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 Busy summer for   Rise and Shine in the Dogpound                            end that came apart…left a bit more of a   We all laughed and laughed and laughed…

                                                                                                                well, except this one guy.
                                                                             mystery, since there were 3 parts to attach
 CBC 12U Green   Breaking things                                             but only two would fit.  So I put it together   always, be good, do good, play safe,
                                                                                                                    That is all I have for tonight.  As
                                                                             the best way I could and hoped for the best.
                                                                             I finally got brave enough to take it for a test  and remember, if you break it you might
 Machine  in the Dogpound                                                    spin….and I was stopping every 5 minutes   have to fix it.  JR
                                                                             to check the undercarriage…and every
      By  Walter “JR” Wilson
                                                                             loose.  Good news is that I got my mowing
            ello and welcome back to the   mower over my back 40 when something   noise I heard, I knew the bar was coming
            wonderful “fix-it-world” of the   starts to drag on the ground.  I managed to   done and the bar is still in one piece.  One
      HDogpound.  As you can guess by     drive the mower backwards into the garage,   repair for me!
      my lead-in sentence, things continue to   and a casual review of the undercarriage
      break around the house despite my best   showed that a bar…which I later found out
      efforts to be very careful.  For example….  was called “the blade shield leveler”… had   THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
      the hood support on my car has been in   come lose and jammed in the ground…and,
      my backseat for a month waiting for my   of course, bent beyond repair.  As I have   “Don’t let little stupid things break your
                                                                             happiness.” Dogpound Wisdom
                                          mentioned before….I am not mechanically
 Champions head to   mechanic to run down the little plastic piece   inclined, but I was forced to try my hand
      that holds it in place.  It finally came in and
                                          at repair since my local “go-to” guy was
      the mechanic pushed into its slot and shut
 Hopewell tourney  the hood…but…get ready for it…the hood   no longer in the repair business.  I got on-  QUICKIES
                                          line…found the parts but no YouTube video
      would not close completely.  It was latched,
                                          since the model was made in 2004 and is
      but the hood had a small gap that should
      not be there.  A little investigation showed   now obsolete [my luck!].  I wish I could   An IQ test question given to a banker,
 The Chesterfield Americans are coming off a run as Silver Division champions   that a spot weld on the latch had broken and   adequately describe the part, but there are   an electrician, and a politician was, “What
 of the 2017 Flying Squirrels Youth Tournament as they go to Hopewell this weekend   needed welded back in place.  Not a big   two ends...one is attached by a washer and   term would you use to describe the
 for the Hopewell Optimist Club tournament, and will follow that with the annual   deal but nevertheless one broken item led   cotter pin …the other end, though…the   problem that results when outflow exceeds
 The CBC 12U Green Machine played in the Fifth Annual Flying Squirrels   Colonial Heights Optimist Club BIB tournament. Pictured are Kyle Kasarda, Bryce   to another.  Next up, I am riding my lawn   inflow?” The banker wrote, “Overdraft.”
 tournament, going 2-1.  They will also be playing in the Hopewell Optimist Classic   Gerrald, David Field, Rocco Lobosco , Lucas Davis, Jack McCall,  Aiden Zimmer-  The electrician wrote, “Overload.” The
                                                                             politician wrote, “What problem?”
 later this month, as well as the Colonial Heights Optimist Club's annual BIB tourna-  man, Dale Thompson, Ryan Bethea, Alex Meir, manager Josh Field, coach Lou   I was drinking a margarita when a guy
 ment. Front row from left: Ethan Cross, Zack Lynch, Andrew Schweitzer, Kevin   Lobosco, and coach Dale Thompson.  Not pictured coach Joe Perko, Andrew Perko,   stood up and asked, “Does anyone here
 Hugenberg, Zach Duck, Hunter Biel. Back row from left Bryce Vick, Spencer   Freddy Barber, Malachi Brown, Walter Daniels, and Alex Fitz-Hugh.  know CPR?” Someone else stood up and
 Lloyd, Matthew Chin, Reid Ivy, Nick Weis.  Coaches Lowell Ivy, Mark Hugenberg,   said, “Yeah, I know the whole alphabet.”
 Chuck Duck, Brett Reece. Photo by Kelly Chin.
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