Reflections of Nature
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
While walking along the water’s edge, I watched as frogs, one after another, jumped into the water and disappeared. I wondered how long a frog could stay underwater, so I sat down and waited. About five minutes later a frog appeared. Scientists tell us that the frog’s ancestors were the first creatures to survive the drying up of the ancient […]
Conservation Corner
Understanding Heat Islands
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
Kevin Brown
– Ag Resource Specialist Bradford County Conservation District
I was watching the local news the other day (I won’t say which one as to not incriminate them) and they started talking about this new study that was out where they had looked at “heat islands.” Have you ever heard of a “heat island” before? I would not expect that many people have heard of such a thing, and […]
Seen ‘N’ Heard
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
Welcome to our final paper of June. We have an early deadline for next week’s Rocket-Courier. All news and advertising copy needs to be in our office by noon on Monday, July 1. We’ll go to press Tuesday, July 2 and papers will be delivered on Wednesday, July 3. Everyone enjoy their Fourth of July holiday. * * * Tonight’s […]
The Way We Were…
A look back at the people and places of the Wyalusing area over the last 20 years or more.
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
New Yorker Loves Doris’s Pie Doris VanDeMark is pictured on the front page of the April 27, 1989 Rocket-Courier in the Wyalusing Hotel kitchen where she baked her famous chocolate pies. The New Yorker Magazine ran a feature story about Doris’s chocolate pie entitled the “Great American Pie Expedition” where writer Sue Hubbel set out on a journey to find […]
JUST ASK ALICE
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
DEAR ALICE: Can you give me a couple tips about how to deal with the hot, humid weather we’ve been having? —SWEATING IN SAYRE DEAR SWEAT: Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated. And stay inside until the first week of October. —ALICE ********** DEAR ALICE: Do you have any recipes for food to prepare during the heatwave? —BURNING IN […]
The Good Old Days
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
Compiled from old issues of The Wyalusing Rocket
News items gathered from an earlier edition of the Rocket-Courier, reprinted as they were in the June 28, 2001 edition. Price at the newsstand, 80¢ per copy. * * * The hoisting of the three signs atop the huge 110 foot poles signaled the end of a long process. The Flying J Travel Plaza located off Interstate 81 at the […]
Jester Hill
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
The Jester Hill Fire Police, along with Rural Peace Officer Danny Sanders, were called out for traffic control along Dingle’s Pond Road last Thursday. With the extremely warm temperatures, Miss Amy Zilch was sunbathing in her new string bikini at the beach area. Word passed quickly among the men in the community, who decided to drive by and check out […]
Reflections of Nature
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
Recently, while at rehab, several of us were looking out the window when six pigeons landed on the grass. Someone mentioned that pigeons are pretty birds, with their many colors. One man commented that the birds were four females and two males. I asked how he could tell the sex but he never answered. Later, I checked online and found […]
Seen ‘N’ Heard
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
Welcome to the first day of Summer, the Summer Solstice, and likely the hottest day of the year so far, if forecasts for temps in the mid 90s are correct. * * * Our coverage of last week’s Wyalusing Rotary’s disc golf tourney inadvertently leaving out B&K Equipment from the list of businesses that generously sponsored holes. * * * […]
Let’s Clear Things Up
Conservation Corner
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
Kevin Brown
– Ag Resource Specialist Bradford County Conservation District
So, occasionally we get calls or requests from residents for monies to do certain things. We, here at the district, do have grant monies that we work with in order to help with certain things. We don’t typically have money at the ready, but rather apply for it once we know there is a need (from you). We have an […]
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