Slaterville-Springs News

Every other Monday, the students line up -- silent, eyes forward and paws neatly in line.

While we're all busy getting ready for winter, it's still good to take a break and look at something fun.

A letter, which appeared inadvertently a second time on The Ithaca Journal's editorial page recently, complains that the current Town of Caroline highway superintendent, Cindy Whittaker, is responsible for failing to fix a problem water hole at the post office on Fuller Lane in Slaterville Springs.

More than 100 volunteers helped make this year's Brooktondale Community Center Apple Fest a success.

This weekend, the past few months of sewing, pie making and planning will cumulate in the Brooktondale Community Center's 46th annual Apple Fest.

The first geese were heard Saturday afternoon, a flock was flying over the community center, a small fraction of the much larger flocks that will be heading south all too soon.

The Brooktondale School just had another successful reunion. Considering that the school closed in 1959, it's amazing how many people show up, and what they remember.

SLATERVILLE - Class reunions have become a common celebration of the summer months, gathering together old friends to catch up on old times and see who has done what and where their lives have taken them since graduation.

Anyone who thinks that it's quiet in the country has never lived here. Last night the bullfrogs were going at it, little frogs were peeping away, the Canada geese across the road were honking irritably as they settled down for the night, insects were buzzing and the coyotes were calling as they stood in the field by the back hill.

The fireflies were beautiful the other night and it was fun watching the puppy try to figure them out.

The Caroline Food Pantry garden is rapidly taking shape, under Samantha Smiths' expert direction and thanks to Bruce Clary's thorough tilling job.

Individuals charged with criminal offenses noted in this column will face a court proceeding to determine whether they are guilty of the charges.

Colin Nash of Slaterville Springs, foreground, and Carl Palmer of Henrietta fish Thursday afternoon at Ithaca Falls.