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Waterville Central School will be presenting the 146th Annual Prize Speaking Contest this Thursday, November 14th, 2019. The contest will begin at 7:00 pm and will be held in the High School Auditorium. The contest will feature both dramatic and comedic monologues.
The event is sponsored by the local chapter of the Rotary and refreshments will be provided by the High School Student Council.
Students participating this year include: Claire Bouillette, Lillian Broedel, Eleonore Collins, Natalee Collins, Dawson Damuth, Valorie Ford, Gavin Poyer, Ashlie Wilson, Alivia Zombek, and Sarah Zombek.We welcome everyone to come and enjoy an evening of drama and entertainment.
Open Letter from William Lachmann regarding the proposed Solar Farm on Brothertown Rd
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Earlier photo of the proposed location, from Brothertown Rd overlooking Route 20 to the left.
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'Tis the Season for End of Season/Beginning of Season Sports!
The Girls Varsity Soccer Team was recognized on Tuesday night by the WCS Board
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"Congrats again to our Varsity Girls Soccer team! Tonight (Tuesday) these ladies and their coaches were recognized at the our Board of Education meeting for their sectional championship!!!"
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The Cross Country teams ran through Saturday's cold weather for Sectionals located at VVS with great finishes. Click through for more results from MileSplitNY
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With a top 5 finish, Dylan Williams will continue to States in Plattsburgh this Saturday, November 16th.
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The Varsity Football team had an enormous cheering section at the Carrier Dome last Saturday. While they lost 22-6 to Frankfort Schuyler, they will play at Mahopec High School this Friday.
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Photo: Waterville Cubpack
Last Monday the Cubscouts performed the Opening Flag Ceremony at the Waterville Village Board Meeting.
Saturday, the Scouts helped with "Scouting for Food" collecting food for the Waterville Food Pantry. A Thank You was sent out to the community for the well over 150 items collected. The Boy Scouts then continued on to camp at the Yurt at Colgate along with some time on the indoor rock wall..
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From yesterday, a very Happy Birthday to Kathy Eisenhut!
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The snowfall has us in the mood to share the Parade of Lights history a bit early this year. Maybe it will just happen to put you in the mood to get a little extra creative with a float!
The Special History of the Parade of Lights:
from the Original Waterville Blog "At Home in the Huddle" by P.S. Brown
If you lived in Waterville in 1988, you cannot have forgotten the first Parade of Lights! (And if you've come to the village since then, you should know the story of this celebration because it is something very special, here: it's a celebration not just of the season but a Celebration of Community - Our Community!)
It was earlier that year that both Rusty Manion and his wife Kitty passed away. Their daughters Darcey and Laurie, and three sons - Sandy, Jeffrey and Michael - were bereft with the loss of both parents and, at the same time, completely overwhelmed with the kindnesses shown them by everyone in the community. One day, Darcey was having coffee with her friends Linda Nichols and Patsy Hill and she said, "I wish there was something we could do to say 'Thank You!' to everyone!" "Thank You notes," she said, "seemed just too inadequate." It occurred to them that perhaps they could do something that hadn't been done in several years - a fun surprise for the village: they could arrange to have lights put on the Big Tree at the point of Monument Park and have it lit! And there would be a parade - fire engines and floats and children all carrying flashlights! - that would lead the way to the tree when the lights were finally to be turned on! And each of the girls told one or two people who told one or two more and in six weeks' time - in an unanticipated avalanche of generosity and cooperation, $5,000 was raised; the Clinton Fire Department's ladder truck came to string the lights, the power company donated equipment and time, the Municipality chipped in, fire companies in all the neighboring communities sent units to be in the parade and ........... well........ the rest is history.The floats became more imaginative and brighter. When it was deemed impossible to have the highschool band march and play (sometimes it's been so cold and stormy that just the thought of putting a flute or trumpet mouthpiece to one's lips caused pain!) the floats were actually wired for sound!
from the Original Waterville Blog "At Home in the Huddle" by P.S. Brown
If you lived in Waterville in 1988, you cannot have forgotten the first Parade of Lights! (And if you've come to the village since then, you should know the story of this celebration because it is something very special, here: it's a celebration not just of the season but a Celebration of Community - Our Community!)
It was earlier that year that both Rusty Manion and his wife Kitty passed away. Their daughters Darcey and Laurie, and three sons - Sandy, Jeffrey and Michael - were bereft with the loss of both parents and, at the same time, completely overwhelmed with the kindnesses shown them by everyone in the community. One day, Darcey was having coffee with her friends Linda Nichols and Patsy Hill and she said, "I wish there was something we could do to say 'Thank You!' to everyone!" "Thank You notes," she said, "seemed just too inadequate." It occurred to them that perhaps they could do something that hadn't been done in several years - a fun surprise for the village: they could arrange to have lights put on the Big Tree at the point of Monument Park and have it lit! And there would be a parade - fire engines and floats and children all carrying flashlights! - that would lead the way to the tree when the lights were finally to be turned on! And each of the girls told one or two people who told one or two more and in six weeks' time - in an unanticipated avalanche of generosity and cooperation, $5,000 was raised; the Clinton Fire Department's ladder truck came to string the lights, the power company donated equipment and time, the Municipality chipped in, fire companies in all the neighboring communities sent units to be in the parade and ........... well........ the rest is history.The floats became more imaginative and brighter. When it was deemed impossible to have the highschool band march and play (sometimes it's been so cold and stormy that just the thought of putting a flute or trumpet mouthpiece to one's lips caused pain!) the floats were actually wired for sound!