Rangers use sled, headlamps, microspikes in rescues
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Forest rangers used a sled to haul an injured woman out of the woods in the Adirondacks.DECShow MoreShow Less
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An injured hiker is prepared to be placed in a snow sled.DECShow MoreShow Less
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NORTH ELBA State forest rangers over the past week took a woman out of the woods with a possible dislocated hip in the Adirondacks and assisted two hikers who were lost in the dark near the treacherous Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskills.
On Jan. 18, a ranger was notified of a hiker with a possible hip dislocation on the Cobble Hill trail in the Saranac Lake Wild Forest. Three rangers responded and when they arrived they found a 52-year-old woman from Lake Placid with a possibly dislocated hip. After placing her in a vacuum splint, the rangers put her into a litter and sled. She was brought to the trailhead and transferred to the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service for additional medical treatment.
Columnist Price Chopper employees Ashton Winch, Tyler Lautenschuetz, Antonia Asa Thomas, William Vaillancourt, Emily Schwartz and John Trummer pose with their face masks. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff) Rev. John Yonkovig (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Price Chopper employees Ashton Winch, Tyler Lautenschuetz, Antonia Asa Thomas, William Vaillancourt, Emily Schwartz and John Trummer pose with their face masks. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Wishing someone a “happy new year” feels a bit odd, to say the least, during a pandemic and its resulting economic crisis.
It’s made worse by a government incapable of providing relief to individuals and state, county and local governments, and, through them, first responders, teachers, doctors, nurses and others risking their health in support of others.
Christmas tree (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Lucy patiently waits in her box. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
When I was growing up at our motel on Wilmington Road, having a Christmas tree was a bit of a challenge. We had cats that liked to leap up at low-hanging ornaments, especially the round silver or gold ones, really anything that had a reflective or sparkly surface. Once they were destroyed, the cats would scale the tree in search of a few more. My first effort to decorate the tree in a cat-proof way was to hang the string of lights, ornaments, tinsel and star above in the traditional way; all except I left out the tree. I hung everything from thin black threads attached to the ceiling. It took several days to accomplish this task, but plugged in, the treeless Christmas tree lit up, and everything tinkled and looked wonderous, but no tree. The cats were not happy, and our motel guests were agog.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID A home on Victor Herbert Road was heavily damaged after a fire broke out there late Monday night. The house which was built in 1953, according to Essex County property records was unoccupied when the fire broke out. No one was hurt, according to Lake Placid Fire Chief Torry Hoffman. The cause of the fire is under investigation by Essex County fire investigators. After the Lake Placid Police Department investigated a call about smoke in the area and confirmed there was smoke billowing from the eaves of the home, the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 9:44 p.m. Twenty-two firefighters arrived at 163 Victor Herbert Rd. to help.