Thoughts on Earl

Just got done watching The Weather Channel for about an hour. This hurricane will "pack a wallop" for Long Island, Cape Cod and the Islands. Wow! Let's just hope it does not stray too far inland -- say to the Town of Poughkeepsie hamlet of New Hamburg, around the vicinity of one BOWDOIN PARK.

I cannot thank Coach Terry Horton enough for his amazing and continued dedication to the Bowdoin course. He was out there again today, sweating under the hot sun, burning through cans of paint and flagging the course in all areas except by the playground -- where children not unlike my youngest son James would gladly yank those suckers out of the ground just for the fun of it.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Terry should be on the County of Dutchess payroll, for all the work he does on that course.

Oh, and not to mention that he is scoring the race, putting together the race packets, and securing officials for the finish line. Other than running the course himself -- which a few years ago he could have done quite well, thank you -- there's pretty much nothing he's not doing with regards to our fancy home meet on Saturday.

So for Terry's sake, for our sake, and for the sake of our visiting teams, I have a personal message to Hurricane Earl: Stay out at sea. Please.