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Friday the 13th of May, was picture Day, Thanks to Donna Wisher for all of the pictures below.

Donna also took many pictures for us in Peoria. April 8th, 2005 and April 15th, 2005

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Bolingbrook, IL 5/13/05

Attendance 22  Report by Beak

Geno Ties it at the Buzzer!

We had the best game in months.  The meaningless game was close all night.  Jeff Lopatka got the Whites off to a quick start with 2 quick goals and his Uncle Dan put them up by 3, but Berserk came back with a pair of legitimate goals.  (He was really at the game this week, not like the Cyber goals that he picked up by e-mail a couple of weeks ago.)  Beak threaded a pass through Tom Morgan's legs that sprung Art for a break away goal.  Sanchez found Butt Heads 5 hole again with a pass that set up Jeff's hat trick.  Jeff scored his 4th goal on a pass from his Uncle Tweedy.  It looked like a Meaningful shut out until Beak camped at the back door and waited for a pass from his son Tweedy.  The pass was right on the tape and Beak banked it past the Kid Goalie.  That looked like the game winner until Geno broke in on the Brain and tied the game with 7 seconds left to play in the game.  Other Red goals by Tommy Z, Mini, Bob Morgan and I can't remember.  Stump brought up the Kid Goalie, Garrett, from Peoria.  He had a good night, even though his referee brother, Ian, tried to give the Whites a couple of goals that never went in. 

Picnic Date is Set for June 25th, 2005

Hacksaw got a call from Evi that our first choice, June 25th, was approved.  The all day picnic will take place at Argonne Picnic Grounds on Cass Avenue, south of I-55.  We will have our Picnic Committee Meeting on Friday, June 3rd at a place to be named later.  We are accepting nominations for the 2005, Klinger Krash Award,  Remember winners must be present at the picnic at 1:00 PM, when the award is presented.  

Jeff and Geno#1 and #2 stars of the game.

Beak waits at the back door for a pass from Tweedy.

Media Guide   5/13/05 Starting Goalies  Garrett Vs. The Brain.

Healthy Scratches: Bill BTW, Brinks, Magoo, Stump, The Goon, Thor, Buckshot, Anvil, Stretch Z, Gilbert, Alien, and The Nailer  Disabled List: The Flea, Beer Nuts and Wheezer.  Retired: Papa Joe and The King.

Friday the 13th was Picture Night! Thanks to Donna Wisher.  She fired off over 300 pictures.

May 13, 2005: Friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, the sort of day you trip on your shoe laces or lose your wallet or get bad news.

But maybe it's not so bad. Consider this: On April 13th--Friday the 13th--2029, millions of people are going to go outside, look up and marvel at their good luck. A point of light will be gliding across the sky, faster than many satellites, brighter than most stars.

What's so lucky about that? It's asteroid 2004 MN4 ... not hitting Earth.

see captionFor a while astronomers thought it might. On Christmas Eve 2004, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley and Don Yeomans at NASA's Near Earth Object Program office calculated a 1-in-60 chance that 2004 MN4 would collide with Earth. Impact date: April 13, 2029.

Right: The orbits of Earth and asteroid 2004 MN4. [More]

The asteroid is about 320 meters wide. "That's big enough to punch through Earth's atmosphere," devastating a region the size of, say, Texas, if it hit land, or causing widespread tsunamis if it hit ocean, says Chodas. So much for holiday cheer.

Asteroid 2004 MN4 had been discovered in June 2004, lost, then discovered again six months later. With such sparse tracking data it was difficult to say, precisely, where the asteroid would go. A collision with Earth was theoretically possible. "We weren't too worried," Chodas says, "but the odds were disturbing."

 


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This is typical, by the way, of newly-discovered asteroids. Step 1: An asteroid is discovered. Step 2: Uncertain orbits are calculated from spotty tracking data. Step 3: Possible Earth impacts are noted. Step 4: Astronomers watch the asteroid for a while, then realize that it's going to miss our planet.

Killer Asteroid! headlines generally appear between steps 3 and 4, but that's another story.

 

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It must be a Peoria Thing. 

When we go there, we get free ice time and free tickets, and Coach Jason Christie thanks us. 

The Wisher family drives up here from Peoria, provides us with a goalie, a referee and over 300 pictures and they thank us.  The following is an e-mail from Donna Wisher:

Beak and Duffers,
 
Thank you for inviting me and my family to play.  We had a great time and it was my extreme pleasure to take pictures.  It's too bad it wasn't a little earlier in the night, otherwise I would have been happy to print out the photos.  Maybe next time, eh?
 
Garrett and Ian have really enjoyed being around you guys and you are a great group.
 
I hope there are good pictures of each of you.
 
Thanks again for the privilege of knowing you all.  Keep me in mind for the next official Duffer's photo night.
 
Blessings,
Donna Wisher
 
PS - Beak, will you please forward this to the rest?  Thanks.

 

 

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