{"id":3103,"date":"2018-02-09T23:20:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T23:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2018-02-09T23:24:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T23:24:48","slug":"50-years-50-days-day-14-22-years-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/?p=3103","title":{"rendered":"50 years in 50 days Day 14&#8230;.22 years tomorrow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3104\" src=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3648\" height=\"5472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0214.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0214-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0214-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0214-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did have brown hair once upon a time.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will our 22nd Wedding Anniversary.\u00a0 Time waits for no one.\u00a0 I always thought I got a great more intelligent the day I married my dear wife, Carrie.\u00a0 I think that is true.\u00a0 I am glad she said yes.<\/p>\n<p>In a few minutes Carrie and I will be heading to the North Harrison High School gym to catch the Cougars as they take on the Crawford County Wolfpack.\u00a0 I can see Crawford County from my back porch.\u00a0 It is across the Blue River.\u00a0 These two teams are always ready to play each other in basketball.\u00a0 It is a good time and I think the Cougars will take care of business and run their record to 14-6 tonight&#8230;they have won 5 in a row.\u00a0 Good times.<\/p>\n<p>February 10, 1996 was a good day.\u00a0 These two guys, Mickey Rutherford and Kelly Samons,\u00a0 have probably not been adorned with greenery since that day 22 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0289.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3105\" src=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3648\" height=\"5472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0289.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0289-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0289-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0289-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carrie and I got married in a one room church&#8230;Hancock Chapel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSCN3461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-923\" src=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSCN3461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3240\" height=\"4320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSCN3461.jpg 3240w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSCN3461-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSCN3461-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3240px) 100vw, 3240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was 60 degrees that February Day.\u00a0 Where we went to next day was even warmer.\u00a0 We went to Las Vegas.\u00a0 We saw Huey Lewis and the News at Caesars Palace. We rented a car and took a cruise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3106\" src=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3648\" height=\"5472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0170.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0170-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0170-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0170-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0171-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3107\" src=\"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0171-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0171-2.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0171-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0171-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PICT0171-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was 96 degrees in Death Valley that day and we went a long time without seeing another soul.\u00a0 We stopped a few places and I have never heard nothing, literally,\u00a0 like we did that day when I reluctantly turned the car off.\u00a0 But&#8230;we lived to tell the story.<\/p>\n<p>This story has been a great one!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking the Rights&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Danny Johnson\u00a0 (Go Cougars!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did have brown hair once upon a time. 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