March 20-24

Friday was the first official day of spring but the weatherman didn't get the memo. A dusting of snow in the morning with cold temperatures was followed by afternoon sun. By late afternoon most of the snow had melted away, in the evening we were at the Nook for indoor hockey playoffs. The four quarterfinal games were played on this night, the semifinals and championship game are on the 27th (every round is a one-and-done). Don has done most of the officiating and daughter Brienna has run the clock but they was absent because Bri was playing in a volleyball tournament in Indianapolis. Devyn refereed all four games in Don's absence, one of Bri's school friends ran the clock. The rest of the weekend was quiet except for the usual Saturday lunch visit with Jenny, on Monday morning I had my taxes done. All of the work is done electronically these days, there was a computer glitch which could only be fixed by the person in charge and she was in a meeting. I went there shortly before 10:00 and didn't get out until 1:00, I would have been done much earlier without the gremlin in the laptop. On Tuesday evening the Lancaster city council had its bi-weekly meeting, the first order of business was the passing of a resolution honoring the McCaskey basketball team for its achievements. Most of the club was able to be there as well as the coaches, Wally and Jamie (as the team's equipment managers) and me. It got very emotional when Brandon Allen took the podium and talked about how inspirational Coach Powell was to the team in light of his own health problems. A lot of people in his position would have taken the year off but Coach Powell lives for what he does. When I first heard of his illness back in the fall someone asked me how he could coach if he couldn't talk, knowing Coach Powell as I do I said "Just watch". Barring any setbacks there's no reason to think he won't be back in full voice by the time the new season starts in November. Take care, thanks for reading.