Thursday, August 30, 2007
Click, Take A Pic
Dan has kindly forwarded this link to Walgreens Photo Center where you can go and view his photos from this year's Doughty 500.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Blast From The Past
One of the nice things about being in Ladysmith for this year's five hundo was seeing some of the old sites again.
Like the high school (now middle school) that my dad attended:
And the creamery where he worked:
Last but not least, on my way out of town I just had to stop by the site where the flea market still takes place:
Other than the empty tables, it doesn't look all that different from the place that I fondly recall prowling around with Grandma and Grandpa Doughty over thirty years ago on the hunt for comic books and army men.
Like the high school (now middle school) that my dad attended:
And the creamery where he worked:
Last but not least, on my way out of town I just had to stop by the site where the flea market still takes place:
Other than the empty tables, it doesn't look all that different from the place that I fondly recall prowling around with Grandma and Grandpa Doughty over thirty years ago on the hunt for comic books and army men.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
In The News
The 2007 Doughty 500 is covered in the Ladysmith News:
The Model T Ford, the car largely responsible for putting America in the automobile age, brings the de-scendants of Herb and Ruth Doughty together every year for a family reunion unlike any others.
The Doughty family brought 18 "Tin Lizzies" to Ladysmith Monday (July 30) and drove them on the "back roads" to various destinations each day, logging over 500 miles by week’s end in the 22nd annual "Doughty 500."
A total of 65 family members and eight friends participated in this year's gathering, headquartered at the AmericInn on College Avenue, the same place the family assem-bled in 1997 for their last reunion in Ladysmith.
"It went very well," said Bernard Doughty, who had the responsibil-ity of organizing this year's event. "We didn’t have any car problems and the people here (at the motel) took good care of us."
Bernard (Excelsior, Minn.); his brothers Hal and Dan (both of Eau Claire), Paul (Haugen) and Brendan (Nekoosa); and his sister, Nathalie Doughty Swienton (Florida) repre-sent the oldest generation participat-ing. Their children now own and/or drive Model T’s. The third genera-tion was represented by a 13-month-old.
The whole piece is definitely work reading. The ending is fitting and appropriate for a small-town paper:
Next year's Doughty 500 is be-ing organized by Paul and Bernice Doughty of Haugen with Cumber-land as headquarters.
The Lord willing, the six surviv-ing Doughty children and their off-spring will gather again for another reunion and adventure down mem-ory lane in their Model T's.
Not something I'd expect to see in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. And that's a good thing.
The Model T Ford, the car largely responsible for putting America in the automobile age, brings the de-scendants of Herb and Ruth Doughty together every year for a family reunion unlike any others.
The Doughty family brought 18 "Tin Lizzies" to Ladysmith Monday (July 30) and drove them on the "back roads" to various destinations each day, logging over 500 miles by week’s end in the 22nd annual "Doughty 500."
A total of 65 family members and eight friends participated in this year's gathering, headquartered at the AmericInn on College Avenue, the same place the family assem-bled in 1997 for their last reunion in Ladysmith.
"It went very well," said Bernard Doughty, who had the responsibil-ity of organizing this year's event. "We didn’t have any car problems and the people here (at the motel) took good care of us."
Bernard (Excelsior, Minn.); his brothers Hal and Dan (both of Eau Claire), Paul (Haugen) and Brendan (Nekoosa); and his sister, Nathalie Doughty Swienton (Florida) repre-sent the oldest generation participat-ing. Their children now own and/or drive Model T’s. The third genera-tion was represented by a 13-month-old.
The whole piece is definitely work reading. The ending is fitting and appropriate for a small-town paper:
Next year's Doughty 500 is be-ing organized by Paul and Bernice Doughty of Haugen with Cumber-land as headquarters.
The Lord willing, the six surviv-ing Doughty children and their off-spring will gather again for another reunion and adventure down mem-ory lane in their Model T's.
Not something I'd expect to see in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. And that's a good thing.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Move Over Sotheby's
The first ever Doughty 500 auction held last Thursday night was a smashing success. Brendan, Karen, and Dixie did a nice job running the show. The items that were donated far exceeded expectations. The auction itself was a lot of fun and we got a taste of the business acumen of the D3 brothers as they bid on just about everything possible (often against each other) driving the prices through the roof. It was good experience for them as they start bidding on government contracts. Halliburton's got nothing on these boys.
Best of all we raised a boatload of money for the web site. $1017 to be exact. I'm going to tuck away $200 of that to cover one year's cost of running the site (web hosting, domain registration, etc.) That leaves a nice sum left over to be put to other uses. Possibilities include:
- Buy t-shirts for everyone on next year's tour
- Buy booze for the happy hours on next year's tour
- Use some of the money to help get a copy of Doug's documentary (work in progress) to everyone
- Use some of the money to redesign the web site
- Bankroll Aidan at a Texas Hold 'Em tournament
Let me know what you think would be a good use for it. For now, I'm going to set up a Doughty 500 savings account and deposit it there.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Teed Off
John Paul Newport on annoying golfers in Saturday's Wall Street Journal (sub req):
The lesson, I guess, is that when it comes to annoyance, the annoyee is often just as much the problem as the annoyer. A character in one of P.G. Wodehouse's marvelous stories claimed to have been distracted before a poor shot by "the uproar of butterflies in an adjoining meadow." I doubt those butterflies were really very loud. It's all just a matter of coping.
Fortunately, we didn't have to deal with any annoyances or annoying golfers during our traditional Doughty 500 golf outing on Thursday in Ladysmith. Our foursome--Josh, Aidan, Jay (he's not annoying, he's my brother), and yours truly--enjoyed beautiful weather and a fun if not proficient nine holes of hacking.
The lesson, I guess, is that when it comes to annoyance, the annoyee is often just as much the problem as the annoyer. A character in one of P.G. Wodehouse's marvelous stories claimed to have been distracted before a poor shot by "the uproar of butterflies in an adjoining meadow." I doubt those butterflies were really very loud. It's all just a matter of coping.
Fortunately, we didn't have to deal with any annoyances or annoying golfers during our traditional Doughty 500 golf outing on Thursday in Ladysmith. Our foursome--Josh, Aidan, Jay (he's not annoying, he's my brother), and yours truly--enjoyed beautiful weather and a fun if not proficient nine holes of hacking.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
You Are What You Mix
The process of gathering notable quotes from this year's 500 now begins. The first one that comes to memory is from Tuesday night's happy hour:
"It was just too fruity for most people."
- Mike Doughty on the drink concoction that HE had mixed up
"It was just too fruity for most people."
- Mike Doughty on the drink concoction that HE had mixed up
A Glimpse Of The Future?
On Wednesday, we lunched at a resort on Fish Trap Cove. The resort had eight cabins set on a placid lake along with a full service restaurant and bar. Throw in a sandy beach for swimming, pontoon boat, fire-pit, lake jumping with fish, surrounding woods and it had all the best that Northern Wisconsin has to offer. Opinion was pretty much unanimous that such a resort would be a great place to base a future Doughty 500 at. What's not to like?
On Wednesday, we lunched at a resort on Fish Trap Cove. The resort had eight cabins set on a placid lake along with a full service restaurant and bar. Throw in a sandy beach for swimming, pontoon boat, fire-pit, lake jumping with fish, surrounding woods and it had all the best that Northern Wisconsin has to offer. Opinion was pretty much unanimous that such a resort would be a great place to base a future Doughty 500 at. What's not to like?
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