Parking at Bowdoin Park

Most of the time, we only talk about the weather at length when we are complaining about it. How about a round of applause for the month of September, which has provided us with incredibly perfect days for the majority of the month. Nicely done, late summer and early fall! Since we have the good fortune of working outside most of the time, it is worth noting the great weather; heaven knows we complain about it most of the rest of the year.

On Saturday, a group of men's track athletes helped park the multitude of cars that streamed into Bowdoin Park for the big high school cross country meet. Thanks to Nate Lungarini, Kyle Heubner, Nestor Taylor, Tim Johnson and Josh Siegel for doing a great job -- and doing it with such enthusiasm! Dragging college students out of bed early on a Saturday morning when there is not a meet to attend is not an easy thing. They should be lauded for this, especially since it was family weekend. Again, they did great work, and they did it with smiles on their faces and while having a lot of fun. I was filling in for Terry Horton in directing the cars to the orange-shirted men. It was a busy but fun job. Sure, there are rude people who do not like to be told where to go. But for the most part, everyone was cooperative of having to make the long walk down the hill to watch their kids run. Again, the great weather probably played a large part in that.

The reason for Terry's absence at the meet was an excellent one: He was among the first class of inductees into the Arlington High School Athletic Hall of Fame. This makes two halls of fame for Terry, very worthy honors in both cases. It also should be noted that Terry is moving along quite well on his partially replaced knee. New knee. New birthday -- Terry turned 33 (times 2) last Wednesday. New Hall of Fame. It's been a pretty good month for him too!