FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE
“Lon Tytell Day” – March 25, 2017
A Letter To A Friend

Dear Lon:

We first met at a Jaycees meeting in an upstairs classroom at Doc Fry Community Center. At that point you had aged out of the organization and I had just joined. At the meeting you described the past activities of the Jaycees and the value of community service. I will never forget that meeting and the time working with the Warwick Jaycees. For me you were part of a whole group of new friends who shared a common desire to better our community.

Over time our paths crossed often whether at a civic activity or reporting for the Dispatch covering an event. Through the many interactions and projects we’ve become friends.

Lon, I cherish the years we’ve worked together to make our community a better, stronger place. You have had an impact on so many of us whether your work as an educator, or your civic involvement as a Jaycee and a Lion.

We seem to be a community of ribbon cuttings and photo ops that you’ve covered for the newspaper. For years I’ve kept a folding chair in my trunk just in case you needed a seat. I plan to keep it there – just in case.

Lon, you mean so much to us in Warwick. We will miss you as a kind volunteer, a caring citizen, hardworking, loyal, a man of great generosity, humility and eternally a true Warwickian.

Thank you Lon!!

Your Friend,

Mayor Michael J. Newhard

 

Thank you Rosita for sharing Lon with us for all these years. When you are wed to a man like Lon, you are wed to a community. We are grateful.

The next Village Board meeting is the Village’s Re-Organization Meeting. It will be held on April 3rd at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Warwick.