I wonder if someone might remember an incident that happened in West Danville back in 1983. A couple of prisoners were being transported through West Danville by a sheriff and near the intersection with Route 15, they escaped from the car and ran up the hill into the woods behind Hastings store. We know where they hung out for several days, but what I'm trying to find is some report of where, when and how they were finally captured.

We have this event in our West Danville history book, and in telling the story, we have a variety of personal recollections, but have searched on line but have not been able to find newspaper accounts of their eventual capture. Our editor is asking that we try once more to see if we can locate some newspaper article or a first-hand report that will authenticate the resolution. If you have a clipping, please take a photo with your phone or scan it and send it to me at janebrowncabot@gmail.com. I will need the name of the publication and the date. If you have personal knowledge, I would like to speak with you about it to see if what we already have matches what you know. We appreciate anything you can recall.

On another subject - I posted last night about the Joe's Pond Ice-Out Committee and others distributing Ice-Out tickets to each JPA member. They will be doing it in person - offering 10 tickets or more to everyone. You do not have to purchase the tickets now. You can make them out and send them or deliver them to one of the committee members later with $1 for each ticket; you can sell or give them to friends (they can fill them in and send them with $1 each to JPA) or you can hang onto them until the last day of March, 2021 before filling them in and sending them to JPA. Just be sure (1) take them with you when you leave camp this summer, and (2) be sure they are postmarked before midnight, April 1.

I was pleased that they decided to distribute tickets this way - again. This is how it used to be done many years ago. At one time there were "directors" for each road around the pond and that person was responsible for getting information to and from campers. That was before the internet - and also when telephoning across the pond was a toll call. I'm pretty sure at least a few people will remember that. Personally distributing tickets like this is a great way to get to know your neighbors a little bit - however, remember that it's important to use social distancing.

Our weather seems to be deteriorating, and we can expect more of the same as we get further into the week. I was curious about the name, "Isaias," and looked it up. First, it is pronounced "ees-ah-EE-ahs" (hard to wrap your tongue around, right?) and is a Spanish-atin derivative of Isaiah. The first translation I found was that it means "God is my salvation." Then I found that on another baby name website it is supposed to mean, dependable, solid, practical, hard-working, industrious -- you get the implications. Strange name for a destructive hurricane, but with the names of other bad hurricanes retired, I guess the folks at the World Meteorological Organization who pick these names have an increasingly difficult job picking just the right one. I found that they use a list of both male and female names that are rotated every six years - except for the really destructive ones that will not be used again, at least for a hundred years or so.

WCAX weather people are predicting that Isaias will arrive here sometime Tuesday and into Wednesday with a fair amount of rain - could be from 1 to 3 inches along the Connecticut River Valley. Burlington area won't be getting that much. Of course, that is only a prediction based on what they are seeing now - the track could change. We won't be getting much wind, just the rain, which we need. Because the ground is pretty dry here, it should soak up the rain and prevent serious flooding. Here at Joe's Pond, however, if there is a fair amount of rain, expect the water level to come up Wednesday and Thursday as the pond fills from water running off the surrounding hills. Don't leave water toys where they can be floated off - tie things down or put them under cover. Be sure your moorings will allow for the probable rise in water level so your boat isn't held down and swamped.