"SUMER IS ICUMIN' IN" (Spring/summer is arriving, in the Wessex dialect of Middle English, as taught at Ringgold High School, Monongahela Div., by Esther Spadaro, when she had started a Madrigal Choir in the 1970s) This is a Middle English way to say, "Get ready to get your meals and eat out in the warm … Continue reading Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 25 March 2022
Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 11 February 2022
As we do every Friday, we have gyros at the Dierkens Pharmacy parking lot, Park Avenue at Main Street, until 6 or 7 PM. When you stop at the gyro stand (when, not if), tell Oussama “Happy Valentine’s Day.” I had asked him how busy he was over lunch, and he said “busy.” And then … Continue reading Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 11 February 2022
Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 4 February 2022
TODAY'S WEATHER More than 45 million people remain under weather watches and warnings in the Northeast, down from 85 million Friday morning, as a winter storm makes its way eastward. Snow fell across much of New York state, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, with freezing rain and ice causing treacherous travel to the south in … Continue reading Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 4 February 2022
Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 7 January 2022
Christos Razhdayetsvya - Slavite Jeho! Merry Orthodox Christmas! We have gyros and other Lebanese treats, as we do every Friday, at the Dierkens Pharmacy parking lot, on Main Street at Park Avenue across from Sheetz, from 10 AM until about 6 PM.(But is it impressive …or what …that Oussama is out there today?!! He and … Continue reading Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 7 January 2022
Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 29 October. 2021
AVENUE OF THE HANGING JACK-O-LANTERNS 2021 Thank you to everyone who came out and helped carve the jack-o-lanterns. We had 40 pumpkins this year, and I was really worried about whether we’d have enough carvers. However, 47 people turned out, including about 16 parents or group leaders and about four carvers who also helped to … Continue reading Weekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 29 October. 2021