LANDMARKS: Scott Builder of Youngstown, Ohio, has some excellent
ideas on calling attention to Bradford’s place in
history.[neWLine]

He writes: “”Upon a recent trip to Bradford I was pleased to see
the community’s recognition of its historical past. (Markers for
Piper aircraft and Kendall refinery).””[neWLine]

“”Now that these occurrences have been rightly noted, efforts
should be pursued for identification of other significant
events.””[neWLine]

His list includes:[neWLine]

1. Solomon Dresser and his Dresser coupling patent.[neWLine]

2. Location of the Standard Oil/United Pipeline Company
building.[neWLine]

3. Rube Waddell, “”Bradford’s gift to baseball and Hall of
Fame.””[neWLine]

4. Holley motorcars, cycle and carburetor.[neWLine]

5. First aircraft landing in Bradford (July 4,
1919).[neWLine]

6. The Zippo Blaisdell story.[neWLine]

7. Peg-leg Railroad.[neWLine]

“”Each noted event is equally important, worthy of recognition
and a story of its own,”” he writes.[neWLine]

We couldn’t agree more. For a small town, Bradford has made some
unique contributions to the story of our
country.[neWLine][neWLine]

LEFT OVER?: Ruth Dillenbeck of Dickinson Manor, Smethport,
called last week to report she had seen a robin Tuesday in her
backyard.[neWLine]

Perhaps he forgot to go south?[neWLine]

“”I thought it was very interesting,”” she told us. “”I have
never seen anything like that before in my life and I am 79 years
old. He looked like he was eating good,
too.””[neWLine][neWLine]

TAKE IT BACK: How many times have you gotten home from the store
to discover the fruit you purchased is inedible? It tastes awful,
has no taste whatsoever, or goes bad in a couple day.[neWLine]

From now on, we’ll be taking these faux fruit back to the store
of origin and demanding our money back. We encourage others to do
so, too. Maybe it’ll bring about some changes in Bradford and
elsewhere.[neWLine]

We’ve been used to this sad state of affairs with tomatoes which
for years have had all the taste of a tennis ball and are almost as
tough. And we realize that is because it’s genetically altered so
it can be picked by machine.[neWLine]

But we can’t help but wonder why the quality of fruit has
deteriorated so rapidly and completely in the past few
years.[neWLine]

Everybody is whining about how important it is to “”eat
healthy.”” Hard to do that when “”fresh”” fruit is not just
expensive but inedible.