Many have written and made suggestions as to what could possibly be done with the old Dana Lyon School. Many good ideas have surfaced, I for one would like to suggest using part of the complex for a youth center.

I have read in the Steuben Courier that Chesapeake Energy has made application to inject waste water from Pennsylvania into an abandoned gas well near Pulteney. According to the newspaper, the site is about one mile west of Keuka Lake.

Decades of election cycles have garnered naught but frustration for the American public.

Chesapeake Energy, a gas-drilling company, would like to turn Pulteney, NY into a toxic waste dump.

How many of you have ever heard of a small business incubator? They're popping up all around you. The Batavia Industrial Center, not too far from Bath, is the world's first. The vacant and gigantic old Massey-Ferguson tractor plant, years ago was bought up by Joseph Mancuso and divided up into smaller spaces for beginning small businesses.

In a letter to primary voters dated September 7, 2009 Prattsburgh Town Supervisor Harold McConnell stressed that “It is also important that you elect the representatives to the town board who have the town’s best interest at heart.”

On Sunday, December 6, 2009, I had the pleasure of attending the Pearl Harbor Survivors Memorial Services at the Bath Rod and Gun Club. I attended the event for two reasons, in memory of my father, Carl D. Peters Sr., and to honor Don Bosket.

Another outstanding performance of Keuka Lake Players trilled audiences at Hammondsport's Christmas in the Park on Dec. 12.

Even as Americas overlords bask in their recent multi-trillion dollar takeaway, the rest of this nation is again left to scrape up the dregs and start over again. Your parents and grandparents know the drill.

The events described in a recent article need some clarification. It was reported that “Both councilmen repeatedly said the current Ecogen project would be exempt from any new action by the board.” We believe this is about board discussions this past year surrounding our yet to be completed wind law.

Did you know that 6,700 in your area received health care assistance last year; 18,000 people in crisis received assistance to meet basic needs; 4,200 children received after school programs; 800 women & children received safety and advocacy from domestic violence; 3,000 older adults or people with disabilities received home delivered meals and 25,000 received the assistance provided by using the 2-1-1 helpline?

Jesus Christ said that He is the way and the truth and the life; that no one would get to the Father in heaven except by Him. He also told others that the devil is the father of all lies.

Steuben County residents are feeling the impact of rising food prices along with the rest of the country.

We are all aware of the trouble our economy is in and that unemployment is over 10 percent. These problems have affected all of us, but no one more than the thousands of people in our own community that rely on help from United Way funded programs.

I have been a proud contributor to the United Way since first giving to its forerunner, the Community Chest, in a country school in Western Arkansas over 60 years ago.