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https://youtu.be/zdhfyQ9hKsA

In other words, just like any Donald Trump speech.........

We adopted the stretch of main roadway that leads into our town. Michigan Highway Sign lets everyone know that our Football team cleans that stretch of roadway. We cleaned all the weeds and small trees that were growing under our stadium bleachers, weeded and edged the landscaping around our school, etc. Didn't take long to do, trying to get the kids to develop some pride in where they are from.

I'd say the best thing to do would be to select "1" and then just put N/A in for the head coaches information. See if that works.

At Garrett we use our inter-squad scrimmage at the end of the first week of August that most have as a way to raise non-perishable items for a food pantry in town. Instead of people paying to get in, the cost of admission is some sort of non-perishable good. Our seniors then deliver them to the food pantry and help out with any sort of reorganization they need. It is generally a huge success. We also help out with several other service projects that pop up here and there (landscaping, clean-up, etc.)

Clinton Central is looking for at least 1 but up to 3 opponents for an 11on11 Thud date this summer at our place (just outside of Frankfort). Looking at a date of either July 20 or July 23. We should have enough for JV reps as well. If interested, contact HC Justin Gardiner - justin.gardiner@clinton.k12.in.us

I am a second year head coach and I am trying to get our players more involved in our community.We do not have a great history at Edinburgh (most know this), but our fans have always be in the stand supporting us no matter what. We did a cemetery clean up last year and I am wanting to get more ideas. My goal is to take 1 Saturday a month for June through October to do an community service project. I would like to know what are some of your guys ideas are.

This was the original request. I feel my reply met that standard.

not yet. Been playing on the same 100 bucks since end of January I can spend that in HOT Minute other places

Does this one count? https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-calls-chuck-todd-sleeping-son-of-a-bitch/2018/03/10/cb2bc654-24c1-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_video.html or this one? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/22/donald-trump-nfl-national-anthem-protests You are right though, two wrongs don't make a right. It is a shame that the top elected position in this country has been reduced to such nonsense. Fan of him or not, there is a way to address political opponents that seems to have vanished quickly.

The start of the summer horror movie season is earlier than usual. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-slams-federal-reserve-pathetic-slow-moving-tweet-rates-coronavirus-2020-3-1028981439

Are we going to need to send in the online betting intervention team? 😃

Yep ... although retirement's a little closer. Gotta admit though, in my younger day's when I used to day trade, there was an "addictive" level to it. Nowadays, I'm addicted to watching my dividends reinvested.

I've seen/read where players from the football program help clean up the bleachers/seats after other sporting/school events. I love seeing that because it gives them a better sense of all the contributions that are made for them to play when they take the field themselves.

Thanks guys! It worked.

Congrats to the Miners and the Cardinals on Sectional titles. The Miners struggled again this weekend. At this point... I think we faced off with two teams that had a plan of attack for the Miners. It doesn't hurt that we have already played these teams on top of the countless scouting trips and tape watched by these coaches. Both North Knox and South Knox had solid plans and guys step up to make plays. I would think there is plenty of evidence on some of our weaknesses. Yet even with that said... and without playing particularly well... and NK and SK playing at least above their usual level... we keep rolling. After watching the last few weeks of "inconsistent" play by the Miners... I have noticed something that seems to be a part of each lead we lose. Is it just me... or do we have guys that get too involved in little measuring contests in the game. Some are against the opponent... some within our own team. Watch an opposing player make a big play... or talk a little trash... We immediately come down and try to make a contested fade away 3 in that players face. Great when we hit it... not so much when we miss. 3 or 4 times over the weekend we fell prey to dumb shots followed by long rebounds and fast break baskets by the opposing team. 4-6 point turnarounds when we were building a lead. Then we have the "Me" moments within our own team. Some players take difficult shots... others seem to be missing out on their shot quota... so they fire one up. Same type of things happen... we miss... other team capitalizes... lead evaporates. We are unbelievably talented, but our mental and physical toughness is inconsistent. Bright spots... Drew Smith offered some big minutes. He plays physical defense... he can handle the ball... he makes the right basketball plays. He still looks a little uncomfortable when looking to score. I'd like to think that will work itself out. Pyne was maybe the most consistent Miner Friday and Saturday night. He stayed out of foul trouble and provided some great scoring along with great defense. He is one of the few guys that can get scrappy when teams get physical. He looks like he enjoys it just a little bit. The freshman duo of Hart and Cook made a few shots, but also seemed to hang back too much. Especially Hart... most teams don't have the defenders to guard Hale and Fougerousse... they are even less likely to have another defender to handle Hart. Kip has really struggles offensively... Yet... he makes a huge 3 and 2 FT's late to win the Sectional... I don't see a return to Indy if he can't get going consistently. Lincoln has had moments of D1 level awesomeness... then long stretches of questionable shots. He still holds the ball too long... and he is never looking at the roll man when he has a pick and roll.... or if he does... it is too late. He also can score 15-20 points in a quarter when he gets going.

CONCUR!!

Congrats to the Cardinals... I was hoping WRV could knock them off, but I had major doubts. Looks like their 1st game match up is a winnable game against Indy International... Greenwood Christian looks like a tough one if they get past Oldenburg. Greenwood Christian beat International by double digits earlier in the year. If Bloomfield beats them by a similar amount... maybe they can knock off a team with just one loss.

This could go horribly wrong. Remove everyone's snow shovels and then the snow comes back?!?

Flags Across America is a great project.

I totally agree! I’m in favor of community outreach: see the folks at a nursing home, maybe a day care center. Just get to know the people...

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I think you underestimate how much he did for that Bosse program. It's a struggle to get people to show up much less try and win games. On top of that he had to do a bunch of work in youth football development. The record doesn't indicate his ability to coach. He took a 2-8 team into sectionals and took 11-1 Big 8 Champs Boonville to the wire in 2018.

One of the recent seasons, LN won a sectional title in 11 of their 17 sports. They are almost always in the middle or upper in the conference in other sports. Outside of the main sports of football and basketball, schools like BD, WC, and Pike are generally the bottom of the conference. This includes tennis, swimming, cross country. softball, etc. If you frame of reference is only football and basketball you are not seeing the entire picture.

Do you ever have anything of value to add to any discussion? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/

All of these Indiana football palaces pale in comparison to what IMHO is the best high school football venue in the country: Fleur De Lis field in Greenfield, Illinois.

Answer - BECAUSE THEY ARE RATS!!!

In Indiana at it's lowest rate in 10 years using available data: https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/?activeTab=graph&currentTimeframe=0&startTimeframe=10&selectedDistributions=black&selectedRows={"states":{"indiana":{}}}&sortModel={"colId":"Location","sort":"asc"}

Where are the correct statistics?

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-world/nbc-10-i-team-cop-retires-after-22-years-on-sick-leave What a huge waste, all funded by local taxpayers. And this is one of those prime examples of how businesses are more efficient than governments. Year one of a sick leave that it’s never going to end a business would have worked out a way to pay this guy off to leave or let him retire early to at least lower their payouts. Businesses want to be generous, but they are not endless founds of entitlement cash. The problem with unions, especially public sector unions like this cop was with, is that they teach their members to think of everything like an entitlement. I bet he spent those 22 years telling himself that it was his <insert deity here> given right to that paycheck. The police force should care for its members that were hurt on the job, but a staph infection is not an injury. Maybe he can’t walk his beat anymore, but his brain is still good (if he ever had one) so he could have gotten a new job doing something else where he didn’t need to walk a beat.

Are these stats the correct ones? https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

https://www.cato.org/blog/one-image-capture-unending-complexity-h-2a-visa-program

What would have made the United States of America more prepared for something like Covid-19?

Guess I picked the wrong time to start reading the book Station Eleven........

Obama's former top economist says Congress should immediately send $1,000 to every American adult to stimulate coronavirus-stricken economy: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/obama-economist-congress-send-check-money-adults-coronavirus-economy-stimulus-2020-3-1028981543 Why yes, just throw more "free money" at people to solve a problem. And I'm sure it won't hurt Mr. Trump's reelection chances at all. And I never did cash that check from Dubya back in 2008. May still have it in a drawer somewhere....................

WL teachers: Share school referendum money with charters? Outrageous, legislators: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/opinion/letters/2020/03/09/wl-teachers-share-school-referendum-money-charters-outrageous-legislators/5007114002/ Amusing how those who want to just perpetuate the status quo get all up in arms when real, valid alternatives come to exist. If the co-presidents of the West Lafayette Education Association really cared about "Hoosier students deserving a premier education" they would realize that one size does not fit all, and charter schools exists so that parents like themselves can choose.