Winners & losers
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By Bennie Scarton Jr.
Published: May 15, 2008
Winners
… Urbanna Swim Club on Urbanna Road, Manassas, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this summer, staring with a party and reunion with former members on May 25 from 2 to 5 p.m.
All former members have been invited to come out for the celebration and enjoy reminiscing, the pool, yard games, a round of horseshoes or just catching up with longtime friends. Cake and ice cream will be served.
Anyone interested should contact Steph Chartrand at 703-368-9118 by May 23. The club has been a great family place since 1968.
... The Manassas Host Lions Club, which hosts its 7th annual Johnny Downs Golf Tournament on June 4 at 9 a.m. at the Prince William Golf Course, Greenwich.
The cost for the captain's choice event is $65 per player; lunch is included. Awards will be given to first, second and third places. Door prizes will also be given out.
The proceeds go to the Johnny Downs Scholarship Fund. He was an extremely active member of the club for years and the tournament was created to raise funds in his memory.
Downs was stricken with dwarfism and never let his handicap interfere with his aspirations to achieve. This is why the club established the fund—to assist other handicapped individuals in their pursuit of obtaining a higher education.
For more information, contact Clint Oxendine at 703-346-3019.
... Biology professor Jill Caporale, who plans to take students to Honduras on a 10-day trip beginning July 23, to study tropical rainforests, barrier reefs and Mayan ruins. Caporale teaches at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.
The trip is open to all, and the cost is $2,600 for land and air, with tuition additional. For additional details, visit
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Losers
… Motorcyle riders whose driving behavior contributed to 126 deaths on Virginia's roadways in 2007. The top three reasons for crashes were failure to maintain control, following too closely and exceeding the speed limit. There were 2,595 crashes involving motorcycles and 2,247 drives or riders were injured last year.
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Posted by ( kilrhog ) on May 16, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Hey Bennie,
When was the last time you drove while chatting on your cell phone? When was the last time you noticed the motorcycle rider in front of you glancing nervously back at you as you tail gate him? Never? Thought so.
Yor numbers are horribly wrong. If you check the demographics of the riders you will find that most are under 25, single males who are 10 feet tall and bullet proof. I know, I used to be one. Now, after riding for over 25 years, with no accidents, I can safely say that every “close call” I have had (and there are many) has been attributed to the inattention and often criminally stupid people out there. I can cite several instances where I have been run off the road, cut off, been turned in front of by “Loser” people in their cars whos main focus is to talk on the cell, adjust the radio, or (my favorite) put on makeup at 50 miles per hour.
Yep, those are your real losers. But the law of gross tonnage always comes in to play. Heavy wins. Maybe you should tell your readers to pay attention and look out for us resaponsible riders instead of calling us Losers
Posted by ( vavision ) on May 16, 2008 at 1:56 pm
First thing a fellow motorcyclist said when he saw this:
“Well, at least we cleared up the drinking-and-driving, under age drivers, and cell phone related crashes. I think it is awesome that we motorcyclists have done such a good job at narrowing the scope of accidents for the VA roadways. We are awesome.”