July 15, 2010 @ 8:00 pm

WILD STORM:  A violent thunderstorm blew through the region uprooting trees and damaging a vintage airplane at the Plattsburgh Airport. 

BUDGET BATTLE:  The Governor follows through on his promise to veto nearly 67-hundred spending items added to his budget by the Legislature, and sends a new revnue bill to the Assembly and Senate that includes a 4% property tax cap and would allow SUNY schools to set their own tuition rates.  The Governor is threatening to call lawmakers back to Albany as soon as next week to try to force them to pass a final budget. 

JACK SHEA LAW:  The Governor came to Lake Placid this week to the Olympic Museum to sign a new law that fixes a loophole in the current DWI laws, allowing more medical personnel to draw blood from suspected drunk drivers.  It was named after Jack Shea, the Olympic gold medal winner who was killed by an accused drunk driver 11 days before his grandson Jimmy Shea won Olympic gold in Salt Lake City in 2002.  The driver who struck and killed Jack Shea never went to trial because his blood test, that prosecutors say showed he was 2-times over the legal limit, couldn't be used as evidence because his sample was drawn by an advanced E-M-T without direct supervision by a doctor.  The new law changes that, and expands the medical personnel authorized to draw blood samples. 

HISTORIC LISTING:  The 1932 and 1980 Olympic bobsled track was added this week to the National Register of Historic Places.  Governor David Paterson attended the ceremony celebrating the efforts of Phil Wolff, the oldest living bobsled pilot in the United States, who led the campaign to get the track the special desigation. 

REMEMBERING ED KETCHLEDGE:  We remember Ed Ketchledge, an avid outdoorsman, forestry professor, and conservationist who helped create the Summit Steward program to help protect rare, alpine plants at the top of the High Peaks in the Adirondacks.  We re-broadcast an interview Ketchledge did with Derek Muirden in 1996.

July 8, 2010 @ 8:00 pm

RECORD HEAT:  The region sizzles from a heat wave that prompted health alerts and made life difficult for many, especially firefighters who had to battle 2 major fires in the heat. 

BUDGET BATTLE:  The Governor follows through on his promise to veto nearly 67-hundred spending items added to his budget by the Legislature.  The Senate has yet to pass a final revenue bill, and budget talks are in limbo. 

MISTAKEN IDENTITY:  The Executive Director of the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is detained and put in handcuffs at the border returning from Canada not once, but twice.  Homeland Security blames computer problems for the confusion over her identity and that of a wanted fugitive from Georgia. 

REMEMBERING DENNIS APRILL:  We were saddened to learn of the death of Press-Republican Outdoors Columnist and guide book author Dennis Aprill.  Dennis joined us on the program just a few weeks ago, and as a tribute to Dennis, we'll re-air that interview this week.

July 1, 2010 @ 8:00 PM

DOUBLE FEATURE:  We have a special edition of Mountain Lake Journal with 2 local filmmakers whose very first movies were both showcased at the Lake Placid Film Forum.  We'll meet Laurie House of Essex, New York, and talk about her documentary on the wild world of extreme skateboarding.  We'll also meet Brewce Martin, who is the force behind the outrageous skateboard park in rural Appalacia featured in the documentary.  

• For more information and to watch the trailer:  www.skatopiathemovie.com 

Also, a Vermont dairy farmer fulfills his dream of becoming a filmmaker.  George Woodard talks to Paul Larson about what motivated him to make the movie, and why selecting his lead actor was such an easy choice.

• Watch the film's trailer:  www.pastureproductions.com/PastureProductionsHome.html