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SENIOR NIGHT IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS

It will be senior night tonight as the Colonials play there final home game of the season against Hopewell at 6pm. This years seniors are Kyle Mears, Jonathan Wells, Ben Fulp, Andrew Holt and Geordie Breidenbach. The weather isn't looking to good for tonights game but lets hope it holds off until after the game, but there is a pretty good chance for som strong storms this afternoon. In CD action yesterday Matoaca beat Hopewell 11-5 and Dinwiddie beat Thomas Dale 3-0, I have no word on what Andrew's LL team did last night, maybe Keith can give us an update on that. I talked to Scott last night and he said that he has now been fitted for his tux for the wedding, he said he did have a brief problem before he got the situation corrected with the people at After Hours. I did see fellow blogger Mark at the JV baseball game yesterday, the Colonials JV team lost 13-11 in 8 innings, there was plenty of offense in this won. We had practice last after the JV game and it took over three hours to play there game, we got thru practice around 9:30pm. MICKEY

CD GAMES TODAY
Meadowbrok at Prince George
Thomas Dale at Petersburg
Matoaca at Dinwiddie
Hopewell at Colonial Heights

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
Christy Mathewson

In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established.

Country musician Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 51
Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 43

STOOPID FACTZ !!!

When opossums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.


Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.


Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.


The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

IRWINVILLE GEORGIA

i recently took joy and the kids to the jefferson davis capture site in irwinville georgia. the monument in the picture is suppose to be the exact spot upon which he was captured. it was a pretty neat place.

I DIDN'T SLEEP WELL AT ALL

I have to say that I didn't sleep at all last night, I was still thinking about the 9-4 loss at Prince George. The more I thought about the more I tossed and turned. The only other CD game played yesterday was Meadowbrook beating Petersburg 10-0, the other 2 games Dinwiddie at TD and Matoaca at Hopewell were washed out. The Colonials will play there last home game of the season thursday night against Hopewell weather permitting, it will be senior night for the Colonial seniors. The NWS service is calling for rain tonight and most of thursday. Andrew's LL team will be back in action tonight at Ironbridge Park against the Marlins at 6pm, they will try to make 2 straights wins tonight. I have posted an old photo of AL opening something up, maybe he can tell us what it is. MICKEY

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde

In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.

Sportscaster Pat Summerall is 76
College basketball coach Jim Calhoun is 64
Rock singer Bono (U2) is 46

COLONIALS FALL APART AT PRINCE GEORGE

The CH Colonials went into the the bottom of the 6 with a 3-1 when things fell apart. Prince George scored 8 runs in the inning eroute to 9-4 victory over the Colonials. There was number of events that lead to the Colonials downfall. It does bother me that losing doesn't seem to bother some members of the team, I hate to lose and it bothers me. It just seems that some people just don't seem to care one way or another, I am frustrated. MICKEY

COLONIALS ON THE ROAD TONIGHT

The CH Colonials will be on the road tonight at 6pm against Prince George weather permitting. The sun is trying to out here and there is a bit of breeze blowing and the field at Prince George usually drains pretty well. I have posted a photo collage of this years CH baseball team from the day that Al took some individual shots of the team. My dad didn't start to well this morning when I got up and I didn't have any internet service so I couldn't post an entry until now 9am, plus I fell behind on all the news of the day. In other CD games today Dinwiddie at Thomas Dale, Matoaca at Hopewell, and Petersburg at Meadowbrook. My new team in the NHL playoffs the Carolina Hurricanes now have a 2-0 series lead over the NJ Devils. MICKEY

Less than a foot made the difference between a hero and a bum.
Grover Alexander

In 1980, 35 motorists were killed when a Liberian freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section to collapse.

CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 88
Actress Candice Bergen is 60
Singer-songwriter Billy Joel is 57

STOOPID FACTZ !!

"Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing.


Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck. During that same announcement they identified the professor as "Roy Hinckley."


Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been overmixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.


Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

STOOPID FACTZ !

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.


The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.


The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.


Women blink nearly twice as much as men.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

A SOGGY START TO THE WORK WEEK

Well it started raining pretty steady yesterday afternoon and it's still raining pretty stady here in CH this morning. On the radar it appears that most of the heavy rain is going to move out the area this morning but it they are calling for light rain and drizzle this afternoon as well with temps only around 57. The weather looks pretty nice on tuesday and wed but it is suppose to rain again on thursday as well. Down at Kill Devil Hills since midnight they have had over 2.65 inches of rain and for the month they have had almost 5 inches already. I know we need some rain but we don't need it all once. Keith is in Detroit this week for work and should be sometime friday, I thought he might go see the Tiger play but it appears that they will be on the road this week. Since the Stanley Cup playoffs are going on I thought I would post an old photo of me a Scotts house getting ready to play goal in the driveway of is house. MICKEY

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
Baltasar Gracian

In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola.

Comedian Don Rickles is 80
Singer Toni Tennille is 63
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is 49
Football hall-of-famer Ronnie Lott is 47
Actress Melissa Gilbert is 42
Singer Enrique Iglesias is 31

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME RAIN IS ON THE WAY

Well it looks like it will be getting a bit wet the next two days here in CH. They are calling for some rain this afternoon and there is 90% chance of rain on monday and the temp probably won't make it to 60 on monday, by the looks of the radar it looks like Georgia is getting a pretty good rain this morning. It sounds like Andrew is on a tear at the plate, I guess he listened to me earlier in the year when I gave him some batting instructions. He may be hitting it like Bopper used too but I am the one who gave him some hitting instructions so I will take credit for his great hitting. Andrew's team will be back in action wed night at 6pm at Ironbridge against the Marlins. I went and threw a little batting practice to Preston's LL team yesterday at the A field in CH, Preston thought they needed to see some right handed pitching at practice since they have been knocking him around a bit and I mean that literally. It was good to see JR win again last night, it has been a while since he has won. The Carolina Hurricanes won game 1 over the Devils 6-0 yesterday ending the Devils 16 game winning streak, the Canes looked pretty and I hope that they can keep on winning because I don't like the Devils at all. MICKEY

No matter how long you have been playing, you still get butterflies before the big ones.
Pee Wee Reese

In 1847, the American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia.

NBC newsman Tim Russert is 56

8!8!8!8!8!-JR-8!8!8!8!8!

Devil Rays Win!! Rays Win!

The Rookie Devil Rays defeated the Rookie Phillies tonight by the of score 12-11. The Rays struck early by posting a 3 spot in the top of the first, the big blow was a two run homer by your favorite Devil Ray. Unfortunately, the lead was short lived, as the Philles rallied for 4 runs in their half of the first and as the final score indicates it was see-saw battle the rest of the way.

The Rays own a 12-9 lead in the bottom of the 5th, however things didn't look good for them as the Phillies plated two runs before Rays go the first out, a strikeout by "Big Blue" the machine. The next guy grounded out to the second baseman (who happened to be your favorite Ray) and "Big Blue" then gave up two singles before settling down and getting a strikeout to end the game.

Andrew line: 3 for 3, 3 runs, 3 rbis, HR at the plate. Defensively he recorded an unassisted putout a 1st base and (as mentioned) 4-3 assist in the crucial last inning.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY

Well today is Joy's birthday and she is ?? years old today, I have posted a photo of Joy taken a few years ago while she was visiting Virginia, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY. The weather played havoc last night with the Busch race in Richmond, the race did not end until around 12:30am, here in CH we didn't get the rain they got at RIR. It looks like the weather will be ok for tonight Nextel Cup race, maybe AL will post a photo or two from last nights action. Andrew's LL team will be back in action tonight at 6pm against the Phillies at Ironbridge Park. MICKEY

It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder to lose one.
Chuck Tanner

On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays is 75
Rock singer Bob Seger is 61
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is 53
Actor George Clooney is 45
Georgia Bulldog fan Joy Woodfin ??
Hockey Player Martin Brodeur is 34

District Standings as of May 4

Matoaca - 9-1 (District)13-3 (Overall), .813 winning PCT.
Colonial Heights - 8-2 (District) 12-4 (Overall), .750 winning PCT.
Dinwiddie- 8-2 (District) 11-4 (Overall), .733 winning PCT.
Prince George - 7-3 (District) 10-5 (Overall), .667 winning PCT.
Thomas Dale - 4-6 (District) 4-10-1 (Overall), .267 winning PCT.
Hopewell - 3-7 (District) 4-11 (Overall), .267 winning PCT.
Meadowbrook - 1-9 (District) 3-13 (Overall), .188 winning PCT.
Petersburg - 0-10 (District)1-11 (Overall), .083 winning PCT.

League: 58-61-1 .483 winning PCT.

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!!

You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.


A duck's quack doesn't echo.


The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.


The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."


The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms that are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

COLONIALS WIN13-3

The CH Colonials defeated Petersburg 13-3 in CD action tuesday in 5 innings. The Colonials jumped out to 11-0 lead in the first 2 innings enroute to the victory, not much to say about the win except it was over Petersburg. The Colonials return to action tuesday night at 6pm at Prince George. All the top teams in the CD won yesterday Matoaca, CH, Dinwiddie and Prince George. There might be some rain showers around here today and tonight which could put a damper on things out at RIR, Al said he was going over to RIR this morning to take photos all day. There is someone who reads the blog who has a birthday saturday and you will have to stay tuned to find out who it is. I have posted an old photo of dad from many years ago at Nags Head, he looks like he is mad about someting. MICKEY

AL'S PHOTOS FROM THE PETERSBURG GAME
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_baseball_2006/chhs_vs_petersburg/

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.
Jim Abbott

On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Ann B. Davis Actress (''The Brady Bunch'') is 80
Brian Williams NBC News anchor is 47
Tina Yothers Actress (''Family Ties'') is 33

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.


The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "The king is dead".


Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye."


An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?

ANDREW GOES 3-3, DEVIL RAYS FALL 13-11

Well Andrew went 3-3 last night but the Devil Rays fell to the Astros 13-11 in LL action at Ironbridge. The score went back and forth a couple of times but in the end the Devil Rays could not stop the Astros hitting attack. The Devil Rays will be back in action action saturday night at 6pm against the Phillies at Ironbridge Park. The CH Colonials will return to action this afternoon against the Peterburg Crimson Wave at 4:30pm at Shepherd Stadium. The TD Knights will play the Matoaca Warriors at the same time at Thomas Dale. The Nascar Busch and Nextel Cup Series are in Richmond this weeeknd, Al will be taking pictures at both events so we should have some photos to post on the blog from the races. In the NHL playoffs the top 4 teams in the Western Confernce all have been eliminated in the 1st round, I think that nay of the remaining could win the Cup. It looks like it will be sunny and around 84 at gametime today. MICKEY

PHOTOS THAT AL TOOK AT THE DINWIDDIE GAME
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_baseball_2006/chhs_vs_dinwiddie/

CD GAMES TODAY
Matoaca at Thomas Dale
Hopewell at Prince George
Meadowbrook at Dinwiddie
Petersburg at Colonial Heights

The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.
Demosthenes

In 1904, the United States began building the Panama Canal.

Country singer Randy Travis is 47
Dawn Staley Basketball player is 36

STOOPID FACTZ !!!

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.


Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.


All porcupines float in water.


The reason some firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is a boxing ring square?

COLONIALS FALL 8-6 TO DINWIDDIE

The CH Colonials lost yesterday afternoon to Dinwiddie 8-6, with the loss the Colonials fall back to a second place tied with Dinwiddie in the CD. The Colonials fell behind 6-0 early and were never able to catch up and we just didn't play well at all. The only bright spots for the Colonials were a pair of HR's one by Geordie Breidenback a 3run HR and one by JD McCarty a 2run HR. I have to say that I didn't sleep well last night because I know that we can play better than we did yesterday. The Colonials will return to action thursday afternoon at 4:30pm against Petersburg at Shepherd Stadium. The TD Knights defeated the Meadowbrook Monarchs 9-3 in CD action tuesday to complete a sweep on the Monarch on the season. In the other big game in the CD Matoaca deafeated Prince George 7-6 in 8 innings. The Carolina Hurricanes advanced to the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with 2-1 OT victory over Montreal, the Hurricanes will play the NJ Devils in the second round. MICKEY

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard

In 1921, West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.

Singer James Brown is 73
Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 70
Singer Frankie Valli is 69
Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 60
Country singer Shane Minor is 38

STOOPID FACTZ !!

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.


A snail can sleep for three years.


All polar bears are left-handed.


Non-dairy creamer is flammable.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

COLONIALS BACK AT HOME THIS AFTERNOON

The CH Colonials will return home this afternoon at 4:30pm against the Dinwiddie Generals. The Colonials enter the game 6-1 in the CD, while the Generals are 6-2 in the CD. Dinwiddie gave the Colonials there only CD loss earlier in the season 6-2 at Dinwiddie. In another big CD game today the Prince George Royals will travel to Matoaca. The TD Knights will play at Meadowbrook tonight at 6pm. Jimmy Johnson won yesterdays rained delayed race at Talladega, I would have rather seen someone else win. The best team in the NHL during the reagular season the Detroit Red Wings were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs last night in the 1st round by the Edmonton Oilers, Carolina can when there series tonight with a win in Montreal. I have posted a team photo of the 2006 CH Colonials baseball team. MICKEY

How many successful people have you ever heard say, 'I just make it up as I go along?' I can't think of one.
Mike Ditka

In 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died eight days later.

Country singer R.C. Bannon is 61
Country singer Ty Herndon is 44
Wrestler-actor The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) is 34
Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 21

STOOPID FACTZ !

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.


Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.


Butterflies taste with their feet.


Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.


STOOPID KWESTION : why do people fishing from the shore throw their baited hooks toward the boats as far as they can, and people in the boats throw their baited hooks toward the shore?

WELL IT'S THE FIRST OF MAY

Well today is the 1st day of May and before you no it summer will be here and school will be out again. It seems like this school year has flown by for some reason. I got fitted for my tux yesterday and it appear that some high school had prom this weekend, I have never seen so many teenagers bringing back tuxes at one time. The Nextel Cup race yesterday was washed out and will run taday at noon, it will be a short week for all the race teams because this weeks race in Richmond is saturday night. Most of the teams are testing at Charlotte this week also so it will be a short but a very busy week also. The Colonials will be back in action at 4:30pm tuesday at Shepherd Stadium when the Dinwiddie Generals come to town. I Have now decided to root for the Carolina Hurricanes for the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs since the Rangers are out. I have posted an old photo of Al and Keith with a clown, I don't know where this photo was taken at. MICKEY

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde

On May 1, 1931, the 102-story Empire State Building in New York City was dedicated.

Former astronaut Scott Carpenter is 81
Singer Rita Coolidge is 61
Country singer Tim McGraw is 39
New York Jets running back Curtis Martin is 33