California Recall and More...

Pardon me pholks but I've got to take one more opportunity to comment on this California Recall thing.

Because my dog had to be taken out to poop, the laundry was still unfinished, the garbage had to be hauled and my socks were totally unsorted I missed the first of what will be many I'm sure, not so great debates. Even though only several of the big name candidates were invited and Arnold chose not to attend it's a sure bet that as a candidate I would have not been invited. Even that stripper and other "big" candidates were passed by. More reinforcements that my no-run decision was brilliant.

Even with my serious platform and ideas to get this once-great state back on track I would never have had a chance to mount a serious challenge. More frustration than I could have handled, and I've handled a lot of that. Moving right along:

SPEAKING OF CHALLENGES, some 50 odd (speaking numerically of course) members of the Woodkake Lions Club are attempting to meet the annual challenge of golf in Reno. It has been a tradition for lots of years. One tradition of the three-day excursion is the two-day golf tournament is that the champion takes his winnings to the host-hotel casino crap table then throws them bones. Winning funds go to pay a dinner tab which has at times been bigger than the golfing jackpot. If the dice don't roll right, its more or less a no-host dinner.

The trip always starts early on the day after Labor Day for in recent years the adventure marks the kickoff for the big push for preparing for the Lions Senior Professional Rodeo, held in October. With two rodeos, the other being the fabled Mother's Day Weekend extravaganza, those Woodlake Lions guys enjoy that Nevada challenge. It also makes for good golfing and betting stories over coffee and iced tea at the Outpost restaurant at the Woodlake Airport and Country Chicken eatery.

WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF GOLF AND CHALLENGES I gotta use a few keyboard strokes to tell you about one of my golfing buddies challenges. Jim Whiteside, who lives in Long Beach but spends part of each month at his property in Elderwood has accepted the challenge of trying to play decent golf. He plays senior softball in Long Beach but switches to golf between chores in Elderwood. So far his softball exploits have been more successful. But despite my great experience at golf, Jim has in fact beaten me a couple of times. But when he gets too cocky I make sure we play at least once in Lemoore where the 18th hole always seems to foil him. I may shoot in the 120s there, but beating him on the 18th is even better than getting write-in votes for governor.

VOTING, OF COURSE, IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND but I find myself challenged in attempting make any kind of prediction of what will eventually happen regarding the proposed Visalia Plaza Auto Mall. Trying to guess which auto dealers will do what, where, when and how is about as easy as trying to make sense of this California Recall thing.

Sorry pholks, I tried to stay away from that subject but even would-be-politicians sometimes can't meet the challenge of keeping their mouth shut.

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