ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES, & LOCAL EVENTS
[Updated 6-11-2011]
ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES:
NEW:
Summer 2011 Announcements & Postings:
- Road Clean-Up Day: July 9th, 9AM. Meet at Lower Pond Way.
- Annual membership meeting: July 23rd, 10 AM, at Jeff Sienkiewicz's camp, 39 Lower Pond Way. Topics of discussion: Kingdom Dam status (see below for newly posted documents on the Dam, available below), weeds, water and road reports, and more. Speaker TBA. We'll be providing refreshments and coffee. Please come!!!! If you have new business you want to present to the meeting, please send a note to Gerry Zahavi, President, Lincoln Pond Association, 4172 Lincoln Pond Rd., E-Town, NY 12932, and we'll add it to the agenda.
- KINGDAM DAM INSPECTION REPORTS ~ Posted June 2011): Kingdam Dam Phase 2 Final Report, Revision 1, Vol. 1: Kingdom_Phase 2 Final Report Volume 1. | Kingdam Dam Phase 2I Report - Vol 2 (Hydraulic and Hydrologic Supplement for Kingdam Dam on Lincoln Pond: Kingdom Phase 2 H&H Final Report, Vol 2.
OLD:
1) "Everything You Wanted To Know About Property Assessment and
Taxes But Were Afraid To Ask." Learn “successful grievance
tips. Wednesday, August 13 - 5:30pm, Adirondack History Museum Elizabethtown.
The Elizabethtown–Lewis Chamber of Commerce is hosting a public
forum with Real Property Assessor David Galarneau. Taxpayers from all
towns are welcome. Call 873-9225 for more information. Refreshments
provided by the Elizabethtown-Lewis Chamber of Commerce.
2) Saturday, August 23rd, 2008, 3 PM at Elizabethtown Town Hall.
LPA DISCUSSION FORUM: "ACHIEVING A FAIRER TAX SYSTEM."
The Lincoln Pond Association is starting a yearly educational forum
with an examination of an issue that is of concern to all North Country
residents: building a fairer tax system. Presentations by John Whiteley
(Tri-County Committee for Property Tax Relief, Ticonderoga, NY) and
Frank Mauro (Director, Fiscal Policy Institute, Latham, NY) will precede
a general discussion. The event is free and open to the public. Contact
Gerry Zahavi at gz580@albany.edu or 942-5933 to give us ideas for future
forums.
3) OCTOBER 2008 – END OF THE YEAR GET-TOGETHER - Columbus Day
Weekend. Start a new tradition by joining us for one last chance to
socialize for those still around in the fall. The exact date, time,
and place still to be determined.
Watch for updates on these events on our website, www.lincolnpond.org,
and on signs posted around the lake!
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LOCAL EVENTS:
[1] For information
on Winter Regional Activities in the Adirondacks, go to: http://www.saranaclake.com/calendar.shtml.
[2] Otis Mountain
Music Festival, August, 2008. See: http://www.otismountain.com/
for more details.
[3] Bird Banding at
Crown Point (annual event).
.
Every May, bird
banders from around the region converge on the Crown Point State Historic
site for three weeks of intense banding activity, led by Master Bird
Banders Mike Peterson and Gordon Howard. Listen to a recent radio
documentary (aired on WRPI-Troy) on banding at Crown Point: "Ring
'Em and Fling 'Em":
RealMedia. | MP3.
Time: 26:43
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