It must have been a full moon or something

[Mark Padgett]

Two 8th grade boys rec games last night. In the first, my partner ejected a spectator. In the second, my partner (different partner) ejected a spectator (different spectator).

Although I really enjoyed both actions, I have to admit I was stunned by the coincidence.

Oh yeah, last Saturday morning, my partner (again, a different partner) ejected a spectator. It was some 6th grade girl's mom. She brought her breakfast into the gym and the school district has a rule against food or drink in the gym at middle and elementary schools (except water in plastic water bottles). The rule is posted on all the entrance doors and in our local kids rec league, it's the officials responsibility to enforce it. The woman gave my partner a really hard time about the food and when my partner (a college freshman in her 5th year reffing with us) told her that if the school custodian came in and saw the food, our organization would be fined (true), the woman actually said, "I don't care." Buh-bye. At first, she resisted leaving but my partner told her that if she didn't, she could be arrested for trespassing under Oregon law (true), then asked me to go get her phone out of her bag so she could call the police. The woman immediately got up and left. Cool.