Lizzy in old Lake Placid area newspapers

[evilentity]

I found a bunch of old Lake Placid News (LPN), Adirondack Daily Express (ADE), Plattsburgh Press-Rebulican (PPR) articles archived as black and white PDF scans that mention Lizzy, some with photos of her:

 

December 1, 1987 ADE

Maybe someone had Fig Newtons off-camera at her SNL performance.   

December 17, 1987 LPN

"Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night" caroling. Too much of a stretch for Early Shows or my next covers show you think?   

Also, if she was born in 1986 as she claims, she wouldn't have been even one and a half years old in these photos. Does she look only 18 months old to you? 

 

In fact, that trenchcoat makes her look even older than two and a half. Serious Jon-Benet Ramsey vibes. #creepy

 

May 10, 1996 LPN

Pretty sure the caption's wrong and that's her in the middle. And I thought you said Custard Mustard N Brew "was the only place in [Lake Placid] to go to get vanilla ice cream". 

 

May 17, 1996 LPN

Tri-Lakes Birthright is the local chapter of an anti-abortion organization (cue faux anti-feminist controversy  ) that offers support to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

 

January 7, 2000 ADE

Someone find that shopping bag!   

 

 

 

Here's a rundown of the rest of the references:

 

Involvement in Sports

• Skiing. "Lately, the students of St. Agnes School have accomplished a lot out of school. Many SAS students particpated recently in some exciting ski races: NYSEF World Cup race for JV (ages 7-10). Placings are as follows... Elizabeth Grant 20th". January 25, 1995 LPN

  Sports page box score showing her run time and placing ("8. Elizabeth Grant   44.33") in the Ed Damp Junior V World Cup. March 12, 1996 PPR

  "The New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF) held its annual family race and picnic for participants in the.series last Saturday, at which time the final standings were released... Elizabeth Grant (259)... Completed the top 10." March 23, 1996 ADE

• Skating. "The following scholarships have been awarded by the Skating Club of Lake Placid to the skaters named below... $50 scholarships for ice or lessons... Elizabeth Grant." March 27, 1997 ADE
• Softball. She played center fielder for her middle school team. "Elizabeth grant [sic] OF-C". April 10, 1998 LPN

Involvement in Other Extra-curricular Activities

• Choir. "The Lake Placid High School (LPHS) concert started off with the chorus singing 'Psallite'. They song many traditional Christmas Carols [sic]. The chorus personnel are... Elizabeth Grant". March 7, 2000 LPN

  "After the Women's Ensemble it was the high school chorus' time to shine... Medley from 'Les Miserables' had many soloists, such as... Elizabeth Grant". June 23, 2000 LPN

  What song do you think she sang?

• Performed in a variety show (as well as Chuck and Charlie). June 23, 2000 LPN
• Secretary of the high school Key Club. "On Tuesday May 9, the Key Club members welcomed new leadership... Congratulations also go to the new secretary. Elizabeth Grant". June 23, 2000 LPN
• Staff of the Blue Times Bomber, the school newspaper which appears to have been an insert in the Lake Placid News. January 28, 2000  March 17, 2000 LPN  June 23, 2000 LPN
• Confirmation. "On Sunday afternoon. May 21, at 4:30 p.m.. Bishop Gerald Barbarito, bishop of Ogdensburg, came to Lake Placid and confirmed more than 50 people from area Roman Catholic churches, including St Agnes... It was a beautiful and solemn ceremony, with the church's altars and pillars decked in red, the bishop in his red chasuble (robe), wearing his miter on his head and holding his staff in hand. On the altar, dozens of red roses arranged in large vases added to the festive atmosphere. The 17 Lake Placid young people, all dressed in white robes, who received the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of confirmation included... Elizabeth Grant". May 26, 2000 LPN

Honor Roll

 

There are also many articles that list her on the honor roll:

• Grade 7, High Honors. January 9, 1998 LPN  February 13, 1998 LPN  March 27, 1998 LPN  March 27, 1998 ADE  March 30, 1998 PPR  May 29, 1998 ADE  June 9, 1998 ADE  June 19, 1998 LPN  July 31, 1998 PPR
• Grade 8, Honors. March 5, 1999 LPN  March 8, 1999 ADE  March 12, 1999 LPN  May 7, 1999 LPN
• Grade 8, High Honors. June 18, 1999 LPN  July 20, 1999  July 23, 1999 LPN
• Grade 9, Honors. December 24, 1999 LPN  December 31, 1999 LPN  January 28, 2000 LPN

This establishes pretty well that she started 9th grade in the fall of 1999. Unless you skip a grade, kids are 14 or 15 when they begin 9th grade (or at least turn 14 shortly after it begins). If Lizzy was really born in 1986 as she claims, she would have just turned 13 the summer before. 

 

 

Family Members

 

There's also a lot of articles mentioning other members of her family. I didn't spend a ton of time looking at those, but they appear to be mostly about her parents' efforts to organize opposition to a development project (Lake Placid does really remind me of Twin Peaks sometimes) for classic NIMBY reasons, her dad's real estate listings, and Chuck and Charlie's sports exploits (including a huge fish she caught).

 

However, this article describes in greater detail her dad's furniture company mentioned in that Domain Name Journal profile on him and this article gives more background on her family's ownership of "God Bless America" singer Kate Smith's home-- which Lizzy mentioned in this article and was the inspiration for the original title of AKA-- and their attempts to sell it at a large profit rather than an affordable price for the Kate Smith/God Bless America Foundation who wanted to turn it into a museum.

 

Note: Please let me know if any of my links appear wrong. That's a lot of links to copy and paste!

[cartoon eyes]

.

[Rebel]

Holy shit I'm not sure if I'm absolutely amazed or creeped out.

[TrailerParkDarling]

This is really cool. That part about the fig newton was so cute.. seems like Patty was a bit of a pageant mom, huh?? 

 

I loved seeing all this, she seemed like she was the town's little darling. Makes her seem more normal...even if she was a teen Abercrombie model and grew up in Kate Smith's home hahaha. Also interesting to see how extensive her religious background was! 

[lauradelxx]

I swear you are lisbeth salander, amazing research

[Alicia]

This is amazing

[lanareydelmar]

Wow, thank you so much 

Stalker level: God

[YUNGATA]

imagine evil's college essays  :airplease:

[DUKE]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for this.

 

Imagine the hilariousness of updating her Wikipedia page with all that concrete information, including dates few people care about only. I suppose a very certain party involved wouldn't be too happy about it, though.   

[Mileena]

that is awesome! wow, great find. 

[BoomKack]

Evil you have wayyy too much time on your hands 

[TIARNZUS]

               

[my ol man isa batman]

 lpnews@northnet.org    

 

 

[MaryTeamLana]

You're fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

[Hello Heaven]

And evilentity achieves the almost impossible that nobody else can be bothered to do once again 

[LDRO]

She makes me look like a couch potato. HOW MUCH STUFF DID SHE DO

[slang]

Great researching.

 

LDR seems seriously un-messedUp and well-integrated. Her extra-curricular creds seem good enough for a choice ivy-league school, yet I think she chose Fordham because it was closer to the music scene she wanted to be a part of. The age issue is interesting, but I have a problem believing she could lie about her age without being found out (birth certificates are public records?). On the other hand she's modeling at age 18 months and the trench coat picture is unnerving. But still her being an early walker could  also mean she was precocious and, if so, she probably did skip a grade.

[Alicia]

Im confused when did the teenage drinking come into play, it all seems so settled

[Creyk]

You can tell she was ambitious even back then, just not in the forefront.

The same way she prefers to be even today, that's why she liked doing Young & Beautiful for the movie.

[radiodasirius]

OMG. When I become famous everyone's gonna see my NASTAR ski racing times, my spelling bee wins, and my swimming times. Not to mention my poem about sand.