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Lucille Ball Comedy Festival reaches milestone anniversary

Journey Gunderson has organized roughly one-third of the 35 Lucille Ball Comedy Festivals held in Jamestown. First hosted back in 1991 as the Lucille Ball Festival of New Comedy, the festival has changed a lot over the years. An early emphasis on live comedy gave way to remembrances of ...

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MONDAY, JULY 27 Sheridan Historical Society Trustees meeting 2702 Route 20, open house 12 to 3 p.m. Meeting at 3 p.m. Dunkirk Public Library presents: Building Healthy Habits #3 536 Central Ave., 2 to 3 p.m. Call 716 366-2511. Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the U.S. Supreme Court: Michael R. Dreeben Chautauqua Institution, Route 394, 3:30 p.m. Gate pass or single ticket required. Dreeben was counselor to Special Counselor Robert S. Mueller III in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and to Special Counsel Jack Smith in Trump v. United ...

A lesson from the fourth grade talent show

When I was in 4th grade I had a wonderful teacher. She was young, beautiful, kind and caring. My classmates and I could never pronounce her name and we certainly couldn’t spell it. I think I could pen it correctly now but it was her maiden name and we kids often just referred to her as Miss M. It was early in Miss M’s career when she taught me. It may have even been her first year of teaching. I don’t remember the exact details of her teaching career. I do remember sitting on the carpet in her classroom in Cluster One and listening to her read to us. My classmates and I were ...

Getting a taste of Spain while on the trail

Editor’s note: This is the second of three parts. On our way north along the Portuguese Camino we crossed into Spain after crossing the river Minho in a small open boat at the town of Caminha, Portugal. The wind had whipped up a pretty good chop on the water, and although it was a rather ...

Healing with Horses: Pathways for health

At Centaur Stride, we have witnessed remarkable changes in the people we serve, and now research is delving deeper to explain why. Today, the pendulum is swinging back toward natural approaches that support the body's ability to develop or heal. Whether driven by rising healthcare costs or ...