horse supplies.
Eggs-ordinary Easter Party. 1 to 3 p.m. Center Court (near JCPenny), Champlain Centre mall, Plattsburgh. Champlain Valley Transportation Museum will provide crafts for children, games, face painting and music.
Historic Easter Extravaganza. 10 a.m. Imaginarium Children’s Museum, Route 9, Plattsburgh. The Kent-Delord House Museum collaborating with Imaginarium Children’s Museum to host a historic-crafts and egg-decorating day to incorporate activities of the past to today. $6 per person, under 2 free.
TUES., MARCH 26
Literacy Volunteers Community Awareness. 4 to 6 p.m. Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce. To raise awareness of adult literacy education available.
THURS., MARCH 28
WWII Flights Benefit. 6 p.m. Church of the Nazarene, 187 Broad St., Plattsburgh. Lasagna dinner, 50/50 raffle, door prizes, memorabilia auction. $15, tickets on sale at McSweeney’s Restaurant, Route 3, Plattsburgh, reserve by phone or email HonorFlight@charter.net and pay on website at www.northcountryhonorflight.org. Only 80 seats available.
FRI., MARCH 29
Family Swim Night. 7 to 9 p.m. The Wellness Center at PARC, New York Road, Plattsburgh. $2 per person. Opportunity for a swim in a heated indoor pool to exercise or just float around. Sponsored by Town of Plattsburgh Parks & Recreation Dept.
SAT.,MARCH 30
CVPH Annual Easter Egg Hunt. 10 a.m. sharp on the front lawn of CVPH Medical Center, Plattsburgh. (The event is over quickly.) Open to children in second grade and younger, with a separate hunting ground available for kids age 3 and younger. Park in Medical Office Building lot near the Cornelia Street entrance. Easter bunny will be available for photos and hugs before and after the event. Weather- and lawn-appropriate clothing advised; kids should bring a basket for eggs.
Full-Moon Snowshoe Hike, Chili Chow Down and Easter. 6 p.m. Adirondack Interpretive Center, 5922 Route 28N, Newcomb. Experience nature at night in the light of the full moon. Meet at the historic Huntington Lodge for chili, $5, followed by an informal hike at 7 p.m. and a campfire with hot chocolate and an Easter egg hunt. Snowshoes available. 582-2000 or email aic@esf.edu to register.
Celebrate the Son Egg Hunt and Carnival Fun Day. 10:30 a.m. Turnpike Wesleyan Church, Plattsburgh. Egg hunt, egg coloring, basket decorating, flower planting, donkey petting/zoo rides, face painting, carnival games, bounce house, food and beverages. Geared toward families with children up to sixth grade.
Ekrub Players Easter Egg Hunt. 1 p.m. Chateaugay Recreational Park. 21,000 candy and prize filled eggs laid out for youth ages 1-12. DJ Pnutty will be on hand for some hopping tunes, and Propers Food, raffle tickets, Betty Bunny and other costumed friends for pictures.
Spring into Easter. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mooers Library. Games, popcake walk, bingo, coloring eggs.
Car Wash. 8 a.m.to noon. Peru Fire Department. $5 donation per car.
FRI.-SAT., APRIL 5-6
Rummage Sale. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Three Steeples United Methodist Church, 491 Route 11, Champlain.
SAT., APRIL 6
Book Sale. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sherman Free Library, Port Henry.
SUN., APRIL 7
Fling into Spring Polar Plunge. 11:30 a.m. Mohawk-Hudson Region, Essex. Suggested donation $25 with lunch. Register by April 3 374-5353, ext. 218 or www.plannedparenthood.org/ppmh.
THURS., APRIL 11
Relay for Life of Crown Point Kick-Off Party. 6 p.m. Crown Point Central School. Information for participants, giveaways and door prizes. Call 304-3872 or 597-9339 for information.
SAT., APRIL 13
Second Saturday Storytime. 10 a.m. The Bookstore Plus, 2491 Main St., Lake Placid. Celebration of tea parties with stories and a party.
15th-annual Fire and Ice Fundraiser. 5 to 11 p.m. West Side Ballroom, Plattsburgh. American Red Cross benefit, luau themed, includes silent auction, Hawaiian dinner entrees, live auction, music and dancing to a DJ. Over 20 corporate sponsors attending, great auction items including airline tickets, hotels, restaurant gift certificates. Ticket sales will absolutely close on April 5. $50 per person and tables of 12 can be reserved. Purchase online at www.american.redcross.org/nccfireandice2013, or at the Red Cross Office, 26 Emory St., Morrisonville.
Relay for Life Garage Sale. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. OLV Center (former elementary school behind church), 4949 South Catherine St., Plattsburgh.
Mon., APRIL 15
It’s Your Turn to Speak Up! Noon to 1 p.m. and also 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Impeerium Peer Network, 14 Healey Ave., Suite D., Plattsburgh. An event aimed to let citizens weigh in on what is happening in their communities. Impeerium is a peer-based program that provides mutual support for those who have used mental-health services or are currently using them. 324-6250.
SAT., APRIL 20
Street Jam Carnival. 3 to 5 p.m., SUNY Plattsburgh. A section of Rugar Street from Memorial Hall to Hood Hall will be blocked off for the event. Music, food and more. Sponsored by Club Caribbean.
SAT., MAY 11
Film Screening. 7 p.m. Lake Placid Center of the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid. “Invisible War,” Oscar-nominated Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning documentary about the epidemic of sexual assault in the U.S. military, followed by a panel discussion.
SAT., JUNE 1
Plattsburghers in Paradise. 5:30 p.m. Clinton County Fairgrounds at the Paradise Cove Bar and Grill, elegant barbecue catered by Anthony’s. Resort casual dress encouraged. Fundraiser sponsored by the Foundation of CVPH Medical Center. Contact the foundation at 561-2000 for tickets.
MEALS
TODAY
Pork Roast Loin Dinner. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Ticonderoga Masonic Temple downstairs dining hall. $10 adults, $6 children 12 and under. Tickets also available by advanced sale from members. Jointly sponsored by Mount Defiance Lodge No. 794 and Fort Ticonderoga Chapter 263 Order of the Eastern Star.
SAT., MARCH 23
Chicken and Biscuit Dinner. 4 to 6:30 p.m. Lyon Mountain American Legion Post 1623. $9 adults, $7 senior citizens, children under 5 free. To benefit the Harry Frenyea Memorial Horse and Miniature Pony Pull.
SUN., MARCH 24
Breakfast at the Elks with the Easter Bunny. 9 a.m. Plattsburgh Elks Club, Cumberland Avenue. 11:30 a.m. in the dining room for Easter egg hunt. Find the golden egg for a special prize. Baskets will be available. Adults $8, $5 children, under 5 free.
Fourth Sunday $5 Breakfast. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Peru Veterans Foreign Wars, 710 Pleasant St., Route 22B, near Schuyler Falls. Proceeds to benefit veterans.
Palm Sunday All-you-can-eat Breakfast. 8 a.m. to noon. Lyon Mountain American Legion Post 1623. Adults $7, children 5-12, $5, under 5 free.
TUES.-WED.-THURS., MARCH 26-28
All-you-can-eat Breakfast. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. American Legion Home, Lyon Mountain. $5.
SUN., MARCH 31
All-you-can-eat Breakfast. 9 a.m. to noon. Plattsburgh Elks Club, Cumberland Avenue. Adults $8, $5 children.
SUN., APRIL 7
Sunday Breakfast. 8 a.m. to noon. St. Ann’s Center, Mooers Forks. Adults $8, seniors 65 $7, children 6 to 10, $3, 5 and under free.
All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. Joseph’s Church, Treadwells Mills. $6 adults, $3 children 6 to 12, 5 and under free.
Guardians of the Ribbon Pancake Breakfast. 8 a.m. to noon. Beekmantown Fire Station No. 1. $6 per person, children under 5 free. In support of local women and children battling cancer.
All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chateaugay Knights of Columbus, Route 374, Adults, $7, children 6 to 12, $3.50, 5 and under free.
TALKS
SUN., MARCH 24
“Waterproof: Are Shrinking Ice and Rising Water the New Norm for the North Country?” 3 p.m. The Grange, Whallonsburg. By Curt Stager, ecologist, paleoclimatologist and science journalist.
“From Slavery to Citizenship.” 5 p.m. Peru Free Library. By Jackie Madison, president of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association uses her own family, over 4 generations, to open a very special window on history.
MON., MARCH 25
“Addiction Incorporated Screening.” 6:30 p.m. Cumberland 12, Plattsburgh. Free. Sponsored by Reality Check and Adirondack Tobacco Free Network. Community discussion will follow. First 50 people to attend will receive free popcorn. Registration is encouraged at atfn@co.clinton.ny.us or call 570-7784.
TUES., MARCH 26
“Making Sense of the Civil War.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Peru Community Church. Led by Lincoln scholar Jim Howard.
“The Dead Talks: Is Feminism Dead?” 11 a.m. Third Floor Reading Room, Feinberg Library presented by Dr. Simona Sharoni and gender and women’s studies students.
“Medicine and the Media.” 6 p.m. West Side Ballroom, Plattsburgh. By Dr. Wouter Rietsema, CVPH vice president and chief quality officer. Register at CVPH.org or at 562-7320.
THURS., MARCH 28
“Let’s Not Hide the Decline: More Aspects of Global Warming.” 4:30 p.m. Room 106, Hudson Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh. By Dr. Chris Walcek, senior research scientist at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany.
FRI., MARCH 29
“Discovery and Protection of Okapi, Bonobo and a New Species of Monkey in a Central Congolese Forest.” 10:10 to 11 a.m. Freer Auditorium, Paul Smith’s College. By Terese Hart and John Hart, part of the Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar series.
MON., APRIL 1
“Early Images of Plattsburgh.” 7 p.m. Clinton County Historical Museum, 98 Ohio Ave., Plattsburgh. By Roger Black, who has researched glass-plate negatives for the Clinton County Historical Association. Seating is limited.
THURS., APRIL 4
“The Spirit and Art of Conflict Resolution.” 7:30 p.m. Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh. By Tom Porter, director of the Program in Religion and Conflict Transformation at Boston University School of Theology, who delivers the 2013 Karl Cron Community lecture.
FRI., APRIL 5
“Specimen-based Modeling, Stopping Rules and the Extinction of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.” 10:10 to 11 a.m. Freer Auditorium, Paul Smith’s College. By Nicholas Gotelli, part of the Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar series.
FRI., APRIL 19
“Conservation of the Threatened Desert Tortoise: a Multidisciplinary Approach.” 10:10 to 11 a.m. Freer Auditorium, Paul Smith’s College. By Kenneth Nussear, part of the Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar Series.
TUES., APRIL 9
“Making Sense of the Civil War.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Plattsburgh. By Lincoln scholar Jim Howard.
TUES., APRIL 23
“Making Sense of the Civil War.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. North Star Museum, Ausable Chasm. By Lincoln scholar Jim Howard.
MEETINGS
TODAY
Disability Self-Advocacy Support Group. Noon, North Country Center for Independence, 102 Sharron Ave., Plattsburgh.
SAT., MARCH 23
Northern Lights Square Dance Club. 7:30 to 10 p.m. Northeastern Clinton Central School Middle School cafeteria.
MON., MARCH 25
Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System Board of Trustees. 4 p.m. 33 Oak St., Plattsburgh. Video-conference wtih Schroon Town Office.
High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care. 3 to 4:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Saranac Lake.
Lake Placid Institute Book Club. 7 p.m. Lake Placid Public Library. Selection is “Eight Girls Taking Pictures,” relating to the careers of Cymbeline Kelley, Amadora Allesbury, Clara Argento and other women drawn to chronicle times of war, political upheaval and peace often against a backdrop of their own struggles on the domestic front.
TUES., MARCH 26
Plattsburgh Public Library Board of Trustees. 4:30 p.m. Plattsburgh Public Library auditorium.
Westville Historical Organization. 7 p.m. Westville History Center, Route 37, Westville Center.
WED., MARCH 27
ROTA Gallery. 6 p.m. Discussion on what’s up at the space and scheduling of volunteers. ROTA Gallery and Studio, 50 Margaret St., Plattsburgh.
THURS., MARCH 28
Alzheimer’s Disease Support Group. 6 p.m. Will Rogers, Saranac Lake village.
Playing Card Club. Noon to 3 p.m. Elizabethtown Social Center.
Franklin County Solid Waste Management Authority. 3 p.m. Kitchen Conference Room, Courthouse.
FRI., MARCH 29
Disability Self Advocacy Support Group. Noon. North Country Center for Independence, 102 Sharron Ave., Plattsburgh.
MON., APRIL 8
Outback Riders ATV. 7 p.m. Conservation Building, Clinton County Fairgrounds, Morrisonville.
TUES., APRIL 9
Dannemora Free Library Board. 4:15 p.m.
THURS., APRIL 11
Peru Town Council. 6:30 p.m. To discuss the Park and Walking Trail.
FRI., APRIL 12
Algonquin Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. 7 p.m. Old Clinton County Courthouse, second floor auditorium. Speaker Gib Brown will present a slide show on Prague; The Golden City. Business meeting will follow.
PUBLIC BROADCAST
TODAY
TWC Channel 24. NAC vs Lake Placid varsity girls’ basketball, Beekmantown vs Albany girls hockey Upstate New York championship game, Chazy Town Board meeting. 11 a.m. 3, 7 a.m. and p.m.
FRI.-SAT.-SUN., MARCH 22-23-24
Hometown Cable Channel 15. Gordie Little and Calvin Castine take a tour through William H. Miner’s 1909 Heart’s Delight Farm book, followed by the 2013 North Country Skating Club show “Ice Xtravaganze,” and cattle sorting from Cache Stables in Mooers. Noon, 4, 8 p.m. and midnight.
SAT.-SUN., MARCH 23-24
TWC Channel 24. Talking Business with Joey Trombley. “Squirrel’s Nest Diner,” Our Little Corner with Gordie Little “Champlai Valley Transportation Museum, Rouses Point Village board meeting, What’s Goin on Here with Bob Venne. 11, 3, 7 a.m. and p.m.
MON.-TUES., MARCH 25-26
TWC Channel 24. NCCS vs Beekmantown varsity girls’ basketball, SUNY Plattsburgh vs Fredonia men’s hockey. 11, 3. 7 a.m. and p.m.
WED., MARCH 27
TWC Channel 24. Mooers vs Plattsburgh 5th and 6th grade boys’ basketball, Chazy vs Schroon Lake modified girls basketball, Beekmantown vs Saranac JV girls’ basketball. 11, 2, 5, 8 a.m. and p.m.
REGISTRATIONS
Plattsburgh City School Kindergarten Registration. 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 10 and 11. Children must be 5 on or before Dec. 1. Must present child’s birth certificate, immunization record, verification of address (two forms) and Social Security card. Not necessary for child to attend. Followup visit will be scheduled.
Morning Preschool Program at SUNY Plattsburgh Child Care Center. Fall registration for 3 and 4-year-olds. Preschool program operates from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday with developmentally-appropriate curriculum offered in nurturing environment. Open to campus and community families. For information on preschool or full-day programs, call Director Sally Girard, 564-2274.
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm, Essex. Openings for weekly playgroup, nursery and mixed-age kindergarten, birth to age 6. Daily outside time, farm activities, healthy whole-food snacks, singing and movement games, stories, puppet shows, artistic activities, festivals, community events. 963-7385.
Peru Nursery School. Accepting registrations for 3- and 4-year-olds. Must be 3 by Dec. 1. Call 322-9623.
Child Development Center of Clinton Community College. Children must be 3 by Sept. 1. Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call Angie Minehan at 562-4845.
Adirondack Helping Hands. Immediate openings for infant care. Located at Kaleidoscope Children’s Center, 427 Margaret St., Plattsburgh. 561-6361.
Adirondack Community Action Program Inc. Accepting applications from students in grades pre-K through six for program sites at Moriah Central School, Westport Central and Schroon Lake Central. Call (877) 873-3207, ext. 236 or 249, for application or acapinc.org.
JCEO Head Start Program. Accepting referrals and applications for the 2013-2014 school year. Child must be 3 or 4 years old by Dec. 1 and meet income guidelines or have a special need or disability. Call 561-6310 in Clinton County or 483-7022 in Franklin County.
Seton Academy. Accepting registration for pre-K through sixth grade, 2013-2014 school year. Call 825-7386 or www.seton-academy.net.
Beekmantown Central School Kindergarten Registration. Beekmantown Elementary, May 8, 9 and 10; Cumberland Head Elementary, May 15, 16 and 17. Registration by appointment only, 9 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Call Beekmantown Elementary, 563-8035, or Cumberland Head Elementary, 563-8321.
Universal Pre-Kindergarten Openings. Beekmantown and Cumberland Head elementary schools, half-day sessions. Must be 4 years old by Dec. 1.
ACAP After-School Program. Accepting applications for program sites at Moriah Central School, Willsboro Central, Westport Central, Schroon Lake Central and Elizabethtown-Lewis Central. Students in grades pre-K through sixth are eligible. Call (877) 873-3207, ext. 234 or 249, for application.
Holy Name School. Accepting applications. Preschool openings. Three-year-olds attend 8 to 10 a.m. Monday and Wednesday; 4-year-olds, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8 to 11 a.m. 647-8444.
CV-TEC Pre-K Program. Applications accepted for 3- and 4-year-olds. Morning or afternoon session, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 561-0100, Ext. 250.
