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It’s Time For JHS To Rise Above, Acknowledge And Remove The Mascot

Imagine you are attending your favorite high school sporting event, football. You’re sitting in the stands with your family, ready for the game to begin, snacks in hand, excitement in the air. The teams start to enter and your excitement quickly turns to hurt as you see the picture of an upside-down crucifix on a shield stitched on the visiting team’s uniforms. The “crusaders” they’re called. Of course, it is a change from their previous version of the mascot which included an image of the prophet Mohammad in battle gear holding the shield, but just as hurtful. And still, ...

Social Justice Warriors Must Address Core Woes

Justice is a theme in every religious and moral tradition, a part of the human experience, and an ideal in every society, but what is justice? The Bible gives examples, but they are similar to other traditions: do not spread false reports, do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness, do not follow the crowd in doing wrong, when you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly, do not accept a bribe, and so on. Even without these examples, people ...

Chautauqua County Democratic Committee Has Both Voice, Face

Regional Editor John D’Agostino on July 10 labeled the Chautauqua County Democratic Committee as being in shambles and having no message, voice or face. We do have a voice and face in 2020 and his name is Richard Morrisroe, our candidate for Chautauqua County executive. As the opinion correctly points out, “Morrisroe, Dunkirk city attorney, is knowledgeable and experienced in politics …” Morrisroe is offering real leadership and has the training and experience to run the county on day one. Incumbent District Attorney Patrick Swanson is a winner and serves in a non-political ...

Some (Not All) Of The Best Of My Times

Being the baseball fanatic I am, I have many great memories of annual Sunday Yankees/Indians doubleheaders Dad took brother Lou and me to as kids. There we got to see some of our favorite childhood Cleveland players we cheered for in the 1960s. A ride that takes just a little over two hours to make today seemed like it took six hours to make then, but it was always worth the time it felt like to get there. Lucky for us though, we had professional baseball 10 blocks from our Bowen Street home where I grew up. I've been lucky to have watched future Hall of Famers, World Series MVPs, ...

The Good Life: Yee-Haw! Squirt! Wrangle Them Hens!

A fellow who wrangles cattle out West is a “cowboy.” A geezer who chases chickens hereabouts could be a “chicken boy.” That would be me. We keep up to 30 chickens for eggs, meat and enjoyment. At this time of year, our free-range chickens zoom in on my wife’s blueberry bushes. They must be rounded up and rerouted, which is no easy task. Our hens sneak beneath the netting, then jump/hop/flutter up, nabbing some blueberries and knocking others to the ground, making them inedible as people food. My wife is not pleased. That is an understatement. One can chase chickens on foot ...

Input Sought After Test Results

Segment two offers a glimpse into some reported history of Maxwell’s, Max for short, work history. A dairy farmer turned P.A., Max’s work schedule was lengthy and challenging. I wondered if the years had taken a bit out of his endurance. I’m reminded of a radio interview I heard years ago. The speaker, a neuropsychologist, stated that our bodies were wired to sleep when it’s dark outside. Daytime work allowed, he added, for a healthier schedule for sleep. Additional work shifts introduced during the industrial age transformed daytime schedules to 24- hour schedules. I think ...