On Sept. 22, my wife Dotty and I attended the fundraiser and benefit held for Bruce Widdows, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), at Wood Chucks on Greene Street. What a tribute it was to Bruce from all of his many friends.
There was such a radiation of love from everyone that you could warm your hands. We did not attend but heard that the Boone’s Farm Golf Tournament, held that morning for him, was a blast too!
Drew Ingram, Bruce Widdows’ best friend, and wife Diane, and others spent a lot of time preparing this affair but for them and others that helped, it was an honor and an act of love.
Robert Lewis Stevenson commented that so long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable. No man is useless while he has a friend. And let it be said that a friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
The show honoring Bruce that Drew produced was a knockout. Bruce is truly rich in what is most important — friends.
Fred “Skip” Squires, Jr.
Cumberland
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This summer:
You can do your kids a favor this summer by getting them involved in reading.
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Western Md. Veterans continues its mission
My name is Dan Brashear, I am the founder and director of Western Maryland Veterans.
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Maybe the cyclists and casino workers should be armed
Again, unfortunately I have to remind Don Carns Jr. of Beans Cove, Pa., on his latest repeatedly inaccurate letter published June 10 in the Cumberland Times-News (“Township is nothing like either Pittsburgh or Philadelphia”).
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Let’s all kick in $1 to help save Frostburg’s Palace Theatre
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Close call
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Develop the waterway
Since the debate over removing the dam started about four years ago, I have been concerned about the effect the dam removal would have on the area’s welfare.
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Living center marks national nursing assistants week
Golden Living Center will join in the celebrations honoring the hundreds of thousands of nursing assistants across the country during National Nursing Assistants Week, June 13-20.
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West Virginia, Johnny Cash, coal miners honored on stamps
While this most likely won’t fall under the category of the most earth-shattering letter to the editor you will read today, it is still big doings for those of us here at the U.S. Postal Service.
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