Sunday, April 20, 2008

Lorena, RFK, Nagasaki

Pictures: Bird apartment complex at Stoll's Lakeview Restaurant.

-Watched some of the women play at the Ginn Open. Lorena leads but only by a bit over a youngster from Taiwan - Yani Tseng. Those two will be joined by Teresa Lu, another young lady from Taiwan, in the final pairing today. Ochoa is always impressive but Tseng was as well yesterday. Expect a good game today - in fact, though five, the Oriental lady has jumped to a one stroke lead over the Mexican lady. Love the international flavor in the LPGA.

-Got a new book going, in fact, two. Ray E. Boomhower's Robert Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary is one which I am reading - how appropriate since once again Indiana is in the political news what with the Hillary-Barack battle for Indiana's delegates. Wasn't living here than (was in Bellevue, WN) but several local golfers remember RFK's visit here in Loogootee. Somebody told me that Joe Allen might have a picture of himself with the candidate - maybe Joe can send me a copy to post - that would be neat. Second book just arrived - from Diane's paperback book swap club: First into Nagasaki, George Weller's long lost account of his censored reporting from that city a month after the dropping of the 2nd atomic bomb there. Each book covers a couple of fairly momentous times 40-60 years ago.

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