- NEWSWORTHY -
For those wondering why Route 12 was closed for a time last Friday
Photo Credit: Mark DiOrio / Observer-Dispatch
Guy Scerbo's Dedication to his Career in Shoes
Made the Observer Dispatch
Photo Credit: Mark DiOrio / Observer-Dispatch
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You may remember his store in Waterville, NY
Here is an article from the Waterville Times in 1976 mentioning the family business:
Coming Up Tomorrow
Groundhog Day
Tues. Feb. 2 2016
"According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring."
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for more information about this fun tradition
- IN THE MAIL -
This Thursday (The 1st Thursday of Every Month)
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Representative @ The Waterville Public Library
4:30 pm
Rescheduled!
Due to the lack of snow, the dog sled races, Chicken BBQ, etc.
has been rescheduled for March 12th and 13th.
Throwback Picture from the American Legion
Dog Sled Races in 1977
From Brian Bogan:
To the editor Utica Observer Dispatch
Jan. 30, 2016
The Jan. 26, 2016 issue of the Utica OD headlined ” Area students not college ready.” The article states that according to the NYS
Education Dept. a student who does not receive at least an 80 on one of the
Math Regents and at least a 75 on the English Regents is not ready to maintain
a C average at a Community College. I
then looked at the chart on page 4 and found my school district, Waterville,
listed at 36.4% and in the bottom half of the list. I retired from teaching at
Waterville two years ago and know it is a fine school district with a
dedicated, well qualified staff and administration. More importantly, I am
president of the Brothertown Scholarship Fund (similar to Dollars for
Scholars). Our organization coordinates the dispersal of scholarship money for
approximately 45 scholarships. We receive and review the first semester
transcripts of the Waterville graduates before we release the scholarship
money. The newspaper article is listing data for the group of students who
would have graduated in 2015. We are in the middle of receiving and reviewing
those transcripts now. So I had to use the data from NYSED site for class of
2014 because we have those transcripts in our file. The website states that the Waterville Class
of 2014 had 56 graduates with a graduation rate of 98%. Only one student had
dropped out. Of the students who had applied for our financial assistance and
had submitted their transcripts, 31 had a grade point average (gpa) above 2.0
(C avg.) This number does not include the students who attended college but did
not need financial assistance or students who went to college but missed the
deadline for applying. Some of these students did very well at college but I do
not have access to their transcripts. It does not include students who chose to
go into the military first before attending college. My point is that if we
only use the 31 transcripts that I have in my possession the rate of students
from Waterville with grade point average above 2.0 is 55% and I know if I
included the others it would be much higher. I am also confident that when I
receive all of the transcripts for Class of 2015 the results will be similar.
I am not disputing the numbers NYSED stated for students who
have or have not received above 80 on Math Regents or above 75 on English
Regents. I am disputing the correlation they say exists between those test
scores and a student’s success rate at college. I have the numbers for
Waterville but I believe other school districts could probably also prove my
point. I do not want to take anything away from the districts listed near the
top. They do a fine job, also. But we are proud of our Waterville School
District and encourage people to move here and join us when moving into central
New York. I would hate to see a family
not consider moving to Waterville based on that article.
Brian
S.Bogan
President
Brothertown
Scholarship Fund
315-841-8527
- LOCAL SPORTS -
Girls Basketball
Fri. Jan. 29th @ Home
Waterville 32 - Morrisville Eaton 23
Boys Basketball
Sat. Jan. 30th @ NY Mills
NY Mills 61 - Waterville 36
For more on the game from My Hometown Sports Click Here
Girls Volleyball
Sat. Jan. 30th
From Coach Jody Hildreth:
What an exhausting, yet exciting, day! Loaded a bus at 7:45 am to head to our last volleyball tournament of the year. After a rocky start, we finished second in the pool play and won the championship beating Cooperstown, who we have not been able to beat all year! Then we went back to Waterville for a quick bite of pizza. then it was off to NY Mills for our last divisional match. Defeating them 3-1 makes us co-champions of our division (shared with Remsen).
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- ON THIS DAY -
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