BREAKING BREAD.....AND BOARDS!

       SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH.

  BREAKING BREAD, AND BOARDS!

       Yesterday was a day filled with
 parties and celebrations. It began with
 two of my grandkids and a breakfast visit
 Santa! Later we joined family and fiends
 at a combination Christmas party and
 celebration of my son's birthday.
      A lot of things can happen when
 people are at parties, And they did at
 our last get together of the day.
      We saw people attacking other
 people with knives, and guns, swords,
 and sticks! We saw people being
 socked and slammed to the floor!
       You probably thought the party
 was in Hazleton or near Sherman
 Hills in Wilkes-Barre. NOT!
        We joined several hundred people
 at the annual Huntzinger Karate
  Christmas Party!
         Students are awarded for their
 progress at the party. But they also
 put on a vey vivid demonstration of 
 the self defense skills they've been
 learning during their years of
 training.
         And they all enjoy breaking
 boards as pat of their performance.
 I can relate to that. I broke a board
 myself one time although, in my case,
 it was accidental!
        These young men and women
 work hard, physically and academically,
 to attain their rank and rewards! And
 among other things they learn and
 practice respect! A little more of that
 would go a long way to stopping the
 problems we've seen in those other
 places I've mentioned!
        Hope somebody can use all
 that firewood...and that all your NEWS
 is good!