Contributing Writer Pastor Scott Hannon St. John Lutheran Church Amherst, NY My daughter Delaney had a food allergy attack a couple of weeks ago. She snuck a cookie she knew she couldn’t have, took a few bites, and placed the rest back in the container. She then spent the next five hours extremely sick (really, […]
I wanted to see who was calling me from Hawaii so I answered the phone. The nice lady said, “Can you hear me?” and “How’s the weather there?” I said, “Yes,” and “Just fine, thank you.” That bought me a round trip airplane ticket and 4 days at a hotel in Orlando. It cost me […]
Chautuaqua County Humane Society 2825 Strunk Rd., Jamestown, NY 716.665.2209 www.spcapets.com cchs@spcapets.com Paws Along the River 212 Elm St., Warren, PA 814.726.1961 www.pawsalongtheriver.org
Article Contributed by Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist The Roosevelt Theater, beloved movie house of children who lived in or near the Lost Neighborhood and beyond in the late 1930s and 1940s, became a staple of childhood Saturday and Sunday afternoon entertainment. Matinees featured Westerns starring Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger, and […]
Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church Arcade, NY Part of the territory of pastoral ministry is being asked to pray. These prayers cover a wide variety of requests. Some are very serious like praying for the sick or the grieving. Other requests fall more in the ritual sense like praying before a meal […]
Chautuaqua County Humane Society 2825 Strunk Rd., Jamestown, NY 716.665.2209 www.spcapets.com cchs@spcapets.com Paws Along the River 212 Elm St., Warren, PA 814.726.1961 www.pawsalongtheriver.org
I’ve been having trouble understanding some people lately, so I decided to learn a new language, but even a little is too much. “Stay woke, pal, keep it 100 for plain English. I’m hundo p 4 that. Got no FOMO. In fact, got JOMO on it.” Rough translation: “Keep informed, friend, stay true to plain […]
Contributing Writer Janet Wahlberg How many of you still have your yearbooks from high school or college? Have you considered using yearbooks as a source for genealogical research? If you haven’t, you should, as there is so much information in them regarding the students, including photographs. Who knows, you might just find that photo of […]
Contributing Writer Jeffrey Barkstrom A common question I hear is, “Is my cell phone harmful to me?” Well, what does the research say? At the time of this article, 26 research studies have found that electromagnetic fields (EMFs), given off by cell phones and other devices, activate calcium channels surrounding our cells which leads to […]
Contributing Writer Steve Sorensen Chronic Wasting Disease may be the most serious threat to deer we have ever seen. Is CWD worse than EHD, the other disease we’re hearing about? Yes, definitely. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (sometimes called “blue tongue”) affects deer that get bitten by an infected midge. EHD is fatal, but it’s seasonal, and […]