Here it is Sunday and time to write the column for Thursday! First of all, I am so glad that my computer email sending system is working again. After 10 days of not being able to send a thing, but being able to read every message, I am delighted to not have to run down a USB drive with my column to Judy Tripp-Neu, like last Sunday. Mostly I am glad that I don’t have to be out at midnight when I finish this column.
At church in Websters Crossing United Methodist on Sunday, Oct. 14, Pastor Regina Shaw gave us food for thought with her message “In the Image of God.” She urged us to be creative in all that we do. We have our Charge Conference with the Rev. Ted Anderson, district superintendent, this coming Saturday, Oct. 20, at noon. Bring a dish-to-pass and join us for lunch and stay for the conference after.
Other opportunities coming up include the Spaghetti Dinner and Country Music Jam on Thursday, Oct. 25, and a visit the following day with Bishop Mark Webb at Rush United Methodist Church from 6 to 8 p.m. Last, but not least, we are all working on items for the Christmas Bazaar and we invite you to put Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on your calendar for it. Don’t forget that we have a lunch counter complete with soup, chili, and three kinds of salad sandwiches: tuna, egg and ham with homemade dessert to top it off.
On Nov. 3, why not plan to go to Springwater United Methodist Church to their Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings? It is always well worth the money and time. Do arrive between 5 and 6:30 p.m. for best selection.
After two weeks of rainy hikes, the weather was a fine, warm, fall day for the 23 hikers that came out to explore the eastern shoreline of Hemlock Lake. A little over a week ago, Pam Masterson and Amy Klein hiked north from the Hemlock Lake south boat launch and realized that when the trail ended that they could continue walking along the shore line. Because of the dry summer, the level of Hemlock Lake is down by at least four feet leaving a beach of 10 to 20 feet wide the entire length of the lake, a most unusual occurrence. Based on their recommendation, the Springwater Trails hiking group decided to change their hike this week to walk the full length of the shoreline from the north boat launch to the south boat launch, a distance of about 6 miles. Zebra mussel shells and shale stones littered the area. Overhead an eagle soared, and in the distance the Canada geese were honking on the far shore. This was a longer hike than normal, but it was relatively flat and we were able to see the cliffs at the water edge at the halfway point and the fall colors in the landscape. Twenty of us enjoyed the after hike social at the Hemlock Grill where we were served by brother and sister, Todd and Melissa Emerson.
Next Sunday, Oct. 21, the hiking group will travel north to Victor and will hike the Gonandagan State Historic Site. We expect to see several celebrations of Seneca history including a full size replica of a Seneca Long House. We will learn more on Sunday. More information is at springwatertrails.org.
Here it is Sunday and time to write the column for Thursday! First of all, I am so glad that my computer email sending system is working again. After 10 days of not being able to send a thing, but being able to read every message, I am delighted to not have to run down a USB drive with my column to Judy Tripp-Neu, like last Sunday. Mostly I am glad that I don’t have to be out at midnight when I finish this column.
At church in Websters Crossing United Methodist on Sunday, Oct. 14, Pastor Regina Shaw gave us food for thought with her message “In the Image of God.” She urged us to be creative in all that we do. We have our Charge Conference with the Rev. Ted Anderson, district superintendent, this coming Saturday, Oct. 20, at noon. Bring a dish-to-pass and join us for lunch and stay for the conference after.
Other opportunities coming up include the Spaghetti Dinner and Country Music Jam on Thursday, Oct. 25, and a visit the following day with Bishop Mark Webb at Rush United Methodist Church from 6 to 8 p.m. Last, but not least, we are all working on items for the Christmas Bazaar and we invite you to put Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on your calendar for it. Don’t forget that we have a lunch counter complete with soup, chili, and three kinds of salad sandwiches: tuna, egg and ham with homemade dessert to top it off.
On Nov. 3, why not plan to go to Springwater United Methodist Church to their Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings? It is always well worth the money and time. Do arrive between 5 and 6:30 p.m. for best selection.
After two weeks of rainy hikes, the weather was a fine, warm, fall day for the 23 hikers that came out to explore the eastern shoreline of Hemlock Lake. A little over a week ago, Pam Masterson and Amy Klein hiked north from the Hemlock Lake south boat launch and realized that when the trail ended that they could continue walking along the shore line. Because of the dry summer, the level of Hemlock Lake is down by at least four feet leaving a beach of 10 to 20 feet wide the entire length of the lake, a most unusual occurrence. Based on their recommendation, the Springwater Trails hiking group decided to change their hike this week to walk the full length of the shoreline from the north boat launch to the south boat launch, a distance of about 6 miles. Zebra mussel shells and shale stones littered the area. Overhead an eagle soared, and in the distance the Canada geese were honking on the far shore. This was a longer hike than normal, but it was relatively flat and we were able to see the cliffs at the water edge at the halfway point and the fall colors in the landscape. Twenty of us enjoyed the after hike social at the Hemlock Grill where we were served by brother and sister, Todd and Melissa Emerson.
Next Sunday, Oct. 21, the hiking group will travel north to Victor and will hike the Gonandagan State Historic Site. We expect to see several celebrations of Seneca history including a full size replica of a Seneca Long House. We will learn more on Sunday. More information is at springwatertrails.org.
