Haddadmania
You could feel it in the air.
The support for Charles A. Haddad, president of Building a Better Boyertown and all around community leader was palpable…even if the 54th annual Citizen of the Year ceremony honoring Haddad and four other outstanding community leaders was excruciatingly long.
My wife Heather and I picked up a couple of Malibu Bay Breezes at the bar on our way through the crowded banquet hall of the Friendship Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 to the cheap seats in the adjacent apparatus room Saturday.
Then we picked up a couple more as the evening dragged on (four hours if you count dinner, three hours if you don’t.).
The food was great---chicken, beef and stuffing. Haddad was honored along with Kathleen Little, a fifth grade teacher at Saint Francis Academy, Bally, David Viola of the Colebrookdale District Police, Glenn Trate, first assistant chief of the fire company, and Katie Moatz, a Boyertown Area High School senior.
You can read the story I filed for our paper, which co-sponsored the event with the Boyertown Jaycees, here.
Charles regaled the audience with stories about panty hose fitters and the poetic Pennsylvania German dialect.
I think it’s important to honor community service no matter how much time it takes…as long as the Malibu rum holds out.
Labels: Charles Haddad Building a Better Boyertown Citizen of the Year
posted by BerksMont News at
11:48 PM
9 Comments:
I once had the privilege of playing in foursome with Mr Haddad at Green Ponds Country Club a few years ago. Even though he took about four mulligans he still seemed like a nice chap. Congratulations to him!
What is going on with that picture? The man looks like he has a fart stuck sideways, or he just realized he was going to need a fresh set of Depends! Were there no other shots taken that night?
I couldn't agree more, Charles (and thank you for directing me to this website). What I find more offensive than the comment made below yours is this article, which seems to not only glorify excess drinking, but infers that it was necessary to remain inebriated in orer to 'endure' watching a fine man such as Mr. Haddad be honored. His contributions to the city of Boyertown are too numerous to count, and I'm horrified that a resident of Boyertown (in this case, this reporter) chose to dismiss that by making light of it.
Does anyone at the BertsMont realize that Glenn Trate is a 15 year recovering alcoholic? And you're making comments about DRINKING in order to suffer through a tribute to him? And a link to a RECIPE FOR A MIXED DRINK?!? This is an outrage and I'm severely disappointed in your paper.
Once again you jarheads are missing the big picture. Linking to the recipe for a mixed drink is just part of the show here at Berksmont.com! It's like The Onion only much more subtle. Read my comments from the story about editors attending a seminar to see more of what I'm talking about.
Enough about old man Haddad. You mentioned that they served chicken and beef, as well as stuffing. What did you think of the food? I'm a caterer, so I'm more interested in these things. Were you allowed seconds...and was the presentation to your liking?
I like chicken. I also like peas. But no broccoli. No thank you please.
Hey all you Haddadmaniacs! It's me, the Haddadster! I want to thank all my little Haddadmaniacs for saying your prayers, taking your vitamins and voting for me as this year's Citizen of the Year. I understand this editor had more fun drinking rum than listening to Haddad's exciting stories about the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Well let me tell you something, brother! God created the Heavens, he created the Earth! He created all the Haddadmaniacs! Then, he created a set of 24-inch pythons, brother! And what'cha gonna do King Kong Hessinger... when the 24-inch pythons run wild on you!!!!!!
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