LAKE PLACID – Stars on Ice begins its 2012 tour schedule with a Dec. 30 performance in Lake Placid at the Olympic Center that will be recorded for a syndicated TV special.

To the Editor:

Correct me if I am wrong but throughout our lives as kids and adults don’t we spend the majority of time sitting whether it be in class at school all day or at work in a cubicle or office.

Or maybe the fact that our children today are spending the majority of their free time in front of the TV, Internet, or smart phone.

The news out of Massena Central is that folks are unhappy with the superintendent. Got a bunch of people signing a petition and voicing their concern that the superintendent is leading the school in the wrong direction, that he is not in touch with reality, that the superintendent cares more about boosting his ego and building his resume. Sounds exactly like Norwood-Norfolk--and just like Norwood-Norfolk the Board of Education won’t listen to the taxpayers. Norwood-Norfolk residents never got a response from the Board about their petition to remove the current superintendent. Why?

MASSENA – Massena Police Chief Timmy Currier has formed a task force culled from across the county to deal with prescription drug misuse in Massena, and its impact on suicide rate and crime.

The Massena Prescription Drug Misuse Task Force (MPDMTF) will convene its first meeting Wednesday Jan. 18 at 3 p.m.

From left are Todd Mashaw, CEO/Treasurer at the Ogdensburg branches of St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union; Donna Hammond; Debbie Ormasen, Senior Accounting and Finance Manager; and Ed LaVarnway, Executive Director of the Frederic Remington Art Museum.

POTSDAM – The Potsdam Public Library Computer Center has a whole slate of classes scheduled for January that are fun and informative.

All of the services provided by P.C.C. are free of charge; but make a reservation to save a wasted trip.

For reservations, or if you require computer or employment help other than that offered below, contact René or Bob at 265-7230.

Clarkson University Assistant Professor of the History of Science Stephen T. Casper recently gave an invited lecture at the Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany.

His lecture was part of an international three-day conference, "Neuro-Reality-Check: Scrutinizing the 'Neuro-Turn' in the Humanities and Natural Sciences."

POTSDAM -- The Basketball Coaches Association of New York has selected former SUNY Potsdam All-American basketball player Mike Deane '74 for induction into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame.

Deane will be inducted with nine other members of the 2012 class on March 18.

As a player, Deane was one of the finest to ever don a Bears uniform. His

18.1 points-per-game average over three seasons is the highest in the history of the program. Deane is also Potsdam's career assist leader with