Unending Service
Being elderly is a tough thing to admit, at least for me. I’m quick to dismiss the reminders,...
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Author: Ray Lenarcic
Halloween Memories
By Ray Lenarcic When I was a wee lad, my mother Vivian took me for a walk after supper. It was a beautiful late October night. A harvest moon was shining down, so bright that it almost seemed like daytime. The stillness of that...
Read MoreHerkimer County Hunger Coalition needs your help
If you’re not already aware, the Marine Cpl. Gregory J. Harris Military Courtesy Room at Hancock International Airport in Syracuse provides a place where troops in transit or individuals heading off to basic have a place...
Read MoreHerkimer County Hunger Coalition Safety Message
By Ray Lenarcic Since its inception in 1999, the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition has included as one of its objectives working with area elementary schools during the month of October to help educate pupils about fire safety....
Read MoreGreater Herkimer Lions Club Golf Tournament
By Ray Lenarcic On Friday, September 19th, the Greater Herkimer Lions Club held its most successful golf tournament at Pine Hills Golf Course. Records broken included money raised, golfers (144) and sponsors. The event,...
Read MoreOperation Candy Cane
By Ray Lenarcic It’s that time again. Jake Frost is checking out who’s naughty or nice, while twin brother Jack is performing his works of art on our windowpanes and the bearded man in red is warming up the reindeer. That said,...
Read MoreSchool Days
By Ray Lenarcic Every time Labor Day rolls around, I’m reminded of that old ditty “school days, school days…readin, writin, rule days.” Then my mind drifts back to those halcyon times when my daughters, Carrie and Jennifer, went...
Read MoreThe Faces of Children
By Ray Lenarcic From its inception in 1999, the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition had two goals-to help in the fight against hunger in Herkimer County and to put smiles on the faces of area children living at or below the poverty...
Read MoreJohn the Fifer
By Ray Lenarcic I imagine that when his father George awakened him that sunny, hot early August morn, 13 year-old John Snell was beside himself with excitement. The day was finally here. He probably dressed quickly, gobbled down...
Read More What Made us Great
By Ray Lenarcic I loved the Fourth. I mean, as an eleven year-old back in those halcyon days of...
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