Monday Morning

It's Garbage Day!

Overcast, at 23 degrees F. / -5 degrres C.

From WKTV: "Good morning Central New York! A quiet start to the day, with light snow later this afternoon. A busy week of weather, with our first taste of arctic air by the end of the week.

A quiet start to the day all across Central New York. Seasonably chilly this morning, with overnight lows in the low 20s. Some breaks of morning sunshine are possible. Bring the jacket, hat, and gloves as you head out the door.

Any sun that we see this morning will be short lived. A weak trough moves in from the west late in the day, setting off a few snow showers. A period of light snow showers are expected this afternoon and evening. Here's a look at the snowfall forecast:

Slightly colder air will move in tomorrow. With a light northwesterly breeze, some lake effect snow showers are possible even into Tuesday morning. Little accumulation is expected on Tueseday. High pressure will attempt to build in again, with some sunshine in spots away from the lakes Tuesday afternoon.

A large storm system will develop across the center of the US over the next few days and move into Central New York Wednesday morning. The parent storm moves to the west, with a secondary storm developing along the Atlantic Coast. This means there is a high probability that we'll be dealing with a mixed bag of precipitation. At this point, it looks to be mainly sleet and freezing rain. The lions share is not expected to be snow for the lower elevations. We'll keep you posted.

Behind this storm, our first taste of arctic air for Thursday through Saturday. High temperatures likely only in the 20s on Friday and Saturday! With the cold weather will come some heavy lake effect snow. At this point it's too early to pinpoint where that will happen, but the current thinking is across the Tug Hill and North Country."

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Sangerfield is ready!

"Skeeter" Jones rolled out the Township's new Weapon against Winter - a big MACK Snowplow - one of the latest reasons for the community to be grateful for the Edward S. Barton Trust!

An inch or two of snow came on Saturday, at the same time as the Sanger Lodge's Christmas Tree Sale opened in the Park.

It didn't take long at all for shoppers to arrive .......

........ and take home their "perfect tree."

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Area residents have been perfecting decorations at their homes. This is the Gray residence, in "Dicksville," ........

............ and here's the Machold home on W. Bacon Street.


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Sandy Martin sent me this Email report:

"The Waterville Red Hatters held their Christmas party at Michael's on December 3rd. We enjoyed the food and service. After the meal we played a couple of games under the supervision of Carol Tower and Mary Lou Von Matt. At the end of the day we exchanged secret pal gifts. The January get-together will be held in the Village Hall on January 28th and will be a pot-luck luncheon."

Well-known Mickey Mantle look-alike, Mr. Donald Brown of White Street, parked his very recognizable car on his front lawn, on Saturday. It and its passengers were slowing traffic and drawing amused onlookers!

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Airborne travelers - Canada Geese - circled above fields on Madison Street, finally landing ....

.............. in the ponds behind the Moon residence.

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FOR YOUR CALENDAR

THIS WEEK AT THE LIBRARY!

Holiday Movie * "WHITE CHRISTMAS"
Tuesday, December 8th 6pm
Free for All Ages

Friends of the Library * Thurs., December 10th
6:30pm | Members and Non-Members are welcome to join! Meetings: 2nd Thursday of every month

Holiday Decorations * Fri, December 11th 4pm
| All Ages | Sign Up

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FRIDAY

OPEN HOUSE

AT "White Whispers" Day Spa Too from 4:00 - 7:00

151 W Main Street Waterville, NY 13480, 841-4200

(former Ecco Video).

ON SATURDAY

"The Waterville United Methodist Church annual Christmas cookie Sale

will be December 12th - from 9 am till noon -

We will also have some Christmas decorations for sale."

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Tapestry, the All-centuries Singers, (with Gail Prentice, 2nd row; 2nd from left!) will present one of their classic concerts of exciting choral Christmas favorites that has been delighting audiences since 1985 at 2:30 pm, Saturday December 12, 2009, at St. James Episcopal Church, 9 Williams Street in Clinton.

The concert opens with a formal presentation including four double choir motets: Johann Sebastian Bach's "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied", Giovanni Gabrieli's "Hodie Christus Natus Est", Moteverdi's "Nisi Dominus" and the singers' newest favorite, "Ave Maria" by the Brazilian composer Jorge Moreira.

Following intermission, they will return in their colorful Renaissance costumes (and considerably relaxed personæ!) with a collection of traditional Christmas tunes, some new, some quite old but many familiar to Tapestry's audiences.

Admission, collected at the door, will be $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for Students or Seniors.

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ON SUNDAY


Residents of the Town of Marshall were recently notified by authorities that Santa plans to visit the Towpath Train Station on Sunday, December 13.


He is due to arrive around 1 PM and will greet residents until 3.

The Town of Marshall Parks and Recreation Committee plans a gala with refreshments, and wagon rides on the towpath. Santa is hoping that all children under the age of 95 who live in the Town of Marshall will be available to attend.

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FOR THE RECORD

Older readers will remember that this is the 68th Anniversary of the Attacks on Pearl Harbor making December 7th "a Date which will live in Infamy."

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Hanukka begins at sundown on Friday.



I spent a fair amount of time working up this image to use on
Christmas notes to many of the people who have helped to
"Make it Happen,"
only to learn that the picture is incomplete!

Watch for changes at the Bandstand today and tomorrow!

Have a great day, everyone!