| Bits and Pieces |
| | BITS AND PIECES - 11/30/2008
12/02/2008
Tripped up by more than tryptofan
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 11/23/2008
11/26/2008
Holidays can be danger zone
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 11/16/2008
11/19/2008
Thank you Richard Butler School!
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 11/09/2008
11/12/2008
Veterans Day has real meaning
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 11/02/2008
11/05/2008
Celebrating an unsung hero
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 10/26/2008
10/29/2008
A gardeners reflections
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 10/19/2008
10/22/2008
Signing off for radio pioneer
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 10/12/2008
10/15/2008
Lighting the way out of the abyss
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 10/05/2008
10/08/2008
Bits and Pieces celebrates 40 years
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 09/28/2008
10/02/2008
The birth of Suburban Trends
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 09/21/2008
09/24/2008
Grandma never really retired
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 09/14/2008
09/17/2008
9/11 bits
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 09/07/2008
09/10/2008
Warm hearts & memories
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 08/31/2008
09/03/2008
Good to be home
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 08/24/2008
08/27/2008
Jerseys still the best
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 08/17/2008
08/20/2008
A favorite pastime
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 08/10/2008
08/13/2008
Their lives on the line
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 08/03/2008
08/06/2008
Fresh and fabulous at the farmers market
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 07/27/2008
07/30/2008
A cancer story with a positive outcome
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 07/20/2008
07/23/2008
Sailing back in time
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 07/06/2008
07/09/2008
Talking tomatoes
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 06/29/2008
07/01/2008
The best laid plans of Beth and Howard "gang aft a-gley (often go astray)." That line from poet Bobby Burns could not be more accurate to describe "The Great Tomato Growoff."
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 06/22/2008
06/25/2008
Early on Rotarians established four principles to guide their life in business and the world: 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 6/15/2008
06/18/2008
Jeff Hartensveld is home in Butler for a while. He had to travel halfway around the world, but he spoke at First Assembly of God Sunday.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 6/8/2008
06/15/2008
Back in February and March I finally decided to leave one community bank and transfer my vast fortune to another. This had nothing to do with the staff at the first bank. They were kind and friendly and I hated to leave them.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 6/1/2008
06/04/2008
This is the time of year when my father put all his effort into the garden. Buck Titus and his horses had turned the soil and dad had raked and finished it. He had planted some early crops, but Memorial Day was the day...
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 5/25/2008
05/29/2008
This is a time when we remember America's heroes. This year the people of Ringwood and the Skyline Lakes Fire Company will also remember Fire Lieutenant Robert Jenkin, who was killed in the line of duty on June 16, 1978.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 5/18/2008
05/21/2008
As we approach Memorial Day individuals will be in your town selling Buddy Poppies and American Legion Poppies. These are to remember the men and women of the community who gave of their lives to protect your freedom.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 5/11/2008
05/14/2008
It seems as though Riverdale has been marked for accidents with toxic fumes. The recent tanker incident reminded me of the night the gas line blew a gasket. I'll talk about that later.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 5/4/2008
05/07/2008
This has been an exciting week. First I get a phone call from my old friend Frank Suter. He is still in Florida and works every day in his construction business. Frank was an outstanding member of the Pompton Lakes Class of 1947.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 4/27/2008
04/30/2008
The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry are in the process of training for deployment. This time to Iraq
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 4/20/2008
04/22/2008
Tuesday, April 1 was a big day for me and Wanaque. I was released from Chilton Memorial Hospital, and Wanaque celebrated a 90-year anniversary. If that is not enough, the Wanaque First Aid Squad...
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 4/13/2008
04/16/2008
Most people take two weeks off in Florida or the Bahamas. I chose to visit the Chilton Hilton for my holiday.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 4/6/2008
04/08/2008
No column this week.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 3/30/2008
04/01/2008
No column this week.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 3/23/2008
03/26/2008
The folks from Rutgers University History Department were here a few days ago to listen to this old geezer talk about World War Two.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 3/16/2008
03/26/2008
I didn't hang around the firehouse on March 17, 1958. We had some green beer in honor of St. Patrick's Day and Al Backus had cooked up some "tube steaks."
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 3/9/2008
03/12/2008
It was 40 years ago that I left the Wayne Bureau of The Morning Call to become the editor of Suburban Trends. It was a different world when I entered the little glass office in the Trends building in Riverdale.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 3/2/2008
03/06/2008
The names Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace and Richard Petty conjure up visions of stock cars careening around tracks named Daytona, Talladega and Bristol.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 2/24/2008
03/05/2008
Dr. James Shippee was the pediatrician who took care of me when I was little.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 2/17/2008
02/20/2008
Mabel Rodda went home to be with the Lord this past week, and we all had a celebration of her life.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 2/10/2008
02/14/2008
I was having lunch with my dear friend the late Dave Swanson.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 2/3/2008
02/03/2008
Andrew Lee Fielding (Lee) will be the speaker at the Butler/Tri-Boro Rotary this coming Wednesday. He will be talking about his book “The Lucky Strike Papers.”
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 1/27/2008
01/30/2008
I remember the grand opening of Suburban Trends on Trends Circle in Riverdale. It was a very special occasion. George Page had brought a new life into the journalism of North Jersey with North Jersey Trends.
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| | BITS AND PIECES - 1/20/2008
01/23/2008
I was cruising through the refrigerator the other day and I began to recall when refrigerators were iceboxes.
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