Wishing You A Speedy Recovery

[Laurie Verge]

I just want to interject a personal message here. All of us on this forum enjoy the postings of Herb Swingle, and those of us who have known Herb for awhile have admired his years of service to troubled and underprivileged youth in his area of New York.

That work, however, took a turn for the worst a few nights ago. Herb coaches many of these youths, and a winning game ended with a gang of malcontents attacking Herb and his team after a game. In the melee, Herb was beaten and also grazed by a stray bullet. He's recuperating at home now.

We love you, Herb, and are thinking of you. This is certainly a case of "no good deed goes unpunished." It's also a warning to us all to be very careful of our surroundings in today's society. It doesn't always take an incident such as this to bring on an attack.