RTS (Round the Square)

TRUE HERO: You're never a hero in your own hometown. That saying is literally true in Buffalo, N.Y., the home of the most-decorated soldier in U.S. hi...

MILD WINTER: "Weather prophets are predicting a mild winter." That was the word from the Nov. 12, 1907, Era, continuing: "Among the signs enumerated a...

GOING 'ROUND: Roxanne Cooper of Grover, N.C., wrote late last week: "In regards to the 'Bigfoot sighting' in Ridgway: They were talking about it on th...

PLUS SIDE: Yesterday, a reader had said lady bugs - because of their bite - are no ladies! Today, Jerry Kleisath of Preble, N.Y., rises to their defen...

FLEA CURE: A couple readers can vouch for a flea treatment based on a product we hadn't even thought of for about 30 years - 20 Mule Team Borax. Mary ...

WE'RE WIRED: Any time a story hits the Associated Press wire - look out. That's what occurred in the last week or so when AP picked up an Era story on...

ELF DAY: We used to think our senior citizens were being taxed out of their homes. That is so passe. Our elderly friends and neighbors are now being f...

BIGFOOT?: Input abounds on that "creature" spied on the Allegheny National Forest that has been variously identified as a bear with mange, a fisher, a...

SURE SIGN: Don't look now but winter's on wing. Skip Riekofsky of Kushequa wrote late last week: "I just saw a flock of geese (6:35 p.m. Thursday) way...

TODAY'S QUOTE: "For the most part, officials love secrecy because it is a tool of power and control, not because the information they hold is particul...

TOO WEIRD: "Unusual weather? I have flowers blooming that normally bloom in spring and early summer - foxgloves, glads, petunias, irises and lilies ar...

AL RITCHIE: With today's casting call for extras in the movie, "Little Chicago," we thought it would be appropriate to dig into the archives for some ...

SO PRETTY: "Sitting on my porch on East Hall Road and looking across the Olean Road to the side hill at the beautiful trees. I wonder if even an artis...

HAVE A HEART?: If you or a loved one has ever had any heart problems, you might want to tune in to the new series on public television. So far, the ep...

MAC McDOWELL: We may have found the owner of that old pilot's helmet - and one heck of a story. You may remember we had passed along an email from a B...

TOO WEIRD: "Unusual weather? I have flowers blooming that normally bloom in spring and early summer - foxgloves, glads, petunias, irises and lilies ar...

SAY WHAT?: "State police in Clearfield County are investigating reports of two gunmen in the woods that prompted a high school to cancel a football ga...

OCTOBER ODE: "The woolly bears go cross the road, their backs of orange and black a sign of winter's length and strength to come. They inch across the...

CON JOB?: A couple diverse comments today on our report Monday on the pros and "cons" of bottled water when compared to tap water. Barney Snyder of Tu...

J.R. EVANS: Paul Laing of Damascus, Md., writes: "J.R. Evans & Co. will be missed in Bradford. I graduated from Bradford HS in 1956 and get back to oc...