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January 6, 2008
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AGENDA '08
Wal-Mart, comprehensive plan top Bath town plans for new year
By ROB PRICE THE COURIER-ADVOCATE
BATH - When Bath town Supervisor Fred Muller looks ahead into 2008, he sees two big projects facing the town. The hot-button issue, Muller said in an interview last week, is a proposed Wal-Mart super center on state Route 54. More...
Welcome to winter
Farmers Almanac predicts tough winter; not so fast says NWS
By ROB PRICE THE COURIER-ADVOCATE

Last week's blast of frigid weather seemed to confirm the 2008 Farmer's Almanac long range forecast of colder than usual winter conditions, with plenty of snow for skiers in the northeast. "Skiers in eastern New York and New England will enjoy some great conditions," the Almanac predicted on its ... More...

Tweddell ready for another campaign
By ROB MONTANA HORNELL EVENING TRIBUNE

BATH - Steuben County Sheriff Richard Tweddell said he's planning to seek another term in that capacity, but isn't 100 percent committed to that decision yet. "I'll decide that later," he said this morning when contacted by telephone. More...

 News
•St. Mary's to hold Epiphany retreat
BATH - St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Bath will begin the New Year with a three-day parish retreat l beginning today, Epiphany Sunday, at 5 p.m. in O'Malley Hall with a dish-to pass dinner and service of lessons and carols. More...
•CHAMPS
•H'port library to host scrapbooking workshop
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 Columns
•Guest Columnist
Time to practice what we preach
In his inaugural State of the State message to the Legislature last January, Governor Eliot Spitzer said, "We must reverse the decline of our upstate economy." He pledged to "zero in" on upstate economic challenges. We soon discovered that Governor Spitzer's initiatives failed to match his rhetor... More...
•How to entertain a grown-up child
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 Opinions & Letters
•Mitchellsville Road tranquility in jeopardy
To the Editor, I frequently drive into Bath along the Mitchellsville Road during the week, and it is very pleasant to travel on. The neighborhood, the view of the surrounding hills, and watching Bluegill Farm's cows getting their backs scratched at the revolving brush are all reminders of how muc... More...
•Urbana officials' work appreciated
•Urbana has taken big step forward
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 Police Blotter
•Jasper-Troupsburg maintenance worker injured in small explosion
JASPER - A Jasper- Troupsburg school maintenance man was injured when a gas pilot light in a cafeteria stove exploded Thursday morning, Jan. 3. The employee - whose name was not released by school officials - was injured around 8:30 a.m. in the Jasper High School cafeteria kitchen, according t... More...
•Hornell Police prevent church burglary
•The blotter
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 Sports
•Prattsburgh defeats Bradford
BRADFORD - Brittany Wheeler's double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds lifted Prattsburgh over Bradford 47-25 Thursday. In addition to Wheeler's double-double, teammate Claire Campbell nearly missed her own as she netted nine points and hauled in nine rebounds. Jordana Schoolcraft also came cl... More...
•Teter helps push Campbell-Savona past Addison
•H'port claims crown in home tournament
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 Hammondsport Happenings
•HAMMONDSPORT HAPPENINGS
• The Hammondsport Police Department is asking all residents to take note of the fact that according to the Village Code, property owners are responsible for clearing their sidewalks of snow and ice within 24 hours of the end of a snowfall. Also, it is unlawful for any person to deposit snow... More...
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 Great Outdoors
•Far Afield
How deer, people, deal with winter
We humans change our behavior as winter sets in during December in analogous ways to whitetail deer. But in other ways, nature has equipped us to deal quite differently with the cold, short, daylight hours and accompanying ice and snow. More...
•Learn how to watch for winter wildlife
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 Health
•Mourning a loved one can be overwhelming
PEORIA, ILLINOIS - Bradley University graduate students in counseling are learning grief and loss are muscles. Grief can be harnessed for strength and understanding, or it can run amok, draining energy, resolve and spirit. Grieving well is a way to honor a person who has died. More...
•Don't believe these common medical myths
•HEALTH NEWS
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 Obituaries
•Thelma A. Hammond
AVOCA - Thelma A. Hammond, 87, died early Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, at her home at 5360 Michigan Hollow Road, Avoca. Born in Prattsburgh on March 1, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Roland and Mildred Putnam Lewis. On Sept. 30, 1939 she was married to Clark L. Hammond, who predeceased her on D... More...
•Alice R. Havens
•Ruth N. Simonson
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 Home & Garden
•The facts on furnaces
Ahh, winter - that magical time of year when the snow falls on the plains, the frigid, arctic winds blow down from the north, and most of the American climate becomes a cold, unforgiving and lifeless void of heat. More...
•Hot Tips
•Holiday-red poinsettias only bloom in darkness
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