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Residents of the town of North Elba Park District voted to pursue the 1980 Winter Olympics for Lake Placid in a special referendum on Tuesday. The vote was 726 to 576 against.

The referendum gave the officials of the town of North Elba permission to expend up to $20,000 in trying to attain the 1980 Winter Olympics. The first step toward the aim of securing the title of official United States bidder from the U.S. Olympic Committee came late last week.

At that time, USOC site selection committee chairman Newbold Black announced that only two cities in the country had submitted bids by the deadline. The two municipalities were Lake Placid, which put in a bid for the 1980 Winter Olympics, and Los Angeles, which had bid for the 1980 summer events. This makes Lake Placid the only bidder running for the USOC winter approval.

The formal presentation of a bid will take place in March 1974, when the committee will make its selection official.

The next step will then be presentation of the official U.S. bidder at the meeting of the International Olympic Committee in late March of 1974. The formal presentation of bids to the IOC is not scheduled until October 1974, when it is expected it will make the formal decision on the 1980 site. Besides Lake Placid, Vancouver, British Columbia has announced its desire to host the games.

Several government officials and elected representatives announced their support of Lake Placid’s hosting the games earlier this year when the delegation representing the village submitted a hastily assembled bid to the IOC after other USOC designates, Denver and Salt Lake City, withdrew.

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Egg Drop Contest

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Lake Placid Central School’s first Egg Drop Contest will be held at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21.

The contest is under the sponsorship of the Junior Class and under the direction of science teacher Harold Levine. The purpose is for students to create a device that will prevent an egg from breaking after falling 50 feet toward the pavement. The egg must be raw and unaltered, and the protective device must not be constructed of man-made materials. No “wings” or parachutes will be allowed to slow up the decent of the egg.

The eggs will be dropped in their protective container from the third floor art room to the pavement below. The contest is open to anyone over 10 years of age. The 25 cent entry fee will be used to fill the Junior Class coffers.

Dinners at McDonald’s will be presented to the winners. Awards will be based on whether or not the egg breaks, creativity and description of the device. Teachers will act as judges, and juniors will clean up after the eggs are dropped.

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Football win

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The Lake Placid Blue Bombers completely dominated the football field Friday night, Oct. 14, in Moriah with a 32-0 win, improving the team’s record to 3-2. There are three more games: Oct. 20 against Beekmantown; Oct. 26 against Holy Family; and Nov. 3 against Northern Adirondack.