The Jamestown Tarp Skunks will play their first game tonight at Russell E. Diethrick Stadium. But the season unofficially opened Tuesday at Diethrick Stad
Jim Kennedy
My father, Thomas G. Kennedy, who from 1966-1973 was the executive director of the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County. In that period, all seven fund raising campaigns met or exceeded their goals.
My father, my mother and their four sons came to Chautauqua County because my father knew that he could make a difference in the community, and in turn, the community would continue his life’s work, helping others.
A community where cold weather meant swimming at the YMCA or The Boy’s Club, mall visits and Saturday morning bowling leagues; and where warmer weather meant fun on the lake, fireworks at night, friends and neighbors celebrating birthdays and special occasions. A storybook town where children had sidewalks to ride their bikes, play a game of catch in the backyard or have a Thanksgiving Day game of football. One magical summer in 1971, he watched the Jamestown Falcons and his oldest son be the batboy for the hometown team. Even though the Falcons finished