There was a good side effct of having a short Jr team and that is the
very deserving placing of the Check Jr's. Allthough we may have edged
them out if we had a 3rd member their performance was inspiring to
watch and they very much earned their first place finish and the
smiles on the podium were an inspiration. Even if we muster up a full
Jr team next cycle the Check Jr's will be a tough team to beat!--- In
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ben Saks" <bensaks@...> wrote:
>
> John, Larry, Jim, Doug, Tim, and Justin,
>
> Congratulations to another fine performance at the WC! You all
deserve a
> round of applause for doing such a great job competing for the US.
>
> I have not said anything about the whole Junior Team mess, but now
that its
> all said and done, I feel like I should say a few words about how I
feel. It
> is important to have junior participation in Indoor for two core
reasons: 1)
> Perpetuation of the hobby and 2) Education and Inspiration of our
youth. To
> deny the hobby this right is backwards thinking, to deny children
the right
> to become educated and inspired is immoral. Participating in the WC
is seen
> as the pinnacle of our hobby, and to deny a child this right is
wrong,
> especially if the reason is a financial one. Hopefully the politics
involved
> here with the AMA will not outweigh the moral and educational
values that
> need to be upheld. This is the AMA, not the US government...
>
> John, thanks for the awesome photos of Belgrade, the architecture
is cool.
>
> -Ben Saks
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:27 PM, John Kagan <john_kagan_at_...> wrote:
>
> > Here are some photos I took during the trip. Most of from
around the
> > city. A few are inside the site.
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/user/johnkagan1
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Received on Tue Aug 26 2008 - 10:44:43 CEST