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The Historians Go Fund Me
Thru this Sunday, February 19th Historians looking to raise $150.00
Use this link this Year
The Historians Podcast, organized by Bob Cudmore
Mohawk Valley history on the WWW and Radio
We’ve now raised just under $600.00 toward the 2023 objective of $7000. Please donate with the 2023 link or a check in The U.S. Mail to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Thank You
More snow memories
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
With winter approaching, more memories are surfacing of snowstorms years ago. Tom Pikul grew up in the 1950s on Park Hill in Amsterdam near the Pulaski Bridge and recalled the childhood pleasures of snow days.
“An especially snowy night was the herald of a fantastic possibility: schools closing the next day,” Pikul wrote. “I would go off to sleep in hopeful anticipation of good news the next morning. Once awake in my bed, I could hear the radio in the kitchen tuned to WCSS and prayed that enough snow had fallen so that the announcer would say in his litany of the lucky, “And all Amsterdam District schools are now closed.”
Pikul also looked forward to his birthday, Christmas morning and the first day of summer vacation. But these days were fixed, Pikul said, “A snow day, however, had the charm and magic of the unpredictable.”
Parents and people who had to go to work didn’t share in the excitement but Pikul said he was gleeful entering the stove-warmed kitchen for breakfast, “No school outfit was out this morning, but my winter play clothes were there on the rocker.”
In the backyard, fun awaited. Good packing show meant a snowman, a snow fort, snow ball fight, a tunnel or an igloo.
Pikul said, “There was the wonder of the cold tiny bite of that first fat flake to hit your stuck-out tongue, while others touched your cheeks or gathered on your clothes, and the first mouthful of snow melted slowly to flow coldly down your throat.
“Back in the kitchen, fingers and toes that tingled and stung from the cold now throbbed uncomfortably, but getting so frozen and wet were more than made up for with a hot cup of chocolate. Beanie, socks, gloves and pants were set to dry on a radiator or draped over the open hot oven door. Then it was outside again after the sensual feel of slipping back into the now dry and toasty warm clothes.”
Tomorrow
Friday, February 17, 2023-Episode 462-Author Mark Dawidziak investigates Edgar Allan Poe’s strange death in Baltimore, and revisits the moments of his storm-tossed life in his book A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe.
Saturday February 18, 2023
From the Archives-February 25, 2022-Episode 411-Jim Coulthart is an aviation historian. He has a collection of WWII aircraft incidents, and accidents with ties to Central New York.
Sunday, February 19, 2023
The Mohawk Valley Reindeer Man
...a good read for this Weekend
Mohawk Valley native Sheldon Jackson, a Presbyterian missionary, had a major impact on life in Alaska. Born in in 1834 in the hamlet of Minaville...
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, February 16, 2023
A chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. West wind 12 to 17 mph becoming light northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain, mainly before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 42. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Rain before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow after 4pm. Temperature falling to around 30 by 5pm. Breezy, with an east wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, February 16, 2023
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By Bob CudmoreThe Historians Go Fund Me
Thru this Sunday, February 19th Historians looking to raise $150.00
Use this link this Year
The Historians Podcast, organized by Bob Cudmore
Mohawk Valley history on the WWW and Radio
We’ve now raised just under $600.00 toward the 2023 objective of $7000. Please donate with the 2023 link or a check in The U.S. Mail to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Thank You
More snow memories
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
With winter approaching, more memories are surfacing of snowstorms years ago. Tom Pikul grew up in the 1950s on Park Hill in Amsterdam near the Pulaski Bridge and recalled the childhood pleasures of snow days.
“An especially snowy night was the herald of a fantastic possibility: schools closing the next day,” Pikul wrote. “I would go off to sleep in hopeful anticipation of good news the next morning. Once awake in my bed, I could hear the radio in the kitchen tuned to WCSS and prayed that enough snow had fallen so that the announcer would say in his litany of the lucky, “And all Amsterdam District schools are now closed.”
Pikul also looked forward to his birthday, Christmas morning and the first day of summer vacation. But these days were fixed, Pikul said, “A snow day, however, had the charm and magic of the unpredictable.”
Parents and people who had to go to work didn’t share in the excitement but Pikul said he was gleeful entering the stove-warmed kitchen for breakfast, “No school outfit was out this morning, but my winter play clothes were there on the rocker.”
In the backyard, fun awaited. Good packing show meant a snowman, a snow fort, snow ball fight, a tunnel or an igloo.
Pikul said, “There was the wonder of the cold tiny bite of that first fat flake to hit your stuck-out tongue, while others touched your cheeks or gathered on your clothes, and the first mouthful of snow melted slowly to flow coldly down your throat.
“Back in the kitchen, fingers and toes that tingled and stung from the cold now throbbed uncomfortably, but getting so frozen and wet were more than made up for with a hot cup of chocolate. Beanie, socks, gloves and pants were set to dry on a radiator or draped over the open hot oven door. Then it was outside again after the sensual feel of slipping back into the now dry and toasty warm clothes.”
Tomorrow
Friday, February 17, 2023-Episode 462-Author Mark Dawidziak investigates Edgar Allan Poe’s strange death in Baltimore, and revisits the moments of his storm-tossed life in his book A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe.
Saturday February 18, 2023
From the Archives-February 25, 2022-Episode 411-Jim Coulthart is an aviation historian. He has a collection of WWII aircraft incidents, and accidents with ties to Central New York.
Sunday, February 19, 2023
The Mohawk Valley Reindeer Man
...a good read for this Weekend
Mohawk Valley native Sheldon Jackson, a Presbyterian missionary, had a major impact on life in Alaska. Born in in 1834 in the hamlet of Minaville...
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, February 16, 2023
A chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. West wind 12 to 17 mph becoming light northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain, mainly before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 42. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Rain before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow after 4pm. Temperature falling to around 30 by 5pm. Breezy, with an east wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, February 16, 2023
Daily Gazette
Paper-Paper, On-line and e-edition
When Credibility Matters
Free Fishing Day schedule in New York announced
Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday the 2023 dates for Free Freshwater Fishing Days in New York. The requirement for a…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
Mavis points finger at others seeking dismissal from Schoharie limo lawsuits
ALBANY — The attorney for Mavis Discount Tire claimed the actions of the operators of the..
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/