The tickets are all in and counted.
Dave Parker informed us tonight the final count on the ticket sales for the 2007 Ice-Out Contest at Joe's Pond is 9,412. Not too shabby. Another record year.

I have a promise from Ted Chase over on North Shore Road that he will get an ice depth measurement for me tomorrow from in front of his home. It should be representative of the depth overall. I'll report that figure as soon as he contacts me.

Ted also told me the snowmobile trails in the Walden area are about the best they've been all winter. The Coles Pond Sledders snowmobile club will have an end of the season cookout at Lookout Point on Trail 151 on either Saturday or Sunday, depending on the weather. The snowmobile season closes on April 15th, so this will be your last chance to get out there and enjoy the fun with other sports. Ted said he will know by Thursday night which day the cookout will take place, so call him at 802-684-3883, or e-mail him at tedchase@vtlink.net.

Friends will be glad to know Pam and Joe Hebert arrived home today after several months in Arizona, their winter playground. Welcome home, Pam and Joe. I bet you thought you'd miss all the fun of shoveling snow and slogging through mud!

Have you checked the new "ribbon" on the home page of www.joespond.org yet? We now have a map to show where the Ice-Out flag is located on the pond, and some of the roads around the pond are shown and named.