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You gotta admit that's an impressive football score as our Soldotna team beat Kenai for the State Championship this weekend. It has to be some kind of record for total score I'd guess. But the coolest thing is Player of the Year awards went to a Soldotna running back named Robbie Smithwick who's father drowned in the Kenai River this summer. All of our town is happy and sad at the same time for Robbie.

But while the football players were in Anchorage local athletes like this guy were competing in the 1st annual Soldotna Bike and Skate Challenge. I was impressed, I had no idea we had extreme sports guys here who can do 360's and flips just like on ESPN. Our new Mayor sponsored the event and he's doing a great job of community involvement. Years ago when I was a trustee at the Elks Lodge we had some extra gaming money to spend and after listening to many proposals we settled on the equipment for this skateboard park. For the first few years the facility was somewhat abused but as the years went by our kids rallied around it and now its a center for the young people who aren't all cut out for the traditional school sports. Its exactly what we'd all hoped for when the place was built, a great addition to our town. As you can see theres alot of graffiti that some would call vandalising, me, I figure its just a way of customising the place.

Well MP's been gone exactly a week now, yup, seven full days. She went to Montana for her mom's 85th birthday party and to see her huge family. I decided not to go but I think next year I'll be rethinking that deal.....you know how I like lists, they add a little structure to my decidedly unstructured life, so here's a short list of things I've learned since she's been gone.

1. Wine glasses break really easy when you wash them.

2. I'm not Jet-Dogs only passion.

3. People say "wheres MP' ? instead of "hi Jeff".

4. Mile 14 is REALLY quiet at night.

5. If you play the guitar for 4 hours your fingers will look like this.