The Oregon School Activities Association has asked permission to hold the 1A State Semi-finals for 8-man football at Gladstone High School. The games will be this Saturday, November 24. The OSAA will rent the facility from Gladstone School District, and the Booster Club will run the concession stands. Crane will play Mohawk at noon; South Wasco County faces Imbler at 4:00 p.m.
Gladstone already has a reputation for putting on great track meets. This is an excellent opportunity for us to further showcase the Gladstone community and our wonderful stadium. Volunteers are needed, in shifts, between 11:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. E-mail the Booster Club (president@gladstoneboosters.org) and let them know when you would be available to help out. By showing the OSAA that we can host games and provide a quality atmosphere, our district wll be in line for more events (and income) in the future.
Remember, snack shack volunteers get to specify a contribution from the profits in the amount of $10 to the GHS sport of their choice, and high school kids 15 and older can work and get community service credit hours.
20 November 2007
18 November 2007
Network television worth watching
Despite the reported demise of network television, there are three primetime dramas I'm watching on a consistent basis. You might check them out, especially if you've liked the shows I used to like: Wise Guy, Murder One, Homicide: Life on the Street, The West Wing, Shark.
"Journeyman" (Monday 10 p.m., NBC) - Dan Vasser travels back in time, now and then, but doesn't know why. Complicating matters are his job as a newspaper columnist, his brother the police detective, his former love interest who supposedly had died some years earlier but turns out also to be a time traveler, his wife who was formerly his brother's love interest, his young son who once accidentally observed his dad's "magic"...it's a lot of balls to keep in the air at once. Set in San Francisco, it's a nice change of pace from the usual L.A., Chicago or Seattle. Reed Diamond is the only cast member I was familiar with previously, due to his work as Detective Mike Kellerman in "Homicide: Life on the Street." Interesting cultural and historical snippets are interspersed, such as Nixon's resignation, Neil Young playing the Winterland and the 1989 Bay Area earthquake.
"Life" (Wednesday 10 p.m., NBC) - I think this show is actually starting to generate a little buzz. It stars Damian Lewis, most familiar for playing paratrooper Dick Winters in the HBO drama series "Band of Brothers." He's been released from jail after serving a number of years for a crime he didn't commit. The resulting lawsuit has put this complex, Zen-like character back on the job &mdash as a police detective. It also made him rich, so he and his financial advisor, a former white-collar criminal he met in prison (played by Adam Arkin of "Northern Exposure," "Chicago Hope") live in a fabbo mansion. Not everyone on the force believes he was wrongly convicted, so much conflict ensues as he tries to both do his job and figure who framed him to start with.
"Numb3rs" (Friday 10 p.m., CBS) - Speaking of "Northern Exposure," this drama stars Rob Morrow as FBI agent Don Eppes, whose genius math-whiz brother helps him track down criminals and solve crimes. Math is everywhere, you know. Also features Judd Hirsch ("Taxi," "Dear John") and Peter McNichol, as well as a really cool bungalow in Pasadena.
"Journeyman" (Monday 10 p.m., NBC) - Dan Vasser travels back in time, now and then, but doesn't know why. Complicating matters are his job as a newspaper columnist, his brother the police detective, his former love interest who supposedly had died some years earlier but turns out also to be a time traveler, his wife who was formerly his brother's love interest, his young son who once accidentally observed his dad's "magic"...it's a lot of balls to keep in the air at once. Set in San Francisco, it's a nice change of pace from the usual L.A., Chicago or Seattle. Reed Diamond is the only cast member I was familiar with previously, due to his work as Detective Mike Kellerman in "Homicide: Life on the Street." Interesting cultural and historical snippets are interspersed, such as Nixon's resignation, Neil Young playing the Winterland and the 1989 Bay Area earthquake.
"Life" (Wednesday 10 p.m., NBC) - I think this show is actually starting to generate a little buzz. It stars Damian Lewis, most familiar for playing paratrooper Dick Winters in the HBO drama series "Band of Brothers." He's been released from jail after serving a number of years for a crime he didn't commit. The resulting lawsuit has put this complex, Zen-like character back on the job &mdash as a police detective. It also made him rich, so he and his financial advisor, a former white-collar criminal he met in prison (played by Adam Arkin of "Northern Exposure," "Chicago Hope") live in a fabbo mansion. Not everyone on the force believes he was wrongly convicted, so much conflict ensues as he tries to both do his job and figure who framed him to start with.
"Numb3rs" (Friday 10 p.m., CBS) - Speaking of "Northern Exposure," this drama stars Rob Morrow as FBI agent Don Eppes, whose genius math-whiz brother helps him track down criminals and solve crimes. Math is everywhere, you know. Also features Judd Hirsch ("Taxi," "Dear John") and Peter McNichol, as well as a really cool bungalow in Pasadena.
17 November 2007
The big plays
Dennis Dixon going down early in Oregon's game against Arizona was, obviously, huge. Kwame Agyeman's fumble at the end of the fake punt was big, too. But I'm focused on three other key plays that I think were difference makers.
It wasn't the Ducks' night. It also wasn't ESPN's night. Fowler spent the entire first half mis-identifying the Duck who dropped the pass in the end zone (it wasn't Williams). According to one of Fowler's play calls, Stewart ran up the middle and fumbled but the fumble was recovered by Leaf; in actuality, Leaf had the ball the entire time. Later, WR Derrick Jones dropped (another) pass; when they put up a follow-up shot to get his reaction on the bench, they got the wrong number 6 and showed Walter Thurmond III. And they never did correctly pronounce the name of Oregon's kicker. Finally, maybe this is just me, but what the guys with the microphones interpreted as a lack of life, hope and enthusiasm on the Oregon sidelines after Dixon's injury I took to be a lack of panic. I think the Ducks were confident that Leaf and the rest of the team were going to find a way to win.
- The pass dropped in the end zone. It hit the receiver right in the number and would have put Arizona down a quick 15-0.
- Cason's punt return for touchdown. The back judge was so intent on where to drop his bean bag that he blew the obvious illegal block that sprung Cason. The play should have come back.
- Grigsby's one-yard run. Late in the fourth quarter, trailing by only seven points, the Ducks intially stopped the Arizona running back well short of the first down. But a great second effort got Grigsby over the line to gain for a fourth-down conversion, and Arizona subsequently moved the ball into field goal position and put the game out of reach.
It wasn't the Ducks' night. It also wasn't ESPN's night. Fowler spent the entire first half mis-identifying the Duck who dropped the pass in the end zone (it wasn't Williams). According to one of Fowler's play calls, Stewart ran up the middle and fumbled but the fumble was recovered by Leaf; in actuality, Leaf had the ball the entire time. Later, WR Derrick Jones dropped (another) pass; when they put up a follow-up shot to get his reaction on the bench, they got the wrong number 6 and showed Walter Thurmond III. And they never did correctly pronounce the name of Oregon's kicker. Finally, maybe this is just me, but what the guys with the microphones interpreted as a lack of life, hope and enthusiasm on the Oregon sidelines after Dixon's injury I took to be a lack of panic. I think the Ducks were confident that Leaf and the rest of the team were going to find a way to win.
14 November 2007
Missing passed classmates
We haven't lost many classmates from the GHS Class of 1980, at least as far as I know. Russ Jones and Tim Gorman come quickly to mind. We lost another this past weekend. Caroline Meyer was a star of our High-Q team and, along with her brother, one of the smartest people I've ever met.
Here is her obituary from The Oregonian:
Caroline F. Meyer
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, in Ross Hollywood Chapel for Caroline F. Meyer, who died Nov. 10 of cancer at age 44.
Caroline Meyer was born Dec. 9, 1962, in Wheelus Air Base, Libya. She graduated from Portland State University and was an underwriter for Standard Insurance.
Survivors include her father, John; sister, Catherine; brother, Patrick; and companion, Mark Fleming.
Remembrances to the Oregon Zoo. Arrangements by Ross Hollywood.
Here is her obituary from The Oregonian:
Caroline F. Meyer
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, in Ross Hollywood Chapel for Caroline F. Meyer, who died Nov. 10 of cancer at age 44.
Caroline Meyer was born Dec. 9, 1962, in Wheelus Air Base, Libya. She graduated from Portland State University and was an underwriter for Standard Insurance.
Survivors include her father, John; sister, Catherine; brother, Patrick; and companion, Mark Fleming.
Remembrances to the Oregon Zoo. Arrangements by Ross Hollywood.
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