February 11, 2010 Page 3
Random Super Bowl thoughts
Hello.
Well. another winter day!
Minus fifteen this morning. Wind
out of the northwest. Wind chill of
minus forty. Groundhog says six
more weeks of winter.
I'1l bet you dollars to donuts
that there is more than six weeks
of winter left.
1 think our snow is so deep, and
cold, that if it turned to eighty
above, we would have six more
weeks of blowing snow.
Now this is the day after the
Super Bowl.
As a kind of Viking fan, 1 didn't
really care who won. Because.
after the Vikings called time out.
and then sent twelve guys into the
huddle a couple weeks ago, it is
hard to think anything but. "what
if?".
But it was a darn good game.
And I was up a little late. So with
my mind kind of mushy, I searched
through some old columns and
found one from a Super Bowl four
years ago. It kind of explains my
outlook on football...
I am writing this on Super Bowl
Sunday. Super Bowl Forty. Or
XLV. or XVL, or something like
that. I never did understand why
we have to use the Greek numbers
for Super Bowls.
I am sure it is not because the
players are intellectual persons
who study Aristotle and converse
in Greek. And to tell the truth.
maybe Aristotle was Latin. I get a
little mixed up with my philoso-
phers. But. oh well to each their
own.
Anyway, I am writing this in
the early morning hours before the
game begins.
Now. I am a football fan. Not a
die-hard, never miss a Sunday fan.
but I do follow the sport to an
extent. And as lofig as Terry
Bradshaw is quarterbacking the
Hat Tips
By Dean Meyer
i didn't really care
who won. Because,
after the Vikings
called time out, and
then sent twelve
guys into the hud-
dle a couple weeks
ago, it is hard to
think anything but,
"what if?".
Steelers,
I am not giving up. Cause he is
a rancher you know. So you have
to cheer for him. Actually, Shirley
and TelTy are friends. They flew
together to some cattle meetings
years ago. So. ! kind of consider
him close enough to come to
Thanksgiving.
Oh. oh. Shirley .just came by
and informed me that Terry is no
longer with the Steelers.
Wish 1 had that hundred that I
bet back.
We are leaving for Oklahoma
today to look at some cattle and
pick up a trailer. I don't know why
I picked Super Bowl Sunday to
drive, but I think it is a sub-con-
scious thing.
You know. how sometimes you
scratch before you even itch. Or
you wake up in the night for no
reason and the house is on fire.
Things j ust happen.
Shirley calls it fey. I remember
taking a Faye to the prom. but that
is another story.
When I turned down a couple of
invites to Super Bowl parties.
well, actually only one. and you
had to pay to go, and it was at a
relatives.
I was accused of being un-
American for not attending a party
and watching the game. I think I
did it because of all the disappoint-
ments that have rained down upon
my shoulders in past Super Bowls.
The Vikings four losses. The
missed extra point by the Rams
that cost a Super Bowl. The
"miraculous reception" and the
home run by Bobby Thompson.
I remember being in Nebraska
in a poker game. And a bunch of
guys drinking beer and deciding
we should bet a thousand dollars
on the Vikings cause Bud Grant
was the greatest coach ever. Now.
the beer is gone. Bud is gone, the
thousand dollars is gone. and it
looks like the Vikings are pretty
well gone.
The last game I had a lot of
interest in was the college champi-
onship this year. USC and Texas. I
wish it had been on earlier in the
evening. For me, Jeopardy is late
night TV. But I stayed up to watch.
With USC leading by 12 and five
minutes to go, I knew the game
was over and went to bed.
In the morning I flipped on the
TV to find i had missed the filost
exciting finish in college football
since Flutie ran for that touch-
down. Or threw, or whatever.
against Notre Dame.
So this afternoon, as I am driv-
ing across the northern plains.
headed for Oklahoma. for your
sake.
I hope it was a good game. I
will be listening to Sinatra on the
CD player. Unless of course, we
stop at a bar to watch the game.
Maybe we would have time for
one beer and some chicken wings!
Later, Dean
Courthouse
News
The following are cases closed
in Southwest District Court in
Billings County during January:
Speeding: Jerald Howard.
Glendive. Mont.: Andrew Mvhra.
Winthrop, Wash.: Duane Safer,
Mandan: Michele Goehel.
Wiltiston: Wayne Mcnaboe.
Williston: Theresa Miller. Sheridan,
Wyo.; Jay Underwood. Vernal,
Utah: Constantine Romanyshyn.
Fairfield: David Smolnikar.
Bozeman. Mont.: Johnny
McDonald Jr.. Dickinson: James
Ryan. Valley City; Christopher
Bosma, Bismarck: Chance Innis,
Williston: Brian Allex, Watford
City; Alec Black. Arborfield, Sask.:
Kelsey Reidle. Fairview. Mont.;
Brandon Wistrom, Big Lake,
Minn.: Matthew Mancuso, Fort
Worth. Texas; John Kostelecky,
Dickinson; Travis Cooper, Lincoln,
N.D.: Casey Preuit. Gillette, Wyo.:
Cory Filler. Drake, N.D.: Kevin
Huschaka. Hope, N.D.: Gerald.
Reighard, Williston: Jeffrey
Schafer, Bismarck: Anthony Vaira,
Lambert. Mont.: Randy Reiman II:~
Bowbells: Cheryb ,,~ Maynard..~,
Watford City; Andrew Meier.
Dickinson: Stuart Dolan. Ray;
Douglas Nordby, Watford City.
Care required in operating a
vehicle: Brian Stevens, Dickinson:
Josh Hardin. Dickinson.
Reckless driving: Jacubus
O'Kennedy. Fullerton, N.D.
Drove without operator's
license: Kelsey Reidle. Fairview.
Mont.,
Sheriff's reports
Golden Valley County Sheriff's
Department summary of calls for
the county for January:
Accidents. 4: Ambulance Crew
Assists, 1: Bank Alaml, 1: Erratic
Driving, 1: Horses on Roadway, 1:
Motorist Assist. 4; Simple Assault.
2: Theft. 1: Trespassing, 1. Written
Warnings: Speeding, l,
Speeding/No proof of Insurance. 1 :
Speeding, 3.
Calls for the City of Beach:
911 Hang Up Calls, 1 ;
Accidents. 4: Ambulance Crew
Assists. 4: Criminal Mischief. 3:
Disorderly Conduct, 1: Dogs at
Large, 4: Driving without
Insurance. 1: Possible Identity
Theft, 1: Possible Sexual Assault.
t: Possible Theft, 1: Possible
Underage Drinking, 1 :
Public Assist, 1; Suicidal
Subject, 2; Vehicle Fire, 1: Warrant
Served, 1.
Written Warnings: Failed to
Dim Lights/No Registration
Card/No Proof of Insurance. 1;
Citations: Care Required, 1: Front
Seat Passenger not belted. 1 ; Failed
to Provide Child Restraint. 1: and
failed to provide child
restraint/driver and three'passen-
gers not belted, 1.
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