There's no need to try concocting some clever April Fool's Day story here. Mother Nature has done that for me. We awoke to a little over an inch of new snow, temperature in the low 20s and wind howling. The message is clear: So you thought spring was here? April Fool!!
     Ice-Out ticket sales on line are moving right along and you can still get in on the contest until 11:59 p.m. tonight, or you can print some tickets and get them in the mail as long as they are postmarked today. 
     As for the latest information on ice conditions, we can tell you that all the water showing yesterday - puddles in the road, some on top of the ice in spots and open water showing in places along the channel running into the pond - all that has changed today. I had to go to a meeting in Danville mid-morning and the road was still well frozen with almost no mud showing, and no water pools on the ice - it's all just ICE. On my way back a few minutes ago there were a few signs of melting where the sun is hitting the road, but still the temperature is only 26.3 degrees. Not much improvement expected until perhaps this weekend. Sorry, that's not much help for picking the date the block will go through the ice, but it's all I've got.
     Enjoy the day - play a few April Fool's Day jokes if you must, but do it with kindness, and keep it light. It's a fun day and hopefully starts off a month of much nicer weather than today leads us to expect.