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Larry & Gina took a road trip up to New Jersey to spend some time with daughter Amanda and her fiancé Nick

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Dear Editor:I really appreciate your commentary about "Invisible Mother" on your Final Though in the May issuet. Truly, there is none better! -Phil

ED NOTE: Thanks Phil. This one stuck with me too.

Dear Editor: I heard that the McCarty brothers used to light a firecracker or two to celebrate the Fourth of July. How did their parents celebrate the holiday? -Where There's Smoke, somewhere in Michigan

ED NOTE: Early in my life, Dad celebrated by planting a road flare in the front yard while the kids got second degree burns and lit their sparklers. Later in life, they celebrated with burnt hot dogs and no air-conditioning. 

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