At Home in the Huddle 2009: Special Add-on forThursday!!!

The rear doors are open,

I imagine that the signs are down, out front, too.

and

"MICHAEL'S" IS OPEN, AGAIN!

I just received an Email that said,

"The judicial powers that be gave them access to re-enter the building and resume operations."

ANYONE FOR LUNCH????

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MISSING:

Two dogs; escaped from their yard on White Street.

One is a small-to-medium sized white dog with a black collar and the other a large, 13 yrs. old black dog with a red collar.

The owner reports that both dogs are friendly.
If anyone sees them, call 724-2342.

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DAN FORD

(That's birthday #60!)

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It's Garbage Day. 38 degrees and overcast.

Walking, Running & Biking Classes start tonight
at the WCS Fitness Center at 6:00!

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From WKTV: "Good morning Central New York! After a cloudy, chilly, rain filled Wednesday, we're going to see a return to spring today! Unfortunately, it's not going to last.
Starting out the day with some patchy fog. Expect the fog to lift before 9AM this morning, with sunshine building all across the region. Temperatures by this afternoon are expected to be in the low to mid 60s! Enjoy it, because this is going to be the only warm spring day we'll see for a while.
An area of low pressure developing in Texas will swing northeast through the day today and will eventually impact our weather by tomorrow. Clouds will roll in tonight ahead of our next storm system. Low temperatures are expected to be quite mild, in the mid to upper 40s. Friday will start out cloudy, with rain showers developing in the late morning. Expect a warm rain Friday afternoon, with highs in the mid to upper 50s."

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YESTERDAY

Michael LaTreille and his staff may not have been completely surprised to find the restaurant's rear entrances boarded up and these signs in the front windows, but customer Helen Voll certainly was, when she arrived for an early lunch, and many more who followed!

The words - "'Michael's' is closed!" - spread faster than any wildfire could have and, a little after lunch time, these notices were appearing on Main Street and filling Emails:

"From Michael’s Fine Food & Spirits

To our loyal patrons and friends:

Due to certain circumstances, Michael’s will be temporarily closed. We are in the process of re-opening on Main Street as soon as we can. We look forward to serving all of our customers with the same high quality food and service you all deserve. Thank you, in advance, for your patience and support."

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(It became obvious, yesterday, that this young, 34 year-old man who has only been in Waterville for four years, has earned the admiration, respect and support of the entire community. That sort of stuff you just can't buy with money. Good luck, Mike!)

ALSO IN MY MAIL:

"The Waterville Methodist Church Sunday School thanks everyone for their support of the Pasta Dinner. The profit was nearly $600.00. We plan to be back next year with a similar menu and even more pasta. We cooked 15 pounds of penne pasta and still ran out. We apologize to anyone who came after 6:15 P. M. for dinner and found that we had run out of pasta."

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THE MOHAWK VALLEY CHAMBER BRASS
will appear in concert at

the North Brookfield Baptist Church,
(1 mile east of Rte 12 intersection, across from the firehouse).

on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009, at 11:00 am.

All are welcome!

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Jill Getman wrote from the Waterville Public Library to say that she still needs a few more participants to "go" to Chicago with her on April 23rd and participate in the second in a series of Murder Mystery Nights at the Library!

This "play" is called the "Unhappy Hour":

"When the lights go out on Disco Fever, it's lights out for Dexter Doyle, too. A gun shot shatters the fun, the dance floor clears and there's poor Dex, not dead on his feet, but dead on the floor. So who's spoiling all the fun in this Chicago bar, the greedy bartender, a mysterious barfly, or is it really you who's been doing the hustle?"

As you can see there will be plently of humorous plays on words and more in this! I realize (now) that a lot of people are probably tied up in the running/walking program on a Thursday, so that if I get enough interest from others I could change it to a Tuesday night on the 21st or 28th... Of course, it would be wonderful to just keep everything as planned and get 3 more people to jump in on the fun!"

315-841-4651
www.midyork.org/waterville

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Yesterday, of course, was the first day of Fishing Season,
but I saw NO sign along Big Creek that any fishermen had caught a reason to smile.

So - I went to Foodking, where the new owner, Gary Wandley, led directly to the meat department and, with a big grin, picked up enough fresh fish to fill a good-sized creel!

(There's more than one way to fill a fish photo!)

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It was a gray day, but not at the Ashforth's on East Bacon Street.

The answers to yesterday's quiz: click to enlarge!

How did YOU do?

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I had the honor and pleasure of being a guest speaker at the Brothertown Optimist Club, last evening at Municipal Hall. The real stars of the evening actually were Youth of the Month Alyssa Louden, whose accomplishments as a student at WCS were - to me - overwhelming and dazzling, and then "the blog!"

After we'd talked "Blogging" for quite a while, someone brought up the subject of Tom Tryniski's website, Old Fulton Postcards, and what fun it is to have internet access to old newspapers. Another member suggested that one could probably even look up the first meetings of the Brothertown Optimists, and so - late last night - I did! (Click the images to enlarge!)