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Steve E. McCord, director of Cattaraugus County Veterans Services, will be available to discuss Veterans Affairs benefit laws, the healthcare system or other concerns or questions veterans and their families may have. He will be available in: Gowanda, American Legion Post, 1:30–4 p.m., Sept. 2. Little Valley Memorial Library, 1:30–4 p.m., Sept. 3 and 17. Randolph, American Legion Post, 10 a.m. to…
150 Years Aug. 24, 1876: (LITTLE VALLEY —) The Fat Men’s Race at the County Fair will be one of the most attractive features. We have not learned whether Hi. Ridout and Lewis Sprauge will enter the lists, but we presume they will be on hand among the other heavy weights of the county. A mistake was made last week in the list of prizes in this race. The prizes are $5, $3 and $2. Aug. 24, 1876: The…
I got nothing Some weeks are harder to write pressing issues for than others. Some weeks I have something going on in my personal life that I want to share, or something big happens in the arts and entertainment worlds that I want to talk about, but this week there really isn’t much to share, and that’s OK. In the age of the internet and the smartphone, doing nothing has become a lost art. Next…
Football's back When August rolls around, it can mean a lot of things. The summer is coming to an end. Maybe that’s accompanied by new beginnings. But for people like myself, it also carries an accompanying dread. Another year means another 17 weeks of fantasy football. I don’t play for money, but I do play for pride, and ultimately for shame. For the last few years, during a severe cold streak,…
Sugar for the brain Did you know early humans likely ate carbs and sugary foods? Turns out, sweets and starches played an essential role in human evolution, which helped in our brain development. Of all the primates, humans have the largest brains. Nearly 4 million years ago, the brains of the human species weighed about one pound, while the brain of a modern homo sapiens that emerged around…
