Twenty years ago — 1999

About 160 new manufacturing-related jobs will be created in Chautauqua County in the near future under projects announced recently by the Industrial Development Agency. Forty-four of those jobs will be in Dunkirk as a result of projects at Cliffstar Corp. and Lakeside Precision. Cliffstar, the nation’s leading producer of private label fruit juice drinks, will add 15 jobs in warehouse and shipping operations. The addition of a plastic bottling facility is expected to result in 25 new jobs at Cliffstar. Four new jobs will be created at Lakeside Precision as the result of a $250,000 project.

Thirty years ago — 1989

Frank Polichetti of West Sixth Street in Dunkirk certainly knows about odd schedules and lifestyle adjustments. He is one of the millions of people throughout the nation who works the night shift. A press operator at the Dunkirk plant of the Special Metals Corp., he has been with the company for the past 32 years. For much of that time, he has been working the midnight to 8 a.m. shift off and on. He admitted that getting eight hours sleep is difficult to do when working nights and he has had to basically re-program himself.

Forty years ago — 1979

The Fredonia High School newspaper, “The Spectator,” has been given an international first place award by the Quill and Scroll News Media evaluation. This rating is given to those newspapers which score more than 900 points from a perfect score of 1,000. The Spectator has also won other awards in its two-year history, including first prize for page design in the Gannon College journalism competition in both 1978 and 1979.

Fifty years ago — 1969

For the 23rd straight season, Dunkirk’s Roll Arena skating rink at the county fairgrounds will open this week. Somewhat of a Dunkirk and northern Chautauqua County institution, the roll arena has been under the direction of Peter Vitello for all those years. Many improvements have been made this year, including a re-decorated refreshment stand as well as a resurfaced skating floor.