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How can anyone expect the public to have a better image of plumbers than plumbers do of themselves?

For me, I learned everything I need to know in my News Writing 103 college journalism class.

The most important lesson I ever learned has been my motto and inspiration throughout all of my life — “Add pride to his life, his work will show it.”

To share my most important lesson, I have to turn the clock back to 1970.

My ability to read gives me absolute certainty that, armed with a dictionary and the proper book, I could learn to do anything.

All I know is that whenever I spend time in the field, I seem to meet hard-working, dedicated and skilled craftsmen who deserve more respect than they get.

The Big Picture: Sometimes the simplest examples are easiest to put things into perspective.

BF Goodrich, for one, is vigorously promoting one-step solvent cement.

A tornado has swept the PHC service industry — residential and commercial firms alike — into a realm unlike any seen before.

For several years, I’ve heard bits and pieces about “price fixing in New Jersey.”