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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 November 3rd, 2008:
- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3: I received a
call Saturday morning to congratulate Craig and Tammy Post of Lyons
Falls on the birth of a daughter, Delana Marie. Happy wishes from their
family and friends. Bill and Terry Stanton of Boonville celebrate their
8th anniversary with a note from the girls and from Chuck, Joanne, and
Josh. A winter storm watch was issued for tonight in 1995. By morning,
Jackson Hill collected 2.75 inches of snow, with 5 inches in Highmarket.
The snow plows were out on Tug Hill and snowmobiles showed up for the
first season rides.
- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4: Election Day
weather should be perfect with temperatures in the 60s with sunny skies.
Famous birthdays today include longtime CBS newsman Walter Cronkite. He
was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 92 years ago. Loretta Swit, best
remembered from the hit series “Mash,” is 71. She was born in Passaic,
NJ. Art Carney, Jackie Gleason’s neighbor, Ed Norton, from the
“Honeymooners” TV series, was born in Mount Vernon, NY, in 1918, and
died on November 9, 2003. He also appeared in many movies, including
“St. Helen’s,” where he portrayed 84-year-old lodge owner, Harry Truman,
who refused to leave Spirit Lake before the mountain erupted.
- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5: Chuck and
Julie Dafoe of Port Leyden celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary,
with congratulations from family and friends. It was a late season
report, but a moose was seen on the Zimmer Road in 1998. We haven’t had
any reports in the past three weeks this year. After a winter storm
watch was issued last night in 1995, this morning found Barnes Corners
picked up 14 inches of new storm with 18 to 20 inches on the ground. For
the first time in the 44 years I’ve been at the station, three large hen
turkeys walked across the radio station lawn just before 9 a.m.
- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6: Yesterday,
Margaret Failing of Potato Hill, Boonville, reached her 80th birthday,
with happy wishes from Jackie, Brenda, and their families, and from the
girls at the ACS cafeteria. In weather history, thunder and lightning
preceded a heavy snowfall in Boonville in 1987. By tomorrow’s morning,
10.2 inches of snow accumulated at the Jackson Hill Weather Station.
Last evening, 22 members attended the monthly meeting of the Lost Trail
Snowmobile Club at the Boonville American Legion Post. The club will
again participate in the Boonville Snow Festival during the January 30
to February 1 festivities. At the meeting, it was voted to replace the
rubber tracks on the Piston Bully groomer at a cost of over $4,000, with
club members providing the labor. Trail work and signing is ongoing.
Anyone wishing to help should meet at the groomer barn across from the
Boonville Fairgrounds Sunday mornings at 9 a.m.
- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Happy 50th
anniversary wishes go out to Bert and Mary Kraeger of Highmarket on
Sunday from neighbor Bob. Mable Moser of Route 812, Lowville, reaches
her 95th birthday, with happy wishes from all her family in seven states
and Japan. Mary Hartness of Whitten Place apartments in Port Leyden will
celebrate her 92nd birthday, with congratulations from her family and
friends. In weather history, Boonville collected 10.2 inches of snow in
1987, with 11 inches on the ground. Yesterday, the Merry Hill Weather
Station reached 66 degrees, surpassing a 30-year record. Previously, 63
degrees was the recorded in 1996. On November 6 in 1997 and 2004, the
Northern Lights were visible in the North Country sky. They were also
visible tonight in 1991 and 2003. Moon watchers were thrilled to watch a
lunar eclipse at 8 p.m. in 2003.
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