Opinion

Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 .

Lately I’ve been focusing on gratitude especially as the world seems to have gone mad. Our state and federal legislators seem to have lost common sense and in some cases do and say ridiculous things that have many Americans praying for an intervention.

Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 Livery Stable... Charlie Robinson, owner of the livery stable where he is posed horseback, was in a militant mood at the moment.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1989 Time is running out for the city to accept the old railroad depot… if anyone has any good ideas about city usage of the building and about how to fiancé remodeling and upkeep, now is the time to step forward and say so.

In 1976 I was a freshman in high school. Freshman year was an exciting year.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1989 It never fails… just let school be called off due to inclement weather conditions and we hear the same old stories… “They never called off school when I was young… we walked miles through mud, snow and freezing rain… waded through flood water… but always had school.” Maybe so, but the time these people are referring to was when students went to school in their own communities and when one family was flooded out, most all of them were, only the students who lived in town went to the school in town.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1989 March 19-25 is National Poison Prevention Week.

In this day and age when the truth is often wafer thin and issues that should be transparent are opaque, it’s imperative to let the sunshine in and to ensure that vital information is available to the public. A community’s newspaper is a vehicle through which residents become informed citizens to learn about how their local, state and federal government is operating.

Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 .