South Bend, Indiana; Jan. 16, 2008

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People in the News

▪Deb Baker has completed her CNA training and passed the certification exam.
▪William Battice’s name was misspelled in yesterday’s paper. William is back at the Center after a 10-day stay at St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
(Elementary journalism lesson: never assume a name or word is spelled like it sounds. Ask or look it up.)
(Please pass on any newsworthy people happenings to Uncle Ron. The Herald will not publish your name without your permission. Thank you.).
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Election 2008

Michigan Primary: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney became the third Republican candidate to win a primary yesterday.
Romney, a native of the Wolverine state and son of former Michigan Governor George Romney, received 39% of the GOP votes to 30% for 2000 winner John McCain. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was third with 16%.

Herald Sports

Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: It should not be assumed (we saw what happens when we assume back in “People in the News”) that Roy and Dale’s (Rogers) life together was a bed of roses (or bluebonnets since Dale was from Texas) in their 50-plus years of marriage.
For instance Dale was very upset when Roy had the original Trigger (there were several generations), Buttermilk, and Bullet the Wonder Dog stuffed for display in the family museum. Buttermilk, after all, was Dale’s horse. She threatened to have Roy stuffed and mounted on Trigger. Roy said that was fine as long as he was smiling. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view) when the sad time came to make Roy’s final arrangements it was discovered that human taxidermy is illegal.
There was also the melee at the Rogers Ranch that threatened to bring the house down. Dale sought out Dad for backup only to discover that Roy was right in the middle of the ruckus, so she did the only thing she could do. She grabbed her snubnose .38 revolver. Fortunately a warning shot sufficed to show everyone that Dale meant business. (Nowadays if you fired a warning shot to get your kids’ attention it would probably be considered child abuse.).
Tiller Exiled to His Ranch (see how that segues): Meanwhile back at Boilermaker Country Head football coach Joe Tiller is being exiled to his ranch after next season. His successor, former assistant Danny Hope, is already on board. Hope was the head coach at Eastern Kentucky last season.
Tiller did restore Purdue’s reputation as a mecca for future NFL quarterbacks. Two of his former students, Kyle Orton of the Chicago Bears and Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints started for their opposing teams in the final game of the season recently. Orton’s Bears came out on top.
Senior Curtis Painter broke a Boilermaker single-game record held jointly by Orton and Brees in Purdue’s 51-48 Motor City Bowl victory over Central Michigan.
Painter appears to be a good prospect to carry on a Purdue NFL QB tradition that includes Brees; Orton; Dale Samuels, who played for the Chicago Cardinals; Len Dawson, who won AFL and Super Bowl Championships with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (same franchise); Bob Griese of the 17-0 Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins; Mike Phipps, who was unbeaten in three tries against Notre Dame before leading the Bears to the playoffs; Gary Danielson; Mark Herrman; Scott Campbell; and Jim Everett
Bob DeMoss, the first of the great Boilermaker QBs didn’t have a long NFL career but he tutored some of those future pros in a 22-year coaching stint at his Alma Mater.