Today is your day Boomer! Golf can be a dangerous game. What, you say? Golf? You've got to be kidding. I am not and here is why. Check out the picture and take a minute to think about the dangers of sunstroke, sunburn and the possibility of skin cancer. When playing golf, I walk for over four hours in the bright sunshine three days a week. Now, I wear lots of sunscreen and a proper hat but alot of people don't. Other dangers.....well, how about these: lightning strikes, rattle snake bites, aggressive bear or coyote attacks, getting hit by fast-moving golf balls, overturning high speed carts, poison ivy, and heart attacks while walking up steep hills. I have heard from fellow players all of these things happening on golf courses.....not to mention drinking and driving car accidents involving golfers who had too much to drink on the the 19th hole! Yes, Boomers it is a dangerous sport.....but some one has to do it, and apparently we do it more than any other generational group in North America! So, golf on Boomers but watch out for maurauding marmots and wild swingers who yell "four"! Cheers.
Today is your day Boomer! Well, yesterday was my day! My long-awaited dream of building and opening a new high school gym in Summerland came true! 550 students watched, smiled and vigourously applauded as the SD67 school trustees officially cut the ribbon and opened the facility. The kids played in their new gym, in a so-called Rocket Rally, right after that and then 200 more mostly-Summerlanders attended a two-hour opening fundraiser that evening. There were people, young and old, every where: going on tours, eating food, watching volleyball and basketball, listening to speeches, and investing money in 30 community-donated silent auction items and a huge 50/50 raffle...organized by the school's Parent Advisory Council. The final fundraiser tally was about 7000$...made in only two hours! Congratulations students and staff of SSS. Your new gym is finally here, the first new one since 1951! Play on....
Oh wow! That picture says it all! Thanks for sharing!
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