We’re all winners when playing for same team

April 15, 2023

Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a four-part series about actions needed to address challenges pertaining to the future of the Warren community. Through the first two installments of this four-part series, I stated that the Warren Community is a group of interconnected municipalities, consisting of the City of Warren and the boroughs and townships throughout Warren County — 27 in total. It was stated that the city is the principal municipality driving the success or failure of the entire community. It was also stated that the population losses in Warren, and across ...

In the heart of Texas

April 14, 2023

The day we left from the Buffalo Airport it was sunny and mild. We were heading to Houston, then to College Station, Texas. My granddaughter was about to get her white coat. They get their white coats as they begin their fourth year of school. We found out the ceremony was a really big deal. A lady who was associated with the college years ago left money for the veterinary students to each receive a white coat that they would need to do their rotations. We flew most of our trip between 35,000 and 38,000 feet in the air. There is always a rush when the plane takes ...

Becoming a master with southern vittles

April 13, 2023

Last weekend, Dear Richard and I were glued to the annual televised Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia – as usual. On the surface, tales of the competition at Augusta National, and my childhood days at summer camp, do not seem to have anything in common. But let me tell you both stories. When I was a kid, my working mother needed me to be cared for in the summer months. So, from ages eight to thirteen, I spent July and August at a small girls’ camp in Duxbury, Mass., run by the Anglican Sisters of St. Margaret. The junior camp, for girls 8 to 10. was named Dodge. The ...

Area leaders play role in climate change

April 10, 2023

At a recent village of Fredonia trustee meeting, I attempted to share the findings of the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that makes clear humanity’s actions on the climate crisis today have the potential to fundamentally reshape the planet for thousands of years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was created in 1988 and is made up of hundreds of leading scientists from around the world. They provide regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, ...

Lessons of Mary Magdalene live on even today

April 8, 2023

Editor’s note: This saint series will feature a saint and how he or she is a meaningful example for us today. Pope Francis wrote that “the saints help all the faithful” for “their lives are concrete proof that it is possible to put the Gospel into practice.” St. Mary Magdalene is an example of how we find our identity in Jesus and then we are sent on mission. Mary Magdalene is mentioned in the Gospels twelve different times. This is rather frequent. Other than the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene is mentioned more than any other women in the Gospels. We are told in the ...

Easter egg hunts

April 7, 2023

When I grew up, we did not have Easter egg hunts. Once I married and moved to the farm it was all new to me. My new family was accustomed to having Easter egg hunts. At first, we met at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house. The men usually hid the eggs. There was also something special for each of us to find. I remember one year my husband’s birthday fell on Easter Sunday. That year I bought him a new ladder. I hid it outdoors for him to find. We took a lot of photographs so there are pictures of our hunts. Often, we had visitors. Dick’s cousins, Rita and Keith, were often ...