Labor Day weekend is over, so I guess so is the summer. I worked all weekend so I missed a lot.
Some of the highlights of the summer of 2006. With the wettest May behind us, ( it rained, it hailed and even snowed on the Colgate University commencement on May 23), we headed into a warm June. Sean got a job and moved to Maryland to live and work with Sara. The Red Sox led the American League East and showed no signs of letting up. July started with the same great weather as Dave, Murph, Chris Kelly and the one and only Dick Nelson journeyed to Boston for the national convention of the AOH.
The weather stayed great until the summer picnic and of course it rained. A little rain is not enough to stop a hearty group of Hibernians from enjoying an afternoon together. Track season opened with all the fanfare we have come to love. T-shirts, mugs, hats, bobble heads, blankets were all give aways for track patrons with the usual spinners getting more than an average person would need in a lifetime. If you missed any of the give aways check eBay, where dreams of riches keep people selling junk over and over.
Now it's September, the Red Sox have dropped like a rock and the Yankees are in their usual spot atop the American League. With a nine game lead the division seems to be wrapped up for the ninth straight year. Baseball games were the hot spot to be this year. Sean saw two games at Camden Yards in June, I took the kids to Yankee Stadium in July. Samantha had so much fun she went with her friend to a Friday night game and sat in the bleachers. Murphy went to Fenway to lead the Red Sox nation against the Yanks and Sean saw another game in Camden Yards. Let's think about a trip to see a game or two next year as a group.

So what are the events this fall to look forward too. Thursday night is the monthly meeting. We are bringing in a few new members so please dress to impress. Meeting time 7 pm at the K off C hall on Pine Rd. Saturday night is our first Dinner/Dance. This is an idea that we have kicked around for a long time. The night starts with a cocktail hour at 6 pm at the VFW hall. We then will chow down on some of the finest cooking known to man. That's right it's a pot luck dinner so everyone please bring your favorites to share with the group. I will provide music for your dancing pleasure after dinner. This is a night when we don't ask anyone to do a lot of work, no 50/50's, no auctions, no ticket takers just bring food and relax.
Saturday September 16 is the Irish 2000 Music and Arts Festival, this is a must for anyone who has never been to it. A great day of music and beverage and people. For more info check the website at www.irish2000fest.com
Our yearly golf outing is September 24, come out and have a lot of fun with the guys and girls on the links. $80 gets you golf, dinner, food and drink at the turn and a fun day.
October brings the Murphy Memorial day. Each year we go to the Saratoga Battlefield and lay a wreath at the monument to Tim Murphy. This monument was erected in the early 1900's by the Saratoga Hibernians to recognize Timothy Murphy, a sharpshooter who helped win the battle that is referred to as the "turning point of the American Revolution". This is one of, if not the oldest monuments in this country erected by the AOH.
So enough for now. See you all Thursday night.