March 15, 2008 - Saturday

Todays Gazette is brought to you by the Grafton High School Spoilers,
on the way to the North Dakota State Class "B" High School Basketball
Championship game.
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The current temperature is 12
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 38/30
Normal H/L temp for this date is 33/17
It was 59 degrees on this date in 1927 Don't tell Al, because he might
have to "re-edit" his latest movie.
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff.
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The Grafton Spoilers win over the seasons only undefeated team, Watford
City, 61 to 47 means "we" will square off against the Turtle Lake-Mercer
team at 6:00 Saturday night. Fridays win means Grafton will go into the
championship game with a 22 game winning streak.
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The mention of Harold K. Johnson in the Gazette gave Lowell reason for
the following comments. >>>>
Gary:
Your correspondent who reminds us of General Harold K.
Johnson is quite correct in that he should be remembered by us all - as
should all of the veterans of all wars and conflicts, including the one
totally mislabelled as a "police action", a despicable term, especially
in view of its costs. At 6:00 AM, research is not my bag, but I seem to
recall that the KIA (killed in action) figures for Korea in 3 years
either almost equalled or exceeded those of the years in Vietnam.
From a personal view, when LBJ reached down to select HKJ to
be Chief of Staff, there were a number of generals senior to him (70+
?). I was serving in Seoul at 8th Army HQ's under two of them, General
Hamilton H. Howze & Lt. Gen Theodore Conway. The ego of "Triple H" was
such that the main duty of his Colonel Aide seemed to be the function of
preceding "H" in HQ, shouting "Clear the Halls" whenever the exalted one
was entering or leaving the HQ. In the immediate backwash of HKJ, there
were a # of us who might have chosen to "delay" any required visits to
HQ. <<< Thanks a million for caring and sharing. And, for allowing us
another view, "of the way things were."
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I often receive notes from former Graftonites expressing their
frustrations with their inability to do something for "the Old Home
Town." Many said, if they lived closer they would like to do
"something" for community they grew up in.
Then,... I was sitting in the Gazette library (researching) the other
day and suddenly realized. Many former Graftonites already have done
much to help the "Old Home Town."
Over the past several years hundreds of members of the Gazette family
have donated significant amounts of money to benefit a whole variety of
community causes. From the Grafton Volunteer Firefighters to Unity
Hospital. For individual benefits to help defray their medical expenses,
and the fund raiser for the Grafton Youth Hockey Program.
Tonight I will be attending Grafton's Annual Youth Hockey Benefit
program at the Marketplace on 8th. I will expect to see many of the same
folks there this year as I have seen in the past. Many of them, if not
most of them, have given not only their financial support, but also a
significant amount of their time and energy as well.
I will thank as many of those folks, as I am physically able to, for
doing what they do for the youth of our community and area youth.
However, I will be very well aware, that even though all of those folks
are working their hearts out. It is the help and interest of the folks
from other zip codes, that puts our community projects, "over the top".
For that I extend my most sincere and heartfelt thanks to all the folks
right here at home. And, thanks a million to all of you that might have
wished you could have been here to help bring your favorite project
along.
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Tonight (Saturday) will be a busy one. Obviously, many will be in Fargo
for the State "B" High School Basketball Tournament. I'm sure there will
be a bunch at Marketplace on 8th for the MEGA RAFFLE for Youth Hockey
(while watching the game on big screen TV at the same time) and another
contingent will be out at the Centennial Center for the Skatin' Up
Country - Figure Skating Show--- THIS WEEKEND! Adults $6.00 / Students
$4.00--- Centennial Center Saturday - March 15th at 7:00pm / Sunday,
March 16th at 1:00pm Country Songs... Country Theme... Concessions will
be available! Approximately 100 kids from our area will be taking part-
ages ranging from 3yrs - 18 yrs!.
AND,... then of course we can't forget the activities going on at the
curling club. Grafton is hosting the state high school speil this
weekend, there are 12 boys teams and 6 girls teams participating. If
anyone is looking for some great curling entertainment, this would be a
great weekend for it. I think Grafton has 3 teams, maybe even more,
entered.......
AND,... that doesn't include various other "Legal" entertainment
presentations in establishments open til 2:00am for the adult crowd.
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Speaking of liquor. Here's an interesting factoid for you. >>>
Subject: WALKING AND BEER:
A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles per
year.
Another study found Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer
a
year.
That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon.
Kind of makes you proud to be an American. Right?
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For you folks in the southern zip codes who are interested in Saturday
nights Championship Basketball game. Kathee sent the following; >>>
For those of us who cannot pick up the televised version of the North
Dakota Class B Basketball Tournament, there is a live audio feed that
can be found at www.classbbasketball.com I am hoping to be next to my
computer tomorrow night to cheer on the Spoilers in the championship
game. Kathee Carlson <<< Thanks a million for caring and sharing Kathee.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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