Thursday

It's Recyclables Day!

34.7 degrees and clear.

The WKTV Forecast: "Highs should get well into the 60s in many spots, and they will get into the 70s in the Mohawk Valley and some points south. Thursday night should be cool, but not nearly as cold. Then, Friday will see more sunshine and highs in the low to mid 70s. A few high clouds will increase later in the day."

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There's more information in today's issue of the O-D in re: possible improvements to Route 20 that will eventually effect routines of both north- and southbound commuters.

A great many Middle and High School students walk to and from their homes in the village. This little WKTV feature might give parents and teachers of Elementry School students an idea:
a "Walking Schoolbus."

Thanks to Mr. George Kelley, the mysteries surrounding the location of the "old Kelly farm" and the addition of the "e" to the name have been solved and solutions sent to Girard Plante in Boston. (Thanks, George!)

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Mr. Gary Hudson, publican of "The Red Lion," was painting woodwork on the side of his building, yesterday.

Marilyn has been at work, and Dan's Woodshop on Madison Street has a new, Summery color scheme ..........

............. while in the countryside, at
Hanover and on Lewis Road, crops are green.

Lots of hay has been cut in the past day or two. This field is next to Brouillette Road.

'Way out on White Street, in "Sheepskin Hollow," there's a bright field of buttercups.

Would a close-up reveal a label?

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And Why is it called "Sheepskin Hollow?" I think it's because - back in the late 1800's and early 20th century - the Tower estate/farm raised sheep out there. What befell the sheep, I never heard, but the late Merle Huggins said that every time a farmer tried to plow the land, all he turned over were sheepskins! (Perhaps Lynn Huggins can either correct me or add more information?)

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Next to Bogan Rd. S., a pair of Canada Geese and their goslings looked for the pond that used to be in the field.

I posted this picture of the pond at the foot of Grant Hill, one day last week, remarking that the water was low. A blog-reader wrote to set the record (and me) straight, saying that "The water's not going down; the bottom's coming up!" and explained that the fields next to the pond had been plowed, last year, and that the little pond was "silting in" and would eventually disappear - "just like the pond on Sally Road." (Thanks for that clarification!)

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THINGS TO DO CLOSE TO HOME

on Saturday:

Pancake Breakfast
at the Madison United Methodist Church
7:00 A. M. - 11:00

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Chicken Barbecue
at the Knoxboro Community Church
$7.50
noon 'til sold out.

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Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Memorial Fund

PICNIC

with food* and entertainment.

*Hamburgers, hot dogs, hot sausage, salads, beverages.

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Firemen's Field, Waterville

Adults - $5.00; children under 12 - $4.00.

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Have a really good day, everyone!