Word on the street - Feb. 17, 2011

Punxsatawney Phil predicted the end of winter. The Widman children have already brought in Whitman County’s first buttercups. Yet we had a couple of inches of snow fall Tuesday night, and more is predicted this week. Will you ever trust the groundhog or buttercups again?

So how do you know winter’s over?

“When we start to get flowers and warmer temperatures.”...