Beautiful bright sunshine, at least for the start of the day. A welcome change to have two days in a row of sun, but forecast is for showers later on today.

I picked up the mail in W. Danville this morning. Quite a bit of Ice-Out Contest activity; Jane Larrabee said lots of people asking for tickets. We've had a few printable tickets off the web site sent it, too. Everything seems to be running smoothly.

Garey was in the post office, looking a little pale, I thought, but he said he's feeling better. He was really busy, so I didn't take up his time chatting. At the counter, Jane and Mary were also really busy with customers. Jane told me the road that used to be the old Route 2 before it was straightened, is washed out completely just past Leferrier's Construction. She said it had weathered a hundred years of rain storms, but apparently this summer did it in. She said there are barriers up so nobody will get hurt. I was sorry I didn't have the camera. I left both it and Fred at home. Fred wanted to work on his latest wood delivery, and I didn't think to take the camera - he usually sees to that. We'll try to get pictures soon, though.

Here's something some of you may want to join - a poker game! This came from Pat Moran in Danville:

On Aug 23  at 10AM we are hosting a Poker Paddle on Joe's Pond to benefit the Danville Senior Meals Site.  With the support of Local Businesses we have a few 'fabulous' prizes to award.  Suggested donation is $10 and best hand wins.  We hope to see a few of the many paddlers that live on the Pond come out and support the local community and have a little fun.  We'll meet at the Town Beach.

Pat Moran, Danville.
684-2587