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Games Without Frontiers

We may not always realize it, and we certainly don't always know how to see it, but there is some definite movement happening in our underground music scene. It's no secret that bands come and go, but the tried and true musician knows how to keep playing at all times - no matter with who. In ...

Trick Or Treat: Halloween Doesn’t Have To Be Scary

In the spirit of the season, I recently introduced my daughter to the Harry Potter Trivia game my dad got me for Christmas many moons ago. We recently watched the first Harry Potter movie, and even though we had to skip over some parts as they were a little much for my kiddo, she enjoyed it ...

Childhood Slavery Freed By New Tools

I was an enslaved child. We all were, back in the 1940s. At Grandma's house, we wee ones picked rocks, tugged at weeds, held stuff and moved stuff when the older folks harvested crops. At our own house, Dad made a mid-career switch from welding to college student. To get through more quickly, ...

The History Of The Lutheran Bethlehem Church

In 1893, construction workers were hired to put in a foundation for a building on Lister Avenue in Worksburg, now known as Falconer. Brick layers were hired to lay the brick walls. Woodworkers were hired to make long wooden pews, an altar, pulpit, lectern and a Communion rail. This new building ...

Stories My Father Told Me

My father died in Crystal River, Florida, on April 7, 1999, from a long battle with Parkinsonism. He was just shy of 80. In his eulogy, I called him "the Cary Grant of fathers." He was quite extraordinary - smart, handsome, successful. I adored him as most little girls love dads who remain in ...

Jamestown Schools PROMISE Fund Helps Students And Programs

"Did the curriculum that we helped purchase for the JPS Summer LitCamp seem worthwhile?" asked Jamestown Schools PROMISE Fund Advisory Board Chair, Dr. Lillian Ney. "I know the day that I visited LitCamp, students seemed engaged and were really having fun learning about literacy.""We had such ...