E-NOTES: We thought reader comments had been a little scant in
recent weeks, and we just discovered why – and hope to have
corrected it.

It was a couple months ago now that we made a change to our
website to accommodate input from our readers directly below the
stories. When we did that, we inadvertently created a portion of
the Round the Square column that allowed for online comment, yes,
but not for any direct communication with the print edition.

As a result, these comments never made it to our hard-copy
edition.

So if you’re one of those people who have provided feedback but
have never seen the subsequent report in the paper, now you know
why.

We’re hoping the situation has been rectified and many apologies
to any of our e-readers who have been waiting patiently for your
feedback.

ICE BOX: “I remember quite vividly a Labor Day in the early
1990s. It was bitter cold in McKean County. Deputy Ron Cochran of
Ludlow, and I conducted a routine boat patrol of the Allegheny
Reservoir to see if any campers needed assistance. We made a trip
around the entire impoundment. You may not believe this but we
donned winter uniforms and long john underwear! Is it any wonder
Kane has been called the ‘ice box’ of Pennsylvania?”

That’s the report today from Don Parrish, retired Waterways
Conservation Officer for Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

EAT IT UP: We received this note from Joseph Ash about our
columns on the popular restaurants in Olean, N.Y., now and in the
past.

He writes, “Thank you for bringing back many fond memories. I
was born in Olean in 1928 and left in 1960 when I relocated to Las
Vegas. I visit Olean every year as I still have family residing
there, so I have experienced those restaurants of which you speak.
Wonderful food and great family atmosphere. We had a band at the
time (The Five Spots) and we played Bradford quite often. We played
at the Brook Club every weekend for months, also the Elks Club and
the Paradise Cafe. We have many fond memories of Bradford.”

TODAY’S QUOTE: “I have never believed that the oft-quoted
(First) amendment was supposed to protect us from religion: It was
to protect religion from government tyranny,” said President Ronald
Reagan in 1983.