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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Category: 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 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 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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The Flag and its Pledge
By Ray Lenarcic It certainly is a grand old flag; probably the most recognizable one in the world....
Read More The Cruelest Month
By Ray Lenarcic May is a beautiful month. Green grass, dogwood blossoms of pink and white, tulips...
Read MoreEaster’s Past
By Ray Lenarcic The Furnace Street Gang loved Easter time. I mean, why shouldn’t we? First of all, a week’s vacation. And when the weather cooperated, baseball season opened up on that sliver of grass separating Furnace from...
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s Day Reminders
By Ray Lenarcic Every year, St. Patrick’s Day brings to mind several things, including my blessed Aunt Mary Donnelly Van Slyke, the most sainted woman I’ve ever met. She spent a long lifetime ministering to the needs of her...
Read MoreTwo Valentines
By Ray Lenarcic I vaguely recall learning about Valentine’s Day and all its trappings in first or second grade at Monroe Street Elementary. Mrs. Sullivan was the teacher. Friend Jerry Sullivan’s mom. Jerry the “papist” went to...
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