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Dads will do the work at Winslow vintage car show
by Outspoken on Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:55 am
Dads will do the work at Winslow vintage car show
BY LARRY GRARD
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
WINSLOW -- In a town that revels in its football, this is a natural.
Vintage automobiles, contests, food, a raffle and, yes, football on Father's Day weekend. It all happens on Saturday, at Sukee Arena off the Augusta Road.
Eyeing this as an annual event, the Winslow High School Football Boosters are sponsoring the Father's Day vintage auto show. Proceeds will benefit the school's general athletic fund.
Dave and Dan Wendell are among the father-son duos who will appear at the event. They learned only Thursday that the players cannot help with the function, per rules of the Maine Principals Association.
Dan Wendell is a junior on the football team.
"He's around and willing to spend time with his Dad," Dave Wendell said. "I basically told him that he had been volunteered, and he didn't seem to mind."
That all changed when Athletic Director Sean Keenan learned Thursday afternoon that the players cannot help, because football is out of season.
"They can go to the show, but they can't work it or help with it," Keenan said. "We're off by one day. If it was the 15th, we'd be OK."
Dave Wendell, a booster himself, said that the club needs this offseason fundraiser. Temperatures in the high 90s for last year's season opener and pouring rain for another home game hampered fundraising efforts last year, he said.
Dave Rodrigue, boosters president, came up with the idea.
"It's a good opportunity for the boosters to get enough funding so we don't have to scramble quite so much during the season," Wendell said. "Dave, among others, has been absolutely nose to the grindstone on this."
Dan Wendell, a second-team, all-Pine Tree Conference Class B defensive tackle last year, had planned to help run the punt, pass and kick competition.
"It will be a good time," he said. "Dad's been pretty into it from the start. It's a great thing for a father and son to relax, have a good time and throw the football around."
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5147458.html
Staff photo by Jim Evans
BY LARRY GRARD
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
WINSLOW -- In a town that revels in its football, this is a natural.
Vintage automobiles, contests, food, a raffle and, yes, football on Father's Day weekend. It all happens on Saturday, at Sukee Arena off the Augusta Road.
Eyeing this as an annual event, the Winslow High School Football Boosters are sponsoring the Father's Day vintage auto show. Proceeds will benefit the school's general athletic fund.
Dave and Dan Wendell are among the father-son duos who will appear at the event. They learned only Thursday that the players cannot help with the function, per rules of the Maine Principals Association.
Dan Wendell is a junior on the football team.
"He's around and willing to spend time with his Dad," Dave Wendell said. "I basically told him that he had been volunteered, and he didn't seem to mind."
That all changed when Athletic Director Sean Keenan learned Thursday afternoon that the players cannot help, because football is out of season.
"They can go to the show, but they can't work it or help with it," Keenan said. "We're off by one day. If it was the 15th, we'd be OK."
Dave Wendell, a booster himself, said that the club needs this offseason fundraiser. Temperatures in the high 90s for last year's season opener and pouring rain for another home game hampered fundraising efforts last year, he said.
Dave Rodrigue, boosters president, came up with the idea.
"It's a good opportunity for the boosters to get enough funding so we don't have to scramble quite so much during the season," Wendell said. "Dave, among others, has been absolutely nose to the grindstone on this."
Dan Wendell, a second-team, all-Pine Tree Conference Class B defensive tackle last year, had planned to help run the punt, pass and kick competition.
"It will be a good time," he said. "Dad's been pretty into it from the start. It's a great thing for a father and son to relax, have a good time and throw the football around."
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5147458.html
Staff photo by Jim Evans
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