John Whittaker
Pictured are Allie Burdick, Cattaraugus County commander; Jim Lemanski, Chautauqua County commander; Howie Van Rennselaer; Stan Kawski, 8th District chaplain; and Steve McCord, 8th district service officer and Cattaraugus County director of Veteran Services.
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Editor’s Note: The Post-Journal is looking back at the top stories of 2020 and the way they will shape the coming year. Today, 20 for 2020 looks at the municipal stories that were among the most-read in the newspaper this year.
Chautauqua County is home to 134,000 or so people, depending on the time of year and just about every one of them has an interesting story to tell.
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REMEMBERING â Hannah Ringenfelder and Paula, Nathan and Noah Lucas of Richmond, helped to place wreaths Saturday during a Wreaths Across America event at St. Casimir Cemetery in Adena. (Photo by Esther McCoy)
ADENA “Be an American Worth Fighting For” is the theme of the Wreaths Across America mission to show families of our nation’s heroes how important their sacrifices were to those who stayed behind.
Numerous cemeteries in the Tri-State Area were among the more than 2,000 where ceremonies were held Saturday. That included St. Casimir Cemetery, where 14 members of the Roger and Donna Sliva family of Adena, some of whom came from Columbus and Roanoak, Va., volunteered.