Saturday, April 21, 2012
Five seconds of terror (Updated)
The annual Earth Day events took place this morning (Saturday) at Brookside Park. Some people had come out to run in a 5K. Like last weekend's race, this course was out Bunkum Road rather than out Mattheson.
There were activities for kids and informational booths for adults. If you wanted free trees to plant, there were two booths providing them. Some kids enjoyed the free cotton candy.
Also on the calendar was the 50th Little 500 at Saint Joseph's College. (In its early years, this was not a go-cart race.)
There were two races, an alumni race and a student race.
New this year to the attractions for those attending was a zip-line. The father of the girl below told me that he would do it if I did. That was enough incentive for me to do it.
I have a fear of heights that I do not think is severe enough to qualify as acrophobia. So I did not really enjoy the ride, but thankfully it was very short. The worst part, though, was standing on the platform trying to summon up the courage to step off. However, now I can cross it off my bucket list and never have to do it again.
I met a former student who recently passed his CPA exam. He is having trouble with the IRS. Someone filed a tax return using his Social Security number, so when he filed his return, the IRS rejected it. I asked if his tax courses did not cover situations like that. He said they did not. He also said that trying to get answers from the IRS was an exercise in frustration. I wished him luck.
Update: Someone wanted results. Here they are:
Results, Student Race
1 48 Kyle Rayburn 141 Rensselaer 70.500
2 3 Brian Kane 140 Lake Village 70.000
3 8 Jon Christiansen 137 Monticello 68.500
4 88 Luis DeLeon 136 Chicago 68.000
5 25 Morgan Myers 135 Demotte 67.500
6 13 Harrison Beeson 135 Kenosha 67.500
7 92 Dane VanHouten 135 Renssealer 67.500
8 23 Adam Meeker 133 Schererville 66.500
9 22 Matt Schumacher 129 Lemont 64.500
10 43 Ben Geels 129 Fort Wayne 64.500
11 5 Phil Rabenstein 129 Colfax 64.500
12 99 Travis Kepner 129 Fowler 64.500
13 55 John Manning 128 Lockport 64.000
14 7 Stephanie Martin 126 Lafayette 63.000
15 31 Anthony Allen 112 Rensselaer 56.000
16 4 Rose Nowicki 106 Hobart 53.000
17 12 Randee Portteus 41 Monrovia 20.500
Results, Alumni Race
1 92 Andrew Malone 63 Rensselaer 31.500
2 11 Tom Stefaniak 63 Dyer 31.500
3 4 Jon Messman 62 Rensslear, IN 31.000
4 27 Jason Ostrowski 62 Brookfield, IL 31.000
5 5 Ron Kasparian 61 Rensselaer, IN 30.500
6 7 Brian Bugajski 59 Lafayette, IN 29.500
7 17 Mike Stader 57 Plainfield, IN 28.500
8 2 Tom Messman Jr 37 Rensselaer, IN 18.500
(Place, ,Number, Name, Laps, Hometown, Distance)
There were activities for kids and informational booths for adults. If you wanted free trees to plant, there were two booths providing them. Some kids enjoyed the free cotton candy.
Also on the calendar was the 50th Little 500 at Saint Joseph's College. (In its early years, this was not a go-cart race.)
There were two races, an alumni race and a student race.
New this year to the attractions for those attending was a zip-line. The father of the girl below told me that he would do it if I did. That was enough incentive for me to do it.
I have a fear of heights that I do not think is severe enough to qualify as acrophobia. So I did not really enjoy the ride, but thankfully it was very short. The worst part, though, was standing on the platform trying to summon up the courage to step off. However, now I can cross it off my bucket list and never have to do it again.
I met a former student who recently passed his CPA exam. He is having trouble with the IRS. Someone filed a tax return using his Social Security number, so when he filed his return, the IRS rejected it. I asked if his tax courses did not cover situations like that. He said they did not. He also said that trying to get answers from the IRS was an exercise in frustration. I wished him luck.
Update: Someone wanted results. Here they are:
Results, Student Race
1 48 Kyle Rayburn 141 Rensselaer 70.500
2 3 Brian Kane 140 Lake Village 70.000
3 8 Jon Christiansen 137 Monticello 68.500
4 88 Luis DeLeon 136 Chicago 68.000
5 25 Morgan Myers 135 Demotte 67.500
6 13 Harrison Beeson 135 Kenosha 67.500
7 92 Dane VanHouten 135 Renssealer 67.500
8 23 Adam Meeker 133 Schererville 66.500
9 22 Matt Schumacher 129 Lemont 64.500
10 43 Ben Geels 129 Fort Wayne 64.500
11 5 Phil Rabenstein 129 Colfax 64.500
12 99 Travis Kepner 129 Fowler 64.500
13 55 John Manning 128 Lockport 64.000
14 7 Stephanie Martin 126 Lafayette 63.000
15 31 Anthony Allen 112 Rensselaer 56.000
16 4 Rose Nowicki 106 Hobart 53.000
17 12 Randee Portteus 41 Monrovia 20.500
Results, Alumni Race
1 92 Andrew Malone 63 Rensselaer 31.500
2 11 Tom Stefaniak 63 Dyer 31.500
3 4 Jon Messman 62 Rensslear, IN 31.000
4 27 Jason Ostrowski 62 Brookfield, IL 31.000
5 5 Ron Kasparian 61 Rensselaer, IN 30.500
6 7 Brian Bugajski 59 Lafayette, IN 29.500
7 17 Mike Stader 57 Plainfield, IN 28.500
8 2 Tom Messman Jr 37 Rensselaer, IN 18.500
(Place, ,Number, Name, Laps, Hometown, Distance)
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3 comments:
Who won Little 500? Student and alum races if you know...
Congrats on stepping or sliding outside your comfort zone.
Way to try out the zip line!
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