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Life can be rough for the
end of an arm. Nothing is
handed to you on a silver
platter. So sometimes I have
to take things into my self as I
want to accomplish anything.
And so it was when I tried
out for the Capitol Campus
soccer team. It’s pretty hard
to excel at soccer when
you’re a hand—l mean, I can’t
even use myself unless I play
goalie! I tried out for goalie
but I didn’t make it. They said
I didn't have the height for it.
Nothing is handed to a hand.
When I found out that I
hadn’t made the goalie posi
tion, I threw myself up in the
air in despair. The coach no
ticed this and I guess he felt
sorry for me. So he took me
by myself and told me to
cheer up for I could still help
the team. He said everyone
knows that hands can be lent
and given. That made me feel
better.
I really don’t mind lending
and giving myself to the team,
but I get sore when we win.
PennDOT to sponsor
The Baha road rally - that
grueling test of a motor ve
hicle’s tires and suspensions
over the rocky, hole laden
penninsula of Southern Cal
ifornia -- has come to Pennsyl
vania.
Using modified vehicles,
drivers entering the Pennsyl
vania Baha 500 mile road race
will storm through conven
tional Pennsylvania roads.
The location for the Pennsyl
vania Baha 500 has not yet
been determined.
Penndot assures Baha race
enthusiasts that the proper
terrain could be found on
nearly any Pennsylvania road.
“Pennsylvania is an ideal
location for the race, with its
myriad of potholes, bumps
and overall rough road condi-
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Hand in Hand
by the hand
Everyone picks me up and
shakes me but they forget I’m
by myself and let me drop
when they’re done. Usually by
the eleventh shake, my fin
gers are all pretty sprained.
Whoever said playing on a
team involved sacrifice sure
knew what he was talking
about.
Be that as it may, I now
feel that I’m an important
part of the team. In fact, just
the other day our coach told
me it was mighty handy to
have a spare hand around
when he needed one. He said
it in front of the team and my
cuticles turned red.
Being a hand has its pros
and cons. People consider me
a minority (even though there
are twice as many of us as
there are people) but every
one can always use a good
hand, so I feel needed. I think
I’ll just keep my fingers
crossed and hope I can con
tinue to be an adroit member
of society.
Baha 500
tions,” exclaimed a Penndot
official. “We should take ad
vantage of our natural re
sources here in Pennsylvania.
Baha enthusiasts who are
residents of Pennsylvania
won’t have to go to California
for this sort of race,” he
continued.
Penndot believes that the
Baha will bring in many tour
ist dollars.
“People will flock from all
over the eastern coast when
they hear that Pennsylvania
has its own Baha road race,”
the official said.
Much energy is expected
to be conserved by holding a
Baha race in Pennsylvania.
Enthusiasts on the eastern
coast won’t be using the ener
gy for the trek to California.
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No major renovations
will be needed for the race,
said Penndot.
“There are plenty of Penn
dot officials with red flags to
direct the vehicles and enough
spare workers to officiate the
race. But to obtain a check
ered flag for the finish, we
must fill out the proper forms
and send them to notaries,
congressmen, traffic cops and
go through the rest of the
bureaucracy. The only prob
lem we anticipate is that we
get nothing but checkered
flags and that every official
will be designated to use one,”
Penndot stated.
Race time will be an
nounced in the near future by
Penndot.
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