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Current News & Events / FAIRFAX HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING POSTPONED

« on: March 05, 2011, 11:46:21 PM »

After seeing the Winter Storm Warnings and cusulting with society members, the Fairfax Historical Society Meeting scheduled for Sunday March 6th at 6:30 has been POSTPONED until next Sunday March 13th at 6:30pm in the Fairfax Community Library.

From the looks of the snowfall prediction map on WCAX, all of Franklin County is in the 8-16 inches area. Usually we are on the edge of a lesser amount, like 4-8 inches, and the higher amount that encompasses Fletcher and Cambridge, like 12-16 inches. As you can see below, this time we are in the solid purple color.



At his time, I want to thank everyone for playing our "What Is It?" game. I apologize, but I still will not post the correct answers until after the meeting next week. I am hoping to get some pictures of items that people bring in and I will post those the following week.

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Current News & Events / What Is It? Part 4

« on: March 04, 2011, 12:53:25 PM »

Sunday night March 6th at 6:30pm, the Fairfax Historical Society will be having a meeting at the Fairfax Community Library.
The program for the evening will be 'What Is It?". With advances in technology and engineering, many work, farming, and household items are now obsolete.
People are invited to bring in items so everyone can guess What Is It? The public is invited to attend.

This week, I will post some pictures of some of the things we will be looking at and trying to guess what it was used for back in the day.

Today, we look at yet another item we have on display at the museum.

NOTE: We will not be posting the correct answers here until after the meeting Sunday evening.

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Current News & Events / What Is It? Part 3

« on: March 03, 2011, 01:36:08 PM »

Sunday night March 6th at 6:30pm, the Fairfax Historical Society will be having a meeting at the Fairfax Community Library.
The program for the evening will be 'What Is It?". With advances in technology and engineering, many work, farming, and household items are now obsolete.
People are invited to bring in items so everyone can guess What Is It? The public is invited to attend.

This week, I will post some pictures of some of the things we will be looking at and trying to guess what it was used for back in the day.

Today, we look at another item we have on display at the museum.

NOTE: We will not be posting the correct answers here until after the meeting Sunday evening.

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Current News & Events / Town Meeting PA System Apology

« on: March 03, 2011, 09:52:11 AM »

OK, I'm going to be the fall guy for the PA system because I was the one who set it up.
I don't know what happened, but all was working when I checked it Friday afternoon. I was sitting on the far end of the gym, and did not know the speaker farthest from me was not working until the town portion of the meeting was underway.
I did some quick re-wiring during a break and both speakers were working.
We at the school have a problem of microphones disappearing. At one time, I had enough microphones, so that there was one for the moderater, one for the head table, one for the person doing a presentation, and one for the audience at the podium at the back of the room. Friday I was all over the school looking for anything that would work.
I ended up with only two microphones-one for the moderator and one for the head table/presenter, and used a wireless system for the audience podium.
Had I known the speaker wasn't working during the school portion, I would have tried to fix it then.
And then to make matters worse, the batteries in the wireless died during the town presentation. I did not have my keys with me, and didn't have the means to get fresh ones. I did spot the custodian on duty later, and he went and got some new batteries, so I was able to get that working again.

I sincerely apologize for the screw-up. I take pride in my job, and take it personal if things don't go right. I understand a letter was written to the selectboard with a complaint about the soundsystem. I am sorry. I hope before the next town meeting, the school can get some new mics and we can have a secure place to store and keep track of the things so that they will be there when I need them when it's time to set things up.

I am very sorry all this happened. I hope we can make sure it doesn't happen again.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Pictures of the Day 3/3/11 Snow Squall

« on: March 02, 2011, 11:58:45 PM »

Thursday March 3, 2011
Pictures of the Day

I was walking home from the post office Wednesday morning when the squall hit. I was crossing the Lamoille River bridge when I noticed it started snowing. Looked out over the frozen river, and thought, I need to get a picture of this. Notice the lighter sky and the snow moving in.


What you don't see is the very fine snow blowing horizontally across the road.


After picking up a couple of things in Steeple Market, the snow had grown to pebble size.

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Current News & Events / What Is It? Part 2

« on: March 02, 2011, 09:32:03 AM »

Sunday night March 6th at 6:30pm, the Fairfax Historical Society will be having a meeting at the Fairfax Community Library.
The program for the evening will be 'What Is It?". With advances in technology and engineering, many work, farming, and household items are now obsolete.
People are invited to bring in items so everyone can guess What Is It? The public is invited to attend.

This week, I will post some pictures of some of the things we will be looking at and trying to guess what it was used for back in the day.

Today, we look at an item we have on display at the museum.

NOTE: We will not be posting the correct answers here until after the meeting Sunday evening.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Picture of the Day 3/2/11

« on: March 01, 2011, 11:11:05 PM »

Wednesday March 2, 2011
Picture of the Day

March kinda looks like January or February to me.

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Current News & Events / What Is It? Part 1

« on: March 01, 2011, 11:05:36 AM »

Sunday night March 6th at 6:30pm, the Fairfax Historical Society will be having a meeting at the Fairfax Community Library.
The program for the evening will be 'What Is It?". With advances in technology and engineering, many work, farming, and household items are now obsolete.
People are invited to bring in items so everyone can guess What Is It? The public is invited to attend.

This week, I will post some pictures of some of the things we will be looking at and trying to guess what it was used for back in the day.

Today item is a cast iron "contraption" set in a wooden base. The pictures were taken on the table in the Fairfax Room at the library and is about 16-18 in base length.

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Current News & Events / Town Meeting 2011-Photos

« on: February 26, 2011, 10:26:20 PM »

Tried to take a few inconspicuous pictures Saturday at Town Meeeting, with a couple of exceptions. If they are slightly blurry, it is because I did not use a flash.


Public Access channel was there taping the school meeting.




Crowd size.


John Schraven, Moderator. "Bow ties are cool." (Doctor Who reference. Sorry.)


Sandwiches, coffee, donuts, cookies, yum!




Big book sale was going on all day.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Pictures of the Day 2/26/11 After the Storm

« on: February 25, 2011, 11:26:55 PM »

Saturday February 26, 2011
Pictures of the Day



After most of the storm had gone through. We got about 6 inches, I think.


Fairfax village Friday afternoon

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Pictures of the Day 2/25/11 Before the Storm

« on: February 24, 2011, 10:56:33 PM »

Friday February 25, 2011
Pictures of the Day



Taken late Thursday afternoon. We'll see what it looks like late Friday.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Picture of the Day 2/22/11 and Blog- Fantasy Racing

« on: February 21, 2011, 11:31:55 PM »

Tuesday February 22, 2011
Picture of the Day

The front page of the Daytona Beach News Journal Monday morning.

MY ADVENTURE WITH FANTASY RACING
The Shrewsbury Fire Department have an annual NASCAR Fantasy Racing league. Usually they advertise in the Racin' Paper. This year they sent forms to different fire departments, and Fairfax was one of them. I had thought of trying it out before, and this year gave it a go.
You have $10,000. Drivers are assigned values from $2,200(Jimmie Johnson) to $400 for someone like Casey Mears. You pick 8 drivers, no more, no less, and you total has to be ten grand or less.
My eight drivers are:
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
David Reutimann
Juan Pablo Montoya
Kasey Kahne
Brad Keselowski
Brian Vickers.
I took three top ten drivers, three mid pack guys, and 2 backmarkers.
I was trying for drivers who were consistant and competitive.
I jinxed Harvick, who blew, Hamlin had problems, Reutimenn caused the big one, and only two guys finished in the top ten.
But it's a long season so anything is possible.
Although right now, I am 752nd in the standings.
Long season indeed.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Who is Going to Win the Daytona 500?

« on: February 17, 2011, 11:51:31 PM »

Friday February 18, 2011

22 years ago, we lost Mom.

Well, race fans, here we go! Spring is almost here as Sunday is the Daytona 500! Who do you think will win?
A few people think it's fixed for TV and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will win to mark his father's fatal wreck 10 years ago. This will provide big headlines and exposure and be a shot in the arm for NASCAR.
I think it will be a crapshoot and ANYBODY can win it. All you have to do is be in the right place at the right time, be it Michael Waltrip or Joey Logano.
I'm going with Tony Stewart. Here's hoping!

Here's the starting line-up. Who is your pick?


Daytona 500
STARTING LINEUP(courtesy of Jayski.com)
Starting
Position  Car#  Driver  Manufactuer  Qualifying
Speed
(mph)  Reason in the race 
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (A) Chevy 186.089 pole sitter
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 185.966 outside pole
3 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 184.896 won Duel 1
4 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 185.071 won Duel 2
5 78 Regan Smith Chevy 183.681 2nd in Duel 1
6 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy 185.223 2nd in Duel 2
7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 184.740 3rd in Duel 1
8 15 Michael Waltrip Toyota 183.966 3rd in Duel 2
9 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 184.102 4th in Duel 1
10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 183.595 4th in Duel 2
11 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 183.602 5th in Duel 1
12 92 Brian Keselowski # Dodge 177.581 5th in Duel 2
13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 184.763 6th in Duel 1
14 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 183.685 6th in Duel 2
15 43 A J Allmendinger Ford 184.290 7th in Duel 1
16 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 184.008 7th in Duel 2
17 5 Mark Martin Chevy 184.991 8th in Duel 1
18 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 181.316 8th in Duel 2
19 27 Paul Menard Chevy 185.422 9th in Duel 1
20 56 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 183.456 9th in Duel 2
21 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 185.002 10th in Duel 1
22 99 Carl Edwards Ford 184.475 10th in Duel 2
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 184.687 11th in Duel 1
24 00 David Reutimann Toyota 184.019 11th in Duel 2
25 14 Tony Stewart Chevy 184.911 12th in Duel 1
26 16 Greg Biffle Ford 184.911 15th in Duel 2
27 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 183.557 14th in Duel 1
28 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 181.466 16th in Duel 2
29 09 Bill Elliott [PC2] Chevy 184.532 15th in Duel 1
30 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 182.120 17th in Duel 2
31 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 183.576 16th in Duel 1
32 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 185.445 19th in Duel 2
33 46 J J Yeley Chevy 180.977 17th in Duel 1
34 6 David Ragan Ford 184.612 20th in Duel 2
35 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 184.748 21st in Duel 1
36 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 182.574 22nd in Duel 2
37 71 Andy Lally # Chevy 180.828 22nd in Duel 1
38 20 Joey Logano Toyota 183.206 23rd in Duel 2
39 34 David Gilliland Ford 182.697 24th in Duel 1
40-SPD 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 184.271 in by speed
41-SPD 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 184.222 in by speed
42-SPD 36 Dave Blaney Chevy 183.793 in by speed
43-PC 32 Terry Labonte [PC1] Ford 181.492 past champ
DNQ 60 Todd Bodine Toyota 183.057 21st in Duel 2
DNQ 97 Kevin Conway Toyota 182.949 18th in Duel 1
DNQ 13 Casey Mears Toyota 182.867 24th in Duel 2
DNQ 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 182.434 23rd in Duel 1
DNQ 64 Derrike Cope Toyota 177.894 15th in Duel 2


# Rookie of the Year Contender



(A) = wrecked in practice and will fall to the rear of the field before the start of the race
PC = Past Champion Provisional used
DNQ = Did not qualify
SPD = made race by qualifying speed

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Picture of the Day 2/12/11

« on: February 12, 2011, 12:09:08 AM »

Saturday February 12, 2011
Picture of the Day

No more room for snow!

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Current News & Events / Eastman's Bakery OPENING Friday 6AM

« on: February 09, 2011, 11:18:44 PM »

Eastman's Bakery announced on Facebook Wednesday night that they will open at 6am Friday February 11th. Hours sound like 6am-6pm.