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4 hours ago, 1977er said:

As a happy ending to this old thread:  Mr. Vitello, one of my former 5th and 6th grade teachers, kindly supplied the last two Juniata yearbooks, so I now have all the years/yearbooks I looked for for so long.  Thank you all.   

Does he still drive a Ferrero.  He was a good dude.  

I'm in those yearbooks....I was not (still not) the most photogenic.  

3 hours ago, Petee said:

Maybe Steve can do a poll and find out where the birds are really active, and the number of evergreens in those areas.  I did see some chickadees at the suet today, but there and never as many birds as there were before so many of the trees in this area were dropped.

Sounds like an opportunity for someone to create a bird tracking app.  Something that will show recent migrations, types of birds, etc.  Much like "flightradar24" for airplanes.  Wouldn't that be interesting.

I have the same problem.  Quite honestly, I haven't seen many birds in over a month and I live in the middle of the woods.  In the last week, I've seen 1 cardinal, 2 blue jays, and 4 crows.  I thought my now at least a squirrel would have eaten all of the food.

Combine two and face your fears. You haven't lived until you've milked a cat

That didn't go very well in "Meet the Falkers".

My wife has 7 chickens.  Couldn't tell you what kind of chickens, but they're free range.  They produce more eggs than I know what to do with and the neighbors like that.  I've been informed that we're getting milk goats later this Spring.  I'm fine with all the animals as long as it's not a cat.  I hate cats!

 

Warm weather leads to early maple syrup production

 

Sunday, January 22nd 2017

 

 

FRIEDENS -- It's only January, but maple syrup production has already begun in some parts of Somerset County.

At Baer Bros. Maple Camp, it's time to start tapping trees and collecting sap.

Mike Lynch owns the business with his wife.

"This warm weather, there's been no freezes, so we decided to tap and get started collecting sap now, in case the weather doesn't turn cold and stay cold," Lynch said.

Warm weather the last two days had his family getting to work.

Thirteen-year-old Reagan loves being in the woods.

"I've been doing this, since, well, whenever I could try to keep up," Reagan said.

His dad says right now, they're getting a gallon or two of sap per minute.

"What I've checked in the last week with producers, is anywhere from 60 to 90 gallons to make a gallon of maple syrup, so it's not very sweet," Lynch said.

He said the low sugar content means it takes more sap to make maple syrup.

There are thousands of feet of piping. In all, there are about 3,500 trees.

"We probably have 800 taps out of our 5,000 in, so we're going to slowly work at it this week,

Since we're talking horses...if your interested in owning one of these beasts, I have a 13 y/o quarter horse mare for sale.  Calm and would be perfect for kids. 

Now wait a minute, several publications list World Naked Gardening Day as Saturday May 7th.  As does the most reliable Wikipedia.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day

It better be Saturday because I already made plans to be naked in the garden...just me and my hoe.

Hello--

 

I'm hoping to find the old Juniata Elementary School yearbooks listed below.  My family didn't buy them every year, so I'm missing four books.  If you have any you're willing to sell (or could pass this message along to anyone you know who might)--or even loan me long enough that I can scan or photocopy the pages and then return them to you--please contact me here or at dubois95grad@yahoo.com 

 

'Am specifically looking for:

• 1982-83 (kindergarten with Mrs. Raybuck for me )
• 1985-86 (3rd grade with Mrs. McNaughton and Mrs. Dodd for me)
• 1986-87 (4th grade with Mrs. Zappia and Mr. West for me)
• 1987-88 (5th grade with Mrs. Johnston, Mr. Vitello, and Mr. Morelli for me)
• (I would love to see the 1981-82 yearbook too, but the other four are more important to me.)

 

Thank you for your help. 

Ahhh, nostalgia.  Have strange memories from each one of those teachers.  I had Mrs. Mitchell in kindergarten, she was great, but had severe coffee breath.  I had Mrs. Dodd and used to get bummed out, she would never take us outside because she couldn't be in the sun long.  Mr. West had the hairiest arms.  Mr. Vitello drove the coolest car...a Pontiac Fiero, haha!  Mr. Morelli and how he taught the five senses, plus his wiffleball/kickball tournaments.  The best part about Juniata was watching kids play in the crick during recess and falling in..haha!!

A waffle iron is what started Nike.  Bill Bowerman was the head track coach at the University of Oregon in the late 60's and would use his wife's waffle iron to make running shoes.  Him and Phil Knight began selling these shoes in the 70''s.  There's a scene in the move "Without Limits" that shows Bowerman making Prefontaine a pair.