http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805170314
2 seeking 2 seats in Pawling
May 17, 2008
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PAWLING - Two candidates are seeking two open seats on the Pawling Central School District Board of Education. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Robert J. Hill
Age: N/A.
Resides: Pawling.
Job: Professional engineer/ corporate executive responsible for multibillion dollar projects locally and overseas.
Education: Fordham Prep and
Why you want to join the school board: I wish to continue to promote financial efficiency and tax reform, but most importantly to enhance education and enable students to dream and become the best they can be through advanced college preparation and scholarship achievement to the top universities. I support sports, extracurricular activities, multicultural awareness and developing our children into men and women who will help others.
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Hill, Robert J. (MC1966) goes for Pawling Central School District Board of Education
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[JR: Clearly if you're a voter in Pawling, then this Jasper would like your support.2 for 2 seats? Why waste the money on an election? When elected, I hope our favorite Jasper in this races looks into that. Will we ever have two Jaspers running against each other? That will confuse the Jasper Jottings endorsement process.]
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Dear
I believe that Robert is a member of the Class of 1966.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
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* Posted on: Sun, May 18 2008 6:29 AM
* Updated: Mon, May 19 2008 5:02 PM
FROM THE EMAIL BOX:
Here’s a story from the NY Times of all places that actually depicts the Church in a positive light. Read here for some encouragement on what is happening with vocations. And spread the word; you might even inspire a dormant vocation.
Carmine
[JR: I agree. For the Socialist rag to cast
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/nyregion/thecity/22monk.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Monks Who Play Punk
James Estrin/The New York Times
Father Luke in his room at
By JOHN MITCHELL
Published: April 22, 2007
IT was 9 o’clock on a wintry Saturday night, and in the
dimly lighted basement of Our Lady of Good Counsel, a Roman Catholic church on
“Who has ever heard of a monk playing funk music?” shouted Brother Agostino Torres, a 30-year-old friar wearing sandals and a hooded gray robe. Hands shot into the air.
“O.K., all right, but I’ll bet you never heard of this one,” Brother Agostino went on. “Because tonight, we’re going to have some monks play some punk!” Half a dozen other bushy-bearded, gray-frocked friars broke into a cacophony of drums, bass, saxophone and electric guitar.
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Vaccarino, Carmine (MC1957) finds an inspiring NYT story about “Monks”
Technorati Tags: MC1957
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* Posted on: Sun, May 18 2008 7:42 PM
I would like to know if anyone knows where Jim and Kathy
Sullivan live now. We stopped getting Christmas cards a few years ago. They
lived in in
Roni and
[JR: I don't have a listing for him. But, we'll see who speaks up.]
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* Posted on: Mon, May 19 2008 4:07 PM
ACTIONABLE OBIT: Davis, Richard James (MC????)
http://www.legacy.com/SouthOfBoston-Ledger/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=110047708
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Richard James Davis
BRAINTREE Richard James Davis, 55 years of age, of Westwood,
formerly of
He was born in
By occupation he was a software engineer in the technology industry. He was a vociferous reader and had traveled throughout the world. He was a member and former High Chief Ranger with the Catholic Order of Foresters and had been a member of several committees with the Order of Foresters. He was also a member of the National Rifle Association.
He was the son of the late James Michael Davis and Virginia (Mackie) Davis. Richard is survived by many cousins.
Funeral from the Mortimer N. Peck Russell Peck Funeral Home,
516 Washington Street, BRAINTREE, on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 9:30am. A
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Francis of
Published in The Patriot Ledger on 5/20/2008.
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Guestbook for your comments is at:
http://www.legacy.com/SouthOfBoston-Ledger/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=110047708
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Davis, Richard James (MC????)
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* Posted on: Tue, May 20 2008 10:46 AM
FROM A JASPER BLOGGER
Callender, Gina (2000) Gina’s trials and tribulations
http://ginating.blogspot.com/2008/05/graduation-at-last.html
Monday, May 19, 2008
Graduation at last!
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So on Saturday, I graduated from RPI. I didn’t have a real camera on me…so here are a few pics that I took with my cell phone.
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[JR: Congrats from the peanut gallery cheering section.]
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* Posted on: Tue, May 20 2008 10:59 AM
http://milvets.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/news-and-events-week-of-51908
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3) The official commissioning ceremony for Peter Brennan
will take place at
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Brennan, Peter (MC2008?) commissioned at MC’s Smith Auditorium
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* Posted on: Tue, May 20 2008 11:04 AM
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/SPORTS/805200322/1007/SPORTS
Bill Rodgers will add to
May 20, 2008
By Tom Haley Herald Staff
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There are some events in
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And if you are an early riser, there is always the Crowley Brothers Memorial Road Race.
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But the Crowley Memorial Brothers Road Race traces its origins to some pretty famous guys in their own right.
They would be Clarence DeMar and Frank Crowley.
DeMar won a record seven Boston
Marathons and
The story is that DeMar and
The race ceased for a bit but was revived in 1976 with the
help of local people like Mike Canty, Bill Reardon,
I landed back in
It was in 2000 when the race was dead. There was a brief notice in the Rutland Herald that the race would not be held that year.
Then, the same week that the race would normally be held,
But it was a race from the heart and miraculously it happened.
And talk about local flavor.
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The Crowley Brothers Memorial Road Race has a lot going for
it. It has history, big names like
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[JR: I didn't know that?]
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* Posted on: Tue, May 20 2008 11:13 AM
For Immediate Release: May 19, 2008
Contact: Lauren L. Fetterman,
Publications Specialist
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL PRESIDENT RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE
Dr. Frank Sparandero receives honorary doctor of science degree
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ALLENTOWN, PA – DeSales University
awarded Dr. Frank Sparandero, President and CEO of
Sacred Heart Hospital, an honorary doctor of science degree on Saturday, May
17, 2008.
Dr. Sparandero has participated in
a number of community health ventures to address the issues of the uninsured
and underinsured populations in the greater
On behalf of
To improve access to health care for both the uninsured and the underinsured, Dr. Sparandero also sits on the Greater Lehigh Valley Access to Care Task Force, a group focused on raising awareness about the need for high quality health care and health insurance for residents in the Lehigh Valley.
Dr. Sparandero earned a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Biology from
After working in private practice in internal medicine, Dr. Sparandero served as clinical assistant professor of
medicine at the
He served as a flight surgeon and medical squadron commander
in the U.S. Air Force Reserve (retired). Before coming to
Currently, Dr. Sparandero’s
interests include evidence-based medicine and management, organizational
behavior and management, community health, and worker health and productivity.
He is a fellow of the
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Dear
I believe that the Doctor is a member of the Class of 1970
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
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* Posted on: Tue, May 20 2008 11:16 AM
* Updated: Wed, May 21 2008 3:30 PM
http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/051908_1.shtml
May 19, 2008
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RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College awarded close to 700 degrees in some 40 major fields of study from its five schools in arts, business, education, engineering and science at its 166th Undergraduate Commencement on Sunday, May 18. Students who completed their studies in September 2007, February 2008 and May 2008 participated in the ceremony in the College’s Draddy Gymnasium.
During the ceremony, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters was presented to William F. Baker, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC).
In his keynote address, Baker told the graduates, “You are
fortunate to have been educated at
Baker has been at the head of EBC since 1987. During his
tenure, the station has grown and created new programs, such as Charlie Rose,
City Arts and Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. He established the
Baker’s career spans four decades. Prior to assuming his current position, he was president of Westinghouse Television and chairman of the cable programming companies. During his 10 years at Westinghouse, five cable networks were launched, including Discover Channel and the Disney Channel. He established the successful national program PM Magazine and introduced Oprah Winfrey as a talk show host.
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* Posted on: Tue, May 20 2008 3:23 PM
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/OBITUARIES/805210447
BROTHER BASIL GREGORY O’ROURKE, F.S.C., 85, of Lincroft,
May 21, 2008
BROTHER BASIL GREGORY O’ROURKE, F.S.C., 85, of Lincroft,
The viewing hours will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 8
p.m. Thursday at De La Salle Hall,
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O’Rourke,
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* Posted on: Wed, May 21 2008 2:24 PM
http://www.antonnews.com/syossetjerichotribune/2008/05/23/news/water.html
Nicholas Bartilucci Celebrates 40 Years
As Jericho Water Commissioner
Nicholas J. Bartilucci
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Nicholas J. Bartilucci is celebrating 40 years as a commissioner of the Jericho Water District. Bartilucci, former president and current Chairman of the Board of Dvirka and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers, in Woodbury, and Chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners of the Jericho Water District, was honored with a celebration on May 16.
Bartilucci’s professional
experience spans 50 years in civil and environmental engineering. He graduated
from
Bartilucci is licensed to practice engineering in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Florida, and is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
He is an active member in Professional Societies,
Associations and Conferences, having served as president of the New York Water
Environment Association, chairman of the Long Island Water Conference, director
of the Water Pollution Control Federation, president of the Nassau-Suffolk
Water Commissioners Association, the NGO representative to the United Nations’
Economic and Social Council for the Water Environment Federation, and director
of the Nassau County Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional
Engineers. He is currently the treasurer and a member of the executive
committee of the New York Water Environment Association, a consulter to the
Environmental Engineering Department at
Bartilucci has written numerous
technical papers and has been the recipient of the Kenneth Allen Memorial Award
and the Charles Agar Memorial Award from the New York Water Environment
Association for meritorious papers and has also received the Arthur Sidney Bedell Service Award from the Water Environment Federation.
He has been honored by the Coalition for the Protection of Long Island’s
Groundwater, the Coalition to
The Nassau County Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers selected Bartilucci as “Engineer of the Year” in 1986 and has received the Distinguished Service and Community Service Awards from the same organization. He was the recipient of the 1997 Achievement Award presented by the Engineers Joint Committee of Long Island and was initiated and elevated to Manhattan College Chapter Honor Member of Chi Epsilon, the engineering honor society. He was the 1998 recipient of the George M. Fuller Award by the American Water Works Association and is the Water Environment Federation’s 1999 Honorary Membership awardee. He was the recipient of the 2001 Life Time Achievement Award by the Long Island Chapter of the New York Water Environment Association, the 2003 Outstanding Professional Engineer in Management Award by the New York State Society of Professional Engineers, the George M. Diven, Jr. Award by the New York Section American Water Works Association in 2005, and was inducted in 2003 to the New York Water Environment Association Hall of Fame.
Bartilucci has been active in
community, fraternal and charitable organizations having served as first vice
president of the Center for the Developmentally Disabled and a member of the
board of directors of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association and is vice
president of the
Bartilucci is married and he and his
wife, Joan, reside in the
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Bartilucci, Nicholas J. (MC????)
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* Posted on: Thu, May 22 2008 9:03 PM
http://www.pcnr.com/news/2008/0521/schools/072.html
Andrew Elbrecht Graduates from
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Andrew Elbrecht, son of Elise & Martin Elbrecht of Lake Peekskill, and a member of Putnam Valley High School’ s first graduating class, the Class of 2004, graduated from Manhattan College on May 18, 2008, with a bachelor of science degree in education and a concentration in mathematics.
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Elbrecht, Andrew (MC2008)
Graduates from
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* Posted on: Thu, May 22 2008 9:05 PM
http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=400871
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David Naranjo, Director of Product
Development for Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, has more than 15 years
of experience in the consumer and commercial electronics industry. His
professional background includes business analysis, product development,
product planning and marketing. He was vice president of consumer electronics
research with DisplaySearch. Naranjo
earned a Bachelor’s of Electrical Engineering at
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Naranjo, David (MC?????) Director
Product Development Mitsubishi Digital Electronics
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* Posted on: Thu, May 22 2008 9:10 PM
http://www.antonnews.com/manhassetpress/2008/05/23/news
American Legion Post Announces
Memorial Day Parade Plans
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Anthony W. Buzzitta, commander of the Manhasset Post 304, American Legion, and James T. Brooks, parade chairman, have announced the line -of-march and schedule for the traditional Manhasset Day Parade and for the attendant memorial services. All Manhasset residents, their families and friends are invited to join the Legion in this remembrance of the great sacrifice of these American heroes.
The theme of the parade this year is celebration of the 80th
year since the Post was founded and a memorial to Past County Commander and
Past Post Commander William A. Baxter, who served his country, his community
and his church for many years. Deceased Veterans of all wars will all be
remembered, especially the 24 Manhasset residents who passed away during the
past year. The
In preparation for the Memorial Day ceremonies, the Legion,
assisted by Boy Scout Troop 97, will place American flags on the graves of
veterans in local cemeteries and participate with other Legion Posts to
decorate the graves at the
A Memorial Service in honor of our war dead will be held on
Sunday, May 25, at 11 a.m. at the Community Reformed Church,
On Memorial Day, May 26, the parade will begin promptly at 10 a.m. Over 30 organizations are scheduled to march including five bands and more than 30 pieces of fire apparatus and other vehicles.
The route of the parade will be along
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The Fourth Division will meet on Bourndale Road North facing west, starting at the junction with Winthrope Road includes the Manhattan College Pipe Band; the Tower Foundation; Church of Our Savior Lutheran Nursery School; the North Shore Nursery School; the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce; the Kiwanis Club; Knights of Columbus; the North Shore Right to Life Committee; the Guild of St Francis Hospital; the Manhasset Soccer Club and the Committee for a Safer Manhasset. The Division Commander will be Patrick McGreal.
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The parade will conclude in formation at Memorial Field, where a special area will be designated for public viewing of the Memorial Services. The program will start with the National Anthem, played by the Manhasset High School Band under the direction of Randy Knudsen and sung by Catherine Lau.
Rabbi Todd Chizner of
The presentation of the floral tributes by the public will follow after which Chaplain James R. Russell of Post 304 will then read the Roll Call of the Honored Dead, accompanied by drummer Emmett O’Hanlon of the Manhasset High School Band. Taps will be rendered by William Cybriwsky and Christopher Chin both with the Manhasset High School Band and SFC Gregory Hall and SFC Kenneth Barnes, both of the 319th Statue of Liberty Band.
Vice Commander James T. Brooks will present the High School
Achievement Awards to Marc-Andrew Ardito,
Joseph Sullivan, both from
After brief remarks by Commander Buzzitta, the Reverend James E. Only, Congregational
Church of Manhasset, will give the Benediction. To
close the service, Catherine Lau will lead the audience in singing God Bless
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* Posted on: Thu, May 22 2008 9:13 PM
http://www.silive.com/columnists/namegame/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1211278520135180.xml&coll=1
Petrides grad leads his team of volunteers from Goldman Sachs at annual games
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
By DANIEL O’LEARY ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
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Real early.
Getting-up-for-work early.
The 23-year-old analyst at Goldman Sachs rises early every weekday, so you couldn’t blame him for wanting a few extra winks on a Saturday.
But last Saturday, he just had to get to Monsignor Farrell for the Staten Island Special Olympics Area Games.
Ranelli was a co-captain for the team of 35 other Goldman Sachs employees that volunteered to work the event.
“It’s definitely the sacrifice of a Saturday,” said Ranelli. “But it’s a worthy sacrifice.”
The Games, celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, had 515 athletes and over 200 volunteers. And Ranelli wasn’t missing out this year.
“Goldman has been helping at this event for years,” he said. “The sign-up sheet fills up fast, because it’s something everyone wants to be a part of, so this year, I got on early.”
Last year, Ranelli missed out,
ending up at an animal shelter in
“It’s nice to be able to give something back,” said Ranelli. “Being involved in sports, that’s definitely a big reason I wanted to get involved with this.
“It’s worth getting up in the morning. I wanted to be there. When you see the look on the faces of the athletes, it’s just great.”
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Ranelli, Richard (MC????) helps with the SI Special Olympics Area Games
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* Posted on: Thu, May 22 2008 9:19 PM
http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/lewisboro/33522.shtml
May 15, 2008
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A new life in
Eighteen-year-old Alain Rwabukamba
grew up surrounded by the overwhelming horrors of tribal genocide in his native
country of
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Rwabukamba, Alain (MC2013) comes to MC to study Engineering
[JR: Hope he makes it! That country could use a few good folks.]
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* Posted on: Thu, May 22 2008 9:27 PM
Some folks in
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With the kind permission of Jerry Breen (MC1970)
[JR: I'm sure the air is "hot". Just as with any of the other politicians!]
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* Posted on: Fri, May 23 2008 10:18 PM
FROM Callender, Gina (2000) “Gina’s trials and tribulations”
http://ginating.blogspot.com/2008/05/click-it.html
Friday, May 23, 2008
Click it…
A favor to ask, it only takes a minute….
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Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and! click on ‘donating a mammogram’ for free (pink window in the middle).
This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors /advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.
Here’s the web site! Pass it along to people you know.
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/
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Labels: breast cancer
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[JR: Jasper Jottings reaches about 1500. (Unless there is one reader, at 1500 different ip addresses.) So our fellow Jasper has requested our help. Enough said!]
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* Posted on: Sat, May 24 2008 9:00 AM
http://www.legacy.com/NorthJersey/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=110164891
Douglas Mathews
MATHEWS Douglas, of
Surviving is his loving wife Diane (nee Sayegh) Mathews, his children, Marie, Robert, Caroline and Daniel. He was predeceased by his daughter, Christie Mathews, age 9 in 2002. His parents, Gerald and Jane (nee Leahy) Mathews of Waldwick, his parents in law, Robert and Diane Sayegh of Ho-Ho-Kus. Also surviving are his brothers and sisters, Joseph of Neptune, Marianne (Scot) Van Demark of Chester, NY, Kathleen (Charles) Krieger of Goshen, NY, Eileen (Michael) Giordano of Ledgewood, NJ, Timothy of Boca Raton, FL, Stephen (Marie) of Larchmont,NY, Richard (Allyson)of River Edge, James of New York, NY and Theresa of New York, NY. Also surviving are sixteen nieces and nephews.
Visiting Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at Church
of the Nativity,
Published in The Record and Herald News on 5/22/2008.
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[JR: This 'popped' today Saturday 24 May 08. Argh!]
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* Posted on: Sat, May 24 2008 11:47 AM
My dear fellow Jaspers:
I hope we all take a moment on Monday.
Not because some politician tells us we should at 3pm for their agenda. But, because we allowed undeclared wars to happen in our name and good people acted on what we said we needed.
I plan to take that moment to:
* Pray for all the boys and girls who gave their lives for what they believed in.
* Recognize the ongoing sacrifices being made.
* Value the ‘breakage’ in the wounded; insist that ‘we’ do right by them.
* Grieve with all the families that are picking up afterwards.
* And, finally, hope that we all begin to hold the politicians accountable for their words and actions that put ‘our people’ in harm’s way in our name.
You know if I could I’d bring them all home on Tuesday – Wednesday latest.
I will pray they all come home in one piece.
And that ‘we’ get back to a Department of Defense and return to the Constitutional America of Liberty. We seem to have lost our way.
What will you do – or what did you do – on Monday? Picnic and party? Listen to more political rhetoric? Forget it all and vacation? Tube out?
Sorry if I’ve offended,
Your Collector In Chief
sadly, fjohn68