It seems that every volunteer department in our area has an annual awards or appreciation banquet for its members. Good or bad I have been invited to be Master of Ceremonies at many of these get togethers. I can tell a few jokes, share a wonderful meal, and even get credit for taking my wife out for a night of dancing if everything works out to her liking.



Recently I have become friends with the local newspaper columnist that has also tagged along, by invitation, to many of these… Continue

What happens when you are at the top of your game, everyone is singing your praises, and you are reveling in the glory? Usually you wake up, but if you are living it, the feeling is sweet. But what’s next? Sure you invented a tool, a machine, asked the right question, or espoused some other new and improved way of doing something. Who the hell cares?



Do you think for a second that even Mick Mayers is going to change the way we read, write,… Continue

Wienermobile wipes out

Famed vehicle spins, crashes on snow-covered Pa. highway; 'hotdoggers' OK.

By George…

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Why would some want to be a part of your organization? Is there cache like being a Clydesdale pulling the Budweiser Wagon? Or is it something else? We recently brought on several new firefighters and we threw out the conventional wisdom and asked them, what made them chose emergency services.…

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