Phil Peirce

This is getting really scary, folks. Three, count them, three months in a row, and I've located my list of the folders for the June issue. It's beginning to look like smooth sailing from here on in. And, the June issue was no breeze; 16 pages and three inserts make for a lot of work, but, we had a good and dedicated crew. My sincere thanks to Rudy Heller, Vern and Margaret Heipler, Pauline Merrick, Lucy Beeman, Bill Frangiamore, Paul Berry, Marguerite Desmond, and Barbara Clancy for all your help in putting this issue to bed.

I'd like to apologize to the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Water and Highway departments for changing our folding night to one when all you folks were scheduled to meet. I have resolved to set up our dates for the last Wednesday of the month, whenever possible. I've given Donna a copy of our schedule for the rest of the year.

The Citizen is enjoying a bit more interest from advertisers and groups wishing to get their stories out there, so we will need all the help we can get to assemble these issues each month. Come on down and give a hand. The more the merrier, and the more hands we have working on it, the faster everyone gets done.

For all our contributors, please pay strict attention to our announced deadlines. The longer you procrastinate (I'm a bit guilty of that myself), the harder it is for Tim and Danielle to get the finished product to the printer's. I've decided that I have to be more disciplined in approaching the task at hand to satisfy the needs of others; when I was doing the job alone, I could take all the time I wanted as long as I got it done on time. That usually meant a lot of weekend work. So, let's give the Kanes a break and be as prompt as possible with your submissions. If you lose track of the e-mail announcement of the deadline, I will try to post it in this column each month.

The August issue deadline for submissions is Monday, July 11, and the Folding Party will be on Wednesday, July 27.

Did you hear about the friars who were behind in their belfry payments? Well they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to stop this unfair competition. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to ìpersuadeî them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didnít close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that: only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

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