At Home in the Huddle 2010: The last Thursday of the year!

It's Garbage Day

21.7 degrees and sparkly, starry clear.

WKTV's Weather forecast: "Sunshine prevails (Thursday) with temperatures climbing above freezing in many areas. Starting Friday, our weather takes a major turn. Very mild weather makes its way into Central New York for the last few days of 2010. With high temperatures exceeding 40 degrees on Friday and Saturday, many areas will turn green. Cooler weather returns by Sunday."

IN THE NEWS

WCS SPORTS SCORE - WKTV

Girls' Varsity Basketball
Holland Patent 55
Waterville 44

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"Teen Injured in Waterville Crash." From the Observer-Dispatch

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TODAY'S SPECIAL EVENT

"Shrek Forever After"

Free Movie!

Free Popcorn!

AT THE LIBRARY

6:00 p.m.

This picture was taken by Jeff Reynolds during yesterday's showing of "Despicable Me!"

(Thanks, Jeff!)

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ALSO IN THE MAIL

(from Susan Huxtable, who is married to Jeff Reynolds.)
SPECIAL EVENT - NEXT TUESDAY

We're going to be hearing more and more and more about "natural gas," "horizontal hydrofracking" and "Marcellus Shale" from groups and individuals who either support drilling for the fuel that "we" are sitting on or who are adamantly opposed to having our water, environment, agriculture, and infrastructure threatened - or, even, destroyed - by associated traffic, equipment and machinery

...........BECAUSE ............

the southernmost part of Oneida County is on the northern edge of the "Marcellus Shale" bed as are counties to our south.

This is one of these issues that seems so large that
one is inclined to simply say, "Que sera, sera!"
(What will be, will be!)

Governor Patterson has placed a moratorium on horizontal hydrofracking prohibiting the practice until July at the earliest.

Otsego County (Otsego2000.org) has a powerfully informative (and persuasive) website.

I spent all yesterday afternoon - while John Eisenhut's crew of carpenters made sure that no amount of snow and ice will be able to bring down the roof over my back porch! - and part of the evening going from one link to another to another and could probably spend several more days the same way.
In view of the amount of technical and confusing material that's "out there," you can surely become better informed in a far more expeditious manner by taking a couple of hours to go to the Mt. Markham High School next Tuesday night!

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LOOKING BACK

March