The One Year Anniversary of My Mom's Death

A Year ago this day, i was met with the saddest news my heart could bear. News no one wishes to hear. That my dear Mother had passed away. it came as a shock to all who knew her. Eight hours earlier  around 1 AM  on September 9, 2012 seconds before I went to bed, which it would be the last time that I would live on 440 Rosewood Court in Mansfield, Ohio and with my mom before her death, I saw her in pain. My mother would ask me to go get two ice paks for her back. Then I went to bed afterwards.

The Next Day I watched My Mother Die. I called Some of my Famliy Members inculding my grand parents, my elder grandparents. then called 9-1-1, then I called my dad and I said that i need to live with my dad in Hudsonville,Michgan. A week later just two days after my mom's funeral i moved to Hudsonville,Michigan.

One year later, my heart still aches for the loss, cries out for the life and love it misses dearly. Mom, i miss you so much. I hope your wings you've gained are giving you the freedom you sought so dearly in life. I love you more than any of these words could eloquently express. Rest in Peace, My Dear Mother and know that you are still loved and missed dearly.

I Took Some Photos of My Mother's Grave on September 2, 2013
 
 
Sharon Kay Watts- Betts December 16, 1958- Spetmber 9, 2012

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Remerbering Bud Smith

Yesterday Bud Smith, My Elder Grandpa passed away from cancer, Our Thoughts and Prayers Goes to The Smith and Betts Families. This Weekend I am Planning to go to Ohio To attend his funeral. I will keep you informed on what date, time and location of the funeral will be.

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Makhaela Jenkins of Baltimore, Ohio kicked off school's football team because she's a girl

• By: Casey Weldon, WCPO Digital

BALTIMORE, Ohio - A 12-year-old’s dream of playing football for her school has been sidelined by a central Ohio school district because she’s a girl.

Makhaela Jenkins, of Baltimore, Ohio, was told Tuesday that she’s ineligible to play for her middle school football team because the Liberty Union-Thurston School District does not allow females to play contact sports. The list of sports girls are not allowed to play includes football and wrestling.

The team's coaches gave Makhaela a roster spot and a locker after she spent the previous two days practicing. But district Superintendent Paul Matthews said she is not allowed to participate in any games or contact drills.

Matthews said the district is not violating any rules or regulations, including Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972 . The law reads in part:

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance..,” the document reads.

Under Title IX, all public schools that receive federal funds are required to perform self-evaluations of their efforts to provide equal opportunities based on sex,  according to the Equity Resource Center . School administrators are also required to provide written assurances to the Department of Education that their institutions are in compliance with the guidelines while federally funded equipment and/or facilities are in use.

Matthews said the school district is not violating the policy because the school provides opportunities for girls to play sports.

"We think we have plenty of places for everyone to fit in, but it is simply a choice,” he said about the district’s policy.

Matthews cited a federal law that permits school districts to decide if a girl can play contact sports.

“It is a choice our district has the option to make and that is the choice we have decided to make," he said.

The move came as a surprise to the Jenkins family and other members of the community because Makhaela has played youth football in the Baltimore area for several years without incident. The league where she played was not affiliated with the school district.

Makhaela, who spent the off-season weightlifting to get ready for the upcoming season, said she has earned a spot on the team and wants to play.

The seventh-grader also said allowing her to play would send a social message.

"It sets me apart from everyone else and it lets everyone know it is OK to be different and you don't have to follow what everyone else does," she said.

Some members of the community are asking the district to change its policy. 

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Food Review : Turkey BLT and Corn on the cob, plus Sprecher Fire Brewed Lo-Cal Root Beer

I was eating a Turkey BLT and Corn on the cob and Drinkng Sprecher Fire Brewed Lo-Cal Root Beer.
 last night for dinner.

Our Lo - Cal Root Beer Soda is prepared in a hand-made, gas-fired kettle right at our micro-brewery. By using just a touch of real Wisconsin honey, pure vanilla and a host of botanicals, we produce our rich, rooty flavor and thick creamy head. (Note: contains the sweetener saccharin.) For your optimum enjoyment, serve in frosted mugs.

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Hildebrand firing only a temporary setback

Hildebrand may be down, but not out. The talented young driver will be back in the Indy Car series sooner rather than later.

J.R. Hildebrand lost his job this week.

As usually happens when someone loses their job there has been speculation about who was at fault and what was the final straw.

Hildebrand's critics point out that J.R. failed to bring home the win for Panther Racing at the 2011 Indianapolis 500--rather, he put the car into the wall on the last turn of the last lap on Memorial Day. Nor has J.R. won a race since his first Indy Car race in 2010, with a disappointing total of 5 top-five finishes over 39 starts.

There has been speculation that perhaps the set-up on Hildebrand's car for the 500 this year was not to his liking, and contributed to his Lap 4 exit from the biggest race of the year. Some have speculated that driving at Panther Racing for team CEO John Barnes may not be a bed of roses.

 

J.R. Hildebrand, Panther Racing Chevrolet

Photo by: Rebecca McKay

 There's an old joke that seems appropriate here: Which came first? The chicken or the egg?

Did Hildebrand's relative lack of success at Panther reflect mediocre talent, or was a mediocre car the cause?

Panther Racing has been home to several outstanding driving talents: Sam Hornish Jr. won two series championships there. Dan Wheldon and Scott Goodyear fielded cars for the team during their driving careers. Hideki Mutoh drove to an outstanding Freedom 100 victory at Panther in 2007, and Mark Taylor won the Indy Lights Series championship there.

The team has an unprecedented string of second-place finishes in the Indianapolis 500 from 2008 to 2011, most of them with veteran Vitor Meira behind the wheel.

Barnes has earned the Louis Meyer Lifetime Achievement award from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in recognition of many years of toil at open-wheel racing. He and his family have been at the forefront of efforts to improve Indiana's schools at the elementary education level. For a while, Lincoln Tech was a sponsor on a Panther car--a special treat for Barnes who actually attended the technical school and has helped promote it from time to time.

In his third year of Indy Car racing Hildebrand has accumulated almost as many championship points as proven winner Dario Franchitti has achieved. A top five finish at Long Beach stands as his best accomplishment of the young season. By all appearances J.R. seems to have recovered fully from the torn ACL he suffered at Texas last season.

Hildebrand qualified his car on the inside of the second row at Indy this year. He looked set for a solid run in the race, until his ill-timed early-lap spin and collision with the wall that left him dead last in the race.

J.R. Hildebrand, Panther Racing Chevrolet

Photo by: Eric Gilbert

No doubt it was tough to face an owner and team for the second time in three years with a disappointing conclusion to the Indianapolis 500. No doubt it was a long afternoon in the Panther garages watching from the sidelines as less talented drivers and lesser one-off equipment moved around the oval at speed.

You can't help but like J.R. Hildebrand.

He's a very sincere, plain-spoken young man who's given a decent accounting of himself, on and off the track, in Indy Car since moving into the series full-time in 2011. Of particular note, Hildebrand has distinguished himself by his dedication and service to the National Guard, the primary sponsor of his car.

The singularly deflating "Bill Bruckner moment" in the 2011 Indy 500 will diminish J.R.'s resumé as a driver until the day he retires from racing, or he wins the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. But it shouldn't define a promising young driver's career, and it won't, when Hildebrand inevitably returns to the series with another chance and another team.

Read more at: http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hildebrand-firing-only-a-temporary-setback/

My First Blog

Today Is A new begining to my blog website for me fortunate enough to to type and posting blogs is a dream come true, when i was 11 years old, I wanted to build my own website and 15 years later here I am today buliding my own website. To me it’s Mission Accomplished. This could be easy doing blogs on this day forward on putting the finest work on typing and posting blogs on my website and making it right. Without Reading my blog, none of this will happen, so I will be looking forward to doing blogs about almost anything i can, and it means alot to loyalty. Thanks for reading my blog, Have Yourself A Good One!!!