NOTICE!

Jaquith Library Book Sale Date Change.

The book sale advertised for January 21st will be on January 28th. Please note the New Date.

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We are getting a taste of winter weather today. It has been snowing all day and although it seems to be letting up a bit as the afternoon wears on, there are still snowflakes in the air, lots of wind, and the temperature remains just below freezing. Road crews have been busy and I expect they'll be out trying to keep the roads from icing. This messy weather is going to last at least a couple days, from the forecast. It looks as if we'll have gained between 3-4 inches of snow, but then may lose some if it turns to rain.

We saw Diane and Don Sherwood last evening. Diane is doing very well with her injured collarbone. Her arm is in a sling, so her activity is limited, but she says she's doing ok and Don is helping out a lot. It's frustrating to be on a skiing vacation and not be able to take advantage of the new snow.

Don asked me how long I'd been doing this blog, and I guessed it had been three or four years. Fred looked it up by checking the archived blog entries and found the first entry I apparently made. Here it is:

First Blog Entry

I was surprised that it has been so long. I noticed there were a couple of comments for that first blog, but they didn't seem to be related. I was new at managing the blog then, so probably didn't realize I didn't need to publish them. In case you want to look back, you can find a list of all the archived entries at the right of this page. Scroll all the way to the bottom for the earliest. I glanced at the November entries - one about a big fire in Hardwick, and one about the new home being built by Greg and Laura Keenan on the former Clayton Smith property on West Shore Road. Lots of pictures, too.

In the Hardwick Gazette this week there was a letter to the editor about rescuing two loons - one that had become trapped on Lake Eligo when it froze over, and another that more or less crash landed on a Morrisville street during a rain storm. They believe that one mistook the glistening street for open water. Both were successfully rescued and because at least one had an injured wing and wouldn't be strong enough to fly very far, so both were transported by volunteers and released into Casco Bay in Maine. Eric Hansen, who has helped with Joe's Pond loon emergencies, said the loons should be fine after being released in the ocean.

Bill and Diane Rossi have been getting Joe's Pond perch from Everett Drew, and they report they are especially good. Everett's been getting good catches for about two weeks now, we understand. I don't know where he fishes, but if it's him we see in back of the big island, he hasn't been out there a lot - or at least we haven't seen him there much. The Fish and Wildlife Service are reporting that Newark Pond has been opened for the first time for ice fishing. They report there is an abundance of large yellow perch there.