Columbus Day

It's a Holiday!

However ...........................

"Opponents of Columbus Day Gain Traction."

OR

"Try Respecting Columbus for a Change, America."


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It's just 30 degrees and sunny.

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Noreen Machold, who lives on N. Main Street in Deansboro, has one of the "best" maples, this year!

From WKTV: "A frosty start to the day for almost all locations. This is the first frost for many, and the end to the growing season for Central New York. Plenty of sunshine is expected today. Despite the cold start, temperatures this afternoon will top in the low 50s. Clouds ahead of the next weak storm system expected to arrive this evening. Rain tonight, with overnight lows near 40.

As our next weak, fast moving storm system crosses through the area, rain showers will continue through the day tomorrow. Rainfall amounts will be on the lighter side, with most areas only picking up less than a quarter inch. Cooler air on the back side of the storm will trigger some light lake effect rain showers. It's possible that the lake effect rain showers turn over to a few wet flakes of snow in the higher spots by tomorrow evening. No accumulation expected.

A brief area of high pressure moves in on Wednesday, shutting down the lake effect precipitation. The next storm system is expected to pass out to sea for Thursday and Friday, but it will be a close call. Some light rain and snow showers are possible both days, but it all depends on how close that storm tracks.

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GUESS WHEN!*
(see below.)

"Friday night, ..............., snow fell to a depth of five or six inches in this village. Many trees were broken down owing to the dampness of the snow which (clung to) the branches and leaves. The papers report a severe snow storm in St. Louis on the 5th day of October. An unheard of occurrence."

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A Wonderful Occurrence!

Miss Tricia L. Prior was married to Kenneth J. Bridges on October 3rd in Slatersville, RI. Tricia is the daughter of Ms. Valerie King and Jack Prior. The couple resides in North Smithfield, RI, and both are employed by Bank of America.

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Fred Ashforth has sent me this photograph and note: "The Ashforth family made our annual trek up Bald Mountain in Old Forge on Sunday (October 11) and the leaves were still beautiful. Here we are at the Fire Tower at the top of the mountain. Along with JoAnne and me are our daughter Kristen, who was visiting from Salem, MA, and son Ryan with his children Leila, Connor and Keoni."

Thanks, Fred!


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LOOKING AHEAD

from Amanda Briggs at the Library

Ghost Hunter Stacey Jones Tuesday, October 13th @ 6:30pm
Come listen to stories about the paranormal, hear aduio recordings and see photos from ghost hunting outings. This is a very interesting program to kick off the Halloween season.

Come early to get good seats!

Murder Mystery * Tuesday, October 20th

5:30pm | Sign Up by October 2nd to be part of the Tragical Mystery Tour. *Refreeshments Included

Documentary -The Old Quarry and Other Haunted Places in CNY |
Thursday, October 22nd @ 6pm

Story Swap for Old Folks* Friday, October 23rd

10:15am | Come share your stories or listen to others stories about " Once Upon A Time In Waterville"

Waterville Book Discussion Group
Book: Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
Next Meeting: 4th Wednesday of every month @ 12pm

Thank you and I hope to see you at our library soon!

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FOR THE RECORD

Awwwwwwww.........

It's over. But there's always Next Year .........

............. and there's still Yankees action to watch!

(Click image to embiggen!)

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* From The Waterville Times, October 12, 1857.


Have a good day, everyone!