Please come join us at Faith in Action, Masonic Hall, Main Street on April 12th as Winnie Mundinger shows us how to make a delicious meal from the food we receive in our Food Share boxes. We will start cooking at 10 AM and eat the meal when we finish around noon! There are no requirements for this social: you can be young/older, expert cook/novice, receive Food Share food or not! Just come ready to help and learn, and come HUNGRY!!! Bring your neighbors and friends! Call 563-3322 with questions.

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PLEASE NOTE: Our new e-mail address is: admin@fiancp.org

Faith in Action Northern Communities Partnership, INC

Phone: (802)563-3322

www.FIANCP.org

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CABOT RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Meeting

TUESDAY April 10^th

6:00 pm, Willey Building

Please come if you have an interest in keeping youth baseball, soccer, and basketball alive and thriving in Cabot. Due to Rec Dept. staffing changes there are many opportunities to get involved. PLEASE come to this meeting and learn about what needs to be done and let us know how you are able to help keep youth recreation programs running.

Contact Rebecca Nally 563-3503 if you are interested in helping but can’t make it to the meeting

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"Announcing a dramatic reading of a 2-part American history play called BOOM AND BUST, written by Vermont playwright Tom Blachly, and to be performed in two parts, as follows:
"BOOM AND BUST, PART 1, Saturday, April 14th, at 2:00 p.m., in Fellowship Hall, at Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier.

"BOOM AND BUST, PART 2, Sunday, April 15th, at 2:00 p.m., in Fellowship Hall, at Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier.

"BOOM AND BUST covers the years 1921-1932, and documents the Jazz Age, the 1929 stock market crash, and the coming of the New Deal. Characters include Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their family, and Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover, among others. To be read by local Vermont actors. Admission is free. The audience is invited to stay after the reading to provide feedback to the author and the cast. For more info call Tom at 426-3955."

Thank you!
Tom Blachly
426-3955

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Bicycle Maintenance Workshop

Marshfield, VT

Jaquith Public Library Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7 – 8:30pm

Description: Gas prices are going up! Get out your bike and get it ready to go with Anne Miller and and special guests.

Address: Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St.

Marshfield

All Ages

free!

Contact: Susan Green Number for more info: 426-3581 Email: jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com Web: www.marshfield.lib.vt.us

THE CLOCK HAS STOPPED!!
The official Ice-Out date at Joe's Pond -
April 8, at 5:25 p.m.

We can't announce a winner just yet, but we'll keep you posted. The flag was still floating around out there at last report, but that isn't unusual. The ice floe drifted far enough to disconnect the clock, and the block will go down within a short time. As soon as we know the winner or winners, I'll post it here.

HI -

WE PICKED UP A FREE PRESS SO I HAVE READ THE ARTICLE. THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD ! WILL SAVE IT WITH MY OTHER ICE OUT THINGS. FROM FRED'S PICTURES IT SURE LOOKS LIKE THE ICE WILL MOVE FAR ENOUGH AWAY SOON TO STOP THE CLOCK.

HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED AT ST. MONICA CHURCH TODAY. FR. LEO HAD MELISSA JENKINS IN THE HOMILY. DID A GREAT JOB AND ALSO AT THE END SAID, " THANKYOU TO EVERYONE WHO SENT EASTER CARDS TO ME AND ALSO FOR ALL WITH MONEY ENCLOSED. I AM DONATING EVERY PENNY OF THAT MONEY TO THE MELISSA JENKINS MEMORIAL FUND." WHAT A TRAGEDY AND IT IS BEING FELT BY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. I DID KNOW HER AND DID SEE HER OFTEN. ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.

HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING A HAPPY EASTER

LOVE AND BLESSINGS,

HOMER AND MARGARET

The article about global warming done by Matt Sutkowski for the Burlington Free Press is in today's paper. It's headlined "Epic March heat shifts global warming discussion," with photos by Glenn Russell.

This is a picture of Glenn and Matt the day we did the interview. We met first at Hastings store and then took them to Homer's to see the pallet and clock setup. Matt had told us his article was about global warming, and that he wanted to get our take on the subject since we had kept records over the years.

Like most people, we didn't have a definite opinion on the subject, but our Joe's Pond Ice-Out records do show a trend. I have records kept by my father going back to 1968, and during that period the pond was clear of ice 10 times in April and 10 times in May. From 1988 to 2011, it went out 17 times in April and only 7 times in May - and I think we it is safe to say it will go out in April this year.

On a less serious note, Joe's Ponder Karen Gruggel Cobb (Narrows Drive) sent a really cute Easter Greeting this morning. Take a look.

Once again, I have not much to report. We wouldn't have been surprised if the clock had stopped during the night, but the temperature dropped back to a little below freezing. The pallet is still sitting on the ice - the clock is still ticking. Fred got lots of pictures, and once again I've made a slide show - but even that is pretty much same-old, same-old, so we'll excuse you if you choose to skip it this morning.

This picture shows that the pallet and flag seem to be moving towards the Barre Avenue shore. There's plenty of open water there now, so the ice could break up and let the pallet down, or the ice may move far enough to disconnect the clock. However, right now we are getting a little snow shower and there is no wind - at least up here on the hill where we are. There may be some wind on the pond, but not enough to move the ice much, probably. The temperature here is 35 degrees, but would be lower on the ice, so there isn't much melting going on, and not much movement, either.

We'll keep track of the pallet throughout the day and I'll report if there's a change.

I'm beginning to wonder what's holding that pallet up! It doesn't seem to change, no matter what else is happening around it. This picture, although it looks just like the one taken this morning, was taken at 7 p.m. We've had sunshine all day and a brisk wind out of the north or northwest, and we thought surely the pallet would either sink or move with the ice floe, but it seems to remain "frozen" in place.

Things have changed around it, though. The big hole that was close by the pallet has merged with open water now, and there is more open water along the Barre Avenue shore, leaving plenty of space for the ice to move, but that just doesn't seem to be happening.

We'll keep on checking, and report as soon as something happens.

Fred and I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday celebration.

Nothing to report. You can barely see the flag and pallet in this photo, but Fred got some nice pictures and close-ups that clearly show the ice is receding rapidly; but the pallet is hanging tight and the clock was still ticking at 7 this morning. That hole in the ice is expanding, and there are others further up the pond, as well. We'll be doing more frequent checks today, I think, as there is bright sunshine and some wind - all designed by Mother Nature to do in the ice. We aren't sure if all the tickets have been logged in - our statistician had a bit of a backlog the last time we heard, so we may have to delay announcing a winner once the clock stops. But we'll get that information to everyone as soon as we can after it happens.

Now I need to begin preparations for Easter dinner with the family tomorrow. Ham and parsnips. With other items, of course, but I look forward to that combination every year. I didn't plant parsnips last year, but I did in 2010, and they were especially good right out of the garden in the early spring. Perhaps later today we will get out into the woods to look for Mayflowers - another sign of spring I always look forward to.