OK, 2017 is coming, I told myself months ago. Year after a presidential election. I can clear my miles-long backlog of things to read and watch. Certainly August, when Congress is in recess, will be a time to get stuff done.
Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha hahahaha oh I made myself sad.
Now, edging into late August, that pile isn’t any shallower, I’m afraid, and it’s time to switch gears. For the vast majority of the state, tonight is the first Friday night of high school football season. North Tama is predicted by the Gazette’s Jeff Linder to finish somewhere in the middle of the pack of Class A District 5. (See near the bottom of this sports package page.) Linder predicts Gladbrook-Reinbeck to be district champion, on their “last run in Class A”, forecasting either dissolution or dropping to 8-man (!!!). (If G-R is a type to drop to 8, that’s not good for NT. — Ed.) North Tama’s season opener is at home against North Linn, which is also predicted to be a middle-district-finish team.
Now, continuing the new tradition: