Slight Detour: Saturday Slight

Idaho may have enacted a law about flying flags other than the state or US flag, but it's quite okay with the cows of Kenmare, Ireland, to promote the Kansas University flag right in front of the ice cream store.

Willie and Debbie's friend, fellow basketball lover and coach John Adams (above) accepted the flag from a friend of a friend and it will go to another friend's house in Kenmare.

Lots of scoops of friendship involved in this project.

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Today I proposed to my friend Marcia that we lobby for Sandpoint, Idaho, and Kenmare, Ireland, to become sister cities.

She seconded the motion from wherever she happens to be in Ireland this morning.

Over the years, it's gotten to the point that folks whom we (Marcia and the Love's) each know from Sandpoint or Kenmare know each other.

I know Sean Finnegan, Marcia's friend who retired a couple of years ago as owner of a jewelry store in Kenmare.

Sean and his late wife (Marcia's friend) traveled to Sandpoint to visit with Marcia a few years ago.

Sean is pictured below with Marcia. A day or so ago, Sean got together with Willie and Debbie's friend John Adams.

He handed over a flag from Kansas University, sent to me by my friend Jean, a proud KU grad who lives in Palm Springs.

Debbie passed on the flag and some Sandpoint High T-shirts to Marcia who took them to Ireland and gave them to Sean who gave them to John.

Sometime soon John will take the flag to a house in Kenmare owned by a couple who graduated from Kansas University and who have decorated their Kenmare home with Kansas University memorabilia.

Willie and Debbie stayed in the house last fall when Willie put on a basketball clinic for John's Kenmare Kestrals.

Marcia's friends and neighbors, Howard and Coni Shay, also Bonner Community Food Bank volunteers, are currently involved in a Ring of Kerry walk which goes through Sean's property.

When they walked on to the property recently, Sean greeted them by name.

Marcia and the Loves know and enjoy a few other residents of Kenmare. In addition, Marcia and the Love's love Kenmare.

So, we may just have to look into the possibility of Sandpoint and Kenmare teaming up as sister cities.

For now, it's great fun exchanging wonderful and fun friendship experiences between peeps in our two communities.

Sean Finnegan, Coni and Howard Shay.

Mr. CB has adjusted well to being back home. He left in October for Roxane's stables and then spent the last month at a stable in Stateline, so it's been a while since he ate breakfast in his own barnyard.