Mount Holly Newsflash 7/11/2023

View in browser Mount Holly Newsflash Today's forecast: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com I hope we are in much better shape this time than when Irene hit but it sounds like many neighbors are getting hit with mudslides and flooding. Last time there was no power or consistent communication across town and Stan and I put up signs on road ways to have people contact us if they needed help or were willing to help and the outcome was a large corps of volunteers that met to mostly bail out basements and haul out wet items to dumpsters. We are happy to help coordinate a volunteer corps again if desired. Perhaps something is already in the works to do so, but if not, using Betsey's email and phone contacts, a list of volunteers willing to dig in when needed can be organized beginning now. Please let us know if you'd like us to begin work on this!Weezie and Stan Duda-- Louise Duda Nesting Meadow Farm 450 Frank Lord Road Shrewsbury, Vermont 05738 (802) 492-3327 home (802) 558-5519 cell, Florida Betsy, Please let your email group know that the Shrewsbury Library will be screening The Farm Boy, a feature film set during World War II and made entirely in Vermont, on Saturday July 15th at 6pm. The film, loosely based on Woodard's father, depicts the coming of age of a young man from a Vermont hill farm thrust into the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. There is no admission charge, donations are welcomed. The film, which features Woodard's 30-year-old son, Henry, a landscaper and sugar maker in real life, was mainly shot on Woodard's 200-acre farm in Waterbury Center. Woodard, who will attend the Shrewsbury event along with the film's producer Joan Brace O'Neal, joked that filming in Belgium was "too far to get back in time for milking." The Farm Boy, shot in black-and-white, evokes a pastoral Vermont as Henry's character, serviceman Calvin Dillard, falls in love with a young woman he meets on his milk route. The second half of the two-hour-plus movie is set during the Battle of the Bulge in winter 1944, as Calvin is nursed back to health by a French woman. Many thanks, Sandy Are you hungry for great music? Are you hungry for great food?We've got you covered for both on Friday, July 14 at 6 pm !!Please bring a contribution of any amount of $ to support the musicians and the historic Meetinghouse. For more info reply to this email or call Vicky or Paul at 802 492 3649 (Raindate Sunday July 16 at 6 pm) ASH BORER Mitigation Update: The good news is that the treatments have started. We have done 168 injections which is the vast majority of those for people who were willing to do it themselves. Which brings us to the not so good news,. We have at least 720 more injections requested by about 30 landowners and TIm Bickford, our injector in chief, has been ill and not able to able to do this Our first line of defense is hoping Tim feels better and will be able to do this in the next several weeks. In the meantime, we will work with TIm to develop an alternative if needed. We will keep the interested landowners informed of the progress. In the meantime, anyone who missed our initial signup and is interested, can still participate. Let us knows at: mounthollycc@gmail.com. Mount Holly Newsflash Mount Holly, Vermont United States of America You received this email because you signed up on our website.