Thursday, January 31, 2008

Thursday


It's Garbage Day

16 degrees and clear.

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  • Thursday: A mix of sun and clouds. Cool. High in the upper 20s.
  • Thursday night: Clear to partly cloudy, but becoming cloudy by daybreak with a chance of snow after 3 AM. Low in the mid teens.
  • Friday: Snow, mixing with sleet, then freezing rain, then plain rain. Snow and sleet accumulation likely, especially north and east of Utica. High: 33, Low: 27
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It's "Family Movie Night" at the Waterville Public Library.
Tonight's feature: Daddy Day Camp ...
and check out the library's new website, too!

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If you're on Genessee Street in Utica, the
STANLEY THEATER MARQUEE
is back!

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Deansboro Fire Department FISH FRYS
every Friday in February.

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Saturday, February 2nd is

GROUNDHOG DAY!

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Shrove Tuesday

PANCAKE SUPPER

at Grace Episcopal Church.

(details to follow)

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It had been quite pleasant, early yesterday morning, but by 9:30 it was anything but. It began snowing a little before 9:00 and ladies who arrived at Sharon Stiles' Fingernail Booth in Totally-U told harrowing stories of 20-mph crawls from Deansboro. (Treacherous driving, perhaps, but none cancelled their appointments. There ARE priorities!)



A year ago this week we had SNOW and the streetlamps were being installed....


..... but now we have just a thin frosting.

From the top of West Hill looking at Shanley Road.

By yesterday afternoon the sun had come back out and I went for quite a long ride, hoping to find a new view of Winter or to see some "critters" (maybe even groundhogs!) of my own.


Not a turkey; not a deer. Just this tired old dog, enjoying a sunny patch of pavement. We came to an amicable agreement on just how much he had to move so that I could drive around him and then he lay right back down again.


Someone - I don't know who - is undertaking a huge project here, on Route 315 in Dicksville. Rural Renewal at its best!



Over on Route 12B, Sandy's sign is still there.

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Earlier yesterday I'd received this letter from Glen Carroll.



"It was an eerie drive home on Friday listening to NPR. Halfway through the story I had to pull over on the side of the road because I knew where it was going and I didn't think it a good idea to drive and be focused on something other than the road. I think your readers may find it interesting." NPR LINK CORRECTED!


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Have a good day!