Monday

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It's Garbage Day!

Please remember:

do NOT put garbage containers up on top of snowbanks!

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It's 27.9 degrees with an inch or two of fresh powder

hiding yesterday's ice!

From WKTV: "Monday looks to be a gorgeous day with mostly sunny skies and seasonable temperatures. Temperatures near 30 degrees will be short lived once again as another storm system approaches Tuesday afternoon. A warm front could bring some snow, ice or rain for Tuesday before another more important system arrives on Thursday. With temperatures climbing to near 50 degrees, at this point, precipitation with this storm looks to be mainly in the form of rain."

Full Moon Tonight!

Remsen's Erin Hamlin Won the World Championship in the Luge at Lake Placid on Friday afternoon!

FOR YOUR CALENDAR

The Campership Committe of the First United Methodist church, Waterville, will be selling flowers & sweets at Food King on Thursday, February 12th and Friday, February 13th from 3:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. and on Saturday, February 14th from 9:00 A. M. to 12:00 Noon. Proceeds go to sending youth to Camp Aldersgate and Casowsco next summer.

FYI

I talked with Mike Latreille on Saturday afternoon about the future of "Michael's Fine Food & Spirits" and I'll be talking to him again - soon!

(And that's all I'm going to say, right now!)

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The Village Diner opened on Saturday morning!

I couldn't find a parking spot anywhere nearby until around 10:00, and then I found owner/chef Mayor Jim Younes taking a break to chat with customers. He said that people started showing up at 5:40 for the 6 o'clock opening and that business hadn't slowed down since then!

The food was Good; the service was Fast!

Congratulations and Best Wishes

to the entire Younes Family!

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When I got back home I found a phone message from Shirley Kellogg, asking me to call her back. I did: she said she had something "growing" to show me. Now - we all know that Shirley's got "green thunbs" up to her elbows, bringing flowery life to even the most hopelessly dead-looking plants, but this was something new .................

When I arrived at "Rocky Lea," on Route 12, she led me into the livingroom saying that they had a "Valentine Tree." And then she added that it had been the family Christmas Tree, harvested in early December by Jeff's and her son, Mike, and his daughter, Trisha, at North Star Orchards.

Sure enough: two months later, the seven-foot tree was growing.

Not a dry needle on it ................

........... and new sprigs everywhere! No special secret: just plain tap water, every few days, with Shirley's magic touch!

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Waterville Public Library Director Jeff Reynolds has close ties to - and good friends in - Millers Mills. He went to the Annual Ice Harvest there, yesterday, and sent these photographs for us to enjoy.

While one team of Clydesdales hauled ice from the lake to the ice house ..........

............. another team conveyed spectators.



It looks as if everyone took a a turn sawing the blocks ......

............ but it took a special technique and teamwork to load ice onto the sled.

(See the water on the ice? That made it especially slippery and Jeff said that one fellow "fell in up to his armpits!" He was dressed in coveralls and would have been fine if he hadn't forgotten to zip!)

A "Grandma Moses View," for sure!

(Thanks loads, Jeff!)

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FOR THE RECORD

Have a Great Day, Everyone!