Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
By Howard 'Mac' McDonald
      Mother Nature has provided us with some really spectacular days this fall. The oaks have an abundant crop of acorns and if you are fortunate enough to have a hickory tree in your yard then you will have hickory nuts galore. The squirrels that live in the trees around our house are scurrying around all day long. They are about driving my dog crazy.
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Publisher's Point Of View
Robert Allan Hooftallen
      The fallen leaves dance in a circle behind the speeding car in front of me. The stunning beauty of this October morning reminds me that life is good. I am lucky to be alive, lucky to have something to go and do today that's meaningful, lucky in countless ways.
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Water woes: how to pay?
      (Dick Jones is a communications consultant from State College, retained by Mansfield University) This is in response to your story of Sept. 29 on contaminated water wells in Cameron and Potter counties.
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We've got mail!
      Decision Time To the editor: On Tuesday night, Oct. 9, members of the Potter County Planning Commission are scheduled to take action on an ordinance to control construction of wind turbines in the county. Generating electricity from the wind sounds wonderful on its face. It's symbolic of the "green energy" movement that is commendable and long overdue in our nation.
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