Friday

It's 32.9 degrees and it's all white, again!!

Waterville Central Schools
1 Hour Delay; No A.M. UPK

WKTV's listing of Closings and Cancellations.

"Good morning! This latest winter storm will be a bit of an inconvenince for your morning commute. A heavy wet snow will continue to pile up throughout the early morning hours and by the time all is said and done, many of us will pick up a few inches of snow. Most locations can expect 2"-4". The Mohawk Valley will hit the lower end of this forecast, with the higher elevations south of route 20 and Adirondacks could pick up as much as 6" of wet snow.
Look for the snow to taper off after sunrise. The rest of your Friday looks cloudy and chilly with temperatures in the 30s and a few lingering snow showers. The weather takes a big turn towards improvement for the weekend, but it's going to be chilly again.

Yesterday it really felt like Spring.
The band was out practising at MPS ..........

..... and a Canada Goose had claimed high ground in the pond just beyond Jack Prior's.

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A Welcome Sign at the Car Wash!

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A "barricade," of sorts, was set in place by the DPW outside
the former Subway Sandwich shop on W. Main Street.


The danger? A loose piece of moulding.

According to the 1971 Centennial Book, the building was constructed in 1874 replacing a frame structure that had been owned by a Mr. Reed in which he sold a "fine selection of Cigars and Tobacco." For many years Thomas Doyle had a drygoods store, here, and then it was a Shoe Store operated by the Scerbo Family.

The building is a Victorian architectural
style called "Italianate" or "Bracketted"
and has some of the nicest examples of
ornamental woodwork and masonry in
the village.

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I had a grand treat, yesterday: I was taken on a tour of the "new" Stanley Theater .......

.... and shown every floor and corridor, stage sight
and view of the magnificent new "World's Largest LED Chandelier."

(LED : click HERE to find out how Light Emitting Diodes work.)

My guide was Mr. Dale Meszler of Almy & Associates of Utica, an engineering firm that has had a great deal to do with the structural design of the entire complex including the stage house and the suspension of the 6,000 lb. light fixture.

(An interesting note: Almy Assoc. has but six employees and, of those, three - Mr. Meszler, Mr. Tom Mayne and Mr. Philip Eastman - are Watervillians!)

Dale Mesler and the Meyda Masterpiece.

At first, I was asked NOT to post any of my photographs until after the Grand Opening - on April 3rd - but then several excellent pictures of the chandelier appeared on the internet.

To see those views,

just click here, on Meyda. com.

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Back in the 1980s, I did a great many drawings of various design motifs in the Stanley, and I was tickled to see that the Mayda Chandelier included a great many of them - from "beasties" and dragons to the red and blue diamond pattern that is on most of the other light fixtures in the theater. This brand new addition really does look as if it had always been there: it's just perfect!

You can learn more about re-opening of the Stanley Center for the Arts in this morning's O-D:

"............. performers and stage hands will discover business has changed, theater Manager John Faust said:

• Dancers will find a stage now 20 feet deeper, 30 feet wider and with a gridiron 10 feet higher than the old stage.
• The specially designed spring floor will allow the troupe to leap, pirouette and plié without the next days’ aches and pains.
• Seven new dressing rooms, laundry facilities and a catering kitchen will provide road crews and company members with the amenities necessary for troupes that spend most of their time on the road.
• Road crews will have the ability to unload more easily with the theater’s newly created loading dock. "Stanley World Stage."

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Have a Great Weekend, Everyone!