Of spleen splitters, cherry bombs and whistling bungholes

The Fourth of July at our lake place is a lot quieter since our neighbors Bob and Lainey Toso sold their place a few years ago. The Tosos are former educators, Bob being the former school superintendent in Jamestown and Lainey, a teacher in Valley City. Bob and Lainey were the official fireworks committee for our little lake neighborhood. A bunch of us would slip Bob a few bucks a weekend or tw...