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Just One Well-Aimed Snowball

Frankly, I don’t throw a snowball very often these days. Occasionally I might toss a mischievous handful at Richard in the driveway. I do remember though, back when I was first aware that a good snowball is a weapon. I’ll never forget what happened: I was in the fourth grade. In the winter we couldn’t wait to blast out of school and race home for snow play. My classmate, Nancy, and I built a tall snow fort behind the front yard low hedge. It was a fun place to snuggle out of the wind and we kept fortifying and smoothing its sides with each new snowfall. We dug out peep holes so ...

Securing Our Elections Hinders Cheating

Let’s suppose. Let’s suppose you went into a bank and tried to open an account or take out a loan without proving your identity. Let’s suppose you tried to get a hunting or fishing license without proving your identity. Let’s suppose you tried to buy a gun legally without proving your identity. And the list goes on and on. Let’s suppose that, without proving your identity, you tried to: • Start a new job. • Get a marriage license. • Get a driver’s license. • Rent a vehicle. • Lease a vehicle. • Buy a vehicle. • Register a vehicle. • Get ...

Voting Should Never Depend On Paperwork

In the art world, the provenance of an object establishes a documented history of ownership—a “biography” of sorts, integral to verifying authenticity and establishing legal ownership. Tracing provenance is instrumental in identifying forgeries or fraud. To prevent fraud in elections, the SAVE Act would require proof of citizenship through a legally verifiable document trail before registering to vote—a sort of provenance of identity. Representative Nick Langworthy voted yes when the House passed the SAVE Act on February 11, 2026. At first glance, proof of citizenship for ...

Sewers Around The Lake Nearly A Reality

It has been a long time coming, but recently financing has been achieved so that public sewers around Chautauqua Lake can be completed. Right now work is underway to complete the sewer lines up the west side of the lake. It is expected that most if not all remaining septic systems in the sewer district between Stow and Prendergast point will be replaced by public sewers this year. The final piece around the lake that had been missing was the area on the east side of the lake from Point Chautauqua down to Midway State Park. Recently, however, the county received a grant commitment of ...

We Must Act Together

I recently watched the new Netflix documentary that tells the story of the US Hockey Team and its journey to the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid; “Miracle: The Boys of the ‘80s”. I can vividly remember watching this play out on live television- a group of purely amateur American college kids who were given virtually no chance of winning any medal defeating the best “professional“ hockey players in the world including the Russians, who were touted as unbeatable by everyone. I’ll never forget the feeling of pride and joy that I felt as a result of this ...

Local Support For Air Service Needed

It’s been over two years since we sold our home on the north side of Jamestown, but we still frequent both the city and Western New York. And we continue to read The Post-Journal and follow the travails of the Chautauqua County (Jamestown) airport. This letter is one of many we have written to The Post-Journal over the years, remembering and relying upon the many times we were passengers on the local commercial air service to and from Pittsburgh and even Dulles Washington. Those days are long gone (as pointed out in your article of Feb. 4, 2026 -“Unused Jamestown Airport Terminal ...