Thursday

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Today is Recyclables Day!

It's 33.6 degrees and melty.

It did it again!

Squalls of huge flakes left a three-minute frosting on cars.

Considering the forecast and having been out in a couple of brief snow squalls yesterday, I wasn't surprised to hear snowplows on Route 315 several times during the night and see the "sidewalk plow" come down the hill a few minutes after 5:00, but I also expected to see something more than the TWO INCHES of new snow on my front porch! Not good for snowmobiling, but great for snowman building!

WKTV says there's more to come!

"Temperatures are above freezing this morning in the lower elevations. A mix of rain and snow will continue through 9 AM, before colder air moves in and changes any rain showers over to snow showers. Snow showers and flurries are expected this afternoon and evening, with little additional accumulation. Temperatures will fall a few degrees heading into the afternoon, with a breezy west wind developing.

Lake effect snow develops late this evening and tonight across the North Country. This band of lake effect will slowly shift to the south as winds slightly shift tonight. Expect heavy lake effect snow across the Thruway corridor and to the north on Friday morning. This lake band will stay in place for most of tomorrow, with a general 4-8" of snow in areas with the most persistant bands. A brisk west wind tomorrow will cause some localized whiteouts, especially in areas prone to blowing and drifting snow. The lake band will slowly diminish Friday night and into Saturday, as drier air and lighter winds move in to the region.
Snowfall expected through Saturday morning:

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Today at the Library

Family Movie Night

"The Rocker"

at 6:00 p.m. FREE

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SATURDAY

ROUND & SQUARE DANCE

sponsored by the Town of Madison Historical Society

8 pm to midnight Saturday, Feb. 21,
at the Historical Museum on South Street in Madison.

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IN THE MAIL

Harold W. Hoener

1935 - 2009

A letter from Shirley Bynum Smith noting the death of Harold W. Hoener and citing a tribute to him on the website of the Dallas Theological Seminary.

She wrote, "He grew up on the farm that is the first on the left (I guess that would be south, i.e., turning left from Hanover and continuing down the hill towards Deansboro) from the Hanover/Shanley corner. He and his family were friends of many of us. (His dad was Swiss, his mother German.) Harold was the permanent class president of the WCS Class of 1953. I think he was valedictorian and his sister Trudy salutatorian that year; my sister Esther Swarthout graduated in that class."

"Some of us (Sally Zweifel, Kurt Schactler, my mother, my cousins Jim Eisenhut and Trudy Karram, Esther and I) remember when Harold played clarinet at Swiss dances. I wonder if anyone in Dallas knows that! Sally's mother (Mina) played piano, my cousin Jim Eisenhut played bass, Walter Hoehner (Harold's father) and my cousin Al sometimes played accordian, and the men would yodel during breaks from the "band" and dancing. We all danced: kids and adults alike. Those were days of great Swiss parties in the 1950's, stories for another day."

Thank you, Shirley, and DO send those stories, any time!

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My Thanks to Webmaster Kristi Kosmoski for
updating the "Visitor's Map to Historic Waterville"
on the Village website!

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Think Blue Skies and Summer!


Haying in Hanover

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Have a Great Day, Everyone!