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The contents of the “Weekly Feature” page are provided
to you for your entertainment, amusement, and perhaps information.
Here you may find articles of interest, pictures, historical information
on the Club, or whatever shuffles to the top of the pile on our
desk. The only defined characteristic of this space is that we
will make every effort to change/replace it around the middle of
each week. Thank you for visiting, and please stop by again. Click
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Running out the Clock
Around here, when the clock strikes “September”, (I love a mixed
metaphor) most people’s attention turns to football, and all of the buzz
that surrounds it. The 2012 season started out with lots of comedy fodder generated
by the striking officials that seemed to leave the game in chaos, but didn’t
seem to change my life by any great measure. One feature of pro football that
caught my attention as a recently televised game was drawing to a close, was
the practice of “running out the clock”, where the team in the lead
employs the time-killing strategy to retain their lead while taking no risk.
Granted, those guys probably feel they don’t get paid enough to go that
extra mile/yard without any promise of reward, and I know we’re all sensitive
to their plight, but here in Oakley we use a little different philosophy. As
the season draws to a close at the MMOGTA Showgrounds, instead of taking a knee
and allowing the clock to run out, we all seem determined to pack as much activity
into that last month as we can. As evidence of this fact, I offer the September
events calendar for our club. After Labor Day, the entire month was filled with
two-day weekend events, including the Bridge Crossing, Cement pull, 2 weekend
dead weight pulls, Education Day, and 2 T-Sled points pulls, in addition to our
regular monthly meeting. That’s a busy month, by any definition. Maybe
it’s that Michigan mentality born into us, you know, that little voice
in the back of our heads that keeps reminding us that “winter is just around
the corner”. Whatever the motivation, as the end of the outdoor sports
season approaches, we seem compelled to fill every moment with events, knowing
that soon we’ll be swinging the gate closed on another great year at
the MMOGTA Showgrounds.
I, for one, should certainly welcome a break in the
activity level, given the neglected state of the club’s website in recent weeks. In an attempt to
remedy that situation, we’ll start out this week by bringing you some photos
generated by the recent Fall Classic Cement Pull at the Showgrounds. Further,
it is my plan to spotlight the 2012 Education Day program with a series of photos
taken at that event. (Accessed from the home page). Not wanting my ambitions
to outpace my time, we’ll stop there for this week’s promises, but
in the words of John Phipp (Farm Show guy on TV), “next week, we’ll
be working hard to do even better”.
(click individual photos to enlarge)
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