At Home in the Huddle 2011

It's Garbage Day

60 degrees at 5:15


FOUND: the real owner of yesterday's Lost Money!

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WKTV's weather forecast: "Increasing levels of heat and humidity later this week along with the chance of thunderstorms Thursday and Friday.

A warm, humid start to the weekend with the chance of a thunderstorm on Sunday. Staying seasonably warm through Tuesday."

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I took a ride through Franklin Springs yesterday afternoon and although there are spots where all of the lovely old trees have been terribly damaged or all completely destroyed, I didn't see as much destruction as there had been here, in Waterville, when microbursts hit back in 1996 and 1998.

Microburst - May 10, 1996

from the Waterville Times

The roof of the Hotel curled right up! Even more startling was the fact that the entire roof of the Buell Block (laundromat building) was lying on the sidewalk! I couldn't find a good photograph of that, but I remember what a shock it was to see the building "topless." Grounds around the Harding Nursing Home were covered with broken trees. Probably nearly dozen tall pines were lost.

Jim Brackett's home on Elmwood had a considerable amount of damage and, as I recall, his garage was actually moved several feet.

At the top of Sanger Hill, the house where Larry and Betsey Youngs lived seemed to have been hit from all directions.

Several outbuildings at the Pryputniewicz Farm were flattened.

Two Years Later ..........

Labor Day, 1998

Labor Day, 1998

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If you would like to look up something (like "microburst," the day you were born, or any other historic event) in the Waterville Times, you can do just that on the "history iMac" at the Waterville Public Library!

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IN TODAY'S OBSERVER-DISPATCH

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Linda Green
1954 - 2011


Catherine Furner
1934 - 2011

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Too many Veggies all at once?

Corn, squash, peppers, tomatoes ---- suddenly they are all ripening at the same time and even after you've given "extras" to your neighbors you still have more,

don't let them go to waste!

Patrick Hughes, who raises vegetables to sell at his new farm stand just south of Deansboro on Route 12B, has learned that the Rescue Mission in Utica will welcome and can easily use all such donations!

If you have a surplus, just put them in a bag or box labeled "Rescue Mission" and drop them off at Patrick's farm stand or in the driveway at his father's home (that's Dick Hughes at 7316 Sanger Hill Road) and they will make sure that they are delivered to the Rescue Mission right away!

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Tonight is

"Family Movie Night"
at the Waterville Public Library



6:00 p.m. Free!


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TOMORROW

"ONCE UPON A TIME IN WATERVILLE"

the Old Timers' Story Swap
at the Waterville Public Library at 10:15.

Ongoing project: compiling an ever-growing list of all the "little people" - those lacking high profile names - but whose inventiveness and industry had a direct effect on the development of the community and, in particular, the young lives of the Story Swap participants.



At the last gathering, regular attendee and star story-teller Jack Youngs read stories about his years with - or AS - the Village's DPW, telling of the many mishaps and/or amazements that he encountered during his career. (When he was appointed Water Commissoner he was given a pair of boots, a shovel and a wheelbarrow. He asked the Village Fathers what he should do and they said, "Jack - all we can tell you is that water runs downhill: just do your best.") Receiving loudly enthusiastic applause for the reading, this chapter is but one part of a collection of reminiscences that he has put together for his family.

Tomorrow: a look at a 1912 book of street maps, courtesy Lou Langone.

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LOOKING AROUND OUTDOORS



Bright orange-blossomed Trumpet Vines .................



......... and "Rose of Sharon" bushes covered with hibiscus-like flowers in all shades of white-to-pink-to-lavender-to deep purple and magenta are in bloom.



Kathy Sommers sent me this super shot of a bee at work!

I spent quite a while looking for a kid-friendly video about Pollination and found THIS SITE, which offers several short films. I liked the one called "Pollination, Plants & Insects" the best.

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Boneset in wet ditches.

Although previously used medicinally for several purposes, Botanical.com's listing says nothing at all about healing broken bones!

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Now at Glimmerglass Opera,

"Medea," "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Carmen."

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Have a great weekend, everyone!