| VOLUME XXX No. 41 | Narrowsburg, NY | October 7 - 13, 2004 |
Celebrating the season with fall family traditions There are few things in life better than a fall weekend. When my children were little we would celebrate fall by collecting a few monarch caterpillars from the leaves of milkweed plants. Small hands would gently place the tiny creatures into an old glass aquarium. Every day the kids would put in fresh milkweed leaves and watch while they grew, plumped up and attached themselves to the screen on the top of that old tank. We would then hang the screen between two old chairs on my back deck of my home and wait until the first brilliant orange and black wings began to appear. The three of us would sit on the porch steps and watch those beautiful creatures soar and float off into the blue September sky. Ode to a RV I can’t seem to stop thinking about you, all those long slow miles we logged together, surging along the concrete arteries of New York and Vermont and New Hampshire. Perhaps we shouldn’t have insisted that you go to Maine again at the age of 17, with 100,000 miles under your belts. We pushed you up and down the forested mountains, making you groan as we gassed your engine in our climb to the soaring heights of Acadia National Park. As I recall, it was there your fan began to falter; suddenly loud and menacing, it limited our pleasant ambling conversations to shortened shouts whenever you chose to sing your song of protest. Raising the standards in the river valley By JEFFREY MOORE The idea of various diversified people coming together to form a “vision” for their future and then proceeding to implement the plan is not a new idea. It is as old as the oldest nation and as ancient as the rule of law. The challenge we face and therefore the responsibility we have is to collectively come up with a visionary plan for our precious river corridor. Core values: the foundation of character and success NEVERSINK, NY—Fine character and unbridled success are not ready-made commodities. They result from hard work, diligence, perseverance, and for Cecilia Pompeii, a senior at Tri-Valley High School, an adherence to a code of basic values. Service to her community and those in need, respect for her self and those around her and a tireless work ethic are the hallmarks of Pompeii’s relationship to the world. “I always try to help other people accomplish their goals and to set a good example for my peers,” Pompeii said. |
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