December 19, 2013 at 2:48 p.m.
By Mike Reilly-mreilly@thedodgevillechronicle.com
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Friday night I was heading between Highland and Iowa-Grant for basketball games and I had a deer run across the roadway in front of me. I always heard that where there is one, there is at least one more. Sure enough, another doe followed the first just a second or two later. It's a good thing I was stopped or it could've been my seventh incident with a deer and one of my vehicles!
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How about the Green Bay Packers game Sunday? They trailed 26-3 and somehow pulled it out by one point - 37-36. They beat a Wisconsin boy (Brookfield) in Tony Romo. The Packers are just 1/2 game back of the diision lead - behind those Bears. A win next week against Pittsburgh could set up a huge showdown the final week of the season in Chicago.
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The UW Badgers volleyball team finds itself in unfamiliar territory. They are in the NCAA Final Four. They have had quite a season with a couple of freshmen having a lot to do with their run!
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Speaking of UW - the men's basketball team is unbeaten at 12-0 and ranked #4 in the country. They were originally picked ot be about fourth in the Big 10, so that must mean that there are three Big 10 teams ranked in front of them, right???
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We're less than a week before Christmas. I guess that means I should start thinking (at least) about shopping! No, it way too early for that!
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Son Michael is doing fine in his new job in Muscaine, Iowa. So is his (cop) wife Jolisa. They are settling in pretty well and are renting out their house in Waterloo. With both of them being "low man on the totem pole" it's going to be tough for us to get together during the holidays. Her folks, grandmother and brother and Michael's mother and grandmother are all in Mason City, Iowa, so they come first anyway!