Tuesday

Oh, RATS!


Blogspot has just lost this morning's post!

I'll do it again, but first:

It's Garbage Day and a chilly 42 degrees.

It's Garbage Day

37.4 degrees: Brrrr!


WKTV's forecast: "Chilly this morning! Some of the coldest spots across the region are reporting patchy frost. Expect sunshine to continue this morning and early afternoon, with highs in the upper 60s to near 70. Clouds will start to move in from the south this afternoon, and eventually some rain showers late in the day. Expect rain showers to break out after 7 PM this evening from south to north. Cloudy with rain showers tonight, with lows only in the low 50s.

Tropical moisture from the south will continue to advance through Central New York tomorrow. Expect cloudy skies with occasional rain showers and maybe a rumble of thunder. Highs only expected to be in the 60s. Some sunshine is expected Thursday with the chance of rain showers or a thunderstorm. Highs a bit warmer, in the low 70s."





The sun was bright , yesterday morning, and long before the parade began Nancy Ayaly ( I was told) had played patriotic songs on the big bells of the Masonic Temple. DJ Don Brown, II, was in Monument Park. His sound system was in place, filling the air with the long-ago but still familiar sounds of songs like "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," "Over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail......" "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "We'll Meet Again."

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Main Street was lined with people, many wearing red, white and blue and holding small flags.

The bronze soldier waited .....

Unit after unit arrived.

One of the largest contingents was the Band from Memorial Park School ........


........ and, with the arrival of the Waterville High School Marching Band & Color Guard plus everyone who had been standing next to Main Street, the Park was full!

After the hanging of a POW MIA flag on an empty chair placed next to the base of the monument, Rebecca Maggio, President of the Clifford J. Fulmer Post 92 of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, dedicated the day's ceremony to the men of the community who had lost their lives in battle.

Attorney Mark Barnes was the main speaker. In closing his remarks he asked the assemblage to show their gratitude to those veterans who were present, and there was a loud, extended applause.



I was not located in a position to take a photograph of all of them, but sitting in that honored group was (formerly Master Sgt.) Miss Helen Voll who had enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Corps as soon as she was old enough, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The salute.

WCS trumpeter Joel Kahn echoes Jerod Waufel in the traditional playing of TAPS and in a performance so perfect as to leave listeners in complete silence.

FOR THE RECORD


Fr. Tom's front porch has been planted: the show's begun!