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Monday, July 07, 2008

Alberni Valley Charity Golf Classic, More from California on the Martin Mars Water Bombers, Bob Ackles passes away, Kids Wrestling Camp!

Hello and happy Monday. I'm back in the saddle (sort of!) after a long, busy and crazy weekend. It all started Friday with the morning show here and then an on-location with 93.3 THE PEAK FM at the B.C. Provincial Motocross Championships all afternoon. After that it was off to the Alberni Valley Charity Golf Classic Wine and Cheese reception as I met my teammates and we strategized about how bad we might be the next day!

It turns out we were bad at all...Second place! How that happened, we don't really know. No kidding! We had to be the least caring, most fun team out there. Maybe that's why we did so well?

The honest truth- we had just finished our third last hole (by virtue of me downing a 30 footer for BIRDIE, I might add) and all of a sudden our scorekeeper said "We're 9 under!" No one on our team could believe it. I certainly know that I couldn't. At the very best I thought we were 5 under or so, as did everyone else. We just had that much fun and were that carefree that we didn't really care and didn't really feel the pressure. And that might be further proved to be true as we all of a sudden thought we had a chance to win and we couldn't get a birdie our last two holes because we might have been thinking too much about it!

I still thought that 9 under wouldn't even get us in the prizes. I thought at least 10 under would be the score. I'm glad I thought wrong, as I won a beautiful Alberni Golf Course golf bag courtesy of Bruce MacDonald and Mac 5 Golf.

My huge thanks go out to my teammates Dave, Luke, Cory, and Anne. We had a great time and they we were all great golfers at various times. That is why it's 5 person best ball! Great games team!

Thanks also goes out to all the volunteers, sponsors, and organizers of the event. Another huge success that keeps getting more fun and better run and just a little different every year!

I am working on getting a final number raised that will go to all the charities. When I get it, I'll add it to this post.

Someone made a lengthy post in the comment section Saturday regarding the tournament and the lack of local Bulldogs attending. I will post my reply to that comment. I am only raising the topic here so the comment-maker knows I am not ignoring their concerns. I always encourage comments and appreciate them.


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The Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars Water Bombers are still wowing crowds and impressing their clients in California. I continue to be impressed by the great online coverage coming from various sites, especially the work by Eric Cassano at Shasta Lake.com
I emailed Eric on Friday saying how much I appreciated his updates and pictures, and especially his thanks to Port Alberni, BC, and Canada.
Eric sent me back this nice note: Thanks again Eric!
Hi Evan!

Thank you very much for the wonderful e-mail and the kind words about the photos. Thank you for mentioning the ShastaLake.com website, too! The Martin Mars is really a beautiful airplane and a joy to photograph.

Coulson Flying Tankers and the crew of the Martin Mars are doing an incredible job fighting the fires here in California. We are deeply grateful for all the help and support we have received from Coulson Flying Tankers, Port Alberni, British Columbia, and the wonderful people of Canada.

Many thanks and best wishes to you all!

Sincerely,
Eric Cassano
ShastaLake.com
Thanks again Eric! For updates again check out shastalake.com
Redding.com is also a site that has been sent to me several times by people finding updates.
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Sad news came out of Vancouver yesterday with word of Bob Ackles passing. What an incredible story, and no doubt an incredible man.
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B.C. Lions president and CEO Bob Ackles dies at age 69 of heart attack
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VANCOUVER - Bob Ackles, who started with the B.C. Lions as the team's first water boy and went on to become the CFL team's president and chief executive officer, died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday, the club said in a statement.
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Ackles was 69.
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`It was our league that virtually adopted him when he was just a boy, and it's our league that has looked to him as a man for counsel, inspiration and leadership by example,' CFL commissioner Mark Cohon said in a statement.
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`As much as the CFL has meant to Bob, he has meant so much more to us.'
A small jovial man with a quick smile and a huge love for football, Ackles served in the CFL, NFL and XFL.
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The return of Ackles to the Lions in 2002, along with his hiring of Wally Buono as coach and general manager, has been credited with revitalizing the CFL in Vancouver.
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(The Canadian Press)
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Alberni Wrestling is hosting their kids summer camp today tomorrow and Wednesday. Kids are welcome to come for one day or all three. The best news- IT IS ALL FREE! Read below for details!

Free Summer Kid’s Wrestling Camp July 7-9

The Alberni Wrestling Club is once again hosting their annual Kids Wrestling Camp July 7-9th in the ADSS gymnasium. The camp will run over three days from 10am to 12 pm and will feature instruction from local coaches, alumni, and high school wrestlers. As well as learning some basic wrestling moves and technique, the camp participants will also partake in fun wrestling themed activities.

During the month of June, high school wrestlers visited the local elementary schools to introduce and promote the sport of Olympic wrestling. Through games and skill development the participants were given the opportunity to try the sport while being in a fun and safe environment.

"When we [the wrestling club] introduce wrestling at elementary schools and the kids camp, we always stress the importance of fun and safety," explains Aaron Keitlah, an ADSS high school wrestling alumni and now a wrestler at North Island College and a coach in the Alberni program. "We always go through a proper warm-up and stretch to limit the possibility of injury and try hard to reveal the enjoyment of wrestling rather than the competitive side."

The camp will be a great opportunity for kids to stay active and meet new friends over the summer break. For some it will serve as a kick start to summer and being a part of the wrestling programs at the local middle schools. Others may come to simply enjoy participating in the fun games. The camp focuses on participants in Grades 4 -7, although there are some cases where younger and older athletes have been involved.

If you already feel like you would benefit from some time away from your kids over the summer, this would be a perfect event to take part in. The camp will run from 10 am to 12 pm all three days with registration being held each day starting at 9:30. There are registration forms available at the gymnasium which needs to be filled out by a parent/guardian. Participants are asked to bring gym strip and clean running shoes. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact Aaron Keitlah or Roxanne Neville at 724-0778..

That's it for now, thanks for reading!

Hammer


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