Today is your day Boomer! I know many Boomers watch Jeopardy every night at 7:30 on ABC....but why watch now? Well, if your head has been stuck in the sand somewhere, you maybe haven't realized that a young Canadian is kicking butt on the American show! Mattea Roach of Toronto has won 20 straight nights as of Monday and has amassed almost a half million dollars in cash! Well...this is pretty exciting isn't it? What does Mattea think? "That's always going to be a part of how I'm remembered -- as this representative of Canada and the best Canadian to go on," she said in an interview with The Canadian Press ahead of her 13th game. "I hope someone someday is even more winning than I am." How good is she? I watched one night last week with my mother-in-law and Mattea answered the first six questions very quickly and without any competition.....she eventually won by 20 thousand dollars. She is now in 5th place for all-time wins, but is well behind Ken Jennings at 74 victories. She is also the best ever Canadian and only 23 years young! Way to go Mattea....yes Boomers, it is rivetting TV. Watch and see. 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....
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