Ooops!

That was a close one! In the process of learning how to "link" to Gary Tuttle's new website, I managed to completely erase-demolish-permanently destroy the previous posting. It looked just like this one, I think, but was called - reasonably enough, "Friday Morning."

67 F. and the AccuWeather forecast calls for a cloudy morning; variably cloudy this afternoon with a thunderstorm possible, and partly cloudy tonight with thunderstorms possible.

The mixed precipitation that WKTV had forecast yesterday morning never developed and, by mid-afternoon lawns had dried and I could hear lawnmowers humming in all directions!


Gary Tuttle has sent the URL for a website that he's created: "No Power Line" In it, he follows the Railway line right through our area, stopping frequently to photograph buildings that would be impacted by the proposed power line. I found it very interesting and think that many others will, too! (If the "link" doesn't work, try this: http://www.nopowerline.com/index.html.)
Select the viewpoint (thumbtack) that you want to see, go to the upper right- or left-hand corner of the page and click on the matching "section," and then pick out precise photo locations! Thank you, Gary!

And here's another original "creation" -- Mr. Philip Eastman's 2-D rendering of the proposed Memorial Bandstand.



Last Saturday, the Bandstand's original "designers," Park-view property owners and members of the Parks Commission had a chance to see a 3-D display that Philip had created: unfortunately, we don't have the technology to insert that here, so give you the next best view! This was shown to the members of the Waterville Historical Society on Wednesday evening and received enthusiastic applause.

The final plans for the structure were prepared by T. Karram Design & Construction Consultants of Waterville from sketches submitted by the following "designers:" Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Falk, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sambora, Ms. Susannah Quayle, Mr. Donald Brown, Ms. Jennifer Dobmeier Dapson, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Youngs, Mr. Louis Langone, Ms. Jean B. Davis and Ms. Wendy Sexton along with committee members Mabel Bushee, Dale Meszler and Philippa Brown.

It was their original assignment to design a bandstand that would look as if it had been built in the late 1800s, during Waterville's golden age as "Hop Capital of the World," but that could be constructed of contemporary materials that would be far more resistant to damage and need much less upkeep than wood. It is the Committee's intent to initiate a major Fund-raising campaign in the Autumn - once the two-year, $5,000,000.00 Highway Reconstruction Project is finished - and see the structure built next Summer in celebration of the completion of this major "stepping-stone" in Waterville's history.

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