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June 22, 2008
Yesterday's Carnival
This past April one of Hilliard's school crossing guards was killed (I am tearing up as I type this… why does stuff like this never happen when I'm with my therapist? She might be tickled to see the non-Spock-like me) … where were we?
One of our crossing guards was killed when she ran into the crosswalk to push a child out of the way of a dump truck that then struck them both. Diana Sharp died and the child, eight-year old Christian Engel was seriously injured. According to the Columbus Dispatch it seems to have been a simple case of the truck driver not seeing the pair.
(This is not the best shot of the crowd)
This past Saturday the Sharp-Engel Carnival was held at a park not far from my home. Due to the fact that I have to make three children happy I wasn't able to attend the whole carnival. As it was Samson and I showed up about an hour before it ended.
Now, in all fairness, the only reason I'd have wanted to be at the Carnival the whole time was because I wanted to see McGuffey Lane and Phil Dirt and the Dozers. The fact that we showed up toward the end only modestly affected the amount of money I was able to spend. Well, I guess we did miss most of the raffles — so we could have spent a little more.
But let's not worry over that.
McGuffey Lane was there! In a park close enough for me to walk to! These guys were big enough that I'm surprised they don't have a Wikipedia entry. You must have heard "Long Time Lovin' You," or "People Like You," and if not either of those then most certainly "Bitch" by the Rolling Stones. You can hear some of their music here.
Hmmm. That last link says they have record sales of over 300,000. So, there is a chance that the only song I mentioned above that you might have heard of is "Bitch." Anyway, they're very good and I was eager to see them. For free. At an outdoor venue I could walk to. [For you Brits it would be like The Who playing just down the road from you; or AC/DC for you Aussies; or Rush for you Canadian readers. You know, if any of those groups had record sales of 300,000 and weren't heard from all that much anymore, but brought back very good memories of when you were younger.}
And I got to the carnival too late to see them. Or Phil Dirt and the Dozers, a group that I've somehow only seen once during all my time in Central Ohio, and only for a few minutes then, despite the fact they seem to play almost every night somewhere in Columbus. They're like KISS on a local scale. And they're reportedly very good.
Samson and I were able to see a group with "Scioto" and "Mud" in their name and they rocked us while we powered down some hotdogs, soft drinks and ice cream sandwiches.
Samson and I are chilling after our multi-hot dog meal. You'll notice I'm decked out in three different shades of red.
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Posted by delmer at June 22, 2008 9:50 PM
Comments
awww, that's a great pic!
Do either of those bands sound anything like the Bee Gees? I loves me some Bee Gees. Just sayin'.
Live long and prosper.
Posted by: Ginger at June 22, 2008 11:13 PM
Love the way those reds work together to scream, well, "Red(s)!".
Posted by: Black Hockey Jesus at June 23, 2008 1:56 AM
sorry you missed the bands you wanted to see. but you had hot dogs
Posted by: libragirl/Rachel at June 23, 2008 5:53 AM
Ginger: I believe I'm old enough that Bee Gees, music falls outside of my range of hearing. However, I didn't notice any dogs in distress so I'll guess there weren't all that many high notes being hit. (I'm joking ... I do like some Bee Gees music.)
BHJ: It does give me an old-school Cincinnati look. In a color-blind sort of way.
LibraGirl: Carnival hot dogs make any day a good day.
Posted by: delmer at June 23, 2008 8:56 AM
Thanks for attending the carnival Delmer, it was a successful day. Sorry you missed McGuffey Lane and didn't win the Wii Entertainment Package. I just wanted to let you know that somewhere between $12 and $13K was raised that will be split evenly between the two families. We won't have a final count until today or tomorrow.
Posted by: Scooter at June 23, 2008 9:03 AM
That news story made me choke up. When my brother was six, one of his classmates was struck and killed by a dump truck. We didn't have a crossing guard at that intersection (this was 1984, by the way).
I can forgive the three shades of red.
Posted by: Sue at June 23, 2008 10:08 AM
Delmer are you actually smiling in that photo?!
Samson looks like he's having a fabulous time too.
I obviously have no idea who the bands are that you mentioned - I'm guessing they didn't sing any TLTIND either huh? ;o)
PS. New season of Top Gear started last night - I knew you'd want to know.
Posted by: Lady P at June 23, 2008 12:22 PM
Sorry you missed the band but sounds like a great day with the boys otherwise. : )
Posted by: John at June 23, 2008 12:48 PM
i wonder what it says about me that i didn't even notice the three shades of red until you mentioned them. hehe
but, back to you...thanks for posting the pic of you and your boy. so nice to see you both smiling.
bummer that you missed your band, though. i hate it when that happens.
Posted by: hello haha narf at June 23, 2008 8:43 PM
Scooter: Double the cash goal -- that's good work.
Sue: I choke up each time I reread it.
Lady P: The boys always make me smile. I'll keep an eye open for the new Top Gears. (And if one gets by me the DVR is under strict orders to record the new ones.)
John: It was a beautiful day. It rained just after the carnival ended and by that time the boys and I were watching Get Smart at the theater. (Not bad planning, eh?)
HHN: I think the boys would have like the bands had I been able to get them there. They seem to like a lot of the music I grew up with.
Posted by: delmer at June 23, 2008 9:50 PM