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The Cannon Run – Lamar’s Home Style Football Gig

There’s no place like home… There’s no place like home… Dorothy speaks the words as she clicks her heels together and travels the distance through dreamland from Oz to Kansas. But there are those of us who need not travel so far as Kansas… We call Lamar, Colorado home. Arriving after a week in the big city, I found myself listening to the boom of the cannon announcing the success of the Savages landing yet another “touch down” and thinking how much fun it is to recognize the only loud noises in town as friendly successes. A few days in the city remind you that not all noise is pleasant or happy, sometimes the sirens announce an accident, a fire, or worse… But the drone of the traffic along the highway, less than a half mile from an apartment can be comforting. It means there are people out there and life as we know it continues, happily. With all the trouble spreading rampant through the news papers, it’s comforting to know there are still people driving to work during rush hour, jobs are still prevalent and the source of the American workforce still meets the need of the public. We’re read more…

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