It's Recyclables Collection Day
40 degrees and wet at 5:00 a.m.
Please note: I've loaded today's blog post with activities for the next few days in anticipation of going on an annual day-trek northward in search of a couple of special wildflowers (which actually photograph better in wet weather) and then spending some time visiting friends in that area.
The next blog post will probably be on Friday morning.
I just want you to know that my "absence" does not mean that I am sick! (But I really do appreciate your concern!)
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The TWCNY Weather Forecast:
"Breezy, Cool, and Wet at Times Today, Remaining Unsettled through the Weekend
An area of low pressure will continue to plague the region today with spotty showers this morning giving way to steadier showers this afternoon into this evening. It will be breezy with highs only in the lower 50s. There will be periods of rain tonight with lows in the 40s to near 50. Tomorrow will be seasonable with a few breaks of sun mixed in with scattered showers. Highs will be in the low to mid 60s. This area of low pressure will linger through the end of the week with more chances for scattered showers on Friday.
A quick moving system will bring more chances for scattered showers into the weekend with Sunday looking like the drier of the two days. Neither day will be a washout with highs well into the 50s.
High pressure will fairly return with quiet and seasonable weather into the first half of next week."
An area of low pressure will continue to plague the region today with spotty showers this morning giving way to steadier showers this afternoon into this evening. It will be breezy with highs only in the lower 50s. There will be periods of rain tonight with lows in the 40s to near 50. Tomorrow will be seasonable with a few breaks of sun mixed in with scattered showers. Highs will be in the low to mid 60s. This area of low pressure will linger through the end of the week with more chances for scattered showers on Friday.
A quick moving system will bring more chances for scattered showers into the weekend with Sunday looking like the drier of the two days. Neither day will be a washout with highs well into the 50s.
High pressure will fairly return with quiet and seasonable weather into the first half of next week."
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IN THE NEWS
Front Page Headlines from
THE WATERVILLE TIMES
"A Top Teacher"
"16 Apartments Proposed For Waterville"
"WCS Sets 2 Percent Tax Hike"
Front Page Headlines from
THE WATERVILLE TIMES
"A Top Teacher"
"16 Apartments Proposed For Waterville"
"WCS Sets 2 Percent Tax Hike"
" BCS Budget Requires 60 Percent"
"Dairy Seeks New Court"
"Purchase Approved"
To read more, please click HERE.
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Of Local Interest
From the Madison Country Courier.
From CNYCentralNY.com.
From St. John Fisher College.
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IN THE MAIL
From Mary Ann Younes
The Winners of the April 19
CHILI COOK-OFF
at the Good Times Bar & Grill
1st Prize:
Sara Drake
2nd Prize:
Norm & Karen Cook
Dave Wicks
3rd Prize:
Janice Eisenhut
Don Homestead
"There is another person but we don't know their name."
(Thanks, Mary Ann!)
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Here & There
A highly-anticipated annual event!
Daffodils in front of Virginia Keith's home on West Bacon Street.
There's plenty of activity at the new CVS store ...........
...............involving some super-size digging equiment.
Speaking of "super-size," I've heard of "monster truck shows," but this could be a winner at a monster tractor show!
Yesterday was a dank, gray day. "Bloodroot" is just one of the plants whose blossoms would open if only the sun would shine! While I was searching Google for a picture that showed how the plant got its name, I found a delightful website - you might enjoy it, too:
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MAY CALENDARS
VILLAGE OF WATERVILLE
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WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
For interactive calendar, please click HERE.
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WATERVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
For interactive calendar, please click HERE.
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TODAY'S EVENTS
Please see DigitalSports for more information and details.
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At the Library
"Where in Waterville is the Cat in the Hat?"
"The Cat in the Hat is visiting Waterville! Can you guess where he is each week?
Each week we’ll have a photo up in the library of the Cat in the Hat somewhere in Waterville. Kids can stop into the library and put their guesses into a fishbowl!
Each week two lucky children will win a Dr.Seuss book!
This is the last week we will pick a winner!
Make sure you get into the Library before May 2nd to place your name in the drawing!"
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"Walking Group" this evening at 6:00 p.m.
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The Friday Matinée Movie at 1:00
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PLANNING AHEAD
At the Library
"Book Group" meeting on May 28.
At the Library
"Book Group" meeting on May 28.
"Fabulous, fun filled, spanning decades and generations and centered on a little known episode of America's 20th Century story, The 'All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion' is another irresistible novel by the remarkable Fannie Flagg."
In Doris Stephan's E-note to me she wrote, "It is a fictionalized version of some of the women involved in the WASP (Women Air Force Service Pilots) during WW11. They never received the recognition, praise, or benefits they were entitled to. Only in recent times did Congress see fit to acknowledge their service.
Their true story is dramatic enough, but I think Fannie Flagg has done a good job of reminding today's readers of the job these brave women did during the war."
Their true story is dramatic enough, but I think Fannie Flagg has done a good job of reminding today's readers of the job these brave women did during the war."
Meeting Wednesday, May 28th
in the Meeting Room at the Waterville Library,
Lunch will be served at 12 noon.
Call the library at 841 4651 to reserve a copy of this new hit novel and join the conversation.
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OTHER FINE THINGS TO SEE & DO!
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Sunday May 18, 1:00 - 6:00
at the American Legion in Sangerfield.
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Here's a question from a blog reader who asks for your answers and/or comments:
" 'Bishop's Leaf' (or 'Goutweed') is coming up in my yard and my dog - a little Chiahuahua - LOVES it! But I'm worried because Google says that Goutweed is poisonous to dogs. Does anyone else have trouble with their dog eating it? and what do they do?"
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Tomorrow is May Basket day!
" 'Bishop's Leaf' (or 'Goutweed') is coming up in my yard and my dog - a little Chiahuahua - LOVES it! But I'm worried because Google says that Goutweed is poisonous to dogs. Does anyone else have trouble with their dog eating it? and what do they do?"
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Tomorrow is May Basket day!
