February is “Heart” month

Heart disease kills an esti-

mated 630,000 Americans

each year. It's the leading

cause of death for both men

and women. Since 1963, Feb-

ruary has been celebrated as

American Heart Month to urge

Americans to join the battle

against heart disease. For

more information, log on to:

www.heart.org.

3-6FA, “Swift and Bold” FRSA Flash Thursday, 2 February 2012

National Wear Red Day 4 February 2012

2/3 Military Free Lift Tickets 1200-1700 Dry Hill

2/3 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge Ski Resort

2/4 Saturday Opening, Off the 1000-1300 OTBP Gift Store

Beatin’ Path

2/4 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival 1400-2200 Parks and Recreation

2/4 Chili Cook-Off 1100-1500 Dulles State Office Building

2/4 Jack T Sweet Ice Fishing Fun Day 0700 (all day) Krings Point

2/5 Super Bowl Sunday 1600 The Commons

2/5 USO Super Bowl Bash 1700-2300 USO

2/6 DONSA

2/6-9 Resilience Training Marathon 0930-1430 ACS

2/7 Bravo FRG Meeting 1730 BN Classroom

2/7 Golf FRG Meeting 1800 Rhicard Hills Community

Center

2/8 Military Free Lift Tickets 0930-2200 Titus Mountain

2/9 Soul Food Buffet Lunch 1130-1330 The Commons

2/10 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge Ski Resort

2/12 LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY

2/14 Valentine’s Day Dinner 1700-2100 The Commons

2/15 Alpha FRG Meeting 1800 BN Classroom

2/15 Volunteer of the Month Ceremony 1030-1130 The Commons

2/16 Mrs. Merritt’s Welcome Luncheon 1045-1300 The Commons

2/16 Coffee 1800 BN Classroom

2/16 Division Mountain Salute, DCSM 1600-1700 Magrath Gym

2/17 Military Free Ski and Tubing Day 1200-1700 Dry Hill

2/18-21 DIVISION DONSA/President’s Day Weekend

2/20-24 Local Schools Winter Break

2/21 Mardi Gras Buffet 1100-1330 The Commons

2/23 African American/Black History 1100-1300 The Commons

Month

2/23 Mountain Remembrance 1630-1700 Main Post Chapel

Ceremony

2/24 Chili Cook-off 1700-1900 The Commissary

2/24 Retirement Ceremony 1600-1700 Multi-Purpose Auditorium

2/24 Right Arm Night 1700 The Commons

2/26 Syracuse vs. Army Lacrosse 1400 Carrier Dome

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Command Safety Office

Stay Alert to Stay Alive!

Please remember that listening to IPOD’s, MP3 Players, radio players, etc. is prohibited while walking/running on the roadways, shoulders, or crossing the street on Fort Drum. There has been an increase of pedestrian accidents across the US due to earphone usage around roadways. Also, it is mandatory for all personnel, Military, Civilian, and Family Members to wear reflective material while exercising on the roadways. If you have any questions, please call 772-0310.

Health Care

National Donor Day - a day where one can give the gift of life. National Donor Day was started by the U.S. Department of Health and Human service in 1998. While many celebrate 14 FEB as Valentine’s Day and give away cards, candy and flowers to their loved ones, some encourage themselves to give the ultimate gift of love by signing to become the donors of organs and tissue. With the support of US Department of Health and Human Service; Valentine’s Day has been des-ignated as National Donor Day to increase the awareness of the lives that can be saved by donating organs and tissues. It is estimated that 50 lives can be touched and saved if one person becomes the donor of organ and tissue. To learn more about donating the gift of life, check out the following website: http://www.organdonor.gov/index.html .

ARMY MEDICAL HOME

Guthrie’s new addition brings with it a

new initiative! Army Medical Home

(AMH) is an active approach to estab-

lishing a “medical home” for everyone

- which means improved Continuity of

Care! Your healthcare needs are coor-

dinated by your individual medical pro-

vider who is leading a care team of

medical professionals providing con-

tinuous, comprehensive, and personal-

ized prevention-based healthcare. At

Guthrie, the Home Care Teams include

"Red," "White," "Blue", and "Gold".

Each consists of medical assistant,

nurse, PA and a provider, ensuring you

are cared for by the same Family

health team. Do you know who your

Primary Care Manager (PCM) is? Do

you know what “HOME” you are on? If

your answer is NO, please contact

Guthrie Clinic at 315-772-2778.

GUTHRIE REMODELING CONTINUES

Patients and visitors to Guthrie Clinic

are asked to remain alert to ongoing

remodeling efforts within Guthrie

Clinic. This may result in new signs

going up that require patients/visitors

to utilize alternate routes to gain ac-

cess to the Pharmacy, restrooms, and

other areas. MEDDAC Command ap-

preciates the Fort Drum Community’s

continued patience while Guthrie un-

dergoes its continued facelift.

TRICARE PHARMACY HOME DELIVERY

Your Choice Matters! Take advantage

of convenience, safety and savings

with TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery

(TPHD). With TPHD, picking up your

prescriptions is as easy as picking up

your mail. Maintenance medications

are delivered to your home – eliminat-

ing trips to the retail or military phar-

macy. Sign up for Automatic Refills

and your medication will be sent to

you automatically when it’s time. You

can also request refills by phone or

online 24 hours a day, seven days a

week, at 1-877-363-1433 (have your

maintenance medication prescription

information and your doctor’s tele-

phone number by the phone when you

call), or via www.express-scripts.com/

TRICARE

American Red Cross 772-6561

New Volunteer Orientation: Will be

held on 7 March in the American Red Cross

Office, RM B1-35 in Clark Hall at 1300, please

call 772-6561 to sign up or stop by our of-

fice.

Key Volunteer Opportunity-

Specifically we are looking to fill our human

resources based Coordinator of Volunteers

position that assists in the oversight/

management of our volunteer program. If

interested in this volunteer position please

call 772-7373.

Visit us on Facebook: American

Red Cross Fort Drum!

National Donor Day

14 February

Training available at ACS

The Watertown Rescue Mis-sion is looking for volunteers to assist at their Thrifty Shop-per store on Arsenal Street. When an individual shops at the store, the proceeds from the purchase goes to the homeless and poor. Volun-teers will assist stocking the shelves, organizing sections of the store, assisting cus-tomers and many other day to day tasks. They are looking for day to day volunteers as well as for two events they have coming up and will need volunteers to assist with. Feb 4– Buy One Get One Sale; Feb 5- 46% off Su-per Bowl Sale; Mar 10- 50% off winter items only. For more info, contact Lisa DeAn-gelo; Dir. of Volunteer Svc at the Mission at 315-701-3841 or lisa_deangelo@rmsyr.org

Resilience Training: Marathon: 6-9 February, 0930 – 1430, ACS.

To make a reservation, please call 772-0470/2848. Class is open

to all Family members and DoD / DA Civilians.

Key Caller Training: 14 February, 1400-1500 or 1700-1800, ACS.

OPSEC Training: 27 February, 1300-1430.

CARE Team Training: 21 February, 0900-1230, ACS.

Stress Management: 7 February, 1330-1530.

Anger Management: 21 February, 1330-1530.

Scream Free Parenting: 22-23 February, 0900-1500.

Couples Communication: 10 February, 1330-1530 .

Volunteer Opportunities

Fort Drum Fitness

Gym: Hours of operation are

Monday-Friday, 0600-2100,

Saturday and Sunday, 0900-

1700.

Pool : Monday-Friday, 0830-

2030; Saturday and Sunday,

0900–1600.

H ealth Management

Program is an assess-

ment to get individuals

into a fitness, lifestyle and nutri-

tional program. Cost is $10. Re-

ceive a personal exercise and nutri-

tion report. Fitness Instruction in-

cludes equipment skill qualification,

free weights, cardio respiratory

equipment, body composition, ex-

ercise prescription and program-

ming. Call for an appointment.

Aerobics Fitness Classes are free

and are Monday-Friday, morning

and evening classes. Classes of-

fered are Power Zumba, Zumba,

Zumba Toning, Cardio Fit, Yoga,

Yoga Sculpt, Spin, Spin Sculpt, Belly

Dancing, and Core. Call 772-4936

for class schedule. Battalion and

Brigade Level Organizational and

Family Days can be reserved on

weekends only at the Monti Physi-

cal Fitness Center. Two Personal

Trainers are now available. Initial

consultation to include goal setting

and basic information costs $10.

After initial consultation each one

hour session will cost $25. Specials

and promotions will be offered.

Trainer will focus on strength train-

ing, cardio, weight loss, pregnancy,

and post pregnancy. Participants

must be ID card holders and 18

years of age and older. Trainer is

available Monday-Friday, 5:30-9

pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 9 am

-5 pm. Log your Walk to Afghani-

stan miles monthly at Monti Fitness

Center. Pavilion Rentals are $25

plus $25 cleaning deposit per pavil-

ion rental.

Water Aerobics Classes are held

Monday-Friday, 0930-1030 and

Tuesday and Thursday evening at

1830-1930. consist of low-impact

classes designed to improve cardio-

vascular endurance, increase mus-

cular strength, and enhance flexibil-

ity. Exercises will target those hard

to tone areas. Classes offered are

Aqua Fit, Aqua Tone, Aqua Zumba

and H20 Blast. Classes are Free.

Free swim lessons are offered to

Solders only by appointment.

Wave pool is run on weekends

1000-1100, 1200-1300, and 1400-

1500.

**Functional Fitness Center is lo-

cated at the Arts & Crafts Center-

Operating hours are Monday – Fri-

day, 0700-1300, Saturdays, 1000-

1700 and closed Sundays. Open to

active duty military, **Family mem-

bers and DoD civilians.**

Magrath Gym update:

POOL WILL BE CLOSED 19 DECEMBER 2011 – 8 MAY 2012 FOR REPAIRS.

Monti Fitness Center hours

& Pool hours of operation

The outdoor deck is enclosed with

a 6 ft fence for privacy which makes

Due to Magrath Pool Closure,

extended hours will be observed

at Monti Physical Fitness Center

Enjoy the Fort Drum Trails

Sports & Leisure

At the Commons

WWE Pay-Per-View Wres-

tling - The Winner's Circle

Sports Bar has all of the ex-

citement of viewing WWE Pay-

Per-View on the big screen.

Admission is $3. Doors open

at 1800. Live preshow will be-

gin at 1930 with the feature

event starting at 2000, 19 FEB

-Elimination Chamber.

Super Sunday -Watch the final game on the large screen TV's while enjoy-ing your favorite snacks and beverages. Free half-time buf-fet served and drink specials. Drawing for a $100 gift card courtesy of USAA at halftime, 5 FEB at 1600. Ultimate Fighting Champion-ships - Check out the Pay-Per-View UFC Fight Night at the Winner's Circle Sports Bar. Pre fight activities begin at 2100 with the main event be-ginning at 2200, 4 FEB- Doors open at 1900.

SKI TRIP TO TITUS MOUNTAIN,

MALONE NY with BOSS for Soldier

Appreciation Day

DATE: 11 February

DEPARTURE TIME: 0730

RETURN TIME: NO LATER THAN

2200

This is free to anyone with a mili-

tary ID. BOSS will cover rental costs

for any single Soldier who does not

have their own equipment that

travels with us. Sign up for this

event for married Soldiers, Family

members, and children will be al-

lowed one week prior to the trip

with no rental costs being covered.

Any Families who wish to drive

themselves can go and ski for free.

4th Annual Jack T Sweet

Family Ice Fishing Fun Day

Saturday, February 4th

Join us at Krings Point State

Park for a day of Ice Fishing and

Fun. Starting at 7am lasting all

day.

Fishing is not mandatory, over

16 will need a license.

will be other activities as well.

Bring a lawn chair, wear some

warm clothes, and be ready to

have some fun, as we remember

our very own HERO.

Directions:

Take 81 north to exit 50 N onto

Route 12N. past Alexandria Bay

approx.. 5 miles to Krings Point

Road. Follow to State Park, look

for banner.

For more information contact

Glenn Sweet @ 315-286-1835

Kids Corner….. CYS Services Sports Programs:

S tart Smart General Devel-

opment Program:

Basketball for 3-5 year

old, registration through 24 Febru-

ary. Cost $20 for a 6 week program

runs on Saturdays from 25 February

– 31 March, 2012. The program

focuses on teaching children and

their parents throwing, catching,

kicking/punting, shooting, dribbling

and running/agility skills in a safe,

fun environment. . Visit the CYS

Services Sports Office at 435A

Oswego Ave. or call 772-6718.

Youth Center Programs:

Syracuse Woman’s Basketball

Game, 7 Feb, 2012 , 1630-2300,

3-on-3 Basketball Tournament,

10 & 11 February 2012, 1800-

2000;

African American/Black History

Event, 17 Feb 2012, 1730-1900,

Indoor Paintball 17 Feb 2012,

from 1800-2100, cost $5 for

m e m b e r s , $ 1 0 f o r n o n -

members;

Syracuse Men’s Basketball

Game, 22 February 2012, 1630-

2300 (Space is limited to 12

teens);

Syracuse Stage Play, 25 Febru-

ary 2012, (Caroline, or Change)

1330-1900 cost $15.

SKIES instructional Program:

Drama & Theater, Art Programs,

Sew Kool, Kids in the Kitchen, Taek-

wondo, Tiny Tot Martial Arts, Draw-

ing, Gymnastics and Tumbling.. Call

SKIES office for more information

on cost, ages and times at 772-

0629.

Parent and Youth Orientation are

required for all members within 30

days of member registration. Ori-

entations are on 13th and 27th Feb-

ruary 2012 from 1800-1900. For

more information please call the YC

at 772-6719.

Black River Children’s

Author

Hope Marston

will be at the library

11 February from

1330-1700. All ages

welcome.

Military Parents Night Out **FREE**

Armed Services YMCA is hosting Military Parents Night Out

The Y will be hosting FREE Childcare for all active duty military families at the fol-lowing locations and times. Fairground YMCA- Febru-ary 3 & 17, March 9 & 23, April 13 ***Military Parents Night Out at the Fairgrounds will run from 6-9:00pm Carthage YMCA- January 21, February 18, March 17, April 21 ***Military Parents Night Out at the Carthage Y will run from 5-8pm Ages 6 weeks to 11 years of age Space is limited! Military ID required to reg-ister Registration opens the 1

st

of each month for Parents Night Out. In Person Reg-istrations will be taken at all 3 YMCA Front Desks. Registration will close for Parents Night the Wednesday before the event takes place.

You may sign up for Two Parent Nights each month.

If you have questions, please call YMCA Project Strong Communities at 315-755-2016.

Activities will include Gym-nastics, Arts and Crafts, Basketball, Soccer, Music, Gym Games and FUN!!! (light snack will be provided)

Religious Activities

A chaplain is always as close as a phone call away. After duty hours, call 772-5647 and ask for the duty chaplain. Family Life, 772-5540: Day-treat 24 February 2012 0930-1500 Po Valley Chapel P4405. POC CH (MAJ) Rick Cantrell.

St. Michael’s Catholic Congre-gation 772-0160: Catholic Mom’s Group meets Mondays at 1000 at the Main Post Chapel, offering moms an op-portunity to gather for adult con-versation, while their children play in a safe environment. Military Council of Catholic Women 772-0160: MCCW meets Wednesdays at 0930 at the Main Post Chapel. The First Friday of the month includes Adoration & Mass. Rosary for Peace meets Wednesdays at 1130 in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Child care is available. Protestant Women of the Chapel 772-5591: PWOC would like to invite you to join us for fellowship, friendship, and faith. For more information on PWOC send an email to presi-dentftdrum@gmail.com. Religious Education: Catholic Religious Education Program is held Sundays at 0930; RICA meets Sundays at 1230, and Catholic Youth meets at 1230 at the Youth Services Building. Protestant Religious Education meets on Sundays at 1100; studies for adults and children. AWANA meets Wednesdays at 1730 and the Teens of the Chapel meet Sundays at 1730 at the Youth Services Building.

Kids Corner…..

7 FEB - FRG Reader,

14 FEB-Valentine’s Party,

21 FEB-Pajama Movie Night,

28 FEB-Unicycle Riders

Monument Ridge Community

Center (1400-1600), come in

and do a sand art craft, enjoy

some snacks too!

23 Feb- Adirondack Creek Com-

munity Center (1400-1530)

make popsicle stick snowman,

color winter scenes and play a

small game along with cookies

and cocoa.

24 Feb- Rhicard Hills Commu-

nity Center (1400-1600) make

Boondoggle bracelets, and

snacks and juice will be pro-

vided.

P arent to Parent The Par-

ent to Parent program

provides informative and

interactive parent workshops to

groups or organizations in the local

community. Workshops run from

20 minutes to an hour. We can

tailor workshops to meet your

group’s needs. Participants re-

ceive high quality resources and

materials which will assist them in

their role as their child’s best advo-

cate

February workshop is ...

“Coping Skills: Children and

the Military .Life Style.” What

is resiliency and why is it so impor-

tant for our military children?

Though we would all like to protect

our children from adversity, we

cannot protect them from all chal-

lenges and problems. Military

Families the every life stresses as

well as the additional stresses of

PCS moves and deployments. This

workshop outlines the 7Cs of cop-

ing and resiliency. Parents will

leave this workshop with real world

ideas of how to instill and nurture

confidence, competence, connec-

tion, character, contribution, con-

trol and coping skills in their mili-

tary child. We cannot raise invul-

nerable children. Our goal, then,

must be to raise strong children

who can handle the bumps and

bruises that the world has in store.

We need to prepare them to cope

with difficult challenges and bounce

back ,

Upcoming Workshops

Make Your Own Valentine,

McEwen Library, Fort Drum, 14

February, from 1000 – 1100.

Dance, Move and Shake to the

Music, McEwen Library, Fort

Drum, 28 February from 1000 –

1100.

Family Nights

Community Center

Activities

Housing News…..

REMINDER: There is no

parking on the roadway in the

housing areas from 1 Nov to

1 April. This is required so

snow removal operations are

not negatively impacted and

allows emergency response

vehicles safe access while

serving the community.

CURFEW: Garrison Policy

Memorandum #11-18, Fort

Drum Curfew for Minor Chil-

dren. The curfew applies to

minors, defined as 17 years of

age or younger, who live or

work on, travel to or visit

Fort Drum. The curfew hours

are from 2200hrs - 0500hrs

Sundays through Thursdays

and from 2400hrs - 0500hrs

Fridays and Saturdays. This

means that minors meeting

the age defined in the policy

cannot be outside the home

unsupervised during the times

mentioned above. The Direc-

torate of Emergency Services

Law Enforcement Division

will be enforcing this Policy.

Violation of the policy may

result in an appearance before

the Juvenile Disciplinary

Control Board.

The off-post housing rental market

continues to have less than 1%

available rentals being reported

from the area’s largest apartment

complexes.

As of 24 Jan 12, there were 29 ade-

quate rental units available for rent

off-post. These apartments range

from one to four bedroom units

available. The rental market

changes daily please check with the

local apartment managers. Check

our apartment guide found on the

Fort Drum web page

Due to the high market demand,

check back often for changes and

be prepared to move fast when

apartments become available. Fort

Drum is working closely with off-

post officials in getting new housing

projects started.

There are currently some 250 new

apartment units under construction

and another 340 that will start in

the spring. Another 700 units are in

the final planning stages, with in-

centive financing provided by State

and Local governments, and should

also start next spring.

We expect over 1,300 new units

will be opened in late 2012 through

2014. Information on available

homes for sale can be found at:

www.nnymls.com T

here continues to be hundreds of

homes for sale from $50,000-

$175,000 in a 30 mile radius of Fort

Drum in Jefferson, Lewis and St.

Lawrence counties.

The new On-Post Housing Wait List

Policy in effect 1 January 2012 is

already showing its benefits with

some 60% newcomers housed com-

pared to 10% previously.

On-Post Housing

Notes

Arts and Crafts… and Automotive.. Oh My!!! Hours of operation are Tues-day-Friday, 1100-1900, and Saturday and Sunday, 0800-1600. Equipment/Services available are regular bays, vehicle lifts, paint booths, body bays, weld-ing bays, wheel balancing, tire changing, and towing. Safety Orientation Classes are free and is required to use the Automotive Skills Center and is offered Tuesday-Friday, 1200-1700, and Saturday 1000. Welding Class will be held on 2 February at 1700. Manda-tory class to use Auto Crafts welding equipment. Brake Class will be held 9 February at 1700. Class will show you the difference be-tween disc and drum brakes and will also go over ABS brake system and wheel bear-ings. Emissions Class will be held 16 February at 1700. Manda-tory class to use emissions tester that checks check en-gine lights will save you time and money. Basic Electrical Class will be held on 23 February at 1700. This class will help you under-stand the basic wiring in your vehicle. Basic Car Care Class is of-fered Tuesdays and Thurs-days, 1700-1830. Class is co-sponsored with Child and Youth Services. Signup at Youth Services. Resale Lot is closed and will reopen 1 April 2012. Must have valid plates and insurance. Cost is $10 for 30 days and located in front of the Firestone building. New and improved car washes coming soon. Winter hours for the Car Wash located on Me-morial Drive is open Monday-Friday, 0800-1900 and Satur-days, 0800-1600. Car Wash on First Street is open Monday-Friday, 0800-1900, and Satur-days, 0800-1600.

Call 772-5785 or 783-5784 for more information.

Hours of operation are Wednesday and Thursday, 1200-1900, and Friday and Saturday, 100-1700. Kolorful Kreations - An area has been set up for ceramic painting at your leisure. The Arts & Crafts is of-fering an area to come to and paint a ceramic project at your leisure. Pur-chase a piece of Bisque then paint it for $1.75 per inch. Cover Coat paints and brushes are provided (enough to paint each item, not to keep), then we dip in glaze & fire the project for you. Come on down during our operational hours and get started. Accompanied children 5 and up may participate. Parties may be booked 2 weeks in advance, minimum of 8 for each party. Stop in for more details. Glass Fusion Class takes a glass bottle and transforms it into a cheese tray, wind chimes or dish. We can melt the bottle for you our glass kiln. Cost is $1/bottle plus $3.50 for the cost of paper required to use in the kiln. Bottles need to be clean with all wrappers removed. We have an as-sortment of bottles on hand for sale already slumped for $6 each. Studios are open for your use on a walk-in basis all patrons are charged a $1 per hour. Qualification classes are required in woodworking, framing, stained glass and ceramics. Staff is always here to help out once you have been certified. Woodworking Safety/Orientation Class will be offered 4 February 1000-1200. This one-class session is re-quired to use the woodshop and is $5 for supplies. Router Class will be offered 17 Feb-ruary, 1500-1700 to customers that have taken the Wood Shop safety class to further enhance their wood-working skills. Registration and pre-payment of $10/person is required. Basic Beginner Knit Class will be offered 3 February, 1030-1230. You will knit a simple cotton dishcloth and learn the different yarn sizes, types of fibers and techniques. Casting on,

knit stitch, increasing/decreasing, casting off and reading patterns. This class includes the supplies. Cost is $25 per person. Stain Glass Class will be offered 4 February, 1300-1600. In this class you learn the basics of stain glass from cutting the glass to soldering. Choose from several different sun catchers or create a special one of your own. This class is $30 with all materials provided. Ceramics will be offered 4, 11, 18 & 25 February, 1100-1500. Learn how to make unique gifts with a personal touch. Attend one mold class to get certified to pour your own ceramic pieces. We show you how to get started and supply all the materials needed to pour and fire your first project to bisque for just $5. No paints are included. Pottery Classes (three sessions) will be held on 1, 2, & 23 February, 1700-1900. Learn the basics of pottery, hand building, coil pots and the wheel. Instruction fee is $30 for all three sessions, plus supplies. Framing Classes will be offered 8-9 & 15-16 February, 1700-1845, 25 February, from 1300-1600, two hours each day to learn how to frame pic-tures or prints. Instruction fee is $20 plus materials for your project. Bring an item to frame (no bigger than 16 x 20). Beginner Sewing Class (three ses-sions) will be offered 9, 16, & 23 Feb-ruary, 1230- 1430. Learn how to op-erate a sewing machine, and then construct pajama bottoms. You will be given a supply list the day of the first class to purchase items to make your project. Instruction fee is $30 for all three sessions, you provide sup-plies. If you have your own machine please bring it along with instruction book. Call 772-6857 for more information.

Automotive Shop

Saranac Lake Winter Carnival

Beginning

The Saranac

Lake Winter Carnival began as an integral

part of Saranac Lake’s history as a renowned

health resort. Back in the late 1800s, the

village was a thriving logging community

nestled deep in the Adirondack wilderness.

The area’s pristine setting provided healing

and rejuvenation for hundreds of sufferers

of tuberculosis from all over North America.

In the course of “taking the cure” here,

many patients experienced a renewed pas-

sion for life, and took every opportunity, in

every season, to explore the natural beauty

that surrounded them. The long, cold Adi-

rondack winters with snow-covered moun-

tains and ice-encrusted lakes provided the

opportunity to enjoy outdoor recreational

activities such as skiing, sledding, and skat-

ing. In order to take a break from winter’s

chill and to promote “outdoor sports and

games”, the Pontiac Club was formed in

1896, and a year later, they sponsored the

first “Mid-Winter Carnival”. This first Win-

ter Carnival was a two-day affair that fea-

tured skating races, a parade and an “ice

tower” – features that have been, in one

form or another, part of every Carnival

since.

Construction

About six weeks before the Carnival, an ice

field is marked off on Lake Flower’s Pontiac

Bay. Once the ice reaches a suitable thick-

ness, the ice is partially cut using a saw that

was designed and built locally in the 1940’s

for the harvesting of refrigeration ice. It is

essential ly a huge circular saw blade

mounted on a sled and driven by a gasoline

engine. The saw can cut to a depth of ap-

proximately eleven inches. Since the ice

often reaches depths in excess of 20 inches,

the cutting process must be completed with

large hand saws that are relics of the tradi-

tional ice harvesting process. The blocks

taken from the lake are two feet wide and

four feet long, are anywhere from one to two

feet thick, and accordingly will weigh be-

tween four and eight hundred pounds!

The blocks are moved onshore via a con-

veyor belt, and are maneuvered into place

with “peaveys” – metal-tipped poles with

hinged metal hooks – and ice tongs. The 2’

by 4’ blocks are hoisted onto the structure

by cranes and “log loaders” and then ce-

mented to one another with a “mortar”

made of slush. As the slush freezes, the

block walls become rigid. While designs

vary from year to year and reflect the theme

chosen, a small palace requires about 1,000

blocks while a large one requires 3,000 or

more. Within each palace is an array of col-

ored lights that transform the Palace into a

vivid sculpture of ice and light every evening!

Be sure to look at the ice blocks carefully

because they sometimes have water plants,

fish or other items captured within them!

The Palace is generally adorned with

brightly colored flags and ice carvings reflect-

ing the carnival theme. Fireworks over the

palace take place at the opening ceremony

and again at the closing of the carnival.

Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is

being offered 4 February. Trip

leaves Parks & Recreation at

1400 and will return at ap-

proximately 2200. This is the

longest running event of the

kind in the eastern U.S. Now

celebrating its 114th anniver-

sary, the Carnival began as a

one-day event to break up the

long Adirondack winters and

has grown into a 10-day festi-

val that includes sports,

dances, performances, two pa-

rades and two sets of spec-

tacular fireworks above the

world-famous Ice Palace. Call

Parks & Recreation for more

information.

Carnival Schedule

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 7:30 p.m. - Coro-nation Of Carnival Royalty *At the Harrietstown Town Hall Sponsored By Women's Civic Chamber Post Corona-tion: Reception following the cere-mony at the Down Hill Grill 10 p.m.: Music – Alexis P. Suter Band (The Waterhole, $)* SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 10 a.m.: Ice Palace Fun Run (4 miles) (Ice Palace) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: 19th Annual Business & Professional Women Chocolate Fes-tival (Harrietstown Town Hall, $) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Lutheran Church Women’s Craft Sale (Harrietstown Town Hall, $) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Petrova Winter Carni-val (fun for kids) (Petrova Elementary School Cafeteria, $) 11 a.m.: The Curling Exhibition (Near the State Boat Launch site on Lake Flower) 11 a.m.: Paul Smith’s College Woods-men’s Exhibition (Riverside Park) 11:00 a.m. - White Stag Downhill Ski Races* (Mt. Pisgah Ski Center, $) 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Arctic Bar-B-Que (Mount Pisgah Ski Center, $) Pre-sented by the Friends of Mount Pisgah 12:30 p.m.: NBT Bank Ladies’ Fry Pan Toss (Riverside Park, $) 2:30 p.m.: Lost in Space – follow the clues (Riverside Park, $) Sponsored by the Women’s Civic Chamber 4:30-7:00 p.m.: 14th SL Figure Skating Spaghetti Dinner* (Methodist Church, $) Call for take-out – 891-3473

Park & Recreation

Trip Scheduled

Education….

If your son or daughter has a B average or above GPA from the report card… Take the report card to the PX either at the front or the customer service desk in the back to redeem a cou-pon book!!! Lots of good discounts not only in the PX, but also PX services such as items from the food court..

The Fort Drum OneStop Kiosks is your OneStop source for everything Fort Drum. 39 of these kiosks are located throughout Fort Drum at many locations such as ACS, Pine Plains Bowling Alley, Magrath Gym, Drum Inn, BOSS, Monti Physical Fitness Center, the Education Center and Clark Hall. Submit an ICE comment card about a service you just received or access online resources, AKO, forms and thousands of DoD webpage’s with vital information for work and play.

Jefferson-Lewis Board of Coop-erative Education Services has begun the 2011-12 GED classes at the McEwen Center, Tues-days and Thursdays. For infor-mation and registration contact Tina Frederick, Supervisor of Adult and Continuing Education at 779-7224. Columbia College at Fort Drum is the sponsor for academic credit by examination through their National Testing Center. For information contact Columbia College at 315-775-0128. Transfer of Post 9/11 GI Bill enti-tlement to spouse and/or chil-dren remains a retention issue. Soldiers gain eligibility for trans-fer after serving 6 years of credit-able service in the Armed Forces; a minimum of 3 years has to have been served on Ac-tive Duty after September 11, 2001. Transferability incurs a four year Additional Service Obli-gation (ADSO) that must be served either on Active Duty or in the Reserves from the date of the request. For senior non-commissioned officers and officers this may impact on their retirement plans or op-tions. Army policy on the ADSO waives a portion of it based on the service member’s calculated creditable service on 1 August 2009. If the service member was retirement eligible, they do not incur the ADSO. At 19 years of service they incur a year, at 18, two year. Service members with less than 17 years on 1 August will incur the full ADSO. Again, the ADSO starts the day the re-quest for transfer is made. Fail-ure to commit to or complete the ADSO invalidates the transfer; any expended funds must be re-paid to the VA. The Defense

Manpower Data Center (DMDC) recently changed the Transfer of Education Benefits (TEB) web-site to milConnect at http://milconnect.dmdc.mil. ESC 2012 Scholarship-Looking for money to help in paying for school? ESC can help in sup-plementing your education. We will be awarding 4,500 in schol-arships this year. Our scholar-ship deadline is 31 March. Ap-plications can be found on our Facebook page, just search for Fort Drum Enlisted Spouses Club. Fort Drum Women’s Conference-Registration for the 2012 Women’s Conference is now open! Print your applica-tions off from our facebook page: www.facebook.com/ftdrumwomensconference. Reg-istration is due before 1 March. Family Matters Blog: Military Kids Can Apply for Scholar-

ships, Elaine Sanchez

“The deadline is swiftly ap-proaching for the Fisher House Foundation's 2012 Scholarships for Military Children Program, conducted at military commissar-ies http://www.commissaries.com/> world-wide.

Applications must be completed and delivered – not postmarked, but delivered – to a commissary by close of business Feb. 24, according to an agency release. People can pick up applications at their local commissary or download it from the scholarship program's website http://www.militaryscholar.org/sfmc/index.html.”

Coupon Books

Let your voice be

heard

Make sure that your

youth are prepared!

HOME ALONE?

Deciding to leave your

children home alone can

be an

uncomfortable or scary

decision for any Parent.

Make sure your children

are prepared!

Sign them up for Fort

Drum’s imAlone Pro-

gram!

During this course, youth

will learn:

How to stay safe when

they are home alone

How to handle emer-

gency situations

Activities to do to keep

from being bored

How to be safe in the

kitchen

How to deal with the

conflict

When: SAT. Feb. 11, 2012

Where: CYS Services

Youth Center

Time: 0830-1500 (lunch

activity provided)

POC: Shalimar McDan-

iel, CYS Outreach Ser-

vices

Call Shalimar to sign

up @ 315-772-3677

or for more informa-

tion

Email : shali-

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Everyone welcome!

DO NOT HAVE TO BE

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AGES 10-15 FREE!

Fort Drum Tax As-sistance Center offers free tax re-turn preparation

Capt. Jordan Walerstein Tax Assistance Center Officer in Charge The Fort Drum Tax Assistance Center is scheduled to open Tuesday. Staffed by IRS trained and certified Soldiers, the TAC will prepare and electronically file your federal and state income tax returns free of charge. By filing your return electronically, you can receive your refund in as little as one week. Part of the Legal Assistance Office and the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, the TAC staff assists active-duty Sol-diers, mobilized Reservists on active duty for more than 29 days, retired ser-vice members and their Families. Under Army regulations, self-employed taxpayers and those involved in other private business activities are not eligi-ble for tax assistance services. (Family Child Care providers remain eligible.) The TAC staff also is equipped to pre-pare 2010 returns for Soldiers returning from deployment who were not able to file last year. Located on South Post at the corner of Lewis and Conway / First Street West in Bldg. T-120 (near the AAFES gas station and across the street from Be-havioral Health), the TAC will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning Monday, you may call 772-6727 to schedule a next business day appointment. Throughout tax season, the appointment line will open at 1 p.m. each day and will remain open until all appointments are filled for the next business day. The following documents are required to schedule an appointment:

Military ID (Common Access Card)

Social Security cards for you, your

spouse and dependents and/or a Social

Security number verification letter is-sued by the Social Security Administra-tion. (Your military ID is not sufficient.)

Birth dates for you, your spouse

and dependents listed on the tax return. Your Army W-2, which is available at www.mypay.dfas.mil. (Your leave and earnings statement is not sufficient.)

A voided check to receive your re-

fund by direct deposit. To file taxes electronically on a married-filing-joint tax return, both spouses must be present or have a special power of attorney or IRS Form 2848 authorizing you to sign the return. The following documents may be nec-essary depending on your circum-stances:

Individual Taxpayer Identification

Number (ITIN) assignment letter for you, your spouse and dependents;

Proof of foreign status, if applying

for an ITIN;

Wage and earning statement(s)

Form W-2, W-2G, 1099-R from all em-ployers of all of your Family Members;

Interest and dividend statements

from banks and brokers, including mort-gage interest statements (Forms 1099);

A copy of last year’s federal and

state returns if available;

Divorce decrees and receipts for

alimony paid or received;

Child custody and support orders;

Receipts for IRA contributions;

Total paid for day care provider and

the day care provider’s tax identifying number (the provider's Social Security number or business Employer Identifi-cation Number); and Receipts and other supporting documentation if you plan to itemize your deductions in lieu of the standard deduction. Visit www.facebook.com/drumtax for the most up-to-date information on the TAC. For more information, call the Fort Drum Tax Assistance Center at 772-3735.

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