It's a Big Week!

58.3 degrees and blue sky at 5:30.The AccuWeather Forecast: mostly clear, this morning, but with the temperature rising to 86 later on, "strong thunderstorms" are predicted for both afternoon and evening.

The WKTV extended forecast for Firemen's Field Days -- Friday: Trending drier. High in the mid 80's. Saturday and Sunday: Sun and clouds. Hot! Highs 85-90.



Flatbed trucks carrying the Merry Mixer and the Ferris Wheel have already arrived at Firemen's Field!

The 2006 BOILERMAKER is history! And making it that were nearly 13,000 runners including several dozen from the Waterville, Deansboro, Oriskany Falls area! You can search for your favorite runner's time by going to boilermaker.com and entering their names in the "search" block. Congratulations to all of you who ran, walked or even crawled across the finish lines!!

The New York Yankees lost an afternoon game to Tampa Bay, 5 - 6, and the RedSox lost to the Chicago Whitesox, 5 - 6, in an afternoon game that went 19 innings and ran a near-record six hours and nineteen minutes! (No game today.)

At the World Cup - Jul 9 - Final score after penalty kicks: France 4, Italy 6.

At Wimbledon, Federer claimed his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3.

At Glimmerglass Opera, the Summer Festival Season opened Friday night with a performance of the Gilbert & Sullivan favorite, "Pirates of Penzance" followed on Saturday by Rossini's "Barber of Seville." Upcoming performances include "Greater Good - or the Passion of Boule de Suif" and "Jenûfa."

By 6:30, this morning, a flatbed of brick pavers was parked in front of "Michael's" waiting, presumably, for cargo to be offloaded to the stockpile in the old Agway Gas Station lot. Down between "Roc's" and the Car Wash, flag girls, a long row of pylons dividing the road and a large truck of black-top mix are ready for a day of paving.