My Lucky Day

All my life I have purchased raffle and lottery tickets . . . and never won anything. Well, maybe a buck or two once in a while on a powerball ticket . . . but that's it!

The closest I ever got to winning was over 50 years ago when I bought a couple of tickets to a Sportsman's Show in Neenah, Wisconsin. My wife decided not to go, so I invited a guy I worked with to go with me. As we approached the event, I handed him one of the tickets and during the drawing for door prizes, he won a new boat and outboard motor . . . and I never even got to ride in the boat!

Well, Lady Luck finally found me. My son, Steve, and I attended a Friends of NRA Event in Louisburg, Kansas, last night where numerous items were auctioned off along with a lot of raffle drawings . . . and my number was drawn for a Weatherby 12 ga pump shotgun!


Finally, after all those years, "My Lucky Day"! Of course, the ton of raffle tickets I bought couldn't have had anything to do with it. But by the time we got out of the Friends of NRA Event, it was too late to buy a lottery ticket or I might have won a lot more since this was "My Lucky Day".

Kyle Honored

My grandson, Kyle Moore, son of my daughter, Cindy, and her husband, Mark, has been honored for his play this year on the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School Soccer Team.

Kyle, shown below, was named:
(1) First Team All-Sunflower League
(2) Sunflower League Defensive Player of the Year
(3) First Team Northwest Kansas Region
and . . .
(4) First Team Kansas All-State

Kyle, No. 7, is pictured here during a game.



. . . and here he is, about to make a kick.



. . . and here he is where he can generally be found on the soccer field, No. 7 fighting for the ball . . . and usually getting it!



Congratulations, Kyle. What a wonderful high school soccer career. You worked so hard at it and you earned all of the honors. We are all so very proud of you.

Hunter's Breakfast

Every year on opening day of the hunting season in Kansas, our local civic club, Hillsdale Ruritan, puts on a "Hunter's Breakfast" at the Township Hall in Hillsdale, Kansas. We serve biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, milk, orange juice, and coffee . . . all you can eat!



This annual event gives area farmers, local towns people, and some opening day hunters to get better acquainted while setting at the breakfast table in a small town atmosphere. Everyone seems to look forward to this annual "Hunter's Breakfast". It's a great time.

Loss to No.1

In the first game of the Kansas State Soccer Quarter Finals, Shawnee Mission Northwest was matched up against Blue Valley West, ranked No. 1 in the State. My grandson, Kyle, is in the photo below, No.7 in the black jersey.


The SM Northwest team played hard and played tough . . . but they just couldn't keep up with the No. 1 team in the State. They lost the game, but played hard all the way to the end. They never gave up!

It was a tough game, but the Shawnee Mission Cougars just couldn't pull it out. All of the guys played hard. We are disappointed in the "Loss to No. 1", but nice game, guys.