Thanks

I'm taking a few days off to go to do what I call "catching"! Most others call it "fishing". Not me. I'm letting Ken do my football picks for this week, so I'll let him get you up to date on the picks for the weekend. On the topic of football, coming up on Wednesday night under the lights at Lake George High School at 6pm, a bunch of old guys, some older than others, that are the faculty of the Warrensburg and Lake George schools will be getting together to play some flag football to benefit a Lake George family that has a bad run of it in the past year and to benefit Operation Santa Claus from Warrensburg and Lake George. I'm switching teams this year, I was part of a "trade" with Mark Bliebtrey, a fellow Whitehaller. It doesn't matter which team I'm on. Getting out for the night, playing some football, seeing some old friends and raising some money for some folks is more than enough for me. Playing football is something I've always enjoyed from the time I was a little kid in Troy playing Pop Warner, to playing for The Ticonderoga Sentinels in middle school, to playing for The Whitehall Railroaders and winning the 1982 Super Bowl versus Mechanicville at East Field, playing football Sunday afternoons at the playground in Whitehall for more years than I can remember and coaching at Whitehall for a few years. Even at 43, I've got to send a special Thank you out to all of my coaches, my teammates and my players that have been with me all these years. Thanks to all of you. While on the topic of thanks, my 11th anniversary at WCKM is Monday October 27th. In radio, 11 years at the same station is almost unheard of. Some of my best friends in the world I get to work with on a daily basis. Pete, Festus, Ken, Brian, Mike, Mark, Max & Steve as well as everyone else at the ranch, thanks for making the last 11 years very memorable ones. I also want to send out sincere thanks to all of our loyal listeners and sponsors. Without you, I don't have a clue what I'd be doing. Keep your fingers crossed that I'll be able to walk on Thursday and that Ken doesn't get in my way. See you on the radio...Dan