ON THE WEB: Many of our Internet readers have noticed The
Bradford Era’s “new” presence on the web.
Some like the changes, and others do not.
In any case, though, we are asking for our e-readers’ patience
as we continue to work out a few kinks in this new system. Our aim
is to create a pleasant site which allows for quick and easy
interaction and is easy to read and navigate.
If you’re interested, you might want to try us at –
bradfordera.com
Meanwhile, our apologies to anyone who may have been caught in
our “web.”
BEE UPDATE: A quick response to our question Monday about the
apparently large number of bees making their presence known this
autumn:
Skip Riekofsky of Kushequa writes, “Summer ’05 was a bad year
for bees, noticeably ‘ground bees’ (just ask a logger) and ‘white
face (bald face)’ hornets due to its dryness.”
“They are on the decline now as they complete they’re life
cycle, usually by this time. A couple frosts helps to eliminate
some of them. On the brighter side, our dry summer helped to
decrease the amount of those annoying mosquitoes.”
TIPPING POINT?: We have been encouraged to see Bradford’s gas
prices drop below $3 a gallon (to $2.98 or so) only to learn that
other communities have seen a much more drastic change.
In an e-mail Monday, Tom Eddy reports that gas in DuBois was
$2.69.
That mark seems to be pretty universal outside of the Bradford
area, maintaining our historic gap between “the high grade oil
metropolis of the world” and the rest of Pennsylvania etc.
We aren’t going to harp on this any more since it’s obviously
futile.
Suffice it to quote Tim Hayden of Bradford who provided some
figures from other communities, and encouraged people traveling to
these destinations to “put just enough gas in your vehicle in
Bradford to get to these spots.”
“Then, again as I did, file a complaint with the PA Attorney
General Tom Corbett. I’d say enough is enough!”
OH, ZIPPO: The Zippo lighter was on display Sunday evening on
the Andy Rooney portion of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Rooney mentioned the
lighters’ role in World War II and, of course, provided Zippo with
the kind of publicity money can’t buy. We believe the program was a
re-run but, still, it’s nice to see a Bradford product get
prominent attention.
