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SARANAC LAKE — After 18 years as the director of the Ice Palace Workers 101, Dean Baker is retiring from the position and passing the mantle on to Joe Plumb,

SARANAC LAKE — After 18 years as the director of the Ice Palace Workers 101, Dean Baker is retiring from the position and passing the mantle on to Joe Plumb

The Homer City Council will hold a public hearing at its next meeting on Sept. 25 before deciding whether to partially fund the local small business adviser position.

To the editor: This year I was again privileged to be able to supervise the building of our Ice Palace. As usual, there are many people and organizations to thank for making it possible. To start at the beginning, this year the weather was not with us when we needed it. Prior to building, we cleared the ice field, then got several inches of wet, heavy snow. This prevented us from plowing as the snow created slush on top of the ice. Up to this point, Dan Trim and I had been plowing using his four-wheeler and the four-wheeler belonging to the Carnival Committee — thanks, Dan. I need to tha...