Waddington Homecoming 2013

38th Annual Waddington Homecoming
 "WHERE THE WORLD COMES TO FISH"

Friday, August 2nd

10:00am – Pet Show at Town Hall Square.  For more information, please contact June Dumas at 388-5674.  
9:00am – 4:00pm – Book Sale at Library Community Room.
Noon – Teddy Bear Picnic at the Waddington Town Beach. For more info, contact Benny Fairchild 388-5628. 
1:00pm – Sand Castle Contest at the Town Beach. Recreation Committee 
5:30pm – 7:00pm – Ice Cream Social at Waddington United Methodist Church.  For more information, please call 388-5568.
6:15pm – Opening Ceremony at Town Hall Square.
6:30pm – Diaper Derby at Town Hall Square. For more info, call Shelly Shirley 276-6327 or Wayne Santamont 388-4390. 
7:00pm – Lip Sync Contest at Town Hall Square. (Registration is at 5:30pm).  For more information, please contact Sheryl Evans 276-0016. Sponsored by Phillips Memorial Homes and Riverview of Waddington Motel.
9:00pm – Music by Acoustic Brothers at Town Hall. 
Saturday, August 3rd
7:00am – Pancake Breakfast at Waddington United Methodist Church.  For more information, please call 388-5568.
9:00am – Five K Run from Island View Park.  Sponsored by the Waddington Volunteer Fire Department. Registration:  7:30 am; Kevin Sharlow 276-9040; Jason Brown 276-0723
9:00am – 2:00pm – Book Sale at Library Community Room
11:00am - 2:00pm – Car Show at Island View Park.  Sponsored by the Waddington Volunteer Fire Department. Registration 10:30 am; Scott Kocher 388-4801 
10:00am – 4:00pm – Craft, Antique & Flea Market Show at Town Hall Square.  For more information, please contact Shelly Shirley 276-6327 or Nancy Putney 388-5576. 
10:00am – 4:00pm – Quilt & Textile Show at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Contact Linda Jones at 388-5661 for more information. 
10:00am – 4:00pm – Art Show at Former Elementary School.  For more information, please contact Bob Ritter at 388-5644.
10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Boy Scouts Dunk Tank at Town Hall Square.
11:00am - Childrens Games; Island View Park; Contact Amy Rivera 388-4931 or Michelle Jones 296-4645 for further information.
11:00 am - 1:00pm - Music by Donna Miller; Gazebo
11:00am – Chicken Barbecue at the Waddington Fire Hall.
Noon - 1:00 pm - Juggler - Gravitational Bull; Library
1:00 - 2:30 - Karaoke with Rick Snyder; Town Hall Square
2:30pm – Bed Races on Main Street.  Sponsored by Mack's Tavern.  388-5862. 
5:00pm – Parade Lineup on Linden & Fenton Streets.
6:00pm – Parade from LaGrasse Street to Island View Park. Contact John Mikolay 388-5983 or  waddingtonparade@gmail.com for further information. 
7:00pm – Music by Double Barrel Blues;  Island View Park.
8:00pm – 14th Annual Duck Race from the Town Beach to Island View Park.  For more information, please contact Sue Caswell at 388-4309.
Dusk – Fireworks at Island View Park. 
Sunday, August 4th
9:00am – Homecoming Ecumenical Service; United Methodist Church.

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12:00 NOON – Community Picnic & "Cup Cake War"; Town Beach.  Sponsored & Catered by Seaway Diner & Smokehouse. 
2:00pm – Tube Race from the Town Beach to Island View  Park.  Sponsored by the Waddington Sons of the American Legion. 

  This Year’s Theme: 

WADDINGTON - WHERE THE WORLD COMES TO FISH 

Stormy Weather

This summer has been very unusual in the weather department. This spring was very chilly. There were even a couple nights that were down near the freezing temperatures. No one thought it would ever warm up. This past two weeks have been very hot and humid; the humidity reminding me of Texas when I was growing up. Everyone gets thunderstorms from time to time but this year they seem to be more intense. We have had a couple power outages this year. One was quite lenghthy.

Happy 4th of July!!

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy 4th of July! Those of you traveling will probably make it a 4 day weekend; be safe out there folks.

Andy's Birthday

Our beautiful Andy is three years old today. He is enjoying his new toy. It is really hard to believe it has been three years. I remember when we brought him home. He came to us at seven weeks old because his mother could no longer nurse him; he had too many teeth. Andy is very protective and loving. He is constantly wagging his tail; I have never seen a dog so happy all the time. And curious! Whenever we get a package in the mail he wants to be the first one in the box to see what it is.

Boating

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 Boating

It is a busy time of year on the St. Lawrence River. There are many pleasure crafts and lakers that run up and down the river through the locks carrying cargo. The first time I saw a Laker coming from each side and meeting each other it was amazing to me. They would blow their horns to let the other know where they were. One would stand aside and let the other pass. I still never get tired of seeing them after almost 30 years.

My Experience

I don't know how many of you out there use "Dish" for tv reception. I would like to share my experience with them:
To start with we use to have Cable and really liked it. But the provider kept adding channels that no one would watch and the bill kept getting higher and higher. At this point we had cable for over 20 years and thought maybe they could give us some kind of special or something. They had been running sales on the tv about all their wonderful packages. Sorry to say we got no help so we decided to brave the waters and try Dish. You have to sign a two year contract with these folks before you get connected. We were told the reception would be really good. Now I am here to tell you exactly what we went through for those two years. Everytime the wind blew strangly or a even the tiniest of clouds moved over head in the sky we had no reception. Not to mention the many times they were out here doing service calls plus all the ice build up on the dish on the roof. (My husband got sick of that really fast). After our two years was up we called and they sent another tech out. By this time none the the local channels were working. (News and etc..) The man that came out told us we should never have had Dish to begin with. His exact words were "You were destined to fail". He said we had no line of sight to the house. He also told us within a week we would lose all the premium channels. He recommended we try "Direct TV". So far so good. But the crazy thing is; when I called Dish to tell them we no long had line of sight the girl told me "You can always have it shut off for six months so when the trees lose their leaves you can watch the set again."
Just thought I would share this.

Eyes

A friend of mine and I were looking through our files to see what we could come up with to make this blog a little more unusual. I have come up with several anmated eyes that I really like. The ones that I use on my desktop are alot bigger than this . What do you think of these?