By Sue Ann Carpenter
January 14th, 2008
Highlands Today

LAKE PLACID — John Komasa likes to scuba dive, ride a bike, read and just get out and take walks.

Although an accountant by trade, he seems like a natural for a recreation director, and that's what he became a year and a half ago when he headed Lake Placid's parks and recreation department.

"I'm not in as good as shape as I used to be, and I took this job to get from behind the desk," he said.

Komasa's new job is not just a way for him to be more physically fit. He's also supervising some ambitious recreation projects for the town, but one venture that Komasa feels really made a difference is the new Miracle League.

The League is for those with a physical or cognitive disability that prevents them from participating in mainstream sports. It just finished its first season, attracting 70 male and female athletes from ages 3 to 68 from seven counties.

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