Of Special Interest

"NY Dairy Farmers to get Aid from USDA"

"Dairy Money on the Way."

"Schumer Announces Funding for Dairy Farmers."

USDA MEDIA RELEASE 12/17/2009

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Today is Hedy Eisenhut's

95th BIRTHDAY!

Here's a picture that her daughter, Shirley Bynum Smith, sent to me. It was taken in July with two of her Hedy's granddaughters and three great granddaughters. "From left to right, surrounding Grossmutti (Grandmother in Swiss-German is what my children & grandchildren call her) are Hannah Moseley (age 6), Jill Moseley, Kimberly Fisher, Lauren Fisher (9) and Rachel Fisher (5)."

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It's all of 8.8 degrees F. this morning!

Temperatures around Waterville yesterday morning ranged from -1 to -5 and I was met with a frozen hot water pipe at the kitchen sink. That was easily thawed with a hair dryer, but then I discovered that I was WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS. (Not having hot water in the kitchen sink in an inconvenience; not having the internet is a major crisis!) The difficulty wasn't anything that I had caused or could resolve, so I - along with many others - just waited out the "outage" and reverted to the old-fashioned method of communication: the telephone!

TODAY

The forecast from WKTV: "A mix of sun and clouds will give way to mostly cloudy skies during the day Saturday with a high in the mid 20's. Mostly cloudy tomorrow night with a low in the teens."

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One thing to be said for super-cold weather: it's great for snow making!

Check HERE for conditions at upstate ski resorts!

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Seen on Thursday afternoon, this Christmas grouping at the McLean residence on Stafford Avenue.

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LATEST SPORTS SCORES

"Waterville 61, Sherburne 56 - from the O-D.
Robert Hughes had 23 points and five assists and Brett Baumgarten had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Waterville to a CSC Division II win. Jared Henderson also had five assists for the Indians. Sherburne-Earlville’s Sean Boise scored 20 points.
Sherburne 13-19-12-12 -- 56
Waterville 16-17-21 -7 – 61
Sherburne: Randy Briggs 8, Cameron Yerton 8, Doug Parks 9, Sean Boise 20, Ethan Johnson 9, Matt Piazzi 2. Totals: 20-11-56.
Waterville (1-3, 3-4): Taylor Jaquays 9, Jared Henderson 8, Donie March 4, Robert Hughes 23, Jordan Henderson 2, Jordan Orendorff 2, Brett Baumgarten 13. Totals: 26-5-61.
3-point goals: Sherburne 5 (Boise 2, Herton 2, Johnson); Waterville 4 (Hughes 4).


"Girls’ Basketball

S-E 57, Waterville 46

SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville went to junior forward Bridget Irwin time and again in the fourth quarter, and Waterville was unable to stop her.

Irwin scored 15 of her career-high 26 points over the final eight minutes, and S-E (4-1) pulled away for the Center State Conference win.

“They were playing us man-to-man, and we kept feeding Bridget the ball,” said S-E coach Karen Mulligan. “She was getting good inside position and made some nice cuts to the basket. She can use either hand around the basket, and is hard to stop.”

S-E also contained Waterville’s outside shooting threats, and controlled the defensive glass in the final quarter.


Irwin added 10 rebounds, her fourth straight double-double, and four steals. Kristi Vibbard scored 10 points, and Caitlynn Adams blocked three shots.

S-E plays Cooperstown on Saturday.

Waterville: Brooke Williams, 0; Jenna Fallon, 0; Katie Buell, 4 0-0-9; Dylan Hodge, 1 0-0-3; Shevonne Fitzgerald, 0; Lindsay Wratten, 2 1-2-6; Shelby Ritzel, 0; Jessica Zogby, 3 4-5-10; Lauren Homer, 3 0-0-6; Nicole Eisenhut, 4 4-4-12. Totals: 17 9-11-46.

S-E: Briana Vibbard, 2 1-4-5; Kristi Irwin, 3 7-9-13; Shelbie Dye, 0; Caitlynn Adams, 1 1-2-3; Bridget Irwin, 12 1-1-26; Courtney Jasper, 0; Nicole Carpenter, 0; Kristi Vibbard, 3 1-4-10; Liz Farrow, 0; Samantha Hill, 0. Totals: 21 11-20-57.

Wat. 13 8 15 10–46

S-E 11 7 18 21–57

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If you're in California, head for Santa Monica and meet Vicki at the Pier tomorrow!

"Victoria's Ride"

A feature article about Tracy Lynn Olivera on Broadway appears in the current issue of the Pennysaver.

also in the news:

The Christmas Bird Count takes place Today.

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Have a good weekend everyone - and keep warm!

Afterthought -- a blog reader has sent me an Email that has caused me to reach for a small calculator and subtract 191,309 from 200,000. That's 8,691. It was a nice thought, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect to reach the 200,000 mark in only ten more days. I actually stopped counting after we passed the 2008 total of 163,000. Even that was unexpected! Maybe next year!

Thanks for the good thoughts, anyway!