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ASB. I am told it stands for “Associated Student Body.”

I suspect it is a current term for what many of us knew as the Student Council in those times affectionately known as the “good old days.” The pandemic seems to be at least somewhat manageable, so the ASB auction in the commons at Chimacum High School is back this coming Saturday night at 6 p.m. We have been before and enjoyed the entertainment, dinner, and stuff you can buy at auction. If you are interested, you can buy tickets at the school.  

BJ got some new glasses last week and had a nice conversation with one of the ladies helping her out at the Hadlock Vision Clinic. 

It turns out they like it when we come in to get a checkup or new glasses or whatever because, as often as not, I write about them or the experience in this column. 

I won’t do that anymore in spite of how nice and competent David Schores and his staff are. 

It is so easy to conjure up topics to write about for this column and come up with some theme that The Leader’s editor, Brian Kelly, can develop some witty comment about at the end. 

I write this column and wonder, as maybe you do, each week what he will say. Frankly, most times is it better than the column? But then, he is a trained journalist. Me, I am but an observer. My observation is that Hadlock Vision Clinic is a fine place to do business. (How’s that?)

Daylight Savings Time comes up this Saturday night again stealing one hour from your sleep. After the good time you will have had at the ASB auction, you will be ill-affording the loss. 

I understand there are actually common sense legislative efforts underway to eliminate DST, efforts that have been going on for decades. Shows to go you that even a good idea can live forever. 

In basketball news, did you notice that LeBron James scored 38 points at the age of 38 on the 38th day of the year to break the NBA scoring record of 38,388 points? 

Yeah, sure you did. 

First person to send me an email claiming to know that AND identifying the county where he and I grew up will get a month free subscription to The Leader or an autographed picture of me with the Hudson High School basketball team in the middle of the last century. 

Priceless, since they will not be available at the ASB auction. 

We went to dinner at our friends’ home last week and listened as they told of their experiences living aboard a sailboat for 12 years, traveling through the Panama Canal and going to Europe. 

I know there are many folks around here who have had similar life adventures and may still be enjoying them. Nonetheless, those of us from fly-over country have trouble relating to the experience of extended time in a small vessel in a large ocean. 

Of course, that is coming from someone who has spent most of his life enjoying infinite views of wheat or corn fields occasionally broken up by large barns and midwestern cities with lots of land between them. So, we do appreciate the stories from those folks who have taken on those adventures. Heck, maybe there will be one of those trips available at the ASB auction! 

The politics of the day are incredible these days. They have reminded me of an observation reportedly from Leonardo da Vinci: “The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”

Love a curmudgeon and have a great week. 

(Ned Luce is a retired IBM executive and Port Ludlow resident. This looks like a good place for an eye joke, but not too cornea. Wonder if Ned saw that one coming. Contact Ned at ned@ptleader.com.)