The next place for walking 🚶‍♂️happened at the Rest Area on I-40, just before Hickory, North Carolina. That set things up nicely for a stop ✋️ at the Hickory Motor Speedway, where our Dakota is set to race 🏁 one week from today.

I’m not sure of my schedule for next Saturday yet, but anytime I can try to move the needle for the Walls family, I do my best to do so.

We are proud to play a small role in their efforts and are thrilled about next Saturday !!!

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity….

Principal Chuck Thompson is THE gatekeeper to The Hill ! I miss out on some folks wanting to visit my site because of non-negotiable appreciation for both The Man 👨 and his job !

I am okay with that because I want to stand for something, not become popular. Mr Thompson has a job that most people think that they could do better than him, and I can only pray for those folks.

The task of being held accountable for the number of people, young and old, that he is required to care about on a daily basis is unfathomable. That is what I call a S.A.T word, and I was lucky to spell it correctly.

Folks should view the position in the same manner that they do the pilot on their flight ✈️. To root against your pilot just lacks common sense.

When we honored 🎖 Mr Thompson this year, there was no better place to do it than Cavalier Park because over there, we have more than a few card carrying members of the ” We support Chuck ” club !

Cavalier Park is a special place, in the same manner as Tommy Thompson Field and Bill Worrell Field. Any day that Mr Thompson has the time to cross the Boulevard, it makes it just that much more special !

Fifty years of dealing with athletic directors and various levels, there are certain characteristics that you hope and pray 🙏 for. Two of them that top the list are caring and consistency, and our Kevin DeHaven possesses both of those in abundance !

I don’t think a person can ” fake ” caring about people, and if Mr. DeHaven has had a bad day, I wasn’t around to witness it.

Yesterday afternoon, when I was able to capture the video 📹 of Brenden Fariss clearing the bar on the High Jump, the one that landed him in the Top Ten, I immediately thought about who should I send it to ? It was a short list, it went on my site, and it went to Mr DeHaven.

One of the things that makes the world 🌎 a better place is the unconditional love and support Kevin receives from his Bride 👰‍♂. While our paths don’t cross that often, anytime I see Mrs DeHaven, I immediately think about fortunate we are to have them as a package deal !

While I couldn’t pick his Mother out of a crowd, I greatly appreciate your opinion of my writing ! It fuels ⛽️ the fire 🔥!!

In the springtime, our paths are even further separated because Baseball is his baby, and my first ❤️ is softball, but I would like to think that we have mutual respect for each other.

The Hill is in good hands 🙌 because of the DeHavens, Mom included !

Now, here’s the tough part for me. Yes, I dreamed about folks waking ⏰️ up to the site and reading this type of support, but the reality is I’m dependent upon sending a link to the correct person so it can be shared on social media.

Now, who else out there feels the same way I do about the first couple of Cavalier sports ?

Samantha Reed, maybe Deana Burcham could be?? I’m pretty sure that Casey Burcham feels the same way, but like me, he doesn’t spend time on social media. Rick Nester again falls into the category of Casey.

Kevin doesn’t have a Nike shoe contract and probably makes .18cents per hour and he is good at his job !

Whoever ends up with this capsule, please get it to his Momma, I know she will like it !