Meals on Wheels volunteers deserve recognition
Bee Editorial
      The Amherst Meals on Wheels program honors its more than 350 volunteers every spring. They have a nice lunch in the comfortable Senior Center and enjoy an afternoon of comradery.
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      • PART OF HISTORY — Are you attending the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in Washington? We'd like to hear from you. We 're looking for a few residents to speak with us by phone Wednesday, Jan.
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago Jan. 10, 1884 The ice gatherers have been rapidly filling their houses this week. Mr. Amos Hinkley reports there were twenty burials in the Williamsville Cemetery in 1883. Our townsman, W.G. Lee, purchased the first ticket that was used by the West Shore Rail Road from Buffalo to Akron.
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Senate vacancy developing into intriguing drama
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      The speculation continues, and with that, the excitement and anticipation are building over who will replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. This intriguing drama involves all sorts of twists and turns, with new story lines and angles emerging virtually every single day.
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Fighting for jobs and lower taxes to return prosperity to upstate
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      While jobs and people have been fleeing upstate New York for several decades, a recent state report says that wild turkeys have been, uh, flocking here in droves. Back around 1960, there were no wild turkeys left in New York State, the once-thriving population having been driven out by a habitat that had become hostile to their survival.
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