PRATTSVILLE — Have to start off with a correction. In last week’s Scoop, I did not hold down the “shift” tab long enough resulting in a typo in the cost of the Prattsville Firemen’s Annual Pork Dinner. Although it would probably be worth the price the cost is $15 , not 415 ,for an adult pork dinner on May 11, at the Prattsville Firehouse. Please plan on attending and keep checking all media for the particulars for this dinner. Thank you.
For community support for the fundraiser for our volunteer EMT of Greene County, you could not ask for a more genuine and extraordinary generosity for our volunteers. Prattsville, Grand Gorge, Windham, Ashland, Hensonville, etc. etc. and even Stuyvesant Rescue/EMT members were in attendance. Thank you to our local volunteers, our area supporters and all those traveling from out of town.
The earthquake and women’s college basketball championship playoff were some of the topics occupying the conversations. Lula Anderson of Ashland said she did not feel the quake Friday a.m. but her son said he felt some vibrations. And some of those in Roxbury said there was not doubt they felt the tremors. Have not heard of any shaking being felt in Prattsville.
Finally saw Janet Mower, had not seen her in months. She would just show up at the house with bags and boxes of new items for the veterans at Stratton VAMC. Janet has a generous and caring heart. Thanks Janet. And with Janet were her daughter Becky, Becky’s fiance and his son and grandson. A lively conversation took place covering many subjects. The girls’ college basketball game of the night before was brought up and everyone was happy with the results. Of course there is still the Sunday afternoon game, the championship game between SC and Iowa. We are cheering for Iowa, with Caitlin Clark and her team mates, she can’t do it by herself so go TEAM. Paige Buecker of UCONN deserves a standing ovation also. These ladies show us how to make it as a team.
Sympathy to the families of Mike Becker and Vic Cross. Believe these two men were contemporaries during their younger years in Prattsville. Mike and his parents and two sisters lived on Washington Street and Vic lived in Johnson Hollow with his parents and brother, but for the past many years lived in Florida. Again with sympathy to the families.
In reading the article on Todd Farms, growing cauliflower on their farm between Grand Gorge and Stamford, had to call my sister Alice Delmar Robinson in Fairport. She was an alumna, class of ’48 HTC, and the first of her siblings to attend college. As No. 5 of eleven, there was no funds for college in the late ‘40s early ‘50s so Alice went to work picking cauliflower to earn college tuition. She said “the money was good.” She also said yes she worked with the Puerto Rican immigrants and the Todds were very protective of their workers. She graduated from Oneonta SUNY with a degree in teaching and worked continually until her retirement in the early 1990s.
Mark your calendar for Sunday Brunch, April 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the West Kill Community Hall. The menu is too extensive to list all the scrumptious dishes and the sweets on the side tables are beyond words. All for $15.
Happy Birthday to Ashleigh Jaeger Carr on April 13. Happy Birthday to Kendall Thorington on April 15 (pass the greetings along Mom Chrissy and Dad Jim). Happy Birthday to Brianna Irwin on April 18.