RTS (Round the Square)

NASCAR NEWS: It may have been a while ago, but people still remember that NASCAR race at Bradford Speedway in 1958 in which Junior Johnson beat Lee Pe...

FLAKE REPORT: "Although we tend to think of snowflakes as the typical stylized six-pointed stars, the International Commission on Snow and Ice has sev...

SNOWY DETAILS: Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? Better yet, how in the world would anyone know? Our columns about snow - not to mention be...

BIRD NOTES: Phyllis McNeil of Turtlepoint called Thursday to report three bluebirds in her front yard, the earliest date she's seen them in the winter...

BIRD ABCs: Peg Malobicky of Kane has asked for readers' help in providing information about a poem she recently received from her mother. "To my surpr...

BIRD NOTES: Phyllis McNeil of Turtlepoint called Thursday to report three bluebirds in her front yard, the earliest date she's seen them in the winter...

MO' SNOW: We hear from Kenneth McKinney in regard to our recent item about a Swedish word for powdery snow: "This may be the word for light snow the S...

SUN DOGS: Our item Tuesday about "sun dogs" - rainbows in the sky in the winter - hit home with five workers from ARG packaging plant who saw a pair o...

WRONG DOG: Jef Harvey of Palmer, Alaska, amends his previous note: "I'm very sorry, but I provided inaccurate information to you (and, through you, to...

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: 'Too late.'" So said Martin Luth...

LOOK UP: The top of the Kinzua Dam has been a popular place these days for people hoping to catch a glimpse of several American bald eagles cruising t...

SNOW SNAKE: Some of our readers were dubious when we mentioned in December that Dick Robertson of Bradford had seen a garter snake in the snow during ...

PET PEEVE: "Once again with all the recent snow, drivers who do not brush their cars off - only enough to see straight ahead. The police fine you for ...

EARLY BIRDS?: Two robins have been visiting at the home of Herb and Monica Porter on Fishing Creek, Roulette. Herb reports Monday they have seen the p...

SUGAR SNOW: Roger Alexis phoned to tell us of a possible name for one of the many kinds of snow - powdered sugar snow. He called after being outside F...

FIVE STEPS: First of all, don't panic. That's the most significant piece of advice if you get the pink slip, according to the Pennsylvania Institute o...

1954 LION: Roy L. Gomes of Bradford says mountain lions have existed in Bradford - at least, years ago. "When I first came to Pennsylvania over 50 yea...

JIM OWENS: A personal note today on Gifford's great Jim Owens: "My name is Wayne Brechtel and I graduated from Johnsonburg High School in 1967. I sign...

SNOW DOG: A reader in Palmer, Alaska, knew just what we were talking about when we asked about a rainbow someone had seen in the winter - He had calle...

HOMECOMING: Perhaps it was a little "auld lang syne" but Barney Snyder of Tucson, Ariz., wrote us on New Year's Eve about a trend seen in some communi...