Winners of the US Figure Skating Championships are Scott Hamilton (Men's), Rosalynn Sumners (Ladies), and Kitty and Peter Carruthers (Pairs), and Judy Blumberg & Michael Seibert  (Ice Dancing).

 Elizabeth Dole joins Reagan's Cabinet as Secretary of Transportation.

  President Reagan celebrates his 72nd birthday with a private party at the White House.

 Senator Alan Cranston of California is the first Democrat to officially enter the 1984 Presidential race.

 Representative Morris K. Udall of Arizona decides not to run for President.

 The Blizzard of ‘83 leaves two to three feet of snow from North Carolina to New England. All major airports are closed. The Southern Tier receives only a dusting of snow.

 Ragtime pianist Eubie Blake dies five days after his 100th birthday.

 Oscar nominations are announced. The movie Gandhi receives 11 nominations, Tootsie receives 10, and ET- The Extraterrestial receives nine.

 Cale Yarborough wins the Daytona 500, Bill Elliott finishes second.

 Walter Mondale formally enters the Presidential race as the front runner.

 In Binghamton, a convenience store is robbed by an armed man, who escapes with $80.

 A snowstorm the first week in February leaves six inches of snow, causing schools to close.

 Hall and Oates appear at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Tickets are $9.50 and $10.50.

 The Broadway Theater League presents Children of a Lesser God at the Forum in Binghamton.

 The 10th Annual New York State Crappie Derby is held at the Whitney Point Reservoir. The 1st place crappie weighs one pound, eight ounces.

 USA Today, a new, national newspaper, is now available for 25¢ from newsstands and vending boxes in the Southern Tier.

 The latest exercise is aerobic dancing.

 More than 100 million people stay home on February 28 to watch the final episode of M*A*S*H - a 2 1/2-hour show called Goodbye, Farewell and Amen. A sequel called Aftermash will air in September and feature the characters of Colonel Potter, Klinger, and Father Mulcahy working together at a veterans hospital.

 New TV shows debuting this month include Amanda's starring Bea Arthur as the owner of a small hotel in California, and Condo starring McLean Stevenson. 

 ABC airs the 18-hour, $40 million miniseries The Winds of War, the most expensive mini-series ever made. Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neal appears on Cheers. And on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, Dr. Marlena Evans marries detective Roman Brady. 

 Movies playing in local theaters include The Entity, Without a Trace, Gandhi, Time Rider, Tootsie, Videodrome, The Verdict, 48 Hours, The Lords of Discipline, and Sophie's Choice. 

 Top Tunes include Down Under by Men At Work; Baby, Come to Me by Patti Austin; Africa by Toto; Maneater by Hall and Oates; You and I by Eddie Rabbit and Crystal Gayle; and You Can't Hurry Love by Phil Collins.

 And according to this month's issue of Popular Science magazine, the new digital audio-disc players are  selling quickly in Japan for $600 to $1,000. "The five-inch silvery discs use beams of light to play back material stored in a digital code. U.S. marketing may start later this year."

 Happy St. Valentine's Day.