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Reader Calls On JHS To Upkeep District

To The Reader’s Forum: The State of New York and the tax payers of the Jamestown Public School system have generously funded over $150 million in capital improvements to the schools and facilities of this school system over the past 20 years. However to take a look around our city today and view the grounds, sports fields, and overall building conditions you would have a hard time finding these investments being taken care of. From un-mowed lawns and dying trees, to the gem that is Strider Field often being strewn with litter, weeds, and bleachers screaming for a pressure wash, ...

‘In A World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind’

To The Reader’s Forum: I would like to take a second to remind everyone to please be safe out there while hunting as today is the two-year anniversary of my wife Rosemary Billquist’s death due to a fatal hunting accident. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and all the memories we had in our 27 years together. Also I know I’ll never be the same person I was two years ago, but this is why I do all the events in her memory because it helps me get through my bad days. I would never want anyone to go through what I did that day only 100 yards behind our home and ...

There’s More Than Meets The Eye

To The Reader’s Forum: Are the young people in the instant mobs who can effortlessly decide someone is a modern Hitler or a fascist the same ones who can’t tell you who we fought in World War II? Do the people who take drugs or “vape” buy organic food? Will the people who favor abortion of the only truly innocent people on earth but oppose the death penalty for even the most horribly guilty please explain that to me? When they tell me they voted for Hillary because Trump is corrupt, how do they keep a straight face? If Obama could be awarded the Peace Prize the instant he ...

Technology And Social Media Aren’t Neutral

To The Reader’s Forum: Confessing candidly about her daughter’s addiction, a mother said, “In retrospect, giving my daughter a cellphone was like giving her her first shot of heroine.” Addiction to technology is a real problem and it isn’t just with youth. Dr. Erwin Lutzer gets at this in his book “The Church in Babylon.” Opening up his thesis of the church being in a situation like the exiled Israelites in Babylon, the church in America is in exile, not geographically, but morally and spiritually. One of the contributing factors is the impact of technology. ...

The Work Has Just Begun For Everyone

To The Reader’s Forum: According to an editorial last week by this paper, the Mayor-elect and the new Council should “heed the call” of the results of the last election. “Residents have done their job” (by voting) the PJ writes in another recent editorial. While both statements are certainly true, I disagree with the sentiment behind them. While residents have “done their job” by voting, that is a minimum contribution. The truth is the work has just begun for everyone. We all know what the problems in the City are. While there is much good happening in town, Jamestown ...

Clearing Driver’s License Rumors

To The Reader’s Forum: I would like to clear up rumors and misinformation that has been circulating about Real ID compliant driver’s licenses. I have received many inquiries from county residents about information that they heard on news broadcasts and from TSA agents at the airport. Beginning in October 2020 you will need either a Real ID compliant license or a passport to board an airplane for a domestic flight. As always, a passport will be required for flights out of the country. New York State now issues three different classes of driver’s license. The standard ...