Good Morning From the Still Snow-bound Northeast Kingdom of Vermont . . .

Yep, we got more snow last night, and apparently will have "snow showers" most of the weekend. Then the weather will get really testy with warming temperatures Monday and Tuesday, then back to the nasty again Wednesday with snow, sleet and rain. March isn't over for a few more days.

With the Ice-Out Contest winding down, we're trying to get tickets into the hands of everyone who wants them. During this wintery weather I suppose the ice going out of Joe's Pond is about the last thing the local folks are thinking about, but since April 1st is the last day we can accept tickets, we're trying to get the word out to get your tickets now. I'm sure we won't run out of tickets, but we will run out of time.

Dave Parker will be on KIX Radio, 105.5, the FM station in St. Johnsbury at 8:15 a.m. Friday the 21st, and then he'll go directly across the hall to station WSTJ, 1340 on your dial, to do another interview at 8:30 a.m. We're saturating the airways as best we can locally. I'm getting promos ready for the local papers, and those should be in before the contest closes.

So please try to listen to Dave is you're within range of either station, but in case you can't hear either station, Fred will also try to tape the programs to replay on the web site - like he did the Dave and Don Show last year.

With all this snow, Ray Richer won't even try to put set up the pallet and flag for a while, but as soon as it's out, we'll let you know and have pictures and reports regularly. Right now, Fred and Bill Rossi are out there somewhere doing recycling, errands and replenishing the Ice-Out ticket supply at Harry's Hardware in Cabot. They have the camera so I'm looking forward to some interesting pictures for you later today.