To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. On the brighter side For those of us who naturally carry around a pocketful of sunshine, this announcement will come as no suprise. In 2008, Buffalo was the regional winner of the Sunshine Derby, an ongoing contest featured daily on The Buffalo News’ weather page. It tracks the number of days with 50 percent or more sunshine in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Phoenix, and Orlando. Buffalo’s impressive 167 days puts our city in a better light, beating Syracuse, Rochester, and even Orlando, which had just 119 sunny days. We still have a long way to go to beat Phoenix, the overall leader in the derby, which enjoyed 251 sunny days. As a highly competitive city, it’s good for us to have a target to aim for. page 20 Right: Ice fishermen on the frozen Small Boat Harbor sitting on plastic pails or in make-shift shelters staring at a hole in the ice and freezing their worms