The Notebook
When the French author Balzac’s uncle died and left him a substantial inheritance, Balzac wrote to a friend: “Yesterday, at five in the morning, my uncle and I passed on to a better life.”
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Darcy Johnson chimed in with a dose of good news.
This Saturday, volunteers from Montrose and Olathe area churches will get together for service projects. It’s part of ShareFest 2006, and is a part of a national ShareFest. Projects include assistance to the elderly, the needy and a food drive.
Info: Darcy, or Mary, 249-4505
Incidentally, Darcy’s brother, Dirk Johnson, is having a good year with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Monday night, in front of a national TV audience, Dirk, a Montrose High School quarterback, had five punts for a 46 yard average. For the season, 17 punts for a 43.1 average. And he’s one of the leading NFL punters in fewest yards returned.
Dept. of incidental (sports marketing) info……
The number one sports endorsement figure in 2005?
Tiger Woods. Nike, General Motors and others paid Woods more than $87 million to be their pitchman and the face of their products, knocking former NBA star Michael Jordan into second place. So say the sports marketers at Davie Brown Entertainment in Los Angeles.
Woods, 30, has won 12 major golf titles, including this year’s British Open and PGA Championship. He’s also won six PGA titles consecutively.
Of golf streaks……
Byron Nelson’s streak of 11 straight PGA victories were recalled last week in eulogies. He died at his Texas ranch at 94. Three anecdotes about Nelson:
Quotable
“No speech can been entirely bad if it is short enough.”
—Irvin Cobb, American author/humorist/columnist
Back to golf…..
The hand-wringers about the Ryder Cup are missing the point, so posits columnist Bob Verdi. The Americans got thumped again by the Europeans in the recent international golf competition.
Americans no longer dominate sports. The U.S. baseball team, which included stars like Roger Clemens and Alex Rodriguez, were whipped earlier this year in the World Baseball Classic by teams from Canada and Mexico. The U.S. basketball team, comprised of NBA stars like Tim Duncan and LeBron James and coached by Duke’s Coach K, were bounced by teams like Greece. World rankings of tennis, both men and women, have just three Americans. Even the international hot dog eating contest is dominated by a guy from Japan.
Beyond Words - the art exhibit and reception sponsored by the Friends of the Montrose Library - will be Saturday, beginning at 7:30, at the Montrose Library.
Correction of the Month
“Virginia H. Krementz died in New Vernon, not Vero Beach, Fla. Dice, tennis balls and playing cards were not placed in her coffin, but elsewhere.”
--Chester (N.J.) Observer-Tribune
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