Thanks to mysterious snow remover
So I came home and found that the snow had not only melted on my driveway, but apparently had piled itself up on the sides. Wait that can’t be right!
Much obliged to the Mystery Snow Remover on Carmody Lane!
Don Pogoloff
Kingston
A heartfelt thanks for the firewood:
An open letter to the Kingston community
We all know that Kingston is a wonderful town with great people. But no one knows that better than I do.
When this snow started, and it was so cold, I was sitting here in a house with wood heat and didn’t have a scrap of wood to my name and for two days thought my dogs and I were going to freeze. I didn’t have any money coming in until next month, so I thought about trying to chop down a tree.
Being 72 years old, it’s safe to say it’s been awhile since I chopped anything, let alone a tree. I gave everything a lot of thought and thought maybe I’d call the Kingston Chamber of Commerce. Maybe they would know someone who had wood and would wait until payday for the payment.
A wonderful lady I talked to said she would see what she could do. Then another lady called me back and said she would help. Within a half-hour, a man called me and told me he and his wife were going to bring me some wood. I don’t know if I can use names so I’ll just say great people with money ties to Kingston. Then the next thing I knew, a wonderful, sweet lady drove in with the trunk of her nice car full of wood, and also a heater.
It seemed to snowball from there. A man came with Presto logs, another with great round pieces of wood. Then Kingston Lumber drove up with two bins of wood. It was almost unbelievable. They were all so kind and nice to me. Between them, a church on Miller Bay Road had some wood, but no way to haul it, and another man called and asked what he could do, so he hauled the wood. I must tell you, I had to come in the house to cry a lot. What a wonderful community Kingston is and always has been. To say the least, we were now warm as toast.
The next day, a man and his two sons came with a pick-up load of wood. They unloaded it and when they were ready to leave, the youngest son gave us a plate of homemade cookies. Then we really had a good cry. My friend Julie is 65 and we really were wondering what we could do to keep the dogs, our selves and kids warm. Now we have close to two cords of wood (maybe more) to get us through this cold weather. I have to tell you, this is the greatest Christmas gift we have ever had, or will ever have. Talk about unbelievable. It was and is the true meaning of the Christmas spirit.
I know there is no way I can ever repay all these wonderful people, and they probably wouldn’t let me if I tried. But I want them all to know, that if you ever need me, I’ll be there – no matter what: baby sit, dog sit, just to sit and talk. Anything. I owe you all more than I can ever repay in any way.
I am sitting here in a warm, cozy house writing this. My dogs are warm and the floor is warm for them. They are extra happy.
I truly think it’s safe to say to all of you in Kingston, you saved my life. So that means I owe what’s left of my life to all of you. And I want everyone to know what great people live here and what a great chamber of commerce Kingston has. But most of all, what a great community we all get to live in here. What wonderful people work and live here. I wish I could remember all your names and tell them one by one, but you know who you are, and I know I love you all and will be forever grateful.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dori Sims
Kingston
Kingston Food Bank thanks
The Kingston Food Bank took care of 103 people for Christmas and 52 children received gifts. I hope the New Year will bring jobs and happiness to these families.
I do have people to thank: Sharon and the deli crew at Albertsons for all their hard work doing up all the turkeys, job well done; Boy Scout Troop 555, they are always there for us; the Kingston Co-op Preschool and families for all their food; Katos family for all the gifts; Lynn Nicklen for gift in memory of Charles; Kingston High School Interact Club for all the food that stocked our shelves; Faith Lutheran Church; Redeemer United Methodist Church; Hansville Ladies Aid; Flotsam & Jetsam Garden Club; Lance Anderson and Curtis Anderson; Michael Fildbush; Trisha Merritt; Ronald Griffen; Sue Wilcon; Craid Egnes; Bob and Elaine Jungst, nice puzzle; Norm and Dottie Sunde; Kathi Graves; and everyone that adopted a family.
I want to thank my helpers Barb and Bill Fulton, Bud Weaver, Craig Allard and Rodney Weaver.
Have a safe, healthy and happy New Year.
Vi Weaver
Kingston Food Bank
Kingston Revitalization Association fired up for New Year
The Kingston Revitalization Association would like to thank the following people who donated their time Jan. 3 to remove decorations from the light poles in Kingston: Linda and Paul Wiley, Margaret Sinnott, Sally Christy, Lonnie Nuss, Dan Martin, Dave Wetter, Helen Humes and Ron Muell. The bows and ribbon are put away for another year and the swags have been recycled.
For the month of February only, the Kingston Revitalization Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 at American Marine Bank. In March, meetings will return to the third Monday of the month.
