Isn't this Lovely?Spring's Here!
at least it's come to Sanger Avenue!
(Click on "Google" and then the tulips
to learn more.)
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Elsewhere in Waterville, it's 32.5 degrees and there's a shimmery frosting of white on the ground.
From WKTV: (Thursday) afternoon, it will be mainly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Again, accumulations will be light and confined to hilltops mainly. Tomorrow night, a brief window of opportunity may open for lake effect snow. Accumulation is possible north and west of Utica. On Friday, after some morning snow showers, skies should clear out a bit and allow for a pleasant, but cool afternoon. Winds will diminish Friday night as a storm system passes to our south. For the holiday weekend, a mix of sun and clouds with low to mid 30s for highs is expected. Nothing more than a few snow showers are possible as well.
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Yesterday was dark and gray - not a good day for photographs, but I did spot a small flock of Canada Geese at a small pond South of Route 20 across from the old Mayflower Motel.
Three more were enjoying a paddle out at Loie Zweifel's, on Hanover Road.
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ORISKANY FALLS
Trustees (2)
Robert Friers 47
Thomas Kilts: 37
Vote on $325,000 bond to purchase tanker for the fire department: 45 yes, 11 no
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There's a BIG SIGN hanging on the porch at Rhelda Lapham's Berrill Avenue home. Her Birthday really isn't until Saturday, but she's celebrating, already!!!
Three more were enjoying a paddle out at Loie Zweifel's, on Hanover Road.***********
Tom McNamara may have been the first, and now several others have seen Red-winged Blackbirds!
In re: the Electoral Tie that occurred on Tuesday with both Mr. Ostrander and Mr. Campbell receiving 68 votes for one Trustee seat, I talked briefly with Village Clerk-treasurer Lenard and did some "googling" on my own, and this seems to be the situation:
The regulation begins this way:
"In an election requiring a plurality vote, in the event that more eligible candidates than the number remaining to be elected receive for the same office or offices an equal number of votes, a run-off election to fill the office shall be held."
To simplify - it is not possible for both to serve, nor for either of the gentlemen to now withdraw from the "race." A Run-off Election must take place (within a certain period of time) UNLESS BOTH candidates formally, in writing, waive the run-off election process. If that were to be the case, then a local Supreme Court Justice would be called in to make a final choice between the two. (The old solution - simply cutting a deck of cards - has not been legal since 2006.)
The regulation begins this way:
"In an election requiring a plurality vote, in the event that more eligible candidates than the number remaining to be elected receive for the same office or offices an equal number of votes, a run-off election to fill the office shall be held."
To simplify - it is not possible for both to serve, nor for either of the gentlemen to now withdraw from the "race." A Run-off Election must take place (within a certain period of time) UNLESS BOTH candidates formally, in writing, waive the run-off election process. If that were to be the case, then a local Supreme Court Justice would be called in to make a final choice between the two. (The old solution - simply cutting a deck of cards - has not been legal since 2006.)
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ORISKANY FALLS
Trustees (2)
Robert Friers 47
Thomas Kilts: 37
Vote on $325,000 bond to purchase tanker for the fire department: 45 yes, 11 no
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There's a BIG SIGN hanging on the porch at Rhelda Lapham's Berrill Avenue home. Her Birthday really isn't until Saturday, but she's celebrating, already!!!
Also on Saturday ............
The Waterville Rotary Club's Annual
EASTER EGG HUNT
will take place at 1:00
at the Harding Nursing Home.
All children from Pre-school to grade 5 are welcome!
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EASTER EGG HUNT
will take place at 1:00
at the Harding Nursing Home.
All children from Pre-school to grade 5 are welcome!
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(Please click on the image.)**********************
On Tuesday afternoon the Bereavement Group that was initiated by Beverly Gibbons and Nancy Lewis celebrated its first anniversary. It was a milestone. Mrs. Lewis remembered sitting there, a year ago, just hoping and praying that someone would come. And they did! And when Bev herself passed away, Nancy vowed that she would do everything she could to keep the group going. With guidance by Hospice, that challenge has been met and a new name acquired: "Waterville Passages" meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1:00 at the Waterville Public Library ('tho their meeting in April will take place on the 4th Tuesday.) Anyone in this area who has lost a spouse or other loved one will be welcomed with understanding and consolation.******************
I just spotted this in this morning's Observer-Dispatch:
Jannone, Milton H., 86, of Clinton, died March 19, 2008. Arrangements by Owens-Pavlot Funeral Service, Inc., Clinton.
There was no on-line obituary. There will be many blog-readers who were taught (History, I believe) by Mr. Jannone and who have always held him in high regard.
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Have a good day, everyone!
Jannone, Milton H., 86, of Clinton, died March 19, 2008. Arrangements by Owens-Pavlot Funeral Service, Inc., Clinton.
There was no on-line obituary. There will be many blog-readers who were taught (History, I believe) by Mr. Jannone and who have always held him in high regard.
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Have a good day, everyone!
