Periods of freezing rain and snow. Light accumulations. Highs 25-30
The AccuWeather Extended Forecast
"Mostly cloudy today, flurries; not as cold this morning.
Snowmobilers will be out! Although trails have not seen any appreciable accumulation in snow pack over the last few days, the fact that all of the soggy, muddy spots and tiny streamlets are now frozen will make riding much more fun. This, of course, does NOT mean that snow bridges across small brooks or that the ice on ponds has had time to freeze to guarantee safe crossing.
In Other Sports:
The WCS Girls' Varsity Basketball Team lost to Canastota, last night, 49 - 40.
Boys' Varsity scores are elusive!
In Music:
Today is the 251st Anniversary of the Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Tomorrow - WCS student Alex Meszler will perform in the benefit "Soup for the Soul" - a concert to benefit "Soup in School" in S. Africa - which will take place at the Stone Presbyterian Church in Clinton at 2PM on Sunday. A piano student of Sar-Shalom Strong, Alex will be livening up the afternoon with a little ragtime- Scott Joplin's "the Easy Winners". Donations are $10 for adults, $5 for students or $25 for a family.
Jeff Reynolds, who sent the dramatic photograph of the fence and its shadows on the snow, also took this picture of the Library and its Flag, which has now been returned to full-staff and really was "Old Glory" in the winter sun.
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By way of explaination .....
"Whiskey Hollow" gained its name back in the early 1800's when Amos Osborn built a distillery there - the long, low stone building - and began making the best whiskey around!
This photograph was taken from Berrill Avenue some time between 1874 and 1904. The writer's home is not shown, but the building to the lower left of the picture was "The Red Mill" - one of the two gristmills there - and the white building with the small bell tower, which now belongs to Mrs. Leigh, was the warehouse for the distillery. You can trace the course of "Big Creek," and even identify some of the residential buildings. In the far distance can be seen the smokestack and building of the "Waterville Hop Extract Works."
