Yesterday afternoon: SUNSHINE!
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Waterville boys basketball wins first-round playoff game
(from this morning's O-D.)
The Waterville boys basketball team defeated Frankfort-Schuyler 58-46 in a Section III Class C-2 first-round game Thursday.
Waterville (10-11) advances to a quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Friday at No. 2 seed Watertown IHC (16-3). R.J. Baumgarten scored 15 points for Waterville. The Indians, though, were the only area basketball team in action Thursday to advance in the Section III tournament. In other games, the Little Falls boys and Sauquoit Valley girls were eliminated in the first round.
Waterville (10-11) advances to a quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Friday at No. 2 seed Watertown IHC (16-3). R.J. Baumgarten scored 15 points for Waterville. The Indians, though, were the only area basketball team in action Thursday to advance in the Section III tournament. In other games, the Little Falls boys and Sauquoit Valley girls were eliminated in the first round.
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It's Friday morning, overcast, and the temperature is 28.4 degrees.
Saturday is shaping up to be a nice day, albeit a bit chilly. Temperatures will be a bit below normal with highs in the upper teens to low 20s. Some sunshine is possible on Saturday as well, especially away from the lakes. Some ongoing light lake effect snow showers are possible south and west of Lake Ontario, but any accumulating snow should be limited to areas outside of the NewsChannel 2 viewing area. A few flurries are possible for Madison, Chenango, and Otsego County.
Another storm will give us the possibility of some light icing along with rain late Sunday into Sunday night. More ups and downs are slated for next week."
This great Valentine is on Berrill Avenue!
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In addition to other Valentine's Day treats, we were all given the first really bright sunshine we'd seen in days. Ice glittered on trees - these on Gridley-Paige Road -
... where the little waterfall is nearly frozen over.
The buildings on W. Main Street nearly glowed ......
and deer grazed on this hillside next to Route 20.
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An older couple entered the First Niagara Bank on West Main Street at just 9:00 yesterday morning carrying empty canvas satchels and a Halibuton suitcase. Soon a cohort was seen entering the rear door with, first, a hack saw and then bolt-cutters. Ten minutes later, the first two emerged, this time following the bank manager who was now carrying the obviously-heavy Haliburton. They shepherded him toward a car parked directly outside the bank and he placed the suitcase in the rear compartment along with a heavy satchel that the male "customer" had in hand.
The explaination for this suspicious activity is really quite dull: yesterday morning Historical Society President Joe Falk and I removed the duplicate set of MICROFILM (copies of The Waterville Times) which had been stored in a fireproof filing cabinet there starting in 1971! (There had been a key to the padlock on the fire file, but where it is now no one knows, so Kevin Kelley came to the rescue and cut the padlock.)
Today I'm taking the many reels of microfilm to Fulton where, over the weekend, they will be digitized by a man named Tom Tryniski whose hobby is making old (and new) newspapers available for internet use. (You can check out his website HERE.) The very best, wonderful part of this is that he makes the digitized information "searchable:" no index cards needed!!
The cost? There is none when microfilmed collections belonging to not-for-profit organizations are involved. Microfilming of issues starting in 1854 was begun in 1971 and was made possible by funds raised during the Village Centennial Celebration. The Waterville Historical Society has continued annual microfilming, ever since, and also provides the microfilm reader/printer that is in the Library for Public use.
Our thanks to Mr. Steven Best of Utica, who told us of this website and service; to First Niagara Bank for having housed the duplicate set of microfilm for so long, and - last but not least - Mr. Kelley, who was certainly in the right place at the right time!
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In addition to other Valentine's Day treats, we were all given the first really bright sunshine we'd seen in days. Ice glittered on trees - these on Gridley-Paige Road -
... where the little waterfall is nearly frozen over.
The buildings on W. Main Street nearly glowed ......
and deer grazed on this hillside next to Route 20.*****************
It really was surprising that no one called the police!
An older couple entered the First Niagara Bank on West Main Street at just 9:00 yesterday morning carrying empty canvas satchels and a Halibuton suitcase. Soon a cohort was seen entering the rear door with, first, a hack saw and then bolt-cutters. Ten minutes later, the first two emerged, this time following the bank manager who was now carrying the obviously-heavy Haliburton. They shepherded him toward a car parked directly outside the bank and he placed the suitcase in the rear compartment along with a heavy satchel that the male "customer" had in hand.
The explaination for this suspicious activity is really quite dull: yesterday morning Historical Society President Joe Falk and I removed the duplicate set of MICROFILM (copies of The Waterville Times) which had been stored in a fireproof filing cabinet there starting in 1971! (There had been a key to the padlock on the fire file, but where it is now no one knows, so Kevin Kelley came to the rescue and cut the padlock.)
Today I'm taking the many reels of microfilm to Fulton where, over the weekend, they will be digitized by a man named Tom Tryniski whose hobby is making old (and new) newspapers available for internet use. (You can check out his website HERE.) The very best, wonderful part of this is that he makes the digitized information "searchable:" no index cards needed!!
The cost? There is none when microfilmed collections belonging to not-for-profit organizations are involved. Microfilming of issues starting in 1854 was begun in 1971 and was made possible by funds raised during the Village Centennial Celebration. The Waterville Historical Society has continued annual microfilming, ever since, and also provides the microfilm reader/printer that is in the Library for Public use.
Our thanks to Mr. Steven Best of Utica, who told us of this website and service; to First Niagara Bank for having housed the duplicate set of microfilm for so long, and - last but not least - Mr. Kelley, who was certainly in the right place at the right time!
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Remember: it's a long weekend!
Monday is Presidents' Day
and there will not be a garbage collection that morning.
Village Board meeting will take place on Wednesday.
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Monday is Presidents' Day
and there will not be a garbage collection that morning.
Village Board meeting will take place on Wednesday.
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In the meantime:
Fish Fry in Deansboro, tonight;
and a Pancake Breakfast
sponsored by the Deansboro-Waterville Lions Club
Sunday morning at the D'boro Fire House!
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Fish Fry in Deansboro, tonight;
and a Pancake Breakfast
sponsored by the Deansboro-Waterville Lions Club
Sunday morning at the D'boro Fire House!
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Have a Great Weekend, Everyone!
(Psst! Sunday is Tom McNamara's Birthday!)
