Entries for May 2008

This Memorial Day, the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation remembers and honors William A. Walrod, known as “Bill” to his friends. Bill Walrod grew up in Kennedy. He attended the country school in Clark’s Corners until he reached seventh grade, when his father decided that it was time for him to go to Falconer High School. He graduated from Falconer High School, and then Jamestown Business College, before taking a job at First National Bank of Jamestown...

Making a decision about a college is daunting for graduating seniors and their parents. The cost of attending is even more so. There is tuition, housing costs, books, and dining accounts to consider. The list seems endless and overwhelming. However, through the years, many Chautauqua Region residents have looked to the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation for assistance with these college costs...

On this Mother’s Day, we honor those women who have made a difference in our lives or those who we have looked to for encouragement. Sometimes, it is someone

special and often overlooked – like the “motherly” woman the Community Foundation

honors today, Maude Grant Kent...