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Sunday Lifestyles

Scientific illustrations always worth second look

Creativity and science are sometimes viewed with an antagonistic relationship. In school, maybe you were good at art, but didn’t get great grades in biology, or maybe you were great at math, but couldn’t draw more than a stick figure. However, separating creative and scientific minds does ...

Motivational speaker shares message of anti-bullying

Jon Pritikin has made it a career helping others find inner peace and inspiration. At schools, he talks about overcoming bullying as a child while on his way to setting two Guinness World Records for feats of strength. His nonprofit agency, Feel the Power, aims to help children and young ...

Measuring success not always a smooth ride

I recently attended a mini-conference for nonprofits run by The Capacity Lab. The keynote speaker was Dr. James Lemoine, a motivational speaker, expert psychologist of workplace dynamics. The topic was “How to Motivate the Unmotivated.” Listening to his statistical research and ...

There can be peace with who we are

Which would you rather be: rich and famous, rich but not famous, famous but broke, or neither rich nor famous nor broke? Being broke and famous does not paint a pretty picture. These are the relatively few famous folks who have fallen from the mountain of wealth – the victims of fraud, bad ...

Finding love at war: Book tells woman’s story as war bride in World War II

A few years ago, John D’Agostino of the Dunkirk OBSERVER gave me the green light to go out and get stories of local veterans for the In Honor or In Memory sections of the paper. I was given as much newspaper space to tell each veteran’s story, mostly starting from their first day ...

Just between us

… A total of 917 full- and part-time students were named to the Finger Lakes Community College dean’s list for fall 2024. To be named to the dean’s list, students must complete 5 credits with a combined 3.5 grade point for the semester with no class withdrawals or incompletes. ...