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Thursday, March 1, 2012 local almanac

Mar 01, 2012 12:01 am
Delays/closings
The Roxbury school district in Delaware County is opening two hours late on Thu., March 1.

Weather right now

READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A.
FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.

Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Kinderhook, in Columbia County.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the WGXC listening area through 6 p.m. Thursday. The NWS predicts rain, snow, and sleet Thursday in Kinderhook, becoming all snow after 10 a.m. High near 36. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Thursday night there could be a few remaining snow showers, mainly before 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. The weekend forecast:
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Rain likely before 10 p.m., then rain and sleet likely between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., then rain likely after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 50, low around 25.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43, low around 20.

Town meetings today
Today is the first Thursday of the month.
ANCRAM Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
COPAKE Planning Board meets at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
HUDSON The Hudson Development Corporation holds a special meeting to discuss settlement of contractor claims related to renovation of the Washington Hose Building at 1 p.m. at Hudson City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson.
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).

The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:30 a.m. / 5:47 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:05 a.m. / 2:18 a.m. Friday next day

Tonight's big games
Scores
NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers 103 at New York Knicks 120, Carmelo Anthony 22 points, Jeremy Lin, 19 points.
Schedules
NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder at Orlando Magic, 8 p.m. (TV: TNT)

WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Thu. March 1:
• "The Art of the Hudson Valley," 2 p.m.: Host Chad Weckler talks with David Colby, President of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, and Rob Johanson, Founder of Midhudsonmedia.
• "Radio Theatre," 3 p.m.: Pearl Stark's version of "Alice in Wonderland."
• "Youth Radio," 3:30 p.m.: Youth from the Catskill Community Center are live in the WGXC Hudson studio.
• "WGXC Afternoon Show," 4-6 p.m.: Gwen Gould, the artistic director of Columbia Festival Orchestra, discusses their "Claverack Landing" classical series at venues throughout Columbia County, with hosts Richard Roth and Ellen Thurston.

Audio clips for WGXC programmers
This information is not meant to be read on-air.
The information below are options of pre-recorded material hosts can choose to play.

Audio clips to play

New PSAs/STATION IDs
• A OFF PSA 20120309 free103_15anniv
• A OFF PSA 20120310 Coop. Ext. Forest Stewardship.mp3

Audio headlines for top of the hour
• 5 a.m.: WGXC News 6:59 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:00
• 6 a.m.: WGXC News 6:59 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:00
• 7 a.m.: WGXC News 6:59 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:00
• 9 a.m.: WGXC News 6:59 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:00
• 4 p.m.: International Network News (INN), through Audioport
• 5 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News headlines, through fsrn.org
• Midnight: International Network News (INN), through Audioport