BY BILL KENNEDY

On the eve of the 17th annual Hackensack Children’s Fishing Contest, Robert (Bob) William Kennedy, who was one of the original founders and the “father” of the Hackensack Children’s Fishing Contest (HCFC), passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013. As Bob would tell the story, “A bunch of us old farts were sitting around the Legion…” and they were discussing the lack of anything for the kids to do. The beer and brainstorming ran freely that day and the germ of an idea was born on a napkin at the bar.

BY PASTOR DENNIS GELLERMAN

Mildred Bible Chapel

Terrorism. Chaos. Fear. Change. No hope. No peace. No rest.

America is undergoing a fundamental transformation. This transformation is causing life to become so stressful that millions are being driven to the point of illness, depression and self-destruction.

Consider the following trends. Suicide has surpassed traffic accidents as the leading cause of death in America. In the world’s greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat.

I have always felt March was the cruelest of months as the final interval between winter and spring.

I never really understood how cruel it was until it decided to hang on, just like a president who finagles a way to stay in office once his term has expired, and with the same results. At least it appears the drought situation in some regions of the country may finally see some improvement.

I’ve gotten so many compliments since my return to the newspaper, and it has made an already good job great. Thanks.

A lot has changed since I was an intern, and some of it has me almost as bummed as you folks might be. I understand what happened and why. It is still a little sad.

It has been brought to my attention that some people feel that the Pine River Journal is or will become less informed and connected to the community through absence. But we are still here.