FISU Games Torch Relay Tuesday at SUNY ADK on route to Gore, Lake Placid
(Credit: Courtesy FISU, 2022)
Sidekick Creative of Glens Falls designed the logo for the 2023 Winter World University Games. The design evokes both the form of an athlete and the Adirondacks themselves.
From a press release: The Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games Torch Relay Celebration arrives at SUNY Adirondack Community College and Gore Mountain Tuesday, Jan. 10 as part of the 16-stop tour that culminates in the FISU Games’ first carbon-free cauldron lighting in Lake Placid. The cauldron lighting will open the 31st FISU World University Games Winter Edition on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.
The torch relay celebration, which is powered by Hydro-Quebec, will be welcomed by students, local officials and dignitaries, along with Games mascot Adirondack Mac in special ceremonies at each site. Details include:
Tues. Jan. 10
10 a.m. – SUNY Adirondack Community College campus, 640 Bay Rd., Queensbury.
1 p.m. – Gore Mountain base lodge, 793 Peaceful Valley Road, North Creek.
The Lake Placid 2023 FISU Games, an 11-day competition and educational festival, will feature 1,443 collegiate-athletes, ages 17-25, from more than 540 universities across 46 countries. The competition consists of 12 winter sports contested throughout northern New York, including Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Wilmington, North Creek, Canton and Potsdam.
Competition and training in snowboarding, freestyle and freeski are scheduled for Gore Mountain each day of the Games.
Torch relay celebration dignitaries include: SUNY Adirondack Community College -- President Kristine Duffy; Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins; Tony Metivier, Deputy Supervisor of the Town of Queensbury; Kevin Geraghty, Warren County Board of Supervisors Chair; students and student-athletes; Gore Mountain -- Town of Johnsburg officials Justin Gonyo and Pete Olesheski; Gore Mountain general manager James Bayse.
For the first time the FISU Flame is being carried in a sustainable torch, with no actual combustion or flame present. Instead, in keeping with the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Games’ mission of sustainability as part of its Save Winter campaign, LED lights in the torch produce a brightly illuminated FISU Flame in a carbon-free presentation.
The 22-inch-long torch was created and built by Adirondack Studios of Argyle, N.Y., the same studio that built the award podiums for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. The custom-made torch consists of elongated steel encasing a glacial-blue body, representing an artistic interpretation of ice and water.
Warren County landowners: Watch for emerald ash borer infestation
From a press release: Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District (WCSWCD) staff are warning landowners in Warren County to watch for impacts on trees from emerald ash borer infestation after additional areas of damage from the invasive insect were noted recently in Queensbury and Lake George.
Emerald ash borer (EAB) infestations were found in the towns of Chester and Warrensburg in 2020, and county staff recently noted ash trees that had been damaged by EAB on Flat Rock Road in Lake George and on Route 9 at the Queensbury/Lake George town line.
Jim Lieberum, WCSWCD District Manager, said the continued spread of EAB should prompt landowners to inspect ash trees to watch for the insect’s presence, as EAB kill ash trees within 2 to 4 years of infestation, leaving trees susceptible to storm or wind damage.
There is no statewide or regional treatment program for EAB at this time. Those with ash trees in yards or around their homes should contact a forester or tree service to assess their situation. WCSWCD or New York State Department of Environmental Conservation staff can be contacted by those who own woodlots with ash trees to review their options.
The DEC’s webpage on EAB, which shows photos of damaged trees, can be found here.
For more information, log on to the websites of the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program or the Capital Region Prism Partnership For Regional Invasive Species Management.
WCSWCD staff can be reached at 518-623-3119 for questions.