Arrgh… played 18 at St. Catherine after work and it was about the worse score I have shot in three years. 98!!!! I think you actually have to try to shoot that bad. It was horrible. I went snowman on the 10th, and it’s a par 5 – I don’t think I’ve done that since I was in grade school! But this means that I’m hooked on the course because I know I can shoot better – St. Catherine has now become my conquest. I’ll be back to Skene after I hit 90 there.

It was interesting to see the drug court graduation – and not just for the Trey Anastacio angle. All I will say on that is Phish was a band I listened to in high school, so it was nice to meet him, just not under those circumstances.

The DA said that he has seen very few of the drug court graduates ever return, and I hope that holds for this graduating class and the one in November, when there will be a couple of Whitehall people who will hopefully have their lives back on track by then.

The town of Hampton is looking to move into the bottom of the firehouse for the new town hall. If this counts as consolidation, there’s plenty of state and federal money out there for renovations, because the state wants everything to consolidate.

If you have any questions about stories, rumors, sports, culture, you name it, that you want to talk about, send me a line at keith@manchesternewspapers.com. I’ll try to answer them weekly (most likely on Wednesdays). It’ll be a good conversation. I’ll answer anything that I can, just keep it clean.

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Here’s some notes since the last time I wrote.

Looks like Whitehall is going to be at the center of the Sasquatch universe again on national television.

A&E sent a request to use two of our articles dealing with Paul Bartholomew and the search for Bigfoot. Last year, we did a couple of stories where we talked to Paul and one of the witnesses about the Sasquatch that may, or may not, be roaming the hills around the town. The working title for the show is “Monster Quest.” The lady that contacted us did not tell us when the run date for the story would be, but we are going to get some more info on the program and let you know.

It was nice to see the family of Clint Taft again last night, even though I wish it would have been under better circumstances. You can tell by talking to them that they respected and honored their father and that he returned the love and appreciation. It was an honor to get to know them and their father through the stories that they, and the members of the community, told me.

I’m heading down to the Drug Court graduation today at 3 p.m. I want to find out what exactly it is that they do in their program, for one. Of course, the spotlight shines a little brighter on the events when you have the front-man for the band Phish as one of your graduates. I hope that Dickie is right when he says that he feels that Trey has made the right choices to change his life around.

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How about this – we’re going on-line for a little blog action. Well, lets get right to it. Last night was the town board meeting, and I have a couple of thoughts.
Let’s go to the big story of the night. Town rec director Neil Molinero came right out and asked town supervisor Vernon Scribner if he was trying to get rid of him from his post. It got heated at times. Councilman David Waters claimed that illegal acts were taking place and that he would bring up charges. Neil stood firm in his job performance. Vernon got a little upset when Neil claimed he was watching him from afar, looking at the program from across the canal. There was one comment by Waters thought that I think was important. He said that people are trying to get rid of Neil because of his last name. I would hope that is not true. Now I don’t now why that would be the case, but if it is true, then those people are playing eight grade peer politics – you know, where Billy won’t let Bobby play with him because he’s from the other side of town. Let’s leave that petty behavior back in high school, please.
If there is a problem with Neil’s performance, let’s hear it in front of the town board and with Neil present to hear the gripes. If you have a problem and you can’t do that, then do you really have a problem with his performance, or is it something else?
Well, I’ll be gone tomorrow with my son on a Father and Son’s campout at Camp Joseph in South Royalton, VT. I’ll be in the office from 9 a.m.-noon on Monday. If you see this, drop me a line and tell me what you think.

Have a good weekend.

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