By Ray Lenarcic Break that New Year’s resolution yet? Come on, tell the truth. If you did and were alive 4,000 years ago, you’d have incurred the wrath of the gods. It’s been chronicled that the ancient Babylonians originated...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic Every year about this time, my mind drifts back to those halcyon days of yesteryear-Christmases in the 50s in the Falls. Two of the scores of memories stand out. 1954. Got the new sled I dreamed of. It snowed...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic On behalf of the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition, I’d like to thank those readers who have supported our various endeavors (e.g., Gram Lorraine; Fallen Stars Memorial) over the years. And for those of you who...
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by Ray Lenarcic For Kay and me, the Gram Lorraine Children’s Christmas Program is a true labor of...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic While supervising this year’s Gram Lorraine Program’s family pick-up at Little Falls’ Family Parish gym, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The iconic Englishman’s allegory...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic The children had been warned to play near their homes and not stray into or beyond the fields which separated the village from a dense forest. It was late November, and the dark clouds and wind indicated a...
Read Moreby Raymond Lenarcic Take some time today to seek out a special group of veterans in your community and give each a big hug and thank you. Korean War veterans were among the most courageous men to fight for this country. They...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic As Thanksgiving Day draws near, memories have surfaced of a memorable trip I took during my childhood over the river and through the woods to my grandmother’s house. My Slovenian grandmother that is. As soon as I...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic I never wondered why American Indians were referred to as “Forgotten Americans” after taking Dr. Tom Hagan’s course on American Indian history at SUNY Fredonia in 1963. They were forgotten because our “Liberty...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic I love Halloween. Always have. My earliest remembrance is dressing up in a cowboy outfit complete with a flannel shirt, neckerchief, vest, chaps, and the piece de resistance, a pearl-handled, silver Lone Ranger...
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