Spartan Hot Dogs Taste Good

The best snack bar on a Friday night is at CUHS. The Booster Club and Band Parents join together to have the best food. The burritos are awesome! Shaved ice is refreshing on a hot football night. Kids love the cotton candy and everyone loves the Kettle Corn. It is fun to be a Spartan Football supporter!

Half Time on Cal Jones Field

The best show in the Imperial Valley

on a Friday night is on the Cal Jones Field. The Great Spartan band, drill team and tall flags always have anoutstanding performances. The fans from visiting schools always have a positive comment about the the half time. Many of the visitors have told me that this is the best high school band they have ever seen.

Friday Night Lights on Cal Jones Field

The Spartans break the run through to the sound of the "Great Spartan Band" playing the Bull. This Friday night was a CIF game between CUHS and Steele Canyon of San Diego. The Spartans fell 20-33 to a bigger, faster and stronger team, but they left it all on the field.

Ding Dong Central has the Bell

Central scored first and then held Brawley scoreless until there was only one tick left on the
clock before half time. The Brawley QB threw a 30 yarder to the end zone for a Brawley score. The second half was scoreless until the fourth quarter when Brawley scored, and missed the extra point. The Spartans fumbled in the end zone and the Wildcats took over the ball on the 20. However, we finally came back and scored, and after being "iced" our kicked missed the extra point and the score is 13-13. We regained possession with 54 seconds and with 37 left on the clock our kicker kicked a 40 yard field goal. The defense held and the final score was CUHS 16 and BUHS 13. Thus ended the 63rd Bell Game.

The Star Spangled Banner

The flag waved in the breeze as the BUHS band played.

The coin toss

Brawley won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.

The Crowd

Once again the Bell Game drew a large crowd. It is estimated that 7000 were in attendance.

The next Geezer hike

The next Geezer trip is planned for Wednesday, December 10, 2008. We will be going to visit Indian Pass and Three Arch Hill. This site is located in the desert east of El Centro and just west of Yuma (about a one hour drive from EC). We will be visiting the abandonded mines at Tumco, aboriginal trails, petroglyphs and other cultural sites. One of the arches is named Hag's Tooth Arch. The hike or in this case a walk is about forty-five minuets one way, however, including exploring the area and stopping to eat it will be an all day trip. When we return I will post some pictures.

YEP, I'm a Geezer, and proud to be one!

'Geezers' are easy to spot: At sporting events, during the playing of the Star Spangled BANNER. Old Geezers remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them. Old Geezers remember the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor , Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War 1950-55, The Cold War, the jet age and the moon landing, the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005 the Jet Age and the Moon Landing, not to mention Vietnam, If you bump into an Old Geezer On the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Geezer on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Geezers trust strangers and are courtly to women. Old Geezers hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection. Old Geezers get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth on TV or in movies or in e-mails. Old Geezers have moral courage. They seldom brag unless it's about their grandchildren. It's the Old Geezers who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country. This country needs Old Geezers with their decent values. We need them now more than ever. Thank God for Old Geezers! Pass this on to all the Old Geezers you know.

"Original Barracudas"

Sarah Palin has nothing on the original Barracudas. Chuck named the five of us that back in 1968.

Hollywood, da,da,da,da,da, Hollywood

My dog is much cuter than Paris Hilton's dog.

Hope the good guys win

This is a picture of me and the "BELL". The bell game is the longest continuous high school rivalry football game played in the United States. The bell game started between CUHS and Brawley high school in 1943. The two teams play the final league game of the year for bragging rights for another 365 days. This game is not only played for the bell, but usually ends up also being played for the league championship.

This is Patches my kitty cat. One night before a football game, and when she was only a small kitten, she was hanging around my car. I said, "if you are still there when I go home, I will take you with me." Being one to keep promises and finding her sitting by my car after the game, I took her home. Upon arriving home I found her covered with about one million flees. I left her in the box in my garage, and then drove to the market and bought some flee dip. I dipped her that night! The next morning I gave her a bath and then took her to the "Vet" to be checked out.

As you can see, she is still with me. She is a very loving cat, but also likes to wake up early. She will push everything off of the night stand until she wakes me up. After she is fed, she too will go back to sleep.

This is Lacey, my killer dog. She wakes me up at approximately 4:30 a.m. every morning and wants to eat, then she goes back to sleep and leaves me wide awake.

She is a minature Doxie and weighs about 9 pounds.

She is very stubborn, but also very sweet.

This is a picture of me on a wall mural drawn by students of Beth Benavents art class.