In Memoriam

Martha Gregory Palm Collins

Martha Gregory Palm Collins, 88 of Hamilton, passed away on Friday April 8, 2022, at her home. She was born in Baltimore, MD a daughter of the late James and Martha Flaherty Palm, Sr. Martha was a 1952 graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, MD. On June 20, 1953 in Baltimore, MD she was united in marriage to Robert J. Collins. Click HERE for the complete obituary.

WEATHER

LOCAL CALENDARS

IN THE MAIL

There will be an online meeting for all parents and families of AYSO registered players
for the spring soccer season via Google Meet. This meeting is highly encouraged for
new players and advised for returning players to get information on our upcoming season.
The link for the meeting will be emailed to all parents.
Please check the email account that you registered your child with.

Mudfest is just over 2 weeks away – get the whole family involved with our Kids’ Run!
What kid doesn’t love getting outside and getting muddy? Ages 5-11 are welcome, and we offer 3 heats at
11AM, 11:15AM, and 11:30AM. Register today: https://www.bardenmudfest.org/registration/

Here is the season schedule for the 4U-8U divisions.
The upper level divisions (10U & 12U) game schedule has not been
released yet by the area scheduler.
We do know that games are played on Sundays either at 1pm, 3pm or 5pm.
There are no games over Memorial Day Weekend for all divisions.
More details to come and as always, be advised that schedules are always
tentative until the first weekend of play.

Just a reminder of the upcoming burn ban this week.
Annual burn ban in effect from March 16 through May 14.
Open burning is the single greatest cause of wildfires in NYS.
Since the spring burn ban was implemented in 2009,
the number of wildfires has decreased by more than 40%.
Watch a Public Service Announcement on open burning and check out
other clips on DEC’s YouTube Channel (leaves DEC website).
When you plan a fire, always check for fire danger in your area on DEC’s online map
(updated every week). Also, local governments may have stricter rules than NYS;
your fire department will have information about local burning laws.
https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/32060.html

Waterville Pop Warner will be having a Golf Tournament on Sunday July 10th.
It will be a memorial tournament for Ernie Werner who was
instrumental in getting our program up and running.

Waterville FFA Alumni & Supporters Seek Members

You don’t have to be a former FFA member to support FFA, agricultural education and the future of agriculture. “You just have to want to make a difference!” FFA Alumni & Supporters play a very important part in keeping agricultural education and FFA programs in our local schools. FFA relies on its alumni & supporters to garner support for FFA from their local communities, raise funds for state & chapter activities and scholarships, assist at FFA leadership camps and conferences, and much more.

Waterville FFA Alumni and Supporters membership is open to anyone who is interested in supporting and promoting our Waterville FFA members.If you are proud of FFA and want to help local FFA members acquire knowledge and experience from agricultural education and FFA activities – the Waterville FFA Alumni & Supporters Chapter is for you! Members help support their chapters through the gifts of time, talent and resources. Give back your skills, starting at the local level.This support gives teachers more time and freedom to do what they do best—teach students. For more information: NY FFA Alumni & Supporters Here is a link for our Waterville membership form. If you need more information, contact Tom or Sarah Barnes or Mrs. Gallagher.

Tweens & Teens, see you tonight at 7:45ish!
Outside if the weather holds. Inside if not. Bring a flashlight either way.

It’s almost time for this year’s Spring Bookworms session!
Our registered group should have all received an email regarding our start date. If not, please let us know!
Information on Bookworms Early Literacy for the 2022-23 year will come this summer!
This program is free to our community, geared towards 3 & 4 year old children,
and engages through the power of play!

Your feedback is telling us that you’re not seeing some of our events pop up like you used to!
As so many of you use Gmail and Google Calendar, we thought we would start by offering email
invitations when WPL creates events on our own calendar. You’ll receive an email stating what the
event is, and an offer to add it to your own Google calendar. To opt in to this, just select the event categories
you’re interested in using the following form: https://forms.gle/8HYUsYcwHeFa1mnv8 This will collect
your email only for the purpose of these Google Calendar notifications. If you don’t have Gmail or
just want more library love, we recommend signing up for WPL’s monthly eNewsletter here:
https://share.hsforms.com/1hGwylD4ERLOD3-t812_iWAc78ln Of course, you can always check the
calendar on our website as well at https://www.watervillepl.org/calendar-of-events/
(you can use this to reserve the Program or study rooms too)!

As we excitedly anticipate to the installation of new carpet later this spring throughout the Reading Room, Children’s Room and office space, we are in full planning. Every shelf and piece of furniture that is not attached to a wall will be moved, most for the first time since the library was built in 2006! So not only are we anticipating the carpet install needs, but if the spaces could use any shifting when we bring them back together. Please share what future needs or wishes you have (that’s how we meet those needs)…WPL is hoping our community can help us with: STURDY, clean box donations, starting now. – Muscle to move shelves, etc. Details TBA once we know when. But if you have teens who need volunteer hours, we will be able to provide plenty of them!

AROUND TOWN

From: Louis Langone

A little Village of Waterville trivia.
As I walked around the Village, I spotted 12 building or monument dates on them.
Can you guess the building or monument that the following dates are on?
You can choose from the alphabetic list below.

HERE IS A LIST OF NAMES THAT GO WITH THE DATES…CAN YOU MATCH THEM TO THE PICTURES?

Baptist parsonage, Mark Barnes house, Mark Barnes office, Memorial Park School,
Methodist church, Planter in park, Post office, Schoolhouse Apt., Southgate church,
St. Bernard church, Rotary clock, Waterville Central School

From: Waterville Residential Care Center

A reminder: It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that matter.
Here’s wishing you a blessed 100th birthday!Happy 100th Birthday to our dear friend Rita!
A quote from Rita “Keep religion in your life, music in your heart and enjoy life”