Chautauqua Lake is an old lake, rich in plant diversity and an abundance of living things. The shoreline waters host a well-established diversity of aquatic plants that support multiple natural communities, hold sediments in place, and provide food, oxygen, and critical habitat for countless ...

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5 This has to be one of the most impactful verses in the Bible for me. It puts it all out there in black and white: Light versus dark. Shadow and brightness. The Goodness of God, the very best He could ...

I don’t remember the last time I stood up, held my hand over my heart and said the Pledge Of Allegiance, or when I sang The Star Spangled Banner last, but on Monday the opportunity presented itself at a meeting of the Jamestown Rotary Club. I don’t often have the opportunity to formally ...

In May of 1986, over five million people attempted to join hands in a chain that stretched across the Continental United States as a promotion for a campaign to raise money for Africa, organized by a group called U.S.A. for Africa. Sally, Chasy, Chrissy, and I were a part of that chain ...

When we visited a cousin last week she mentioned coming to the farm and enjoying chocolate pudding. Since we were dairy farmers, we always had milk on hand. I had forgotten about Evie’s Chocolate Pudding recipe. My husband would take the two-quart metal bucket to the farm and bring home ...

CHAUTAUQUA — When you’re among many people you’ve never met, you can never know just who among them has – much less how many among them have – been touched in one way or another by Hospice. So it was when the Chautauqua Women’s Club on July 26 hosted Shauna Anderson, president and ...