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George's Tid Bits
by George Capron
The
following are excerpts from some of the calls that George received during
his radio show on WBRV-WLLG The Moose, as well as observations he made on
the air during the week of March 10th, 2008:
- MONDAY, MARCH 10: The North
Country survived another ice storm Saturday night. The Boonville area
had sporadic power outages, but thousands lost their electric power as
branches brought down lines in Lewis County. National Grid had restored
electric service to most customers by this morning. Congratulations to
Sean and Michelle Green of Boonville on the birth Saturday of a
daughter, Skyler Haden, coming into the world at 7 pounds, 12 ounces.
She joins a brother, Afton, at home, and the proud grandparents are Mike
and Diane Green of Boonville and Jim and Sheila Williams of Ava. In
automobile history, the first Ford Mustang was produced today and went
on sale April 16, 1964, with a base price of $2,368 and sold 1 million
cars in its first 18 months.
- TUESDAY, MARCH 11:
Congratulations to Richard Harlan Baslow and Tanya May Kohl on the birth
Sunday of a son, Kadin Harlan, and is Rick and Rhonda Baslow’s first
grandchild. I received a report from Forestport that 5 geese were
swimming in the Black River this morning, and a caller from the East Ava
Road was watching 30 red-wing blackbirds in their bird feeder. On this
day in 1990, Ford introduced a new model called the Ford Explorer. This
was the first of the sport utility vehicles being developed in the early
’90s. Weather extremes for this day include a high temperature of 64
degrees in 1977 and a low of minus 5 in both 1972 and 2005. This
morning’s low was plus 4 at 2:07 a.m.
- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12: A lot of
birthdays are being celebrated today, as I read 24 of them this morning.
With yesterday’s high temperature of 34, a good share of the branches
and wires released their coating of ice and snow. Singer-songwriter
James Taylor was born on this date in Boston, MA, 60 years ago.
- THURSDAY, MARCH 13:
Congratulations to Lindsey and Ashley Fosburgh of Port Leyden on the
birth yesterday of a son, Brandon Lee, with best wishes from Randy,
Cathy and the kids. Weather history records described it as the “Great
Super Storm Blizzard of ’93.” This storm covered most of the east coast
and started today, bringing amazing amounts of snow. The Jackson Hill
Weather Station measured 21.7 inches of new snow by the next morning.
Syracuse picked up 43 inches. He has written over 1,000 songs, still
performs, and celebrates his 69th birthday. Neil Sedaka was born in
Brooklyn, NY, a son of Turkish parents, and was trained as a classical
pianist. He later evolved into pop music and the rest is history.
- FRIDAY, MARCH 14: Congratulations
to Jessie and Ashley Ringwald of Boonville on the birth of a son, Trevor
James, born yesterday, with happy wishes from new grandma and grandpa,
Jim and Crystal Ringwald. Tonight at 7:15 p.m. marks the 30th
anniversary of the huge block fire that destroyed five Main Street
businesses. The fire started in a light fixture in an apartment over
Dellerba’s Shoe Store and spread into Dellerba’s Market, Hess Pharmacy,
O’Brien’s Gift Shop, Holcombe’s Bakery, and the Tollgate Florist, which
was to have their grand opening the next day. Thankfully, Hess Pharmacy
was rebuilt with a large parking lot filling in the void created by the
fire. Our 900 AM Station switched over to Oldies 900 at 10:30 a.m. this
morning, one year ago. Some lucky person is the holder of a second-place
winning ticket from the Wednesday night NYS Lotto drawing. The ticket
was purchased at the Boonville Nice N Easy on Main Street, and is worth
$189,185. So far no one has stepped forward with the ticket.
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