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Another year, another summer of "jeeze, this summer is flying by."Maybe it's age - growing old seems to make everything fly by no matter what season it is; maybe it's having three school-aged kids and a wife who teaches - the calendar always seems to revolve around their activities; or maybe it's just how it's supposed to be.Western New Yorkers know the story - there's summer and then there's three other anything-can-happen seasons. We've had years where my Halloween costume never looked right because it was hidden under a winter coat and hat; and Christmases where I needed flip-flops ...

The Ride Around The Lake

I do some writing for the tourism bureau here in Chautauqua County, which, by the way, does an excellent job marketing our area.And they proposed a few writing ideas for a fall blog post - including a piece about driving around the lake.It got me to thinking about that ride - something I've done often in my life, especially when I was young and made the trip with my grandmother and great-grandmother on the occasional Sunday.Make no mistake: this was a big excursion.We'd pick my great-grandmother up at her house with the apple tree out front and she'd slowly walk to the car and get in the ...

Napoli Resident’s Love For Cooking Began On The Job

Irene Printup of Napoli began her love of cooking at a former Randolph restaurant and even though she no longer works away from home, she continues to create delicious dishes daily."When I first started cooking, I was waitressing at The Cottage Restaurant. A lovely lady named Lois Harrington introduced me to the deep fryers. I learned French fries, seafoods for the platters-shrimp, scallops, fish," she says. "I never forgot those chicken wings. There were four fryers. I could go through 2 quarts of lemonade like that. I learned to do prime rib, too.""When I got tired of doing nights and ...

Drug Addiction Awareness Walk Saturday

Alex G. Foulk was the poster child of the "All-American kid," said his mother, Kim Carlson.From his zeal for sports to his work as a youth counselor, Foulk, a lifelong Jamestown resident, was someone whose love of life was apparent to all who knew him."He was loved by everybody," Carlson said. "He was the best son a mom could ever want."Unfortunately, like so many young people around the country who've fallen prey to the rising tide of heroin, Foulk died of an overdose on Feb. 26.He was only 26 years old."(Alex's death) sent shock waves not only through our family but the entire ...

Stocking The Fenton Shelves

A few years ago, this column featured one of the grocery stores in Jamestown. It was in business under the name of Treat and Ogilvie from 1909 until just after World War II. It was mostly a wholesale fruit and produce business, but the storefront served the public as a grocery store as well. Daniel Ogilvie and Charles Treat, with experience in the grocery and produce business, became partners and began business at 208 Pine St.A recent donation to the Fenton History Center adds one more tidbit of history to that store and to the history of Jamestown. Besides the fresh produce, they ...

Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Draws Attendees From 41 States

National Comedy Center, Inc., the cultural institution developing the first national visitor experience dedicated entirely to the celebration of comedy, drew attendance from 41 states to Jamestown for its 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.The weekend included performances by "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah, the "king of the rant" Lewis Black, and one of this country's premiere comedians, Brian Regan, in addition to National Comedy Center dialogues with comedy writer-director Peter Farrelly, and the daughters of comedy legends Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin."The crowd was ...