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February's
almanac
According to the Hagers-Town; Town and Country Almanack, this is the outlook for February.
February usually means more snow than any other month of the year. The outlook this year is no ex-; ception for average temperature, j but above average precipitation is 1 expected.
Weather Watch: Snow and < stormy weather 6-8; snow is pre- ■ dieted 13-15 with flurries, windy, ! cold conditions called for 9-12 and | again 20-22. It’s either rain or snow ; 26-27 with the 28th fair and not so; cold.
Full moon is on the 20th at 10:32 • a.m. and is most often known as the ! snow moon. !
Candlemas is, as always, on the ! 2nd and friend Groundhog may very | well see his shadow with fair; weather expected, though we call ; for very cold temperatures and he • may not break his hibernation. ! There’s six more weeks of winter, I regardless. ;
Remember Abraham Lincoln on ; the 12th and celebrated February’s - long weekend with President’s Day on the 20th.
Send messages of love to friends and family in ample time to arrive by St. Valentine’s Day, the 14th. Amethyst is the birthstone for the month and a nosegay of violets or primrose would be most appropriate.
Make up a batch of doughnuts for Shrove Tuesday the 7th, and observe the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday the 8th.
Keep a watchful eye out for winter storm damage. Remove ice and snow from evergreens and omamen: tals, if you haven’t had the foresight to install protective covers.
The thirst for knowledge can be an acquired taste, but it should be\ sought early in life to be most beneficial.
provements in low- to moderate"1* income areas of town. He said that Culpeper County will take a $8,647
planning grant and survey housing conditions in specified areas of Stevensburg, Catalpa and Jefferson magisterial districts. 1 ’"1 ’•
Mr. Jones noted that getting the grant funds is often just part of the"' process. He said that PD 9, as w^lt as other planning districts across the1 state, often administer the project funds.
“We’re real happy and I think our local governments are also,” Mr. Jones said.
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