Friday, September 23, 2016

YORK PA'S OWN CIVIC LEADER VONI B. GRIMES ATTENDED THE PLAYOFF GAME OF THE YORK REVOLUTION!

TONIGHT, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ATTENDED THE 3RD PLAYOFF GAME FEATURING THE YORK REVOLUTION AND THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS! A SELL OUT WAS ON HAND TO SEE THIS PLAYOFF GAME ON A GORGEOUS EVENING FOR BASEBALL.  AS A SIDE NOTE, THE TICKETS WE RECEIVED WERE "FREE" AND THE TEAM WAS TRYING TO SET A PLAYOFF  RECORD FOR ATTENDANCE!  THIS WAS  A 1ST FOR ME REGARDING PLAYOFFS AND FREE TICKETS!  I KNEW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED "FREE TICKETS"!  I PLANNED ON NOT GETTING ANY AUTOGRAPHS OR PICTURES, AN OFF NIGHT FOR ME!  HOWEVER, THAT CHANGED WHEN I RAN INTO CIVIC LEADER VONI B. GRIMES.  HE WAS SELLING HIS MEMOIR AND SIGNING COPIES!  I WAS ABLE TO GRAB AN AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTO!  HE PENNED BRIDGING TROUBLED WATERS!  IN ADDITION TO HIM BEING AN AUTHOR, A GYM IS NAMED AFTER HIM IN YORK, PA!  THE 93 YEAR OLD SERVED IN WORLD WAR II!  AS VONI SAID, " IT IS BETTER TO HAVE AN EDUCATION AND NOT NEED IT, THAN IT IS TO NEED AN EDUCATION AND NOT HAVE IT"!

ABOVE IS AN UNSIGNED PLAYOFF PROGRAM FROM TONIGHT'S GAME!

ABOVE ARE 2 SIGNED GAME TICKETS FROM VONI B. GRIMES!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH  93 YEAR OLD WWII VETERAN AND CIVIC LEADER VONI B. GRIMES AND I!



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