A recent issue of The Shenandoah Valley-Herald (Oct 25) published a series of
reprints under the heading of "Yester Years" (page C4). Among them was the
following item from the "Shenandoah Valley" October 25, 1906: "Mr. A. J.
Fansler recently killed a chicken hawk that measured 3 feet and a [sic] 2
inches
from tip to tip and later Mr. J. H. Miller killed a chicken hawk that measured
3
feet tip to tip of wings."
Too bad I never got to see one of these now-extinct "chicken hawks!"
Thought you might find this interesting as a reflection on both changing
times and the changing definition of "news."
Dave Davis
Arlington
