Thirty years ago — 1994

Chautauqua Day Care Center will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and continues to update and create new programs to better accommodate the needs of parents seeking day care for their children. Center Director Suzanne McClain said that the center is among the first child care programs in the United States to be accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. It is located in Thompson Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus.

Forty years ago — 1984

Preliminary reports of the 1982 Census of Agriculture show that the number of farms in Chautauqua County decreased from 2,220 to 2,142 since the 1978 census. All land in farms totaled 305,660 acres in 1982, an average of 143 acres per farm. Land from which crops were harvested decreased to 128,053 acres since 1978. The county’s farmers sold $74.7 million in agricultural products in 1982, which represents an average of $34,872 for each of the county’s farms.

Fifty years ago — 1974

Sandra Lee Houck, a senior at Forestville Central School, has been chosen to represent Chautauqua County in the National Association of Educational Secretaries scholarship competition.