Mike Argento, a York native and graduate of York Suburban Area High School and Penn State, first came to the York Daily Record in 1983. He even had gray hair back then. After stints covering everything from cops to city hall to state government to the environment, he began writing a column for the paper, three times a week, in 1989. His column can be about anything and so is his blog, which encompasses life in York County and beyond. And, for the record, as he told his wife the other night, he wishes people would stop asking him, 'What's wrong with you?' He really doesn't know. Today, as you mark the passage of summer by sacrificing bits of animals flesh at the altar of the great and powerful Kingsford, perhaps it's appropriate to take a few moments to remember the birth of this holiday and why it's appropriate today.
First, some history.
Labor Day came about as a federal holiday after the Pullman Strike of 1894 that started in, of course, Pullman, Ill... .
One martini changed it all.
One night, a few years back, Ron Billet, a 72-year-old retired printer from York, couldn't sleep. So he got up and mixed himself a martini and got online.
Not long after that, he was on his way to Japan as a cultural hero to the people of Fukouka.
A little gin can do wonders, apparently... .
