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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
TODAY
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 and Recreation Dept.
Zumba-thon. 5:30 p.m. Elizabethtown Social Center. Adults $10, students 12 and up $5. Includes two Zumba sessions, a thank-you gift, door prizes and face-painting. 6 p.m. session is regular Zumba with Marci Wenn and Karin DeMuro; session 2 at 7:30 p.m. is blacklight Zumba with Kye Turner and Arin Burdo; wear white or bright clothing to glow under the blacklights or black to blend in. Proceeds support the Social Center’s 2013 Community Musical Production.
Parents Night Out. 6 to 9 p.m. Nazarene Church, 187 Broad St., Plattsburgh. Children ages infant through sixth grade; free pizza, demonstration by Villari’s Studio of Self Defense, crafts. Children should wear sneakers. Pre-registration at 561-1960.
Social Dance. 7:30 p.m. The Grange, Whallonsburg. Free dance lessons from Champlain Valley Dance. 8 to 10 p.m., dancing with music from DJ John. All ages.
SAT.-SUN., March 2-3
Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival. Slideshows and films at the Keene Arts Playhouse, Old Methodist Church, Route 73, Saturday, 8 p.m. presented by featured local skiers Dav Hough, Ron Konowitz, Chuck Boyd and Drew Haas. Tickets $10 at the door with raffle tickets also available. Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides in Keene Valley will lead guided ski tours for several ability levels on both days. Boyd will teach an introduction to avalanche safety and awareness on Saturday. Demos and mini-clinics will also be held at Otis Mountain in Elizabethtown from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Advance registration at www.mountaineer.com/skifest or call 576-2281. Mini-clinics and demos are free and no advance registration is needed.
SAT., MARCH 2
Benefit for Ron Duell. 2 p.m. Peru Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 309, Route 22. Spaghetti dinner, bake sale, Chinese auction, darts, DJ. Dinner $5 adults, younger than 10 free. Duell, 45, lives in Treadwells Mills with his wife, Heather, and three children. He has stage 4 colon and liver cancer that has reached his lymph nodes. To help with medical and other expenses. Call Pat at 846-7643 or Jay at 420-5756.
Dr. Seuss’s Read Across America Story Hour. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Adirondack Carousel, Saranac Lake. $5 per person includes storytelling, milk and cookies, free book and a ride on the carousel.
Draft-Horse-Drawn Sleigh Rides. Paul Smith’s College, Visitors Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths.
Square Dance. Clinton County Fairgrounds, Morrisonville. North Country Squares. Plus, 7 to 8 p.m.; MS, 8 to 10 p.m. Caller/cuer: Carl Trudo.
Benefit Car Wash. 8 a.m. to noon. Peru Fire Department. $5 donation per car.
Rummage Sale. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Agnes School, 2322 Saranac Ave., Lake Placid.
United Way Recognition Dinner and Annual Meeting. 5 p.m. Knights of Columbus, Keeseville. Cash bar at 5 p.m, sit-down dinner at 6 p.m. $21 per person or $160 for table of 8.
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Party. 2 p.m. Wells Memorial Library, 12230 Route 9N, Upper Jay. Come dressed as your favorite Dr. Seuss character. Story, craft, cake, family fun.
Cabin Fever Party. 5 p.m. Keeseville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1505. To benefit the North Country Honor Flight for World War II vets. Food, music prizes. $10 per person.
Story Time. 10 to 11 a.m. Chazy Public Library. “March into Mittens,” stories and activities about mittens. Ages 3 to 8.
Lyon Mountain Miners Ice Fishing Derby. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chazy Lake and/or Chateaugay Lake. Entry fee $20 includes meal at American Legion at 4:30 p.m. Weigh-in at the legion for prizes in categories perch, pike, trout. 578-5863 or 735-4401.
Clinton County Food from the Farm. 2 to 5 p.m. Plattsburgh Recreation Department gym, 52 U.S. Oval. Adults $10, $5 ages 5 to 12, maximum $30 per family. Chef David Allen from Latitude 44 Bistro to prepare dishes with local vegetables, meats and other harvest delights. Tickets in advance at www.cce.cornell.edu/clinton or at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 6064 Route 22 North, Plattsburgh.
21st-annual Literacy Challenge. Noon, Champlain Centre Mall, Plattsburgh. The Peru Lions Club, 2012 and five-time champion, will defend its title. Form a team and participate. Call 564-5332 to register. Proceeds benefit Literacy Volunteers. Sponsored by the Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary and the Press-Republican.
Open Hula Hoopin’. 1 to 3 p.m. The Grange, Whallonsburg. Great hoopin’ tunes and informal instruction proved by Kate Zogby. Practice hoops will be available, and new, handmade hoops will be for sale.
“Argo.” 7:30 p.m. The Grange, Whallonsburg. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, presented by the Champlain Valley Film Society.
Kids Night Out. 5 to 8:30 p.m. YMCA, Plattsburgh. Children will be able to use the climbing wall with trained staff attending them, will have pizza, swimming, group games, gym games and a Dr. Seuss craft. $12 member/$15 non-member. Limited to first 75 children. Call 561-4290.
Armed Forces Day at Titus Mountain. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Titus Mountain, 215 Johnson Road, Malone. All active, in-training and retired members of both the U.S. and Canadian armed forces, and immediate families, entitled to a complimentary day and night of skiing and/or snowboarding upon presentation of military ID. Tubing Hill passes will also be discounted to $13 for 2 hours or $20 all day. Lessons and rental equipment will be available.
SUN. MARCH 3
Super Bingo. 1 p.m. Knights of Columbus, Port Henry. $1,000 jackpot guaranteed. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
MON., MARCH 4
Bingo. 6:45 p.m. St. Mary’s Academy, 1129 Route 9 (Main Street), Champlain.
THURS., MARCH 7
Journey Into Reading. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Champlain Centre mall, outside Kay Jewelers, Plattsburgh. For infants and young children. Parents get tips on why and how to read to little ones.
Fourth-annual March Madness Ice-Cream Social. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oak Street School, Plattsburgh. Ice cream sundaes, $1, 10 cents per topping. To benefit the Adirondack Humane Society.
Anderson Falls Heritage Museum. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 96 Clinton St., Keeseville. Free.
FRI.- SUN, MARCH 8-10
Tag Sale. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. St. Ann’s Church, Mooers Forks.
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 and Recreation Department.
SAT., MARCH 9
“Four More Feet” film. 8 p.m. ADK’s High Peaks Information Center, end of Adirondack Loj Road, south of Lake Placid. The story of Randy Pierce, a totally blind hiker who takes on the challenge of hiking all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks in a single winter season.
Benefit Car Wash. 8 a.m. to noon, Peru Fire Department. $5 donation per car.
Music Appreciation Day. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Wells Memorial Library, Upper Jay. Ages 3 through 6 with Julie Robinson Robards, rhythm instruments, storytime and motion songs.
Healing After Suicide Loss. 12:30 p.m. Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh. Panel of survivors and mental health professionals address questions so many survivors face.
SAT. -SUN., MARCH 9-10
Winter Family Weekend. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Heart Lake, Lake Placid. Winter exploration for adults and children, including animal tracking, sledding, snow art, games and campfire. Adults/$10 a day, children $5 a day includes instruction and use of snowshoes. Preregister 523-3441. Sponsored by Adirondack Mountain Club.
SUN., MARCH 10
Shamrock Sunday. 12 p.m. Adult Center, Burke. Food, Chinese auction, 50/50. Music and dancing at 3 p.m. with Back Porch Band. $8 per person.
TUES., MARCH 12
Open House. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Seton Academy, 23 St. Charles St., Plattsburgh.
Business Open House. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, 94 Montcalm St.
THURS., MARCH 14
Square Dance. Clinton County Fairgrounds, Morrisonville. North Country Squares. Plus, 7 to 9 p.m.; MS, 8 to 10 p.m. Caller: Wendy Vander Meulen.
Journey Into Reading. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Champlain Centre, outside Kay Jewelers, Plattsburgh. For infants and young children. Parents get tips on why and how to read to little ones.
Anderson Falls Heritage Museum. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 96 Clinton St., Keeseville. Free.
FRI., MARCH 15
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 Department.
MEALS
SUN., MARCH 3
All-you-can-eat Breakfast. 9 a.m. to noon. Plattsburgh Elks Lodge, 56 Cumberland Ave., Plattsburgh. Adults, $8; children, $5; add an omelet for $2 more.
Spaghetti Dinner. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Weathercock, Route 9, Chazy. adults $8, ages 9 to 4, $5, 3 and younger free. Proceeds to benefit the Chazy Senior Housing.
All-you-can-eat Breakfast. 8 a.m. to noon. Ellenburg Depot Fire Department. Adults $7.50, children 6 through 12 $3.50, 5 and under free. Take outs available.
All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. Joseph’s Church Parish Hall, Treadwells Mills, Plattsburgh. Adults $6, children 6 to 12 $3, under 5 free.
Sunday Breakfast. 8 a.m. to noon St. Ann’s Center, Mooers Forks. Adults $8, seniors 65 and older $7, children 6 to 10, $3, 5 and younger free.
Firehouse Big Breakfast. 8 to 11 a.m. AuSable Forks Fire Dept. Adults $8, seniors $7, children $6.
Pancake Breakfast. 8 a.m. to noon. Fort Covington Adult Center, Fort Covington. Adults $6, children 6 through 12, $3.50, 5 and younger free.
Fish Fry. Noon to 1 p.m. takeouts. 1 p.m. sit-down dinner. The Wooden Nickel Pub, 8201 Route 9, Lewis. $5, all you can eat. Raffle, auction. Proceeds benefit the Elizabethtown and Lewis fire departments.
TUES.-THURS., MARCH 5-7
Cooked-to-order Breakfast. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Lyon Mountain American Legion Home. $5.
FRI., MARCH 8
Fish Fry. 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Parish Center, Chazy. $10 adults and takeouts, $5 children 6 to 12.
SAT., MARCH 9
All-you-can-eat Roast Pork Dinner. 4 to 6 p.m. Lyon Mountain American Legion. Adults $10, children 5 to 12 $6.
SUN., MARCH 10
All-you-can-eat Breakfast. 9 a.m. to noon. Plattsburgh Elks Lodge, 56 Cumberland Ave., Plattsburgh. Adults, $8; children, $5; add an omelet for $2 more.
All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Joseph’s Parish Center, West Chazy. Adults $6, children 6 through 10 $3, 5 and younger free. Sponsored by the St. Joseph’s Men’s Club.
Pancake Breakfast. 8 to 11 a.m. Plattsburgh District 3 Fire Department, Wallace Hill Station, Plattsburgh. Adults $7, seniors and children 5 to 12 $6.
TALKS
SAT., MARCH 2
“Effective Social Work in a Diverse World.” 1 to 3 p.m. Stafford Center Atrium/Theater, Clinton Community College. Dr. Patricia Reid-Merrit, professor of social work and Africana Studies at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and author. Pre-register at 562-4193 or Denise.Coughlin@clinton.edu.
“Campaign Finance Reform for New York State.” 1 p.m. Plattsburgh Town Offices, 151 Banker Road. Barbara Bartoletti, legislative director of the New York League of Women Voters, will speak on ongoing league research into current state campaign finance law, reasons for the system’s failure to stem undue influence and why this should be a concern to all citizens. She will also speak on proposals for reform, suggest ways the general public can demand action from legislators and answer questions from the audience. Free.
MON., MARCH 4
Women and the Civil War. 7 p.m. Clinton County County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Ave., Plattsburgh. Lecture and presentation by local author and re-enactor Vickie Evans, who will explore the many roles women played during the Civil War and how their participation in the war effort, on the home front and in the battlefields, influenced a change in women’s status in the 19th century.
TUES., MARCH 5
“The Future of Food: A Discussion with Local Farmers.” 7:30 p.m. Whallonsburg Grange Hall. With a panel of local farmers from the area talking about the important issues they face and that are of concern to consumers. $5, students free.
WED., MARCH 6
“North Country Honor Flight.” Noon, Elks Lodge, Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. Speaker, Danny Kaifetz, director of North Country Honor Flight.
THURS., MARCH 7
“Transgender Teens.” 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St.
“Education, Schools and Youth Leadership in Burkina Faso, Niger and Cote D’Ivoire.” 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh. Dr. Jean Ouedraogo, Dr. Robert Ackland and Marguerite Adelman discuss their trip to each place, focusing on the education system, SUNY Plattsburgh’s Youth Leadership Program with Francophone Africa and the Program for African Growth through Education efforts to build schools in Burkina Faso.
MEETINGS
TODA
Adirondack Mountain Club. 7 p.m. Second floor auditorium, Old Clinton County Courthouse, Plattsburgh. Algonquin Chapter features Frank Lescinsky and wife, Alethe, who will share their wide-ranging travel experiences in Australia and the island state of Tasmania. Business meeting to follow.
Minority and Woman-Owned Business Certification Presentation. 1 to 3 p.m. Olympic Center, Lake Placid. Learn how to become certified to do business in New York state and how to navigate the procurement process. RSVP 891-5523.
Disability Self Advocacy Support Group. Noon. North Country Center for Independence, 102 Sharron Ave., Plattsburgh.
MON., MARCH 4
Bouquet River Association. 7 p.m. Hand House, Elizabethtown. Annual meeting followed by slide show on BRASS activities.
TUES., MARCH 5
Civil Air Patrol. 6:30 p.m. Old Base, Plattsburgh. In the control tower at the end of Arizona Avenue, second floor. Cadet program ages 12 to 18, teaches aerospace education, emergency services, CPR, first aid, leadership, drug resistance programs, etc. Senior members, 18 and up, also welcome.
Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary. 7:30 a.m. American Legion Post 20, 162 Quarry Road, Plattsburgh.
Plattsburgh Kiwanis Breakfast Club. 7:30 a.m. Perkins Restaurant, Plattsburgh.
Parents Anonymous Support Groups. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country, 194 U.S. Oval, Plattsburgh.
Beekmantown School Board Policy Committee. 4:30 p.m., buildings and grounds office. Topic: Code of Conduct Regulations (extra-curricular).
WED., MARCH 6
TOPS 0730. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. United Way Building, 45 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh. Weigh-in, 6 p.m.
Plattsburgh Rotary Club. Noon, American Legion Post 20, 162 Quarry Road, Plattsburgh.
Overeaters Anonymous. 7 to 8 p.m. CVPH Medical Center, 75 Beekman St, Plattsburgh. Auditorium A.
Lyon Mountain Fire District Commissioners. 6:30 p.m.
THURS., MARCH 7
Parents Anonymous Support Groups. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country, 194 U.S. Oval, Plattsburgh.
Wells Memorial Library. 7 p.m. Upper Jay. Board of Trustees.
City of Plattsburgh Common Council Infrastructure Committee meeting. 5 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers, Plattsburgh.
Understanding Your Grief Support Group. 3 to 4:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 57 Church St., Saranac Lake. Based on the work of Alan Wolfelt in his book “Understanding Your Grief.” Sponsored by High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care Inc.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum. 7 p.m. War of 1812 Museum. Information meeting regarding the possibility of launching a new museum effort, to assess the level of community interest, ideas, opportunities. Contact Keith Herkalo at 420-7404 or kherkalo@charter.net.
FRI., MARCH 8
Disability Self Advocacy Support Group. Noon. North Country Center for Independence, 102 Sharron Ave., Plattsburgh.
PUBLIC BROADCAST
TODAY
TWC Channel 24. NCCS vs Saranac Lake hockey, NAC vs AuSable Valley varsity girls basketball, Home Town Memories. 11, 3, 7 a.m. and p.m.
SAT.-SUN., MARCH 2-3
TWC Channel 24. Talking Business with Joey Trombley “M.B. Clark Funeral Home,” Our Little Corner with Gordie Little, “Behind the Scenes with Peter Regnier,” What’s Going on Here with Bob Venne, “Aurel Parsons’ Railroad Collection.” 11, 3, 7, a.m. and p.m.
MON.-TUES., MARCH 4-5
TWC Channel 24. NAC vs Saranac Lake JV boys’ basketball, NCCS vs NAC varsity girls’ basketball, Home Town Memories. 11, 3, 7, a.m. and p.m.
WED., MARCH 6
TWC Channel 24. Champlain-Rouses Point vs Chazy fifth- and sixth- grade boys’ basketball, NAC vs AuSable Valley JV girls’ basketball, Tom Tyler Theater. 11, 2, 5, 8, a.m. and p.m.
THURS.-FRI., MARCH 7-8
TWC Channel 24. NCCS vs Franklin Academy Malone bowling, NCCS vs NAC varsity boys’ basketball, CCRS senior play, Rouses Point Village board meeting. 11, 3, 7, a.m. and p.m.
REGISTRATIONS
Saranac Central School District kindergarten registration. Saranac Elementary, 565-5900, March 5, 6 and 7. Call to schedule an appointment for screening, 565-5980. Child must be 5 years old by Dec. 1, 2013.
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.
SUNY Plattsburgh Child Care Center. Sibley Hall, Rugar Street. One opening in prekindergarten classroom. Eligible children must be 4 years old by Dec. 1. Program operates Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., offering children developmentally appropriate experiences in a nurturing environment. Weekly tuition is $155 and includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. Children of faculty, staff, students and the community at large are all eligible. Tuition subsidies may be available for SUNY students. Interested families should contact Director Sally Girard at 564-2274.
