Chautauqua Lake Secondary School has announced its September Students of the Month, recognizing six exceptional individuals nominated by their teachers for their academic dedication, strong character, and positive leadership within the school community. Seventh-grader Ella Yonkers was ...
BROCTON --- Brocton Central School has named its October Students of the Month. Brocton Middle School is proud to name Benson Persons. Benson is a seventh-grader from Portland and the son of Rebecca Berdyck. Benson has made the Honor Roll every year since elementary school. Math is his ...
During a regular squadron meeting in October, C/2d Lt Sarah Dorman of Jamestown, was recognized for achieving the Billy Mitchell Award. The Mitchell Award marks the completion of Phase 2 of the CAP Cadet Program, recognizing sustained excellence in all four areas of cadet life: leadership, ...
It's not often that I will refer to another writer’s thinking and observation of human behaviors in print. I am going to make an exception in this case. Mark Talley of Buffalo describes, in detail, his thinking about some of today’s youth. His mother, Geraldine Talley, was one of 10 people shot to death by a white supremacist on May 14, 2022. He is also the author of “5/14 - the Day the Devil Came to Buffalo.” "My friends who are teachers see it every day. My other friends who are child psychologists who work at the office of Children and Family Services tell me that we are ...
When everyone assumes somebody else will take responsibility, sometimes nobody does. There is an anonymous saying that captures this tendency to pass responsibility along: “This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to do, and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job.” I have thought about those four people many times over the years. Lately, I have been thinking about them a lot. ...
