Change is constant. Autumn is a sure reminder that we are sur rounded by change. Historian author, Arthur Schlesinger, notes in his bode “The Cycles of Ameri can History.” that “the human race has been around for 800 lifetimes, and we have seen more changes in the last two lifetimes then in 798 combined. A child who might have seen the 1903 launching of the first airp lane at Kitty Hawk could have grown up to watch, on television, the Apollo moon landing in 1969.” Families, too. are facing changes. There are what many see as normal changes such as the birth of a baby, the launching of child- Bechtelsvllle PASSMORE SERVICE CENTER, INC. RD 1. RL 100 215-387-9004 Elm BOMBERGER’S STORE, INC. ISO W. Newport Rd. 717-865-2407 East Earl GOODS LAWN & GARDEN SfifflP 717-354-4020 Ext. 34 BOLLINGER’S LAWN & GARDEN EQUIP. 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