You just can't survive giving part of your crop away. I wouldn't be able to make it if I had to sell to a packer and not get compensated for everything I grew. This is a make it or break it situation for us.

I think it is important for youth to grow up giving back to humankind, and West Bank enjoys getting behind the school and supporting them.

It's good to annex the land and it's good we made it over that one hurdle. We have to start protecting ourselves. We can't expect the new people coming into Johnstown to fix everything with the schools. This isn't easy for any of us.

I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

Love is to give, to give is to receive, and to receive is to Love.