Thursday

Recyclables Day!

It's 54 degrees and feels like rain.

(We do need it, badly!)

• Thursday: Hazy sunshine, warm and humid with scattered thunderstorms. High 85
• Thursday Night: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Low 62
• Friday: Partly sunny, warm and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 83 Low 61
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. High 84 Low 62
• Sunday: Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 82 Low 61

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In re: yesterday's query about the new blue barn on Shanley Road, Mr. John - a.k.a. "Jack" - Brouillette sent the following information:

"The dairy barn mentioned on Shanley Road is being built for Jason Stoltzfus, a son of Jacob Stoltzfus on Brothertown Road. He is currently renting Joe Barnes' facility on White Street. He hopes to be in his new barn in the next couple of months.
The Mennonites have been a nice addition to the agricultural community in this area. Many of the families have in excess of 10 children, so we will likely see more of the next generation in farming."

---- and then, last evening, I had a telephone call from Mr. Mike Tower who added that the barns were constructed by a Mennonite crew who had travelled some great distance, daily, to accomplish the task and that just yesterday a huge Harvestore Silo had been set in place - moved, actually, from one location to another!

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Jan Kelley sent me this fine photograph of "Jack in the Pulpits" growing in her yard on Tower Street.

A welcome bit of shade on a hot afternoon.

At the Waterville Historical Society, President Joe Falk was folding fliers advertising the
July 7th
Loomis Gang Country Tours
Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social
Hop Exhibit, barn open and Old Time Kids Games

and Doris Stephan sorted and labelled items from the dozen or more boxes of archived materials marked, simply, "Waterville." The Society is open each Wednesday from 10:00 'til 4:00.

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The Welcoming Committee at Sanger Hill!

When Kathryn McLean, her husband Mark and their children Sean and Katie moved to "Sanger Hill," they faced what must have been a seemingly endless - even insurmountable - task: to refurbish the century-old stone Sanger home, which had been vacant for years - and make it their own. But they've done it!

These goats arrived at Sanger Hill in time for Mother's Day, but that was just coincidental, I believe! Someone working around the grounds knew of three goats who were looking for a home, and who could say "no" to these three "orphans?" And now Mrs. McLean has an unforseen problem, and she's written to ask blog-readers for their help!

She writes:

"I have attached a picture of the goats - named Delores (the big one), Fran (the black one) and Betty (White one :). I'm wondering if anyone knows of any "goat-nip"? So far, they've turned up their noses at bananas, strawberries, carrots, celery and apples. I guess I should just try paper? Anyway, they are slowly becoming more tame. They hadn't been handled at all at their last home so they started out pretty skittish. Betty White, especially. I did get some "sweet feed" and they'll now eat out of my hand if I don't make any fast moves."

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