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Benefit Jamboree for Lilith Towers to be held May 20 at Spafford Firehouse.  For more information, please call Rose Clark at  (607) 749-2753.

 

Spafford Memorial Day Parade will be held Sunday, May 27 at 1:00 pm. at the Spafford Veterans Memorial in Borodino

 

WEBCAMS

Watch the Decorah Eagles webcam...The eaglets are getting their feathers!

Live! Great Blue Heron nest at Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

Craig Blackman is looking for Onondaga County residents to interview regarding Heath's Grove

Revisiting Heath's Grove...'Vacationing in Skaneateles years ago, my brother and sisters noticed a picture hanging on the Borodino General Store.  “Margaret Ward Elected Queen at 54^th Annual Six-Town Picnic Event” read the headline.  A beautiful young lady with dark hair next to Miss Ward piqued the curiosity of my siblings.  Peaking at the caption, they read the following: “Pretty Margaret Ward smiles her appreciation at being selected as Queen of the 1939 Six-Town Picnic.  Shirley Bobbett, left, and Jane Hallas, right, were runners up for the honor.” Stunned by the caption, they stared at each other in disbelief.  It was a picture of our mother-Shirley Bobbett!!! She never mentioned this accolade, but given my mother’s genuine humility, I am not surprised.  Her memories of Heath’s Grove fascinated me.    Picturesque cabins on Otisco Lake… square dances…. beauty pageants…baseball games…. celebrity visits; It had a magical quality.  My grandmother, Lena Heath Bobbett, reminisced many times about Heath’s Grove.  Hoping to make a profit and provide a source of recreation for Onondaga County residents, her parents, George and Ruby Heath, established Heath’s Grove as a resort on Otisco Lake in the early 1900s.'  More...