CHAUTAUQUA—Meet Riley Gaines. Now 24 years old and newly married, she has put her dental-school admission on hold to spread the word about her and others’ college-swim-team experience. She began swimming at age 4 and soon took it up competitively, as many children do. In the ensuing ...
Thirty years ago — 1994 Two Westfield brothers, Andrew and Michael Cash, followed a career choice made as teenagers and within a year of each other, graduated from medical school. Both brothers graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Mo. Dr. Andrew Cash has ...
Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies did a good job of quickly corralling a man who tried to escape from the Chautauqua County Jail on July 11. A perimeter was quickly set up after Eric Ryals made it to the jail’s roof. Unlike other jail escapes, deputies were actively chasing Ryals as he ...
It started when Jay Leno was doing the Tonight Show. He would go out on a street corner and ask passersby questions about American History, and sometimes ask them to identify pictures of politicians, and other notables. This type of questioning continues today focusing on young college age ...
Recently a friend told me that she always enjoyed columns about my mother. I laughed with her saying, “I’ve told her stories so many times, it feels like everyone would have heard or read them all.” But the calendar reminded me of a relevant one. Friends have heard the story, but it has ...
Thirty years ago — 1994 “Stunned” was the word used to describe the condition of Chautauqua County Republican Party officials this morning following the announcement that their candidate for sheriff has withdrawn his nomination. Sheriff’s Lt. John Runkle, in a brief announcement, ...