Three meaningful but enjoyable events set Saturday
by Dan McClelland
Three meaningful but potentially fun events are on tap this coming Saturday, as Tupper Lake moves into its early summer agenda.
The Jamie Rose Power Walk will be again staged Saturday where friends and family members of the late Jamie Rose Martin will again do their best to “break the silence of domestic violence.”
The event is a tribute to Jamie, who was murdered by a former domestic partner a half dozen or so years ago. It’s a call from the grave by the young mother for the community to do whatever it can to stop the scourge of domestic violence, which comes in many forms.
The event will be between 11a.m. and 2p.m. at the Tupper Lake Municipal Park Rotary Pavilion.
The registration cost includes a souvenir shirt, a swag bag and a donation to the Jamie Rose stop domestic violence fund.
To register go to jamierosepowerwalk.racewire.com.
There promises to be plenty of raffles, good music and games.
More details can be found in our “Events Calendar,” sponsored by the Merrill J. Thomas/ The Gillis Team, which appears in this issue for the first time this summer season.
After the power walk, the attention will turn to the VFW Post No. 3120 at 196 Park Street where the local veterans are staging what they are calling “a triple toss fundraiser” for the Veterans Memorial Park in the center of our uptown business district on Park Street.
Monies raised will help the local veteran organizers buy an Amish shed for storage there, and to update the landscaping and sprinklers there, which were originally donated by the Brainard Beausoleil family over a decade ago.
There’ll be plenty of picnic-style goodies served at the post from 3p.m. to whenever the fun is done.
The triple toss will be comprised of three games- corn hole, shuffle board and darts. Teams will consist of two players and their will be first, second and third prizes for the best shooters and tossers.
Saturday here will also be the start of Tupper Arts’ speaker series featuring an afternoon with Dr. William Tortolano, beginning at 2p.m.
The learned speaker’s talk will be on the Group of Seven, an early 20th century group of influential Canadian painters. It’s free but donations are always welcome to support the arts organization’s many events throughout the year. The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts is the co-sponsor of the lecture.
On Friday evening the weekly Friday night stargazing begins for the season at the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory at 178 Big Wolf Road. It’s a free laser guided tour of the heavens. Call (518) 359-3538 for details.