Thursday morning

62.2 degrees F. and lowery. The WKTV Weather Forecast is calling for:
Today: Sun and clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. High 80.
Tonight: Evening shower or t'storm. Partly cloudy. Low in the upper 50's.

To dispell the notion that Waterville remains totally isolated from the rest of the world, we provide the following ....

The Yankees beat Atlanta 4-3 in the 12th and the RedSox took the Mets 10-2.
Today's top matches at Wimbledon:
Andre Agassi (25), United States, vs. Andreas Seppi, Italy
Lisa Raymond, United States, vs. Venus Williams (6), United States
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, vs. Ashley Harkleroad, United States
Marat Safin, Russia, vs. Fernando Gonzalez (10), Chile
Florian Mayer, Germany, vs. Andy Roddick (3), United States

UTICA -- Late registration for the July 9 Boilermaker 15K Road Race will take place from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday at Babe's Macaroni Grill and Bar on North Genesee Street in Utica. The entry fee is $40.

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The Deansboro Waterville Lions Club's (tenth or twelvth) Annual Golf Tournament will take place at the Sulphur Springs Golf Course on Saturday, July 15th. If Mrs. Newsom has not already found you, please find her at 841-4619 and make your contribution. (In past years, the suggested amount has been $25.00, but - with a hint that this may be the final year of the tourney - the request is for $50.00: enough to give the organization a jump start on next year's funds.) The Lions Clubs do an enormous amount of charitable work helping people with seeing and hearing difficulties attain proper care and treatment. 100% of the funds raised by the Golf Tournament stay right in this area!

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zirkle of Sanger Avenue were in Virginia, over Father's Day Weekend. While there, they attended the graduation of their eldest granddaughter, Jahricca, and said "Goodbye" to her father, Todd, who is scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan next month. (There will certanly be more about Todd in upcoming blogs that will answer, firstly, this question: "Isn't Todd in the Navy?" wondering, facetiously - I suspect - why he's going to Afghanistan!)





If you have time, today, take a ride along Loomis Road (which is probably open, by now) and look into the woods to see if you can spot one of these "Turk's Cap Lilies!"