Another really hot day. I was dreading going to the Cabot Plain Cemetery this morning to meet with sexton Marvie Domey and former sexton, Velma Smith to straighten out some mapping problems, but I should have known that if there's a breeze anywhere it's going to be there. It was still pretty warm in the sun, but in the shade of those big old maples, the breeze was just right. I could have spent the rest of the day there, but had plenty waiting for me back home, so here I am. When I told Fred, he suggested we should go there for a picnic. Maybe we could go to watch the sun set tonight. It's lovely there.

I had this message from Pat Parizo:

Good Morning Jane,

Looks like we are going to have another very hot day but we sure did have a beautiful 4th of July weekend. We had many friends and family here this weekend and I want to report 2 incidents.

1. We have some very nice and helpful boaters on our lake. A friend took his young daughter out on the sailboat and the wind flipped the boat. No one was hurt and there where several boats that came to there rescue. We thank all those people.

2. The other incident is not as pleasant. Our daughter and her friends were out in the kayaks and were traveling fairly close to the shoreline when a boater came with a skier and the skier dropped off toward the kayaks stopping only a short distance from the kayak and spraying the person in the kayak. The skier's response was that it was their dock. People need to realize that non-motorized boats have the right of way and that we all need to be considerate of others. Pat Parizo

It would have been nice if the boat towing the skier had circled and dropped off their skier when the kayaks were out of their path. Power boats should never go close to canoes or kayaks, and sounds like the skier was maybe showing off a little by spraying the kayakers. I'm glad nobody was hurt - just got a little wet.

You'll find the minutes of the Annual Meeting posted on the web site, JPA Minutes.
Notice that some lines are highlighted - that's because Fred wants to "liven it up" a little. Hum . . . I think what he's saying is that reading it isn't very exciting - you really gotta be there. It was a good meeting and it was good to see and talk with so many of our members. Lots of folks stayed around for Kids' Day, and that was a lot of fun. I hope we can do that again next year.

The next regular JPA meeting will be on August 21.

Did you know about the tractor trailer truck that got stuck in Smugglers' Notch Monday? State police had to close Rt.108 for about an hour until they could get the truck un-stuck and out of there. That road is closed to large vehicles, so it makes one wonder what the heck that driver was thinking. I expect there will be some charges to that driver, but I haven't heard anything more. If you've been on that road you know there are very narrow passes and out-croppings of ledge so any very large vehicle would have problems navigating those turns. Here's a photo of part of the notch I found on www.travelguideofamerica.com