CHEERS to four college students seen at Broad Street and Draper Avenue at about 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, trash bags in hand, picking up the neighborhood. The cynics are going to suggest that it was they or their cohorts who made whatever mess they were cleaning up in the first place. That would be ungenerous. For whatever reason, these kids were doing their part to improve the looks of the surroundings and deserve credit for it — and at an hour when a lot of students were still snoozing from their activities on Saturday night. This observation was called in to us, indicating that not everybody who lives in a student neighborhood thinks the kids are a liability.
CHEERS to the organizers of the inaugural Jim Kordziel Greater Adirondack Playday for third-fourth and fifth-sixth grade basketball teams in the region. Kordziel, who was the popular business administrator for the Lake Placid Central School when a fatal heart attack felled him in November 2007, was involved in many youth-related activities throughout his life, serving as an official for high-school basketball games and coaching youth teams in baseball, basketball and soccer. The playday games were played in the Lake Placid High School gym throughout the afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 8. The High School Varsity Club operated an elaborate concession stand that included homemade baked goods and hamburgers and hot dogs grilled outside in the frigid temperatures. It was a well-planned Saturday, with all proceeds benefiting the Jim Kordziel Scholarship fund. JEERS, though, to the teams that signed up to participate but were no-shows, dealing organizers something of a setback as the pre-arranged schedule of games had to be modified to allow all the teams to play three times and concessionaires had to eat some of proceeds. It's simply unfair and unacceptable for teams to commit to play and then not show up, without so much as a call to organizers. Not a good example to set for impressionable third-to-sixth-graders, either. Perhaps a minimal entry fee would've guaranteed that the missing teams at least make an appearance.
CHEERS to the state correction officers represented by the New York State Correction Officers and Police Benevolent Association. NYSCOPBA donated to CVPH Medical Center's Pediatric Unit 10 DVD players and many movies so hospitalized children will be able to view a wide choice of age-appropriate movies during their stay. Wal-mart donated carts on which to store the DVDs. The union has a great deal on its mind and its agenda these days, as the state leans toward prison closures to shore up budget deficits. The fact that it has time and attention to spend on something so warm-hearted is indeed a tribute to the COs' and union officials' spirit. We're lucky to have them in such great numbers in our community, and we earnestly hope they get the news on prison futures that they want.
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