Oooops!

I've just inadvertently and irrevocably erased a photo that I took of the Car Wash Sign on Saturday, but I remember what it said:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JULIA BROUILLETTE!


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Today is Garbage Day.

It's 63 degrees at 5:20 a.m. and going to be a steamy one!

But the thirteen THOUSAND runners who ran the Utica Boilermaker
had a great day for the run, yesterday!

Forty-seven of them were from Waterville!

Here they are in order of finish.

I took the times from one of two lists - I apologize to all of you if I've used the wrong column!

Jacob D.Murray 1:03:40
Taylor McKenna 1:07:22
Randy Ireland 1:13:20
John Sigmund 1:13:32
Zach Abbe 1:14:16
Daniel S. Kemp 1:12:59
Toby Lindfield 1:18:31
Jill Getman 1:19:01
John E. Ford 1:19:36
Paul M. Holic 1:18:43
Jody Hildreth 1:20:53
Joseph Miller 1:22:20
Kate Morgan 1:22:35
Rollin Bateman 1:24:26
Dawn Eisenhut 1:25:
Morgan 1:25:28
Molly Roberts 1:26:11
Emily Plourde 1:28:07
Douglas Plourde 1:28:07
Michael A. Wratten 1:31:02
Heather Davis 1:32:16
Mark Perrin 1:32:57
David Collins 1:33:47
Mary Beth Erlichmann 1:33:55
Jennifer Swanberg 1:34:46
Karen Alberding 1:34:48
Brittany Bogan 1:36:23
Lindsey Kelly 1:36:49
David Bocko 1:37:17
Michelle Waufle 1:37:51
Courtney Dziuban 1:38:00
Mark Ruane 1:40:41
Nancy Salm 1:40:44
Gretchen Erlichmann 1:41:44
Valarie Kane 1:41:55
Sarah Clayton 1:42:33
Jamieson Brady 1:43:22
Avonlea S. Frye 1:43:47
Melissa L. Zike 1:44:10
Bernadette Erlichmann 1:46:25
Sheena L. Moshetti 1:50:17
Alyssa G. Loudon 1:52:54
Kim Smith 1:56:57
Jessica L. Tinker 1:58:04
Constance L. Bocko 2:07:18
Christina Mooney 2:15:08
Lindsay A. Clark 2:32:07

There were also 19 runners from Deansboro and thirteen from Oriskany Falls.

Oriskany Falls' most famous runner, Michael A. Trendell,
finished at #54 with a time of 51:57

Both the Observer-Dispatch and WKTV have HUGE galleries of photographs taken throughout the Boilermaker Event! You can also search for competitors' names / times in all races by clicking HERE.

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LOOKING AHEAD

From WKTV: "For Monday temperatures start to warm up. We could see highs reach 90 degrees! The dew point will also be on the rise as we see it climb into the 60’s. Tomorrow (Monday) will feel hazy hot and humid. There is a chance for a few pop up showers or thunderstorms late afternoon. You will want to have a fan going or the air conditioner on tonight and tomorrow as it will start to feel more uncomfortable outside. These conditions will be staying with us into Tuesday. Relief will be on the way by Wednesday."

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IN THE MAIL

Meagan Timlake and Craig Tilbe were out taking a ride in the country when they spotted a baby Hawk in the middle of the road with a "miserable looking orange farm cat" stalking it. Meagan wrote:

"I'm a sucker for critters, so I grabbed some gloves, picked it up, looked to see if I could locate the nest or it's parent. What to do, what to do? Couldn't let it get run over or eaten by the cat, so we took it home. Ugh. Not sure if I'm breaking federal law here, but my conscience got the better of me. So, several phone calls and messages placed, we'll see if any agency will be willing to pick this fella up, raise him a bit, and release him back into the wild. He sure likes mealworms (which I raise for our chickens and wild birds in the winter)...but that will only last so long. In the meantime...we have him set up quite well and with purpose in mind, have finally made an earnest effort to trap the mice in our wood pile."

"Clutches" having breakfast!

Meagan sent photos to Jody Hildreth who identified the little fellow as a male American Kestrel, the most common falcon in North America.

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THINGS TO DO

AT THE LIBRARY
where it's always a cool place to be!

Tuesday Travel Movie

"Slumdog Millionaire"


Free - 6:00

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Email Basics - 6:30 TUESDAY

Knit 2gether - 7:00 TUESDAY

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WEDNESDAY

Farmers Market in the Park

11:00 - 7:00 followed by

Music at the Bandstand

with

John Savage.


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WATCH FOR

Signs of Firemen's Field Days.

Coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

(Event list to follow.)


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Small Observation



The Linden Trees on East Main Street and throughout the community and countryside
are in all flower, attracting honey bees by the hundreds whose enthusiastic buzzing seems to make the trees "sing."


A sixteenth-century woodcut of the Linden Tree Dance.

You can read about the linden tree's centuries-old place in mythology and folklore
by clicking HERE.

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SPEAKING OF SPORTS


Oriskany Falls native Mike Trendell has made quite a name for himself as a runner.

Here's another famous athlete who called "the Falls" home.



Karl Spooner

Karl Benjamin Spooner (June 23, 1931, in Oriskany Falls, New York – April 10, 1984, in Vero Beach, Florida) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951, Spooner would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 22, 1954 and appeared in his final game on October 3, 1955 when he started game 6 of the 1955 World Series. Spooner was considered by many in Major League Baseball to be the next superstar after his stellar rookie year of 1954. Although he only started two games on the mound for the Dodgers, Spooner, compiled two complete game shutouts, throwing all 18 innings, giving up 7 total hits and no runs. Spooner struck out 15 batters in his very first game, setting a Major League record. J. R. Richard would tie the record in 1971. However, during spring training prior to the 1955 season, Spooner entered a game without warming up properly. A severe arm injury was the result, and Spooner would only appear in 29 more games in his career. Prior to the injury, Spooner yielded a fastball that ranged in the mid to high 90s.

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Have a good day, everyone -

and keep cool!


March 9.