The End of June

It's almost the end of June. Where has the time gone? We have had very little summer type weather here in the Catskill Mountains . We are over 10 inches in surplus rain  amounts  after our wet spring and so far summer. Today as I head off for my walk I'm wearing a hooded sweatshirt as it is only 66 degrees at nearly 11 AM. I've been putting the walk off today hoping for it to warm up. But the sunny days we have had have been marvelous. I'm sure there are more to come. Have a wonderful day everyone. Here's a poem about June and a picture I took on my walk yesterday just a few feet from our driveway. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful area.

The Last Day Of School

Good morning sweet friends and happy first day of summer! Today in Franklin it is the last day of school for elementary students. For many , it is a day eagerly awaited. However, when I was in JFK Elementary School in Brewster, NY from 1967- I973 I always was sad on the last day of school. I loved school. I loved my teachers and missed them each year terribly. Growing up on Milltown Rd. in Brewster we had very little. Many of the kids would always bring in fancy gifts as end of year teacher presents but we did not have the money for that. I fondly recall however, my mom always making my elementary teachers each June a corsage from the most fragrant pink roses bushes in front of our house. She would carefully pick them the night before the last day of school and pick the thorns off and add small ferns and and wrap it carefully in a wet napkin or paper towel and place it in the refrigerator for the next morning. My mom sewed a lot (she's an expert seamstress) and she even added a corsage pin she had gotten from her Home Sew catalog . I remember being so proud carrying that prepared rose on the bus and into school . And I remember my teachers always loving them. This morning I called mom to ask her what kind of roses they were and if we had planted them or if they were there when we moved in. She said they were Heirloom Pink Moss roses and they were there when we moved in. They could have been planted as far back as the 1800's! You can still buy the roses today! I think I know what I am going to ask for for my 30th wedding anniversary present! On the internet they actually list them as lilac pink moss roses. When I saw the picture the memories came flooding back . They were the prettiest shade of pink with a yellowy center and I remember them being very fragrant. Our home on Milltown Rd. no longer stands but I often wonder if those Heirloom pink moss roses are still growing there. I bet they are.
We may have been poor back then and my memories aren't all happy but I am certainly rich in the memory of bringing those Heirloom Pink Moss roses to school every year on the last day.
Here's hoping all the children have a wonderful memory making summer!
Do you have memories from the last day of school? Have a happy summer everyone!

Who Remembers The Calendar Dish Towels?

Is there anybody else old enough to remember these calendar dish towels? We had a few and my grandma had them too. I remember them being in mail order catalogs or sold as class fund raisers . I can still remember them on the shelves of Woolworths or Kresges, Newberrys, all those old time stores. Oh to go back to a simpler way of life. Take me back.......

I guess they still make some but I don't think they are as popular as they were back in the day.

Re: Proposed Rule Making: Part 380 Radiation Program
The State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process as it pertains to the proposed amendments to Part 380 does not meet the intent of SEQRA and the DEC Negative Declaration of Significant impact is indefensible.

Ms Hinkel:

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, as lead agency, is required by SEQRA to assess the potential environmental impacts of the proposed changes to Part 380 regulation and make a defensible declaration as to the need for further environmental review and or development of a full Environmental Impact Statement pertaining to the proposed changes.

In reviewing the documentation of the process leading up to the Negative Determination of Significance, it is apparent that DEC is has failed to make determinations based on facts.
The most obvious example of this is the dismissal of Radon 222 and its progeny from consideration as a pollutant requiring regulation. This occurs in numerous locations throughout Part 380, for example in subparts at: Part 380-5.1 (b) on page 28 of 47, Part 380-1.2 (e) (f) and (i(3) on page 5 of 47. DEC seems determined to eliminate from regulation under 380 forms of radiation which have substantial adverse impacts on public health and the environment. Exposure to Radon and its progeny of Polonium210 and Lead210 are the number two cause of lung cancer in the nation among smokers and number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. The arbitrary exemption and exclusion of Radon 222 from regulation is unconscionable, indefensible, and negates the Determination of Non-Significant Impact declared by DEC. The proposed amendments to Part 380 have public health and environmental consequences that require a full Environmental Impact Statement.

How many more people will have to die from lung cancer before DEC meets their responsibility to protect us from all forms of radioactive releases?

Respectfully,

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Environmental Remediation
625 Broadway, Albany NY 12233-7255

Re: Proposed Rule Making: Part 380 Radiation Program
The State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process as it pertains to the proposed amendments to Part 380 does not meet the intent of SEQRA and the DEC Negative Declaration of Significant impact is indefensible.

Ms Hinkel:

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, as lead agency, is required by SEQRA to assess the potential environmental impacts of the proposed changes to Part 380 regulation and make a defensible declaration as to the need for further environmental review and or development of a full Environmental Impact Statement pertaining to the proposed changes.

In reviewing the documentation of the process leading up to the Negative Determination of Significance, it is apparent that DEC is has failed to make determinations based on facts.
The most obvious example of this is the dismissal of Radon 222 and its progeny from consideration as a pollutant requiring regulation. This occurs in numerous locations throughout Part 380, for example in subparts at: Part 380-5.1 (b) on page 28 of 47, Part 380-1.2 (e) (f) and (i(3) on page 5 of 47. DEC seems determined to eliminate from regulation under 380 forms of radiation which have substantial adverse impacts on public health and the environment. Exposure to Radon and its progeny of Polonium210 and Lead210 are the number two cause of lung cancer in the nation among smokers and number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. The arbitrary exemption and exclusion of Radon 222 from regulation is unconscionable, indefensible, and negates the Determination of Non-Significant Impact declared by DEC. The proposed amendments to Part 380 have public health and environmental consequences that require a full Environmental Impact Statement.

How many more people will have to die from lung cancer before DEC meets their responsibility to protect us from all forms of radioactive releases?

Respectfully,

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Environmental Remediation
625 Broadway, Albany NY 12233-7255

Re: Proposed Rule Making: Part 380 Radiation Program
The State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process as it pertains to the proposed amendments to Part 380 does not meet the intent of SEQRA and the DEC Negative Declaration of Significant impact is indefensible.

Ms Hinkel:

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, as lead agency, is required by SEQRA to assess the potential environmental impacts of the proposed changes to Part 380 regulation and make a defensible declaration as to the need for further environmental review and or development of a full Environmental Impact Statement pertaining to the proposed changes.

In reviewing the documentation of the process leading up to the Negative Determination of Significance, it is apparent that DEC is has failed to make determinations based on facts.
The most obvious example of this is the dismissal of Radon 222 and its progeny from consideration as a pollutant requiring regulation. This occurs in numerous locations throughout Part 380, for example in subparts at: Part 380-5.1 (b) on page 28 of 47, Part 380-1.2 (e) (f) and (i(3) on page 5 of 47. DEC seems determined to eliminate from regulation under 380 forms of radiation which have substantial adverse impacts on public health and the environment. Exposure to Radon and its progeny of Polonium210 and Lead210 are the number two cause of lung cancer in the nation among smokers and number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. The arbitrary exemption and exclusion of Radon 222 from regulation is unconscionable, indefensible, and negates the Determination of Non-Significant Impact declared by DEC. The proposed amendments to Part 380 have public health and environmental consequences that require a full Environmental Impact Statement.

How many more people will have to die from lung cancer before DEC meets their responsibility to protect us from all forms of radioactive releases?

Respectfully,