Sunday

46 degrees.

A perfect forecast for a well-earned

Day of Rest

for the many who made yesterday's "Cruis'in" the biggest, most-successful small-town celebration that I've seen since the Village's Centennial in 1971!


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Breakfast and Sign-ups for the Mary C. Cleary Run & Walk and I finally got to meet "Jr!"

I spent most of the day in the Park, but had this view of the runners ........

.......... and the walkers.

They gathered early at Green Acres.

There was always a good crowd in front of the Stage. I wonder what it was like when Fault Line appeared! (They had performed at the high school on Friday and "the kids were blown away!" )

(photo by Kristin Strohmeyer)

The Boy Scouts were set up on White Street selling bottled water .......

............ and offering supervised practice on a Climbing Wall.

Where else would you find a Miniature Golf Course that was as Attractive AND Educational AND Fun as the one at the Waterville Historical Society on White Street?

And it was busy all day long!

The Park was filled with about 100 Classic and Antique automobiles, their owners .....

..... and browsers.

Garry Cope sat on the runningboard of a 1933 Nash to chat with some.....

.... while The Memorial Bandstand Fund's bright yellow "Make it Happen!" T's drew constant lookers who admired plans and drawings and filled the happily bandstand-shaped container with donations.

There was a steady line at the Optimist and Octagon's Hot Dog Stand.

Down on Firemen's Field, there was a Chicken Barbecue and then a Chili Contest! Stinkers appeared to have a full house, too.

I'd had it in mind to attend the 150th Birthday Cake Cutting Ceremony at The Waterville Times, but there simply was NO place to put my car while I went inside, so I missed it!

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I don't know of anything at all that didn't go as planned, and can only

give my heartiest Congratulations to those who

made the "Cruis'in" a success!

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The Memorial Bandstand Fund committee will continue its fund-raising drive through the rest of the year with constant reminders - like the one waiting outside the library to greet evening dinner guests - that they need everyone's help to:

"Make it Happen!"

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