For The Record – Feb. 6, 2014
Can spring be far behind? …
That’s the question Debra Proctor of Bellefonte is asking. She writes: “Could it be that spring is right around the corner? I woke up today, Sunday, to see in the field behind my house a whole lot of robins!! I even got the binoculars out to make sure that they were indeed robins that I was looking at.
Rumor Has It …
Rumor has it, not a clue if it’s true, but the rumors are all over that Dr. Berlot has been let go at Bucktail Medical Center. The word I’ve been hearing is that the board of directors had no say in the decision that they didn’t know about it until after the fact. Dr. Berlot has been at Bucktail for 15 years.
The first Air Mail letter out of Renovo …
Post Master Luke Binder of Binder’s Bar and Brewery sent the first airmail letter out of Renovo in. Luke Binder wrote the first letter to a Mr. Murphy that was typed on a US Postal Service letterhead. It contained a hand written note saying it was the first air mail letter sent out of Renovo. The letter flew from Renovo to Williamsport and then to Murphy in California. Air mail service was in Renovo for about two years, Tim Horner said.
Try this one more time …
For more times than I want to remember, I’ve written (other people’s) predictions on when cell service will be widely available in this area, only to have it not happen. Immix service has been available and some others. More may be on the horizon, via Verizon. On Monday (Feb.3),Verizon workers said they were on their way up Boone Road to start work on the new Verizon tower and if all goes as planned we should have Verizon cell service in Renovo in approximately eight 8 weeks. They offered no promises.
Sasquatch here? …
I heard recently that some bears with the mange have been sighted in the Hyner area, and that they resemble Big Foot. I asked a prominent Hyner citizen who while admitting seeing a huge bear would not go on record that is was Sasquatch.
More than likely it was not. A noted area outdoorsman said bears with mange are not unusual. If more are sighted it may be because the bear population is record high. The more bears, the more the likelihood of seeing bears with mange.
Welcome Denise …
The Renovo Women’s Club welcomed Denise Colvin as a member this week. Denise is the wife of Pastor Rich Colvin of Christian Community Church in South Renovo. The guest speaker at the club meeting Tuesday was veterinarian Dr. Livingston, whose clinic is next to Deb Tarantella’s Sudsy Pup on 10th Street.
