aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com Henry A. Homburger and his four-man bobsled team of heavyweights from the Saranac Lake Sports Association round a sharp curve during one of the four heats they won on Saturday, Feb. 7, 1931 to capture the first North American A.A.U. Championship event for four-man teams at the newly opened Mount Van Hoevenberg run, built for the III Olympic Winter Games in 1932. The winning team’s time total was 7 minutes, 31.35 seconds for the four flying trips. Homburger was the engineer for the bobsled run and earned an Olympic silver medal for the U.S. in 1932 for the four-man event.
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Introducing BA Santamaria[1]
“Sometimes depicted as a man totally dedicated to principle, even perhaps despite consequences, he emerges…rather as an agile political pragmatist reformulating theory to suit the purpose at hand…
“[Santamaria’s] driving will is the explanatory key which allows us to see our intrepid anti-communist crusader not so much as a grand conspirator, but as a tragic figure in the classic sense, whose own indomitable will and imagination betrayed him, seducing him into a political adventure which was bound to fail.”
– Fr Bruce Duncan[2]
Bartholomew Augustine – more commonly just BA or “Santamaria” – Santamaria stands as one of the most impactful and provocative characters in Australian political history. He was one of “relatively few Australian political figures” to “leave a lasting impression on their country’s history and moral life”[3]: he deeply entangled himself in major historical events, especially the Labor Party split i
Romance at House
Love is in the air at Couldrey House this month, as the popular Summer Magic open air concert returns with a distinctly romantic theme on Saturday, February 27.
The historic house and gardens in Wenderholm Regional Park will be open from 4pm and all ticket holders receive free entry to the 19th century homestead.
The concert starts at 6pm and this year features a quintet of singers from Auckland’s Opera Factory, who will perform a Love & Romance programme of popular songs from opera, operetta, Gilbert & Sullivan, jazz and musical theatre. Singers include sopranos Emma Sloman from New Zealand Opera and Christina Ellison, winner of the Becroft Aria award and female lead in Torbay Theatre’s recent production of Oklahoma! Other singers include baritones Arthur Adams-Close and Campbell Ellison, and they will all be accompanied by David Kelly, who is principal pianist for NZ Opera and plays regularly with the Auckland Philharmonia and Chamber orchestras.
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